What book have you finished recently?

[attackoflance]

Salems Lot - Stephen King

[DominusDeus]

My first ever run through them:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Currently 116 pages into Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Will finish that one off at work tonight, and should be able to get about 30 pages into Goblet of Fire.

[anzel]

Bloodhound - Tamora Pierce

[AlexaStar]

The last book I finished reading was for school and it was The Lord of the Flies.

[Damaris]

I'm reading World's End, by Pablo Neruda.

[bancy]

1984 - George Orwell.
And, because I had to for AP Lit - Native Son by Richard Wright.
I ended up sort of liking it.

[Gardenhead]

Finished reading Stephen Fry's The Liar for the second time. Jolly good stuff.

[ane]

The three Millennium ones. I read them in about two weeks, I just couldn't stop reading.

[-MBS-]

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.

[IsoloKiro]

Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith

Matthew Stover is made of pure awesomeness.

Just finished Bridge of Souls (The Quickening Trilogy by Fiona McKintosh)
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
Sea of Monsters (also by Rick Riordan)

[Lord Yu]

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

[MueTai]

The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy.

The last 200-ish pages are freakin intense, I recommend it, although I still believe that his best book is Rainbow Six.

[Shiron]

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Gecka]

catch-22

just finished it too

[Jeff]

Battle Royale - Koushun Takami

The novel mind you. I loved it, I loved it 50 times more than the movie and just a bit more than the manga. The few parts that were lacking in both the movie and manga were covered extensively in the novel, and the whole sexual appeal of Mitsuko in the manga was downplayed a bit, but it made her seem more civilized (but not much more).

[Comic Book Guy]

The Sandman: Book of Dreams short story anthology (various authors)

[Mangekyou SharingAL]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. An outstanding book, well worth reading.

[Mαri]

The Giver- Louis Lowry.

Good book. Good plot. Good story. Highly recommend it. :quite

[Shiron]

The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[tinhamodic]

Cemetary Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

[Emperor Joker]

Warhammer 40k: Deus Encarmine (Blood Angels book one)

[Comic Book Guy]

The VERTIGO Tarot Book by Rachel Pollack

[tinhamodic]

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

[lovindacullens94]

The book I've most recently finished is The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. Now those are REAL vampires. They don't glitter although they are a bit emotional and angsty.

[Cornwallace]

Finished Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card recently. Now working on the rest of the series.

[RisingVengeance]

I recently finished Book One of The Vampire Earth, Way of the Wolf, by E. E. Knight.

[Hawkins]

I just finished reading A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

If I had to sum it up in one word, I would have said that it was "magnificent". The final moments were a continuous barrage of twists and surprises. Needless to say, I can't wait to devour the fourth book, (and the later books when they release).

Oh and
Damn, weddings are indeed more dangerous than battles :wth

[Lo$tris]

And Then There were None.
A decent and fast read, kept me occupied in my trip.

[Comic Book Guy]

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

[Narutard in footeh jamas]

"Salem's Lot" By Stephen King.

[Emperor Joker]

Forgotten Realms: Neversfall (The Citadels book one).

[Koi]

Good Omens. I enjoyed it immensely. And now I ship AzCro! Whee!

[Comic Book Guy]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Irene Testot-Ferry.

[Gibberish]

Crazy in Alabama. Wasn't what I expected, but it was still a pretty good book on racial discrimination.

[Onomatopoeia]

Making Money - a Discworld book starring Moist von Lipwig who >you.

[Sawako]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

That book was good. I can see why people like it.

[Nae'blis]

Stephen King's Gunslinger.

Now I remember why I stopped reading this guys books: so bloody silly and a pain to read. It's hard to take something seriously with characters who spit on people while doing cartwheels over their heads.

[PwnagerxSasori]

About one month ago...I finished Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney. I had nothing else to read, and the books in the stores were not my type.:wink

[tinhamodic]

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

[Corran]

I think my last book was Nightwatch by Terry Pratchett.

I love me some Sam Vimes :grin

[Alex.]

Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking - Aoibheann Sweeney.

[Chee]

The Sandman: The Doll's House

[kazuri]

Just finished shadow of the giant. Halfway through the dark tower 4, damn its good, my favorite one of the series by far.

