What Are You Reading? Part 2

[Ishtar]

It's been a while since we had the last What Are You Reading? thread, and Kury gave me the ok to start up a new one. So, what have you been reading recently? As for me, I have completely been in a Harry Potter mood lately. I read the new book, Deathly Hallows, when it was released. However, after I finished Deathly Hallows, I have decided to re-read all seven books starting with the 1st book. I am already near finishing the 2nd book, Chamber of Secrets.

[purplehairedwonder]

Boo, I was so going to do this. At some point... possibly o.o;;

Anyway, I'm reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman right now. I'm hoping to finish the trilogy before school starts since I get very little time to read once the semester starts. I'm also reading The God Delusion by Richward Dawkins on and off. I really need to finish that ><

I recently finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling, Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris, Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris, and Phantom by Terry Goodkind.

[JAG]

I got Deathly Hallows on sunday night, finished in monday night, then I re-read the novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith for the third time.
Now I'm reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the fourth time.

[Storm Eagle]

Since I'm done with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I'm working on The Catcher in the Rye. I found a copy of it at Barnes & Noble on a table the night they were going to release Deathly, and I just snatched it up on a whim.

Catcher is supposed to be a classic, and I've never read it until now. Sometime back when I lived at home, I saw a copy of it lying around the house. I just never brought myself to take some time to read it. I knew it was a classic, so I knew I just had to read it one day.

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in four days. That's the fastest I've ever finished any Harry Potter book the first time I read it. I started the book last Saturday, I was up to the 17th chapter by Monday, and was reading it on and off at work on Monday. When I left work, I was already up to the 23rd chapter. Then I finished it around 1:30am on Tuesday. I seriously didn't think I'd finish that fast, and I had all day to read when I got home. It's also meant to be the final book, so I figured I might as well just get it over with. I'm also happy to have gone through all seven books without ever getting spoiled.

[Areku]

Well I just brought( Did I spell that right? ) a bunch of books.

Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
Slaughterhouse-Five
1984
and Brave New World

I read Animal Farm in a few hours ( Great book but much too short ) and I just started reading Fahrenheit 451

[Gatomon41]

Currently finsihing off Robotech: Battlecry novel omnibus, as well as C.S. Lewis Perelandra. Read some Chesterton and Sheen in bits and pieces.

Currently bought the Encyclicals of John Paul II, and hoping to start that soon.

[ToOn~g@l]

I'm still on Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. Probably won't finish it for another two weeks, I just like to take my time reading the books.

[BlackCat]

I've just recently started reading James Clemens. I just finished Shadowfall, which is the first book in his new series, The Godslayer Chronicles. I'm currently looking into some of his older series and his work under the pen name, James Rollins.

[asphaltviking64]

Re-reading vol. 11 of bleach while endlessly waiting hoplessly for my bleach vol. 18 and 20 to get to my camp.

[DBZNarutoWarrior]

Like everyone, I'm reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollow.

[Kurokawa41]

BLEACH Vol. 20
D. Gray-Man Vol. 6

[Vermunium]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Game of thrones
Dark Elf Trilogy

[The Avatar]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows and reading A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe.

[Lazerboy5000]

I going to be reading Harry Potter, but I have to buy it first. :p

[simpsonsfan]

the new Harry Potter book.
Edit: I finished it last night and it took me 7 days to finish it. :zoidberg:

[Areku]

Oh wow, am I the only one who's not reading Harry Potter :confused:

[RedNinja84]

I'm starting Harry Potter over again. So I am in the middle of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

[Lazerboy5000]

My little sister is borrowing Harry Potter 7 from her friend, but she hasn't even finished 5 or 6 yet. And she was like "I'm so confussed" and I was like "DUH, maybe you should read 6 before you read 7"

DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kurokawa41]

Oh wow, am I the only one who's not reading Harry Potter :confused:

Nope. I'm not either.

[Kury Wagner]

Random shounen manga, "Jesus Did it Anyway," and I'm sort of reading, "Saying it Out Loud" by Joan Abelove.

I've got two other books sitting here that I want to start reading. "Wenny Has Wings," by Janet Lee Carey, and "The Secret Twin" by Denise Gosliner Orenstein.



Oh wow, am I the only one who's not reading Harry Potter :confused:

Nope. I'm not either.Well, kids, it is one of the most popular books/series ever. Such an amazing number of people reading DH was to be expected.

[Kurokawa41]

Yeah... I kinda already assumed that. I was just saying that I happen to be one of the people who isn't reading it.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Watchmen.
Sandman.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Oh, and Frank Herbert's Dune. Heard so much about it, I put it on my iPod and I'm working my way though it now.

[Gatomon41]

Oh, and Frank Herbert's Dune. Heard so much about it, I put it on my iPod and I'm working my way though it now.
Ah Dune. At first, it might seem dated by todays standards, but once you contiune reading it, you get drawn into the world. Though, I think Herbert's "The Dosadi Experiment" was a much better novel.

[Lazerboy5000]

I going to be reading Harry Potter, but I have to buy it first. :p
I just got it the other day, but my mom has been reading it because I haven't found the time to start yet becuase of swimming. But swimming ends today and I'm thinking about starting it on Tuesday (I'm going to hang out with one of my friends on Monday becuase we haven't hung out in 3 months :p)

[Kury Wagner]

Ever get a book and start reading it only to find out it kind of sucks? Yeah, I have that problem right now. I'm reading Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly. I don't really like it at all, but if I start a book, no matter how bad it is, I always try to finish it. D=

[Gatomon41]

Ever get a book and start reading it only to find out it kind of sucks? Yeah, I have that problem right now. I'm reading Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly. I don't really like it at all, but if I start a book, no matter how bad it is, I always try to finish it. D=
I did: The Dune Prequeals I couldn't stop read, despite how bad they got.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Currently rereading Death Note volume eleven, then I'll move on to volume twelve and then I might start rereading...I don't know, actually.


I'd like to reread Eyeshield 21 but I don't have all of the volumes. Shoot. Oh well, I could always finish reading Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, and Confrontation...I'm still reading it for the forth time...

[purplehairedwonder]

Ever get a book and start reading it only to find out it kind of sucks?Yep, The Golden Compass *ducks*

Also, I'm still reading The God Delusion. ><

[Hanshotfirst113]

Not fond Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, huh?

[Michael24]

I got The Complete Calvin & Hobbes for Christmas, and I've finally gotten around to starting in on Volume 2.

I'm also currently rereading John Christopher's Tripods trilogy for about the fifth or sixth time. I love that series and would love to see a movie adaptation, done properly, of course. Not that "combining all three books into one movie" rumor that was going around a few years ago. I'm hoping all these fantasty books getting made into films in recent years will spell good things for Tripods in the future.

Also picked up Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: Allegiance a week ago and hope to start in on that sometime soon. Was glad to find another OT era SW book.

[purplehairedwonder]

Not fond Northern Lights/The Golden Compass, huh?I hated Pullman's writing style, for one thing. And the story felt like it had a lot of potential that it never expounded on. And the ending was wtf? I'll probably read the other two since I'm a completionist, but it just felt like a chore getting through the book.

