What book are you reading now - Split

[Tome]

First post! Woot?

Well, I finished reading the Ships of Earth, so I'll try to explain it as best I can, since I really have nothing better to do right this second.

It's the third book in the series, so by the start of the novel you know most of the characters. The whole idea of the series is that humanity is trying to return to Earth (40 million years ago, war destroyed the place). Well, by "humanity" I mean "sixteen people." One of the main ideas of the novels is having children to further the population growth.

Anyway, sixteen people are led out by the Oversoul, the planet's guardian computer thing that can speak into people's minds. The whole book is really about Nafai trying to learn to lead everyone, including his older brothers who hate him. And...well, it's also about making the long journey to where the ships of earth wait (obviously).

That's about it. I loved the book, but Orson Scott Card is my favorite author, so that is to be expected. I just got his novel the Crystal City today, which is from another series that I also love. I'll type all about it when I finish it.

[Olga]

Started reading Lukyanenko's Night Watch a few days ago.
I'd seen the film and the one following it and loved them both, but everyone I knew who had read the book previous to watching the film hated the films with a vengeance. It took me a while to get round to reading any of the books in the Watch series (there are four currently, I think), and I can sort of see why there was such an uproar among the very serious fans. I'm around 3/4 done so far, but the events were changed almost 50% of the time, the pace of things was altered greatly, that sort of thing. I realise that basing a film on books that have such dynamic and complicated action is difficult, but it's still surprising. The casting was almost perfect, though, so now when I read the book I imagine almost all of the characters as they wee in the film.
The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups: the Night Watch, an organisation that seeks to improve the world - but isn't totally perfect and selfless either - and the Day Watch, which selfishly seeks to gain by exploiting humanity.
They watch over each other; the Night Watch is "light", and the Day Watch is "dark". They make sure that the other party doesn't break the rules of the Agreement so that the balance of good and evil doesn't shift, because if they start to fight, it'll turn into a war of monstrous proportions.
It all sounds slightly fantasy-like when I describe it, but the thing about the Watch books is that they have a very ordinary setting; the Watch members live and work among ordinary people in Moscow, and gradually you sort of get pulled in. They don't wave magic wands, make potions or sacrifice goats.

So far, it's a damn good book. Lukyanenko is a good writer, and although he doesn't go to the same depths as the Strugatsky brothers did, it's still intelligent and very engaging. The setting is also good, because although the events are obviously fantastic and out of this world, he fuses it with everyday things and binds with quite tightly with Moscow in general. There's just something about reading books about places you live in.

[Diablo012492]

As of right now i am reading Mystic Quest by tracy and laura hickman. The book is number two in the bronze canticles. i like this book as of yet it is based around the same three worlds as in the first book, the worlds of Men and Dragonkings, Faeries and famordians, and the goblin kind. the worlds are intimately linked by deep magics.

The Bronze Canticles is a series of fantasy books written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, comprising to date Mystic Warrior, Mystic Quest and Mystic Empire. There is an accompanying role-playing game.

The series is set across three worlds:

Aerbon, World of the Dragonkings: For more than four centuries, humanity has worshipped the five god-like Dragonkings. But without ever realizing it, one mere blacksmith is about to change all that...

Sine'shai, World of the Faery: The Faeries are the highest order of life, of that there is no doubt. One scientist's search for truth has the power to alter the course of three worlds...

G'tok, World of Lost Titans: The greedy Goblins worship machines and burn books. For a lowly engineer, visions of other worlds are about to change his life forever...

Official blurb, paperback edition of Mystic Warrior:

Thrice upon a time, there were three worlds of magic.
On one world, faeries suffer in a war against centaurs and satyrs. On another, goblins scrabble about the ruins of giant machines. And on the third, humans are ruled by theocracies that worship five immortal dragons. The task of their priests: to gather the insane for dark purposes.
Galen Arvad, a young blacksmith, is plagued by fantastic dreams and tortured by common objects that talk to him. Unable to hide his eccentricities, he is hauled away and plunged into a deep chasm of danger and intrigue. But Galen's madness is a sign of magic that can bridge realms and strike down dragon lords. Can Galen learn to use his power-- before he's destroyed by the monsters that rule his world?

as of yet i really like the first two books. i hope the third is just as well written.:D

[Bandicoot]

Originally posted by Amazon.com (from publishers weekly)
The seventh volume of Jordan's bestselling high fantasy series carries on the tradition of colossal, dauntingly complex storytelling established by the previous entries (Lord of Chaos, 1994, etc.). In a richly woven post-holocaust world where magic is normally a woman's monopoly and a man who can use it is a menace, Rand al'Thor, a sheepherder, discovered that he could "channel"; he and his companions have gone on to set their world aflame. Here, Rand is engaged in a fight for control of the weather and of the growing number of men and women who have turned out to be magic-wielders. The narrative employs elements of realism rare in high fantasy, including the sense that innocent bystanders are being mauled in an epic joust of magical giants. There's wit at work here, too, in Jordan's exploration of the possibilities created by women being the magic workers. All this comes at the price of enough characters, institutions, spells, countries and so on to intimidate any reader who hasn't followed Rand's adventures from the beginning?and the author is still adding complications. A glossary helps, though, and fans of the series will gobble down this generous addition

After strugling with the first half of book six, I picked up my pace and the last half was fairly fast paced. That is the downside to the series, there are a couple of stretches where I find it slow going. As fans of the series know, though - with the exception of book ten, it's mainly a good pace now. Also, in the later half of the series, the author's cliche's are more noticable (I want to scream everytime a put out woman folds her arms under her breasts!!!)

However - the plot as wonderful - and I'm really looking forwards to the last book (12).

If you want a new fantasy epic, look no further. Just go and get either the prequel "New Spring", or a better place to start would be the first book, "The Eye of the World"

...I started it yesterday, so I'm just comming up to chapter 1.

