Any good books your reading?

[Hinatalovesme]

So anyone read any good books lately? Got a recommendation?

I'm reading this book called "Falling Leaves" and it's about a chinese daughter who finds herself in a family where her mother has died when she was born and she was given a step mother who doesn't like her at all along with her father who's falling her step mother's footsteps. Her only family members that care for her is her aunt and her grandfather.

I think this story has touched me alot. I'd highly recommend reading it...it's a very sad story and it's really good reading material.

So what have you read that's mentioning?

[ANBU X]

I'm reading Candide by Voltaire. <--- Not for kids....really
It a crude book about life, society, and everything else. The main charater thinks
“everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” after suffering and witness a wide variety of horrors—floggings, rapes, robberies, unjust executions, disease, an earthquake, betrayals, and crushing ennui.

[Nakajima]

Anthony Kiedis's biography "Scar Tissue." Man was he a screwed up youth. Talk about early drug use and addiction and sex life. What I really wanted to know, which wasn't that detailed, was the period with Dave NAvarro in the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But nevertheless, his biography was a good read.

[Nerf Herder]

Last book I read was Halo: First Strike. I liked it, I'm big into Halo and I love sci-fi. There are also the Resident Evil novels. But now the novels are focusing on the movies...bleh...

[mageofdeath]

Last book I read was Halo: First Strike. I liked it, I'm big into Halo and I love sci-fi. There are also the Resident Evil novels. But now the novels are focusing on the movies...bleh...
I really enjoyed the two halo books by eric nylund, as of right now I'm reading Orewell's 1984, great book u should pick it up hinloves...

[VokalizedThu]

im gonna start to read the book "homer/the odyssey" so dont know much about it yet, my sister recommended it to me... anyone read it yet?

[SoulFire]

I am currently reading ; Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri.

I am the way to a doleful city.
I am the way to infernal grief,
I am the way to a forsaken race.
Justice it was that moved my rceator;
Divine omnipotence created me,
And highest wisdom with omnipotent love.
Before me, nothing but eternal beeings
Were made, i shall last eternity
Abandon all hope, ye who enter

Dante Alighieri's vision of hell described in 9 circles, which portray the sins and its demons as chapters. Very good read, but not recommened for kids, or stupid people.

[Neji23p0]

for an english novel study we are reading The outsiders.

pretty good book, even though i'm ont chapter 7 =P

fights, gang fights

[Inactive Kana]

Right now I'm reading Kiss The Girls by James Patterson, recommended to me by a friend. It's pretty good so far. Not my usual taste in books, as I go in more for fantasy/sci-fi, but I like it.

[Kidwizest]

im gonna start to read the book "homer/the odyssey" so dont know much about it yet, my sister recommended it to me... anyone read it yet?

Good book if you like mythology.

I just finished reading Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Really good book if you can understand the themes and stuff. Right now im reading this small book called The Gospel According to Disney by Mark I. Pinsky for fun.

[technician]

well im reading a book called the alchemist , my friend says i have to read it. she says it will m ake me a better person or something? well i decided to read it since i have to for a project, seems to be ok so far.

[Hinatalovesme]

I really enjoyed the two halo books by eric nylund, as of right now I'm reading Orewell's 1984, great book u should pick it up hinloves...

actually I have read it for summer reading at my high school =D great book indeed!!!

[raidin]

The shannara books by Terry Brooks. the first would be "The First King of Shannara." they are rally good fantasy books with non D&D style.
R.A Salvatore and any book with Drizzt in it more good fantasy.
Robert Newcomb for his owrks on "The Fifth Sorceress',"The Gates of Dawn." and"The Scroll of the Anceints" these books are REALLY GOOD. I highly recommended them to anyone with interest in fantasy

[Gejimayu]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Available for free online, classic Chinese epic.

[BarbaraIs1337]

Oh my god, you guys have have have have to read "Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky and "Whale Talk" by Chris Crutcher. These books made me cry =( in a good way, I suppose. Everybody especially has to read Perks because that book totally makes you feel awesome.

[jeopardy]

Just read Daisy Miller by Henry James yesterday, going to read it again today. Have to right a paper on it for Thursday. It was pretty good, great language if nothing else.
If you're into fantasy there's really nothing better than George R.R. Martin's series: A song of Ice and Fire, it changed my view of fantasy forever, after that I have very little interest in other fantasy books since they are so much worse.

As for Orwell's 1984, sure it's a classic and I think most people should read it but it's dreadfully boring.

[Uchiha^Sasuke]

Dante's "Inferno" was the last and now I'm getting ready for a "A Feast for Crows" by George Martin.

[Mikomi]

Angels and Demons

[Maxwell]

Lord of the Flies. William Golding. Something for school. :\

[Fudoshin]

I am currently reading ; Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri.



Dante Alighieri's vision of hell described in 9 circles, which portray the sins and its demons as chapters. Very good read, but not recommened for kids, or stupid people.
One of my favorite books.

I was having a conversation with Psychoku a couple days ago and it prompted me to start rereading the Hagakure. Man I love the book. Its Written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and it describes the way a Real man should live his life in those days to be a real samurai. There are also some random thoughts in there at times but its an awesome read. Yet not for children or people who think Samurai are 1337 assassins that Can jump at blinding speeds and go off on their own and performs feats of unimaginablility. A very true and real book.

[Psychoku]

Aye. Immediately after that conversation, I began reading Hagakure again myself. In fact, it's sitting in my bag next to me right now in class. One of the ways I enjoy reading it is just a few pages a day for daily wisdom. Read and reflect. The book is all about a way of life.

I also have been meaning to read Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso. I've read his Inferno, Robert Pinsky translation, and left that with my brother in Germany. Then I came home about bought Longfellow's translation (Because I'm reading the Dante Club) as well as a third translation which has all three parts of the divine comedy.

Also, Memoirs of Pontius Pilate caught my eye in an airport, and thus I happened to buy it. I began reading it shortly after watching The Passion of the Christ on DVD. It's fiction, but based on very much of a "could-have-been" idea.

Another book I'm reading is The Greatest Generation by reporter Tom Brokaw. It deals with the personal stories of Americans from the World War II generation. Excellent and powerful accounts.

I also began Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card, it's part of his Ender's Game saga, the Hegemon storyline branch. Very good, just like all the other books in the saga.

Just two nights ago I dug out my How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, and the workbook, after my friend mentioned to me that Michael J. Gelb, the author, released another book to go with it. They are excellent books to help improve your mind. I thin the new book is called Da Vinci Decoded, but I haven't picked it up yet.

There's a few other books on my rotation right now as well, but not really worth mention right now.

Yes, I am a very avid reader.

[ValeriaM]

im gonna start to read the book "homer/the odyssey" so dont know much about it yet, my sister recommended it to me... anyone read it yet?
I recommend the relatively new translations by a princeton prof...whose name i can't remember. aiya. anyhow, he did a great new translation of both the odyssey and the illiad.

