I'm reading Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman. Its a pretty good book so far. So what book are you reading and what do you think about it so far?
NOTE FROM KLARTH: IT ISN'T CLEVER TO REPLY WITH "MY POST" OR "THIS THREAD". I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOU WISEASSES.
im reading alot of stuff Florida Driver's Handbook,Dreamweaver MX Bible,Flash 4 Bible, and PenDrangon 2&3
In two days, it'll be the harry potter book.
i'm reading what every one is or should be reading...
HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I'm reading Wuthering Heights because I have to for summer reading, not because I want to. But I'm starting to read a lot of Wells in my spare time. Finished The Time Machine, and I have The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr. Moreau for when I'm done with War of the Worlds.
With out Remorse by Tom Clancy. Good read, pretty technicle but very very well written.
I'm reading Flight 116 is Down by Caroline B. Cooney.
[Font=Tahoma][Size=2][Color=Orange]I am reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. Very good, although Crichton tends to go on about scientific crap I don't understand(and neither should anyone else.)[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkOrange]Donkey On The Doorstep By Lucy Daniels[/COLOR]
I'm reading this thread.
No, really, I'm reading the Everworld series.
Im currently in the middle of "Walden, or life in the Woods" by Henry David Thoreau.
He likes to use many technical wordings and phrases to make himself sound a whole lot smarter. In truth he was nothing but a redneck, IMO, who set 200 acres of forest on fire for no apparent reason.
Im not reading this on my own accord, its summer reading for the new schooling style that Im attending this upcoming year. The Walden Project, or as its better known up here, Hippie School. Practically they send you out into the woods and teach you the same things as you would in a regular public academy, but with a more relaxed and less structured atmosphere.
I have a feeling its going to make me a bit less of a "techy" that I already am, but what do I care, I GET TO GO CAMPING ALL THE TIME FOR FREE NOW!
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovitch.
I'm reading two books at the moment (apart from my text books lol) they are
R is for Ricochet: A kinsey Millhone Mystery by Sue Grafton, the other book I'm reading is a true crime book called Green River Running Red by Ann Rule.
I'm reading "Wheres Waldo?"
I can't find him :(
im reading "by the light of the moon" by dean koontz, it's kinda boring :(
What am I reading right now? Ummmm.....this thread?
The Massachusetts Driving Manual. :(
The Golden Compass: Philip Pullman. It was recommened by alot of fellow vgchatters, so I picked it up. Really enjoyable, full of original ideas and great imagination. And man do I want my own Daemon. Book is great, can't wait til the next 2.
[Font=Tahoma][Size=2][Color=Orange]I just finished Amazonia by James Rollins, now I've started on its sequel, Subterranean. Both are good books, in the Thriller genre. I passed them in Barnes and Noble and read the back of them, they seemed good so I took them, and I was surprised how good they were.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=LightBlue][FONT=Papyrus]Redemption of Athalus by David and Leigh Eddings. Very good. The relationship between the 2 main characters is very believable... To a point. The actual main story is somewhat cliche'd with a touch of originality thrown in. Very enjoyable. Rather long though >_>.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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The Silmarillion, by Tolkien.
[COLOR=LightBlue][FONT=Papyrus]...Why?
Also just finished reading 'Homecoming- Part one', Star Trek Fiction Novel.[/FONT][/COLOR]
Angels and Demons, after reading the Da Vinci Code a almost a year ago.
Angels And Demons is fantastic. In fact, I preferred it to the Da Vinci Code, just because.
Arthur C Clarke - The Hammer of G'od
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
I wonder who dies?
Dumbledor, because Snape killed him.
I WAS reading I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin, but I'm done now. It was a very good book. Soon I think I'll be reading the Elminster Series.
If it counts, then my most recent book was "BLAME!" #1, but that was mostly pictures.
Something Wicked This Way Comes. What was he on when he wrote this book?
Pawn of Prophecy. Book one of the Belgaraid, another David Eddings Saga.
Eldest, sequel to Eragon; Christopher Paolini.
Read it.
Im reading Battle Royale, I have to say its a must read book.
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Euginedes. One of the weirdest books I've ever read, mostly because the main character is a hermaphrodite, raised as a girl but later develops as a man, and his/her grandparents and parents were incestuous.
Very interesting (it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003), but weird.
I'm re-reading "Now Wait For Last Year" by Philip K. Dick. One of my favourites.
I'm still on Order of the Phoenix, but im on the last leg of it
Vox)
DUMBLEDORE DIES!!1111
I'm reading The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. I should be futher than half way through it by now, but I've only read through book one. **** me. :(
The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett. It's the first book in the extremely long/weird/popular Discworld series. You don't usually get satirical elements in fantasy books, but they seem to work here.
Nothing right now...~ Hides "Green Eggs and Ham"~ :D:D:D
I just finished Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm going back to Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. A friend recommended it, and it seems to be interesting so far.
Geomancer by Ian Irvine; fairly interesting Australian fantasy.
Im reading the post above me, well now im reading what im typing. But book wise im reading The Birds. One of my favorite books, its kinda lame and not up to the reading standard I should be at, but its still a good book.
The Last Universe by William Sleator. Almost done.
cold hit by linda fairstein
New Spring by Robert Jordan. I haven't read the proper Wheel of Time series yet. It seems... decent but tedious. 10 books? Seriously.
I've read up to the ninth book in the Wheel of Time series, and they're all enjoyable. He's VERY detailed, which I'm sure a lot of people find generally annoying, but I certainly don't mind. He's an excellent author. I haven't read the tenth book yet, but I haven't heard a whole many good things about it. Anyhow, I suggest that you at least try The Eye of the World.
Dragonlinks by Paul Collins - Part of the Jelindel Chronicles (I think?). It's a fairly average book about older times, with people finding an enchanted chainmail which fell from the skies in a battle between the ***s. Apparently when it's put together, it has the magical power of 1000 dead warriors. It's an OK read if you can really get into the book.
I'm reading The Stand, by Steven King. About half way done. It's a big book, probably with a bigger late fee by now. :(
I'm reading "Black House" by Stephen King and... I forget the other guy's name. It's a carry on from their first book together called "The Talisman". Both are very good. If they make another book based on Jack Sawyer, it better no take 15 years like it did for them to continue "The Talisman".
Eitherway, I recomend both books, but read "The Talisman" first. If you don't then "Black House" won't make very much sense.
...This thread.Sorry, I couln't resist.
Srsly tho, I'm reading too many books to count. In the last month I've read Mencius, The Odyssey, Exodus (omg bible), and soon I start Antigony. Text bookwise, I'm reading Robert Redman's The Dance of Legislation, and a sociology book.
College leaves little time for fun.:(
Edit: Okay, so maybe its only 6. But hey, you get the idea.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Fictional retelling of a supposedly true story of some guy who survived 277 days on a lifeboat in the presence of an adult Bengal tiger. Interesting - overrated, but interesting.