[darkblossom]

Just Like That by Marsha Qualey.

[Lυ Bυ]

Deadhouse Gates by Stephen Erikson.

[Lo$tris]

Finished reading Assassin's Apprentince by Robin Hobb, FINALLY! Finishing the book have been a hard task, I was forcing myself to read. Of course I'm not going to bother with the remaining books. I felt nothing for the main character (or any other character) and the magic system (if it can be called such) did not interest me at all. Over all, a waste of time.

[Crimson Dragoon]

R. Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye

Good book

[Hawkins]

Just finished A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin.

Dang, now I have to join the legions of fans for the next part of the series.

[Tyrael]

Red Wolf Conspiracy - Robert V.S. Redick

Wasn't as good as I wanted it to be-most frustratingly so, because the last one hundred pages or so proved that the ingredients were all there and was pretty damn epic. The author has a strange habit of having the major events happen off-screen then have other characters tell them about how exciting and important it was. Weird structuring choices tarnished the novel heavily, but the conclusion managed to be great enough that I'll probably check out the sequel. He's a newcomer to the writing business-with enough luck he'll make an Abercrombie type leap into awesomeness.

[Dattebayo-chan]

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee.

It's a classic so I thought it was about time I read it. It was a nice story about life in Alabama, USA during the 1930's. The book brings up interesting topics like predjudice and racism, very interesting and a good read.

[Rakkushimi-YT]

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte.

[Ema Skye]

The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer

Stefan :cry

[Nae'blis]

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion. I felt like reading this today for some reason :S

Darkly Dreaming Dexter. I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting when I picked this book up, but it didn't deliver.

Goblet of Fire. Now it's basically confirmed that this is my favorite of the series.

Terry Pratchett's Sourcery. "A sourcerer is born - a wizard so powerful that by comparison all other magic is just mucking around in pointy hats." Not as brilliant as the previous ones but still beyond epic and amazingly funny.

David Eddings Pawn of Prophecy. lol, Nazgul seem to be appearing in every fantasy book I read. Tolkein wrote a good outline for the genre.

Aeschylus' Persians.

[Comic Book Guy]

If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell

[Mider T]

Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky

[Lord Yu]

The Briar King by Greg Keyes

[Hancock]

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erickson

[Bad Milk]

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

I always revisit SL5, which I supose is a rather Tralfamadorian thing to do. :P

[Milky]

Eragon by Christopher Paolini, which I finished yesterday. That was only my second time rereading the book since its release years ago, which I regret now.

Love this series; nearly 200 pages into rereading the second already. :iria

[Comic Book Guy]

Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009 by J. Randy Tarborelli

[ninjaneko]

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.

Finally got to reading this. I couldn't put it down. At one point I accidently lost my hold and the book closed, and I scrambled crazily to find my place again.

[Shiron]

Finished reading the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle yesterday.

[Lord Yu]

The Charnel Prince by Greg Keyes

These series is pretty good so far. Good but it's missing something to make it great instead of just good.

[Emperor Joker]

A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

[Anjali]

Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

An amazing book.

[Nimander]

Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind.

I'm beginning to understand where the immeasurable fan hatred for the series began. But for some reason I can't put Naked Empire down:(

[Disko]

Just finished reading The Celebutantes on the Avenue.

[Hawkins]

Just finished Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

A wonderful experience =)

[Nakor]

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

[LunaNightingale]

Trinity Blood: rage Against the Moons Pulp Fiction novel.

[~Ageha~]

interview with a vampire, the vampire lestat, queen of the damn, and memnoch the devil all the books are by anne rice

[vervex]

interview with a vampire, the vampire lestat, queen of the damn, and memnoch the devil all the books are by anne rice

:hehee Did you like it? :awesome






Just finished Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. Liking the series a lot so far. End of Dead Beat as a bit "too much" though. But entertaining nonetheless.

[~Ageha~]

:hehee Did you like it? :awesome






Just finished Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. Liking the series a lot so far. End of Dead Beat as a bit "too much" though. But entertaining nonetheless.

ya they where good books. i like anne rices style. the vampire lestat and memnoch the devil.i just bought blackwood farm. i have also read pandora and vittorio the vampire, i actually read this 2 first.

