Actually, you don't have to list any books you are or have read recently, I just wanted to list a couple I've read in the last year to see if anyone's heard of them or read them, and if not to encourage you to. Just looking at the amazon listings of each of these, not one of them has less than 4 stars. I guess I have good taste in books.
Read:
Odd Thomas - Dean KoontzDean Koontz has wrote a bunch of bestseller books and this is one of them, and it's an awesome book. It's one of the best books I've ever read. It's funny, a bit spooky, and sad, and it made me almost cry at the end. Odd's just a normal guy, but he can see dead people, and also the evil spirits that hang around when something bad's about to happen. And a lot of those evil spirits seem to be popping up lately.
Warlock - William SmithThis is another New York Times bestseller, and caught my eye because it was the first fiction book I had seen that was set in ancient Egypt. It's a great read, but it's not realistic fiction as people cast spells and shit, and there's some disturbing sexual imagery in here... like this evil sorcerer that uses his penis to cast certain spells... I kid you not. But it's good.. there's blood, gore, war, violence, sword battles, chariot battles, rape, incest, sex, forced marriage, backstabbing, treason....
Green Ambler Chronicles - Roger ZelaznySomeone here has had to have read this series... I'm betting on Rama. I got this book as a gift and read the entire thing in about 2 and a half months. This is possibly the best fantasy/sci fi book I've read in ages.
People of Darkness - Tony HillermanThis caught my eye because it was a Native American detective novel, and it's pretty good.
Gateway (The Heechee Saga) - Federik PohlI read the first three of these and enjoyed them.. I didn't know there was a fourth one.
Crucible of Time - John BrunnerSuprised this one got 4 stars... I thought it was ok but not that good. It's basically about a planet of intellgent insects that use biotechnology (like building their houses out of live trees), who have to escape before their planet is blown away by a giant rock.
The DaVinci Code - Dan BrownRead it, loved it, knew it was full of shit (if the Catholics hate the idea of a sacred female, why do they hail Mary?), saw the movie, thought the french chick was hot.
Ender's Game - Orson Scott CardRead this in high school, and I reread the first 4 books. I need to get off my ass and read the rest of them.
Goblet of FireSo I finally finished this. I'm debating whether to read OotP first, and then see the movie, and then bitch about how the movie is missing stuff from the book, or see the movie first so I'm not disappointed.
Right now I am reading this very good book from 1994 called
The Myth of Male Power by Warren Farrell, apparently an explosive bestseller. This book is so fucking good though. It's basically an anti-radical-feminist book, written by someone who's worked in feminist groups before, and it counters the radical feminist view that all the problems in the world are caused by men, and men have all the powet and control. If that's the case, the book asks, then why do men do the most dangerous jobs, and why are only men drafted into war and not women?
