Mistborn is good, but I enjoyed the Wax and Wayne trilogy (set in same world as Mistborn trilogy) more

Game of Thrones novels

These are the books I've read so far in 2019, along with the rating I gave to each on Goodreads:

The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood - 3*
Rowdy Memphis - John Branston - 3*
My Life in France - Julia Child - 4*
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie - 4*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 5*
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler - 4*
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami - 3*
Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut - 4*
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie - 4*

The Way of Kings--Branden Sanderson: A
Words of Radiance--Branden Sanderson: A
Oathbringer-- Branden Sanderson: A
Supernatural: Joyride--John Passarella: C-
The Bee Hunter-- George Harold Edgell: C (non-fiction about beelining, just a little outdated)
Tiamat's Wrath (Book 8 of Expanse series)-- James S.A. Corey: A++ (probably the best of the series to me)
Supernatural: Children of Anubis-- Tim Waggoner: B-
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History-- Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger: B
Elephant of Surprise: A Hap and Leonard Novel-- Joe R Lansdale: B+
The Eye of the World-- Robert Jordan:

Just finished Catcher in the Rye. I'd give it a C. Glad I didn't have to read that back in high school.

American Gods

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (author's preferred text). A-

Another great Gaiman book. Although I didn't like the cliff hanger ending

Man on Fire.

mrsbeer05 said:

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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (author's preferred text). A-

Another great Gaiman book. Although I didn't like the cliff hanger ending

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I am stunned there aren't more books in this storyline.

Agreed. It's a world rich for expansion

update: Repeat readings of HPs to discuss with grand daughter as well as readings of Nicholas Flamel series
1) Peter V. Brett's The Daylight War (Demon Cycle #3) B+
2) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone A-
3) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets A
4) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban A
5) Peter V. Brett's The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle #4) B
6) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire A-
7) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix A-
8) Preston and Child's Verses for the Dead (Pendergast series #18) B
9) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince A-
10) J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows A
11) Ransom Riggs' A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #4) B
12) Peter V. Brett's The Core (Demon Cycle Series #5) B+
13) Ken Follet's Eye of the Needle A
14) Markus Zusak's I Am The Messenger A+
15) James Michener's Poland B
16) Michael Scott's The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1) B
17) Justin Cronin's The Summer Guest B

June Updates:
18) Michael Scott's The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #2) B
19) Peter Straub's A Dark Matter; a bit disappointing C+
20) Michael Scott's The Sorceress (#3) B+
21) Michael Scott's The Necromancer (#4) B-

Decided to break between Stormlight and Elantris with Phillip K. D's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep / Blade Runner.



I think before starting back into Sanderson I may read a Chernobyl history. Which one is the best?

Just finished Grisham's "The Reckoning." Easily the worst book of his I've read.

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline 7.5/10

I liked Midnight in Chernobyl

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen by Mark Shaw

On November 8, 1965, millions of fans of What's My Line? CBS television star, Pulitzer Prize-nominated columnist and crack investigative reporter Dorothy Kilgallen were shocked when she was found dead in her NYC townhouse. The autopsy report concluded she accidentally died of an "Acute Ethanol and Barbiturate Intoxication: Circumstances Undetermined."

Despite an apparently staged death scene, no police investigation followed even though friends believed the courageous media icon was murdered. Afraid to speak out, they remained silent about Kilgallen, a gifted wordsmith who broke the "glass ceiling" by succeeding in a man's world.

In The Reporter Who Knew Too Much, fresh evidence including explosive never-before-seen videotaped interviews provides motives to help identify who may have silenced her, and why. Suspects include arch-enemy Frank Sinatra, those threatened by her 18-month JFK assassination investigation, and a "mystery man" connected to the Mafia who might have betrayed Kilgallen.

A true Renaissance woman, Kilgallen was known as "The Most Powerful Voice In America." She once wrote, "Justice is a big rug; when you pull it out from under one man, a lot of others fall too." But, as author Mark Shaw reveals in this true crime, "whodunit" mystery, Kilgallen was denied justice. Until now.



The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright

Jack and Laurel have been married for 39 years. They've lived a good life and appear to have had the perfect marriage. With his wife cradled in his arms, and before Jack takes his last breath, he scribbles his last "Wednesday Letter." When their adult children arrive to arrange the funeral, they discover boxes and boxes full of love letters that their father wrote to their mother each week on Wednesday. As they begin to open and read the letters, the children uncover the shocking truth about the past. In addition, each one must deal with the present-day challenges. Matthew has a troubled marriage, Samantha is a single mother, and Malcolm is the black sheep of the family who has returned home after a mysterious two-year absence. The Wednesday Letters has a powerful message about forgiveness and quietly beckons for readers to start writing their own "Wednesday Letters."

Dumplin by Julie Murphy 8/10

Murphy's husband is an Ag and posted about their experience making the movie. I enjoyed the book, but Murphy had the main character and her mother calling themselves Southern. The book is set somewhere near Odessa. No one out there would call themselves Southern. Didn't ruin the book for me but was a constant annoyance.

