What book is on your nightstand? Readers!

[Kent88]

Niemoller was apparently pretty popular in his time. And everyone knows his quote, of course:

"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me."

My highschool English teacher had a poster with that quote up in his room. I've heard other people tweak it for their own purposes, too (which I wasn't a fan of and I'm even less enthused now). It was good to put it into some context.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

"Steak: One Man's Search For The World's Tastiest Piece Of Beef" By Mark Schatzker
I'm about 1/2 way through & it's fairly interesting, informative & has a bit of humor.
I'm enjoying it so far.
Regards, GF.

 

[estricklin]

Currently reading this, and enjoying it immensely.

 

[Big Monk]

1.) After finishing a heavily expanded read though of The Dark Tower series (I included The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon, Insomnia, The Talisman, Salem’s Lot, The Black House, Everything’s Eventual, The Little Sisters of Eluria, and Hearts in Atlantis), I am re-reading The Gunslinger.

2.) Fahrenheit 451 and The Stories of Ray Bradbury are on deck.

3.) A Brave New World and A Brave New Revisited are after that.

4.) At some point I’m going to revisit Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu in particular.

Recently finished: Skydog: The Duane Allman Story, Tree of Smoke, and the Hagakure.

 

[shoengine]

Nice list @RPIScotty .

I've been intaking some industry reading lately. "Read" through Brewing in Seattle, which is heavily focused on Rainier, but showcases a lot of fun history in photos, including a plane crash that barely missed clipping the brewery complex at the North end of Boeing Field.

Next up was a very, very detailed history of breweries in Washington state from before prohibition to the 21st century. Amazing how many Germans came here to brew. Very dry reading though as it details acquisitions, brew lengths and a surprisingly large amount of fires that seem to always be ready to claim breweries.

Currently reading Brew Like a Monk which is an excellent book, and is starting to ignite a passion to visit Belgium.

 

[passedpawn]

1.) After finishing a heavily expanded read though of The Dark Tower series (I included The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon, Insomnia, The Talisman, Salem’s Lot, The Black House, Everything’s Eventual, The Little Sisters of Eluria, and Hearts in Atlantis), I am re-reading The Gunslinger.

2.) Fahrenheit 451 and The Stories of Ray Bradbury are on deck.

3.) A Brave New World and A Brave New Revisited are after that.

4.) At some point I’m going to revisit Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu in particular.

Recently finished: Skydog: The Duane Allman Story, Tree of Smoke, and the Hagakure.

If you like King, you might also try Peter Straub. His Shadowland was one of the spookiest books I ever read.

 

[Big Monk]

If you like King, you might also try Peter Straub. His Shadowland was one of the spookiest books I ever read.

Yup. Love Straub. Talisman and Black House are incredible and of course Julia, Ghost Story, etc. are awesome as well.

I’ve come to really appreciate King as I get older.

 

[passedpawn]

Yup. Love Straub. Talisman and Black House are incredible and of course Julia, Ghost Story, etc. are awesome as well.

I’ve come to really appreciate King as I get older.

I've read Talisman and Ghost Story. I might add one of the others soon. I'm kinda wanting something like that next.

 

[Big Monk]

I've read Talisman and Ghost Story. I might add one of the others soon. I'm kinda wanting something like that next.

I’d recommend Black House. It’s the sequel to the Talisman.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

 

[MaxStout]

Went through some old books I read a few years back and pulled out a few favorites to re-read. Three of the Gray Man series, by Mark Greaney. I have all seven (and there's another being released next month), but for now I have Gray Man, On Target, and Ballistic on the stack. I might scrounge up the other four for some winter reading.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Finally bit the bullet and after watching the show three times through now I have finally jumped into "A Game of Thrones," time to get the full story.

 

[Big Monk]

1.) After finishing a heavily expanded read though of The Dark Tower series (I included The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon, Insomnia, The Talisman, Salem’s Lot, The Black House, Everything’s Eventual, The Little Sisters of Eluria, and Hearts in Atlantis), I am re-reading The Gunslinger.