Reading right now....LOTR (for I think somewhere upwards of the 50th time....), oxford history of ancient egypt, kitchen confidential and the secret life of bee's. I also tend to read too much and spend far more money than neccessary on books.

[absolutezero]

lol... not sure if someone recommended this book... but here's my list:

- Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
- Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
- LOTR SERIES
- oh... and The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
- HP SERIES

the dan brown books are good....

[Psychoku]

- oh... and The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)


That is an awesome book. I enjoyed it greatly, and gleaned a lot of great quotes from it.

Sometime relatively soon I'm goin to read another book of his that I own, I think it's called Light Warrior.

[absolutezero]

The alchemist is a bit too deep though ><.....

[Shrimpie]

Lord of the rings... of ye olde JRR Tolkien

[Stoic]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

This book is so riveting, amazing, fascinating and more. The sole survivor of a ship, Pi (an Indian boy), is stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger in the Pacific Ocean. The seemingly incredulous setting is made plausible with the author's superb and inauthoritative manner of story-telling. Compelling sights and sounds from the unremitting throes of weariness and agony flies off the pages into the mind easily. One boy has to pit every iorta of his mettle to survive the ordeal of spiritual and physical battle.

The ending though short, is pretty clever in offering an alternative yet parallel theme. This book makes you believe that anything is possible.

[diegost[GS]]

hmm now im reading "Hamlet", school work. Also been reading "don Quijote de la Mancha", hell long book written by Miguel de Cervantes
aah forgot bout it, another great book i'vre read is "Sofia's World", or sumthing like that, wich tells the whole story of the Philosophy, from its begining till our times.

[mimi_no_migi]

"the snow fox" by susan fromberg schaeffer. it os a really good book
aslo "the giver" is good too. and i have heard good things about "angels and demons" too.

[oka-chan]

I'm reading Candide by Voltaire. <--- Not for kids....really
It a crude book about life, society, and everything else. The main charater thinks
“everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” after suffering and witness a wide variety of horrors—floggings, rapes, robberies, unjust executions, disease, an earthquake, betrayals, and crushing ennui.

yeah, it's too cruel.
I got a book to introduce, it's called Hate Crime.
Even though, I've only read a little, but it's a good book and i'll read it when i find sometimes.....(sometimes i think i'm like shikamaru....)
it's about Laws and stuffs talking about things in society....yeah.

[Sitex]

How boring. Bunch of nerds sharing their awesome books... lol

[Danzig]

"The Wheel of Time" Series is really good.. (Book 1 is "Eye of The World") its Fantasy... Also a really good book is "100 Years of Solitude"...

Also I like reading the comics in my newspaper in the morning >_< with my breakfast....

[Mikomi]

How boring. Bunch of nerds sharing their awesome books... lol


Being intellectual has nothing to do with being a nerd. If you have nothing positive to contribute towards this thread then please don't taint this thread with your ignorance :)

[Danzig]

Being intellectual has nothing to do with being a nerd. If you have nothing positive to contribute towards this thread then please don't taint this thread with your ignorance :)

Nice.... I like your response to him... it made me laugh so hard. =_= Good job!

[Itachi]

Umm, the Harry Potter books (one off the best i ever read) is some awsome books, i sugest you buy/download them as fast as you can :D

[Aeries]

I'm quite a fan of fiction, but right now I am reading Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. It's an amazingly awesome analysis of pop culture by Chris Klosterman, the auther of Fargo Rock City. I have to thank my friend Andy for recommending me this book, because it's just awesome. I'm on the last 'chapter', or rather, essay of the book, and I will definitely be reading it again soon. If you don't mind, I will type up the second paragraph that's on the back of the book to give you an idea of it.

"Whether deconstructing Saved by the Bell episodes or the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of The Empire Strikes Back or the Celtics/Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he'll make you laugh, and he'll drive you insane- usually all at once. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, politics, and kittens, but-really-it's about us. All of us. As Klosterman realizes late at night, in the moment before he falls asleep, "In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'" Read to believe."

When it comes to fiction, my favorites are The Lord of the Flies, The Giver, The LOTR trilogy, and the books I have read by Madeliene L'Engle.

Oh how I love reading.

[Sitex]

Being intellectual has nothing to do with being a nerd. If you have nothing positive to contribute towards this thread then please don't taint this thread with your ignorance :)

Well the age of yours i can see. Then it would be normal to read those boring books. Since your an adult. My bad then. :rolleyes:

[Aeries]

Well the age of yours i can see. Then it would be normal to read those boring books. Since your an adult. My bad then. :rolleyes:

I'm 12 and greatly enjoy reading, as do I take great seriousness in my school work. I am not a nerd, as you generalized about all of us posting here, either. Oh, reading will improve your grammar and widen your vocabulary aswell; just a tip.

[Sitex]

The giver is a weird book man. I just red like up to chapter 14 or so, and its so weird. Dont like it.

And that tip is actually pretty true.

[SoulFire]

Ahh, my teahcings to young kids got me into "The Art Of War" by Sun Tzu again. :)

[MechaTC]

Does manga count?? lol. I hardly ever read regular books anymore...probably a bad habit I got myself into.

[Ninja48]

Ehhh... Im reading Body Count. For some reason Im into war books lately. Its a cool story about the Vietnam war. My dad got me this book, he says its the greatest war book ever O_O

So far its damn good. Lots of battles and stuff, a thrilling book (Noooo they got Banks! Go rescue him!!!11 But oh noEss we called an air strike! We gots ta get out of here in 10 miN!!!11 But Banks is still in tHere!!!11one Agghh!)

[MechaTC]

(Noooo they got Banks! Go rescue him!!!11 But oh noEss we called an air strike! We gots ta get out of here in 10 miN!!!11 But Banks is still in tHere!!!11one Agghh!)

what???? :confused: :confused:

[ChibiHannes]

I don't read much nowadays.. .when I was younger I read books all the time >_<

But you sure give me some new interest in books, maybe I go to the library someday and borrowing some books to read...

[SasuNaru]

I am currently reading ; Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri.



Dante Alighieri's vision of hell described in 9 circles, which portray the sins and its demons as chapters. Very good read, but not recommened for kids, or stupid people.

The Inferno is an excellent book. I recommend the Robert Hollander translation, which is hundreds of times easier and more enjoyable to read than the previous translations. His wife is a poet and they colaborated together to create something that captures the spirit of original Italian, but still doesn't require a stretch to take in. Plus he had hundreds of pages of line-by-line notes.

[skunkworks]

Angels and Demons in an amazing book. It's written by Dan Brown, the author who wrote Da Vinci Code, which I sorely want to read.

[DXFC]

da vinci code is really good...i enjoyed readin it

[skunkworks]

I need to finish The Thousand Orcs by R.A. Salvatore, then I'm going to start Da Vince Code.