Slaughter-House-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut. One of my favorite authors. I love all of his books.
Artemis Fowl. The first on. By Eoin Colfer. Almost halfway through. been reading it for a couple of days
Bump?
Three books:
1984 - George Orwell (req. reading, 3rd time I'll have "read" the book.)
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration - James Risen (for final research paper in May.)
Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID - Katherine Albrecht & Liz Mcintyre (for final research paper in May.)
Huzzah!
Julius Caesar- An above average Shakespearian novel, but the plot is still annoying.
The Message- A "modern" version of The Bible. Not much more to say.
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
really, really good techno-WW2 novel.
I'm nearly done with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, and I'll soon start on the next book in the series. I've already read The Magician's Nephew (reading them in the new order). I'm also "reading" (skimming, with Cliff's Notes to supplement) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which I really dislike right now. I'm not too big of a fan of anything not science fiction/horror/fantasy, and I personally dislike the way Dostoyevsky writes. Oh, and I'm reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Not too far into it, though, but it's fairly interesting. I have yet to get into the really good stuff, though. And, as always, I dip into The Salmon of Doubt, a collection of works by Douglas Adams.
I'm reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley... We have to for literature in my school... it's a pretty good book.
[quote=Echo]Oh, and I'm reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.
wow
House of M series again.
I read part of it out of order the first time.
the light fantastic by terry pratshet.
The anarchist cookbook
EDGY!
I'm currently taking a small, weekend break from The Republic by Plato. I'll be back to reading it instead of actually doing my work in Biology on monday. :)
I'm reading Talk To The Hand by Lynne Truss. The best thing is that she seems to echo my views almost perfectly in both this and in Eats, Shoots and Leaves.
After that I'm going to try and pick up A Feast For Crows again. My attention kinda dwindled, as I had Richard Pryor's autobiography sitting by my desk, as well as Alex Garland's The Tesseract (a wonderful little book).
The Dirk Gently Omnibus by Douglas Adams.
I've already read the two books before, but, I felt like reading it back-to-back this time.
I.m re reagin PenDragon: The Never War .
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
Good book.
Of mice and men's brilliant.
Currently reading 2001: A Space Oddysey by Arthur C. Clarke and Needful Things by Stephen King
Talk To You Later by Lauren Myracle. I'm starting it tonight and will probably be halfway through it by the end of the weekend. I'm looking forward to it. It is the first novel written entirely in IM. It should be filled with emotional drama between three fifteen-year-old girls. I'll try to give my thoughts on it when I'm finished.
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HAHaha anythign by david pickly
which book comes after 2001 space oddysey? and how many books in the series are there?
Hah, that's true. It's around then that Pratchett starts to write with purpose, instead of just spilling his thoughts out onto the page however they fall. He's got much better since then.
The Scarlett Letter :(. Horrible American literature:(.
I've just recently finished with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, and Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell.
The only books I'm currently reading are of the comic book variety.
[quote=Wicked Sushi]It's a pretty sweet book. Too bad almost 95% of it's content is bulls[COLOR=white]h[/COLOR]it.
How could you even hope to know anything about the Anarchists Cookbook, my squirrelly little Rafi? ;)
Well, in English we just finished To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Great book. Next is Romeo and Juliet. But on my own, I'm reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. I finally got around to returning Phantom of the Opera to the library. (It was the original by Gaston Leroux. He did first, he did it best.) Now I want to read it again... Yeah anyway. The Inkheart trilogy should be good, seeing as Inkheart is my absolute favorite book. But the last one isn't out yet. So, yeah. I have all of her books. The Theif Lord, Inkheart, Dragon Rider, and Inkspell. All great books. The top two being Inkeart and The Theif Lord. Man I could go on and on all day but that would annoy you, and I just don't feel like doing that right now, so I'll cut off here.
Cheers!
The Magic of Shapeshifting by Rosalyn Greene.
It would make such a great moonlight read.
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. Reccomended by 4chan, and has not disappointed.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut.
absolutely hilarious.
Also reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, though I picked up Breakfast of Champions and started reading it because I found it more interesting.
I'm reading "Emerald's knight" Volume 8. There are suppose to be 12. Pretty good books :D
Eldest, by Christopher Paolini. I'm not that far into it, and it's been pretty slow. But I expect it'll become more addicting like Eragon had been.
I'm readin the whole "Darren Shan" series, it's real good and I'd highly recomend it, although for some people it may seem farfetch, and they may not like it, but that's your own decision
The Outsiders
Good book. Recommended for a quick read.
I just checked out a book called, "All the King's Men." I haven't had the chance to actually sit down and read it for long, though I've heard a lot of good reviews for it.
Darren Shan writes books for confused pre-pubescent goth boys. Next?
House by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti
A really good mystery/horror book.
3 Rules:
1. *** came into my house and I Killed Him.
2. I will kill anyone who comes into my house like I Killed ***
3. Give me one dead body and I might let rule 2 slide.
You Have until Dawn
Just went to the library and got Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
i can't read.
I feel so sorry for you. I couldn't survive without books. Here, I'll tell you what, come t my house and I'll teach you how to read. Can you write?
I'm currently re-reading The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett, and Are You Dave Gorman?, by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace. At the same time.
Man, the funny has been missed so hard it's not even funny.
Well, all the more reason to visit me. Anyway. If you want a good read get 'A Swiftly Tilting Planet' by Madeline L'Engle. It's awesome. I love it. this is like my fourth time reading it. It's a science fiction novel about a boy named Charles Wallace who needs to defeat a mad dictator who has threatened to blow up the Earth by going through time and changing 'Might-Have-Been's' for the better. I love it. What I find very interesting is that one possibility of us blowing up is that it would throw the solar system out of wack and the sun could go super nova.
It's funny to think that so small a thing as our planet could affect the whole universe in a chain reaction. Yet it does. Wrap your mind around that one.
Is she the one who wrote 'A Wrinkle In Time'?
i just inished the da vinchi code. a couple new books in 2 diffrent series that i have like fore a wile are the keys to the kingdom and the gatekeepers they are both rather easy series but deffinityly a good read if you like action/adventure/fantisy
(gate keepers is made by anthoney horowitz and the keys to the kingdom is by gath nix)
Yes, in fact it's the third in that series. It's the best one in my opinion. Although 'Many Waters' comes close. But no, this is the best book ever! But to understand it you gotta read the series from the beggining. So first is 'A Wrinkle in Time' next comes 'A Wind in the Door' and then this one. Like I said it's pretty good. I'm almost done with it. Poor Chuck. If you read the book you'll know who Chuck is.
With Gaudior in this fateful hour
I call on all Heaven with its power,
The sun with its brightness,
The snow with its whiteness,
The fire with all the strenght it hath,
The lightning with its rapid wrath,
The winds with their swiftness along their path,
The sea with its deepness,
The rocks with their steepness,
The Earth with its starkness,
All these I place, with ***'s almighty help and grace,
Between my self and the powers of darkness.
