What book are you currently reading?

[Nomnomnom]

What book or series are you currently reading?

I'm reading Migratory Birds by Kodayu

[Samurai Drifter]

"The Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose.

Roger Penrose is a distinguished Mathematics professor at Oxford; this is essentially his dissertation as to why machines will never be able to emulate human consciousness.

[Shiroiyuki]

Re-reading all five novels (of one story) of the Hitchhiker's Guide.

'Tis awesome.

[superplough]

I'm re-reading The Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time

[Takumi Fujiwara]

All Art is Propaganda, a collection of George Orwell essays

[Pessimist]

Life and Times of Sophie Creutz, Life of Nobility During 18th Century...

Or something like that, translating book names is hard. *Frowns.*

[0235]

fanboy mode engaged, loading...

ok, im reading Contact harvest, a halo book, which i really like, excep to keep manufacturing prices low, the print is tiny, so it takes me about 5 mins to read just two pages!

[Anamin]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

[ladyshiro]

Dragonrider of pern

[Tsukuyomi]

"Killing Pablo" by Mark Bowden

[Tom Servo]

Nerding out over Egyptian Grammar by A. Gardiner, wanted something on Egyptian hieroglyphics and this book was the most cited as being the best around. The binding is ok but the paper feels like regular printing paper.

The other book I'm nerding out over is ווזספרהמשה a popular book of magic with notes and introduction by J.P. Like everything else IBIS puts out it's lovely.

I'm re-reading The Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time
Nice, I haven't read L.O.T.R. in ages, which print do you have? When I was ickle my gran gave me this paperback brick that had these neat illustrations inside, but the thing was on its last legs and fell apart. :(

[superplough]

Nice, I haven't read L.O.T.R. in ages, which print do you have? When I was ickle my gran gave me this paperback brick that had these neat illustrations inside, but the thing was on its last legs and fell apart. :(

It's a pretty old one, not REALLY old but like 1989 I think. The publisher is Unwin Paperbacks, it says 3rd Edition. It has an awesome cover pic of Barad-dûr done by Roger Garland.

http://www.std.com/~trystero/images/JRRT/1983_UU_1_S.png

It's like that but the title is styled differently, and in a white box. And it doesn't have that Unicron logo.

5th one down here (http://www.std.com/~trystero/LotR.html)

[Tom Servo]

It's a pretty old one, not REALLY old but like 1989 I think. The publisher is Unwin Paperbacks, it says 3rd Edition. It has an awesome cover pic of Barad-dûr done by Roger Garland.

http://www.std.com/~trystero/images/JRRT/1983_UU_1_S.png
That's gorgeous. ^_^

Dunno why but fantasy and science fiction books just don't have covers like that anymore, it's a shame.

[old hat]

Nursing: Interpreting Signs & Symptoms - Published by Lippicot Williams & Wilkins

No, there's no particular reason I am reading this.

It's a pretty old one, not REALLY old but like 1989 I think.

Have you ever seen one of the original editions of The Hobbit with the original version of the Riddles in the Dark chapter in it?

[superplough]

No, I haven't. Until recently I didn't even know there WAS an original version of it.

[Meggles]

Nerding out over Egyptian Grammar by A. Gardiner, wanted something on Egyptian hieroglyphics and this book was the most cited as being the best around. The binding is ok but the paper feels like regular printing paper.

I see I'm not the only one reading a language book. I'm struggling through Teach Yourself Russian right now, but I'm contemplating putting it aside in favor of German. (Damn you, ADD)

[neiru_3]

The Face of Another by Kobe Abe. I'm also reading a couple language books.

[Haro!]

S, M, L, XL - O.M.A. Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau.

Le Corbusier Le Grand - can't remember by who.

Cosmos - Carl Sagan

The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Various reports for urban design, and sustainable urban policy stuff.

[l0k1]

The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - Stephen King

[loplop]

Illusions of Choice: The F-111 and the Problem of Weapons Acquisition Reform by Robert F. Coulam. I had suggested to me by a co-worker when we were talking about a related subject.

[Holy Knight]

I'm not exactly sure how to answer this question. I have a pool of about 15-20 books at any given time that I consider "currently reading", that I pick up and put down as I feel like depending on my mood, but that would be tedious to list.

I suppose I can go with "most recently read", which implies I at least read a few pages before putting it down, and it's on my reading list.

Going with that, The Book of Sailor Knots is my "current read". As expected, the knots are ingenious and fun to do, but I don't see any practical use to them since I doubt I'll be handling any form of string on a regular basis within the next few years. There's still a few I'll be sure to memorize.

[goddessofanime]

A couple of books from this local author where I'm from.

It's mostly chick-lit-ish....but only good.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Anita Blake #1.


