Anyone here read and like their books?

I done read anything with a "message" or that makes me think.

I am thoroughly enjoying the Pendergast books and I have already read six of them.

It boggles my mind the way these guys have this colossal idea and reveal just a bit of it in every book, so you learn a little more about the characters and the overall gestalt.

Geniuses, they are.

I also really like Howard Philips Lovecraft, and re-read his stuff from time to time.

The Hobbit and LOTR multiple times and also in Esperanto are old favorites.

Having read all of "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Harry Potter" I am not sure what my tastes are.

Do any here share them, odd though they may be?

Big fan. Wish them well with the movie..

I usually think making a movie ruins a book.

The target audience for a movie is entirely different from that of a book, and movies are usually pretty shallow and more superficial than a book.

(I think)

Relic did well, and was also where Pendergast was introduced (in the book).

I think I have everything they’ve written.

Good books, check out the other stuff they have written on their own, also very good. Also check out Douglas' brother, Richard Preston; " The Cobra Event",  " Demon in the Freezer", "Hot Zone". First one is fiction other two are true stories all about CBW.

Yep.  Big Preston and Child fan here.  I've read everything of theirs and have collected signed copies of several of the Pendergast series books.

Child writes on his own as well, and I enjoyed the two of his books that I've read, "Deep Storm" and "The Forgotten Room."  The tone is similar enough to the jointly-written books that I wonder what Preston's contribution to the partnership is.

I'm not a huge Lovecraft fan; I always found his ideas more on the surrealistic side than either horror or sci-fi.  LOTR, "A Song of Ice and Fire,"--both great epics, although the LOTR books get tedious in places.

I started the Harry Potter books late and had to read the first five in quick succession to catch up when the sixth came out, but enjoyed the whole series enough to read it several times.  I don't find them particularly thought-provoking, but I find them entertaining.  Who doesn't enjoy a light snack before bed?