[DiemondDagger]

A really good series is The Sword Of Truth by Terry Goodkind. www.terrygoodkind.com

I don't know if you like fantasy but if you do, it's really good. I re-read them all the time. I'm also re-reading Stupid White Men by Micheal Moore, and I have heard a lot of good stuff about Da Vinci Code. I've had a lot of people refer me to them! I just haven't read them yet. ^_^

[Nero inactive]

Since I recently watched alot of MST3k episodes, I thought Mike Nelson was so funny I decided to buy his book called "Mike Nelson's Mind over Matters" which contains lost of short stories with various contents.. Some of those had me laughing out loud because some things was so stupid.. I really recommend it.

[Wave]

i've been reading most of Walter Dean Myers books like Slam and The Young Landlords....the man knows how to get people interested in his books with his stories. oh, and his Muhammad Ali biograhpy was hella good to read. i actually learned stuff about Ali by reading Walter Dean Myers work. really good stuff, i would really reccomend people to read some of his books soemetime

[_br0ken1ce]

'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Author Golden is a good book

[I_tach_I]

Angels and Demons in an amazing book. It's written by Dan Brown, the author who wrote Da Vinci Code, which I sorely want to read.

angels and demons is great. havent gotten to finishing it yet though.

[Psychoku]

In regard to the overwhelming number of Dan Brown mentions in this thread, I can't wait for his new book about Robert Langdon. Last I heard, it deals with the Freemasons.

But then again, this thread is about books we are reading, not books we want to read.

[IonDragon]

no not really.. but i recommend harry potter :P

[SoulFire]

no not really.. but i recommend harry potter :P


Harry Potter is below my level of inteligence, it cannot entertain me to the slightest level. -_-

[NinjaPimpstress]

Dido I read half way through the first Harry Potter book and could have watched a monkey for better entertainment.(NO offense to HP fans)

Currently I am reading "The Secret Life Of Lazlo Count Dracula" Forgot who it was by though.

[JunHoJai]

the bIble lol great thing

[mary no jutsu]

reading lovely bones its about a girl who gets raped and murdered and she sees everyone grow up without her from heaven its such a good book*tear*
reading the hot zone that book is hella graphic it about these diseases marburg,ebola zaire,ebola sudan,and ebola reston all i can say is that they are hella nasty cause then these diseases are so bad they can liquefy your insides make you vomit black stuff and make you bleed hella bad and yes these are real diseases

[MechaTC]

Harry Potter was good when I was in eighth grade (man, has it really been out that long?). Now I can barely get through the new ones. Boring, plus the movies are downright terrible...

[Psychoku]

the bIble lol great thing


Actually, I make it a point to try and read at least a chapter daily.

[SoulFire]

Am doubting at the moment. I have in the right hand; Kurt Cobain's Diary's. And in the left hand; Anthony kiedis's biography...

desicions, desicions T_T

[jeopardy]

Ehhh... Im reading Body Count. For some reason Im into war books lately. Its a cool story about the Vietnam war. My dad got me this book, he says its the greatest war book ever O_O

So far its damn good. Lots of battles and stuff, a thrilling book (Noooo they got Banks! Go rescue him!!!11 But oh noEss we called an air strike! We gots ta get out of here in 10 miN!!!11 But Banks is still in tHere!!!11one Agghh!)
only war book worth reading: johnny got his gun.

[Darlantan]

Just finishing up Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. It's the biggest mega-mindfuck I've ever read, about like the Matrix was for cinema. I also recommend Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game saga, still waiting on the last 8th book. Ender's Game will be made into a movie next year or the year after. Prepare to be blown away.

[Arilou]

Nothing right now, though i'm going to order Pratchett's Going Postal, Mieville's Perdido Street Station and Bakker's The Prince of Nothing pretty soon.

[megumi00]

Let's see here...
as you all know, "catcher in the rye" by J.D. Salinger is one of the best.
"Animal Farm" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" are cool classics too.
If you're into fantasy-driven childrens' books, All the "Artemis Fowl" series' are really good books. "Dealing with dragons" is pretty okay.
If you're the type who's into shopping, boys and basic romance, then any of meg cabot's books will do you good. "Shopaholic" isn't that bad.
If you're into intellectual books, I really enjoyed the books by Jostein Gaarder. The best author I've ever read so far.n__n
If all else fails... get "Wicked", it's about the wicked witch of the west.
I have a lot of free time.T_T

[EMPRA]

You guyz sure hav alot of free time to read books...

[Bers]

hmm, lets see, for war books I reccommend "Warrior Soul" by Chuck Pfarrer, a biography about a man who was part of the Seals and his life within it. GREAT GREAT read with humor and other sorts of info.

Currently reading, "Count of Monte Cristo" was reccommended by a few friends and it seems to be EXCELLENT so far, though the first few chs is a tad bit 'shakespeare' due to the backstabbing, it picks up quickly.

Also reading the Vampire Chronicles series, i am in love with Anne Rice, she is an awesome author for vampirc books.

anyone have books that they can recommend that reflects the dark side of human nature with advanced lingo inside?

[Haik]

The lightstone by David Zindelle. Very good book!!

[Lunar]

A really good series is The Sword Of Truth by Terry Goodkind. www.terrygoodkind.com


Man SoT books are the best fantasy ever, I'm currently on book 3 - Blood of the Fold about half way done.

Wizards First Rule and Stone of Tears were awsome.

I strongly recommend this series for any fantasy fan

[cerberus1989]

I would recomend Animal Farm and it is not just a book about animals. It is about the Russian Revolution. Farmer Jones is Czar Nicholas II, Snowball is Trotsky, and Napolean is Stalin.

[DeathWolf]

Harry Potter.......

[Wave]

well i was reading AutoBiograhpy of Malcolm X. pretty good details about the man himself. Alex Haley did a good job getting info about him when he was still alive until he died.

[--Nami--]

may i suggest the book i'm currently reading "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.

it's an amazing book about a boy who spends his childhood in India where his father is the director of the local zoo. at age 16 his parents decide to move to Canada, so they sell as many of the zoo animals as possible and gather the rest on a cargo ship heading for north america.

halfway there, somewhere in the middle of the pacific ocean, a storm develops and the ship somehow sinks. the morning after the storm, Pi (the boy) wakes up in a 26 foot long lifeboat. he has no idea what has come of his family or the ship's crew members. strangely, along with him in the lifeboat are a zebra, arang-utang, hyena, and full grown male tiger.

that's about all i'm going to say. ;)

it might sound wierd but it's an excellent story. the book has won many awards and i guarantee you'll love it.

READ THIS BOOK! :D

[Sandman]

I dont have time to read books with school...

[Zhongda]

hmm homiciadle phyco jungle cat is technically a book! one of the fubbist anyways

[Aidire]

I'm sort of reading Amy Tan's "The Bonesetter's Daughter" right now. However, I did just finish reading Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha". Excellent book. I definitely recommend it :)

[OnyxZro]

I think everyone should read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Karthan]

Reading "Archon" by Catherine whatsername.. Interesting.. A "God-incarnet". meh.

[Rio]

Guess there are not many guys reading German books in this forum but Wolfgang Hohlbein writes the best ones. ;)
atm I'm reading "Wolfsherz" which is about werewolves.