[M?sterious]

Call of the wild, The Bronze bow, Hobbit

[DarkAngel]

I'm about to get started on So Say We All, a "collection of thoughts and opinions on Battlestar Galactica" edited by BSG's own Richard Hatch. I'm not sure what to expect. I'm sure some of the selections will be better than others, but it should be a fun and thought-provoking read overall. Right now, I'm most looking forward to Hatch's essay "From Battlestar to Battlestar."

[Hanshotfirst113]

I did: The Dune Prequeals I couldn't stop read, despite how bad they got.

Yeah, I've...not heard good things about them, to put it mildly.


Call of the wo;d, The Bronze bow, Hobbit

Ah, The Hobbit. Tolkien's most enjoyable and accesible novel. I keep hoping that God will smile upon me and give Peter Jackson the chance to direct it. Please lord...please...

[Gatomon41]

Yep, The Golden Compass *ducks*

Also, I'm still reading The God Delusion. ><
For an interesting counterpoint, read The Dawkin's Delusion.


Also picked up Timothy Zahn's Star Wars: Allegiance a week ago and hope to start in on that sometime soon. Was glad to find another OT era SW book.
Ah, Tim Zhan, one of the Best sf writers out there. I'm looking foward to read Allegiance when I'm done with my current books.

Just got a book on the history of philosophy, and I'm thinking of starting that.

[JAG]

I'm planning on getting Alliegence soon, and Republic Commando: True Colors when it comes out.

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I'm going to start reading 'Perks of being a Wallflower' again for the third time because I love it so much that every now and then I have to read it again and remember it.

[Ishtar]

As I said, I am re-reading all 7 Harry Potter books. I have just finished the 3rd book, Prisoner of Azkaban, so I should now be starting Goblet of Fire.

[WolfieKiwi]

Right now I'm reading Frankenstein, and it's not all I thought it would be...

[Gatomon41]

At last I am done with Robotech: Battlecry! Now starting on the second Omnibus, as well as reading the History of Philosophy.

[purplehairedwonder]

Picked up from the library today: Rhapsody: Child of Blood by Elizabeth Haydon. I need a new fantasy series to try with the His Dark Materials not turning out as well as expected, so we'll see how this one goes.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Right now I'm reading Frankenstein, and it's not all I thought it would be...

It's very, very different from the Frankenstein which the movie have made for decades.

[Lazerboy5000]

you know, I'm suprised XTAP isn't reading Harry Potter 7.
So many people die.

[Kurokawa41]

No, see, I read the spoilers, then I don't have to worry about grinding through anything else in the book. :p

[ToOn~g@l]

Right now I picked up John Grishams The Rainmaker, so far its really good. The pace is a little slow but he still makes it interesting enough to keep reading.

[Aizen]

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, rereading 6 books (I don't have the first one) and I have just started on deathly hallows 2-3rd chapter.
Other than that I am also reading The Bluest Eye, Dance Hall of the Dead, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Apart from Malcolm X, the others are boring and I am only reading because of summer reading homework...)

[jrh31584]

Just finished V. by Thomas Pynchon, just started Gravity's Rainbow.

[Stuckey]

Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk

[Damien]

Still plowin' through Ian Fleming's original 007 novels. I have three chapters left in Thunderball. Then, it's on to The Spy Who Loved Me.

[purplehairedwonder]

Now that I'm back at school, I've got some assigned reading:

The World's Religions by Huston Smith for my World Religions class.

And currently in my Mythology class we're reading The Epic of Gilgamesh.

[silverfox1027]

Plato's Republic. Not exactly fascinating reading, IMO, but I want a bit of a headstart before I get back to school.

[Kury Wagner]

I'm reading an absolutely lovely book right now called The Reader. It's by Bernhard Schlink. Postwar Germany, secret affairs, beautiful imagery and wording. May be the best book I've read all year, and I'm only half-through it.

[Magmafire2374]

Plato's Republic. Not exactly fascinating reading, IMO, but I want a bit of a headstart before I get back to school.

I can't imagine most people wanting to read it cover to cover for leisure. I read almost all of it for a poli sci class. Very interesting when you're in the mood, but it can be very boring and a chore if you are not in the mood.

Socrates' dialogue can get tiresome after a while though. Like seriously.

[Ishtar]

I'm continuing my attempt to re-read each Harry Potter book in order, and I'm currently in the middle of Order of the Phoenix.

[Tanooki]

I'm continuing my attempt to re-read each Harry Potter book in order, and I'm currently in the middle of Order of the Phoenix.
i think a lot of people are doing that now that the final book is out. i'm only in the middle of prisoner of azkaban

[silverfox1027]

I can't imagine most people wanting to read it cover to cover for leisure. I read almost all of it for a poli sci class. Very interesting when you're in the mood, but it can be very boring and a chore if you are not in the mood.

Socrates' dialogue can get tiresome after a while though. Like seriously.

Yeah, I'm only reading it for my Contemporary Civilization class. It's not bad, but like you said, you have to be in a certain mood to enjoy it. Unfortunately, I'm rarely in that mood. :shrug:

Aristophanes' Clouds has forever ruined Socrates for me. No matter how hard I try, I just can't take him seriously. :sweat:

[Jacob T. Paschal]

I got through about fifty some odd pages of Culture Warriors last night alone. It's quite a exciting read because it feels like I'm watching The Factor, but instead it's in book format...and I'm not watching, I'm reading!!!

[Ishtar]

i think a lot of people are doing that now that the final book is out. i'm only in the middle of prisoner of azkaban

Yeah, except honestly, I now wish I re-read the 1st 6 books right before the 7th book came out. Oh well, but it's interesting reading the events of all 7 books now knowing everything that's going to happen till the very end.

[Skeeter]

I tend to juggle books I read: I'll start one, put it down and leave it for a while and pick up another, then put that one down and either start a new one or go back to the first one.

Right now I'm about halfway through Ghosts of War by Jeff Belanger. I always get on my "ghosts and haunted houses" bender around this time of the year what with Halloween about two months away. So far the book is interesting, but the author tends to expound more on the history of the reportedly haunted sites rather than the ghost sightings themselves.

I'm also slowly working my way through J.D. Robb's Witness in Death. Which reminds me I checked out Purity in Death via interlibrary loan three weeks ago and I still haven't started it.

And I started Kingdom Keepers back in...oh, June I think. Have yet to finish that one.

-Kim

[Harlan_Phoenix]

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. For my American Lit class, we had to choose a book by an American author. I choose this one, arguably the densest book chosen out of all of us (I'm a High School Junior, so that may be why).

[Damien]

Let us know how that goes. It's supposed to be great, but I've personally heard it's bloated and not all that good.

Taking a break from the 007 novels and resuming my reading of Frankenstein, which I started taking a break from almost a year ago. Not far to go. I don't know why I stopped.

