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I'm reading The Martian by Andy Weir. It's about an astronaut who gets left behind on Mars and has to find a way to survive, Robinson Crusoe style. It's mostly told through journal entries, which can be a bit dry, but it's broken up with Earth based segments with NASA trying to figure out a way to rescue him. I'm only 26% into it according to my Kindle, but it's pretty interesting so far.

www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438572235&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Martian
 
I'm reading 1634: The Bavarian crisis after going through the 1st 15 volumes of the Grantville Gazette and running into a Mrs. Simpson is missing reference. long, long way to go before I'm halfway through the Ring of Fire series.
 
The Martian is a great book. I'm hoping the Movie does it justice. I'm finishing up Dreams of the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn, which is a sequel to After The Golden Age; both YAish superhero books, but quite good. The main character in both is not super-powered, but has super-powered family.

After that, I am going to finish Terry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry Jones... after that, I'm not decided yet.
 
Currently reading Infiltrator, the second book of the Forager trilogy by Peter R. Stone.

Post-apocalyptic thriller, not too terrible...
 
Finished both Infiltrator and Expatriot; the last book of the Forager trilogy. Satisfactory ending; a bit angsty, but the hero is only twenty...

No idea what I am going to read next. Still working on Terry Jones' Medieval Lives; but it's not as engaging as I'd hoped.
 
I stalled on #12ish of Reacher. Love the series, but after a year of reading it I had to stop. I stopped after the short Mexican drug dealer in underground bomb seller one (lol)
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Haven't read any off the Jack Reacher books... Just finished reading The thriller, Flee, which was surprisingly good (I tend to avoid books with lipstick on the cover). Now reading On Basilisk Station, the first Honor Harrington book.
 
I've been reading the Wayward Pines trilogy. Finished book two last night, I'll probably start on book three tonight. These books are pretty good, wish I had read them before I watched the TV series, but there are a lot of differences, especially when you get you book two. Kindle versions are on sale for $2 each this month, not sure I would pay full price because these are pretty quick reads.

www.amazon.com/Wayward-Pines-3-Book-Series/dp/B00PMGU4VC/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442022710&sr=1-4&keywords=wayward+pines
 
Gmash said:
I've been reading the Wayward Pines trilogy. Finished book two last night, I'll probably start on book three tonight. These books are pretty good, wish I had read them before I watched the TV series, but there are a lot of differences, especially when you get you book two. Kindle versions are on sale for $2 each this month, not sure I would pay full price because these are pretty quick reads.

www.amazon.com/Wayward-Pines-3-Book-Series/dp/B00PMGU4VC/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1442022710&sr=1-4&keywords=wayward+pines
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Too bad the primary selling point for Amazon is that it's being made into a television series. I don't watch TV and I am not going to purchase anything based on its selection for adaptation into that medium.

It's like going to a restaurant where the blurb under the title "Meatloaf" says, "Just like on the cover of Foodies!"

I don't know if that's an actual magazine title, but I wouldn't doubt it...

Anyhow. I have read through seven or eight Honor Harrington books, on a slight hiatus, reading Three, the third Codename: Chandler book and also reading Why We Eat What We Eat: How the Encounter Between the New World and the Old WOrld Changed the way Everyone on the Planet Eats which is quite a mouthful (take the pun as you wish) for a relatively rapid read.
 
Dngrsone said:
Too bad the primary selling point for Amazon is that it's being made into a television series. I don't watch TV and I am not going to purchase anything based on its selection for adaptation into that medium.

It's like going to a restaurant where the blurb under the title "Meatloaf" says, "Just like on the cover of Foodies!"

I don't know if that's an actual magazine title, but I wouldn't doubt it...

Anyhow. I have read through seven or eight Honor Harrington books, on a slight hiatus, reading Three, the third Codename: Chandler book and also reading Why We Eat What We Eat: How the Encounter Between the New World and the Old WOrld Changed the way Everyone on the Planet Eats which is quite a mouthful (take the pun as you wish) for a relatively rapid read.
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I agree with you, but I wouldn't let that deter you from checking them out if you're interested in that sort of thing, especially at the current price. They're well written and fun.

Yes, that is a ridiculously long book title! :p
 
Rereading The Last Man by Vince Flynn in anticipation of the long awaited The Survivor, which was started by Flynn before he died and was just finished by Kyle Mills.
 
NightAngel79 said:
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
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What did you think? I really liked it, but it seems like more people prefer Neverwhere.

I recently read a book that kind of reminds me of Neil Gaiman. Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Random Riggs. It is the first of a trilogy. I plan of reading the other two books soon. It's hard to explain, but it has a parallel world, time travel, (sort of) and a bunch of kids with weird abilities. It's fun and well written.

www.amazon.com/Miss-Peregrines-Home-Peculiar-Children/dp/1594746036
 
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