For those who don't know what to expect, the story goes over about 3 years, has wars, magic, shepherders, swords, conflicting cultures, a history a defined as Middle-Earth and encompasses more than 500 chapters and some 10,000 pages.

[Angel]

I just started reading the orignal Golden Scorpion. I didn't read it's prequil so I jumped straight into the series.

In this sequel to The Yellow Claw, an international gang of assassins is mysteriously linked to the elimination of the greatest scientific minds of the world. What could be the motivation behind this insidious scheme? Will the love of an exotic beauty thwart the evil machinations of the nefarious Chinese henchman? Follow the adventures of Sax Rohmer's famous detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar on the trail of the Golden Scorpion. Gaston Max Series #2

It's not hard to figure out.

[Singin Hobo]

...
I'm actually listening to book seven as well... so I guess that means I don't need to post the summary :)

I've been waiting for a few months for Audible.com to release this title... now they're just missing the next one in the series, and after that they've got all the rest :shrug:

I was thinking of starting up a number of discussions on WoT here in the book forum now that the WoT forum has died off... any other fans out there?

[chaoticwarrior]

I just finished the book Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and some other guy (Forgot his name) Well the book was GREAT I had to read it for a book report and after I finished the book I was amazed how good it was. At first I despised it, but like most books after the first 100 pages the book gets amazingly better. By the time I was done with this book I wanted to read some more there are sequels, but I haven't gotten to get it from the library. The book is basically the prequel to the Disney Classic Peter Pan and from about page 75 - 430 something the book is AMAZING. This book is great to read after you watch the movie Peter Pan or even read the book of it ( I didn't watch/read Peter Pan before I started reading it and I regretted it because if you aren't that knowledged of Peter Pan you can get confused easily. At the end many questions about Peter Pan are answered. This book is a great time to spend your time on a long vacation instead of playing a handheld console. Great thrilling moments and moments where you will NEVER want to drop this book. I am a heavy fantasy reader and I recommend this to anybody else who is a fantasy reader and to struggle on even though it isn't that interesting in the beginning.

[Harmalade.]

I recently finished "Don't call me Ishmael" by Michael Gerard Bauer. It's quite a funny book, but it goes from one topic to the next.
There’s no easy way to put this, so I’ll just say it straight out. It’s time I faced up to the truth. I’m fourteen years old and I have Ishmael Leseur’s Syndrome.
There is no cure.
So begins this delightful account of a boy’s journey through year nine. Ishmael Leseur – yes, he does have the same name as the disease because, the reader quickly learns, his name and the consequences of having such a name, ARE the disease. You see, Ishmael is being bullied, and the bully’s focus is on Ishmael’s name. From the moment that Barry Bagsley says “Ishmael? What kind of wussy-crap name is that?” Ishmael’s life changes.. He says: I learnt to make myself as small a target as possible. I became an expert at this. I became virtually invisible to Barry Bagsley and his mates. Sometimes I could barely see myself.

All this changes in year nine, when a new boy, James Scobie, joins the class. James is different. Very different. And he is paired with Ishmael in class. Soon the pair have struck up a friendship, and together with their collection of other year nine misfits, they learn to take on not just Barry Bagsley, but also anything else life throws at them.

This is a humorous book which will have readers laughing out loud, and while it also has some frightening and emotional moments, it is this humour which keeps the novel moving along and stops the reader from wanting to put it down.

I quite enjoyed it. It was, as the review said, extremely difficult to put down.

[Tome]

I finally finished reading Earthborn earlier today. It's the fifth and final book in Orson Scott Card's Homecoming series.

The book takes a different direction than the other four. Most of the original characters have been dead for generations (one remains, because of some sci-fi technology...well, two, if you count the Oversoul computer as a character, which you probably should). You have a completely new cast of characters and, it seems to a me, a clearer point trying to be made.

This book more or less said "You should believe in God." I didn't like it.

Now, in this book, God is refered to as "The Keeper of Earth." I don't know if it is literally the god Card believes in (he's a mormon), or just represents God. Either way, the whole book was kind of...arrogant, almost.

First, it read that atheists are mean, mean creatures. Not all of them, but many of them. It...well, it was insulting, I guess. Card uses other intelligent species--diggers and angels--to talk about equality. It more or less said "don't be racist" the whole time.

A few of the characters in the books don't believe in the Keeper. And, well, at the end, they do, becuase everything they did not to believe was terrible. What I got out of the book was "atheists get confused without a god and then cause harm." The book didn't really teach the tolerance of other religions. Well, it did, I guess, but during that tolerance the believers always knew they were right and the others were wrong. And then it said the Keeper tolerates those gone astray and still loves them.

And then, at the end, a few of the people are tricked into believing. Only one of the non-believers has an actual interaction with the god he didn't believe in. He was shown all the harm he had caused by telling people the Keeper didn't exist because, like I said, Card seems to think from this novel that if you don't believe in god you don't have any morals, or that they aren't strong enough morals to overcome weaknesses and evils. Also, that non-believers are racist.

I honestly felt insult while reading through this whole thing. As an atheist, I couldn't help but feel that Card was being a little bit arrogant, saying that his ideas are right. Maybe it wasn't as bad as I make it out, but the more I read the more I hated the whole idea of the book. It was obviouslly written for the purpose of showing that religion is a good thing, and that you can be forgiven and come back, and I was fine with that, but I hated the way all the non-believers were tricked into deciding not to believe, then tricked back, and they end up believing in a god who interacts far more with the people than I have ever seen.

Some points I can agree on. All people should be treated equall, whether of another race or poor, or whatever. And I think religion helps a lot of people. Maybe there's a god--I don't think so, but I've been wrong before. But I don't see why all the non-believers had to be mean and evil, rich and greedy.

Some thing just didn't feel right.

I think this is the first time I have just disliked anything written by Orson Scott Card. The whole series was kind of like this, but this book was the worst of them all. There were times when I just had to put the book down, I was so angry. I liked a lot of the characters, I really did, but the actual book itself...I probably won't ever re-read it.

