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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 10:52:36 GMT -5
Summer means vacation time, yay! So a lot of you are taking trips, driving, flying, camping, the beach... Or maybe you're just kicking back, taking a staycation, lounging by the pool. Whatever floats your boat. So what book are you reading, or have lined up to read? My husband turned me on to a great series of books by C. J. Box. There are 13 books in the series (so far) and I'm on #11. It's called the Joe Pickett series, and while you don't absolutely have to read them in the order written, it will make more sense, since he references things that have happened in previous volumes. Joe Pickett is a game warden, based in the fictitious town of Saddlestring, Wyoming. The books are about his life, his family and his exploits, while getting his job done in the beautiful country that is Wyoming. While he attempts to do things by the book, he occasionally does things his own way. The first book in the series was written in 2000, and the author writes one new one per year. He writes simply, yet descriptively, and the novels take many unexpected plot twists and turns. While his first book was good, he has improved with each and every installment. Here's a link to his website, listing the Joe Picket books in the order written. Be forwarned, once you start reading one, you will not want to put it down! Let's hear from yall about any good books you're reading. I'm halfway done with #11, #12 and #13 will fly by, and then I'll need something else to read! Jean
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2013 11:11:40 GMT -5
Staycation Reading Playboy mostly
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Post by billg22 on Jul 26, 2013 11:13:40 GMT -5
I took two books on our vacation to Sedona Az. I wasn't able to crack open either book. Way too busy and passed out at night. One of those vacations that need about three days to recover from. Lee Child and David Baldachi are a couple of favorites. Will read Patterson, Sandford, and Koontz. And there are a couple of off the wall writers, Joe Lansdale and Richard Laymon that are not for everyone. I buy the real books. I just can't read off Kindles or ipads.
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Post by Toad on Jul 26, 2013 11:27:10 GMT -5
Haven't had much time recently. Just finished The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan a few months back...
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 11:34:30 GMT -5
Just finished reading The Complete Guide to Michigan Fossils by Joseph J. "PaleoJoe" Kchodl. Now I'm reading words on my computer screen.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 11:41:09 GMT -5
James - tsk, tsk, tsk... I might've guessed. You never heard of a staycation? It's when you have time off from work, but can't afford to go anywhere, LOL! You stay home!
Bill, I've had vacations like that - where I have to rest up for a few days when I get back. The authors you listed are some of my favorites, too. I kind of got burned out on the Patterson books, too formulaic. I liked the Prey series by Sandford. I always look forward to new David Baldacci novels coming out. I particularly liked the Camel Club sequence. Another author I like in a kind of blustery, pirate like way is Clive Cussler, like his NUMA Files. I've read a lot of Cussler. In fact, I have a new one of his (Zero Hour)lined up to start on when the Box novels are completed. And yes, REAL BOOKS, not Kindles, iPads, or whatever. I like they way books feel and smell. Oh, and pretty much anything by John Grisham.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 11:44:56 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 12:00:35 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I love Robin Cook. Like his medical/scientific style of writing. Nano, I've read that one, it's a good read.
Todd, I don't think I've read any Robert Jordan. Will have to look him up.
And of course you can't go wrong with any reference-type books. But be careful, you might just learn something.
Another book we talked about here a while back is called Tyranosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston. I have a copy here I've already read. If anyone wants it, reply in this thread and I'll send it to you!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 12:12:49 GMT -5
Quote Jean, And of course you can't go wrong with any reference-type books. But be careful, you might just learn something. Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/61132/reading?page=1&scrollTo=684003#ixzz2aAjGi7mcLOL. I don't like fiction novels. Before the Michigan Fossils book, I read Trilobite, Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey. Fortey is a British paleontologist who has dedicated his life to studying Trilobites. It follows his life, starting at 14 years old, when he found his first Trilobite. I used to read fictional books. Tolkien's Hobbit trilogy, Dante's Inferno and things like that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 14:24:15 GMT -5
Don's too old and grouchy to enjoy a good medical thriller!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 26, 2013 14:25:21 GMT -5
I'm working on a pile of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series novels, another pile of John Sanford's Prey series of novels and of course for non fiction, my ever present pile of gun magazines. I read quite a lot and am discovering the advantage of growing older. When writers write a lot of books, I often forget which I've read, so I get to read them all over again and still enjoy them L*.....Mel
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 14:27:48 GMT -5
Don's too old and grouchy to enjoy a good medical thriller! LOL. At my age, every day is a medical thriller.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 14:29:20 GMT -5
literally laughing out loud! Glad you are well enough to still fire back at me!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 14:36:37 GMT -5
When writers write a lot of books, I often forget which I've read, so I get to read them all over again and still enjoy them L*.....Mel Mel, I heard that one of the perks of having Alzheimer's - you get to meet new people every day! Just kidding!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 26, 2013 15:39:57 GMT -5
Alzheimers....Old timers, Ya gets old enough, there ain't a hell of a lot of difference *L*.....Mel
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 15:48:37 GMT -5
literally laughing out loud! Glad you are well enough to still fire back at me! When I get too old to fire back, ya better start digging my hole. Hell, my wife went out and ordered my box a couple weeks ago. Told her when they stick me in that box, I wanted them to stick my favorite Fairburn in my mouth. No taps at my grave site. I want them to play Stairway to Heaven instead, just as loud as they can.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 26, 2013 17:22:13 GMT -5
Mine has been a stayandsweatcation, been too busy digging up the back yard for the shop we're going to build. Poured the slab this morning. When I have time to read I mostly stick to non-fictions, history, biographies, and whatnot. I think if things slow down enough in the fall I would like to pick up and reread some Vonnegut, maybe some Heinlein. I might lurk around the downtown hipster bookstore striking up conversations with total strangers till I find some authors who write books for people with a complete vocabulary, seems like all the new authors nowadays write at about a 6th grade level, or is it the editors who want to sell more books to a dumbed down populace?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 17:23:11 GMT -5
I read pretty much everything I can get my hands on other than romance novels. I just found Larry McMurtry books and am looking all over for the rest of his. "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Zeke and Ned" are the only two that I have found so far out of about fifteen. The fantasy trilogy about the dragon called Aragon that turned into four instead of three books was hard to put down. I have not been able to find the fourth book but they were awesome and they were written by a teenager that lives close to Bozeman Montana. I have boxes of books that I need to trade in because I have read everything except the romance novels and a book called "Songs of Earth and Power" by Greg Bear and I am going to take a shot at it. I can read a third of the way through a book and then toss it if it starts getting boring or if like Mel I have read it before. HHMMMM this is starting to sound familiar. Oh crap, now I remember the end. THUNK Jim
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 26, 2013 17:32:46 GMT -5
I love McMurtry books but boy he writes a lot of sad endings. Four of my favorite non westerns are Cadillac Jack, Some Can Whistle? and the Last Picture Show/Texasville set.
I'll have to reread me some Steinbeck too. Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday are two of my favorite books ever....Mel
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Post by Toad on Jul 26, 2013 17:36:52 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I love Robin Cook. Like his medical/scientific style of writing. Nano, I've read that one, it's a good read. Todd, I don't think I've read any Robert Jordan. Will have to look him up. And of course you can't go wrong with any reference-type books. But be careful, you might just learn something. Another book we talked about here a while back is called Tyranosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston. I have a copy here I've already read. If anyone wants it, reply in this thread and I'll send it to you! Jean, Robert writes fantasy. He actually wrote a lot of the Conan the Barbarian books. But the Wheel of Time series is a completely different world original to Jordan. He died before the series was done, so they had another fantasy author finish the last 3 books in the series. He did a great job - loved the ending.
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