[Laurens]

Tsar by Ted Bell
a must-read i tell you, one of the best books i read in years !

[Nae'blis]

Matthew Lewis' The Monk: A Romance.

hahahahahaha wow what an awesome ending to a book. It was golden, I'll read it again in the next month just so I can truly appreciate and fap to the ending.

[vervex]

ya they where good books. i like anne rices style. the vampire lestat and memnoch the devil.i just bought blackwood farm. i have also read pandora and vittorio the vampire, i actually read this 2 first.

Blackwood Farm is one of the last though. You should read them in order for more understanding and sense :)

[~Ageha~]

Blackwood Farm is one of the last though. You should read them in order for more understanding and sense :)

ya i need the the tail of the body thief, the vampire armand, merrick, blood and gold and the last one blood cantice.

[Stroev]

The Great Train Robbery by Michael Chriton(sp?)

This is the second time I've read, still great.

[Nakor]

Deception Point by Dan Brown

Gearing up for the Lost Symbol

[Sen]

Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton :byastars

Pretty good actually, I enjoyed it. :3

[Kirsty]

Slightly Sinful - Mary Balogh :love

[Sakura Bloom]

Impulse ~ Ellen Hopkins.

[kazuri]

Just finished dexter by design. Was a lot better than the last one. The ending could have been a bit longer/exciting though.

Back to reading the wolves of callah, the dark tower five.

[Nakor]

Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly

[killinspree42099]

harry potter and the goblet of fire

[Nakor]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

[Comic Book Guy]

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

[Comic Book Guy]

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.

[Comic Book Guy]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[Nakor]

Darksaber by Kevin J Anderson

[xenopyre]

finished The shadow of the Hegemon Orson scot card

[Lord Yu]

The Blood Knight - Greg Keyes

I'm kinda bored with series now. The Author's style doesn't carry me through a tetralogy.

[Tyrael]

Halting State - Charles Stross

Worth reading for the concepts alone; to be honest, the characters and plot were engaging, but failed to keep up with his technical imagination. I was impressed with the usage of second person, which blended seamlessly with his very well rounded style. Later on the way virtual reality and reality began to combine in a totally realistic way was particularly impressive - none of the horror/fantasy Lain style stuff here. The plot was suitably convoluted for what turned out to be a political thriller, and overall it's not going to blow anyone away but was definitely a worthy read.

Also:

The Scar - China Mieville

The Ninth Circle - Alex Bell

[Comic Book Guy]

Still Alice by Lisa Genova.

[Sakura Bloom]

Identical ~ Ellen Hopkins

[Anjali]

"Happiness" by Denis Robert.

It's very, very sexual.

[Emperor Joker]

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book one)

fucking loved it.:thumbs

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Planet of Twilight by Barbara Hambly

[psycheofthewoods]

I finally finally read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair (ooth by C.S. Lewis). I suppose they were better than the first 2 books of the Chronicles of Narnia...:S but overall the series is nowhere near as good as people say it is.

[Tyrael]

K.J. Parker - The Company

In my search for new fantasy books, I've always been meaning to check out KJ Parker. He seems to suffer from the annoying tendency that a lot of fantasy authors do; the curse of the trilogy. So when I stumbled upon this stand alone novel it provided a big incentive to get my ass into gear.

The story goes like this: recently retired from the army, General Teuche Kussenin tracks down his four companions from his time during the war and offers them a proposition. Come with me and colonise an island. This is a story that deals with life on a gritty level, the hard work and strain, and it deals heavily with the actual logistics of such a move and the generally unglamorous work of farming. It's a patient book with a lot of detail - arguably too much detail. Arguably, the detail could be construed to actually get in the way of the story.

The thing is, I get the feeling that the detail is what makes the story what it is. Not a swashbuckling glamorous tale. Not a story of high adventure. Variously, Lynch and Abercrombie and plenty of other new comers to the fantasy genre have been accused of being too dark and not bright enough; truth is, they still write a very romanticised and darkly glamorous form of fiction. It is The Company - like the similarly titled Black Company - that really has lost any spark of heroism. Although I do have one nitpick: the way that the characters are often referred to by either their first or last name with no real pattern and considering all five are introduced pretty suddenly, that means you've got ten names (often pretty complex names at that) to deal with. Makes engaging with them a bit harder than it needed to be.