It's a rune from the book. It's called Patrick's Rune, and comes in mighty handy durring the book. Read it.
I enjoyed it when I read it, but it was quite a while ago. I'll have to find a copy and start it again.
my nintendo power.
I dunno. I preferred the Googlewhack Adventure. Possibly because it was only written by one guy, and it was a lot more fun - I don't like to feel sad if I'm reading comedy, which AYDG purports to be.
Presently, I'm reading Avalon High, by Meg Cabot. Yes, the Princess Diaries lady. And it's a lot like Princess Diaries.
Except the main girl isn't a princess. And her parents are professors. And she think King Arthur's legend lives on...
Congo ~ Michael Crichton
*** I <3 this man
I'm reading 'Salamandastron' by Brian Jauques. However you spell his last name... Anyway. It's a good book in the Redwall series. So far I've read from the begining til now, and they're all pretty good. I really like the Redwall series, and I shall name it Colonel Clary, after the rabbit in 'Mariel of Redwall'. Brave soul 'e was.
"Anthem"
I like Ayn Rand's work.
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
Nintendo Heros "The Novel" By Tracey West
I read 'Anthem' I thought it was pretty good. I also read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' twice. Once before we had to, then when we did have to. I actually helped someone win a bet. Before we started reading it, my class made a bet to see if I read it before or not. One of my friends won. Kinda funny. We just got done reading 'Romeo and Juliet' in class. I find them all to be panzies, who cry too much. Pathetic. And Shakespear is obsessed with names that end with 'O' and suicide.
And Hamlet. In 'Othello' Othello kills himself. It's like whoa! But I think in those days suicide was considered romantic. But now, it's just stupid.
"Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams.
Douglas Adams is pretty good. I like his 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' Series. I read the first two, and most of the third. I heard there's five books in the series. But my dad said he didn't like it. I hated the movie they made for it. It was sooo stupid. Geez, that director was bad, and what was Douglas Adams thinking aproving that?!
Douglas Adams is dead, and only wrote half of the script for the film. And I originally hated it, but on second watch, I quite liked it.
The final two books aren't as good as the other four - and Mostly Harmless is mostly awful. It's nice to round off the series, but it starts feeling drawn out.
Yeah, I'm still gonna read them though. Whenever I start a series, I make sure to finish it at some point or another.
Oh, they're worth reading. They just aren't as good as the first three.
I thought they were all pretty good. My only complaint would be that the final book seemed to end a little too quickly. Though, that seems to be the way most DA books are finished - resolved within the last ten or so pages.
Either way, HH is probably one of my favourite series so I'd definitely recommend finishing it. Not quite sure why your dad didn't enjoy them, as I don't exactly know anyone who hasn't. Though I do agree the movie was pretty terrible.
Oh, he likes the first four. I know he hated the fifth. But I'm not sure he knew there was a sixth. I didn't even know there was a sixth until you guys mentioned it. What are the last two called?
Hah, I'm an idiot. I meant to say 'the other three' in post 120. The five books are:
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Life, The Universe And Everything
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Mostly Harmless
There's a short story called Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, but it's not really counted as part of the series' canon.
Ah, I see. Well, then. I'm going to read the others. But I'm too preoccupied right now. I might later though.
I'm reading Halo: The Flood. I'm such a nerd. :o
I found all three of the current books at a Sam Goody near my grandma's, so I picked them up. I read The Fall of Reach already, and really enjoyed it. Gives a good backstory, I thought. The Flood is based on Halo 1, so I'm predicting alot of it, but it's got some sidestory in there with the minor characters to keep things interesting. I'm about 1/4 through it, since I only read it for a few minutes every other day.
When I finish it, I'll go right into reading First Strike, then probably wait for the graphic novel to come out.
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I just got done with The Cleric Quintet.... again. I need new books. I have been missing out. Any good fantasy books recently out that you guys suggest? I'm also down for a really good sci-fi book. :)
Just bought 2010 and Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, and I'm borrowing 1984 by George Orwell.
[quote=Wings]There's a short story called Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, but it's not really counted as part of the series' canon.
I vaguely remember that. It involved a submarine, or so I recall.
Started Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton. Never got around to reading it previously.
My friend read that book. She said it was pretty good. I might read it sometime soon. Hard to say.
Just finished Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks. It's so awesome, all of you should read it, even you, Klarth.
A Seperate Peace, by John Knowles. A good book, even though all of the main characters (except Finny) sound like psychopaths.
As for me, I'm reading 'The Naming' by Alison Croggon. It's pretty good so far. It's one of my friends books. I love it! You should all read it.
I'm currently reading "The DaVinci Code" all thought im Roman Catholic i fing the book interusting.
My friend read that, and she's catholic too. Now I'm going with her to see it next week. It's gonna be so awesome!
The Lost World ~ Michael Crichton.
A game guide for Pokemon Ruby. (just kidding)
Milton's Paradise Lost.
Paradise Lost is a great choice. Go read Blake's Marriage of Heaven And Hell next.
I ordered Angels and Demons and the World According to Clarkson yesterday - they should arrive tomorrow. Good old summer reading, eh.
Spoilers: They go to Switzerland
CHEERS FOR TELLING ME THAT, I HAVE EMAIL NOTIFICATION AND SAW YOUR FIRST POST.
...you git.
He dies at the beginning of the book :cool: It's really about as much of a spoiler as "they go to Switzerland". Serious.
Yeah, but honestly. It's like me saying IN THE MATRIX, THE GUY IS ACTUALLY THE ONE. You know it, but you still want to see for yourself.
Yeah, but you only find that out right at the very end.
More spoilers: There aren't actually any angels or demons in the book. =o
Da Vinci Code. Probably the first book I've enjoyed for a while. Oh wait, there is harry potter.
I am reading any and all books by Raymond E. Feist. I love them all. I am curently on King of Foxes.
I could never get into Feist. I got as far as A Darkness At Sethanon and just got supremely bored with the whole thing. It never seemed to go anywhere.
I just finished reading Marsha Mellow And Me, would you believe. I saw it in a bookshop, and thought I'd go for some chick lit for a change. It wasn't half bad, but it never went anywhere. There are some decent laughs in it, but it really did seem to just be riding the Bridget Jones wave.
I'm reading Redwall by Brian Jaques. Its my first in the Redwall series and It is one of the best books i've ever read. I'm about halfway through it now. It pulls on all of my emotions. I laughed when Basil was hopping around the rat guards. And I was sad when Shadow died. Its a truly marvelous work of literature and I recommend it to all.
I'm finally getting around to reading Wicked and then I'm reading a Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy... followed by Eragon, maybe. Then I'm thinking of reading Sense and Sensibility.