It's good that you don't need talent to write books.

[superplough]

AS proven by Stephanie Meyer

[So'/ sauce|) coo|<ie]

The Last Lecture.

[VidelCoolGirl]

The Death Note Novel; The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. It's not too bad, a little slow at first. I did just start it.

[goddessofanime]

A book about movie essays...

[Onigiri]

I'm reading Dune by Frank Herbert and I just finished In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake.

If you like manliness and highly descriptive gore, then go read In the Rogue Blood. Hot damn, that was a good read.

[Sora N]

I just started reading Twilight today.

[old hat]

Anita Blake #1.


It's good that you don't need talent to write books.

I'm reading that book too. It's not that bad.

[Anamin]

First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

[Anamin]

The Age of Shiva by Mail Suri

[old hat]

A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell

[Onigiri]

The Terror by Dan Simmons

[kenshinbebop]

Just picked up Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and Franz Kafka's The Trial today.
Haven't had a book to read in so long! I'm so happy ha.

[old hat]

The Stars at War by David Weber and Steve White

One of a series of books based on the setting for the old Starfire boardgame.

[emotoaster]

Amazing Spider Man #595 Was actually pretty good. Spiderman throws down against Norman. Think this arc may finally make Spiderman an enjoyable comic. It's been mediocre at best since BND.
Green Lantern #41 Haven't read it yet but I've been loving this Orange Agent arc, so I'll be happy with just more of the same.

[goddessofanime]

Fast Food Nation

[superplough]

I finally finished LotR so now it's The Hobbit.

[Carhill22]

Bourne Supremacy.. pretty awsome, can't wait to watch the movie!

[Takumi Fujiwara]

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

It's sort of a personal challenge since I read kinda slow and it's F'ing giant :). I'm on chapter 7 (page 37), only ~1300 pages to go.

[Tom Servo]

Just picked up Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.
Nice, have you read Junky as well?

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

It's sort of a personal challenge since I read kinda slow and it's F'ing giant :). I'm on chapter 7 (page 37), only ~1300 pages to go.
Good luck!

[kenshinbebop]

Yeah, Junky was an amazing read. I loved it!

Naked Lunch is really odd and really confusing, but it's a good read if you can stick with it.

[Tidusauron12]

Fast Food Nation

I hate that book. I mean, it helped keep me from McDonald's... but man! All of that information! Borefest.

[LadyWhiteWolf]

I read a lot of books on Paganism/Wicca/Nature Religion. Currently I'm reading Our Troth. A book on Northern/Norse Religion.

[old hat]

Sunstorm by Arthur C Clarke and Stephe Baxter

[Trefellin]

A Stanley Kubrick biography.

[kittynboi]

Geralds Game by Stephen King
The Precipice by Ben Bova

[Anamin]

The second book of the Bartimaeus Trilogy.
Giving Thursday Next a re-read.

[goddessofanime]

I finished Fast Food Nation. Interesting read.

I'll try to get back into American Wife I guess..though all I kept thinking of as I read it was Laura Bush.

[Single Mommy]

I read two books a week and do crosswords and puzzles to keep my mind sharp.

[Scandiadream]

Currently reading: A Tale of Two Cities

Previous book read: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

[Sora N]

New Moon (Twilight saga) by: Stephenie Meyer

[goddessofanime]

I bought 'My Sister's Keeper' today.

[Tom Servo]

Yeah, Junky was an amazing read. I loved it!

Naked Lunch is really odd and really confusing, but it's a good read if you can stick with it.
There are likely heaps of books written that way but the only others I can think of off the top of my head are Finnegan's Wake and The Atrocity Exhibition, I can't get through anything like that but maybe you'd enjoy those if you haven't come across them already.

In my mind there's a kind of cat's cradle or indra's net or rubber band ball that connects P.K.D., Will Self, R.A.W., Thompson, Burroughs, Leary, Watts, McKenna, Reich, Grof, scaled in rough order from phantastic to plausible - all related either by proxy of or their orbit about drugs.

[soulreaper]

I'm almost finished with Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. There really isn't much to say except that it is downright amazing. Neal Stephenson knows how to throw chunks of science fiction fanservice at his readers without "dumbing" his writing down for the masses.

I plan to start on Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle immediately after.

[Onigiri]

Drood by Dan Simmons

[pepin]

The Yage Letters Redux by William Burroughs/Allen Ginsberg

[Anamin]

The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud

[NightsEloquence]

Brisingr.

*sigh*

[ladyshiro]

The Last Apperentice: The Revenge of the Witch
(almost done with it)
It's pretty interesting story.

[old hat]

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin

[Phantom]

Strom of Iron - Great read. Kept me guessing till the end on who would emerge victorious.