[blind51de]

I recently read a very good book called "Deafening" by Frances Itani. Very, very, very good read.

[Anime_Aries]

I'm currently reading Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. I read Interview with a Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and am now reading The Queen of the Damned. I want to try and read them all, but there are so many. I've also read Dracula, it was good. It's written in a unique way because everything that takes place is portrayed through the different character's diaries. If you like horror books I would suggest reading Robert R. McCammon's books, especially one called Swan Song. His books are definately not for children though, they are violent and very graphic, but entertaining none the less. Lastly, if you're a Nirvana fan then I would highly reccomend reading Heavier Than Heaven, a biography on Kurt Cobain.

[Aburame Shino 27]

Well i just read a book about love it tells us how to behave and act infront of Girls / Men.. I forgot the title cause it's a rental... I will tell what happens when i test it on someone... lol

Shino.

[Yue-chan]

I have just finished a book called "Joust" by Mercedes Lackey, who also write "The Heralds of Valdemar" series. Joust was an excellent book, combining my two favorite aspects, dragons and Egyptian culture. Granted, the Egyptian stuff is changed to hide it somewhat, but its still very noticeable, and this book was a really good one to read.

[wolfi1412]

My teacher's reading us "The Silver Crown" and I kinda like it.

[abfluvver]

Read anything by Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett. Seriously. ANYTHING.
Neil Gaiman is an author who has GROUPIES. That's how good he is. And Terry Pratchett's are probably the most hilarious fantasy parody ever.
Also, the 'Kushiel's Legacy' series by Jacqueline Carey. Her writing is gorgeous, though she lays it on a bit too think with her prose sometimes, but it's an amazing trilogy. Not for everyone, though. It deals heavily with some...controversial themes.
'Memoirs of a Geisha' is a great book too, though I hardly remember it, given that I read it maybe 5 or so years ago. They're turning it into a movie with Zhang Ziyi as the lead.
And I second, or third, the recommendation for 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel.

[mary no jutsu]

currently reading everything's eventual by stephen king that book is so cool the 1408 short story is hella scary i ahd to sleep with my mom after reading that. im also reading i have lived a thousand years that book made me cry its about this girl who lived throught the holocaust

[Daemon]

i tend to read my fantasy books over and over...
im now reading SWORD OF THE DEMON. Old but still good if you ask me.
before that i read KNIGHT OF THE BLACK ROSE of the Ravenloft Collection
nothing major, just second hand books i got last week... i love reading...

[Gandhi]

And Terry Pratchett's are probably the most hilarious fantasy parody ever.

Agreed. Actually I've been a bit crap over the last few months and have probably missed at least the last two Pratchetts (woe is me). I'll catch up over Christmas, I hope.

Also recently read; The Da'Vinci code by Dan Brown. Terrific read, full of conspiracy theories about the relationship between the form of the modern bible and the Vatican, the knights temple and the Holy grail. Fascinating, thought provoking and great fun although there are a few factual errors.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nght Time. 'Murder mystery' from the perspective of an autistic child. This child has a unique brand of sanity that sheds a curious insight into the normal insanity of most adults that we take for granted. Beautifully writen, touching, funny and fascinating.

Some book about C++. Bugger that for a laugh.

I am that - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. Discourses with a genius of reality. Reasons Advita Vedanta philosophy perfectly. Awsome stuff.

[tntrag-sniffs]

i finished reading the chocolate war..its pretty good..anyone read it?

[Loyld irving]

I just finished 1984 it was kinda slow but it was still a good book.

[Zhongda]

if you guys are all serious about books... i just finished three history books about leaders of the past you wont know them but ill tel you their name '7ikmat il generalat'
which means 'wisdom of the Generals' and two others! i made a summery on them in my website! check it out ;)

http://www.freewebs.com/haunterfa/2othcentury.htm

[Sesshoumaru]

I'm re-reading the Robotech Series of novels. As much as I love the anime, it's feels better and more exciting when I read the novels by Jack McKinney. Especially the Southern Cross saga.

Then when I finish that, I'm gonna re-read the Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, and Halo: First-Strike.

[Sabaku no Ira]

I've just finished Harriet Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". A very powerful tragedy, I must say (but then, I'm a Christian). Recommended for all those who know something about the American Slave Trade of the 19th century.

[uchiha]

Havent touch a book for weeks now lol but the last one I read was really good... something by Nora Roberts... not her love novels.. its one of those well, non-love novels lol

[EMPRA]

Im currently reading Maestro...Have to read for my subject...

[[GeNMa]]

every david eddings book $

[Orphy]

Atm im reading Arthemis Fowl & PHP - MYSQL bible ^^

[wolfi1412]

Artemis Fowl seems like a good book, I liked to read it...

anyone read Charlie Wilcox?

[hyuganeji]

hmm...i just finished the da vinci code...its really good

[Tastadoda]

I loved the Da Vinci Code...on of my all time favorite books.

I just finished a book called Rememberence, all about WWI and the lives of 4 people who suffered in one way or another through it.

[blind51de]

I'm now reading the unabridged version of "The Count of Monte-Cristo".

And DAMN if I don't care that it's cutting into study time.

[Eclectic Replicant]

i am reading a 6-9 books series wich title in english i ignore i'm also going to read The devil's advocate and The Fist of God

[Plastic Sun]

Im currently reading several
Origin of Species, by darwin
And then there were none, agatha chrystie...
and
The Rum Diary, Hunter S Thompson

[kane_x]

I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' for the second time...
I really loved it, it's one of my favorite books.
After that I'm thinking of reading Gao Xingjian's 'One man's bible', which seems to as interesting as his nobel proze winning 'Soul mountain' was.
Just have to hope they won't sell the last copy of it before I get money to buy it.

[Eclectic Replicant]

I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' for the second time...
I really loved it, it's one of my favorite books.
After that I'm thinking of reading Gao Xingjian's 'One man's bible', which seems to as interesting as his nobel proze winning 'Soul mountain' was.
Just have to hope they won't sell the last copy of it before I get money to buy it.


proze? :blink

[Chibi_Kiba]

Exile, 2nd book in the Dark Elf Trilogy....Just one trilogy in many that make up the Forgotten Realms novels.

These books are great and I would reccomend them to anyone especially if you are interested in D&D :smile-big

[Crucifixation]

Blackwood Farm-Anne Rice.
As of right now, I am completely hooked on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

My science text book
Being the nerd I am, I have studied a whole month before school actually reopens.

[Ausar]

Tao Of Jeet Kune Do-Bruce Lee, a sort of treastise on Bruce Lee's own ideas and philosophies of martial arts.

[Axell]

Right now, I am reading Naruto (of course), The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore, and The world of Disk-series by Terry Prathcett
they're all fantasy, and I LOVE FANTASY

[Crucifixation]

As of right now, I am flipping through my dictionary. Trust me. It's entertaining.

[Axell]

on what letter are you now??

[FlyingFlamingo]

The Brethren by John Grisham
Its a great book by an author we should all have heard of.