[Ishtar]

Well, I'm continuing my Harry Potter spree with Half Blood Prince. However, I have also started to read another book. I am now reading Perks of Being a Wallflower, which Sam recommended. So far, I love it though. >_>

[Rolling Cloud]

However, I have also started to read another book. I am now reading Perks of Being a Wallflower, which Sam recommended. So far, I love it though. >_>

I read that book, it was a good one.

*nods*

[Vermunium]

I just started on Any Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and am continuing Tolstoy's War and Peace, as well as reading Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

[Prdgn]

The Bob Dylan autobiography, Chronicles and the Preacher series

[Kurokawa41]

The Da Vinci Code, for our school's dumb "Book It" program...

[Aizen]

Marvel and DC comics, and I think I am going to read a book soon for my school.

[Ishtar]

Well, I finally finished my Harry Potter re-reading spree with Deathly Hallows today. Yay!:)

[purplehairedwonder]

Picked up God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens and The End of Faith by Sam Harris today since I finally finished The God Delusion earlier this week. Those'll be my leisure reading for a good while.

I also just finished The Iliad and am now reading The Odyssey for my Mythology class.

[Gatomon41]

Began reading St. Aquina's Suma Theologica and continuing Sheen's Life is Worth Living, to contiune developing academic background.

[mookie75]

This thread has been away for awhile, but I'm assuming it's more acceptable to resurrect threads like this one.

I've been reading Bram Stoker's Dracula and I just had to say that I've been loving this book. I've been a bit of a vampire fan ever since I read Salem's Lot back in high school (and wow, can I see that King drew heavily from this book now that I look back on them both), and this is definitely a great vampire story.

Does anyone know if the concept of vampires was well known back in the day when Stoker wrote this book? I've been trying to imagine reading it from the viewpoint of a person that doesn't know all the tell-tale signs of vampires. How awesome it would be to read this without already knowing what the Count is all about. I could only imagine the shock that came for some people when the truth of the story's events began to emerge.

I've enjoyed so many of the characters; they are quite vibrant. Especially Mina, Johnathan and Lucy (poor Lucy! :crying: ). I have to say though, that Van Helsing is nothing like the Hugh Jackman character. (kidding!) :p

I know there are a few Dracula movies out there...do any of them do justice to the source material?

[D Dubbs]

I can't imagine most people wanting to read it cover to cover for leisure. I read almost all of it for a poli sci class. Very interesting when you're in the mood, but it can be very boring and a chore if you are not in the mood.

Socrates' dialogue can get tiresome after a while though. Like seriously.

Well, having recently read the book, I found it pretty hilarious. Socrates is so full of himself, it's ridiculous. XD

But seriously, I actually liked the way Plato presented his ideas. The dialogue aspect made it much more entertaining than just coming straight out with his philosophical beliefs, even if most characters were used as a tool to continue the discussion.

I also like how no civilization in history has actually ever put Plato's Republic to the test. But I guess it's so out of the ordinary that I shouldn't really be surprised.

Anyway...

I recently read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zaf&#243;n over break...and I absolutely loved it. It's beautifully written and intriguing, yet horribly devastating at the same time. I would read it for eight or more hours at a time and was nearly in tears by the end. That's how good it was.

[purplehairedwonder]

Yay book thread. Reading ftw /English major ;)

Anyway, I'm reading:

School-wise: Pride and Prejudice (Brit Lit), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare), and Shakespeare Alive (Shakespeare)

Leisure: God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (been sitting in the middle of the book for ages) and I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

[Lazerboy5000]

I was reminded that I haven't finished Harry Potter 7 yet.

People are shouting out spoilers, and not giving me warning.

Guess I should try to finish it.

[SSJPabs]

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
(http://www.amazon.com/Osmans-Dream-History-Ottoman-Empire/dp/0465023967)

[Tenku]

I recently bought Only in Death of the Gaunt's Ghosts by Dan Abnett, and I just finished it. Now I'm going back through all of the GG books, all 11, I think.

Omnibus's and all.

[RogueFanKC]

Currently, I'm reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (people advised don't bother seeing "The Golden Compass" movie since the book's better).

I may also want to try The Kite Runner afterwards since I've been hearing so much praise about it...

[Han Ji-Eun]

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. Can't help it, I like the guy.

[WolfieKiwi]

Reading "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess for extra credit in English.

Seriously, this book is messed up. And unfortunately, it's one of those "so bizarre it's interesting" books, making it hard to put down. ...So it's so insane that it's good. /:

[ToOn~g@l]

Currently reading Deception Point by Dan Brown. It took me a while to get into it but now its getting interesting.

[Angilasman]

I'm going to try (try I tell you!) to do the 50 book thing this year. I've already read God Bless You, Mr. Rosweater (by Kurt Vonnegut) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (by Hunter S. Thompson) and am now reading Something Like and Autobiography (by Akira Kurosawa).

Pretty good for less than 2 weeks in.

[Lazerboy5000]

Bump…

I’ve been reading a lot of books in Modern Lit. I’m currently reading a book called The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It’s pretty good, but sometimes it gets a little descriptive and it make me kind of nervous.

[Gatomon41]

For my Vaules of Japan class, we're reading a ton of Japanese classsics. We just got done with Kokoro and Naomi, which pervide insight in late Meiji era and the 1920's of Japan. Currently finishing Snow Country, which is confusing and perceptual.

[purplehairedwonder]

Let's see, next up for Brit Lit is Howard's End (we've been reading the poetry of Barbauld, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats). For Shakespeare I've read since my last post: Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, and we're currently on Twelfth Night. Comedy of Errors has definitely been my favorite of the comedies so far.

[JAG]

I'm going to be ordering a few books off of Amazon.com tonight or tomorrow. Probably Godzilla Returns by Marc Cerasini, and either Death in the Long Grass or Death in the Silent Places, both by Peter Hathaway Capstick. Has anyone here read either of the Capstick books? If so, which one do you reccomend?

[Baltofan]

This Donald Duck book.

http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c302/Baloo_bear/

[Hanshotfirst113]

Lovecraft. Heard a lot about the guy, figured I might as well see.

[Punisher]

Reading a lot of classic stuff, just finished rereading The Iliad and I've also gotten through The Epic of Gilgamesh. In addition to these I read some tales from The Thousand and One Nights.

[Angilasman]

Okay, since my last post:

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
I Am America (and So Can You) by Stephen Colbert
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Wampeters Foma and Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

[mookie75]

Right now I'm switching between Grimm's Fairy Tales and I Am Legend. Black House is currently on deck and will be up to bat soon.

[Daphne Blake]

Bookwise: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (I'm going through them in order now, seeing if I can find clues I didn't see before, I was reading 'An Interview With a Vampire' but I stopped to so this)

Comicswise : Sam & Max: Surfing the Highway

[J'onn J'onzz]

I finished Animal Farm yesterday, had been reading it since Sunday... it was awesome. Before that I read Hitchens' "god is not Great". And I've been reading To Kill A Mockingbird for English.

[Frozen]

Lovecraft. Heard a lot about the guy, figured I might as well see.

And are you likin' it? Let us know...