So why should read such a book, if it's basically just people farming? The characters. I'm going to stick my head out on this one, but bloody hell: this is the best characterisation I've come across in any fantasy novel. The balance between flaws and virtues, what is left unsaid and what you are told, is all finely crafted. It is in the characters that this story comes alive.

Very consistent, and wearing tone. From the first sentence the book has an oppressive feel. Even before the five friends meet, there is the feeling of a building tragedy. For many people, this is probably a bad thing, but it conveys the tone of the lives of the main characters.

This odd is definitely an odd one; it's very strengths are the things that would put readers off. For myself, I found it a meticulous and affecting story. Even if the ending was, a tad on the predictable side, it was still fantastic.

[Elijah Snow]

I've finished

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Norwegian Wood by Hiraku Murakami
1984 by George Orwell
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

over the course of two weeks or so. I should be finishing The Reivers by William Faulkner by today

[Ema Skye]

Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane... I hate this book

[Goku1003]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
MAX By James Patterson

[Emperor Joker]

Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion book 1) great read, I love the concept of the Shrike.

[1mmortal 1tachi]

Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama(its his autobiography)

It was really good, I would recommend it.

[dolphinabottle]

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Found it to be terrible. Climax is chopped off, if it could even be deigned to be called a climax at all. And the ending was a major let down, and I'm not even a real fan of the series. Though I suppose others would find it satisfactory, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

[Tyrael]

Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut Jr

[Celebrianna]

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Short Stories -- Robert Stevenson.

[Mαri]

'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Harper Lee

I'm astounded at how well the author ties all the lose ends in the book. Was a good read. Definitely easy to pick up and hard to put down :ano .

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Found it to be terrible. Climax is chopped off, if it could even be deigned to be called a climax at all. And the ending was a major let down, and I'm not even a real fan of the series. Though I suppose others would find it satisfactory, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

Lulz, it leaves the feeling of aids in your mouth after reading it. It is, afterall, the aids of literature :zaru .

[ArAshI-sensei]

I'm currently reading,

Laws of magic from Terry Goodkind.

He writes rather interesting.

[Emperor Joker]

Warhammer 40K: For the Emperor (Ciaphas Cain Book 1) by Sandy Mitchell

[Nakor]

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy

[breakbeat oratory]

,said the shotgun to the head by Saul Williams.

[Comic Book Guy]

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Thackeray.

[Ivyn]

Making Money by Terry Pratchett. I love this guy. <3

[Yasha]

The Silmarillion

The most beautiful and epic book I've ever read.

[Sasuke_Bateman]

Our Little Secret by Duncan Fairhurst

Didn't really feel bad for him when It looked like he was jealous at the fact his dad was raping other boys

[Emperor Joker]

Pyramids (Discworld Book 7) by Terry Pratchett

[DominusDeus]

My first ever run through them:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Currently 116 pages into Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Will finish that one off at work tonight, and should be able to get about 30 pages into Goblet of Fire.

Continuing on from there:


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Ground Zero, A Repairman Jack Novel

The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown

Legion Of The Damned, book 1/8 (so far) of the Legion series, by William C. Dietz
The Final Battle, book 2/8 of the Legion series

And am currently into book 3/8 of the Legion series, By Blood Alone.


Impatiently waiting for the next Harry Dresden book, and wondering when I can get started on the Jack Reacher series of books...

[killinspree42099]

harry potter and the order of the Phoenix

[Dattebayo-chan]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (original title Män som hatar kvinnor "Men who hates women"), by Stieg Larsson.

It was a different story and genre compared to what I usually read, but it was good. I liked the main characters and the whole thriller drama was interesting. Even though the story was dark, it had a few funny moments.

[Elijah Snow]

The Reivers by William Faulkner
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

both were fantastic

[Nakor]

The Raid by Leo Tolstoy

[Emperor Joker]

The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time Book 1) by Robert Jordan

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Outcast (Fate of the Jedi Book 1) by Aaron Allston

[Comic Book Guy]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.

[Nae'blis]

^ I looked at that book sitting on my desk the whole weekend, lol. Never could bring myself to read it.