[ladyshiro]

Finished The Last Apperentice: The Revenge of the Witch on Monday. Really good the writting style reminds me of alitte of Tolkin, JK Rowling and Anne McCaffery. Keep me going.

Started
Dragonspell - love the characters. Dar is so far my favorite and plus it has dragons in it can't lose.

[loplop]

Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy

[Bernard_Monsha]

The 5000 Year Leap by Skousen.

[goddessofanime]

Interviews with Tim Burton

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

[Tonyx35]

I just started The Sword of Truth series... Wizard's First Rule.

[Scandiadream]

The Bronze Bow

Which so far is FANTASTIC!!!

[Carhill22]

I just started The Sword of Truth series... Wizard's First Rule.

they're pretty awsome..

I'm reading A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

[Toowit]

The Legend of Drizzt, Book 1: Homeland by R.A. Salvatore :D

[Anamin]

The Life of Pi-Yann Martel.

[Tidusauron12]

Wise Blood.


I hate this book.

[old hat]

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

short story compilation. I read the first one in the Shadows Over Baker Street compilation where it was originally published.

[Illusions-chan]

Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey.
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

[goddessofanime]

Finished Audition by Barbara Walters and started Wicked by Gregory Maguire.

[old hat]

I transferred the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels to my reader gadget so I am reading those now.

The formatting is kind of screwed up but I can read it. The pdfs had better formatting but I couldn't read the tiny text.

[kimmy-chan <3]

Days off hope
ps its sooooooooooooooo good (:

[Haro!]

Out by Pierre Rey. Its in Spanish so it will take me about a year to finish.

[CrossboneGundam]

I finally got around to reading Call of Cthulhu.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The Mystery Method

[goddessofanime]

I bought a set of Charlaine Harris' books (basis for True Blood) so I'm working my way thru those, since I finished the first Haruhi novel yesterday.

[superplough]

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

[Undrave]

I just finished DEVOURING Tales of the Red Panda: The Crime Cabal (http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Red-Panda-Crime-Cabal/dp/1439241333/) by Gregg Taylor.

I've been a big fan of Decoder Ring Theatre (http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/) for quite a while now and mister Taylor's talent for old time radio-like audio drama transfered to the printed prose incredibly well!

If you like superhero an mystery men novels as well as pulp adventures of old (like the Shadow or Green Hornet) you owe it to yourself to at least check out some FREE podcasts and some preview of the book on Amazon! Its just an AWESOME book!

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Hackers by David Bischoff

Having never seen the movie, I was excited to find this at a used book store for like 50 cents, it's a pretty fast read (I'm almost finished, and I started last night). It's sorta cheesy, and certainly shows it's age, like when the group of hackers gets excited by a 28.8Kb modem, but it is fun regardless.

[old hat]

I just started the fifth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel.

[Bisu]

The Three Musketeers

Decided to pick this up because of how much I enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo. I wasn't too impressed at the start. It appeared to be a predictable story about your would-be hero in search of romance, and while it was fun and (mostly) lighthearted, it suffered from a few unconvincing coincidences (a minor gripe I had with Monte Cristo). It just wasn't what I was looking for.

Until chapter 33. D'Artagnan underwent a much unexpected and even somewhat sinister change. His manipulation of Kitty was, I must say, rather cruel. For the first time reading this book, I am genuinely interested in what happens next.

Oh, and the word love was used about 30 times in the span of 10 pages in chapter 12. Augh.

[emilysaur]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!

<33

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Started the first Haruhi Suzumiya novel last night.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I read the first Haruhi Light Novel a wihle back. It rocked but I thought the chapters were kind of long.

[SapperSix]

I need to read Animal Farm again.

[Smith]

I plowed through 3 books in 4 days while camping.
War As They Knew It
Halo: The Cole Protocol
I Never Had It Made A Jackie Robinson autobiography

[Anamin]

Abarat . . .

[DazzleKitty]

Creepers by David Morrell.

[goddessofanime]

some yaoi thing called Fake Fur

[Old Ape Face]

I just finished reading Cliff Burton's biography, and I'm not ashamed to admit I was a bit teared up reading it.

[Nutmeg]

Reading StarMan by Sara Douglass - Book 3 of the Wayfarer Redemption Series. Pretty good book. There are 3 more to go in the series and I heard they are way out in left field.

Also I got "Where the Wild Things Are" and I read it in like 2 minutes. :P

[old hat]

I am on the 7th Haruhi Suzumiya light novel now

[old hat]

The Housing Boom and Bust by Thomas Sowell

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I finished reading Hamlet so now I'm gonna read Othello

[Foppish Dandy]

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

It's OK, I guess, although a little too simmilar to her first book.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Prelude to Foundation
HArry Potter 5

[pepin]

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

[Anamin]

Blood Canticle by Anne Rice. The first chapter is the best work Anne Rice has ever written. I wish Lestat had always been written like this.

