What have you read lately?

[Standing Wolf]

I've always loved the character 'Tarzan' - not so much the films, but the original stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Since Burroughs died in 1950, his estate has authorized only a handful of Tarzan books, and a recent one is Will Murray's 'Return to Pal-ul-don', which I'm reading now. Murray has been writing new Doc Savage books for about twenty years now, and doing a great job of echoing the old Gee-Whiz, somewhat overblown pulp style of the original stories, and is now doing an equally good job of approximating Burroughs' prose. He's written another one called 'King Kong versus Tarzan', which should be interesting.

[Green Arrow]

What I remember best about the novel was that, contrary to the film, Vito Corleone advised his sons that everything was personal. Nothing was just business. Time and again in the film some formulation of "it's just business" is heard.

The film wasn't as clear as the book, but I like it because he always said business WAS personal, so every time Michael says, "It's just business," he's really saying it's $#@!ing personal

[Mister D]

The film wasn't as clear as the book, but I like it because he always said business WAS personal, so every time Michael says, "It's just business," he's really saying it's $#@!ing personal

He's perfectly clear in the novel. I found the full quote. Thinking i over now it looks like the film took the same idea but played it a little differently.

“Tom, don't let anybody kid you. It's all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of $#@! every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it's personal as hell. You know where I learned that from? The Don. My old man. The Godfather. If a bolt of lightning hit a friend of his the old man would take it personal. He took my going into the Marines personal. That's what makes him great. The Great Don. He takes everything personal Like God. He knows every feather that falls from the tail of a sparrow or however the hell it goes? Right? And you know something? Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.”

[jigglepete]

Whos the main character in that book, ive read some david baldacci books

@Common Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, ex secret service agent PIs.

I highly recommend it, a great read, just like most of the Baldacci books I've read.

[Casper]

KURSK, by LLoyd Clark. I am a history buff and military history is a big part of that due to my family service. Describes the largest tank battle in history between the Germans and Russians, with lots of good information and personal recounting of experiences, I liked it, probably not something most would enjoy, but I liked it.

[Common]

@Common Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, ex secret service agent PIs.

I highly recommend it, a great read, just like most of the Baldacci books I've read.

You dont have to recommend it to me, I read the entire Sean and Michelle series, it wasnt too long, just try to read them in sequence. A simple google will tell you the order the books were written. I wish he would write more in that series.. I still have them on my kindle

[jigglepete]

War Hawk by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood.

A story of an ex-army Ranger and his war dog, great dog perspectives.

[Mister D]

KURSK, by LLoyd Clark. I am a history buff and military history is a big part of that due to my family service. Describes the largest tank battle in history between the Germans and Russians, with lots of good information and personal recounting of experiences, I liked it, probably not something most would enjoy, but I liked it.

One of my primary areas of interest as well. For me, there is nothing like a good history book. I study theology, anthropology, archaeology, and some natural science but I like nothing better than a good historical narrative.

[Casper]

The Fireman, by Joe Hill. Riveting, read this near 700 page book in 3 days, read it and you will understand why, impossible to put down. Trust me an excellent and easy to read novel.

[jigglepete]

Make Something Up by Chuck Palahniuk.

A short story book that really reinforces the fact that Mr. Palahniuk is a weird dude...

Really good /weird stories...