2.) Fahrenheit 451 and The Stories of Ray Bradbury are on deck.

3.) A Brave New World and A Brave New Revisited are after that.

4.) At some point I’m going to revisit Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu in particular.

Recently finished: Skydog: The Duane Allman Story, Tree of Smoke, and the Hagakure.

I detoured.

1a.) Just read "The Shining" for the first time and I'm plowing through "Doctor Sleep".

Stephen King is an American treasure.

 

[passedpawn]

I'm finally going to start AND FINISH Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow). It's a very fine piece of writing, and it also have a lively plot, and for some reason I've started and put it down at least 3 times. The bookmark is still in it, halfway through, from the last time

I re-started this one (Humboldt's Gift) on a flight last week. 3/4 finished. I can finally take it off my nightstand, 10 years later!

 

[bleme]

I just finished Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. I think this might be my favorite book of his yet as it is the first one that I've actually considered reading over again as soon as I finished it.

 

[fourfarthing]

Finally bit the bullet and after watching the show three times through now I have finally jumped into "A Game of Thrones," time to get the full story.

It is sooo much better. And sooo much more not finished.

 

[fourfarthing]

I just finished Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. I think this might be my favorite book of his yet as it is the first one that I've actually considered reading over again as soon as I finished it.

I always loved The Mistborn series but wanted more, as opposed to a reread.

 

[bleme]

I always loved The Mistborn series but wanted more, as opposed to a reread.

I hardly ever reread (or rewatch). If I do, it's usually at least 10 years apart. I feel like Skyward would be a different book, now knowing the end though.

The 7th book in the Mistborn series was supposed to be out last year until Sanderson created the Skyward series. Now it looks like The Lost Metal should be out in 2020. Three more books in the series are planned after that.

 

[Immocles]

Finished "Summer Knight" by Jim Butcher late last week. Wife got me into the Dresden Files books this winter. Highly recommend.
Started "Inferno" Dan Brown a couple days ago while a copy of "The Rising" by Ian Tregillis gets transferred to my local library.

 

[PMcGuen]

+1 for the Dresden Files. Went through all 15 books in 2 1/2 months. Great read. Not at all what I expected going in. I started to feel all the books had a similar pattern but for some reason it never got old.

 

[passedpawn]

Anyone who likes true-live adventure books should pick up the following. It's a fascinating tale at sea, one of my favorites. Guy goes psycho at sea. I read it a few years ago, but I'm mentioning it now since I see there's a movie out based on the story called The Mercy (words from a cryptic entry in Donald Crowhurst's log book). I haven't seen the movie, but will soon.

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

 

[brewswithshoes]

I’d hit a readers block lately where nothing was interesting me enough to hold my attention. Found this the other day at the library and have started making a nice list of the next 15-20 books I’m gonna read. Nice synopsis on certain books and even recommends other titles if you liked a certain read.

 

[deadwolfbones]

Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen. Super interesting story about the southwest Florida frontier at the turn of the 20th century.

 

[Gravitysucks]

Rereading an interesting history of house/home brewing I bought about 30 years ago.

 

[estricklin]

Well I finished book 1 of WOT, and it started out slow and disappointing, but by the end I was very much enjoying it. Will be diving into the 2nd book soon.

Lately also read:
Camino Island by John Grisham
We Are Legion by Dennis Taylor
The Shinning by Stephen King

I'm currently half way into this, and I highly recommend it:

I'm wondering if anyone has read this collection? I'm thinking about getting it form audible, it's 85 hours long.

 

[bleme]

Well I finished book 1 of WOT, and it started out slow and disappointing, but by the end I was very much enjoying it. Will be diving into the 2nd book soon.

I actually started WOT with book #3, Dragon Reborn, which is where everything really starts busting loose. By the time I went back to read Eye of the World, I was too invested in the story to not enjoy it.