[Sayo]

i only books when i need to, >_> school =P

[Khimatri]

I'm currently reading "Charlotte Gray" by Sebastian Faules. Good read and seeing as I'm doing the 2nd world war currently it's quite useful.
I'm a big fan of John Grisham and Terry Pratchett books. Anyone read "Going Postal"?

[Aruka]

I'm currently reading "Of Mice and Men"

[Crucifixation]

on what letter are you now??
In the P's...

[Rurouni]

Right now I'm reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for school. But for entertainment, I'm reading Two-Minute Mysteries Collection and Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go.

[aLkeMiSt]

Two-Minute mysteries is teh shiznat!! Right now Im reading a really good book called "A seperate peace"... but thats for school... on my spare time I read "Smart Computing" magazines.

[Sayo]

wait, i remember i WAS reading a book, about photoshop =P

[aLkeMiSt]

wait, i remember i WAS reading a book, about photoshop =P
Wow.. and you survived? Those books are really long... well the ones i've seen.

[Ajus]

I currently also finished stephen king's dark tower series and BOY is it long. very good though, with numerous references to his other works. currently I'm reading the mammoth book of ghost stories 2. It has many classic authors such as Sir Arthur Donan Doyle, and Charles Dickens to name two.

[Axell]

In the P's...
you're about to get to the longest one...... S!!!! :amazed
XD XD

[Pods]

i'd like to reiterate the wheel of time! it's awesome, the perfect mix of magic, politics, sex, and conflict. i lovee it and eagerly anticipate the next one. like really eagerly. because it's coming out in like 3 more f*ing yrs.
life of pi is great as well!

[chalba]

my two favorite books that i've read in the past year are Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky. both pretty good teen books if you ask me. hard love made me cry like a sap.

[NarutoOverdrive_Kyuubi]

i personally like the Harry Potter series :Gaaraball :sasuseal :sasufire :kkbook

[role_model]

I am glad to hear that I am not the only person to be reading anne rices work at the moment. I just wonder if I am the only one reading the withcing hour and the new vampire tale along with the vampire chronicels??

[mow]

I always read three novels , and i keep switchign between them
COnte de mon Cristo
The divne comedy
King of flies

[SoulFire]

The divne comedy



Ohhh, i read that a while ago . Dante, right?

[mow]

Ohhh, i read that a while ago . Dante, right?

yep, ive read it about 6 times now, but i could never get enough of it. such a masterful writere. have you ever read any books by Dyostrvesky ( i know i got the name wrong,) his most famous novel is "Crime and punishment"and "the gambler"

[SoulFire]

*Dostrovsky ;]

And yeah, i have "Crime and Punishment" on the bookshelf, been a while since i read it tho.

[sharingank]

I am reading Lord of Snow and Shadows right now by Sarah Ash...BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT BOOK!! OMG!!! XD XD XD

And, I must recommend ANYTHING by David Eddings to fantasy lovers. He is GENIUS.

[mow]

well since ash reccomended i must check it out :D

[Tine]

If you guys like fantasy and magic. I would recommend the trilogy Dragonlance: Dragon of Autumn Twilight, Dragon of Winter Nights, and Draong of Spring Dawning. Something like that. I read those 3 book like 8 years ago. They were the best books that I have read.

[Personal Jesus]

"The Complete Asshole's Guide To Handling Chicks"

..not much in the way of actual advice, but 'tis a good book if you're bored and need a good laugh. >_>

[hanabishi]

Usually I read grisham and Koontz, and older Stephen King stuff. I don't read much when I have classes because there is already a lot of reading for each class. This semester isn't as bad as all the reading I had to do for first year Biology.

[aznxn1nja]

Well, a book i read was called "The City of Ember", it was actually a good book...and i dont like to read much, besides mangas and subtitles on anime..lol

[Miso]

I liked Illuminati and other stuff of Dan Brown.

[Kunoichi no Kiri]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke. Awesome book for history buffs and fantasy freaks. How do you mix those two? Read it and find out.

[mow]

my fingers are itching to read Bob dylan's new memoires, The chronicles Vol.1, im ognna ordered and plan to read it all in one sitting

[Sayo]

i bet v4sh is reading: mein kampf ^_^;;

[handzar]

Well, now adays my favorite book is Lord of the Ring, kind of like the story ;)

[XEntrerri_RebellionX]

To list a few of my fav's as far as fantasy:

-Game of thrones and clash of kings. Just amazing.

-Icewindale Trilogy.

-The dragonbone chair.

-The Master and Margarita. Hilghy recomended.

[Jackal Iscariot]

u talkin bout books?
hmm.... im not complete with it but

Sun Tzu- Art of War
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince

[Kevinthewiseone]

im reading the jedi trials Star Wars a clone wars novel

[Naruto_Uzumaki]

ever heard of harry pothead i mean potter :D....

[IkariBattousai]

I like the Dark Tower, and so far Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show has been alright.

[Tine]

To list a few of my fav's as far as fantasy:

-Game of thrones and clash of kings. Just amazing.

-Icewindale Trilogy.

-The dragonbone chair.

-The Master and Margarita. Hilghy recomended.

You need to check out DragonLance trilogy by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. Make sure you have the correct books because there are so many of them. The three title that I listed above are the best. I might spelt it off but they are similar to it. After you read those three books, read the next three books. The best 6 fantasy books that I have read.

[Dapin]

As with alot of things i do. i start one book then read everythign there is for it. id recomend these two book series if your looking for a series to read.
First off Ender's Game, great book, and though alot dont knwo there are 6 other books that follow the story of Ender is his travels.
Second id Recomend the Nine Princes in Amber series, when i first read the series i read i think 6 books, then later foudn a combines series book which actually had 10 books within it, i had apparently missed some. either way both a good series, great stories.
i also agree with the post above about the dragonlance series, lots of great books.

Dapin

[parker pyne]

I'm reading "Spot's Adventurous Day"

pretty good for a 1 yr old

[Hiiro]

I'm reading Wheres Waldo?, X-Mas Edition.

[mongooseboi]

digital fortress by dan brown

[Lady Yanami]

Right now, I'm reading Lasher by Ann Rice. Great book so far.
Also, a book I recommend--Stephen King's The Girl who loved Tom Gordon.

[wiwarin_mir]

Good books/series worth reading:

Artimus Fowl trilogy
LOTR trilogy
The Silmarillion
Ring
His dark materials trilogy

[NinjaJedi007]

Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut is awesome. its quite non-linear, satirical, and interesting. its my favorite book and i guess that says something seeing as tho i usually never read novels. pretty much anything by Vonnegut is awesome. i suggest reading Cat's Cradle as well. let's just say Ice-Nine is a very interesting component of that book :o)

[Zhongda]

WisdomOfTheGenerals
written by: William A. Cohen, Ph.D. Major General, USAFR, Ret.

This book is definetly recomended for Older teens. not because it was made for them but will really change your prespective on your current life to the Better!

