Books: What have you been reading?

[Michael P]

What books did everyone get for Christmas?

I got The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Vol. 3 and Harlan Ellison's An Edge in My Voice, among others.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

For Christmas:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816654468
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566893763
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816654468

[gearsofcrabs]

Been reading the Witcher books on my iPad, they're great. I'm most of the way through Sword of Destiny right now.

[Deathstroke]

My Pop-topia.com article "The Couch Potato's Ten Best Mystery/Thriller Novels of 2015" can be read via this link.

[Ragdoll]

I just finished Within These Walls by indie horror writer Ania Ahlborn. The ending was f&*^ed up.

I also read the first 5 Dexter books. Given how bad the Dexter show was by the end, I am hoping this will have a more intense ending when I get to the final books. The show doesn't follow the books, not even loosely like Walking Dead, so the story is 100% different after the first book/season.

Thriller novel recommendation: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. It is out in paperback and it is the best book I've read in at least 20 years.

I just read that. It wasn't the best thing I've read in 20 years, but it was still decent. A good reminder of how easily the world could end overnight, and the things going on in the dark corners of the world that both try to kill us all and those which try to save us all. There are so many small details that, even though it is fiction, it feels something that could've easily happened for real that the public was just never told about.

[Deathstroke]

I just read that. It wasn't the best thing I've read in 20 years, but it was still decent. A good reminder of how easily the world could end overnight, and the things going on in the dark corners of the world that both try to kill us all and those which try to save us all. There are so many small details that, even though it is fiction, it feels something that could've easily happened for real that the public was just never told about.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you liked the book.

[DebkoX]

What books did everyone get for Christmas?

I got The Autobiography of Mark Twain: Vol. 3 and Harlan Ellison's An Edge in My Voice, among others.

The collected poems of A E Housman, my all-time favourite poet.

[Deathstroke]

For Christmas I got:

Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse
What You See by Hank Philippi Ryan
Murder at Fenway Park by Troy Soos

I also got gift cards that I turned into:

Strong Light of Day by Jon Land
Still Life by Louise Penny
The Bookseller by Mark Pryor

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading the Hank Phillippi Ryan thriller What You See today.

[MadMikeyD]

I just got Gregg Taylor's new Black Jack Justice novel, "Dead Men Run."

Mostly I've been reading (or listening to audiobooks of - not enough hours in the day) classic Edgar Rice Burroughs stuff:

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
The Mad King
At the Earth's Core

[Old Man Ollie 1962]

Race Matters - Cornel West, and Red Earth, White Lies - Vine Deloria, Jr.

[Dark-Flux]

Just read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Was a bit dull.

Currently reading Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.

[batnbreakfast]

Just read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Was a bit dull.

Currently reading Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep.

I've read Red dragon (and watched both adaptions) last year and liked them. Silence, too. Those just seemed to hit a nerve back in the day. Hate the Mikkelsen show. Couldn't make it through Big Sleep and currently enjoy Live by night from Dennis Lehane.

[Professor Moriarty]

I have just started reading The Trails Of Lenny Bruce:

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading the Bill Syken mystery novel Hangman's Game today.