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mistress #9
02-28-2006, 06:49 PM
wanted to know if anyone was reading anything.....i am reading jurassic park right now...and its pretty good...

what are you all reading.

jetfire
02-28-2006, 07:06 PM
I'm currently reading the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King. I'm on the fourth book so far (The Wizard and Glass). An absolutely well written book. It's got a whole Lord of the Rings feeling of being all questy, with the journeying and the fighting. However, it's dialouge is also very well written, as well as the plot twists, and tieing up loose ends. It's also more modern, and kind of post-apocalyptic. It spans seven novels, but I really recommend it to anyone who is a big fan of adventure, and enjoyed Lord of the Rings or Steven King novels. And don't even get me started on the characters. They may look like the most unlikely bunch, but they have a lot of depth to them.

Itachi Uchiha
02-28-2006, 07:13 PM
Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett
The Lair of Bones, by David Farland
The Sword of Shana, Terry Brooks
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass
Abraham Licoln: The Man and The Myth, by James T Baker

I've got to get out of the habit of starting more than one book at a time.

Ninja Realist
02-28-2006, 07:13 PM
Slaughter House 5

It's just one of those classics that I'm finally getting around to reading.

It's really good.

Emeraldas
02-28-2006, 07:18 PM
Ulysses for class, His Dark Materials for enjoyment.

Dennis
02-28-2006, 07:30 PM
Trainspotting for English class (ENG-408- Censorship)
The Code of the Warrior for Religion
Harry Potter Book 5 for fun
Strangers in Paradise for fun

Two-twenty
02-28-2006, 07:56 PM
The Thin Red Line by James Jones. It's a bit slow moving at times but it's so far one of the most brutal accounts of war I've read.

Roark
02-28-2006, 08:01 PM
Only reading fun books at the moment:
Fiction:
Memoirs of a Geisha, since Mana finished it. Very good read, if very fast.

Non-Fiction:
Why I am not a Christian, by Bertrand Russel. Extremely concise and clearly written, and in one swift paragraph expels all this intelligent design nonsense.

And that essay was from 1928.

Also, absorbing tasty campaign ideas from Lords of Madness, a D&D supplement dealing with aberrations.

General Suburbia
02-28-2006, 08:09 PM
The Great Gatsby - Found it rotting away in a corner somewhere; I forgot how good it was.

Drake
02-28-2006, 08:38 PM
The Da Vinci Code - great book so far.

TwinchaosX
02-28-2006, 08:46 PM
I'm currently reading the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King. I'm on the fourth book so far (The Wizard and Glass). An absolutely well written book. It's got a whole Lord of the Rings feeling of being all questy, with the journeying and the fighting. However, it's dialouge is also very well written, as well as the plot twists, and tieing up loose ends. It's also more modern, and kind of post-apocalyptic. It spans seven novels, but I really recommend it to anyone who is a big fan of adventure, and enjoyed Lord of the Rings or Steven King novels. And don't even get me started on the characters. They may look like the most unlikely bunch, but they have a lot of depth to them.


I agree the Dark Tower series is great. It is my favorite of Stephen King's works.

As for me I have mostly been reading short stories lately and haven't found any novels that really interest me lately.

Kagome654
02-28-2006, 08:46 PM
I just finished Anasi Boys by Neil Gaimen like thirty seconds ago, can that count as what I'm reading? Great book, btw, I even liked it better than American Gods.

General Suburbia
02-28-2006, 08:47 PM
Interestingly enough, the Dark Tower series were the books that ended my literary pursuit with Stephen King. I just felt that the book tried too hard to impress and failed miserably as a result.

mistress #9
02-28-2006, 09:24 PM
i stoped reading stephen king a long time ago...well i do re read the stand every couple of years....i ve read it like five or six time all togeher but other then that i don't really like him anymore...his new stuff just doesnt have the grits it use too...

C0MPL3X
02-28-2006, 09:38 PM
Has anyone read Rational Mysticism before? A quick browsing at a bookstore was fascinating enough for me to buy this one. The author, who is a skeptic, tries to find rationale behind this elusive concept of mysticism. What is exactly this mystical experience? I mean, it does seem like praying or meditating for several years make you more spiritual through scientific measurements (but of course we have to ask if that is also valid methods of measurements of spiritual capacity), if so, what part of our body/brain is making that happen (assuming science can explain the cause of all this, and this is not some divine metaphysical world that you can enter after praying so hard, etc) and if so, can we use scientific methods to make people see these mystical visions without having to pray/meditate for several years? And so on...
There are quite a few concepts/philosophies that the book assumes that the readers are supposed to know, so there are some bits that I say 'huh?' but the book in general is an easy read thanks to the author's fairly conversatinal discussions.

