Favorite book

[Firestorm]

It's been a long time since I've read anything fiction. But here is a list of what I enjoyed reading.

Non-Leo Books:

The Neverending Story, Lord of the Rings, The Hatchet, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, Number the Stars, This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, The Left Behind Series, Harry Potter books, and several others. I'm a fantasy fan, and love reading books that involve mythical creatures. I really need to find some current books to read, but unfortunately, textbooks take up a lot of my time, amongst other things.

For Leo books, there is one book I did enjoy. However for the life of me I cannot remember the title to it. I do remember it involved an unexplained murder, and the detective, or private eye had to go search for clues to find the true culprit. If I ever find the title, I'll attempt to post it.

[smcc360]

...I cannot remember the title to it. I do remember it involved an unexplained murder, and the detective, or private eye had to go search for clues to find the true culprit.

With an off-the-wall plot like that, it shouldn't be too hard to narrow down.

[Ari77]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand; The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand; Serpico by Peter Maas; Victory Secrets Of Attila The Hun by Wess Roberts; Leadership Secrets Of Attila The Hun by Wess Roberts; The Art Of War by Sun Tzu; Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man by John Perkins; Constitutional Chaos and The Constitution In Exile by Judge Andrew Napolitano; Profile Of A Criminal Mind (Reader's Digest) by Brian Innes; Dark Dreams by Roy Hazelwood...now reading The Case For Democracy by Natan Sharansky

[BP348]

Off the top of my head I can't think of one that's way above the others.

Currently I've been hooked on the Lee child and Vince Flynn books. I'm getting ready to start the Brad Thor books.

[retdetsgt]

I liked the first few books by Joe Wambaugh, The Onion Field, The New Centurions, The Choir Boys and a few others. Then he quit writing like a cop and started trying to be a writer. The last book I bought, I tossed after I read the first 5 chapters and he was still into character development. He was a lot more credible, I thought when he stayed with LAPD.

I find that I usually like the first 5 or so books any good author writes, but after that they seem to lose their edge and originality.

An ex-partner of mine, Kent Anderson who was in Special Forces in Vietnam wrote a couple of books I thought were pretty good. The war book is Sympathy For The Devil and then Nightdogs about Portland police.

The last really good book I read was Scandalmongers by William Safire. It's about the press around the time of the American Revolution. Makes our press seem almost fair......

[Nole795]

Off the top of my head I can't think of one that's way above the others.

Currently I've been hooked on the Lee child and Vince Flynn books. I'm getting ready to start the Brad Thor books.

I am a big fan of VINCE FLYNN and BRAD THOR. I just received THOR'S newest book from the Library. I tried reading LEE CHILD'S but I don't like books written in the first person.

[Taz_bb2]

I tried reading LEE CHILD'S but I don't like books written in the first person.

Most of them aren't. I think there's only like 3 of them that are. Everything else is third person. Great series. I can't wait for my copy of Nothing to Lose to come available. Only 43 more people in front of me. (Library. I read WAYYYYYY too many books to be able to afford to buy them.)

From the Lee Child website:

Why are some Reacher novels in first person narrative and others in third person narrative?

Lee says writing in first person is more natural for him. But writing in third person gives him more freedom when building suspense. With third person narrative, the suspense builds easily as the reader can essentially see around corners and anticipate events about which Reacher has no knowledge. With the first person narrative, the reader can only know what Reacher knows. That's it in a nutshell. The storyline dictates what narrative voice would suit best. Certainly, with first person the story is more graphic and intimate as we're inside Jack's head. So far in the series, Killing Floor, Persuader, and The Enemy are in first person narrative. Die Trying, Tripwire, Running Blind/The Visitor, Echo Burning, Without Fail, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, and 2008's Nothing to Lose are in third person.

[Cris1102]

If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter

[Creeker]

I am a big fan of VINCE FLYNN and BRAD THOR. I just received THOR'S newest book from the Library. ....

I just bought 4 of his books at Costco. I started with the Lions of Lucerne and I am on the next one in the series now.

I saw his newest one, but I have a personal policy of only buying Novels in paperback (unless they are classics) because its not like I'm going to be reading it again, usually... so I am going to wait on The Last Patriot.

[Creeker]

If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter

DOH!!

I don't know what to make of a Blonde reading a Blonde!:confused:

I like to hear her and she makes a lot of sense, I just have a hard time reading her work. It takes a lot of concentration and interpretation to follow her, IMHO.

[Creeker]

My newest book on my "Next up List":

Niel Boortz : Somebody's Got to Say it.

[histfan71]

My favorite book is "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque. My favorite author is C.S. Forester who wrote the Horatio Hornblower series, which I find very inspirational. It was the Hornblower books that sparked my lifelong fascination with the Royal Navy of the Age of Sail and Admiral Horatio Nelson. My current favorite is Bernard Cornwell. I like his Sharpe series best but I also liked his King Arthur trilogy and his current series informally known as The Saxon Stories.

[Taz_bb2]

My newest book on my "Next up List":

Niel Boortz : Somebody's Got to Say it.

Excellent book. One of the first ones that made me realize where my views truly lie.

His idea for dealing with drugs is interesting, to say the least. ;)

[Creeker]

Excellent book. One of the first ones that made me realize where my views truly lie.

His idea for dealing with drugs is interesting, to say the least. ;)

Is it like John Stossel's? I won't be getting into Boortz for a few days yet.

Stossel thinks that Natural selection should be allowed to happen regarding drug use.

Having seen the obvious futility of the drug war, I'm inclined to agree... although I am sure that's not a real popular opinion among DEA and Narc and Seizure Agents...

[Taz_bb2]

Is it like John Stossel's? I won't be getting into Boortz for a few days yet.

Stossel thinks that Natural selection should be allowed to happen regarding drug use.

Having seen the obvious futility of the drug war, I'm inclined to agree... although I am sure that's not a real popular opinion among DEA and Narc and Seizure Agents...

I haven't read Stossel's book yet, but Boortz basically is for complete legalization of all drugs and instead of spending 400 billion a year in enforcement, spend like 40 million a year in supporting rehab centers for those that want it.

I supposed the ultimate result is natural selection for those that don't. It surely makes more sense than having 30% of every jail/prison population in for MJ use/distribution. :rolleyes: But that's for another thread, another day.