[mow]

Im reading an arabic book

El Ayam by Dr. Taha Hussien, a wonderful biography

[Zhongda]

Im reading an arabic book

El Ayam by Dr. Taha Hussien, a wonderful biography
Aaaah Taha Hussien... hes Big here ya know!

i bet v4sh is reading: mein kampf
LOL

[mow]

Aaaah Taha Hussien... hes Big here ya know!

hes a terrific writer, by the way have you ever read so of Ahmed shawqee's poetry? or nazar el Quabani? Nazaused to write the lyrics for abd el hamleem haffez and umm kahlthoom. Marvelous poet, one of my fav. of all time

[Arilou]

I just finished Herman Lindquist's biography on Napoléon (you know, possibly the greatest general of all time) I also just finished "The Astonishing Mullah Nasruddin" a collection of tales and I'm also reading a compilation of Arabian Nights.

[Jaggan]

Uhm.. Midas Dekker - Beste Beesten

Dutch biologist ..who writes very funny columns about animals and people. Love him or hate him... but he's good.

[Amanda]

Right now, I am reading The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky, and this is a great story with a very intresting way of storytelling (it is told in frist person narriation, but the main character is telling the story through a series of letters he is writing.) It is one of those 'coming-of-age' stories, which I am a huge fan of.

Also, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, it is best describe as Amazon.com said it. The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years like an episode of My So-Called Afterlife. Her family disintegrates in their grief: her father becomes determined to find her killer, her mother withdraws, her little brother Buckley attempts to make sense of the new hole in his family, and her younger sister Lindsey moves through the milestone events of her teenage and young adult years with Susie riding spiritual shotgun. Random acts and missed opportunities run throughout the book--Susie recalls her sole kiss with a boy on Earth as "like an accident--a beautiful gasoline rainbow." Though sentimental at times, The Lovely Bones is a moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living and that is made even more powerful by a cast of convincing characters. Sebold orchestrates a big finish, and though things tend to wrap up a little too well for everyone in the end, one can only imagine (or hope) that heaven is indeed a place filled with such happy endings.

Ah well, Those are the two I like best at the moment, it will most likely change later. LOL

:laugh

[NarutoBOT]

mmmmm... sounds like a good one amanda.

I personally love crime/mystery. If your a fan, the best 3 authors I have come accross are:

Ian Rankin. An Irish novelist who's style is really gritty. Lots of alleyways and somber scenes all set in a very dreary Ireland. The main character is an ex-SAS DI (Detective Inspector) who *of course* has his own brand of law inforcement.

Henning Mankell. A Swedish author who has a series of novels about a cop named Kurt Wallander. These mysteries really keep a hold of you. Amazing books! You really wont figure it out until the very end.

Robert Ludlum. If you seen the movie Bourne Identity, then you know this mans style cause he wrote the book. Honestly, this guy is amazing. He just keeps laying on the excitement page after page. This guy has the ability to keep you up all night against your will because you just HAVE to see what is gonna happen next.

Well, you dont have to trust me, but these really are 3 of the best.

[SoulFire]

I am currently reading [again] A Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri. Some good poetry right there my friends, i will never get tired of it.

[BattousaiMS]

If you like Ninja with bloodline types of book you can try this one:
Tales of the Otori by Lian Hern, its 3 books, can be found on amazone or even chapters/indigo.

[elite_shinobi]

damn battosaiMS, i was going to say that, no really i was. im reading the first one. its awesome.

[NarutoBOT]

ninja book? bloodlines? Shit! I never knew there was such a thing!

[elite_shinobi]

well there is so go get it
the first one is called "Across the nightengale floor"

[Daemon]

read something a little more... mature if you get bored with all the other books you are reading
I suggest The Last Precint by Patricia Cornwell

[Jackal Iscariot]

im readin bout Francois Villon.
some good sht :D
medieval stuff and poetry

[Outenkun]

Terry Pratchet and Raymond E Fiest, I love ALL of his books.

[G@4|24]

hmmm... i'm reading....the old school: The Giver by Lois Lowry ><. Can't believe how I didn't understand jack when I was young.

[mow]

I am currently reading [again] A Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri. Some good poetry right there my friends, i will never get tired of it.

Cheers mate :beer, its a wonderful read

at the moment im reading "El Harafeesh" for Najeeb Mahfoze

[nightangel]

I read Onepiece,Naruto,And initial D.
There really good books.
I don't really read it from Shonen jump.

[OneSideRed]

if you like fantasy I really recommend the "Weel of time" books by Robert Jordan

[Arty]

Stranger than fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
The book linked in my signature
Choke by CHuck Palahniuk
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
America: The Book by the Daily Show crew.
soon to be reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk, but that got pushed back to May 15th 2005.
WHY GOD WHY?!
Reccomendations?
Junky by Burroughs, Naked Lunch by Burroughs(Have fun with that one), Nova Express by Burroughs, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S Thompson, Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S Thompson, The Rum Diary by Hunter S Thompson, Proud Highway by Hunter S Thompson, The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, On The Road by Jack Keruoac, and a book you probably read in the goddamn 7th grade, Flowers For Algornon(Charly)
And some books from the late great Lester Bangs, an arrogant reviewer for Creem magazine.
Psychotic reactions and the carburetor dung by Lester Bangs, Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs reader, and Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs by Jim Derogatis

[Baluskavitch]

I have been reading Dante's Inferno as of late......it is quite interesting....

[Cruel_Fingers]

Friedrich Nietzsche - Ecce Homo

I've read it before but for some reason I have just forgotten everything... Strange when I picked up the book again and I didn't remember a thing...

[amithee]

i've been reading a lot of non-ficition lately, right now i'm reading the chrysanthemum and the sword. i use the term "reading" loosely because it taken me approximately two months to get half-way thru the book, which is nothing compared to lord of the rings which after three (or more?) years, i'm nearing the end of the two towers.

[jkingler]

Currently reading David Copperfield. It is slow going...about 200 pages in a month.

Just give me some new Rowling, Jordan, or Martin and I will be through it faster than prune juice goes through old people :D

[roshumba]

Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card. The end book of the enderverse... sadness.

[poona]

The FMA novel. Its prety damn good

[aNk0_LaNe]

Right now I'm reading Ana Karenina from Tolstoi... believe me it's GREAT!

Then I'll start reading War and Peace, also from Tolstoi ^^

[mow]

Right now I'm reading Ana Karenina from Tolstoi... believe me it's GREAT!

Then I'll start reading War and Peace, also from Tolstoi ^^

WAR & PEACE!!! I just reborrowed it from my friend, this time Im determind on finishing it =)

[Perish]

I just started reading "Porno" by Irvine Welsh. It's the sequel to Trainspotting, where Renton, Sick Boy and the rest get into the porno buisiness to make fast cash and get some in the process. It's pretty good so far, just as cool and new as Trainspotting was but the humor isn't as slick.

[Leto]

Wow yea
Digital-Fortress= Dan Brown (crypto)
Cryptonomicon=Neal Stephenson
The Long Walk=Steven King
State of Fear=Michael Chrighton and a lot of Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt) and other Dan Brown books Angels and Demons, Da Vinci Code...etc...