Javer
02-28-2006, 09:42 PM
I'm currently reading the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King.

Yeah, I'm on the last book. Took forever to find a place that sold #6. :/

Reading that, as well as Box Like the Pros by Joe Frazier. Instructional, obviously. It's good to find a book written by such a well-known authority on the subject, especially a book as comprehensive as this. Covers everything from basic punches to a fighter's diet to a list of recommended gyms in the US.

Major Tom
03-01-2006, 05:28 AM
I don't seem to have much time to sit down and read these days.....

But the book I currently have a bookmark in is Achtung - Panzer! by Heinz Guderian.

Possibly the book on tank warfare, it offers some interesting angles as to why Germany lost WWI, and how the Allies misused their shiny new tanks. Interesting stuff.

WarCry
03-01-2006, 12:05 PM
I'm reading Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji. Not my usual habbit to read japanese novels but it's alright. Some parts like the samurai ettiquette and fights are very well done while other parts can be really boring. It's 1200 pages and I'm at 1050 now so just a little part left. Next in line is the da vinci code.

Zero
03-01-2006, 12:33 PM
I'm currently reading the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King. I'm on the fourth book so far (The Wizard and Glass). An absolutely well written book. It's got a whole Lord of the Rings feeling of being all questy, with the journeying and the fighting. However, it's dialouge is also very well written, as well as the plot twists, and tieing up loose ends. It's also more modern, and kind of post-apocalyptic. It spans seven novels, but I really recommend it to anyone who is a big fan of adventure, and enjoyed Lord of the Rings or Steven King novels. And don't even get me started on the characters. They may look like the most unlikely bunch, but they have a lot of depth to them.

Good books indeed. As for the last 3 books however, prepare for at least some degree of...disapointment :(

Anyway, I'm currently reading The Clowns of God by Morris West. Not much say at the moment, as the plot hasn't progressed quite as much yet, though I find myself a bit puzzled at what may come next. The forced abdication of a pope due to an apocalyptic vision is quite a plot progression on its own. ;)

swankygoose
03-01-2006, 01:35 PM
Im so close to being done with a book called Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Its a true story, four books long, and if your interested in ancient chinese history or like the game Dynasty Warriors then i highly reccomend this one, its four books long but is easily my favorite book.

AnimeOutlaw
03-01-2006, 01:55 PM
Holy Blood, Holy Grail and Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman.

So far, they are both very good books.

Shadowmage
03-01-2006, 04:36 PM
The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140449264/sr=8-2/qid=1141259211/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-6637350-5390241?%5Fencoding=UTF8)

I have not read the entire book yet, but I still can tell why this novel became a classic. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a good read. (Note: It's 1250 pages long so be prepared to spend a good 10 hours.)

General Suburbia
03-23-2006, 03:12 AM
And I finally got my own copy of America (the book). Jon Stewart is god.

Neo-Hunter
03-23-2006, 06:34 AM
currently reading the Memoirs of a geisha, and then off to art of war.

Phate
03-23-2006, 07:00 AM
East of Eden by John Steinbeck for a high school class. So far it's much better than I thought it would be.

punkusa20_2001
03-23-2006, 07:09 AM
art of war is truly a quick read, I am not sure you'll enjoy it, I felt dissapointed because most of it is common sense in warfare....although most dont use it. Right now I am spending a little light reading time before bed on the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy. And romance of the three kingdoms used to be an obsession of mine its such an awesome book, the tempo is just a tad slow at times, but it gets real intriguing, plus you have a tv series, a cartoon, and a strategy-rpg game to follow it with.

KiraraKim
03-23-2006, 07:17 AM
The Odessa Files by Frederick Forsyth. It's an excellent book (and I know because I read it once before about 8 years ago). It's part thriller, part fictional diary of a holocaust survivor, and part historical fact. I highly recommend it. Interestingly enough I first read it in 10th grade for an Ethics in Literature class.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553271989/qid=1143126034/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9946155-9920637?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Akuhei
03-23-2006, 07:40 AM
I just recently finished reading Pattern Recognition and Neuromancer by William Gibson, both are amazing novels, but I wouldn't recommend either book to someone with a short attention span, Gibson has a way of... putting vast amounts of information into single sentances.

