What Are You Reading Now?

[Surfah]

Just finished The Road (Balled like a baby, as a father of an only child, "A Boy", that was heart wrenching... I should not of imagined the story as if it was myself and my son.. BAD IDEA..) Now starting "Day of Infamy".



Question about The Road for those who have read it.

At the end, the writer seemed to put an emphasis on what the other man was wearing. Was there some sort of significance to that? And is he leading you to believe that the little boy he had saw was in fact the same little boy and girl this new man speaks about?


What was your impression of the ending. Did it give you hope to the boy and humanity?

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showth...highlight=road

[dabrockster]

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showth...highlight=road

Thank you...

[thesaint258]

I read Once An Eagle on happyone's recommendation, and it's a fantastic book. It's been a while since I've read a book that good. The writing was excellent, and the characters were very real. I like characters with flaws, even strengths that can sometimes be flaws. I'm terrible at writing book reviews, so I can't do it justice, but Once An Eagle is a great book.

[happyone]

I read Once An Eagle on happyone's recommendation, and it's a fantastic book. It's been a while since I've read a book that good. The writing was excellent, and the characters were very real. I like characters with flaws, even strengths that can sometimes be flaws. I'm terrible at writing book reviews, so I can't do it justice, but Once An Eagle is a great book.

When I was in the Army, a lifetime ago, it was the only novel on the Professional Military Education reading list for the 101st ABN Div. I don't know if this was army wide list or not. I've read it three times and I still think it is one of the best books on military ethics and what it means to be a good officer and a good leader that I've read, in addition to being a good read

[BoylenOver]

"Homeland" by Barbara Kingsolver.

"Poisonwood Bible" is probably my favorite book, and I'm not entirely sure why it's taken me this long to get around to reading her other works.

[Hot Lunch]

Just started Killing Pablo and I can't put it down.

It is about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar. It is a fun read.

[Flattop]

Hornets Over Kuwait by Jay A. "Guiness" Stout.

Stout deployed with VMFA-451 to Bahrain in August of 1990 in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. In January and February of 1991, he flew combat missions in the F/A-18 Hornet to support the liberation of Kuwait. In this book, Stout describes his own aerial actions and those of his squadron mates, and also writes about the mundane issues associated with being at war. He discusses leadership, tactics and aircraft and his assessments pulls no punches.

Excellent!

[SuperGabers]

"Guns. Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond... It may take me some time to get through it, but I will.

[Brian]

"Guns. Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond... It may take me some time to get through it, but I will.

Great book. The last 100 pages get repetitive, but before that, a fascinating book. I just started Collapse, by Diamond.

[OrangeUte]

I just finished a wonderfully written book titled "The Book Thief". About a young German girl in WWII Germany living with a foster family, harboring a Jewish man, experiencing life in war and under Hitler/Nazi rule. The title comes from the fact that throughout the book she steals books. Very good.

[kccougar]

I just finished a wonderfully written book titled "The Book Thief". About a young German girl in WWII Germany living with a foster family, harboring a Jewish man, experiencing life in war and under Hitler/Nazi rule. The title comes from the fact that throughout the book she steals books. Very good.

I enjoyed He Book Thief. Having Death narrate the story was a unique approach.

[kccougar]

I just reread Flowers for Algernon. I was curious to see if my older son was ready to read it because it is one of the books that I remember making a real impression on me as a teen.

The other book I want my younger son to read that made a great impression on me as a kid is Noah's Castle. It's a story of a british family living during a time of hyper inflation that leads the family's father to start hoarding food.

[woot]

"Guns. Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond... It may take me some time to get through it, but I will.

I've talked to a couple of the profs that Diamond consulted when he was writing the book. They both said he ignored everything they said. It's an interesting book, but it doesn't represent the prevailing view of experts in the field (of which Diamond is not one) and is way oversimplified.

[kccougar]

1776 was just ok for me. He retells the events well, but doesn't bother to provide any framework or sense of the importance of the events. The book basically starts at Jan 1 and "ready go" without giving the reader anything to hang his hat on. I seem like the minority here so maybe I just missed something.

It's not just you. I can't put my finger on it, but there's got to be a reason I've started that book three times and not finished it yet. I like MCullough's books. I really enjoyed John Adams and The Johnstown Flood.

[John McClain]

I just finished a pulpy little book entitled "Blasphemy" by Preston Child. It was way over the top; its premise dealt with the creation of a superconductor by a Bill Gates type to conduct Big Bang type experiments and the reaction of the Christian right. It was entertaining, not at all believable, and takes place on the Navajo Reservation which is a fascinating landscape. It also ends with the protagonist eating a green chile cheeseburger at the Buckhorn Burger in San Antonio NM, which is the only believable part of the book - The Buckhorn has a great green chile cheeseburger.