Anyone read any really good books lately?

[MagNoleA]

"The Rise and Fall of Gaylord Focker."
Good read.

 

[RealtyNole]

The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown is great SciFi!! Each book is very long and there are 5 in the series so far. The best way I can describe it is Game of Thrones in the future.

This sounds really amazing. Going to look it up. Thank you.

 

[RealtyNole]

If you like noir or heist novels I can't recommend Richard Stark enough. It's a pen name for Donald Westlake. His Parker novels are just a master playing with the noir style as a kind of experiment. His books under his own name are much lighter and comedic but the Stark novels are spare, tight, and brutal. You'll read each of them in a day or two. They get better as they go on. They've also been made into a few uneven movies the best of which is probably Payback starring Mel Gibson. The old Dashiell Hammett novels like The Maltese Falcon and Red Harvest hold up to the passing of time pretty well too.

thank you.

 

[RealtyNole]

@nygaflmd-nole, I started the first book. Does he grow as a writer? I’m kinda in to it. Not the level of writing that I prefer, but I see a lot of potential.

 

[nygaflmd-nole]

@nygaflmd-nole, I started the first book. Does he grow as a writer? I’m kinda in to it. Not the level of writing that I prefer, but I see a lot of potential.

I’m not sure how to answer that. I don’t think I got any smarter reading the books, but I was entertained. The scope of the books expands greatly throughout the series. Again, similar to Game of Thrones starting with the Starks then expanding greatly both geographically and character-wise.
I do believe the author is on the younger side relatively speaking.

 

[RealtyNole]

I’m not sure how to answer that. I don’t think I got any smarter reading the books, but I was entertained. The scope of the books expands greatly throughout the series. Again, similar to Game of Thrones starting with the Starks then expanding greatly both geographically and character-wise.
I do believe the author is on the younger side relatively speaking.

just started the second book. Answered my own question.... yes, I can see him already growing as an author. I really appreciate the recommendation.

 

[MagNoleA]

I just started the newest John Sandford - it’s one of the Virgil Flowers installments. Absolutely love his books.

I did like the Virgin Flowers installment.