Mana
03-23-2006, 09:45 AM
In the process of re-reading King's The Stand. It's been a while, and I wanted something light. I go through books too quickly ;-;

Tamanegi Sensei
03-23-2006, 09:57 AM
Being a huge Final fantasy Fan, I'm bonin up on the Spirits Within book adaptation. Just for a pray and a miracle, I just hope, oh god I hope, the book is better than the movie.

ShinoMatrix
03-23-2006, 10:00 AM
I'm in the second book of the 3 part books that were suppose to have happened after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (I forgot what the name of them are)... only thing is, I only read 'em when I'm in the library these days (which is not as often) and I don't bother checking them out, mainly because I owe the library fines for late returns (it's like $1.00 or something, but it's the principle damn it... I just gotta find out what principle that is :D)... I'm usually reading a book at home, but lately it's just been playing with my gameboy instead... damn Pokemon.

LadySage
03-23-2006, 01:11 PM
I've usually got a few books going at any one time, but right now I'm focusing my attention on "The Mysterious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime," which I highly recommend. I'm also reading Earthsea and Howl's Moving Castle, like the good little Ghibli fangirl I am.

Freya
03-23-2006, 02:52 PM
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, I plan on picking up The Da Vinci Code after schools out

Niner
03-23-2006, 03:46 PM
I'm in the second book of the 3 part books that were suppose to have happened after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (I forgot what the name of them are)
That would be Dark Force Rising, part of the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Excellent set of books. If you like them, you should check out his Hand of Thrawn Duology after you're done.

... I'm usually reading a book at home, but lately it's just been playing with my gameboy instead... damn Pokemon.
Right, when you could be doing something else more... constructive. ¬.¬

Itachi Uchiha
03-23-2006, 05:13 PM
I'm currently reading a Education and the Rise of the Global Economy for a paper that's due on monday. It's not a book for people without a well versed vocabulary or a dictionary close at hand...

Illjwamh
03-23-2006, 07:17 PM
Lord of Chaos, book six in the Wheel of Time series. I've been hooked on the series since Christmas, when my parents gave me the first one, The Eye of the World. I can't even begin to describe them, since the plot goes in dozens of different directions, but they're really cool and incredibly addictive.

I also read all of Love Hina this past week just for fun, since I hadn't read it in a long time and it's one of my favorites.

Mugs
03-23-2006, 07:21 PM
Reading Neverwhere atm and just finished up American Gods, been on somewhat of a Neil Gaiman kick lately.

Kuzu Ryu Sen
03-23-2006, 08:15 PM
Wages of Guilt by Ian Buruma, an outstanding book about the different persepectives that Germany and Japan take regarding the Second World War. He also offers a few cultural insights in order to allow the reader to fully appreciate his argument, and the one interesting theory/observation that he puts forward is how the Japanese are striving to remain as children, using how middle aged Japanese women will dress like girls, whereas middle aged Japanese men still read Shounen Jump and the like.

aoi_n_asul
03-23-2006, 08:38 PM
i am hunting the library for edgar allan poe's and alexandre dumas' works. i'm also reading james clavell's taipan.

silan
03-24-2006, 12:56 PM
Heh. I'm reverting to my childhood, apparently, because I've been reading a lot of so-called "young adult" books. The Artemis Fowl series (Eoin Colfin), The Thief Lord (Cornelia Funke), Eragon (Christopher Paolini).

Of course, aside from a little bit of immaturity in the way those books are written (i.e. simplicity of events and emotions), they're actually turning out to be more interesting and with more dynamic characters than a lot of books I've read lately. Sci-fi and fantasy books, which used to be my favorites, are so pendantic and predictable now. Plus, apparently it's a lost art to write a novel that has a complete storyline contained within one volume. With one exception, I've lost all interest in following 10+ volume epics. I just don't have the time anymore, sad to say, because if I could I would read for a living.

I also recently read Howl's Moving Castle (Dianna Wynne Jones). Although it's not perfect (I would have loved to see more description of the characters, as in backgrounds and more character development), it's a really well-written book with witty narration and dialogue and intriguing characters. Comparing it to the movie, it's hard to account for all the changes Miyazaki made to the storyline. Why add in the whole war plotline, when there's only one or two mentions of a possible war in the book? Bizarre. Anyway, I'd recommend the book to anyone, especially people who were disappointed by the movie. It's a quick read, and a very good one.

sakura_blossom
03-24-2006, 06:36 PM
I have to read it for my Sociology class, however, the book has really caught my interest and brought me to not just look as it as just another assignment.