[skethee2]

well I read hundreds of books...mostly sci-fi...and historical
you guys should read David Gemmell...he writes the most fantastic hero novels
2 of his most known epic novels are Rigante Tales and Drenai Tales
these are set in a dark age kinda setting...with scottish over tone...but great to read

another great Author is philip pullman...he wrote "His Dark Materials"
its one of the best books there is...u can compare it to harry potter since it features 10 year old boy and girl...and you can also compare this to LOTR since both of them take a epic journey across universess...this book is critized since it tells a story of how god is not the real god but a imposter...and how it critizes the church and christianity...but its one of the great novels out there
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/

third is Anne McCaffrey's Freedom series...a great sci-fi novel

there are tonns more books i read...i will tell u all about them later

[Sabaku no Ira]

Moby Dick (unabridged version). Not really recommended because the author puts in too much info (and wrong ones) about whales in it... (Whales are fish??? WTH?)

[Dark_wolf247]

Denial by Keith Ablow (i think thats his last name...)

[Lien]

A Child Called It - I forgot the author, but it is a very good book to read... x

[Sertechaun]

YEH.

Psychotropical Forest by Jon Bain.

And I own almost EVERY book of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of the Sherlock Holmes series. Damn they are addicting, I read them everywhere I can.. (litteraly :amazed )
( The Hound of the Baskervilles is my all-time personal favourite. :) )

[kurisawa]

poisinwood bible and the pacific.

[Nihao]

One door away from heaven by Dean Koontz
His books just keeps getting better and better.

[raynarose]

I started Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden a few days ago. She writes about her experiences as a teacher for (very) emotionally disturbed children. Ive read Ghost Girl, Beautiful Child, and Somebody Else's Kids already and this book is looking to be really good too. I rarely read non-fiction, but she writes really well and alot of what she finds out about the children is very shocking and disturbing. Very very very good books!

I was also reading Department of Correction (forgot the author)... but i misplaced the book ;_;

[DragonHeart52]

I've just finished Ender's Game (on recommendation from jkingler and Gooba). What a great story! I will be starting another soon (additional recommendation) and add that to the list if it is worthy.

[Headhyuuga]

Plato's The Republic
Dave Edgars A heart breaking Work of Staggering Genius
Neil Gaiman American Gods
and classic All Quiet on the Western Front

[Amaryllis]

Right now I'm reading The Brothers Karamazov by Nabokovsky. It's really amazing so far (am about 3/4 of the way through right now). It's pretty epic, haha, but the plot doesn't move slowly at all.

[9Tail-Hokage]

I thought I'd try out Eldest because I finished Eragon about a year ago or so. Then I might check out book 1 for A Song For Ice and Fire(there's 4 books, i think!) and maye those Dan Brown books Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code. Sans Eldest(because I know it'll be good from reading Eragon), I heard great things about all these books.

Then there's Romance of 3 Kingdoms....

[NeophyteNihilist]

I'm currently reading The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Its the last of a seven book series. It is definantly the best fantasy series I've ever read (wit the exception of LOTR, maybe).

I'm also sort of reading Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson, unfortunantly I lost the book. It's really good though, facinating and probably the funniest book I've ever read.

On an unrelated note:

:occa300th Post!!!:occa

[Nakor]

im reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. im only like 20 pages into it, but it seems like it'll be real good.

[Ruri]

I'm reading The Knight of Maison Rouge by Dumas. So far, it's just as fun to read as his other books.

[organizedcrime]

I'm reading "Three Kingdoms" maybe it's my Chinese side being biased, but I like it.

edit: so the answer is yes, I do read books.

[BakaKage]

Reading Tales of the Otori:Across the Nightingale floor, pretty darn good so far.

[Hatsune Miku]

Harry Potter book 6. Yes,the newest harry potta book.

[infected with ska]

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet and Assassin by Ted Bell

not sure about Assassin because ive only read a couple of pages but eye of the needle is a good book...it takes place during WWII and it talks about how or what couldve happened that lead to the invasion at Normandy, its fiction BTW

[sarcazm]

lucky by alice sebold.

[Sensei_Kakashi]

I just started reading the whole collection of Naruto once again. I just love it. Im at volume 5 right now:P

[Vikrat]

The Lurker at the Treshold by H.P. Lovecraft. Groovy monsters and quotes from the "Necronomicon".It doesn't get better than that.

[blue_duck]

Great Expectations-7/10
Snap! I'm reading that at the moment.. =]

[Ah B]

Tom Clancy: Net Force - 7.5/10 (One of the few adult books I'm starting to read, even though I'm not an adult. :))

[muse_of_mirth]

I'm reading 'Galatea 2.2' by Richard Powers, which is about these scientists who try to create a supercomputer that can read a list of books considered 'classic' literature and understand them. It's really interesting, but it's taking FOREVER to read now that I'm busy with college...

[Nakor]

I am reading the Chronicles of Narnia now. i've gotten through the first 2 books and I am currently reading the third. its quite good.

[Spidey]

I'm currently reading "Makes Me Wanna Holler" by Nathan McCall.
Amazing book about a young african american growing up in america in the 70's. Really really good, but I'm only about half way through. Highly recommended.

[Catatonik]

Gracie by George Burns

What a wickedly awesome human being was George, and it's easy to see how much he loved his wife....

[Ruri]

I'm re-reading The Chronicles of Narnia right now, so it will all be fresh in my mind when the movie comes out. :woo

I love these books so much. ^_^

[Chrona]

Im reading
The facts speak for themselfs (Or something like that..I kinda for got :P)

[Tal Rasha]

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

I'm re-reading The Chronicles of Narnia right now, so it will all be fresh in my mind when the movie comes out. :woo

I love these books so much. ^_^
Those books are good! Havent read them in so long. I have the old (old old) English movies of them. Well, Lion,Witch, Wardrobe and Prince Caspian and Dawn Treader and Silver Chair.

[olaf]

I just started reading 'Godfather' by Mario Puzo, which was the base for the film. And I read today 120 pages, cuz it's darn good, and I'm not regreting money I spent on it (I bought used one, thought)

[Tanthalos]

I'm reading "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

It's really good so far though I'm only 40 pages in...

A period piece set during the time of civil rights activists, Malcom X, and Martin Luther King Jr., though that is all background to a girl getting away from her absuive father and freeing her black nanny from a prison where she's suppose to get beaten to death.

[Nakor]

im reading Memoirs of a Geisha. Im liking it alot now and i can't wait til i can see the movie.

[Tanthalos]

Memoirs is so good...

It ha dbeen awhile since I read a book that solid.

[spirit3d]

I never got to finish "Memoirs"....T_T

Being the fantasy buff I am, currently reading the "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" trilogy by Tad Williams. I recommend it to those who like their books written with very little dialogue and lots of prose, ala LOTR.

And I plug Robin Hobb. The "Live Ship Traders" is awesome.