There you go. A review for a book I didn't like. Novel, isn't it?

[Dreamer20_21]

S'cuse me if this is sick, but it happens all the time....I just got done reading "House of Secrets" written by Lowell Cauffiel...here is this insert from the book itself...

"Eddie Lee Sexton is evil incarnate," an Assistant District Attorney said of the ex-con with the blood-chilling dark-eyed gaze. Behind a spacious Cape Cod house in an Ohio suburb, Sexton conducted a reign of physical torture and sexual violence. For years, his family hid the horrifying abuse delivered by Sexton, who whipped his children, raped his daughters, abused his sons and even fathered three inbred Sexton babies. Exerting Manson-like control over his children, he ordered one daughter to smother her crying infant and then commanded his son to strangle the baby's bereaved father.
With terrifying detail, the author takes us into this shocking world of depravity and incest. It is a world ruled by a psychopath whose ability to manipulate his family and the judicial system produced one of the most sensational and unforgettable cases in true crime history. Explicit sex, violence and subject matter. Photos.

And when they say "terrifying detail", that's an understatement...Some things they don't tell there, is how the mother was in on it too, she use to have sex with the boys, and the father with the girls, and sometimes vice versa...they were never aloud to go outside, only yo school, and the dad would give one a quarter for the pay phone to tell him if any of the siblings talked to any strangers....these parents had 12 children in all if I recall correctly. None of them had jobs, they all got state checks and would find unsuspecting people travelling in motor homes, and one of the daughters would entice the usually single, disabled man with a lot in his savings account...

The dad would also get the girls pregnant and the mother too like clock work and then would kick them, or down the stairs they would go then miscarry and he would hold rituals with them for sacrifices...and so on...this family is only about 100 miles from where I live and that's what made me pick it up...horribly grotesque, but not a boring moment in the entire book, if you like that kind of reading...

Next I'm reading "Unatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner"

[Victoria]

I'm reading "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Review taken from powell.com becasue I can't be stuffed writing one myself.

Simon Sebag Montefiore's biography of Stalin is a large and ambitious overview — and underview — of the Soviet leader's life and epoch, drawn from an impressively wide array of Russian sources. In particular the author has mined the rich memories and recorded the opinions of a number of the descendants of key historical figures — men such as Mikoyan and Khrushchev. Antonia Fraser, herself a fine biographer, called Sebag Montefiore's previous book, on the eighteenth-century Russian prince Grigory Potemkin, "a good racy historical read." Those words aptly describe his newest book as well, even though it makes no pretense of being a historical work, properly speaking. Sebag Montefiore focuses on the human element (especially the family lives of the dictator, his associates, and his victims), generally treating the vast events of the era as scenery. Still, if somewhat incidentally, his research has yielded material that greatly improves our historical understanding.

Yeah. Thing is, I've never been too infatuated with Soviet history. This book is fascinating, though. And I'm sure Olga would love it too. Plus it it doesn't automatically depict Stalin as a monster. It actually shows his human side, too.

[Austin.]

chronicles of narnia:The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

its a fantasy book where kids go in a wardrobe and there is another land called narnia they have to save it from the white witch

[Trance_kuja911]

Currently reading Silence by Shasaku Endo http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780800871864&itm=2 and White Fang by Jack Frost http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781593082000&itm=1. Also, I just finished Phantom of terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780765305244&itm=1

Soon I will be moving on to My Friend Leonard by James Frey http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781594481956&itm=9 and Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780385338509&itm=2

As you can tell I am a very mixed reader. :D

[Tome]

I finished reading Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett the other day. I fogot to mention it, for some reason.

A good book. Pratchett still has it. I wish he's write more for some of his other characters, though.

Wikipedia summary of the book, because I'm feeling lazy and my typing is off today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintersmith

[User]

Once again I am reading the brilliance that is Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman. The next two will have to wait til the weekend though, as I really really should be doing uni work instead of reading books.

For anyone who hasn't read these books, I highly suggest you do. It's the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, you'll want to start with Northen Lights, known in the US as The Golden Compass, much to my annoyance. They're currently filming the film of the first book at the moment, please read the books before you see the film(quick, go, start now)!

[Two Angels And A Dream]

Currently reading:
The Shining Ones by David Eddings

I love Sparhawk and the Tamuli series of books is a great read, never as good second time around but still throwing up some good bits which I had totally forgot.

[Yukimura]

The Keep by Jennifer Egan. www.borders.com. It's a fiction story about a 36 year old guy Danny who gets a job offering from his cousin Howie in Germany. Howie has a medieval castle with a keep that contains many secrets. Danny stumbles on the keep and overhears some news that will change his life forever. There's probably a better description at Borders but Barnes and Noble probably has the best descriptions for any books @ www.barnesandnoble.com.
I really really like this book. It keeps my attention so much that I'm constantly wanting to know more. It's full of non-stop action. I'd recommend it.

[Singin Hobo]

I'm reading Michael Crichton's Next and I'm about halfway through.

It's the kind of sci-fi that I really enjoy, and in that respect it's similar to a lot of his other sci-fi work (not including the time traveling one :rolleyes:). Modern day and dealing with the what-ifs of the rapid technological and/or scientific advances. This one deals with genetic engineering with a few sprinklings of his State of Fear style media-bashing that I loved so much :) It was a looooong time to get moving... in fact it was probably about a third of the way through the book before any of the half dozen characters were ever shown to have ANY connection at all... but with Crichton I trusted it enough to power through and it's a promising first half.

[Harmalade.]

Just finished Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly. The blurb said that he was as good as Michael Crichton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_%28novel%29
I was the best book I have ever read. Ever.

[Indiana]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781416524519&itm=1

Cell by Stephen King so far it's been amazingly good!

[Sigs Minock]

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

[Tome]

I just finished reading Good Omens earlier today despite my current health issues. It's by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I love Pratchett, and I've read a bit of Gaiman, so I was expecting good things from this book, which is exactly what I got.

