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kinetosimpetus wrote:No, I actually haven't read a lot of higher level Star Wars books.

Then that's your next stop. The Rise of Darth Vader is one of my top 5 SW books.

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

OPEN by Andre Agassi

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton.

Waaaaay better than the film.

theultimat wrote:Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton.

Waaaaay better than the film.

Eh, I don't know. The book does have more content that's really good, but I think that the movie did a solid job. I think it's one of the best books to movies out there.

Another Fine Myth -- Robert Asprin

Quite the amusing piece.

Moving_Target wrote:

theultimat wrote:Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton.

Waaaaay better than the film.

Eh, I don't know. The book does have more content that's really good, but I think that the movie did a solid job. I think it's one of the best books to movies out there.

It's also probably the best Crichton adaptation to exist. I once saw an autographed copy selling for like $75, but had no money on me at the time (it was like just a few weeks after he died).

I just finished Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson and I am currently reading Ben Hur by Lew Wallace. Hooray for reading lists!

Another Fine Myth--Robert Asprin
Myth Conceptions--Robert Asprin
Myth Directions--Robert Asprin

The Myth series, by R.A., if you couldn't tell. Really funny books, although there are a few crass parts in them.

We're just starting to read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque in my lit class. If none of you have read it, the book deals with the time line of WWI and its from the German point of view. Since most of you know I'm an American so reading a book from the Western Front is very different from what I've read of the Eastern Front. I'm actually quite excited about reading it cuz in our class so far this semester our teacher has only let us read plays and this is gonna be our first real novel and plus I've always been a fan modern warfare.

Nova Hawk wrote:We're just starting to read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque in my lit class. If none of you have read it, the book deals with the time line of WWI and its from the German point of view. Since most of you know I'm an American so reading a book from the Western Front is very different from what I've read of the Eastern Front. I'm actually quite excited about reading it cuz in our class so far this semester our teacher has only let us read plays and this is gonna be our first real novel and plus I've always been a fan modern warfare.

It was nearly 100 years ago. That's not modern.

I think that book was so successful because every vet could connect to and relate to the book in some way.

Sons of Fortune by Jeffrey Archer
Probably one of my favorite books of all time. Great story.
Plus, I'm about to start reading The Odyssey in English.

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Plus, I'm about to start reading The Odyssey in English.

Dude, I feel for you... I never liked the Odyssey.

Nova Hawk wrote:

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Plus, I'm about to start reading The Odyssey in English.

Dude, I feel for you... I never liked the Odyssey.

I love the epic-ness of it.

I'm trying to start reading Walden.

Grev wrote:

Nova Hawk wrote:

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Plus, I'm about to start reading The Odyssey in English.

Dude, I feel for you... I never liked the Odyssey.

I love the epic-ness of it.

Are you referring to term "epic" by which we use now or an epic as in a long narrative poem retelling the events of a historical hero?

Why not both?

kinetosimpetus wrote:Why not both?

Well IMO, I never liked it because I didn't like all those ancient Greek mythology stuff but that's just me.

kinetosimpetus wrote:Why not both?

^This

Nova Hawk wrote:

Fluffy_the_ic wrote:Plus, I'm about to start reading The Odyssey in English.

Dude, I feel for you... I never liked the Odyssey.

How can you not like it? There were so many awesome moments Odysseus had. I have to say, it's one of the few classics that I actually like.

And due to school, I have to read Huckleberry Finn. For me, it's not bad, but I wouldn't call it a good read either, IMHO. Just read up to Chapter 7. He speaks like a Southerner so much that I can't tell what's going on some of the time.

What If?: Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been-edited by Robert Cowley