Nat’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2007)

Nat’s comments from the Evil Avatar group.

Mad Monkeys (based on Philip's recommendation)
Raw Shark Texts (yay! bargain priced hardcover)
Jurassic Park (the fifth time I've bought it!)
Maximum Ride (I'll give YA fiction a try)
Replay (I hope it's not too repetitive)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (told from the perspective of a dog!)

Amazingly, you can get the paperback at B&N for $14 or have them order the hardback at a bargain price for $5.99.

Guess which one I went with? :D I hope it's as good as you guys are making it out to be. I'm just now catching up on the April Book of the Month.

Are you kidding? I've been reading a book a week. :D (I need to get my reviews added here.)

•Shadow Hunters (awesome true story and character study)
•Washington's Crossing (most comprehensive book on Dec-Jan 1776-77)
•A bunch of graphic novels
•Some religious books
•The Risen Empire (a great recommendation and find)
•The Killing of Worlds (its sequel)
•World War Z (from haha to oh snap! Is he serious?)
•The Right Stuff (excellent writing)
•Thunderbolt Kid by Bryson (midwest at its best)
•Peter and the Starcatchers (to my son)
•1491 (a big "wow!" to early American civilization)
•Time Traveler's Wife (don't think about the time chronology, just read)

I concur that this has been an excellent read. Never judge a book by its feminine cover!

I'm actually reading Terror by Simmons right now.

It's a hefty tome that is psuedo-history in the arctic. Sort of like Hyperion's monster meets snow.

It's an ok read, but a bit dry here and there.

Great. Going to B&N today. Looks like I'll be picking it up. I have about 30 pages left to Brave New World.

I've actually found that to be a chore.

Yeah. He's gotten permission from his publisher to offer one of his books online fore FREE.

Go vote for your pick!

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/02...

I would second on The Road. However, I've read it.

Here are my suggestions I'm pulling them from my pile.):

The Final Solution

Armor

Old Man's war (which I've just read but I liked it so much, well, you know.)

Genetic caste: Gattaca is required viewing.

Yes! It reminds me of when I read Dracula and felt the same thing. If I was freaked what would people in the late 1800s view it as?

I'm amazed at how appropriate Brave New World is so far.

I went to Barnes and Noble today to spend most of my Christmas gift cards and I walked out with three titles:

Old Man's War by John Scalzi
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
Armor by John Steakley

My intent was to read a little of all three today. I read one.

Straight through.

Old Man's War is simply brilliant. I knew by the second page that I would not put it down. That's only the third time I've ever read a book straight through and it's the second time in a month it's happened (The Road is another must read).

I think I'm going to read it again before the month is over. Such an excellent take on the sci-fi/militay/bugs genre. I think it even goes beyond that genre.

Anyone else read it, or the other two for that matter? I've read that Armor is another brilliant work. I guess I'll be jumping into that over the weekend.

Barnes & Noble has this great book discussion (Reading Group Guide link) for most of their books now. Might be good for a reference:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/book...

Oh, and bn.com does store inventory search now. Finally. I'm picking Huxley's book up today. I hope we can keep this up.

I'm in.

This is the book by Huxley, correct?