Recreational reading or TËKKŸ's book club.

[VitaminG]

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I've returned to my roots lately and dragged out Alistair Maclean's Bear Island. Thoroughly enjoying it too.

Prior to it was a Desmond Bagley novel, Windfall. I remember enjoying these two writers about equally back in high school, but Maclean is far and beyond the better the writer. Bagley reads like something I'd write. Not good [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I've been killing time, digging through the old bookcases, while I await the paperback release of Stephen King's Dark Tower. I'm not paying $70 for the hardcover, so I wait for November.

[Tekky]

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I got too many books to read...

On deck:[*]The Valachi Papers [*]Double Deal : The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster[*]Double Cross : The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America[*]Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and the Price of Truth[*]Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago[*]Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone[*]Mafia Cop/the Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family Was the Mob[*]Donnie Brasco[*]Born to Steal[*]Mafia Kingfish[*]Mafia Princess[*]Boss of Bosses

And I'm sure there's a few Star Wars books that I'm behind on too...

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On deck:
<STRIKE>[*]The Valachi Papers</STRIKE>[*]Double Deal : The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster[*]Double Cross : The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America[*]Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and the Price of Truth
<STRIKE>[*]Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago</STRIKE>
<STRIKE>[*]Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone</STRIKE>[*]Mafia Cop/the Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family Was the Mob
<STRIKE>[*]Donnie Brasco</STRIKE>[*]Born to Steal[*]Mafia Kingfish
<STRIKE>[*]Mafia Princess</STRIKE>
<font color=#ff0000>[*]Boss of Bosses</font> (**currently reading**)

[VitaminG]

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Jack Higgins - The Eagle Has Landed

[Tekky]

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Well, I finished Boss of Bosses and now I'm on:

We Only Kill Each Other, The True Story of Mobster Bugsy Siegel - Dean Jennings

[mudkicker]

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Just finished up two decent stories.

Velocity - Dean Koontz. I know there are other Koontz readers here so i won't give anything away. Out of his past 5 or 6 books this is his best effort. The old Dean is back. This book was very entertaining and kept you guessing until the end. It is not as good a Intensity or Watchers, but it's close.

Second was Hawke by Ted Bell. This was released back in 2003. I picked it up at a bargain books sale. Very Clive Cusslerish. Fun read. If you find it in your local bargain bin I would pick it up. But it's not worth full price.

[horns666]

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what I'm into right now is the complete works and poems of Edgar Allen Poe..

and a best of shorts of HP Lovecraft....man he was the shit as far as gothic horror...he ruled! [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

I have this constant wanting to read Mark Twain's stuff...he was a closet satanist and it influenced a lot of his work...

I MUST read "Letters from Earth"...I heard nothig but great things of that book but have yet to read it..it is about Lucifer writing to God of all of God's mishaps and the weakness of humans...it sounds pretty deep and on the same page in my own mindset..and beliefs

has anyone ever read Letters from Earth...is it worth the read like I was told..

[Tetsuo]

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I am going to 100% not suggest Haunted. Man I like Palahniuk because he writes like a comic book just real bubble gum satire that you can tear through but this story is so slow.

[Tekky]

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New book:

A Man of Honor - The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno ~ Joseph Bonanno

[Markus]

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Lots of fiction readers here. I enjoy non-fiction. I just finished "Black Hawk Down". Right now, I'm reading "The Prosecutors" by Gary Desohn. It's an interesting look into the Sacramento District Attorney's office. I'm also slugging through "A Conflict of Visions" by Thomas Sowell, which is a heavy politial philosohy read, and "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" which is a marathon.

-Mark

[charvelguy]

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I was a real Sci Fi fan in my teens and mid twenties. When I was on the road I read lot. For Sci Fi (which I read little of nowadays) I rather liked Empire of the East by Fred Saberhagen, which is a fantasy novel published in the Pong days before RPG's and Fantasy games became the norm.


Grandmaster by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochran was a fav read during my 20's and I've read it several times. It was out of print for a long time but it seems it has been reissued. It was a winner of the Edgar Allen Poe award. Checking on Amazon, you can pick these books up in 'good' cond for a penny + shipping.

If you like books by Ken Follet and similar fiction, the Grandmaster is a great book, especially if you appreciate chess.

[The Eristic]

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I've recently read Hardy's "Jude The Obscure" and a Henry James collection. I'm in Dostoevsky's "The Possessed" at the moment.

[VitaminG]

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Have been reading The Dark Tower this last week. I actually picked it up a while back, but I had to finish the book I was already reading. Actually wasn't expecting it out yet (as I mentioned above), so I was stoked that it came out months earlier than expected. The wife had sent me out to pick up the new Hairy Pothead book on the day of its launch a few weeks back. Her instructions were to be there at opening time to ensure I got her a copy. So anyway, I get there around 11.00am..... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] and felt this strange compulsion to head over to the Dark Tower books first. I already have the other 6 books in the series, so there was no real need for me to head over there. And there it was - the new one, with no fanfare, sitting at the bottom of the rack.

I know I ramble, but I've been following this series for a long, long time now, and have had to literally wait for years between new releases. I wasn't a fan of the author, hadn't even read a Stephen King novel until one day I found myself buying The Gunslinger. So it's kind of a big thing for me to get to the last book in the series at last.

[Sinistas]

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I just read Harry Potter/Half-Blood Prince, the last 2 books in the Left Behind series, and reread a couple of Dragonlance novels. I've got a whole bunch of Knights Templar-type shit waiting in the wings

[Tekky]

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I just read Harry Potter/Half-Blood Prince, the last 2 books in the Left Behind series, and reread a couple of Dragonlance novels. I've got a whole bunch of Knights Templar-type shit waiting in the wings

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Yeah, I've got a boatload of books waiting to be read. From the list I posted earlier, I have probably doubled it. (all of it mob-related material)

[Mrs Tekky]

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Yeah, I've got a boatload of books waiting to be read. From the list I posted earlier, I have probably doubled it. (all of it mob-related material)

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Ain't that the truth! I'm learning all kinds of good things to try from those mob-related books.... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Me - I'm reading an Anne Rice novel - The Witching Hour. But I'm totally into the occult/vampire/witch/farie kind of books - Anne Rice and Laurell K Hamilton rock.