Me? I'm reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. By Christ, it's dull... :eek:

[Gatomon41]

Our Vaules of Japan Profewssor rocks. He's having us read the "Barefoot Gen" manga as an assignment.

[Azrael24]

Currently reading Deception Point by Dan Brown. It took me a while to get into it but now its getting interesting.
thats what im reading, i started a few days ago and im almost done. i love his books

[Lazerboy5000]

I'm on my Thrid book in Mod Lit this semester. I am now reading The Body of Christopher Creed. Another good book. I really like it so far.

[unknown hero]

Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain By Betty Edwards

[JAG]

Okay, I got Godzilla Returns in the mail two days ago, and finished it. It was pretty good. Not phenomenal or anything, but a decent Godzilla story. I may have missed a few things here and there, but it seemed like had a few small plot holes. That's to be expected, though. The other two books I've read by this author (Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla at World's End) had their share of minor issues. They're still easily the best Godzilla novels around, though, in my experience.

[Gatomon41]

thats what im reading, i started a few days ago and im almost done. i love his books

Yeah, fanfiction is better read in print than on-line.

[Angilasman]

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.

[Punisher]

Me? I'm reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. By Christ, it's dull... :eek: I haven't read that book in years, but I remember the ending was pretty awesome.

As for me, I'm not really reading anything, I picked up A Patriot's History of the United States way back in December, but since it reads like a text book with huge conservative influences, it's been hard getting through it. It's pretty good, despite the authors taking every opportunity to mention how religion led to one great decision or another(except in the case of Jefferson of course), but the book is really informative, and overall a good read, and the statement on the back is proven true "That, compared to other countries, America's past is a bright and shining light".

Also sort of reading The War: An Intimate History. A huge documentation of how four towns in America and its citizens, from men who served to those who worked in factories, were affected by World War 2. It details the brutality of the Japanese, the heroics of the 442nd(the all Nisei regiment) and racial tensions at home and on the frontlines. Really great book, every page is litered with rare pictures, from victims of the previously mentioned Japanese brutality on the Death March to the D-Day landings, and more. I'd recommend this to anybody, but having an iron stomach is suggested. The descriptions given by veterans are pretty graphic(example: one pilot who had been walking along with the army in France jumped into a foxhole when suddenly attacked, and he landed on at least a week-dead German. It took him until he got out of the foxhole when the pilot realized he was holding the dead man's spinal column).

[SuperStantzio]

I'm reading the Complete Personlized Promise Bible.

[BartWinkle]

A book written back in 1980 which I bought at a Half-Price books store, "Radio In The Television Age" by Peter Fornatele. It once belonged to a library of a Pittsburgh radio station.

[Angilasman]

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. It's only the second Discworld book but already I feel a vast improvement about 70 pages in (though I did enjoy The Colour of Magic); The Unseen University, talking trees, Death enjoying a party- which is really going to go downhill at midnight when the others are expecting him to take off his mask.
:D

[Patchwork]

I finished Vonnegut's Mother Night a couple of nights ago. Fantastic, beautiful, book.
Right now, it's Welcome to the Monkey House, also by Kurt Vonnegut. And also fantastic.
After that, it'll most likely be Sharp Teeth, from Toby Barlow


Yeah, fanfiction is better read in print than on-line.
Everything is.
If I were able to print out fanfiction on a regular basis, if I had enough ink and my printer didn't take 25 seconds a page, I'd do so in a heartbeat. Words have more bite and more soul when you can smell the ink on them and feel the texture of the pages between your fingers as you turn them.

[Angilasman]

I finished Vonnegut's Mother Night a couple of nights ago. Fantastic, beautiful, book.
Right now, it's Welcome to the Monkey House, also by Kurt Vonnegut. And also fantastic.

Good call(s)!

Read God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater yet?

[RogueFanKC]

I finished reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope (it actually was not as boring as I expected and a bit insightful) and Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Oh God, I can and will recommend The Kite Runner to everyone who loves to read and to please choose the book over the movie (and it will tug at your heartstrings).

I'm now starting on and will complete:

Fell by David Clement-Davies (I loved his stories since The Fire Bringer)
Hellboy: Emerald Hell by Tom Piccirilli
Curse of the Bane: Book 2 of The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney (I actually got hooked after reading the first book, The Spook's Apprentice)

After this, I may give Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns a try and a friend also recommended The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Happy reading everyone. :)

[FightingDreamer]

Continuing my recent Neil Gaiman binge: Sandman Volumes 2-6, from my library. Sandman is awesome. If you didn't already know that (like myself), now you do.
I also re-read Watchmen recently, and it remains a flawed (put the torches and pitchforks away) but nonetheless great work. Why do I say flawed? Because I cannot stand Alan Moore's female characters. They're whiny, shrewish, and annoying. You may feel free to express your disagreement with me through PMs, as I would not want to derail this thread.

[Harvey Two Face]

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and other Tales of Terror

By Robert Louis Stevenson

[The Old Maid]

I'm "reading" some history collections from a great publisher called The Teaching Company. The publisher records college professors doing their "greatest hits" of lectures/classes. Highly recommended.

[purplehairedwonder]

I thought I'd bump this thread for summer reading. So, what's on your plate for summer reading?

I finally got New Moon by Stephanie Meyer after reading Twilight about a month ago. I expect it to last me *counts* probably a day.

[Lazerboy5000]

Ah yes. I'm giong to re-start reading Harry Potter 7. I couldn't quite finish it up last summer and I didn't get a chance to read it during the shcool year. So my sister is going to bug me to death to read it before I get hauled off to college.

[thedanmachine]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque.

[Ryusuke]

The Things They Carry by Tim O'Brien

[mookie75]

The Things They Carry by Tim O'Brien

I loved that book.

I've been slacking on my reading lately because the Wii has been distracting me. :o

I've got Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub on deck to read, and I've still been reading a Fairy Tale from the Brothers Grimm here and there, but they are starting to get somewhat tiresome....

[Tanooki]

decided to get "the lord of the rings" another shot after a failed attempt a few years ago. too many words not fitting into a grammatical context i'm familiar with

glad i decided to read them, though. a good story, although there's way too much detail about the lay of the land. "the green rolling hill at the foot of x mountain, which is crowned with a golden cap in the failing light of a misty dusk, was covered in y, a flower of the z elf tribe which grows beautifully during a cool spring morning when the summer is not far behind" ...so did somebody get hit with an arrow on that hill? or why is it so important?

[purplehairedwonder]

As I guessed, I finished New Moon in a day and I'm over half-way done with the third book in the series, Eclipse. After that, I'll actually have to look for something to read.

[Solitude1]

Just finished reading, Eclipse. Can't wait til Breaking Dawn.

Now I'm finishing up Preacher. Bought the last two volumes an hour ago. Hoping not to fall asleep damn it. I love this series.

[Zombies8MDingo]

Just finished Catcher In The Rye, loved it too.

No desires to go after the remaining Beatles either thankfully...

[mookie75]

I read the Weapon X trade paperback for old time's sake today. We're talking the Barry Windsor Smith book here....