Yes, I like classical literature, leave me alone! ;-;
The thing that kills me about reading Wicked is I know when I'm done, NONE of my friends would see the musical with me, that I'm aware of... not to mention tickets for the musical are sold out for this August now. I almost got one but none of my friends wanted to go with me at the time, so...
Nemesis by Paul B. Thompson. I really enjoy the whole MTG series so well, I guess Im going through it all again.
Reading Angels and Demons. My mom suggested it to me since I enjoyed the Da Vinci code. I was reading it near the end of the school year, but stopped around page 120. I'm going to start reading it again soon though, maybe right now. ;)
[quote=higbvuyb]I'm reading 'Rise of Endymion' by Dan Simmons. Part of the Hyperion series.
My roommate's been recommending that series to me for a long time. Supposedly it's some kind of gnostic Evil Pope-themed scifi. Any good?
Currently reading 'The Alphabetm of Manliness'
I've been debating whether to get that or not. It is any good?
Michael Chrichton's "Prey". About two-hundred pages in.
I've put off reading his work for years, finally saw a whole collection of his books for a grand total of five dollars and figured I'd give it a shot. So far so good.
Yeah, I volunteered at a used booksale couple Fridays ago, and while looking for some Sci-Fi books for someone, I came across a ton of his stuff. The guy gave me a deal for helping out.
Though it's good that you mentioned Rising Sun, as that was the next book I was going to read.
Once you're done with the Andromeda Strain, you need to mail it to me. I think it's the only one I haven't read/got.
EDIT: Just found a bibliography on the net, and it seems there's a few more I haven't. Library for me soon, I think.
It's also reminded me of State of Fear, which I really liked. He claims everything in it is fact, and I'm more inclined to believe him due to the massive amounts of research and references he includes, as opposed to someone like, say, Dan Brown.
Surprising, since apparently it was a huge seller. Just expect it to look really worn :cookie:
Oh, I only started reading his stuff with Timeline, as I was bored in an airport at one point. I was hooked from then on. :)
I'll have to place an order with Amazon as soon as I think of something else to get free shipping.
Comics
Sonic X #9
Sonic the Hedgehog #163
Graphic Novels
Ranma 1/2 #1
Excel Saga #1
The All New Tenchi Muyo #1
Naruto #10
"Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century"
This book is awesome.
-G*d Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4)
-by Frank Herbert
Eldest by Christopher Paolini. Way good. I think you should all read it. Like now.
I wish i was into read. I should be, but i'm not.
Darren Shan-Sons of Destiny. final book of the Darren Shan series :( so far this book has been great and I loved the whole series 10/10 for sure, just sucks that it's coming to an end.
Jennifer Government - Max Berry
forgot about comics
Union #0
Union #1
Trencher #3 (I think that's it)
I'm reading "Sons", by Pearl S. Buck. It's the sequel to "The Good Earth", an excellent book by any standard.
I'm currently reading 3.
EVERWORLD IV: Realm of the Reaper -K.A. Applegate
Desperation -Stephen King
Silent Witness -Carol Ellis
I'm reading Wizards at War by Diane Duane. The eighth book in the Young Wizards series. It's totally awesome! Dairine and Roshaun forever!
im reading Trigun 2
Its a thick manga and it have 3 books in one. I like it alot, Vash the Stampede is one of the greatest anime characters of all time (other than Mugen).
Im reading a series called The new prophecy warriors Book 4 Dawn. It's about cats and there home is being destroyed by the twolegs (Aka people) so there worrior ancestorssent sent 6 cats out on a mission to save the 4 clans. It's a realy good series but its the 2nd one the first one is just called Warriors.[IMG]http://vgchat.com/images/icons/icon7.gif[/IMG]
[quote=Forgotten Soul]
HAHAHAHA!
It most definitely doesn't.
Also, Frank Herbert was a genius.
I'm reading Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut. Probably my favorite author.
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge.
Really interesting book.
Frank Herbert's Dune. Finally got around to buying it.
Hatching Magic
White Fang by Jack London
The Count of Monte Christo
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2nd time I've read it. Great book.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
I'm reading, "The Key," by Marianne Curley.
Im reading Where the red fern grows, it like the 100th time i've read it and it always makes me cry.[IMG]http://vgchat.com/images/icons/icon7.gif[/IMG] I cant find the 2nd book yet.
It by Stephen King. Just started.
i read a few archie comics lately, a nostradamus prophecy book and re-read FMA #3 (I hope to get more manga!)
I justu found my Shel Silverstein book " A light in the Attic" so I'm sort of reading that, and I'm about half way done the last Darren Shan book, it's great
I'm reading 'The Giver' right now.
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey. Fascinating material. Most of the points made make absolute sense, and if this author's descriptions of Satanistic principles are accurate, I'm already living a fairly Satanic lifestyle.
"Hot Springs" by Stephen Hunter. I read "Pale Horse Coming" without realising it was part of a series, so now I'm reading the rest of the Earl Swagger books. I'll probably continue with the Bob Lee Swagger books. Excellent stuff.
Hmm. I was looking through my room for things to sell at a garage sell, and I found a book called "The Demon Awakens" by R.A. Salvatore.
I read some passages, and actually it looked to be a great book. So, I just started it. It's very considerably lenghted; no short book.
I'll report on it later when the plot opens up a little bit.
I just finished reading Dom Dellilo's "White Noise", and now I'm reading a book on existentialism.
i am almost finished with Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis.
'Chapterhouse: Dune'
It'll probbaly take me a while. School is back in full motion and free time
has taken a dive straight into the ground.
So I was in a fifteen-hour car ride today, and I read Arthur C Clarke's The Hammer of God because I had nothing better to do. Great book - very touching, and more down-to-earth and realistic than his other scifi - Yeah, the Space Odyssey series was amazing and gripping, but compared to this they're pretty ridiculous.
I'm reading Bad Twin, by Gary Troup. (ghost name, obviously, anagram of 'Purgatory').
It's actually quite good while still giving me a lot to think about with regards to Lost.
Galactic Pot Healer, by Phillip K. Dick. It is about a guy who heals pots on a galactic scale.
"The Oedipus Plays of Sophecles", by Sophecles.
I can bet you there are quite a few other people here who are reading that as well.
It's a red book with no name on the cover or anything. It's a 115 year old book about the apocalypse and the devil VS *** deal. Very intresting. I'm not not to read about stuff like this but it's really intresting.
Any idea on the title? That sounds like Dante.
Onslaught
Badass magic book yeah. I love it and tons of that series.
This post, as I am typing it.
Im kinda old school right now but I just started reading the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. Im half way through the first book and its pretty good. Im a little concerned, I just head he has a rare blood disease and somone people believe he may not live long enough to finish the series. Might make some people pretty angry. I think its like 12 or 13 books in the series would be pretty dissapointing to not get some kind of closure.
