RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Media What Are You Reading?

Don't think I've ever posted on this thread before.

I've paged back thru 4 or 5 pages and am impressed by the diversity of books the RKMB crowd is into.

Are any of you fond of particular genres...to the exclusion of most others?

I like hard boiled crime novels. Some of the best are the Matthew Scudder books by Lawrence Block. They chronicle the life of Mr. Scudder in real time from the early 70s to the present. he's a former cop/Private investigator whose a recovering alcholic, his best friend is a career criminal and is married to a former prostitute. Great reads if only for Block's incredible ability to write a realistic New York City and craft characters that you can become emotionally invested in.

Another good series is the Prey books by John Sandford. They follow the life of Lucas Davenport, a Minneapolis cop that has a penchant for violence and womenizing. Again, the writing is such that you really care about the characters.

I also like most of Stephen King books. I especially liked the Dark Tower saga. I'm looking forward to the comic adaptation and I recently read that there are plans to bring all 7 books to the screen...hopefully big. I don't like some of his more recent stuff...I'm more interested in his stuff set in Maine as I like the continuity/crossover between books.

Greg Rucka has a nice series of books about a bodyguard named Atticus Kodiak. Agains great reads with great characters.

I've recently rediscovered James Patterson and his Alex Cross series. His newest is a doozy.

I've begun reading some of David Baldacci's work...Saving Faith, The Collector's and Last Man Standing being the most recent reads. His prose style is a little flowery and overly descriptive for me...kind of takes you out of the story...but, overall, they're entertaining reads and I will eventually work thru his enitire bibliography.

Currently, I am trying to get thru Thomas Harris's awful prequel to the Hannibal Lechter books, Hannibal Rising. I've had this book since mid December and I haven't made it thru 100 pages yet. Just a crap book but, eventually I'll finish it...if only becuase I paid almost full cover price for it. Hardcover, no less....