What is the book about? I shall explain!

It's time for Armageddon! End of the world and all that jazz. However, an angel and a demon who have been working on Earth since the beginning have grown used to the planet and don't really want this to happen. Besides, someone has misplaced the antichrist...

The book itself follows said angel and demon, Adam Young (the antichrist), a witch with a book of nice and accurate prophecies ('nice' meaning 'precise,' of course), two soldiers in the Witchfinder Army, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The book is hilarious. It's probably one of the funniest things I've read in a long time. I highly suggest it to anyone who likes to laugh while reading.

[Olga]

Going through a selection of stories by Stanislaw Lem (currently on ones about Pirx the Pilot).
Lem seriously gets way too little recognition in the West, and I've no idea why. He wrote Solaris, and that got a fair bit of attention, but the rest of his works have been completely ignored, and IMO he's among the best writers of space-related sci-fi. I like his style, the stories are interesting, and whenever he describes visual things about being in space, or flying, it's enthralling. Brilliant writer.

Earlier on I got hold of a selection of stories by Robert Bloch.
I've read a couple of his things several years back, and he's been my favourite writer when it comes to twisted horror stories. He's also got a sense of humour and an incredibly wild imagination, and he's just totally groovy in general.
As with Lem, pretty much all but one of his works have been completely ignored. He wrote the novel Hitchcock's Psycho was based on. I haven't actually read that particular book (almost out of principle, and because I'm generally very fond of short stories), but what I have is amazing.
He's not been published widely in forever, so he won't be easy to get hold of, but if you ever get the chance, do.

[Bandicoot]

I just finished reading Good Omens earlier today despite my current health issues. It's by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I love Pratchett, and I've read a bit of Gaiman, so I was expecting good things from this book, which is exactly what I got.

What is the book about? I shall explain!

It's time for Armageddon! End of the world and all that jazz. However, an angel and a demon who have been working on Earth since the beginning have grown used to the planet and don't really want this to happen. Besides, someone has misplaced the antichrist...

The book itself follows said angel and demon, Adam Young (the antichrist), a witch with a book of nice and accurate prophecies ('nice' meaning 'precise,' of course), two soldiers in the Witchfinder Army, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The book is hilarious. It's probably one of the funniest things I've read in a long time. I highly suggest it to anyone who likes to laugh while reading.

It's great how every single tape casette left in a car for more than a week turns into Queen's Greatest hits. :)

I'm currently on the prologue of Crossroads of Twilight, the 10th WoT book. I'll FINALLY get around to reading Knife of Dreams after this. :)

[Singin Hobo]

Yeah, I've been lazying out on the last two WoT books myself... I figure I've got 2 1/2 years to work through them before the final release :) So time is something I've got.

I'm currently reading the Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum (and for a guy whose been dead for six years he's still a spectacular author). Always love a good rouge spy novel :)
When Todd Belknap - a field agent for Consular Operations with a reputation as something of a cowboy - is cut loose from the agency after an operation goes wrong, his best friend and fellow agent is abducted in Lebanon by a vicious militia group. When the government refuses to help, Belknap decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Newton gets an unexpected call - she has been left six million dollars by a cousin she's never met. But there's one condition: she must agree to sit on the board of the Newton foundation, a charitable organization run by the family patriarch, Paul Newton. Having never even met the family - her mother was married only briefly and cut all contact many years ago - Andrea is intrigued. But the foundation, supposedly dedicated to doing good deeds, appears less and less benign the more deeply involved she gets... What exactly is their involvement with the 'Genesis' - a mysterious group working to destabilize the geopolitical balance at the risk of millions of lives? As events escalate, Todd and Andrea must form an uneasy alliance if they are to uncover the truth behind 'Genesis' - before it's too late.

[Sigs Minock]

Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut

finished that, now on to Time Quake then Galapogos. after that, who knows.

[Yukimura]

I'm now reading Endymion Sprin and the Power of A Positive No. They're both very good.

[Tokito's Girl]

I am going to start reading Monster, I finished House and I really liked hte book even though the guy writes Christain fiction. Both books are by Frank Peretti. I'll have to read Good Omens when I am done all b/c I want to know how does the anti-christ get misplaced,lol. That and Tome said it was funny and I like to laugh when I read.

[War Pig]

I finished reading Stormbreaker yesturday by Anthony Horowitz, and I started Point Blank today which is the second book in the Alex Rider series Stormbreaker being the first.

It starts off with a 14 year old boy who's uncle got killed by a guy named Yassen Gregorvich but the cops told him that he got killed in a car accident. So Alex is forced to live with M16 and that is a spy team. They send Alex on a trip to try and stop the Stormbreakers from being released.

I really enjoyed the book and I hope the next ones are just as good.

[Magneto]

Just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 in my High School English II class. (Alittle triva for you guys, which became class discussion when we found out: the book was published in the second, third, and fourth issues of Playboy magizine, which came as a suprise to me because I never even knew they had words in them *hit's cymbal*!)

The book is basically about a future in which books are banned and illegal, and firemen burn books, instead of putting out fires. Kind of scary, if you think about it.

[Singin Hobo]

Yeah, but if you suffer through to the end it has a crazy tripped out finale :D

[Magneto]

Right, and at first, I kind of thought "thats it?" But as I re-read it, I noticed just how crazy what happened is.

[Singin Hobo]

Yeah, it's just nuts because he seems so peaceful throughout the book and he's just trying to get answers and then he's like, "Nah, I'll just go nuts."

[Magneto]

I still think this is the craziest part of the book, and it just blows me away (please dont look over the spoiler if you have not read the book and actually want to read it):

When Clarisse is said to have "died" in the book, I went crazy. Plus it really sent Montag over the edge.