[old hat]

Back to the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels

[CheechMonger]

Bloody Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley

[Trigun360]

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

[old hat]

Ghosts Aliens by Trey Hamburger

bought on impulse

[Carhill22]

Dragon Venom by Lawrence Watt-Evans. book 3 of the Obsidian Chronicles...

[Enpitsu]

Every Dead Thing, by John Connolly. It's fantastic, full of amazing plot twists and excellent language :]

[Toddler Naruto]

Hmm, it's been awhile. I think the last book I read was Harry Potter Book #6, and that was 2-4 years ago.

[drgenestarwind]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 7th time's a charm

[Lapo]

Currently: Roald Dahl - Kiss Kiss

[LISA HAYES]

The Metamorphosis story by Franz Kafka

[Sora N]

I just started reading these two last night:

Eclipse (Twilight Saga) by: Stephenie Meyer
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

[superplough]

One world Divided - A Wolrd History since 1945

It has the added benifit of putting me to sleep right away

[Shawaazu]

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Republic by Plato

[Lapo]

And now: John Katzenbach - The Madman's Tale.

[pepin]

Arcade Mania! by Brian Ashcraft & Jean Snow

Quite interesting so far.

[Vaikyuko]

Finished Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring not too long ago.

Am currently re-reading LOTR: The Two Towers, and will finish with The Return of the King...which will then lead into a re-read of The Hobbit and my first read of The Silmarillion. ^_^

[YourDaddy]

I'm reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I was very close to throwing it away, because the author's writing bugs the hell out of me. Right now, though, I'm tolerating it better.

[gundam6000]

Working on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Just got into part three and its just great ^_^

[Buzron]

I just finished Anthem by Ayn Rand and I'm working on Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche.

Working on Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Just got into part three and its just great ^_^

I just started reading that. Don't spoil it for me, please. Haha

[Atticus]

I'm currently reading 1984 for a summer assignment for school, it's quite intriguing. Twelfth Night is what I have to read next...

[Tom Servo]

Republic by Plato
Republic and Laws are too long and boring! Only managed to read book 10 of Laws because it was interesting, defending the existence of the gods and souls and stuff.

If you're just starting Plato or are otherwise interested then would recommend Meno, it's short and has a bit of everything, questions about virtue, mathematics, geometry, soul migration, memory. Protagoras carries on from Meno and is one of my favourite dialogues.

I'm working on Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche.
Hard to resist skipping to the middle bit. :P

[Buzron]

Hard to resist skipping to the middle bit. :P

It's hard to resist skipping the whole book. It's interesting but, it's just so monotonous.

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Republic and Laws are too long and boring! Only managed to read book 10 of Laws because it was interesting, defending the existence of the gods and souls and stuff.

If you're just starting Plato or are otherwise interested then would recommend Meno, it's short and has a bit of everything, questions about virtue, mathematics, geometry, soul migration, memory. Protagoras carries on from Meno and is one of my favourite dialogues.

I'm currently about 3/4 the way through book 1 (I'm not exactly speed reading, huh :P), it's interesting, though I have to say some of the discussion seems to drag on, I understand they are trying to debate from every angle, but damn :P. In all honesty the only reason I'm reading it, is my dad picked it up for fun, he stopped reading it so I decided I would give it a go. Not sure if I'll actually read it to the end, but it's interesting enough so far that it's pretty likely. Meno sounds interesting as well, I'll have to look around for a copy.

[Kizoku Keenan]

1/3 of the way through Guards| Guards| by Terry Pratchett, very funny book!

[Tom Servo]

It's hard to resist skipping the whole book. It's interesting but, it's just so monotonous.
It's only a couple of hundred pages and considering the amount of whitespace in the text from the numbered headings it's even less than that. You could finish it in a weekend if you ploughed through it.

I'm currently about 3/4 the way through book 1 (I'm not exactly speed reading, huh :P), it's interesting, though I have to say some of the discussion seems to drag on, I understand they are trying to debate from every angle, but damn :P. In all honesty the only reason I'm reading it, is my dad picked it up for fun, he stopped reading it so I decided I would give it a go. Not sure if I'll actually read it to the end, but it's interesting enough so far that it's pretty likely. Meno sounds interesting as well, I'll have to look around for a copy.
Yeah, it might come across as being overly scholastic and needlessly pedantic but the idea is to advance in small, clear, logical steps towards having a better grasp of whatever the subject is.

If you get into reading this stuff it'll be cheaper to pick up a collected works, the Hackett edition is good.

You can read all the dialogues online for free. Only problem is the translations, being public domain, are old and tend to use obtuse language.