The book is entitled "Nickle and Dimed", a Non-Fiction about this steady upper middle class woman who for about a year lives a life as a woman living off of $6 - $7 an hour jobs. By this she experiences not just by interaction with those in that situation, but also experiencing it first hand in her life as well. I am quite growing to like this book so far, especially only reading about 50 pages in.

shizukuchan
03-24-2006, 08:32 PM
I read the first couple dozen pages of A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (the dude who wrote The World According to Garp). He has such an interesting voice, so I lost track of time reading the book.

But then I found out that sparknotes.com has a summary and analysis, so it looks like I'll probably never finish the actual book which has 500+ pages of small print.

haha. i win! ...i think.

etane
03-24-2006, 09:53 PM
Microsoft Excel Data Analysis by who the hell cares who the author is. It even comes with a supplemental CD rom for practice worksheets. This book is pretty comprehensive covering basic statictical regression, piviot tables and even creating names for objects and macros. It's a jack of all trades. Highly recommended! .... oh wait this isn't amazon?

Speaking of Romance of Three Kingdoms, I picked that up from Amazon after finishing Dynasty Warrior 4. The game is sorta funner after reading it. I was playing the game with my gf, and I was all "this character did this and that and this is why he is bla bla ..." like she cares. They should give a copy of Romance of Three Kingdoms with each Dynasty Warrior software sold. I bought a copy of ... I forgot the name of the game...Age of Mythology I think... it came with a copy of Bullfinch's mythology. It became my bathroom reader.

Yurika Star
03-27-2006, 01:54 AM
A Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Saw it was in my room and decided to start reading it on the train rides I've been on lately. Really enjoying it, love the writing style and vocabulary used, it's kind of poetic aswel.

I'm only at Chapter 3 though >.>

Just finished reading The Vesuvius Club and will read 1984 after Dorian Grey.

Dreamescape
03-29-2006, 01:23 PM
Reading a few things right now..

The Pooh Perplex by Frederick Crews - Apparently there's much debate as to the real meaning of Winnie the Pooh. Sparked my interest.

Anime: From Akira to Princess Mononoke by Susan Napier - Goes through why Anime should be taken as "serious art" so to speak.

Valkries by Paulo Coelho - I was looking for The Alchemist in the library and found this by the same author. It reminded me a lot of Carlos Castaneda's books.

I'm also reading a bunch of graphic novels like Man Machine Interface and the Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic Book 1 and 2 (3 and 4 haven't come out yet). I just finished the first Sandman and definitely going to be reading all 11 volumes.

The Geomancer
03-29-2006, 01:38 PM
Silent Prey by John Stanford, I'm a sucker for his work

swankygoose
03-29-2006, 02:27 PM
Across The Nightengale Floor, this book sucks so far but I'm being forced to continue reading it by higher powers.

jeff--
03-29-2006, 02:33 PM
We just started reading "The Rainmaker" by John Grisham for english class today. I have only read 12 pages but I am impressed so far.

Kiba
03-30-2006, 08:05 AM
Ugh Romeo and Juliet for English. **** I hate Shakespeare.

Freya
03-30-2006, 12:48 PM
Ugh Romeo and Juliet for English. **** I hate Shakespeare.


We can say school books? Hmmm never thought of that... I'm reading "Doubletakes" its a compilation of contemporary short fiction put together by TC Boyle. Some of the story's are really really good and some really really suck. Overall it's enjoyable, gives you a wide taste of short fiction throughout the past 50 years and you can see how drasically it's changed >.> (I personally dislike TC Boyle's stories in Doubletakes but the other authors are usually good.)

Trine
04-03-2006, 12:46 AM
Davinchi Code. its taking me a while though, got work, college and the internet distracting me.

DarkKanti
04-03-2006, 12:48 AM
I just finished Battle Royale, and I'm going to start The Dante Club tomorrow.

Trine
04-03-2006, 12:59 AM
I saw Battle Royale the movie. kids killing each other, interesting. it was banned in the U.S. wonder why they diddn't ban "the saw"?

oompa loompa
07-04-2006, 11:31 PM
stephen king's firestarter, book IV of the Dark Tower series, and thinner

city of the dead by Brian Keene

and The Godfather by Mario Puzzo

Mana
07-05-2006, 06:50 AM
Wow, s'a lot of books to read at once o-o;;

I just finished The Oracle's Queen, by Lynn Flewelling, which I've been waiting for for a while and is now here >>; But since I set down my other book (Ursula Le Guin's Tehanu) to read OQ, I can't find Tehanu D: So, for the meantime, I'm just reading Heroes of Horror, a D&D book. It's rather interesting, has some good concepts.

darylcrowe
07-05-2006, 12:46 PM
Currently I'm reading James Patterson's book "London Bridges"

Gigadi
07-05-2006, 03:07 PM
I recently discovered that there are anime novels, I just finished read .hack//AI buster, it's was very good, but aso short I finished it in one sitting.