[Singin Hobo]

Yeah, it's been over a decade since I've read it, so I really only remember the general concept and the ending :D You're getting a little too specific for me there :chuckle:

[Magneto]

Ah, but its good to have someone to talk to who likes to read (Not alot of people around here are big on "reading").

There is another science fiction writer, Kurt Vonnegut. I just got done reading a short story by him called Harrison Bergeron. It was about a world in which (sound familar?) people are all made handicapped so that they are the same. The ending is creepy. I think the book it comes from is called Welcome to the Monkey House.

[The Spartan]

People around here not big on reading???

I just finished "The Westing Game" (I forget the authors name) and "Warriors" book 2 of the second series, which is by Erin Hunter.

Has anyone read those?

[The Crowing]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

[Magneto]

People around here not big on reading???

I just finished "The Westing Game" (I forget the authors name) and "Warriors" book 2 of the second series, which is by Erin Hunter.

Has anyone read those?

I think your misunderstanding me. I meant around where I live. And im sorry Scapecoin, but I have not read those books yet.

[The Spartan]

No problem. It was more of a sarcastic thing anyway.

[Magus]

I'm reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, as an English project. Rocket Grunt, if you like that, read Slaughterhouse Five. It's pretty cool. A guy named Billy becomes "unstuck in time" and can move throughout it as if it were just a bunch of places you can go at once, not necessarily in succession.

I loved Fahrenheit 451 through the whole thing, it's up there with Lord of the Flies and 1984 in my opinion.

[Magneto]

Ah, I've heard of Slaughterhouse Five before (my English teacher recommended it because were in a Science Fiction part of the class). Vonnegut is a good Science Fiction writer. I've been thinking of writing my own little science fiction stories, thanks to Vonnegut and Bradbury.

[Ants!]

I just got through reading "Empire of the Ants" by Bernard Werber. It was a pretty fascinating book, but sadly it is the only one of it's series that was translated into english. There are two more books that were written after it but they're still in French. If you can find a store website that let's you peak at the first few pages before buying it than I suggest taking the opportunity to get a preview of it.

Funny story, I've actually owned a copy of a Real-Time Strategy PC game based on this book for a couple of years now but never finished it. I only recently found out there even was a book and as soon as I did I ordered a copy of it and read it right up. Now I'll probably get started on the game again.

Basically the whole book revolves around a federation of 65 russet ant hills and their war with other creatures. It's also constantly showing how ant societies parallel various human societies and cultures, not the least of which is war and technology, where they are constantly racing to develop new weapons to give them the edge they need against their enemies. On the front cover: "What Richard Adams did for rabbits in Watership Down, Bernard Werber does for ants."

And before anyone asks, yes I happen to like things about ants.

[Victoria]

Currently reading Quicksilver Rising, the first book in the Quicksilver Trilogy, by Stan Nicholls. Blah blah, fantasy, magic and so on, with a cursed warrior, a mage's apprentice, a female outlaw, a singer and a hooker as main characters. Whoo hoo.

[CutUpAngels]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Do you plan on reading all seven, I wonder? Seven of the best books you will ever read...

I'm currently reading two books at once. The one I'm focusing primarily on because I just got it is Rant by Chuck Palahnuik. It's written in the form of an biography, so it's certainly there's certainly a different perspective on the narrative. I recomend this book highly. It's not as dark as Fight Club, but it's an interesting book. The main character, Rant Casey, is dead the entire time and those who were close to him narrate the story in a series of interviews. Good, good, good stuff.

The book I'm flipping through occasionaly is Rage, Rich Bachman's (Steven King's) first novel. It's one of the most interesting books I've ever read. It's about a kid who takes over his high school classroom and takes his classmates hostages. He's considered insane, but he teaches the kids to tackle their demons, giving the students a new perspective. It's pretty awesome

Next on the list is Brighton Rock,Demian, and the play Equus

[the last hope]

I am reading a lot of kingdom hearts manga.

[Victoria]

Currently reading Quicksilver Rising, the first book in the Quicksilver Trilogy, by Stan Nicholls. Blah blah, fantasy, magic and so on, with a cursed warrior, a mage's apprentice, a female outlaw, a singer and a hooker as main characters. Whoo hoo.
Aaaaaand now I'm reading Quicksilver Zenith. All the same stuff, it's a sequel.

[Singin Hobo]

Now I'm reading Ender's Game... little boy brought to space to train to be a military leader... that's about as far as I am and I don't want to read one of those summaries that tells the whole story, so that's all you get :tease2:

[Singin Hobo]

Reading Dune, by Frank Herbert... dude with his hand in a box... Tatooine... other stuff I'm sure...
This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.

The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.

Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

[Cytosine]

I just finished Darren Shan's Vampire Blood trilogy. Amazing books, Tunnels of Blood is definitely the best.

It's basically about a boy called Darren Shan. He goes to a freak show in Cirque du Freak with his friend Steve and meets a vampire. Steve wants to become a vampire, but he has 'bad blood'. Steve gets bitten by the vampire's spider, stolen by Darren and Darren becomes a half-vampire in a deal to heal him. He then has to become the vampire (Mr Crepsley)'s assistant.

In 'The Vampire's Assistant', Darren and Crepsley rejoin the Cirque du Freak. Darren doesn't want to drink human blood at all, and becomes weaker as a result. He meets a couple of friends and one of them is eaten by the Wolf Man. He then drinks his friend's blood to absorb his soul.

In 'Tunnels of Blood', Darren and Crepsley move temporarily to a city with Evra, Darren's friend from the Cirque. Crepsley finds a vampaneze, a type of vampire which drinks blood from humans to kill, not just to survive. Long story short, the vampaneze traps Evra and Darren and they use a cunning plan to stop him.

I thought 'The Vampire's Assistant' was the weakest book. Tunnels of Blood was the best. I'm getting the next trilogy soon and would advise everyone else to read the first 3 at least.

