Standard SIAP but couldn't remember anything recent...

I picked up 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' by Hank Green last night and simply could not put it down. I don't know that I would even say it was that 'good' really in the sense that it didn't cause me to have some kind of existential crisis mid-book or anything, but I read the whole thing last night because I had to know how it ends.

Anyone out there have any other books like that? I can't remember the last time I picked up a book and was like 'I have to finish this. Now.' Probably the first time since the last Harry Potter book but that was as much about not wanting to come across any spoilers as it was how good the book itself was.

Yeah I plowed through Ready Player One also, I forgot about that one.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

I did the same thing with An Absolutely Remarkably Thing. I can't say it was my favorite book of the year but I really enjoyed it and absolutely could not put it down. It was a 1-night read.

The other one for me recently was Old Man's War by John Scalzi. I may be late to the game but that one hooked me in so fast that books 2 & 3 were also finished within the week.

First one was good. They started to drag after that (for me at least)

Couldn't put down might be pushing it a bit, but I really enjoyed

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

Also, Roses by Leila Meacham

bangobango said:

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Probably Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

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I just read that one last week, starting the sequel tonight. I had to kind of build into it, I honestly didn't think it was all that good at first but then I got into it a second it went along.

Tiamat's Wrath

That book was so terrible. How on earth could you not put it down?

Maybe I'm just too old for the target demographic. Awful protagonist, **** dialogue, poor humor, thinly veiled political jabs, just bad.

Belton Ag said:

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The last book that I just couldn't put down was Michael Crichton's Sphere. It was was many years ago, but I bought that book at Barnes & Noble one afternoon and just couldn't stop reading it; I read the entire book in one sitting through the night and finished the next morning some time, late for classes at A&M.

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hahaha yep! I read it in high school in one night.

other straight through reads:

IT - Stephen King
Cujo - Stephen King
The Village - Bing West

I know there are others that will come to me, but those stick out due to the location or time of life that I read them.

I'm currently in one of these reading modes with The Shining.

Ah, yep. The Shining is another one that I read straight through.

hurleyag said:

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Ready Player One is mine. I just get engulfed in the Oasis every time I pick up the book.

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My ten year old has read it at least three times in the last year. He loves it. I may have to give it a try. Not my area of interest but good writing is good writing.

Urban Ag said:

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hurleyag said:

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Ready Player One is mine. I just get engulfed in the Oasis every time I pick up the book.

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My ten year old has read it at least three times in the last year. He loves it. I may have to give it a try. Not my area of interest but good writing is good writing.

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It's fine, but I don't get the hype.

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir (https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Predator-Scientists-Husband-Superbug/dp/0316418080/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HOLKMXL4QQDL)

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

death's end - book three of the three body problem trilogy.

The Martian and RPO are good ones, but I did audiobook with both of those.

The Passage trilogy was un-put-down-able for me. I know a lot of other people didn't like it, but I thought they were outstanding.

The Martian.

RPO before that.

I wish there were more books that hook me like that.

I actually had to take some breaks in the Three Body Trilogy to process what I just read, haha. Those books gave me weird dreams, but truly amazing storytelling.

Storm of Swords, for me. I came home during a literal storm, picked up the book and realized later that I'd been sitting there for about 8 hours. Red Wedding and all that.

rhutton125 said:

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Storm of Swords, for me. I came home during a literal storm, picked up the book and realized later that I'd been sitting there for about 8 hours. Red Wedding and all that.

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I definitely put that book down. i threw it down, as a matter of fact, after reading the Red Wedding. Took me a little while to come back to it I was so pissed.

usually takes me a month or two to finish a book. Took me 3 or 4 days to read "I hope they serve beer in hell"

That definitely makes sense.

Walt Luddiger said:

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usually takes me a month or two to finish a book. Took me 3 or 4 days to read "I hope they serve beer in hell"

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I have a buddy that listens to his podcast. It's just Tucker giving dating advice. Which basically equates to Tucker roasting whomever decided to write in to a relative stranger for dating advice.

I am listening to all of The Expanse series right now on audio tape. I started about a month and a half ago and started Tiamat's Wrath (Book 8) on Sunday.

Urban Ag said:

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hurleyag said:

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Ready Player One is mine. I just get engulfed in the Oasis every time I pick up the book.

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My ten year old has read it at least three times in the last year. He loves it. I may have to give it a try. Not my area of interest but good writing is good writing.

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My ten year old loves it too