[Hanshotfirst113]

Now I'm finishing up Preacher. Bought the last two volumes an hour ago. Hoping not to fall asleep damn it. I love this series.I've always wanted to read that series, but my library doesn't carry it, and I have a funny feeling that I know why :sweat:.

I've planned on getting into the Stephanie Meyer series for a while now.

Currently have my iPod audiobooks up for Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, which I'll be starting after I finish with Stephen King's Carrie, which I'm listening to currently. I also read a few selections from King's Skeleton Crew, among them The Mist and The Monkey.

Also read the 30 Days of Night TPB (talk about underwhelming), Grant Morrison's JLA run, and I'm starting Gaiman's Sandman series.


decided to get "the lord of the rings" another shot after a failed attempt a few years ago. too many words not fitting into a grammatical context i'm familiar with

glad i decided to read them, though. a good story, although there's way too much detail about the lay of the land. "the green rolling hill at the foot of x mountain, which is crowned with a golden cap in the failing light of a misty dusk, was covered in y, a flower of the z elf tribe which grows beautifully during a cool spring morning when the summer is not far behind" ...so did somebody get hit with an arrow on that hill? or why is it so important?

Tolkien is very, very much an acquired taste. He's very literary and baroque at times. I've read bits and pieces of the trilogy, and I'll eventually be listening to the whole thing on audio. The Hobbit is far more accessible, IMO, than LOTR. Tolkien is definately not for everybody, and if he's not your cup of tea, it's completely understandable (I like him better in doses), but I think that his influence on the genre is well beyond a doubt.

I also finished the His Dark Materials trilogy.

[Kat Pryde]

I've just finnished reading Vera Chapman's The King's Damosel, and I'm currently reading The Once and Future King by White. Also bought myself Stewart's The Merlin Trilogy on amazon.I'm obviously interested in the Arthurian Legends lately :anime: (but that all goes by ignoring the fact that I'm also reading the official sequel to Peter Pan at the same time, hahah...)

[Vyse]

In anticipation for Volume 12, I have been re-reading Claymore throughout the month just like what I did before Volume 11 came out. I finished reading Volume 11 yesterday. I also came to a conclusion that Helen is by far my favorite Claymore. Even though my firstborn daughter will be named Clare (after the main character), Helen has made a claim in my heart with her attitude and her expressions, especially around Jean (another Claymore) in Volume 10.

As for what I'll read next, it will probably be a mix of Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Witchblade: Takeru, I Am America, and maybe Battle Royale.

[Solitude1]

Finally finished Preacher. Awesome series. Can't wait for HBO to make this a hit tv show as well.

Now I'm reading Club Dead. Its the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse vampire mystery. Which is strangely enough also being turned into a tv show for HBO. Heh.

[purplehairedwonder]

Now I'm reading Club Dead. Its the third book in the Sookie Stackhouse vampire mystery. Which is strangely enough also being turned into a tv show for HBO. Heh.Really? Awesome. I just finished All Together Dead, actually. Now I want to read the next one, but I'll wait for it to come out in paperback.

Up next: Persuasion by Jane Austen.

[Juu-kuchi]

Currently I'm reading Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity by Bruce Bawer.

[Ullar]

Right now I'm reading Dubliners, Perelandra, Starship Troopers, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

[WolfieKiwi]

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

I ended up finishing New Moon while on the waiting line for Breaking Dawn with my friends. Funny thing was I held off buying a copy because with summer reading and a whole fresh 600 pages of another twilight book before Breaking Dawn itself...well it's a lot. :sweat:

And I'm barely halfway through Eclipse...

[Kat Pryde]

Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

I ended up finishing New Moon while on the waiting line for Breaking Dawn with my friends. Funny thing was I held off buying a copy because with summer reading and a whole fresh 600 pages of another twilight book before Breaking Dawn itself...well it's a lot. :sweat:

And I'm barely halfway through Eclipse...


Enjoy reading Eclipse :) In the past week I've read the three books, two days each, and my eyes had hurt for a few hours time x3

I've (FINALLY!) just started reading Breaking Dawn, 24 pages into the book now, 4:40 a.m. pacific time, almost 29 hours after getting my hands on it :sweat:

Ahem, go Team JACOB! :D

[purplehairedwonder]

I've (FINALLY!) just started reading Breaking Dawn, 24 pages into the book now, 4:40 a.m. pacific time, almost 29 hours after getting my hands on it :sweat:

Ahem, go Team JACOB! :D D= Team Edward all the way, yo.

*cough*

My copy of Breaking Dawn is being shipped from Amazon, so hopefully I get it in the next few days.

In the mean time, I'm still finishing up The End of Faith by Sam Harris and have yet to start Persuasion by Jane Austen ><

EDIT: Instead, I'm reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer while I wait o.o;;

[Gatomon41]

Working on "the Electronic Christian: Essays By Bishop Fulton J. Sheen". It's a great collection of alot of Sheen's writings, including "Old Errors with New Labels".

I'm also working on Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" series. Book one, "Shadow of the Torturer" is an amazing character study, set in an an amazing and entropic world. You feel the twilight and ancientness of Urth from the Torturer Severan's memiors.

[Gatomon41]

Right now I'm reading Dubliners, Perelandra, Starship Troopers, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

Perelandra, another fine work by Lewis. Have you read Lewis' "Out of the Silent Planet" too?

How far did you get in Starship troopers? What do you think about it?

[Patchwork]

Just started Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox

[lemonhead75]

I've been slacking lately...

Next, I'm either going to start the Harry Potter Series again, Huckleberry Finn, Call of the Wild, or the Maximum Ride Series( I only have the first 2 books).


For the record, I have read a lot more than your average 14 year old.

[purplehairedwonder]

Finished up The Host and have since moved on to Breaking Dawn... both by Stephanie Meyer. <3

[GCFyouthcamper]

I just finished reading a classic. Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." Now I want to find that old black and white movie adaptation.

[Light Lucario]

I just finished reading a classic. Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." Now I want to find that old black and white movie adaptation.

That's a good book and the movie is one of the few movie adaptation that I've seen that actually have turned out well.

As for me, I've spent a nice long summer reading a lot of books. I just finished reading The Year of The Fog by Michelle Richmond. It was a nice read and I was basically happy with the ending. I'm not sure what I'll read next. I may re-read one of the books that are gathering dust on my bookshelf.

[Patchwork]

"The Automatic Detective" - A. Lee Martinez

[purplehairedwonder]

Back to school edition bump:

Multi-Ethnic American Lit class: Tracks by Louise Erdrich

Leisure: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

I wanted to get Wicked, but it was checked out at the library, so I'll start with this one.

[Antiyonder]

I recently checked out The Eseential "Rampaging Hulk" Volume 1 as well as Volume 1-2, 5, 16, 21 and 23-30 of Ranma 1/2. Definitely going to buy my own copies of the manga later on.

[Light Lucario]

I decided to read more of Mave Binchy's work, which I normally enjoy. While Tara Road is well written, I am remembering why it is my least favorite of her books that I've read. Oh well. I think it gets better later on. After I'm done with that, I'll probably try to read something new or see if one of the books that I've been waiting for has actually come out yet.