[~Lightning~]

I'm currently reading the 'Eisenhorn' trilogy, A trio of books based upon the Inquisition of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

The books are billed as the best to have come out of the Black Library and I have to agree, the story is subtle and blunt at the same time, the characters varied and interesting. The author (Dan Abnett) obviously knows his stuff. I reccomend anybody with even a small amount of knowledge of W40K to give the books a try

[Ants!]

I'm not reading anything right at this moment, but I am trying to find my copy of Stephen Kings collection of short stories called "Everything's Eventual" because I'm going to get my brother to read 1408 before we go see it. I can't find it anywhere though :bah:

[~Lightning~]

I'm not reading anything right at this moment, but I am trying to find my copy of Stephen Kings collection of short stories called "Everything's Eventual" because I'm going to get my brother to read 1408 before we go see it. I can't find it anywhere though :bah:
Amazon.com have 56 copies of it used ($3.06) or you can buy it new for $7.99

[Ants!]

Yeah, but I already went to the library when I gave up looking. Their copy was checked out so now I'm waiting until their copy from their other branch arrives and they call me back.

[Singin Hobo]

I'm re-reading the Wheel of Time: Eye of the World (*cough* check out the sci-fi/fantasy book club *cough* (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=536568)) which is awesome.
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

I'm also reading a new book, new author, new everything... I'm hoping for the next great satirical series. It's called Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
The realm of comic book heroes and villains gets a dose of realism in this whimsical debut from game design consultant Grossman. The story shifts between the perspectives of Doctor Impossible, a brilliant scientist turned world's greatest menace, and Fatale, a lonely cyborg and the newest addition to the venerable group of heroes known as the Champions. Though he's been out of commission for a while, Doctor Impossible hatches a scheme to knock the planet out of orbit ("As the Earth grows colder, my power becomes apparent, and the nations submit," he reasons). Meanwhile, Champions leader Corefire goes missing, and Fatale has to learn the ropes of superherodom as the conventional climactic showdown (at Doctor Impossible's secret lair) draws near. However fantastical, the characters (including a "genetic metahuman" and "an elite fairy guard") are thoughtfully portrayed, with Fatale—stuck in a perpetual existential crisis—bemused over the Champions' purpose, and Doctor Impossible wondering "whether the smartest man in the world has done the smartest thing he could with his life." Grossman dabbles in a host of themes—power, greed, fame, the pitfalls of ego—in this engrossing page-turner, broadening the appeal of an already inviting scenario.

[Sigs Minock]

pretty much given up on finishing Vonnegut's Time Quake... guess his style of writing isn't my thing.

now, i'm reading Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide. :)

I'm also reading a new book, new author, new everything... I'm hoping for the next great satirical series. It's called Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman

Have you thought to read Brian Clevinger's Nuklear Age? ;)

[Singin Hobo]

I just read the very short publisher's description of Nuklear Age and I feel like I wasted the 12 seconds it took me to get through it.

[Crazy Jamie]

After taking time out for a bit of philosophy, I'm now back to Grisham. Reading The Chamber at the moment. I must admit that it's not one of his best so far. It's moving a little slowly for my liking.

[Bandicoot]

I've just started Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton. It's a refreshing break from fantasy, that I've been reading for ages. I'm really enjoying his style, and the added detail to a film I haven't watched in years. Thumbs up!

[Singin Hobo]

I read that one six times when I was thirteen (that's when the movie came out). Probably the first adult fiction I ever read... I LOVED it.
He's got a lot of great books out there (though not all of them), he's one of my favorite authors.

[Crazy Jamie]

Jurassic Park needs to be added to my 'must read' list. I've heard so many good things about it, but have never got round to reading it.

[Singin Hobo]

You'll love it. It's hard to say that it's better than the movie, because the movie really is spectacular, but it's still a great read :)

Currently reading Dune Messiah sequel to Dune (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=536518)

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. DUNE MESSIAH picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave?

[Victoria]

Currently reading Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. The following is shamelessly ripped off from Wiki:

Doctor Zhivago is a 20th century novel by Boris Pasternak. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a medical doctor and poet. The word zhivago shares a root with the Russian word for life, one of the major themes of the novel. It tells the story of a man torn between two women, set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917. More deeply, the novel discusses the plight of a man as his life is slowly destroyed by the violence of the revolution.

Yep. Almost done with it. The plot itself is hardly worthwhile, but I love the way it's written. Reading it in Russian btw.

[Olga]

Currently reading Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. The following is shamelessly ripped off from Wiki:

Doctor Zhivago is a 20th century novel by Boris Pasternak. The novel is named after its protagonist, Yuri Zhivago, a medical doctor and poet. The word zhivago shares a root with the Russian word for life, one of the major themes of the novel. It tells the story of a man torn between two women, set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917. More deeply, the novel discusses the plight of a man as his life is slowly destroyed by the violence of the revolution.

Yep. Almost done with it. The plot itself is hardly worthwhile, but I love the way it's written. Reading it in Russian btw.
Holy crap. You're a hero. I could get no further than around 20 pages, the style completely threw me off. :(

[Victoria]

Holy crap. You're a hero. I could get no further than around 20 pages, the style completely threw me off. :(
Heh, I absolutely hated it at the beginning too. It got heaps better, but to be honest I'm not sure whether the style changed or I just got used to it.

[Singin Hobo]

Just picked up Hitchhiker's Guide again :)
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last 15 years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.

Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.") and a galaxy full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time in between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!

[Crazy Jamie]

Finished The Chamber (finally), and have now started reading The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan, which is the first book in the Dark Magician Trilogy. Supposed to be quite good, and my girlfriend recommended the first book to me after reading it.

[Bandicoot]

Ohhh. I've been thinking about that one for years. Let me know what it's like. She's 3 books into a new series that I also noticed more than a few times on the book shelf.

Hitch Hikers Guide to the galaxy is fantastic! a great set of books.

Finished JP, loved it, went out and brought more Crichton (Prey, along with Stephen King's The Stand - both added to the queue).
Reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this week, in anticipation/refreshing for the Deathly Hallows.