1/3 of the way through Guards| Guards| by Terry Pratchett, very funny book!
Nice. Have you read the previous novels in the series? Really need to get round to reading some of the Discworld stuff, I've only watched some TV adaptations of them.

[Buzron]

It's only a couple of hundred pages and considering the amount of whitespace in the text from the numbered headings it's even less than that. You could finish it in a weekend if you ploughed through it.

Well, I often find myself forgetting what I just read or not understanding the last 3 pages that I read so I end up having to go back to read it over again to truly grasp it.

[LISA HAYES]

Bag of bones -S.King

[pepin]

A book about Shinto, I forget what it's called.

[Tom Servo]

Well, I often find myself forgetting what I just read or not understanding the last 3 pages that I read so I end up having to go back to read it over again to truly grasp it.
Fair enough, get the same thing.

A book about Shinto, I forget what it's called.
Does it have a white cover?

[Onigiri]

Out by Natsuo Kirino

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Ultimate Gay Sex for Men

Author Unknown, Possibly Homosexual.
Investigate further.

[Holy Knight]

Just started Kafka on the Shore, and will get to Anna Karenina after it. I realized I have yet to read The Hunchback of Notre Dame (in French, of course!), so I'll get to that once done with Anna.

Out by Natsuo Kirino

Good book, interesting material. You learn a thing or two about... a certain profession. :-"

[JoeStrummer]

Just finished reading The Warlord #5, and Spider-Man 601-603
And I'm reading Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs right now as well

[goddessofanime]

Almost done with 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'

[LISA HAYES]

Jian and Black heart from same author -Eric van Lustbader

[quaze6]

just finished after dark, and now im about halfway through blind willow, sleeping woman

[goddessofanime]

Not really a book but thanks to AN, I have discovered a new literature classic.


'My Immortal'

[Fobb]

I've been meaning to read up on some Sherlock I haven't read yet.

[LISA HAYES]

I've been meaning to read up on some Sherlock I haven't read yet.

try Young Sherlock Holmes

Gunslinger-King

[Fobb]

Is it by Doyle?

[l0k1]

I'm halfway through Stephen King - The Dark Tower VI (song of Susannah)

[LISA HAYES]

Is it by Doyle?

yes full title is The Adventures of young Sherlock Holmes

[LISA HAYES]

I'm halfway through Stephen King - The Dark Tower VI (song of Susannah)
I just started Dark tower !

[jadelee]

I simply adore Stephen King's books! Now m' reading his Needful Things. What a thing i should say! ^_^

[LISA HAYES]

^Me too.Last week i finished Bag of bones.

[Kizoku Keenan]

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (loving it, nearly finished too)

[Takumi Fujiwara]

Oh My Goddess: First End by Yumi Tohma
and
Weber Carburetors by Pat Braden

[l0k1]

Stephen King - The Dark Tower 7 (Dark Tower)

Pretty long series tbh.

[goddessofanime]

Valley of the Dolls

(Jaqueline Susann..)

[Trigun360]

Xogun

James Clavavell

[Scandiadream]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte...

[nel2]

The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe. I'm addicted to MM, I read about her constantly.

[Tonyx35]

I'm currently reading the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Empty House to be more specific. I'm enjoying it a lot. :)

I put The Sword of Truth on hold until I finish SH. :P

[quaze6]

just started noble house by clavell, or re-started it. i read the first 600 pages like a year and a half ago and put it on hold halfway through

[animegurl]

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. A reread before I get the second book.

[Tzui]

Finished Catching Fire a few days ago; great book--though I don't want to wait next year for book three >.<
Currently reading The Sorceress--interesting so far. :)

[ThePhillyFlash]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Yep, the novel that launched the Dexter TV series on Showtime. Pretty wild stuff!

[old hat]

Lankhmar Book 1: Swords And Deviltry by Fritz Leiber

Stephen King - The Dark Tower 7 (Dark Tower)

Pretty long series tbh.

I suggest you stop reading where King suggests you stop reading.

[Phantom]

Cains last stand - Best writing style ever. Always makes me slime.

[Foppish Dandy]

Re-reading A Song of Fire and Ice. Maybe a Dance with Dragons will come out by the time I finish.

:)

:|

:(

[l0k1]

^I was thinking about rereading that after finishing the Dark Tower.

I suggest you stop reading where King suggests you stop reading.

I haven't got to that point yet :/

[LISA HAYES]

Black heart by EVL

[animegurl]

Finished Catching Fire a few days ago; great book--though I don't want to wait next year for book three >.<
Currently reading The Sorceress--interesting so far. :)

I just finished reading it (Catching Fire) I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE THIRD BOOK COMES OUT! Reading Catching Fire made me soooo anxious... :'( I love Peeta.