Well, I got two books last summer when I lost power for nearly a week, and never actually got around to reading them. Then I did!
I'm currently about half way through 'War of The Worlds' by H.G Welles. Frankly, I'm not EVEN half way through,
And I already Think Tom Cruise did a crap job in comparison.
Truley amazing how old the concept of a heat-ray is.
Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler. It's interesting so far, but I'm only on the second chapter. There's something in here about a White Rabbit... Yeah, it's interesting.
I'm reading "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, and it's magnificent thus far.
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.
Pretty interesting, it's a satirical piece about the 19th century in Europe that pokes fun at society by viewing the world as if it were two dimensional.
Well. =/ I think that you lot have a higher reading level than I, but I have just finished If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan, and know I'm reading Hairstyle of the ****ed.
Just finished reading Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank or something like that, and am now re-reading Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
actually reading the play i hate hamlet.
extremely funny; will be doing a scene out of this in my acting class.
Hairstyle of the ****ed by Joe Meno. Very good descriptions in this story, also quite funny.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles... We are reading it for English class.
A Seperate Peace was retarded.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin from the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
EDIT: Nice catch BJ
I just finished a big book on what? Duh. High Score, about history of games. Now I'm reading World Records '07 and I put my book Games: In The Beginning on hold. I also put my WWE (wrestling) mag on hold for the book. Ha. It happens to me. WHAT YOU REALLY WANTTO HEAR FROM ME IS THE NEXT THING I SAY. I will be getting the supreme ultimate book Video Games Guide off Amazon for only $21. I want others to know that I love history and want to to know who else does.
im reading angels and demons by dan brown
mmmm anti matter
I just got through reading 'Kingdom of Fear' ~ by Hunter S. Thompson, which was fuckin excellent by the way, and have started reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' ~ by Alexandre Dumas.
im reading dragon rider by Cornelia Funke
A Scanner Darkly
I just finished up Michael Robotham's Drowning Man. I liked it, but I don't know if I would read it again.
Next on my list is Michael Crichton's new one, Next.
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund. Best Halo novel yet.
Just got iWoz by (naturally) Steve Wozniack for Christmas. I've only read the first chapter, but I really look up to Wozniack and love his personality, so I think I'll enjoy it.
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller and The Andy Warhol Philosophy (A to B and back again).
World War Z by Max Brooks. Cool concept and great delivery. Can't wait for the movie.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
One of the best books I have ever read.
Weird NJ.
Aside from this thread, books on the poetry of Jim Morrison.
Animal Farm is pretentious. Almost more so than Catcher in the Rye.
It's not the book I have a problem with, I do like it. It's when people start claiming that it's the best book ever and that it spoke to them on a deep personal level that I have a problem with it. As if being grounded by your parents for doing something out of order constitutes a dictatorship.
Which is the problem I have with Catcher in the Rye.
Never read it. I guess I should, but I'd rather read something for pleasure rather than read something that I feel I 'should' read.
You've just reminded me, Dances with Dragons was scheduled for February publication. This must be investigated.
London Calling by Edward Bloor. Really good book. You guys should totally look into it, especially you commies out there.
i just finished Doom knee deep in the dead by dafydd ab hugh and brad linaweaver and now im on the second of the four hell on earth great series this is my second time reading it
See, this is why you need to learn to communicate properly. I had to read your post three times before I realised that half of it was Welsh.
Pendragon 7: The Quillan Games.
It's a fantastic series. Easy, yes, but entertaining. I love it, anyway.
A Scanner Darkly. Bought it nearly three weeks ago, and I've only got halfway through due to school, the Wii, and other complications. It's still a fantastic read, though.
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter. It's a really interesting book.
I just finished reading The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, and Next all by Michael Crichton. All good, but I found myself oddly dissatisfied with the Andromeda Strain. You get to the end and it's like 'huh. So what was the point of the book before the last few pages'?
Agreed. I heard a lot of talk about Andromeda Strain (lewl i was going to send it to you too) but I wasn't really that happy with it. Prey, however, was great. From start to finish it kept a really good pace.
Anywho, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Someone on 4chan sent me a copy of the full colour edition so I decided to crack it open a couple of nights ago. Confusingly fantastic.
I did like Andromeda Strain, but the ending was fairly unsatisfying. Prey is most definitely his best book that I've read so far, and one of my favourites of all.
Right now I'm reading "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" by Tucker Max
Easily one of the funniest books I've ever read in my life. This guy needs a sitcom. An amazingly funny read. You can read it online at his website TuckerMax.com
1984
Nearly finished it and I've enjoyed it so much.
I like how my school read Fahrenheit 451 instead. I had to go out on my own and buy it. Go figure.
I read the first half or so of Clockwork Orange (almost typed Chocolate there, lawl) and was more amused by the neolinguistics than anything else.
The language of it all it defineltly one of the best things about it. Still thought a good story.
At the moment, I'm reading Twilight. In my opinion, it's a great book, but you have to really like vampires. It's also more of a love story from a teenage girl's point, but it's not girly or anything. I suggest it to everyone who likes that sort of stuff.
Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
Philip K Dick - Ubik
Neil Gaiman - American ***s (rereading)
Robert M. Pirsig - Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I thought the book was rather boring myself, then again I don't like most of the books I was forced to read in school. ( Where the Red Fern Grows, To Kill a Mockingbird) Currently I'm reading the Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. I'm on the third book, The Wastelands. So far it seems like an excellent series.
You ever read a book they didnt make you read in school, or is that too much thought
Have you? From your posts, it certainly doesn't seem to be the case.
No kidding. Who's he talking to, anyway? Hahah, me? I lol. Learn some English, kid.
Just started up Darwinia, by Robert Charles Wilson.
Destiny's Way by Walter Jon Williams, one of the books in the Star Wars New Jedi Order series. It's one of the better books in an okay (but ridiculously addictive) series.
Back to reading Weird N.J.
Stephen King - The Stand.
the artemis fowl series. like the avy?
Calvin and Hobbes: Yukon Ho!
Go Ask Alice and The Chocolate War. Both for school. Both pretty interesting.
The Terminal Man ~ Michael Crichton
Haven't come across a rotten Crichton novel yet, so I suspect this to be good.
Prey still remains one of my favourite sci-fi-esque action-y books.
I was disappointed with The Terminal Man. Just the ending was a bit like he didn't know where he was going to go with it.
The Blue Girl~I'm almost done with it and I peronally love it so far.
Misery-Stephen King
Ubik
Ive stupidly left it at work and wont return till my holiday is over. Im up to chapter 3 and Im quite confused by it. Alot of the time when I read I end up just reading the words but never really taking them in because my mind has side tracked. Anyone else get this?
It's quite cool though and I quite like Dick's style of writing but from what I've heard and read his books tend to feautre alot of seemingly irrelevant stuff. A Scanner had some of that I thought.
The Second World War
~John Keegan
It's a really good book if you love history.