[Crazy Jamie]

Ohhh. I've been thinking about that one for years. Let me know what it's like. She's 3 books into a new series that I also noticed more than a few times on the book shelf.
I'll make a thread on it when I've finished the first book. The girlfriend bought the second one this afternoon, and is already 150 pages into it. I know she's just warming up for the new Harry Potter book, but that's still a good sign.

[Singin Hobo]

Finished JP, loved it, went out and brought more Crichton (Prey...)
Prey is probably the most comparable to Jurassic Park... others are good as well (I really enjoyed State of Fear), but I think I'd put Prey and Jurassic Park at the top of my Michael Crichton list.
Believe it or not, The Lost World isn't as horrible of a book as it was a movie :)

[~Artemis~]

I'm reading A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester. The whole thing's about the Middle Ages in Europe, and since I'm only about 90 pages in, it seems like rather than being like a history book, it's more like a collection of anecdotes about things that were going on--I'm in the middle of a section about powerful medieval families, the Borgias specifically, and it's taking into account various aspects of the papal and general religious situation and the sexcapades of members of the clergy and the Borgias.

...What all of that means, naturally, is that it's much better than a history book. Apparently this guy's good at writing historical stuff, since he's written almost twenty other books dealing with aspects of history, but I haven't read any of them.

[The Piano Man]

I am reading I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.

It is basically about a girl, Charlotte Simmons, and her naivete about the college life. She comes from a small town in North Carolina, and gets accepted into a school on par with Harvard, Dupont. It follows her through her freshman year her coping with the use of alcohol, sex and debauchery.

The book also follows a lot of other characters, and I am half way through, and they have a rather small amount interaction with the title character.

For this book, Tom Wolfe did research to get the college life right. He stayed at Stanford, Duke, Florida and North Carolina.


I think its a good read. Its enough to keep me from reading the last Harry Potter, so I am rather involved in the story. One word of caution though, it is ~650 pages, so you could in in it for the long haul if you pick it up.

[~Lightning~]

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon

It's part of my required reading for my English Literature A2 next year, along with 5 other WWI/II books

[The Kendrick]

More than just Hardcore: The Auto-Biography of Terry Funk

One of the best wrestler bios that there is, this is defiantly a must read for any wrestling fan.

[Figz]

I'm reading the book Twisted again.

I love that book, surprisingly, it's for school i was actually FORCED to read it. :)

[Bandicoot]

Read Robin Hobb's "Soldier's Son" Trilogy. On the first book at the moment (Shamen's Crossing), with Forest Mage and Renegade's Magic sitting on my shelf waiting. I started a thread on the author for a tad more info. I was hoping to get it maybe inducted in the sf/fantasy thread/club/thing, but I suspect no one else has read her.

[Crazy Jamie]

Have just finished the Magician's Guild, so I am now moving on to the Novice, which is the second in the trilogy.

[~Lightning~]

Giantslayer by William King

Probably be moving onto more of my WW books afterwards

[Mike!]

Reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk again.

[~Lightning~]

The Founding by Dan Abnett, It's an Omnibus of the first three Gaunts ghosts books

[Victoria]

Stephen King - It. Loving everything about it, apart from the fact that I have to read it on my computer and that it's over 500 pages in word. Farewell, eyesight.

[Crazy Jamie]

Having read the Magician's Guild, the Novice, and the High Lord, I've now finished the Black Magician trilogy. And would highly recommend it.

Anyhoo, I've moved on to Priestess of the White, which is Trudi Canavan's next series.

[Light Angel]

I just finished reading 2nd Chance by James Patterson. It is the second book in the Women's Murder Club series. It is about these 4 women who are at the top of their professions. The main character is Detective Lindsay Boxer who is a homicide detective. She works with her 3 friends Claire Washburn (Medical Examiner), Jill Bernhardt (Assistant D.A.)and Cindy Thomas(Newspaper Reporter). They form Women's Murder Club and work together to solve some of the toughest cases.

In 2nd Chance they have to work together to stop a killer. The killer is killing people from every walk of life. At first they seem unrelated but as the story goes on Lindsay Boxer along with her friends finds the crucial link that connects the murders.

It is verygood and very intense. It is a real page turner. It grabs a hold and won't let you go until you finish it. I would recommend this book to everyone. If you like crime dramas then you would like this book.

[Singin Hobo]

My wife really enjoyed that whole series... I thinks she liked the author who actually wrote the 4th & 5th books the best. They're developing the series for television and calling it the Women's Murder Club. It starts October 12 on ABC.

I'm currently reading the 5th book in the Wheel of Time, The Fires of Heaven... it's a story about a young dragon who was reborn, and a wolf, and maybe some other stuff. I highly recommend it.

I also read Harry Potter the other day... the first one. I decided that I should try to power through it (that first book is a painful experience--I don't care what you say).

[~Lightning~]

I'm currently reading the 5th book in the Wheel of Time, The Fires of Heaven... it's a story about a young dragon who was reborn, and a wolf, and maybe some other stuff.

Hahaha, good description

I just finished reading The Founding, I'll be reading "The Saint", which is the second Ghosts omnibus, when it arrives

[Isis]

Well, I just finished the first three books of the Dresden Files, but I don't have the fourth yet so I'm reading The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen. Basically, there are murders being committed that seem to have a satanic ritual-esque feel to them and the main characters of the book (recurring ones from many of her other books) are obviously trying to track down the clues and find the serial killer. However, the Mephisto Club is a group committed to eradicating evil and they are butting in on the investigation.
The book is ok, its something to read at the moment lol.

[Shake]

im reading a book for my english class, Homecoming. its really boring:(

[The Piano Man]

I should be reading Beowulf for English, but I'm not. Right now I am just finishing "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I am also on chapter five of "Catcher in the Rye" and am going to be possibly reading at the same time, "Siddartha".