[Tzui]

I just finished reading it (Catching Fire) I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE THIRD BOOK COMES OUT! Reading Catching Fire made me soooo anxious... :'( I love Peeta.
I know--such a great book series! :D I didn't see half the stuff coming in this book, though it makes me really curious how it'll end ^_^

[animegurl]

I know--such a great book series! :D I didn't see half the stuff coming in this book, though it makes me really curious how it'll end ^_^

I KNOW! So many twists! I almost cried a few times.

[Siryo]

De tranen van Kuif den Dolder by Nico Dijkshoorn.

[Clayton]

I just finished "Monster Hutners International". Not bad. Starts off with a guy having to throw his boss out a window for turning into a werewolf and trying to eat him.

I read a book a day (more if I have time) and we're talking 500 page novels here so "just read" is a moot point for me.

[Tzui]

Finished The Sorceress an hour or two ago--the very end does make me wonder if they were wrong the whole time...

[Onigiri]

Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling (again)

This has got to be my favourite series. I'm always having dreams about it...even though it has been at least two years since I'd read it last.

[sammybaker]

Uhm, I m reading an old TinTin adventures book by Herge. Its a classic and Im reading the 6th printing I think. I got one of those three-in-one books. Perfect for long trips!

[Clayton]

I just finished all 3 volumes of Journey to the West.

[quaze6]

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer

[Eversio]

Currently, I am reading a lot of R.A. Salvatore. Great fantasy writer.

[Aragami]

I'm like 200 pages through this book I bought that wasn't what I thought it was, on Witchcraft and the history of Witch trials. The book is "Thinking With Demons". It's a history of developments in medicine, natural philosophy and empirical thinking, and how the extreme example of Witch-Craft helped thinkers work through so many problems with epistemology. It also deals in gender issues and anything else related to Witch-Craft, in some places with many pages of menial details.

[Anamin]

I found some books by Lian Hearn about the Otori Lords of Japan. Historical fiction, pretty good ^_^

[Gaming_Bum]

Well I just finish Brom's the Child Thief. here is my short review

Brom's The Child Thief is a dark re-imagining of Peter Pan. But don't think this is a children bed time story. You'll find in the first couple of pages molestation, rape, and murder.
This is defiantly not the Disney Peter Pan that most of us remember. Peter is still as carefree and charismatic as ever. But this Peter is the manipulative; manipulating kids to put their lives on the line for him. He's homicidal; killing with ease. And above all else he's psychotic; Killing and leading children to their death with no remorse.
But this story is more than just shock value. At the heart of this book is still a Peter Pan adventure. Peter and the devils(lost boys) are still fighting the Pirates and still all about playing games. And in a weird way it kind of has a touching story as to what made Peter the way he is. Overall it's a magical book and I would suggest it to all adults that enjoy books like harry potter.

[quaze6]

I found some books by Lian Hearn about the Otori Lords of Japan. Historical fiction, pretty good ^_^

my dad got me across the nightengale floor, but it didnt look that good. now ill probably take a look at it though. is it good ****?

[Anamin]

my dad got me across the nightengale floor, but it didnt look that good. now ill probably take a look at it though. is it good ****?


Heck's yeah! I 'read' that one first, and then I 'read' the prequal (I listen to them on audio as I do boring database work). They're kind of wordy, but it's good storytelling. I just took out books 2 and 3 yesterday.

[Gaming_Bum]

Heck's yeah! I 'read' that one first, and then I 'read' the prequal (I listen to them on audio as I do boring database work). They're kind of wordy, but it's good storytelling. I just took out books 2 and 3 yesterday.

I was just recommended these books a yesterday. I was thinking to pick up the first one today or tomorrow. It's too bad I can't find them in hardcover though.

[Anamin]

I was just recommended these books a yesterday. I was thinking to pick up the first one today or tomorrow. It's too bad I can't find them in hardcover though.

Check your local library. If you can't find them in paper, see if you can get them on audio. I think there are talks of a movie, but I'm not sure. The first book would make an awesome movie. ^_^

[Gaming_Bum]

Right now I'm LISTENING to Dead Witch Walking. The writing in this book is so cheesy I don't think I would have been able to read this book, but as far as listening to it goes it's enjoyable so far. If I liked this one, I think I'll attempt to read the next one in the series, instead of listening to it.

[Carhill22]

The Real Animal House- so far its awsome.. it makes me wish I was a sophmore living in my fraternity house again...

[Haro!]

Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese. Pretty interesting stuff.

[Anamin]

I'm on page 135 of Mistborn.

[Justinian]

I'm re-reading Watership Down. As bad-*** as I remember.

[Anamin]

Listening to Enna Burning as I input some surveys here.