It by Stephen King.
It's an excellent book so far. And that one gay guy named Adriann Melon who got killed reminded me so much of my friend Michael it isn't funny.
whitey peeps read an' it iz annoying. Reading iz fo' fools. I dont git why ppl gots ta read all da tyme. it iz uh waste o' tyme all da tyme if ya know what I be saying sho 'nuff!
wat u say is true
Sho'nuff.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I have to read it for school. Its not actually not bad. I thought it would be boring
Rising Sun ~ Michael Crichton.
What do you mean "hardest going"? I really liked it. Even if some of the characters and interactions with said characters were just weird (that one armed chick for example.)
I don't know, I really did enjoy it, but there were some parts I really had to push myself through. Maybe I missed something crucial at the start or something, but it seemed like a complete struggle until about two thirds of the way through, when it was like '...ohhhh'. I think I got some of the characters mixed up, or something.
By the way, the film's awful, but it's worth it for Sean Connery speaking Japanese. :cookie:
So far, I'm enjoy it (Rising Sun). I much prefer Crichton's sci-fis, but his other books are still superb.
yeah, sci-fi is superior. The whole japanese thing seemed a tad goofy to me at times.
The Hobbit..for school
I'm only like 20 pages in but so far it's good and I know I'm gunna like it.
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He almost matches Dan Brown in terms of conspiracy buffs. [/COLOR]
I just finished Eragon and Eldest and now I'm reading "Starvaganza: The City of Stars".
Black wind by clive cussler
just amazing
Just finished The Good Earth for school. Eh, it had it's moments.
Hairstyles of the ****ed. I just finished this one yesturday, it was pretty **** good. <3
Disclosure ~ Michael Crichton.
Yeah, getting my fill of Crichton this year.
Black by TED DEKkER
If Chins Could Kill, autobiography of Bruce Cambell, who stars in such movies as Evil Dead 1-3. I'm about 20 pages from done and then I'm going to read Make Love the Bruce Cambell way.
The Dream ~ H.G. Wells
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Same as above. ******* Judge making me go out and buy the book. Good stuff though.
******* Judge giving me the book to read. Good stuff though.
I should take back this book and you should send it to me for free.
And then you can send it to me. The Dream is ***awfully boring so far.
State of Fear ~ Michael Crichton
Goodness.
I finished Scar Night and the latest Star Wars: Legacy of the Force novel.
Now I'm reading the new 600+ page epic from Tad Williams: Shadowplay. It's volume 2 in a series, Shadowmarch being the first book. This series is his first good work since the trilogy of Sorrow, Memory, and Thorn, in my opinion. A very dark take on the whole humans vs. elves aspect of fantasy. Twisted and deeply troubled characters all over the board. Fun stuff.
Ubik.
Not really enjoying it. Finding it pretty dull actually.
Demon Thief by Darren Shan, I think I should read it more, I've been playing to much Zelda lately.
Snow Falling on Cedars. I'm not very far but it bores the snot out of me. Someone told me that it gets better as it goes so I press on.
almost done with The Art Of War (amazin' book)
Just finsihed "The Crysalids" for school.
Now I have to start "The Hobbit" for school
I guess you could say I don't liek to read
Julius Caesar. Its for school. I think its pretty boring
I just finished reading The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne, and really enjoyed it, even if the guy's a bit verbose.
Just finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I enjoyed it alot more than the film but some chapters were hard reading. Started American Pyscho.
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft.
Just started Naked Lunch. I've heard it's great, but only from people whose seal of approval I'm a little reluctant to accept.
Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind
mmm Sword of Truth series <3
this post
but really im readint vahalla rising by clive cussler
Yeah, luckily it actually added to the novel before it got too ridiculous and bothersome. Gives a good idea of how obsessive and insane Bateman is if you actually get tired reading about a suit in such depth.
It catches you off guard too. You'll start reading anothetr passage on what he's wearing and what others are wearing etc and then suddenly it come at you with "I tortured a puppy to death las night."
right now in school were reading "the Chrisalids"
our teacher's making us read it too fast though so I doubt I'll end up reading it...anyone know any good chapter summary sites?
E-Tales: The Best and Worst of Internet Humor
Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
Saw it at costco for half price, plus the cover is in this shiny fabric and really quite beautiful. Oh, and it has one of those attached material bookmarks. So I boughts it.
The Last book I read was controversy creates cash
Get me Out of Here by Rachel Reiland. It's about this chick recovering from Bordeline Personality Disorder, I'm really into psychology lately so I picked this up. *Shrug*
Edit: Oh, and I just finished reading numerous plays written by Neil LaBute such as This Is How It Goes, Fat Pig, and Some Girl(s)
Some Girl(s) was the best one IMO. I preformed a monolouge from the play and got a fooking B on it. >D
Blow by Bruce Porter
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk.
Just finished up Blow so now I am working on Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dante's Purgatorio. I enjoyed Inferno quite a bit, and while I've been told this one isn't quite as accessible, I'm sure it'll be a great read.
Company by Max Barry. Good book, reminds me of the movie Office Space.
Well, my brother is currently reading The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzche. I'm personally agnostic but the book seems to be interesting. o_O; So I may read it next.
i'm reading Human, All Too Human by Nietzsche
and Naruto Volume 929948
Candide
I just finished Lamb by Christopher Moore
awesomely funny touching book
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I've decided to give the Harry Potter series another go, considering I love the movies so much.
Candide by Voltaire, it seems like just a summary so far.
"Time to Hunt" by Stephen Hunter. Final book :( And "Black Order" by James Rollins.
about 100 pages to go for the former and two-hundred in to the latter.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
A Clash of Kings, by George R. R. Martin
"Crisscross" by F. Paul Wilson
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I might read Ecce Homo by Nietzsche next.
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Reading Luo Guanzhong's Sanguo Yuanyi.
It's long, but good.
The Gunslinger By Stephen King.
Gravitation manga. And once in a while I'll read Naruto, Shaman King, and Hikaru no Go manga. And I'm gonna start reading The Catcher in the Rye soon.
Catcher In The Rye is considered an emo book. I was only going to read it soon because of Frankie Iero.
im confused since when is manga literature
I don't think it is. But as America turns more to video games, movies, t.v. etc, the average reading level deteriorates and will continue to do so until manga is considered literature. And then after that, people will rely on picture books. :(
shut up
54 pages into "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson; 397 pages into Black Order by James Rollins; 212 pages into "Moby Dick" by Herman Melvill.
Finally finished Kite Runner. Good stuff.
Gonna start Milton's Paradise Lost tomorrow.
Going to start Airframe by Michael Crichton.
I just finished Deathly Hallows
About to begin This Present Darkness
Just finished reading The Watchmen. Mind=blown.
Trying to read the half blood prince. Its hard when u have no time.