[ToOn~g@l]

For the first time I am reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer because some of my friends would not stop talking about it and I had to see for myself. It's an okay read so far I am enjoying it. I will eventually end up reading the sequals since right now I have a whole line of books that I plan on readin first.

[Lazerboy5000]

I'm going to be reading a lot of book this semester. My CORE class is starting with something called The Human Experience.

[Lazerboy5000]

Gensis. We're reading it in depth in CORE.

[Aces 21]

Have been reading and re-reading these books I got in the past few months:

-Writing Treatments that Sell-converting stories from script to screen and getting into the television industry.

-The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting 2nd Edition-like Treatments above.

-Drawing with your Artist's Brain-Drawing Techniques

-The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Basics-like Drawing Techniques

-Manga for Dummies-pretty self-explanatory

-Manga Matrix-guidebook for creating characters, beasts, and creatures.

(Noticing a trend here?)

[mookie75]

I just finished Black House (Stephen King and Peter Straub).


I'm not sure what is next. I may have to make a trip to the book store tomorrow. I still have some unread Grimm Fairy Tales, but I'm tired of reading those for the time being....... :shrug:

[GWOtaku]

I'm reading my way through Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein.

[Fresh V]

School just started. First book in my AP English class is The Great Gatsby.

[J'onn J'onzz]

I've been reading some Hunter S. Thompson stuff lately. Primarily Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 although I've also been reading The Great Shark Hunt. I'm reading the story about him running for sheriff of Aspen right now.

[Bloody Marquis]

I'm reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Good Omens.

[Lazerboy5000]

I think I've read 3 book since I've last posted, all for homework.

Past Read:
A Long Way Gone
Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave"
Persepolis

Currenting Reading:
The Glass Castle

I have liked all those book to a degree.

[Hanshotfirst113]

The Shining by Stephen King.

[purplehairedwonder]

School-related: Kindred by Octavia Butler (really, really liked this one) and currently Elijah Visible by Thane Rosenbaum.

For fun: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

I just wish I had more free time to read outside of school. I have a backlog of books once I get this one finished.

[Juu-kuchi]

Currently I'm trying to get through While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer.

[Gatomon41]

Recently reading "The Bluest Eye". It's a good book about terrible circumstances. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it gets worse.

[Juu-kuchi]

Recently started on Voltaire's Letters Concerning the English Nation and George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

[Vyse]

I've been reading Men With Balls: The Professional Athlete's Handbook, by Drew Magary, for fun. It's vulgar, profane, 100% false, profane (seriously, it's not for those with a low tolerance for it), and one of the funniest books I've ever read.:D

[Radical Raven]

I just finished David Eddings "The Belgariad" and now I'm starting to re-read my old copy of "Darth Maul: Saboteur"

[WolfieKiwi]

The Chocolate War By Robert Cormier

It's interesting but the main characters' constant suffering and abuse by others can get irritating to read. I do like one particular quote in the book. "Do I dare disturb the universe?"

[pcuse5]

Losing It: --And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time by Valerie Bertinelli

[purplehairedwonder]

An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan

It's the first book in a series that tells Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy's point of view. I <3 me some Mr. Darcy.

[Aclaim]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Strangely enough, this is the first time ever that I am reading this book.

[WolfieKiwi]

I recently finished The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier and now I can safely answer the "What is your least favorite book" question after all these years. Props to the book for being realistic but to me, the wriitng failed to keep me interested. (With the constant use of metaphors in the book and reminders that the main antagonist was an enigma and a "bastard" I felt I was reading the same sentences over and over again.

*exhale"

Okay, so now I'm reading "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom and it's a officially a turnabout from the state of disappointment The Chocolate War had left me in. I'm about halfway through it---cannot put this book down!---and once I finish I'll be looking into his other hit, "Tuesdays With Morrie"

[Radical Raven]

I went to the library today, gave the old woman behind the counter twenty bucks, and am finally able to get some new books!

I got a Lloyd Alexander I hadn't read before ("Prince Jen") and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" whcih I put off reading because of how much I hated Tom Sawyer. Oh, and my school is making me read "Candide":sad: .

[Prof. Mecavio]

I vaguely remember "Prince Jen", that was the Lloyd Alexander novel set in a fictionalised version of feudal China, right?

As for me, I'm currently reading "Great Excpectations" by Dickens, when that is done I believe I will re-read "The Count of Monte Cristo". After all, it has been over ten years since I last 'participated' in monsieur Dantes' revenge-scheme and I'm likely to have forgotten alot.

[BlackCat]

Into the Dark Lands by Michelle Sagara (West)

I'm picking up some of her early work as this series was recently republished. It's the first book in the Sundered Series and it's off to a great start. She has published under Michelle Sagara and Michelle West, but this one is a little different from her later work.

[Radical Raven]

I vaguely remember "Prince Jen", that was the Lloyd Alexander novel set in a fictionalised version of feudal China, right?

As for me, I'm currently reading "Great Excpectations" by Dickens, when that is done I believe I will re-read "The Count of Monte Cristo". After all, it has been over ten years since I last 'participated' in monsieur Dantes' revenge-scheme and I'm likely to have forgotten alot.

Yup, I'm near the end now. It started out fairly generic but actually got really good the farther I got.

[purplehairedwonder]

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini, aka book 3 in the Inheritance Cycle ^_^

I just finished An Assembly Such As This, but our library doesn't have the second book in the series, so I have to wait for it to come in from another library.

[EvilRaven]

How to survive a zombie attack.

[Bloody Marquis]

Well, I recently finished The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. And it's one of the best books I've read in a long time.

So now, I'm thinking about either reading Stardust or The Golden Compass.

[All Star Blitz]

Trying to get into Triss from the Redwall series but I just c an't seem to get myself to read anything lately.

[lemonhead75]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by uuuuuuuuh...I can't believe I forgot his name again...

[Bloody Marquis]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by uuuuuuuuh...I can't believe I forgot his name again...
Mark Twain.

[lemonhead75]

Mark Twain.
Yeah, thanks. I read it once before but now I have to read it for school. It's good, but once King and Duke are introduced I think the story goes downhill.

[AdamYJ]

Oh, and my school is making me read "Candide":sad: .

Oh, Candide is great! Really funny satire if you know your history.

Anyway, as usual, I'm immersing myself in folklore. This time I'm reading Legends and Tales of the American West, edited, told and retold by Richard Erdoes.

Maybe I'll read a novel next for a change of pace.

[purplehairedwonder]

Finally finished up Brisingr (waiting for the final book is going to drive me nuts), so up next is Duty and Desire by Pamela Aiden, the second book in a trilogy telling Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy's point of view.

[purplehairedwonder]

BUMP!

Finally finished up Brisingr (waiting for the final book is going to drive me nuts), so up next is Duty and Desire by Pamela Aiden, the second book in a trilogy telling Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy's point of view.Finished up Duty and Desire and am moving onto the book my brother got me for Christmas: Anathem by Neal Stephenson.

I also received Tales of Beedle the Bard for Christmas and read that the same day.