[goddessofanime]

I finished One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell and am slowly trogging my way thru The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson.

[Sora N]

I just started reading Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead tonight.

[Aussie Vampire]

I am currently reading a book called Magic Study which is written by Maria W. Snyder.

[Tom Servo]

Taking a break from Anatomy of Melancholy before beginning the third and last partition with Secret King, Complete Guide to Heraldry and Golden Bough. All are fascinating reads.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Antony and Cleopatra

[Gaming_Bum]

I just finished The Lightning Thief with my nephew. Now we're reading The Magician's Elephant. After that I'm moving on to a Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

I have to say though, it's kind of tough reading series. I mean Part of me wants to abandon reading the things I'm reading now, just so I can read the next Percy Jackson book, and the Next book in the Hollow series.

[Anamin]

Finally got around to listening to Tuesdays with Morrie.

[wrathborne]

Unseen Academicals - the new Terry Pratchett book (and possibly his last)

[Gaming_Bum]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I just open up the book and wow does this book seem so daunting. lol, I guess it seems so big because all the children books I just read.

[Bernard_Monsha]

The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard

[Old Ape Face]

I think I Plan to read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy again after 5 years of suppressing my reading ability o.O

[Gaming_Bum]

I signed up for amazon prime today, since I've been ordering a lot of stuff lately. While I signed up I ordered these 2 books in hardcover (I hate paperback)

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26610000/26610597.jpg
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/41860000/41869418.JPG

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Slave Girl of Gor, now I just need to find a way to read with one hand.

[Thousand Eyes]

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

[Zune]

I'm in the middle of Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck

I'm lovin' it! :)

[l0k1]

Nearly finished the last book of the Dark Tower series, at my fast pace of a few pages a night.

[Eversio]

Nearly finished the last book of the Dark Tower series, at my fast pace of a few pages a night.

Great series, definitely one of my favorites. Interested to see what you think of the ending.


Currently reading The Crystal Shard from Salvatore.

[Gaming_Bum]

I just finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Awesome book, took a while to really hook me. But once I got in to it, I really got in to it.

I think I'm gonna start reading the Good The Bad The Undead. I have quiet a few books I want to read, so we'll see if I change my mind.

[WZA]

This is pretty bad, but I've just finally started reading Ender's Game. I've always meant to pick it up, but something else would distract me. After that is American Prometheus, a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

[goddessofanime]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I just open up the book and wow does this book seem so daunting. lol, I guess it seems so big because all the children books I just read.

I just finished that not too long ago.

Slow in the beginning; I almost dropped it because it was so goddamn slow...


but the middle to the end was 'WTF' and I mean that in a good way. And Salander is awesome


I got Coelho's The Witch of Portobello at a used bookstore near me so I'm reading that at the moment

[Sora N]

Just started the last book from the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.

So far it's a good saga...

[kenshinbebop]

The Trial by Franz Kafka

[l0k1]

I finished The Dark Tower, and have come to the conclusion Steven King should never have been allowed to write in the first place.

Will Roland have to meet his companions again and maybe this time be nice? Doesn't that mean time has reset? Will he have to fix the beams again? Also what was up with building up Mordred and the Crimson King for books and then killing them off in a few pages, also the way he put himself in the stories really annoyed me.

[Eversio]

I finished The Dark Tower, and have come to the conclusion Steven King should never have been allowed to write in the first place.

Will Roland have to meet his companions again and maybe this time be nice? Doesn't that mean time has reset? Will he have to fix the beams again? Also what was up with building up Mordred and the Crimson King for books and then killing them off in a few pages, also the way he put himself in the stories really annoyed me.

Yeah, honestly I was extremely dissatisfied with the ending. I was expecting something much more epic. Oh well, it's all about the journey and not the ending really.

[Carhill22]

I'm currently working on Executive Orders by Tom Clancy.. I'm about 150 pages through this 1350 page monster..

[The Million Dollar Prons]

The Haunter of the Dark.
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
and some other cool stuff

[lister]

red dwarf book

infinity welcoms careful drivers

and somne psychology book in spanish

[Sora N]

I'm still reading the last book of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer and I started reading Frostbite (Vampire Academy) by Richelle Mead last night.

[loplop]

Recentering Globalization: Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism by Koichi Iwabuchi & Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination by Anne Allison

[Aragami]

Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright

I enjoy the profuse mythological references.

[Anamin]

I started an A+ textbook by Jean Anderson. I'm hoping I can get my certification some day.

[Gaming_Bum]

I just finished that not too long ago.