At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Faeries, Hobgoblins, and Other Troublesome Things, by Diane Purkiss. Very good, more psychological study than I had initially thought it would be. I just finished this older-than-my-great-great-grandma novel, "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" by John Erskine. Loved it.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
The Dive From Clausen's Pier.
At first, I was skeptical; I generally do not read books that were made into lifetime movies. But, it was given to me free, so I am reading it, and its actually okay. The narration is great and stays in character, which seems to me a rare thing in first-person fiction novels.
right now im readin catcher in the rye for skool, it sux
Really? I thought Catcher was great...
Just read Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K Dick. Absolutely excellent; I recommend it to anyone who likes post-apocalyptic fiction. I bought it ages ago and never actually got around to opening it.
Odd considering that A Terran Odyssey is one of my favourite shorts of his.
Finished up Dune: Butlerian Jihad. Good book, of course not near as good as Frank's work, but I enjoyed the read.
Then I read 'Digital Fortress' by Dan Brown. Another good book, easy read, entertaining. So no complaints about that one.
I also read 'Saint' by Ted Dekker, and I guess it was ok, started off great but around half-way through the author threw in some crazy stuff that didn't help. So it kind of went downhill from there. I probably wouldn't recommend this one but then again it could of been bad for me since I have not read any of his other works.
Well now I am reading 'Predator' by Patricia Cornwell, a random book my mom and sister picked up for me, and I must say it is very good. I am almost done with it and would easily say that it is worth the read.
Tedd Dekker is a great writer, "Saint" was his worst. It had style, though. Read some of his other works; his best is a collaberation with Frank Perretti, called "House."
Invisible Monsters
Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck.
The Absolute Watchmen.
Wolverine #1-5
Just finished "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer. Good, as always, but somewhat disappointing that nothing really happened; it is still at the same point as when "New Moon" ended. 7.8/ 10.0
Right now I am reading through "Poems" by Emily Dickinson, again.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Wolverine # 6-10
Avalon High, by Meg Cabot.
It is okay, for this genre. I like the idea behind it, I like the humore and the subtle plot hints dropped here and there.
Iain M. Banks - The Player of Games
James Rollins' The Judas Strain. Just picked it up today, about twenty pages in. He's such a good author and only seems to get better as each book passes.
Frank Herbert's The Dosadi Experiment. It's the second in a series of four of his novels that I found a while back, all collected in one mega-novel. Almost finished, I think. This is the first time I've read the description of a protagonist and thought, "...what?" He sounds really ugly. But it turns out Ugly has some pretty cool adventures.
What is that series about? Os it any good?
"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. I'm only sixty pages in, but it is well-written and lots of research behind it. I'm also flipping through Jhoenen Vasquez's "Squee." Squee is truly hilarious. 10/10 as far as graphic novels go; this novel is ***'s gift to comics.
Reading through His Dark Materials By Pullman again, I'm about half-way through The Amber Spyglass. So far the first book is the best, I think, but I do enjoy the interesting spin on religion in the second and third books.
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Bec by Darren Shan.
I've realized that the only books I've posted as "curretnly reading" are Darren Shan. I guess I read slow.
Preacher, first few issues
Kendra & Near: Yeah, I've basically read 1.5 of the books in the series(does it have an official title?). I'd say they're pretty good, definitely worth a read. I was surprised by the depth Herbert goes into when talking about other species, their history, values etc. I've never read any of his Dune stuff, though, so I can't compare it to any of that.
Today I was feeling tired, so I planned to start reading Michael Crichton's Sphere and then sleep for a while. Little did I know I'd be drawn to read the entire thing in one sitting. I would've sworn it was only ten or eleven, but it was 1 AM when I finished. So now I'm catching up on the meal I missed and wondering how the hell I'll be able to sleep now. That book totally pumped me up.
Iain M. Banks - Consider Phlebas
...Or at least I was reading it until I misplaced my copy.
I'm currently reading Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry's autobiography.
I'm then going to move on to Catch Me If You Can; Frank Abagnale's.
Today I finished The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. It's my A-level course text, so I took some time to look at the language, social issues, blah de ****ing blah blah, on account of being tested on them in six months' time.
I actually liked it loads, though. Very engaging.
Just finished "Carrie" by Steven King. It was just... sad. I'll always side with Carrie- those b****s deserved to die. I'm reading "Be Near Me" by Andrew O'Hagan, and it is very well written. :)
Just started Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton. Pretty sure I'm going to enjoy it.
Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey.
Now, I have always been a fan, but even I have to admit... This guy is a nut. :)
"The last post made" by Babe
This Side of Paradise by F Scott Fitzgerald
The California Divers handbook is a maybe.
I have just finished 'Watchmen'
Quite possibly the best comic ever written.
World War Z
Two words can describe this book, ****ed up
Hey, I loved WWZ.
Anyways, I got a whole stack of the "Y: The Last Man" comics from the library, and I really like them. Nice idea, strong characters; the art is great. What more could you want?
Andromeda Strain is good. It's been a long time since I've read it, I should re-read it sometime.
I also started A Brief History of the Celts by Peter Berresford Ellis. Probably be reading this on and off.
Just finished "The Golden Compass" (apparently known as "Northern Lights" in the UK). I am furious... I had no idea it was the first book in a trilogy, and it ended with a total cliffhanger.
At least I can see the movie now with the comfort of having read the book first.
My sister has me reading "Here, There Be Dragons" by James A. Owen. Its pretty good; but little by little am I realizing just how much of a nerd I must be for understanding half of the inside jokes in the book.
I'm almost finished with Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols and will soon be starting on either Chuck Palahniuk's Rant or Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, which I enjoyed but never got the chance to finish. Nietzsche's interesting. He makes a lot of very good points, but he's a guy you have to "take with a grain of salt" because he's so hasty in his assumptions and a lot of his logic is based on a lot of unfounded data, but that's more a relation to his time period than him trying to be a liar of sorts. I'm also looking at getting something by Derida, as I hear he's somewhat of a deconstructionist.
I'm currently reading Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt, American Gangster (The screenplay) by Steven Zaillian, and I'm also reading Beowulf for school.
Slaughter House 5.
"The Hobbit" by, you guessed it! J.R.R. Tolkein. I can't say anything about this book that has not already been said.
Re-reading Battle Royale until I can pick up the 47th Samurai by Stephen Hunter.
Sound of the Beast The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal
Good Stuff
Ruler Of The Realm by Herbie Brennan. Pretty good book so far. I'm almost finished with it. When that's done, I'll be reading a book of fairy tales by The Brothers Grimm.
Brothers Grimm are always good and fun- I don't know about Herbie Brennan, though. He's... eh.
Right now, I'm rereading my Holly Black books. I don't know, Halloween sort of made me want to reread them, they all have a bit of an eerie feel. I think "Tithe" was the best though, and I can't wait for the next book.
The second book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Good stuff.
Psychology for Dummies.