 

[So Shay]

+1 for the Dresden Files. Went through all 15 books in 2 1/2 months. Great read. Not at all what I expected going in. I started to feel all the books had a similar pattern but for some reason it never got old.

My last two I read this week I picked up at Goodwill.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

A Clash of Kings, second book in ASOIAF.

 

[fourfarthing]

Well I finished book 1 of WOT, and it started out slow and disappointing, but by the end I was very much enjoying it. Will be diving into the 2nd book soon.

Lately also read:
Camino Island by John Grisham
We Are Legion by Dennis Taylor
The Shinning by Stephen King

I'm currently half way into this, and I highly recommend it:

I'm wondering if anyone has read this collection? I'm thinking about getting it form audible, it's 85 hours long.

WoT is amazing. Stick it out when it gets slow. There may or may not be WoT themed tattoos in my house. Just saying.

 

[Gravitysucks]

I found this at a used book store the other day.

 

[passedpawn]

I finally finished this - plowed through to the end very late last night. Started and stopped several times. The writer, Bellows, is just pure genius. Every paragraph contains human insight and poetic phrases that remind me that I could never be a writer. But it's thick and chewy and verbose and only enjoyable for those that gravitate to "literature". If you read old classics like like Thomas Hardy or Victor Hugo, you'll like this. Thank goodness it had a satisfying ending... I was quite worried with 50 pages left that it would just uneventfully end and I'd be left unsatisfied, but that wasn't the case - the ending wrapped up fairly neatly.

It won a Pulitzer prize for fiction, which I vaguely recall was the impetus behind my purchase.

 

[gunhaus]

Right now; Robert F Jones testosterone drenched classic Blood Sport. When i am done with that I will be binging on Brian Lumley: Necroscope series first, then the Vampire World. Great series, that I have not read through in some years.

 

[Gadjobrinus]

I finally finished this - plowed through to the end very late last night. Started and stopped several times. The writer, Bellows, is just pure genius. Every paragraph contains human insight and poetic phrases that remind me that I could never be a writer. But it's thick and chewy and verbose and only enjoyable for those that gravitate to "literature". If you read old classics like like Thomas Hardy or Victor Hugo, you'll like this. Thank goodness it had a satisfying ending... I was quite worried with 50 pages left that it would just uneventfully end and I'd be left unsatisfied, but that wasn't the case - the ending wrapped up fairly neatly.

It won a Pulitzer prize for fiction, which I vaguely recall was the impetus behind my purchase.

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I love both Hardy and Hugo, Andrew. Have never read Bellows, for no good reason. About time, very many thanks for the heads up.

 

[passedpawn]

I love both Hardy and Hugo, Andrew. Have never read Bellows, for no good reason. About time, very many thanks for the heads up.

I did think of you gads when finishing this.

 

[riceral]

Just starting Metropolis by Philip Kerr. Love me some historical fiction.

 

[MaxStout]

Just finished this one.

Just starting this.

 

[corkybstewart]

I just finished The Book of Enoch, now I'm reading The Book of Jasher. As a longtime atheist I'm really enjoying the unincluded books that were once part of the Biblical tradition.

 

[passedpawn]

Ever start a book and blow through half of it in one late night? Quite a page-turner this one. Reads like a movie. If this isn't on the big screen in the next few years I'll eat my hat. We'll see where the story ends up (tonight ). It's not AWESOME, just entertaining (for me).

 

[MaxStout]

Ever start a book and blow through half of it in one late night? Quite a page-turner this one. Reads like a movie. If this isn't on the big screen in the next few years I'll eat my hat. We'll see where the story ends up (tonight ). It's not AWESOME, just entertaining (for me).

Sounds interesting. Just added it to my Amazon wish list.

 

[passedpawn]

Sounds interesting. Just added it to my Amazon wish list.

It's slow-burn hitchcockian thriller, where clues are added periodically, making you guess what's going to happen next (and who dunnit). Don't buy til I finish it. Might be tonight. I'll let you know. Just finished kegging.