Forgive the double post, however I wanted to let others know that I just finished Storm Front, the first book in the Dresden Files series, and it was fantastic.
One of the better stories to blend modern technology with magical forces that I've read, and full of dry humor. I'd recommend it to any fan of Scifi or Fantasy books, and apparently this has spawned a SciFi channel show (according to the sticker on the cover stating "As Seen On SciFi".
I'll be checking out the next books over the next day or two.
I just want to chime in since I was reminded just now of a book I read recently called The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris. A few parts seem slightly too theory-heavy but the rest of it (while pretty much all informed theory) is very engrossing and I'd recommend it for anyone interested in humans and/or biology.
Every book I've read in the past couple months I've gotten from suggestions by Zelaron users.
I read:
The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox - not a very good book, IMO. Waste of $17. It gets old after the first 10 pages. It's the same ol' schtick.
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max - AWESOME book. I can't remember if it was Sov or Kagom that reccommended it, but holy shit, this guy is hilarious. Some of the things he's done in his life are pretty freakin outrageous. If you want to laugh about drunken revelry, pick up this book ASAP.
Now I'm onto World War Z. It better be good, Vault! They didn't have a paperback so I had to shell out $25 for this damn thing. Hoping it's worth it!
I've finished the whole series of The Dresden Files (9 books so far), and they're really good. They're a Contemporary Fantasy (modern day + magic) series about a young Wizard who became a Private Investigator, so they're also somewhat supernatural mysteries.
The series sounded cheesy, but it's actually pretty damn good. The character has a very dry sense of humor and isn't exactly a 'goody twoshoes' type of hero.
Recently finished Stephen King's The Stand (the unabridged version, at that), and lats night I started and finished the first book of Robin Hobb's Tawy Man Trilogy - Fool's Errand.
Hybrid Mode
