recent book you read - recommend or no?

I have read the first 5 Game Of Thrones books. Impatiently waiting for book 6 :-( The author does an excellent job of painting an incredibly vivid picture without boring the reader. They're formidable books at about 900 pages each. It took me 5 months to get through them.

The Hunger Games trilogy is also quite good. Much better than the movie. Reading a story told first person in the present tense was really neat.

I'd also reccomend Pillars Of The Earth and World Without End by Ken Follet. Read Pillars first though. He has also started The Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is the 1st book. The 2nd book has been published but i forget what its called.

And just about anything by Michael Crichton (except Micro.. Didn't like that one)
 
I read the new James Patterson NYPD Red. It was 'aight. The NYPD Reds are a group of cops assigned to high profile people (rich and famous) and there's a killer targeting movie industry people during New Yorks Hollywood on the Hudson event.
I enjoy his Murder Mystery Club books...it reads much like those.

I'm currently re-reading "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak for a book club...one of my all-time favs...highly recommend.

And yes, as a librarian, I can say there are a lot of adults who read for pleasure.
I'm more surprised that there are people who don't read. :P
 
One Second After by William R. Forstchen

Unknown attacker detonated an EMP nuclear bomb above central US/Canada wiping out all electronics/power. Its told from a first person view of a regular joe living in a small town. Real eye opener as to how it would go down....Kinda downright scary as it brings to light just how thin the layer of civility really is.

Alas Babylon is a good one as well....same premise, but it was written in the 1960's and talks about survival in a small community after the Russians nuke parts of US.
 
I just finished "Unsaid" by Neil Abramson. It's fiction, but discusses the ways that non-human animals are objectified and laws surrounding animals as property. Both research animals and pets are discussed, and moreover, the ways that human and non-human animals communicate. Written in the perspective of a character named Helena, a veterinarian who passed away from cancer. It's a pretty amazing book. But if you love animals, be prepared to bawl your eyes out for the last few chapters.
 
Just finished reading Growing up Jung by Micah Toub:
http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Jung-Coming-Shrinks/dp/0393340260

I loved it...it's an easy read but it might not appeal to you if you don't have an interest in psychology (although I think he does a very good job of explaining concepts. FWIW I'm not much of a Jungian but I know the gist of his works). He basically breaks down monumental moments in his life and how it was affected by growing up with both of your parents as psychologists. Jung's a bit of a mystical psychologist (he's probably most known for his ideas on "the collective consciousness", so the writer does a really good job of both supporting and arguing against a lot of Jungs ideas.)

Anyway, I hope my review didn't put you guys to sleep. I found out at the end that he's actually a writer from Toronto. It's also in the for sale section of most Indigo's (I originally grabbed it 'cause it was $4.99):D

DWeller said:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Alchemist-10th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0061122416

I was told this book would change my life (and by 2 different people).
I read it.
Life is still pretty much the same.

Obviously didn't "touch" me in the same way as others.
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Same. I'm not saying that this is the case for everyone, but I find that the people who rave about this book don't read all that much. Obviously, it's not true across the board (I mean, Will Smith's a really intelligent dude and this book did wonders for the guy). I'm hoping to read the book again because sometimes my opinion changes after a bit more life experience...but the first time around, I found that it just had a bunch of inspirational-sounding axioms and stuff thrown in.

Mr.Azim said:
personal favourite from a few years back: I, Lucifer by Glenn Duncan.
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Thanks for the reminder. I finally picked it up after forgetting about it for a couple of years! Reviews don't look too promising, though, so I'm hoping that they're wrong.
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