[olaf]

I'm finishing "the godfather" by Mario Puzo, and I have to say it's awesome. Now I'll have to see the film.

[neko-sennin]

I finished reading Winter's Heart and am now in the midst of Crossroads of Twilight.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b180/scoot_the_koan/scoot_saber_01.jpg

[Ruri]

I just started reading 'The Mill on the Floss' by George Elliot. I read 'Middlemarch' this summer, and I've been wanted to read more of her work ever since.

[Korey]

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman is a good book it's a trilogy.
Most of Peter Corey's books are really funny. If you want a laugh read those books.

[Jef88]

yay i started to read again in 2 years of no novels
got my self
-a clockwork orange (a thin one to begin with :laugh )
-dracula
-frankenstein

[Sakura Kaijuu]

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman is a good book it's a trilogy.

Those books are amazing. I lied and said I hadn't read them before so I could write my English paper on them last year. I almost got to do it on a comic book series by Neil Gaiman. Speaking of:

The Sandman series: A completed comic series published by DC Comics. It was written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by a gazillion different artists he knows.

It's about Dream, the third oldest in the family of the Endless. They are the endless ideas, personifications of ideas that everyone knows to be true: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction (who left), Desire and Despair (twins), and Delirium (who used to be Delight). They won't die until the universe ends. It's a brilliant series and I recommend it to everyone. It's based in fantasy, but it touches on SO many philosophies. I love it.

Anything else by Neil Gaiman rocks out loud (American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere). Same with almost anything by Terry Pratchett.

[Gaara-fan]

I'm just started reading Eldest, and it's really good so far :thumbs

[Beatnik]

im reading Memoirs of a Geisha. Im liking it alot now and i can't wait til i can see the movie.

I didnt have much interest in the upcoming film, I just knew it was being made with an Asian cast which sounded promising. And then I saw the trailer for it a couple weeks ago. The Asian actors (quite a few Chinese playing Japanese) were all speaking in very badly accented English! Couldnt believe it, I guess I'd forgotten how shamlessly imperial American culture is and how evil subtitles are to the general public. You'd think it would be bad enough to put up with a supposed historical epic set in Japan with characters amazingly speaking in English but thats just the tip of the iceberg of inaccuracies this film makes, truly another example of the raping of another culture. Well done Hollywood! Here's (http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/memoirsofageisha.htm) a bit of a rant about it to rival my own.

But anyway, books.


I decided to give Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series a break after finishing book 7 Crown of Swords. The last 5 non-Wheel of Time books I've read have incidentally all been biographical:

Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi by William Scott Wilson
Samurai William by Giles Milton
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation Around the Globe by Laurence Bergreen
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman
My Life by Bill Clinton

I loved this paragraph in Bergreen's book:

On shore, cannibals, only slightly more ruthless than the Captain General, might attack and devour them; on the high seas, a storm might send their ships to the bottom. Desertion was impossible; no one could survive the harsh climate unaided. The only option left to them was a slavish adherence to Magellan's authority, even if it led over the edge of the world.

Last week I re-read Joseph Heller's classic Catch-22 because all this Bush/NSA scandal hijinks made me feel like taking a break from all the seriousness and I was getting bummed out. And now I'm reading James Clavell's Gai-Jin, which is book 3 of his Asian saga which I recommend to you all, Shogun is one of the best books I've ever read in my life.

*passes out*

[Yoshi]

I'm reading Thump!, the latest Discword novel by Terry Pratchett. Despite being yet another book from the Guards series (more Death and Witches please Mr.Pratchett, and ease off the stand-alones!), it's a funny and pleasent read, which I particularly like after not reading the last few ones, for aforementioned reasons.

[Ruri]

I just started reading "Katherine" by Anya Seton. It's a historical novel about Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt. My friend recommended it to me, and so far it's very interesting and well-written.

[aNk0_LaNe]

I just finished The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas


AWESSSSSOOMENESSSSSSS!!!!

(now I can watch Gankutsuou with a critical eye)

[neko-sennin]

Just finished Crossroads of Twilight yesterday, and I finally broke down and got A New Spring.

PS: Over the next 2 weeks, I can't guarantee how often I'll be able to check in here, but I will still try to post at least 3 chapters of the Book of Hondo each week.

[Nakor]

im reading The Golden Compass by philip pullman

its the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy

its really interesting so far, i hope it stays that way.

[NashNinja]

I just finished A Man for All Seasons two days ago.

[mow]

I'm currently reading The Professor and The Madman: A Tale Of Murder, Insanty, and The Making Of the Oxford English Dictonary.

so far, it's rather brilliant.

[Darth Judicar]

I just finished the Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning. Great series, couldn't wait for the next one as I read them...Now, I'm seeing what all the hype is about by reading the Chronicles of Narnia.

[mow]

I just finished the Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning. Great series, couldn't wait for the next one as I read them...Now, I'm seeing what all the hype is about by reading the Chronicles of Narnia.

Oh mate, since you digged Dark Nest (awesome pick, btw :thumbs) , you will love Naria.

I'm currently immersing myself in A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love and Truth and Justice by Raimond Gaita.

Fantasitc look on the nature of humanity via goodness. It's sutle, enthrilling, commpasionate and uplifitng. I'm really liking it alot

[Scared Link]

Horse Heaven, a really intriguing novel.

[olaf]

Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho

I like it, but I'm aware that not everybody will like it, cuz it's very descriptive

[Brandt]

I just finished reading One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick, a former Captain of the USMC. It's pretty good read on what he went through in Afghanistan and Iraq.

If you read One Bullet Away, though, you might also want to read Generation Kill by Evan Wright. Wright was embedded in Fick's platoon during Iraq, so in his book he has a more "broad" view of the whole thing, telling the reader what also happens to other platoons and companies.

I have both books and must say they are great. One Bullet Away and Generation Kill really go well together since they sort of overlap in terms of the Iraq war campaign.

[Ninja Mittens]

My favorite book right now is Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. It's incredibly inciteful and detailed. It totally changed my view on geisha.

[RockLee]

Les Miserables.

Everytime I pick it up and read it, a light enlightens the far reaches of my mind.

Heavily descriptive, it attacks society and accurately describes the struggles of the human mind, and makes for a great suspense novel. Unabridged might exasperate you, but you'll have all of the story in place. Abridged might be quicker, but a bit of the story is lost. Even the boring parts are insightful. This should be required reading, but I doubt students have the patience for it.

Read it now. :rant :yell

[Low-fi Boy]

The Great Gatsby (Not because I have a test on it on the 17th or anything ... >.> <.< ...)

[green tea96]

Twighlight by Stephenie Meyer is a really good book!! It's the best book I've ever read, it came out very recently
Eragon by Chistopher Paolini is good too.

[Spooky_Bunny]

I'm reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

[DemonHiddenInAshes]

I'm reading all 15 slayers novels. half finished with the fifth volume.

[Facade]

I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Fantastic so far!

[Catatonik]

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash

Very sharp cyber-punk. Excellent writing style, great descriptions and he makes the ugly corporate owned US very believable.