Bram Stroker's Dracula

[Emperor Joker]

Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.

[Nae'blis]

the Gathering Storm

:rage

[CBACS]

Perfume by Patrick Süskind.

[Emperor Joker]

Forgotten Realms: Blackstaff Tower (Waterdeep Book 1) by Steven E. Schend

[darkangelcel]

Immortal by Gillian Shields

[Emperor Joker]

Forgotten Realms: Swordmage (Blades of the Moonsea book 1) by Richard Baker

[Sen]

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Hurston

[Big Boss]

The Great Gatsby, finished it earlier today. Great book, definitely recommend it to everyone.

[Anjali]

"Brief Einer Unbekannten", by Stefan Zweig

[Zhang_Fei]

The Game - Neil Strauss

very interesting to read about pickup artists.

[Pacha Batofar]

The Secret-Rhonda Byrne

Read this book completely for the second time [uni >_>] last month and this video pretty much says everything I have to say about that book:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEagNNXfRW8

[Emperor Joker]

Guards! Guards! (Discworld Book 8) by Terry Pratchett

[Nae'blis]

Stephanie Meyer ~ New Moon & Eclipse
Michael Pollan ~ Omnivore's Dilemma
Robert Jordan ~ the Shadow Rising

... i really needed a distraction these past couple of days. :sag

[Catags]

Finished yesterday : The Lucifer effect, Phillip Zimbardo.
About to finish : Catch 22, Joseph Heller (Yossarian lives!)

[Darth]

"The Amulet of Samarkand" by Johnathan Stroud.

A great fantasy read. I recommend it to you all.

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Omen (Fate of the Jedi Book 2) by Christie Golden

[Hawkins]

1984 by George Orwell

:wtf

[zantha]

the women in white, i didnt really like it, it took me to long to get through.

[Alex.]

100 strokes of the brush before bed

Well written..but the topic isn't really that great...it's all about sex sex sex.

[Nimander]

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson:gar

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Abyss (Fate of the Jedi Book 3) by Troy Denning

[Orochimaru Kusanagi]

Power of the Witch by Laurie Cabot.

[Emperor Joker]

The Lightstone by David Zindell

[Mαri]

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee :zaru .

[Nae'blis]

Stephen King ~ The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon


John Ajvide Lindqvist ~ Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in).
After the first read I like the film more than the book (screenplay was written by the author too), but if fleshes out the characters more and is great in that regard.

[Akumaru13]

Maximum Ride: MAX by James Patterson

[1mmortal 1tachi]

The Jupiter Theft by Donald Moffitt.

It was written wayy back in 1977, and is Arthur C. Clarke-esque. Not bad, not bad.

[1mmortal 1tachi]

The Arms Maker of Berlin by Dan Fesperman.

Its told from the perspective of the present, but mainly about events which occurred during WW II. Pretty good.

[Kamishiro Yuki]

Quo Vadis - Henryk Sienkiewicz

[Tobirama]

Stephen King ~ The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

What did you make of it?

[olla86]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Great book!! I like it!

[TenchiOfTheMist]

Winds of Dune- Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert

[nanni]

Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom

[Comic Book Guy]

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.

[Goku1003]

Dexter In The Dark, by Jeff Lindsay

[kazuri]

Finished up The Dark Tower, and The Running Man.

The dark tower, great series, everyone that likes fantasy stories should definitely read it.

The Running Man. I originally bought it thinking it was another story from Steven King, "The Long Walk" is what I wanted. It was still a pretty good book. The ending was good, but I wish it would have went a different way when he met the girl in the air car. Still worth reading and decent ending.

[Goku1003]

Just finished Christine by Stephen King.

[South of Hell]

Catch 22 By Joseph Heller.

What can I say? Fucking epic.

[Ashiya]

Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice

[Mattaru]

Iain Sinclair, London Orbital.
Loved every page of it. Those familiar with the M25 or just the area around London in general, will do so too. Although it's a bit... 'overwritten' as much as I hate using that phrase.

[Proximus]

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

[Nakor]

Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

Another masterpiece.

[killinspree42099]

shadow of the hegemon by orson scott card

[killinspree42099]

shadow puppets by orson scott card

[Emperor Joker]

Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book 2) by Steven Erikson

[Sabu935]

The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver.

