Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Heinlein...try "Tunnel in the Sky" and Glory Road. I liked both of them. Less phylisophical.

Thanks for the recs. I confess I get bored with Sci-Fi that is too philosophical.

wow... nice spelling.. philosophical... got it! (I told you I need a full time editor.)

I liked Tunnel in the Sky. Event's a good fast things blow up, get munched, explode with high tech read also. They had cool guns there too.

I could use a beta reader for my reviews. I reread them and find all kinds of embarassing errors.

Tell me about it. Kindle can read em! C(B-{))>

Traci wrote: "Started Best Served Cold sort of a realism fantasy. Recommend it to anyone though who likes Dirty Dozen type of action. Good."

This is one of my favorites from Abercrombie. It gets more brutal as it goes on. I hope you like it. :)

I have to use a spell checker my browser offers, otherwise my spelling would be atrocious! lol It probably is when I post here from my cell phone.

Hugh, I need a spell checker attached to my brain. Lol. My spelling is terrible. I fixed it today but I spelled villain wrong in three spots yesterday.

Traci wrote: "Hugh, I need a spell checker attached to my brain. Lol. My spelling is terrible. I fixed it today but I spelled villain wrong in three spots yesterday."

I had to look villain up ... and I'm generally good at spelling! There are some words I simply have difficulty with, although in general my spelling is very good ... obviously villain was one of them.

Sharon wrote: "Traci wrote: "Hugh, I need a spell checker attached to my brain. Lol. My spelling is terrible. I fixed it today but I spelled villain wrong in three spots yesterday."

I had to look villain up ... ..."

It's just because you have only had to spell it a handfull of times in your life.

I have to recheck villain when I spell it. I put the 'i' in the wrong place.

I was extremely dyslexic growing up. Now I's and E's tend to get mixed up and stuff.

B' and P's do it for me. Always had trouble with those. I feel so much better now that it's out in the open. : )

I even had to edit that.

and reading "Day of the Triffids" right now. Got "The Lost World" (Doyle) on deck.

Tolkien was an interesting read.

Still reading "The Hobbit" to my kids and started reading "The Lost World".. lining up the next read. Not sure what it'll be, maybe a good ole fashioned Sword and Sorcery Fantasy?

Up next...

Finally got through the library books and started Point Of Impact (I've head it on my currently reading list for a week or more). Starting out well.

and I'm going to renew my endorsment of Event I re-read my own review and... that's what I wanted to say about it. I have voiced the things that others might not appriciate about it, but... I still liked it! So.. no more mister wishy-washy... well, probably... okay.. maybe.. no more...I'm sure this'll probably be the last flip-floppy sound.. could be sort of the end. I think.

I'm nearly done with Still Life with Crows by Preston and Child on audio at work. I loved it! Awesome read!

I agree Jason, that was a good one.

I think it would make a great movie! It's also got some really creepy scenes. It's my first Pendergast, and also my first Preston & Child. I'm a fan, now.

Have you listened to the audio, Mike? I thought Scott Brick did an incredible job!

Yes, it's how I got into the Pendergast books (Relic is the first Pendergast book). I was getting them from the library in audio for my wife. I ended up listening to them either with her or after she was through with them.

I like the Pendergast books...can't say I'm a Preston/Child fan in general. LOL

A little more than half way finished with Devil Colony. A satisfying Rollins read so far.

I'm no expert, but according to my mother (also a pendergast book fan, she says that the third book is really where they start being pendergast books, the first two are practically stand alones.

Well they intro him and you get to know characters who recur. I like Relic though I don't much care for Reliquary. I don't recall anything much that you'd need for story continuity though there is a reference back to it (Relic) in the last book Cold Vengeance.

I'm pretty sure that I'll be reading the series after Still Life. I saw the movie for Relic a long time ago, but I'm certain it's much different than the book. lol

Movie's not much like the book. I would recommend that you not miss The Cabinet of Curiosities. I think it's the only one I gave 5 stars (my review if you're interested, I won't be insulted if you're not :http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...). It's Pendergast 3.

Awesome review, Mike! You make me want to read Cabinet next!

I'm reading Grimspace. I highly recommend it if you like Firefly or that sort of high adventure, low tech sci-fi universe motif.

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "I'm reading Grimspace. I highly recommend it if you like Firefly or that sort of high adventure, low tech sci-fi universe motif."

Oh! You said the magic word, Firefly! I think it's already in my TBR pile, but if not I will be adding it.

Definitely worth reading, Alice.

Grimspace looks interesting Lady D, predictability my library doesn't have it. May try to get it through interlibrary loan. I hesitate to run out and buy it... :)

It's probably better to get it from the library in case you don't like it, Mike.

Added to my list as well ;) I've been on the hunt for more science fiction to add to my reading.

I'm reading Revelation Space and Among Thieves. Among Thieves isn't a great book but it's a good filler for fans of books like The Lies of Locke Lamora.

Up next,

Found a copy written by Leigh Nichols, one of Koontz's alter egos, back in the day.

Lee, you always seem to find and read interesting books.

Finishing up Sandstorm today, excellent read. Next on my list is The Lost World and Neverwhere

I'm reading Lethal Peopleby John Locke (along with The Lost World and The hobbit (with my kids))

Lethal people is cool, but the characters are dark. Kind of a dexter-like hero... or should I say, Protagonist? I'll put a review up when I finish.

The next Sigma Force Book is "The Black Order" (I think.)

I think Map of Bones is next and then Black Order.

time to do a check on the wikki... back in a sec.

Okay, according to the James Rollins website, Alice is right, I'm... rrrr.. anyway... it's Map of Bonesthen

that website is http://www.jamesrollins.com/

It's hard to keep track of this series Hugh. Goodreads doesn't have them numbered like it does most series.

Thanks for the info Alice and Hugh! I will definitely keep reading the series. Just finished Sandstorm, it was a lot of fun. Had to laugh when I heard the queen of sheba mentioned, that was my sisters nickname for me when I was little.

Yea, Alice is jealous of Lisa.... cause she likes Painter... I like Sophia! (Sigh) it's okay though. Rachel is free now!

Now I definitely have to keep reading the series, so I can find out what Hugh's comment means.

LOL!

I would object, but Hugh is so right. Painter is my Rollins book boyfriend.

That means I'll probably like him too, Alice!

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" wrote: "That means I'll probably like him too, Alice!"

We do have quite similar taste in literary boyfriends...great minds and all.

So it seems, Alice!