Read any good books lately?

[Mrs_Beastman]

looking for suggestions. Some mystery/drama in the non-fiction category. Some history/social commentary for fiction

[JimmyJazz]

1. I already gave you my best suggestion!

:(

[Mrs_Beastman]

6. I'm on it

going to the library this weekend. I like to get 4-5 at a time and speed read until one catches my eye.:hi:

[Redstone]

2. Forget those categories. Try "On Food and Cooking"

by Harold McGee.

Trust me on this.

Redstone

On edit: Make sure it's the Revised Edition.

[Mrs_Beastman]

7. oooooo

looks good...I never miss an episode of Alton Brown's show, so this will be good. Thanks

[Redstone]

27. It's Alton Brown without the silliness...

I do like Alton Brown, but he can get on your nerves after a while, yes?

But at least he's doesn't have that nerve-racking little giggle that Rachel Ray does, or make that weird whining humming noise like Emeril...

I know...picky, picky. But read the book. It's great.

Redstone

[flamingyouth]

3. I really liked the novel "Galveston" by Paul Quarrington

Yeah, I know it doesn't fit strictly into your categories, but it was a good read. :hi:

[Mrs_Beastman]

11. Hmm... good beach read

If it ever gets to beach weather here in the great north.

[sniffa]

4. same ones over and over

my favorite, is one i hope your husband owns: have a nice day by mick foLey. :D

[Mrs_Beastman]

8. Ha!!

You are making that up!?...Mr B rereads that book all the time.

[sniffa]

10. not at aLL

i've read it at Least 50 times.. probabLy more. :D

sadLy, it's faLLing apart. :cry:

did he pick up the sequeL? it's good, but it's a different sLant. one good thing about the sequeL - he spends chapters ripping into brent bozzeL. :D

[Mrs_Beastman]

13. Foley is Good?

Is that the name of the second one? Yes, he has it. I gained an appreciation for Foley when he was on "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" a few years back. He's not stupid.

[sniffa]

15. he's wicked smaht

and he's LiberaL. :D

i had to cLarify his book as 'the sequeL' since he's aLso written a bunch of chiLdrens' books.

[Dastard Stepchild]

12. uhhhh.....I've read that book :)

I enjoyed it, too. :)

[sniffa]

14. it's a great book

i became quite attached to it.

mick does radio now - weLL, he fiLLed in on AAR some, but i've heard he's got own shown coming?

[Dastard Stepchild]

17. No way....

Did you ever see the documentary "Beyond the Mat"
I always liked the guy, but I really liked him after seeing that.

[Mrs_Beastman]

19. On XM?

I heard him fill in on morning sedition about a month ago...

[bertha katzenengel]

5. So sorry... not what you're looking for, but I'll tell you anyway, just in

case you change your mind. I'm reading Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age by Tom Crouch.

An excellent read so far.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393057674/qid=1117158603/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-2210349-4855215?v=glance&s=books

Good luck in finding something you will tear right through!

[Mrs_Beastman]

16. Hmmm

Does it settle who was first in flight? You know,Ohio and North Carolina have been bickering for years on who gets to claim the Wright Brothers...:shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

21. LOL It settles it, but not between OH and NC. More like between

the Wrights and a few European fliers. In short, a bunch of people copied the Wright Flyer from their early patents and from drawings, and never got it right, although they were able to fly short distances. But these other guys flew farther than the Wrights did in 1903, so they crowed and claimed they'd really been the first. They took advantage of the Americans' silence and inaction; the Wrights weren't doing any more flying, not even demos so they could get funding, because they didn't want anyone viewing/stealing their stuff before further patents could be secured.

Their proving flights were in 1908, after all had been perfected, and people walked away from those demos shaking their heads and muttering "holy fuck...."

Anyway, the Wrights were first. They had the Wright stuff first. (oh, god :rofl: i am so witty :rofl:)

Time for me to hit the sack so I can read more. Can't put it down!

'night, all

[Mrs_Beastman]

23. goodnight

I'm almost there myself

[enigmatic]

9. If you like mystery....

Check out the Steve Hamilton "Alex McNight" mysteries:

http://www.authorstevehamilton.com/

Harold Adams' "Carl Wilcox" mysteries:

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/wilcox_carl.html

And William Kent Krueger's "Cork O'Connor" mysteries:

http://www.williamkentkrueger.com/

All are dripping w/ atmosphere, great writing, and unforgettable protagonists..

[Mrs_Beastman]

18. I like the McNight books

thanks...I will check out the other two.

It has a different pace then others and is a really quick read, but I like 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' by Alexander McCall Smith. It is rare that books can make me laugh out loud.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400034779/002-1752249-8023210?v=glance

[enigmatic]

22. I'll check this out, thanks...

I'm really getting into the Barry Gilbert series also:

http://www.ffbooks.co.uk/n6/n30664.htm

They are much more straightforward mysteries; if you're into that as well, it might be worth a look..

[NYC]

20. You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe.

Fiction -- social commentary. Excellent.

[Bok_Tukalo]

24. Just began "Wicked: The Live and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"

It has started out well.

[megatherium]

26. It holds up. Very intense and imaginative. nt

[BlueIris]

25. "Notes from the Divided Country," by Suji Kwock Kim.

Great writing.

[koopie57]

28. a book that I thought everyone had read

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ...

[Jean Louise Finch]

29. "Blindness" by Jose Saramago

Though I admit to only being halfway through it. It's brilliant social commentary about a society that literally goes blind and the destruction that follows. I think it won the Nobel Prize in 1998; it's absolutely beautifully written and as affronting a concept as any I can remember reading.

[GirlinContempt]

30. Just finished

The Assassination of Trotsky.
Very good read.