A few weeks back, after seeing so many people list PHM as one of the books they finished, or are reading, I did a re-read on it. I had forgotten how good it was, and how much it touched me. After that was finished, the next books were from Bill O'Reilly in his "Killing" series. They were Killing Crazy Horse and Killing the SS. They are good books, but so much content that is depressing, particularly the SS book. I started doing a re-read of the Murderbot series just to flush the bad out of my head.

Before PHM, I finished both DCC book 7 and a book recommended by someone on TexAgs about a helicopter attack company in Viet Nam called Wolf Pack. If you are on this thread and were the one to recommend it, thanks. I enjoyed it.

Highly recommend The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, the story of the final voyage of Captain Cook. It's a good listen on Audible.

lurker76 said:

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a book recommended by someone on TexAgs about a helicopter attack company in Viet Nam called Wolf Pack. If you are on this thread and were the one to recommend it, thanks. I enjoyed it.

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It wasn't me, but it should have been

Aggies76 said:

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Highly recommend The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, the story of the final voyage of Captain Cook. It's a good listen on Audible.

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Loved it as well. Fascinating.

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A few weeks back, after seeing so many people list PHM as one of the books they finished, or are reading, I did a re-read on it. I had forgotten how good it was, and how much it touched me. After that was finished, the next books were from Bill O'Reilly in his "Killing" series. They were Killing Crazy Horse and Killing the SS. They are good books, but so much content that is depressing, particularly the SS book. I started doing a re-read of the Murderbot series just to flush the bad out of my head.

Before PHM, I finished both DCC book 7 and a book recommended by someone on TexAgs about a helicopter attack company in Viet Nam called Wolf Pack. If you are on this thread and were the one to recommend it, thanks. I enjoyed it.

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What is PHM?

Project Hail Mary

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Finished the way of kings, book 1 of stormlight archive (audiobook)

Really picked up about halfway through and I'm hooked. Onto words of radiance.

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I'm 1/4 through the audiobook. Its a nice story, but it hasn't hooked me. This post has motivated me to continue.

Philo B 93 said:

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Finished the way of kings, book 1 of stormlight archive (audiobook)

Really picked up about halfway through and I'm hooked. Onto words of radiance.

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I'm 1/4 through the audiobook. Its a nice story, but it hasn't hooked me. This post has motivated me to continue.

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Yeah, stick with it is my suggestion. I was similarly getting bogged down at the beginning with the unusual names, lots of jargon, etc., but it all starts to click and make sense about halfway through for me any way.

Once it clicked, I ravenously consumed the second half of the book haha.

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Watership Down

I have been on a crusade as of late to acquire the books that were most important to me growing up. And not just the titles, but the exact editions of the the first time I read them. Usually library editions. Got my first one in and tore through it in one sitting. Just holding it again was such a nostalgia trip for me.

I am a lifelong reader from a broken home and, not trying to be super melodramatic I promise, but books were often the only way I could escape the life I had. So these editions I am hunting down mean the world to me as they literally were the only world to me at times. I had managed to hold onto one of them over the years (Rifles for Watie) and coming across it on my shelf is what started this campaign of mine. More on the way! I have not been this happy in book collecting in such a long time and yet puzzled why this just occurred to me now. Better late than never I guess.




What a awesome and cute note in it!

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I read it as an adult about 10 years ago. Really enjoyed it more than I expected. So much more than talking bunnies!

I was weirdly obsessed with this book when I read it in 7th grade. Back then my school had a program where you could earn points by reading books and trade them in for prizes. You had to read the book and take a small quiz to earn the points. Every book in the library had a tag on the spine with the point value of the book. So obviously I went and sought out the highest point books. Most of them were "the Classics" like Little Women, A Farewell to Arms, etc. Watership Down was weirdly one of the higher point books as well.

I read that thing cover to cover like 4 times. I had never read more than once before that book and reading for pleasure wasn't really something I did before reading Watership Down. When I found out there an animated movie I searched every video store in town till I found a copy. There was no way I could be prepared for how delightfully weird and messed up that movie was. It really was unhinged and it became a such a frequent rental my parents finally bought me the VHS tape.

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BenFiasco14 said:

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Finished the way of kings, book 1 of stormlight archive (audiobook)

Really picked up about halfway through and I'm hooked. Onto words of radiance.

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I'm 1/4 through the audiobook. Its a nice story, but it hasn't hooked me. This post has motivated me to continue.

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I haven't read the Stormlight Archives yet either. Looking forward to it, but I do worry. Why? I have read both Mistoborn era's for the first time last year and while I liked them, didn't love them like most. Hoping SA will be better (as many had said will be). Either way I'll read, and once I start my OCD forces me to finish. But going to knock out Lonesome Dove first before hopping back into fantasy (still finishing off last book of DCC - Inevitable Ruin).

Just finished Life of Pi.....

I really enjoyed the story, but not sure how I feel about it basically from the carnivore island on....

I finished "The First Law" trilogy byJoe Abercrombie. I wasn't sure grimdark was for me, but it turns out I'm a total grimdark guy. I don't need 10 pages describing the land or the shattered planes or the lineage of the king or whatever. Just tell me a barbarian has a knife in his boot, and tell me when he sticks it in someone's neck. I may be floating by the docks for saying these things about high fantasy, but brevity suits me. The books were just easy to read. I think that their focus on characters instead of history and setting made it more interesting to me.

I'm taking a break from 1800 page trilogies to re-read a Chrichton or one of those fluffy, self-published books about the 80s I see on facebook all the time.