[Emperor Joker]

Reaper Man (Discworld Book 11) by Terry Pratchett.

[Ellerina]

The Last Siege by Jonathon Stroud.

[zoro_santoryu]

Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare

[Tyrael]

Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

Still trying to decide which one I like better. :hmm

[Emperor Joker]

Forgotten Realms: The Fall of Highwatch (Chosen of Nendawan Book 1) by Mark Sehestedt.

[osakachan]

Nectar in a Sieve by some female Indian author I don't remember :( stupid english class

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Before the Storm by Michael P. Kube-McDowell

[Chee]

Memoirs of a Geisha by some dude.

[Ōkami]

The Silmarillion J.R.R Tolkien. x3

[Sen]

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison :hurr

Awesome but really sad book.

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Shield of Lies by Michael P Kube-McDowell

[krome]

Hiroshima by John Hersey

[halfhearted]

Here Comes the Sun by Tom Holt

This novel seemed to be a string of clever ideas lumped together because they sort of had similar bases; like a bunch of transcribed sticky notes posted on a "Silly ideas about spirituality and metaphysics as a corporate business" message board. With that said, there were satirical elements that obviously lampooned the British corporate system, as well as those which playfully mocked religion and politics. But, the criticisms were often quickly brushed aside in favor of quips that weren't all that funny. Overall, I think that the chief problem for the book besides the superficial cleverness was a lack of fluency and integrated storytelling.

Or, maybe, I'm just not British enough to catch all of the cultural references that are being made and secretly binding the tale together. But, probably not.

Another big problem for me was something that was on the book jacket: a critic who compared the book to Douglas Adams' work. Now, it's not that I place the aforementioned author's work on a pedestal (or, at least, it's a relatively short pedestal), but his writing tends to be very tight. The number of deadlines he's purported to have missed shows that a lot of time went into each title's creation. The reason this was such a problem was because it caused the lack of tightness in Holt's writing to be so evident. The pretentious stand-up comedian humor fell even flatter. And, the wit seemed empty without a good enough straight man around in the story to point out the joke; not to mention how (s)he might have been able to parce together a better rise and fall of action.

Anyways, I didn't dislike the book. But, I didn't like it and was often irritated by how it fell short of real potential. In a lot of ways, it reminded me of the kind of writing that students throw together the night before a paper is due when they've put off getting it done until then. Hopefully, the other novel I purchased as a part of his set will be better.

[Emperor Joker]

The Warrior Prophet (Prince of Nothing Book 2) by R. Scott Bakker

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Tyrant's Next by Michael P Kube-McDowell

[Magus]

Finished Wizard and Glass by Stephen King a week ago. Pretty good read. I wasn’t phased by the things that turned off many other readers of the DT series.

Haven’t moved on to my next book, yet.

[Emperor Joker]

Monster by A. Lee Martinez

[Marisuki]

Story of a Girl

[Nakor]

Star Wars: The New Rebellion by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

[Cardboard Tube Knight]

Just finished Looking For Alaska by John Green. Nice read.

[Amnesia]

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. I was entertained. Especially by the calender sayings.

[Comic Book Guy]

Adam Bede by George Eliot.

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia by Roger Macbride Allen

[QuoNina]

Stuff White People Like
I Actually just caught this. Maybe 1/8th of my whiteness came from NF. lol

The alchemist
Can def understand the wind part better now...

[Noda. B]

A Time of Angels and Slaughterhouse 5

[Shadow]

Beat the Reaper

[halfhearted]

Odds and Gods by Tom Holt

It was definitely better than Here Comes the Sun. Not only were the jokes funnier, but it felt like the author was dealing with a subject they had a better understanding of and could build off of without coming off as gimmicky. Plus, the ridiculousness of pretty much every single god (excepting those which were centered in South America and Asia) sounding and acting like they were British while having massive amounts of real facts and ideas brought up concerning them from a cultural standpoint was amusing in the same way Monty Python historical spoofs are amusing.