"A Long Way Down" is really good. It constantly switches point of view between four people who meet up at the top of a building, each planning to throw themselves off, for four distinct reasons. Hornby does an incredible job differentiating between people and treating the subject of suicide with enough delicacy, while making it funny and entertaining. A very good read.

[Tokito's Girl]

I am currently re-reading the HP series and I on the last one, I then hope to progress to The Lost Truth I and The Exorcist when I am finished or I might re-read Night again idk.

[Isis]

Ok, so I just read the 3rd, 4th, and 5th books of P.N. Elrod's Vampire Files. Pretty interesting story about a vampire who has become partners with a private investigator. The stories are set in the 1930's-ish. Like a mystery story but with the supernatural aspect that the main character is a vampire. No other vampires or paranormal stuff in the book though, he's the only one.

Now I'm back to the 4th book of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Finally had the 4th, 5th, and 6th ones at the bookstore. I'm loving the books. They are about a wizard who is a type of private investigator. In these books, there are supernatural things, but most of them hide or disguise themselves except Harry, the books main character. He openly advertises that he's a wizard in the phone book. Apparently in the 4th book that I"m reading now (Summer Knight), a Faeire Queen requests his help in finding out who killed her "right hand man" - the Summer Knight.

[Bandicoot]

Beowulf in English? I done it in Drama, lol.

I've heard of the Dresden Files... Did they make a TV series?

Robin Hobb's Soldier son trilogy hasn't been going well for me. I don't like the direction she's taken the main character and I really hope there's a good pay off... Therefore I've been distracted by Dexter and Discworld.

[Isis]

Beowulf in English? I done it in Drama, lol.

I've heard of the Dresden Files... Did they make a TV series?

Robin Hobb's Soldier son trilogy hasn't been going well for me. I don't like the direction she's taken the main character and I really hope there's a good pay off... Therefore I've been distracted by Dexter and Discworld.
Yeah, apparently there was a season of it on the Sci-fi channel. I didn't catch it though. Vash recommended them to me, but I kept forgetting about them. Then I read a book of short stories called "Many Bloody Returns" (about Vampires and Birthdays, rather amusing topic), and Jim Butcher (author of the Dresden Files) had contributed a story featuring Harry Dresden. I liked it and picked up the books.

[MTLakesdanny]

I am currently reading Eragon. The book is very interesting. Its keeping me hooked and all, but there are so many names I can not pronounce.

[Mike!]

I saw the Dresden Files in the bookstore the other day and it seemed like they could go either way so I wan't sure if it was worth it.

Just finished Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.

[Isis]

I saw the Dresden Files in the bookstore the other day and it seemed like they could go either way so I wan't sure if it was worth it.

Just finished Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.
Heh, well I definitely think its worth it. I've already finished 4, 5, and 6 now. Now I'm on Dead Beat - it calls it a "novel of the dresden files" but not like book 7 so I'm not sure of the whole order thing. But yeah. I read too freaking fast and these books are too good...

[SSJ2 Vegeta]

Just finished I Am Legend, now I'm reading The Sunbird by Wilbur Smith.

[Mike!]

Heh, well I definitely think its worth it. I've already finished 4, 5, and 6 now. Now I'm on Dead Beat - it calls it a "novel of the dresden files" but not like book 7 so I'm not sure of the whole order thing. But yeah. I read too freaking fast and these books are too good...

Well, I'm working on The Dark River right now. But, I'll take your word on the series and pick it up when I'm done with my current read. :link:

[Sigs Minock]

got a copy of Josua Ortega's ((Frequencies)) direct from the man himself- and signed too. maybe i'll give it a once-over.

[~Lightning~]

Making money by Terry Pratchett. It's a great book so far, lots of amusing moments

[RickAL]

I just read the latest book by Stephanie Meyer... "Eclipse." I didn't check the forums to see if it's already been described but it's a contemporary take on vampirism... starring a clan of "vegetarian" vampires who don't drink HUMAN blood and what happens when one of them falls in love with a human... Eclipse is book 3 of either 4 or 5, unsure how many but the story is addictive so... check it out... I also just finished book 4 of the Wheel of Time series lol.

[Tokito's Girl]

I just finished reading Devil May Cry: A Dark Hunter novel. It is pretty good actually, the ancient Gods and demons come together to fend off Armageddon and there is love involving an ex-sumerian god and Greek/roman goddess. I'm getting ready to Hannibal Rising which tells how Hannibal Lecture came to be the cannibal/murder/sociopath that he was.

[Sini]

Trying to read Lord of the Rings in Finnish. Original English version must be an incredibly difficult book to read.

Just for a light snack I decided to start reading the latest translated Darren Shan book.

Err, forgot the purpose of this thread. Sorry.
You don't want a summary of LOTR. So...

Darren Shan series is yet another bunch of books about vampires. I think it's for younger readers (=teenagers), it's a bit childish at times ...and bit her hand off!!!, but no, those books don't contain bed time stories. The writer is also called Darren Shan, and in each book the writer explains he's writing about his experiences and that he truly is a vampire. So, these books are not really serious.

I should've written "early teenagers" or however you'd say it.

[Singin Hobo]

I think the correct term is "Juvenile" fiction.

And yes, Lord of the Rings can be a bitch in many, many areas :)

[SSJ2 Vegeta]

Just started re-reading Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman.

[~Lightning~]

Re-re-re-re-re-reading Mort by Terry Prattchet (the original 1987 hardback :D)

[Payton]

I just started reading Master & Commander, by Patrick O'Brian. My girlfriend is a big fan of him, and I love the movie. Its great so far, for anyone that hasn't read it and is interested.

[Zen/Sin]

Firestorm by David Klass.

I luff it. MAJOR CLIFFHANGER ENDING!!!!!!!! GRARG! but a definite 2 thumbs up yo everyone

[Shake]

im reading a seperate peace for my english class. appearantly some library called it "a dirty trashy sex novel" did it seem like that to those of you who have read it?