What book are you reading now? and Fav. Author(s)?

[HK 47]

I'm a huge fantasy/sci-fi fan.
Brandon Sanderson is by far my favourite author - The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance are easily my top 2 books I've read. I'd suggest reading the Mistborn series first though, as a shorter intro to his works.

I'm currently reading Wheel of Time (up to number 4).
Other authors I'd suggest are Scott Lynch (fantasy) and Alistair Reynolds (sci-fi)

[Call of Doughty]

If you liked the Mr Mercedes trilogy you might like David Baldacci's Memory Man and The Last Mile. Read a bit of both, but not finished either. A little along the lines of a S. King feel and similar themes. Murder Mystery, crime and drama etc. Not horror by any means.

[PenguinHunter]

Did any of you guys read the Schreech Owl Series? I read the firs 8 of them and I loved them... I love hockey and I loved the suspense of the books!

Now I really enjoy reading other suspense novels... too bad there was not any adult suspense novels that had a hockey team as the heroes!

[lucafen4]

Ahh the joys of being a parent. I get to relive all the kids books too. Just finished Charlotte's Web and now onto Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) The best part, I get to read them almost through the eyes of a six year old. Love it! Love the fact she begs for more chapters every night. I'm convinced it's not a 'go to sleep' stalling tactic.

She just truly loves the stories and the chocolate of my voice (ha!)

[hockeyrobot]

Did any of you guys read the Schreech Owl Series? I read the firs 8 of them and I loved them... I love hockey and I loved the suspense of the books!

Now I really enjoy reading other suspense novels... too bad there was not any adult suspense novels that had a hockey team as the heroes!

Ohhhhhhhhh myyyy goddddddddddd I remember those!! I got into them because I used to go to a tournament in Lake Placid when I was younger.


I just finished American Gods...not sure how I feel about it though .,

[Call of Doughty]

Not for the faint of heart.

[Eskimo Brother]

Did any of you guys read the Schreech Owl Series? I read the firs 8 of them and I loved them... I love hockey and I loved the suspense of the books!

Now I really enjoy reading other suspense novels... too bad there was not any adult suspense novels that had a hockey team as the heroes!

Read that series twice when I was younger. Huge fan of Roy MacGregor.

Currently reading "Against All Enemies" by Tom Clancy. Typical Clancy read. Not his best one, but still enjoying it

[ridinryan44]

If you liked the Mr Mercedes trilogy you might like David Baldacci's Memory Man and The Last Mile. Read a bit of both, but not finished either. A little along the lines of a S. King feel and similar themes. Murder Mystery, crime and drama etc. Not horror by any means.

I just finished Memory Man... Baldacci's writing is a bit simple but enjoyable and easy to follow. He's a great choice for some mellow, brainless entertainment. I continue to pray for new Greg Iles books as I tore through his entire collection. The Quiet Game and the Natchez Burning trilogy are my favorites by him.

Right now, after just completing Memory Man, I am forcing myself to read The Drawing of the Three which is the second in The Dark Tower series. I've heard such good things about the series that I want to try again after struggling to really follow The Dark Tower.

[lucafen4]

I just finished Memory Man... Baldacci's writing is a bit simple but enjoyable and easy to follow. He's a great choice for some mellow, brainless entertainment. I continue to pray for new Greg Iles books as I tore through his entire collection. The Quiet Game and the Natchez Burning trilogy are my favorites by him.

Right now, after just completing Memory Man, I am forcing myself to read The Drawing of the Three which is the second in The Dark Tower series. I've heard such good things about the series that I want to try again after struggling to really follow The Dark Tower.

I struggled with this one... quite a bit. still on hiatus before tackling book 3.

[hockeyrobot]

I just finished Memory Man... Baldacci's writing is a bit simple but enjoyable and easy to follow. He's a great choice for some mellow, brainless entertainment. I continue to pray for new Greg Iles books as I tore through his entire collection. The Quiet Game and the Natchez Burning trilogy are my favorites by him.

Right now, after just completing Memory Man, I am forcing myself to read The Drawing of the Three which is the second in The Dark Tower series. I've heard such good things about the series that I want to try again after struggling to really follow The Dark Tower.

I think I enjoyed Book 2 more than any that I've finished so far (Im only on book 4)

[ridinryan44]

I've heard book two and four are ones people have really enjoyed. Here's to hoping

[Instant Karma]

I've just started Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's the first in a trilogy about humanity's initial colonization of Mars.

I'm less than halfway through but I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. It's somewhat akin to The Martian except the characters are (much) better developed and you're not forced to fight through the flippant smart-@$$ narration. (Can you tell that I wasn't too crazy about that one?)

Reads fast but it's also pretty informative.

[Eskimo Brother]

I've just started Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's the first in a trilogy about humanity's initial colonization of Mars.

I'm less than halfway through but I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. It's somewhat akin to The Martian except the characters are (much) better developed and you're not forced to fight through the flippant smart-@$$ narration. (Can you tell that I wasn't too crazy about that one?)

Reads fast but it's also pretty informative.

Really? I loved the way the Martian was written. As soon as I finished it I started it again from the beginning. Really enjoyed the style and it made for a nice-albeit fast-paced read.

[The Bottlenecker]

I've been on this thread a few times, but not sure if I've mentioned Henning Mankell and his engrossing Kurt Wallander series. Currently reading book #7 in the series (One Step Behind), and loving it 100 pages in.

My favorite crime fiction writers are: Michael Connelly, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. All great authors. Curious to know if there are any Dobber members who agree or have other fave crime writers.

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I've been on this thread a few times, but not sure if I've mentioned Henning Mankell and his engrossing Kurt Wallander series. Currently reading book #7 in the series (One Step Behind), and loving it 100 pages in.

My favorite crime fiction writers are: Michael Connelly, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. All great authors. Curious to know if there are any Dobber members who agree or have other fave crime writers.

[lucafen4]

I've been on this thread a few times, but not sure if I've mentioned Henning Mankell and his engrossing Kurt Wallander series. Currently reading book #7 in the series (One Step Behind), and loving it 100 pages in.

My favorite crime fiction writers are: Michael Connelly, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. All great authors. Curious to know if there are any Dobber members who agree or have other fave crime writers.

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I've been on this thread a few times, but not sure if I've mentioned Henning Mankell and his engrossing Kurt Wallander series. Currently reading book #7 in the series (One Step Behind), and loving it 100 pages in.

My favorite crime fiction writers are: Michael Connelly, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. All great authors. Curious to know if there are any Dobber members who agree or have other fave crime writers.

I read pretty much everything, although not a lot of crime fiction. Surprisingly since my degree is in criminology. I think part of it is, most detectives irritate me. So done in movies they all seem clich?d. years ago I read a couple Connelly books and enjoyed them. Haven't heard of Mankell.. and haven't read Nesbo.

I've read a couple Ian Rankin books and he's good. I've got a couple more on my shelf I need to get to.

Tim Dorsey is great - funniest books I've ever read. They're crime books, but from the viewpoint of the criminals. Serge Storm is a serial killer, with morals. Kinda like Dexter, but no job, and just completely f---ed up.

my problem is I skip genre's almost every book.