Female characterization was a bit misogynistic; but considering the use of religion as a framing device for the story, I suppose that is to be expected. I don't think that it's symptomatic of Holt's work as a whole, though, considering the fact that the lead character of Here Comes the Sun was basically a strong and competent female character bordering on Mary Sue with her ability to organize and lead the cosmos better than any of the immortal wageslaves who had been mucking it up thus far.

Overall, Odds and Gods was a good read. I might even reread it sometime in the near future, if only for the Scandinavian gods banter and Frey being such a wonderful irritant to Thor and Odin.

[Prendergast]

finished rereading the things they carried. it has a lot more relevance to me now than the first time i read it in high school

[Sabu935]

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain,a little bit better than Step on A Crack I must say.

[Jayka]

I just finished Victor Hugo's Les Miserables :)

[zoro_santoryu]

1/16 of Three Kingdoms

[Comic Book Guy]

The Educated Imagination by Northrop Frye.

[Emperor Joker]

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

[halfhearted]

Swallowing Darknessby Laurell K. Hamilton

So, I'm pretty pleased to see that Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series is going the opposite route of her Anita Blake series in how it develops one of its qualities: sex scenes. Rather than having nothing beyond flirtation at the beginning with a basically celibate main character who gradually and for various supernatural reasons becomes incredibly carnal to the point where most of the books are spent detailing her sexual misadventures (and there's even a side book that was a complete waste of money due to being pretty much nothing but; yeah, Micah, I'm looking at you :/) and what made the series so great is completely lost to repetitive gratification exercises while dynamic characters turn static in the process, Meredith Gentry dealt with sex from the start but has gradually begun to phase it out. (/run-on)

Most of the novels now deal primarily with battle and political maneuvering rather than boning in the sexual sense. In fact, there was so little of it in Swallowing Darkness that the two scenes which were included felt a bit awkward and out of place. There wasn't any real integration with the rest of the book, so much as them just being there.

Because of their reduced nature, the title of the novel even made less sense to me. At one point, she does want to swallow Darkness in the sense of performing fellatio on Doyle. But, it's interrupted for more politicking and never completed; so, she never actually does the swallowing in even a figurative sense by the end of the novel, despite her mentioning bedroom activities with him. Then again, perhaps, the fact that she had to put that aside for other concerns was the point of the title, if so then I heartily approve.

Anyways, as for the rest of the book, the prose could be a bit more purple than was necessary at times. But, overall, it has grown increasingly down-to-earth over time while still retaining its tremendously silly flights of fancy; I especially love how over-the-top the sidhe designs continue to be. One of my favorite characters, Sholto, received a lot more attention in this book, which was nice. And, despite its other flaws, it has a quality which somehow draws me in as a reader. Maybe it's the rhythm of her writing, but something about Hamilton's storytelling pulls me forward through her books more than most regardless of content.

[Vampire Freak]

I'm not sure if I can ever finish the fascinating book I am reading right now.
It contains some of Edgar Poe's work, it's a "Read till your eyes bleed" kind of book.
-sigh- Beautiful.

[Pringles]

Winter Moon by Dean Koontz

[Kirsty]

An offer you can't refuse - Julia Quinn :33

[Goku1003]

Storm Front by Jim Butcher. Best book I have ever read.

[Comic Book Guy]

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, translated by Francis Steegmuller.

[Emperor Joker]

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

[Voynich]

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara about the battle at Gettysburg. Borrowed it from Jove while I was visiting and next time I'm over in the US we plan to visit Gettysburg :amuse

[PeachGummi]

I just finished Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. It was good, but I like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies better.

[halfhearted]

Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton

At first, it seemed like a good majority of my past complaints with how she has developed the series were being answered in a realistic way. But, before too long, it became just as bad, if not worse than all of the past releases. Extremely repetitive scene-writing and unnecessary victimization of the main character by nearly everyone to the point where you just want to say, "I get it! People don't like how she lives her life. Please stop shoving the same exact conversations and conflicts down my throat." Plus, while the series used to have a real strong message for female empowerment especially as regards sexual expression, it's become pretty much the opposite as of late. And, the story is no longer even close to as important for its character development and narrative as compared to how it basically structures monotonous and formulaic sex scenes.

In the end, it just reaffirmed how sorry I am that I ever started the series in the first place, since I feel obligated to see it to the end.