[Bloody Marquis]

Currently starting the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman and Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

[jph139]

Just started up How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove. Can't wait to really dive in - the Civil War is one of my favorite subjects, and alternate history is one of my favorite genres. Perfect combination. :D

[SaMaster14]

The novel Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte.

[purplehairedwonder]

With school starting, I had to put off reading Anathem because it was going to take me a good bit of time to get through. Since then, though, I've read Confessor by Terry Goodkind (final book in the Sword of Truth series).

Currently, my leisure book is Harry, A History by Melissa Anelli.

For my just-started African Lit class, we're reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (how have I gone this far in education without reading this?).

[Radical Raven]

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Too much...too much...

[Bloody Marquis]

I've been reading Fences and Death of a Saleman in English class. And I'm more than 3/4 through The Golden Compass. So far, it didn't live up to my expectations. But it's still a good book.

[Radical Raven]

Ehhhhh, I try not to read religious-politically motivated books, with the only exceptions (so far...) being the Chronicles of Narnia and Animal Farm.

[Yusuke Urameshi]

Funny, I read animal farm the other day as well.

I'm currently not reading anything, I have to take a trip to my library and see what I can find.

For now though, Im reading bleach vol.1 and naruto vol.26

[The Cartoon]

I'm starting to read some classics. I just finished Wizard Of Oz and I'm not sure what I'm going to read now but I'm leaning toward Alice In Wonderland.

[Light Lucario]

I just finished reading Inkdeath last Sunday before I went back to school. Man, that was a great trilogy. As for now, I'm reading Frankenstein for a class I'm taking this entire month. I read back in my second year of high school and I loved it. It will be fun to read the book again after all this time.

[jph139]

As for now, I'm reading Frankenstein for a class I'm taking this entire month. I read back in my second year of high school and I loved it. It will be fun to read the book again after all this time.

I absolutely LOVED Frankenstein. The film most people doesn't do it justice - it's simply a fantastic book, that raises a lot of interesting moral and philosophical questions. Even though it contains of the flaws most older books have (entire chapter recapping the story and welding together every loose end in one fell swoop anyone?), it's a stunningly readable story, even today.

[Comics_the_QB]

To get ready for the movie:

The Tale of Despereaux. It's actually pretty good. But judging by the trailer, the movie is way different. Anyway, I'm loving it. I also wanna read more books suggested in the Greatest Book Thread.

[Radical Raven]

I'm starting to read some classics. I just finished Wizard Of Oz and I'm not sure what I'm going to read now but I'm leaning toward Alice In Wonderland.

Fun Fact: L. Frank Baum (the Oz Guy) hated anything Done by Lewis Carrol (The alice guy), saying that his books were "pointless".

[Bloody Marquis]

Ehhhhh, I try not to read religious-politically motivated books, with the only exceptions (so far...) being the Chronicles of Narnia and Animal Farm.To be honest, I haven't seen that much of a religious overtone in the book. But I did hear it gets more evident in the sequels.

Also, I picked up Death: The High Cost Of Living today at Borders.

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I don't read very much, but I recently started The Kite Runner and I haven't been able to put it down since. It's one of the most amazing books out there. I absolutely adore the way it's written, and the characters are just fantastic- the relationship between Amir and Hassan brings me to tears. I feel like it should be a true story and I often forget that it's not. I seriously love this book.

[WolfieKiwi]

I recently finished reading Little Prince; an overall sweet and entertaining novel. You could even say it's like a childrens book for adults if you consider the adorable drawings of the narator.

As of right now, I'm reading two books; one assigned for English class and the other for Book Club. The first is All Quiet on the Western Front. So far, the book and movie have little to no differences in them. If this continues....then I am going to absolutely hate reading towards the end. >>

The second book is called Equss. ...All I can say about this one is: move over A Clockwork Orange.

[TheTerror]

I have been reading "Infinity Gauntlet" an older Marvel TPB from back when I loved Marvel and everything about it, it was a fun read and I decided to pay it a revisit.

[Plo_Koon]

I just finished Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson. Now I am on Page 66 in the sequel and it is great.

[Gatomon41]

Currently reading the "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The U.S. Speical Ops Forces." Why, because SpecOps is always an interesting subject. But what I dig about this book is that it actually goes through the history of SpecOps and how it develops.

Also, I've been reading small parts of a variety of books, including a "Chesterton reader", "Life is Worth Living", Chrono Crusade, and some sf books.

[Bloody Marquis]

I finished Coraline this morning. So now, I'm planning on reading The Subtle Knife.

[The Cartoon]

It only took me a couple hours to finish Alice In Wonderland. I've decided to read Inkheart since the movie is coming out soon and so far it's great.

[ToOn~g@l]

I'm currently reading Inkheart By Cornelia Funke. It's a fun book and I really want to see the movie, it looks like they will be changing a lot but then again I am only halfway through the book. So I will have to wait and see.

[purplehairedwonder]

Finished up Things Fall Apart and, well, things fell apart.

I'm currently rereading Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind because I want to compare it to the "Legend of the Seeker" TV show based on the work... that and I just want to read the whole Sword of Truth series over >.>

[Bloody Marquis]

And now, I'm at the beginning of the end of the His Dark Materials trilogy by starting the Amber Spyglass today.

[Lazerboy5000]

2nd semester CORE, so I was reading There Eyes Were Watching God. The dialect is incredibly tough.

[Radical Raven]

Just started Gulliver's Travels. Yeah, I know, I'm like 1000 years behind the rest of the world:sweat:

700 pages into Sherlock Holmes. That smartass is starting to get on my nerves.

[purplehairedwonder]

2nd semester CORE, so I was reading There Eyes Were Watching God. The dialect is incredibly tough.That might be a bit difficult to get through, but it's really really good.

Currently reading The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta for my African Lit class. There isn't much joy in this book.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Just finished Jane Eyre. Thank God for Sparknotes, because it's hard to crack the Victorian-era linguistic code, but the storyline and style of the book are really very interesting. Now I'm reading Dickens' Hard Times. For class, of course.

[J'onn J'onzz]

The Catcher in the Rye.

[Aces 21]

I am currently reading "A Cast of Friends," a biography on William Hanna I picked up from the local library.

[The Cartoon]

I just finished Inkheart, great book. I want to read the sequel, but I have to start reading The Great Gatsby for school :shrug:

[jph139]

I just finished Inkheart, great book. I want to read the sequel, but I have to start reading The Great Gatsby for school :shrug:

Ooh, I loved The Great Gatsby. Very good job of capturing the feel of the 1920's, and a certain character's funeral near the end always has me near tears.

[The Cartoon]

Ooh, I loved The Great Gatsby. Very good job of capturing the feel of the 1920's, and a certain character's funeral near the end always has me near tears.
That's good to hear because I've heard from a lot of people that they didn't like it. I hope that it's really good.

[WolfieKiwi]

I'm on chapter seven of All Quiet on the Western Front. Although the book is fictional, everything seems as if the author was writing from his experience in WWI. My favorite parts of the book are the poetry-esque writing portions because they're so beatifically written. Particularly, when the author describes the relationship between a soldier and mother earth. Very deep.

