what are you reading lately?

[Tank]

14 hours ago, mrwicked said:

no that's not it.

pretty sure it was called 227.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins

[Redondo]

Just read the Whistler by John Grisham. Another in a long line of good books from him..

[Ordos]

On 11/22/2016 at 7:46 PM, cezero said:

Started The Wheel of Time series over again for the fist time since 1990 or so. 

I'm getting a LOT more out of it now that I've taught mythology for so long. What a wonderful series it was for the first 5-6 books. Top notch. 

The end of Lord of Chaos (Dumai's Wells) is still one of my favorite

[Ordos]

Reviewing Cialdini's Influence, good for business. If anyone has interest in social psychology and how marketers get you to buy, it's a good read

[Ordos]

Sanderson definitely saved the end of the series, tied up all the loose ends that Jordan let snowball. And agreed on the Egwene/Nynaeve storylines, they were never very interesting 

[Redondo]

Just started The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

[ELEVEN]

On Sunday, December 04, 2016 at 9:25 PM, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

Not Dead Yet by Phil Collins

I thought he was dead?

[ELEVEN]

3 hours ago, Redondo said:

Just started The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

I've read all of his stuff. Love Harry Bosch! You might like George Pelecanos too. He wrote for The Wire & Treme, but he is a novelist first.

[red321]

Sevenes by Neal Stephenson

Stephenson can be hit and miss...he's done some brilliant things like Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. He's also done some long winded stuff I could never get in.

 

Sevenes appears to be in the first category.

[Redondo]

7 hours ago, ELEVEN said:

I've read all of his stuff. Love Harry Bosch! You might like George Pelecanos too. He wrote for The Wire & Treme, but he is a novelist first.

I've read all his books also. Hieronymus Bosch is definitely an interesting character. 

Thanks for the tip on Pelecanos.

[Glen]

"Bombs Away," an alternate history book by Harry Turtledove. Dude has an impeccable eye for details without being overwhelming.

[wopphil]

Gonna be starting "Water for the Angels." It's about William Mullholland, the building of the aqueduct, and the development of Los Angeles. I got to travel to Bishop several times for work a few years ago and became really interested in the water issues and history.

[Ordos]

1 hour ago, wopphil said:

Gonna be starting "Water for the Angels." It's about William Mullholland, the building of the aqueduct, and the development of Los Angeles. I got to travel to Bishop several times for work a few years ago and became really interested in the water issues and history.

Let me know how that is, please. Sounds interesting.

[Glen]

On 12/23/2016 at 6:50 AM, ELEVEN said:

I've read all of his stuff. Love Harry Bosch! You might like George Pelecanos too. He wrote for The Wire & Treme, but he is a novelist first.

Thanks for reminding me of Pelicanos. Haven't read him in a while, have to check him out again.

[wopphil]

45 minutes ago, Ordos said:

Let me know how that is, please. Sounds interesting.

Will do. The history of L.A.'s "theft" of water from the Owens Valley is pretty interesting. When you drive through the Valley, every other vehicle on the road is an LAWDP truck. L.A. wouldn't be what it is but for water from that region.

[Ordos]

5 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Will do. The history of L.A.'s "theft" of water from the Owens Valley is pretty interesting. When you drive through the Valley, every other vehicle on the road is an LAWDP truck. L.A. wouldn't be what it is but for water from that region.

I had a professor in college that went into LA history a bit, was quite intriguing. He touched on the aqueduct for a bit, but also on the LA Times, oil money, and some of the families, such as the Buffums and Chandlers. Would love to get back into some of that history.

[ELEVEN]

10 hours ago, calscuf said:

You guys know there's a thing called TV?

It's much better.

Link?

[Slegnaac]

On 12/24/2016 at 9:29 AM, wopphil said:

Will do. The history of L.A.'s "theft" of water from the Owens Valley is pretty interesting. When you drive through the Valley, every other vehicle on the road is an LAWDP truck. L.A. wouldn't be what it is but for water from that region.

Salt water bad for grass 

[Brandon]

the shadow rising and cock slurpees.

[Redondo]

Black Horizon by James Grippando

[Redondo]

Need You Now by Grippando

[mrwicked]

just bought two books on a whim:

"the morning miracle" - im a software dude and we tend to have wacky hours, which usually means late nights. but im working to switch my schedule so that i get more done earlier, like my workouts, so i have my evenings free. buddy of mine recommended this for that switch to productive mornings.

"wherever you go, there you are" - book on meditation, friend told me it's a great read so i picked it up. i love stuff like this. 

 

[red321]

I have never been a meditation person, silence pains me...physically pains me. I cannot be in a silent room without going crazy. Cannot sleep at night if it's silent. But I've thought that maybe it's something I should try and work on.

[Blarg]

You and my wife would get along well. She cannot sit in a quiet room. I will remove my hearing aids just to lessen the sounds in a room with nothing going on. She gets a little fidgety if we go to bed together and I shut off the television.