And re-reading Civil War.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
I recently finished reading the book "Night" by Eli Weisle (sp?) for school.
It was about the holocaust and it was pretty good imo.
im reading a breif history of time by steven hawking and its really interesting actually
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. Good literature. Not quite the epic horror novel that it is said to be, but I like it.
Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. I just finished The Old Man and the Sea.
Evoluţia Divină by Edouard Schure. lol
I'm supose to have read half of "to Kill a Mokingbird" by Monday but I doubt that'll happen...this book so far is pretty dull.
You kidding? I love that book.
do you mean I'm slow or that I have a bad taste in books? cuz either is pretty true actually. and I've only read the book for about an hour and got 25 pages in, I could read half I just get preoccupied with other things.
So you just admitted to being stupid? lawl
I'm a slow reader too, Red. Most in part because of a sort of paranoia that I missed something important in a paragraph. But it's ok.
I'm fast, and don't ever miss anything. Chubby kitty.
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"Inferno" by Dante Allegheri
Hope I spelled his name right. Its a little hard to keep track of, in the beginning, but I think its good. :)
It's spelled "Alighieri".
And I believe the description you meant to give it was "****ing genius piece of literature."
[quote=Red]do you mean I'm slow or that I have a bad taste in books? cuz either is pretty true actually
[quote]So you just admitted to being stupid? lawl
[quote=red]huh?
That is why you're stupid.
And read the ****ing book. It's great.
by slow I meant slow at reading and by bad taste...well that's self explanatory, none of those two things mean "stupid" and therefore I did not call myself stupid.
also yes of course I will read the book, I actually think I'll enjoy it.
The proper wording would've been, "do you mean that I read slowly", not, "do you mean I'm slow".
And since slow is synonymous with stupidity... yeah!
you're stupid because you have bad tastes in books and you're a slow reader. drr
Book of the Dead by patricia cornwell, and all the presidents men...botd is actually solid so far.
I just got through reading 1984 by George Orwell and Rant by Chuck Palahniuk this week. I'm currently reading some book by a neurologist named Oliver Sacks. The book's called The Island of the Color-Blind and it's about a group of islanders who are color blind and it discusses how their buildings, gardening, language and art differ from ours. I only just started, but it seems interesting enough. No computer and television has made me start reading again. It totally sucks / is kinda awesome.
Catch-22
It's funny and has an interesting style but nothing is really coming out of it. You have to put alot of effort. I'm thinking about dropping it.
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Ugh. I had to read that for summer reading last year. Despite being on a lot of the "best books ever written" lists, I didn't like it at all. Boring.
Though I got a laugh when he mentioned the six year olds doing it in the park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakenings
Nah, it was the one with De Niro and Robin Williams in it. Great film by the way.
Oh, I guess I totally misread that part of your post then, since it's not even close to similar. Whoops.
Couldn't imagine how you could be bored with Brave New World! Great book so far.
The Art of War
Sun-Tzu
i really like it
Just finished The Wasp Factory. Cool book, the ending totally made me 'wtf?'.
Now I'm reading Voyage of Slaves, by Brian Jacques.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the french verasion)
I'm at about 3 quarters of the book. I'm enjoying it quite a lot.
*** that book was disappointing. I wanted to **** up Rowling so badly.
It was pretty badass if you ask me.
I believe the term you're looking for is "anti-climactic"
idk, I thought the ending was perfect for the series.
...Someone's going to post spoilers soon. I can feel it. They'll just nonchalantly add it in there to make their point more effective, and then BAM. all my dreams, ruined.
SLADE, DON'T READ THIS POST.
I am Legend
I gotta know the story before I see the movie :).
[quote=TimeSkipz;790056]I am Legend
I gotta know the story before I see the movie :).
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PHEW, it's a good thing I said something. Just now, I saw Shade's warning seconds before I started to read that ****. thx... I guess? Should've just used spoiler tags.
Harry kills Voldemort, though just because he has a better wand or something. lol
*Spoilers* It's no surprise that Harry kills Voldemort. He probably got his hand on that death wand and became unvulnerable.
I'm at the part where they want to break into Gringotts and I love the story so far. Nothing disappointing.
ok, tl;dr of previous post.
Harry's weak and won on a technicality. Voldemort should've ****ing raped him.
Huh, that's not much of a spoiler at all. It sounds like a fine ending to me. I mean, you know who is supposed to be the most powerful wizard of all time, so how would some kid beat him face-to-face? It would've been a lame ending if they had battled on equal terms and Harry had won with THE POWER OF LOVE.
[quote=Mr. Awesome;790065][COLOR=Navy]It seems to be about a disease that causes people to go crazy that only Will Smith is immune to. So it's a movie about zombies. Also, they only come out at night. So it's a movie about VAMPIRE zombies.
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It's about a disease that infects everyone and Smith is immune because hes bit by a infected and is injected with a serum. Hes the last man to not be infected and he tries to find a cure using his blood, thats what I'm at right now.
I know all that. It just rubbed me the wrong way that, you know, here's the big climax of the whole ****ing series, and it's over with in one spell.
See, that's what I liked. It wasn't long and drawn out, super flashy or anything like that. It was short and anti-climactic. Oddly enough, that felt more real to me, you know? It's like in action movies where the action goes on forever and ever and it gets less and less believable. When in reality it'd likely last less than thirty seconds and be strangely disappointing. Maybe that's just me, but that's how I looked at it.
He doesn't own Voldemort at all. You'll see once you get there. (EDIT: ninja'd by new page)
Who's talking about it "seeming real"? It's a children's fantasy novel. And even with that taken into account, Harry could have at least used a more impressive spell. You know, something that a first year wouldn't be able to do?
And as long as we're talking about what was more realistic, nobody would've stood by and watched Harry try to take down the biggest badass of all time by himself. It would've gone something along the lines of, "**** the prophecy, these odds are too good. FORTY AGAINST ONE, MOTHER ****ER."
the caves of steel by Isaac Asimov
The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea. (by Yukio Mishima)
It's fascinating. Much like Animal Farm in that it is an allegory to demonstrate Yukio Mishima's forecast of Japan back when the United States had their puppet government after WWII. Brilliantly written.
Michael Crichton's Next.
I'm getting close to the end of the last Harry Potter. The kid is back in the forest to go meet Voldemort. This is getting more and more exciting :wacko:
I'm now at the final duel! 20 pages left to read.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Halo:Fall of Reach
I finished the 7th and last book. I got a little confused on how Voldemort's spell actually bounced, but aside that, great ending.
Now I'll start reading Agatha Christie books again ^_^
I think the Expeliarmus had an effect as well. Disarmed Voldemort's curse, in a way, causing it to bounce back. If it were just the wand thing, curse probably would've hit him and done nothing. In retrospect, smart move by Harry.
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, by Max Brooks
Really good read.
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
It's an amazing book.