Slow in the beginning; I almost dropped it because it was so goddamn slow...


but the middle to the end was 'WTF' and I mean that in a good way. And Salander is awesome


I got Coelho's The Witch of Portobello at a used bookstore near me so I'm reading that at the moment


The first couple of chapters were extremely brutal, but I found myself staying in their for salander chapters. But then when the middle kicked in I was hooked. But I do question all the sex in the book, I'm not sure all of that was needed. Not that I mind sex in books, but when it has a purpose


But anyways I just finished The good, The Bad, and The Undead. This series is one of my guilty pleasures. My only problem though is the author takes awhile to get the story going, and I feel like she could really move things along. Also the characters aren't even very likable either, but for whatever reason I find my self enjoying this series.


As for right now, I'm reading Peter & Max, this seems like a easy and relaxing read. Also I'm enjoying that not every page is a wall of text, there are pictures and designs on some of the pages, it's very nice.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Dune - Bad things happening to good people on a desert planet.
The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke - Reminds me of the Meatloaf song "Bat Out of Hell" for some reason.
The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft - Bad things happening to good people in Rhode Island.

[l0k1]

^I found Frank Herbert became more and more sex obsessed as that series progressed, then he died.

I'm rereading 'A Song of Ice and Fire' probably the best fantasy i've ever read, maybe he'll be finished with that next book by the time I finish all of these again.

[old hat]

I finally got around to starting the Twilight series. The sparkling thing isn't all that bad. it's a kind of interesting take on why vampires don't go out in the sunlight.

[lister]

I started an A+ textbook by Jean Anderson. I'm hoping I can get my certification some day.

i was gonna read that but then i didnt lol :P

good luck wit that my brother passed it very easily but then again my brother always does better than most people with that kind of stuff

[Anamin]

i was gonna read that but then i didnt lol :P

good luck wit that my brother passed it very easily but then again my brother always does better than most people with that kind of stuff

Thanks man. I know it's the key to a better salary, so I should really get my rear in gear.

[Gaming_Bum]

I just finished Peter & Max, and I have to say I love books like these. I just wish I knew of other books like it.

as for what I am reading now, I'm not sure what to read next. I'll have to think about it

[ZiggyBoy91]

Black Sexual Politics (it's for my sociology class)

[hatchet130]

The Zombie Survival Guild by Max Brooks

[lister]

Some book On LSD and psychotherapy

LSD has great use in psychotherapy
Unfortunately it's schedule 1 so it can be used for medicinal use

Even though it has plenty of uses in a medical setting

It cures ClusterHeadaches perfectly
Sometmes nicknamed suicide headaches for the pain they cause
And both LSD and Psilocybin cure it better than any medicine on the market

Plus it has uses in psychotherapy aswell

[Thousand Eyes]

On Death and Dying
A Farewell to Arms

hopefully I can get my hands on some bargain bin erotica novels that I spotted.

[lister]

See Spot Run

such a gripping book

[Gaming_Bum]

Pirates Latitude - I love pirates!

[Maka Albarn]

I've just finished reading Alices Adventures In Wonderland and its sequal The Looking Glass, both written by Lewis Carroll. I've now moved onto reading The Lost Memory by Junichi Fujisaku (Ghost In The Shell novel).

[Gaming_Bum]

Lies of Locke Lamora - I'm in the mood to read about thieves. but I have to say one thing though, kind of disappointed at the lack of art work on the hardcover version of this book. :(

[Thousand Eyes]

just finished reading Heart of Darkness.


Now reading,

Against Nature
A Wrinkle in Time
The Misanthrope

[Jabberwock]

Just finished Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett and the last book I needed to read in the Watch series.

I must say, everything is a lot more entertaining when read out of order.

[Anamin]

grabbed a d/l of Men Who Stare at Goats on audio.

I picked up A Suitable Boy.

[Gaming_Bum]

I just finished reading The Lies of Locke Lamora, and what an excellent read it was. I only wish the author didn't have his genius thief rely so much on luck, I would have love to see a bit more scheming.

but with that being said, Thieves >>> Pirates > Ninjas

[TalaRain]

Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop

[Rem+]

Fragile Eternity-by Melissa Marr

[gundam6000]

the count of monte cristo by Alexandre Dumas

[Takumi Fujiwara]

The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (the second Haruhi novel) by Nagaru Tanigawa

[kenshinbebop]

Camus' The Plague. I really liked The Stranger, and this one isn't dissapointing either!

[Phantom]

Gunheads

A warhammer 40k novel. Good so far.

[Shining Heresy]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

[Melion]

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

[namtose]

Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man by Jonathan Spence.

This is Spence's latest book. (Spence is a professor of Chinese History at Yale University) All of his books are well worth reading, facinating stories of China's past as reflected in the lives of individuals. In this case the life of Zhang Dai, a wealthy upper class 'scholar' and the discription of his life during the before,transition between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty and it's aftermath to a changed world.