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At night before bed when everything from the day has calmed down. That can be anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours. Also, I read at my on campus job (I'm in college), and sometimes on campus when I have breaks that are not big enough to justify going home.

Then you definately need to read these books. Its well worth the time committment, and it's a reading experience I will never forget.

I know exactly what you mean. It took a lot of effort to finish The Plot Against America. Like you said, it wasn't a bad book, but for whatever reason it was a real struggle to finish it.

I haven't ever been a huge fan of fantasy, but recently a friend of mine lent be a copy of the first book in the George RR Martin series, and I loved it. Now I'm looking for advice on more solid epic series or trilogies that I can look for. Please recommend which ones are worth reading. Also...

I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I just finished up Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga, which consists of these two books: Pandora's Star Judas Unchained These novels have a little bit of everything you could ask for in a sci-fi novel. In terms of...

I forgot to add these. The Winds of War War and Rememberence Both of these are by Herman Wouk, and end up being about 2000 pages total (around 1000 pages each). Its an amazing story of the family of a Navy Officer, beginning in the mid 1930's and going on until the end of World War II. I...

In terms of popular fiction, I'd have to say The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. I really enjoyed the movie and decided to give the book a try, since usually a novel blows the film out of the water. The book was just....blah. I found myself having a really hard time finishing it. For more...

I got a Palm T|X recently, and I've been wanting to read e-books with it. While I prefer a real book in my hand, having an ebook on a PDA is just so convient. Plus, I do not really get all that tired after reading my PDA for a while like I do when reading stuff on my PC. Anyways, that said...

Well...I don't have a set criteria...but I'll do the best I can. The genres I enjoy.....historical fiction, sci/fi (i dont really care for fantasy that much), mystery, thrillers, not so big on the romance. Other than that, I am always up for a good solid character driven novel. I tend to...

I know they have been mentioned numerous times...but count me as another recommending The Count of Monte Cristo Shogun

Looks good so far. To be honest with you I haven't heard of any of those except Middlesex. I guess I need to look harder for books. Hows The Kite Runner? Thats a book I've considered reading here lately.

Apparently since many of the books I read are popular fiction, I have no taste, so I need to be enlightened about what are some good novels written in the last 5-10 years that I could read? What is actually considered "good"? Please list any books you recommend. Thanks.

I haven't read these yet, so I can't vouch for their quality, but John Birmingham is writing a trilogy about 21st century weapons being introduced in World War II (I think via time travel...not sure). The trilogy is called the Axis of Time. Book 1: Weapons of Choice...

I guess you have a real issue with bestsellers?

I am reading a Grisham book because I enjoy them. I am not reading it because I'm a sheep who only follows the masses as you are trying to assume. Did the novel catch my eye? Yes, because I enjoy his books and legal thrillers in general.

I'm new here so I'm going to go ahead and add my opinion eventhough I know there are pages of discussion before this. I'm not sure what the tone of this thread is, but I imagine it doesn't put Dan Brown in the best light. Anyways, here is what I felt about The Da Vinci Code. One of my old...

Thats not unheard of. One of my old roommates would be asleep about 10-15 minutes after he started to read anything...from fiction to studying for class. My girlfriend used to be the same way. She would start to read and after about 30 minutes she would be asleep. She forced herself to...

I don't really buy into the "all bestsellers are crap" idea. I took American Lit II (Civil War to Present) last year, and my prof said the same thing on multiple occasions. I personally believe its all about why you read. Some people read to really dive into a book and find out the deeper...

I try to read everyday. At my job on campus I can read during work, so often times I end up reading 4-5 hours on a day where I work (3 days a week). On non work days, I try to read at least an hour or so. I always keep a book in my backpack so I can stay on campus during the day and have...