[Ishtar]

I'm reading "The Shadow Year" by Jeffrey Ford for my Freshman Composition II class. So far, it's actually pretty interesting.

[FireStarterLE]

Fruits Basket Volume 2 from the Complete Series box set.

[.bg]

The Catcher in the Rye.
That book is grand.

[Bloody Marquis]

And, I'm also reading Night by Elie Wiesel.

[Radical Raven]

Just started Gulliver's Travels. Yeah, I know, I'm like 1000 years behind the rest of the world:sweat:

700 pages into Sherlock Holmes. That smartass is starting to get on my nerves.

You know what, scratch that. I just go to "The Valley of Fear", and the epicness is inarguable.

Anyone hear ever read Fables? I just bought the first volume for nine bucks....:shrug:

[Dr.Pepper]

Watership Down

[purplehairedwonder]

Finished The Joys of Motherhood (very un-joyful) and am moving onto So Long A Letter by Mariama Ba for African Lit. In my Major Authors class (Tolkien and Lewis) we're currently reading "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" and then moving onto Lord of the Rings.

[Senshi Mizaka]

For the last month, I've been reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It's very addictive, but with almost a thousand pages, I can safely say that I won't be finishing it anytime soon.

[Prof. Mecavio]

For the last month, I've been reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It's very addictive, but with almost a thousand pages, I can safely say that I won't be finishing it anytime soon.

Ah, Pillars of the Earth, been a long time since I read that one, but I remember that it was quite hard to put down. It was also the first book I can recall reading in which the characters actually aged, so one character who was a kid early on in the story would be middle-aged (or old) by the end.

[jph139]

Just finished up How Few Remain, and, I gotta say, it's probably one of my favorite books of all time. The whole thing feels so... authentic. Abraham Lincoln doesn't sound like "Alternate Reality Version of our President," he sounds like a slightly older version of Abraham Lincoln. The motivations, the culture, all of it seems real. The first time I heard someone calling Lincoln a sorry excuse for a president I was understandably taken aback - but by the end, well, my perception of him changed entirely.

And the end... there's a twist or two that had my jaw on the floor (particularly with the Confederate/Apache alliance), and some foreshadowing that gets me giddy for the next book - The Great War: American Front - which arrived on my doorstep today. I need to read Native Son beforehand, though, which isn't bad, since it'll give me some time to decompress.

Honestly, though, I HIGHLY recommend the book to anyone with interest in the American Civil War, or American History, or, heck, history in general. Five stars, without a doubt.

[Bloody Marquis]

I'm starting Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. So far, it's... interesting.

[Radical Raven]

:) Somebody else in this thread mentioned "Things Fall Apart", which made me curious enough through the sheer absurdity of it;s title to look it up. I loved it.

[purplehairedwonder]

:) Somebody else in this thread mentioned "Things Fall Apart", which made me curious enough through the sheer absurdity of it;s title to look it up. I loved it.That would be me. We read it in my African Lit class a few weeks ago.

Currently reading The Madonna of Excelsior for that class and The Lord of the Rings for my Tolkien class. Best homework assignment ever.

[Gold Guy]

I just finished reading Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode vol. 2, and I just bought Legendz vol. 3.

[Prof. Mecavio]

I'm currently juggling with three books: I'm re-reading Arsene Lupin in 813 by Maurice Leblanc and I'm also reading (for the first time) The Light of the Day by Eric Ambler and Fata Morgana by William Kotzwinkle. So far, both of these "new" books have been highly satisfying.

[The Cartoon]

I finished The Great Gatsby about week ago and despite lots of negative comments about it from my friends and family, I really liked it. Next I'm going to read Inkspell, the sequel to Inkheart.

[Senshi Mizaka]

I started reading "World Without End" last night. It's the sequel to Pillars of the Earth. That book managed to exceed my expectations, so let's see if this one does, too.

[WolfGran]

Prior to the movie, I'm reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

[Bloody Marquis]

And I finished Crooked Little Vein. I now consider it the most disgusting book I've ever read, though it was actually kind of good.

Next up, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

[Gold Guy]

I just finished re-reading Monster Dog by R.L. Stine. Good book.

[Shadow Fire]

I finished reading "Breaking Dawn" by Stephanie Meyer today.

[Prof. Mecavio]

Next up, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

Now there's another great book I read not long ago. The Gentleman is one of my favorite villains in literature.

As for me, I'm currently reading Roparen by Stieg Trenter(English title according to Wikipedia: The Megaphone). Took awhile for me to really get into it, but now it's started to become really interesting.

[purplehairedwonder]

Currently on break so doing some catch up reading for class:

The Madonna of Excelsior by Zakes Mda
The Stone Virgins by Yvonne Vera

And for leisure reading:

From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

[thenewme93]

The Spy High series...

[Gold Guy]

Let's see. Here are the books I am reading or just read:

Bridge to Terabithia
Still Alice
Warriors: The Power of Three: Outcast
Warriors: The Power of Three: Eclipse
Warriors: The Power of Three: Long Shadows

I love the Warrior books. I can't wait till the next book comes out this fall.:anime: :anime: :anime:

I also can't wait for the film.

[asphaltviking64]

Oil! By Upton Sinclair. Its a really well written book, and there are a lot interesting similarities between Oil! and There Will Be Blood but at the same time its taking a completely different twist. I love Sinclair now and I can't wait to read The Jungle

[WolfieKiwi]

I finished All Quiet On The Western Front a week ago and just today, my English class finished the movie. It was a great book and a great film. Equally, they both stand out grand in their own way.

Next, we're being assigned to read Deliverance and I have already read half of it while on my trip in Florida. Definitely a suspenseful book. I'm still half surprised about what just happened.

[The Cartoon]

I'm trying to read "A Wrinkle In Time" but I'm just not enjoying it. I'll try to finish but it's just not my style of book.

[Gold Guy]

Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Boy, after reading the book, I really, REALLY want to see the movie.

[thedanmachine]

The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson

[Radical Raven]

The Complete 1950-1953 Peanuts, By Charles Schulz.

.... what? Can't a guy take a break from philosophy once in a while?

[Bloody Marquis]

I've just finished The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, and now I'm off to Airman by Eoin Colfer.

[EroSennin]

Currently reading The Star Wars Legacy of the Force Series. Up to Tempest so far.

[Gold Guy]

After reading Coraline, I decided to start reading his new book, The Graveyard Book, which I am in the middle of.

[Prof. Mecavio]

While waiting for my copy of Dr Nikola to arrive, I've been re-reading The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu. It was much better than I remembered; featuring great atmosphere and one of the best villains ever.

[purplehairedwonder]

For my Tolkien/Lewis class: Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

For my African Lit class: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

For fun: From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris

[The Cartoon]

I've finally started reading Inkspell. Before that I read The Westing Game (Again, it's such a great book)

[The Irishman]

The Animation Pimp by Chris Robinson

It's a collection of essays from the AWN column of the same name. Note: not for the easily offended!