I'm listening to "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" on Audible. 57 hours. This will occupy my commute all summer

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I'm listening to "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" on Audible. 57 hours. This will occupy my commute all summer

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I got about 400 pages into that beast and then got busy, so never finished. Very interesting book.

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Frok said:

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I'm listening to "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" on Audible. 57 hours. This will occupy my commute all summer

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I got about 400 pages into that beast and then got busy, so never finished. Very interesting book.

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I got many hours into it on Audible, and somehow the app messed up causing me to suddenly be way off on my place in the book. I want to finish it, but for some reason I just never took the time to find where I was.

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

Amazon

Picked this up from the library for a summer read and ended up devouring it within 2 days.

lunchbox said:

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The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

Amazon

Picked this up from the library for a summer read and ended up devouring it within 2 days.

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Looking forward to reading this one. My dad is a pathologist, so I grew up around clinical laboratories.

Good Omens -Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 9/10

29 books read first half of the year, won't have time to finish up anything else before the end of the month

unbroken by laura hildebrand
hp and goblet of fire
planetfall by emma newman
after atlas by emma newman
one second after by william forstchen
one year after by william forstchen
the long earth by terry pratchett
dark forest by cixin liu
hp and order of phoenix
apollo 8 by kluger
long way to small angry planet by becky chambers
death's end by cixin liu
final day by forstchen
hp and half blood prince
hidden figures
the explorer by james smythe
hp and deathly hallows
the stand by stephen king
seveneves by neal stephenson
billion dollar spy by david hoffman
armada by ernest cline
48 hours by forstchen
revenger by alastair reynolds
a closed and common orbit by becky chambers
pillar to the sky by forstchen
foundation by asimov
killing the ss by bill o'reilly
brief answers to the big questions by stephen hawking
medium raw by bourdain

Are all the william forstchen related?
All EMP books?
How would you rate the books in your list?

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Are all the william forstchen related?
All EMP books?
How would you rate the books in your list?

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They are not all related. one second after, one year after, and the final day are a trilogy (aftermath of an emp), but the others are standalone novels. pillar to sky is about building a space elevator, 48 hours is about an impending solar flare

unbroken by laura hildebrand A+
hp and goblet of fire A
planetfall by emma newman B
after atlas by emma newman C
one second after by william forstchen A+
one year after by william forstchen B+
the long earth by terry pratchett B+
dark forest by cixin liu A+++
hp and order of phoenix B
apollo 8 by kluger A
long way to small angry planet by becky chambers B
death's end by cixin liu A+++
final day by forstchen B
hp and half blood prince A
hidden figures A
the explorer by james smythe F
hp and deathly hallows A
the stand by stephen king B+
seveneves by neal stephenson A+
billion dollar spy by david hoffman A+
armada by ernest cline B
48 hours by forstchen B
revenger by alastair reynolds B
a closed and common orbit by becky chambers B
pillar to the sky by forstchen B+
foundation by asimov C+
killing the ss by bill o'reilly B+
brief answers to the big questions by stephen hawking A
medium raw by bourdain A

The Fallen by David Baldacci- 7.5/10

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 9/10

I couldn't stop listening. I finished this in about 2 days. It's not great literature, but it keeps you interested and guessing the whole time.

I just blew through all 19 books in the Joe Pickett Series by CJ Box. Not very deep intellectually, but a good, leisurely, fun read. Wonderful descriptions of Wyoming, and the Rockies.

My husband is current reading those and that's pretty much his assessment. I think I have the first book on hold at the library.

Any recommendations on Military Sci-Fi? I also have a soft spot for James Rollins and his Sigma Force series so outlandish adventure novels also interest me.

Here's what I've finished so far in 2019

Blue Light: Star Carrier 8
Tiamats Wrath
The Honor of the Queen: Honor Harrington book 2
The Short Victorious War: Honor Harrington book 3
Europa Strike: Heritage Series book 3
Ancillary Justice
The Consuming Fire
The Demon Crown

Next in the hopper: Field of Dishonor, Lines of Departure (Frontline Series), Star Corps (Legacy Trilogy), Skyward and Mistborn: Final Empire.

Definitely mistborn!

Neuromancer - Gibson: B+
The Last Wish - Sapkowski: B
Sword of Destiny - Sapkowski: B
Skyward - Sanderson: A
The Blood of elves - Sapkowski: B
Hyperion Cantos : Simmons : B+
Alloy of Law - Sanderson: A-
Bands of Mourning: Sanderson: A-
Shadows of Self - Sanderson: A
The dispatcher - Scalzi: B-
Infinity Blade - Sanderson: B+
Anathem: Stephenson: A+
Cryptonomicom: Stephenson: A
Player of Games - Banks: A
The Dark Tower Series - started off great but really fizzled our in the middle. End was interesting but overall I give it a C+\B-

The Warded Man - Brett: A- very cool new to me series.

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Definitely mistborn!

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I went with Elantris since it is essentially a one-off. I'll do Mistborn next.