[Comic Book Guy]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, translated by Alison Anderson.

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber

[1mmortal 1tachi]

The Secret of Selecting Stocks for Immediate and Substantial Gains by Larry Williams.

Awesome reference for investing.

[Lonely Soul]

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (book 2 of The Hunger Games). Awesome!

[JustPimpin]

Brothers In Arms (book 2 of the Raistlin Chronicles) - Dragonlance series.

[Hiroshi]

The latest one I've read was Catching Fire.

[Sagara]

Metamorphosis - Kafka

[Comic Book Guy]

Stardust by Neil Gaiman.

[Reich]

Metamorphosis - Kafka
one of the best novella I´ve ever read, Kafka was a genius
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I just finished Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. Took me very long to understand his lines and intensions. I really love such books with philosophico-historical content and the way Hobbes describes the human nature.
Leviathan, The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes which was published in 1651. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. The publisher was Andrew Crooke, partner in Andrew Crooke and William Cooke. It is often considered one of the most profoundly influential works of political thought ever written.

In the book, which was written during the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil war — situations identified with a state of nature and the famous motto Bellum omnium contra omnes ("the war of all against all") — could only be averted by strong central government.

[kazuri]

The stand.

Oh wait, no I'm not, its about a million pages long.

[halfhearted]

Beating the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Hilariously dark. But, even with the humor, there was still an amazing build of tension in dramatic scenes; the action was brilliant, and the violence was at the perfect level for a crime novel to my mind. Overall, it was the first time in a long time that I can remember a book putting me as on edge as this one did during certain scenes, while still making me laugh out loud.

Characterization was also great and incredibly dynamic, especially as regards the main character. Despite the many angles taken (i.e. mafia, medicine, Holocaust, etc.), the narrative never felt scattered. All-around a very good read; I'm still impressed that this is the author's first novel.

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Street of Shadows (Coruscant Nights Book 2) by Michael Reaves

[Pilaf]

I read:

The Animal Activist's Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Activists-Handbook-Maximizing-Flashpoint/dp/1590561201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262391427&sr=1-1)

Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls: Deviance and Youth Subcultures (http://www.amazon.com/Goths-Gamers-Grrrls-Deviance-Subcultures/dp/0195396669/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262390960&sr=8-3)

Straight Edge: Clean-Living Youth, Hardcore Punk, And Social Change (http://www.amazon.com/Straight-Edge-Clean-Living-Hardcore-Social/dp/0813538521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262391509&sr=1-1)

The Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City (http://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Infernal-City/dp/0345508017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262391540&sr=1-1)

[Kamishiro Yuki]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Currently reading E. Bulwer Lytton - The Last Days of Pompeii. Nice book.

[Anjali]

Justine by the Marquis de Sade

[jkingler]

Heh. Dorian Gray here as well. Also, Franny and Zooey, The Stranger, and a few others I can't recall. (Currently reading The Once and Future King and The Mists of Avalon. Quite a bit of difference between the two, of course, and I am enjoying their divergences.)

[Hiroshi]

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks.

[TWF]

Word Bearer series - Book III: Dark Creed.
Sons of Dorn - Book I.

[FemmeBot]

Just finished House of Leaves by or Mark Z. Danielewski and now reading "Last Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko

[Fallopian Tube Knight]

A Long Meaningless List by All of the Above

[Kuromaku]

House of Leaves and A Clockwork Orange. Definitely worth the time I spent reading them.

[Ashiya]

The Time Traveller's Wife.

One word. Poignant.

[Kamishiro Yuki]

E. Bulwer Lytton - The Last Days of Pompeii

finished it.

[Jayka]

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

[Baks]

Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.

[Nakor]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

[Emperor Joker]

Warhammer 40k: Caves of Ice (Ciaphas Cain Book 2) by Sandy Mitchell

[(º '.' º)~]

War Horse :geg

[Alex.]

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

[Mia]

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

[Goku1003]

Cell by Stephen King. It was really good.

[Alex.]

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini ( finally :33 )

[Nakor]

Star Wars: Vision of the Future by Timothy Zahn

[Emperor Joker]

Star Wars: Dynasty of Evil (Darth Bane Book 3) by Drew Karpyshyn