Erigion
07-05-2006, 03:17 PM
Just finished Fast Food Nation. The fast food industry is kinda...freaky.

KiraraKim
07-05-2006, 04:27 PM
Currently The Last Unicorn. It's a nice fairytale but after years of reading fantasy it doesn't impress me that much.

soundchazer
07-05-2006, 05:02 PM
Nutrition facts labels. They thrill like few other reading materials can.

Angi
07-05-2006, 05:05 PM
Wow, s'a lot of books to read at once o-o;;

I just finished The Oracle's Queen, by Lynn Flewelling, which I've been waiting for for a while and is now here >>; But since I set down my other book (Ursula Le Guin's Tehanu) to read OQ, I can't find Tehanu D: So, for the meantime, I'm just reading Heroes of Horror, a D&D book. It's rather interesting, has some good concepts.


Hey, I've also read all the tales from the Earthsea. I love Tehanu. Started reading them when i found out studio Ghibli was making a movie based on it. Anyway, I just finished reading Shogun, which is about 6 thick books in one, and it is amazing. You should try it. It explains alot of the Japanese culture and the characters are super developed. It awesome. Haven't been able to stop thinking about it, which sucks when you're trying to do homework.

Tyrdium
07-05-2006, 07:05 PM
Nutrition facts labels. They thrill like few other reading materials can.Lies. The ingredients listings are way more interesting.

And disturbing, sometimes.

iheartmyipod
07-05-2006, 07:57 PM
I'm reading 1984 by George Orwell. It's a good read.

AqueousMessage
07-06-2006, 07:56 AM
Well, right now, I have "xxxholic" in my hands, but I'm currently rereading "Death of a Salesman". My lil' cousin was watching Jimmy Neutron and one of the episodes was titled "Birth of a Salesman". So that sparked the thought in my head, "Damn, I loved that book... but why?" Now I know. X3

Pedro The Hutt
07-06-2006, 08:13 AM
I'm currently reading a trilogy of five parts. Or in other words, Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Good grief, such wit, such humour, such mastery of the english language. I'm thoroughly enjoying these books. From Marvin's depressive banter and how he can defeat the most intimidating opponents and odds using those depressive powers never fail to make me laugh. I also simply love how Adams regularly dedicates entire chapters to rant about the galaxy, the titular Guide and/or their respective history or makers, even though these chapters have nothing at all to do with the main plot. It's bizarrely amusing really.

It's just a massive shame that we won't see any more of this unique sense of humour due to Douglas Adams' untimely demise.

Syner
07-06-2006, 08:35 AM
I just finished .hack//Another Birth so i'm about start on .hack//AI Buster 2

these are novels, not mangas btw...

Another Birth was around 300 pages

Tremolo
07-06-2006, 08:41 AM
I'm being awfully lazy and reading a Doctor Who book, mainly because I'm not really in the mood to read a "proper" novel at the moment. Eater of Wasps, by Trevor Baxendale - lots of tasty gross-out moments, and a nice traditional oldskool, "quiet English village under threat from nasties" storyline.

DrummerForHire
07-06-2006, 08:53 AM
Just finished Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, both of which are excellent. I'm now reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It's good so far.

Pedro The Hutt
07-06-2006, 01:51 PM
I'm being awfully lazy and reading a Doctor Who book, mainly because I'm not really in the mood to read a "proper" novel at the moment. Eater of Wasps, by Trevor Baxendale - lots of tasty gross-out moments, and a nice traditional oldskool, "quiet English village under threat from nasties" storyline.

Which Doctor stars in it anyway? o.o;;

soundchazer
07-06-2006, 02:10 PM
Just bought Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Of mice and men by John Steinbeck, Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov and the joy Luck Club by Amy Tan... needless to say I have a lot of reading forseen in my near future.

Tremolo
07-06-2006, 02:10 PM
Which Doctor stars in it anyway? o.o;;

The Eighth, it's from the BBC's recently-finished run of more adult-orientated Eighth Doctor range that's been going since the TV movie and obviously ended when the new series started. Good stuff.

KiraraKim
07-06-2006, 03:35 PM
ust bought Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Of mice and men by John Steinbeck, Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov and the joy Luck Club by Amy Tan... needless to say I have a lot of reading forseen in my near future.

Oh the Joy Luck Club is such a great book, one of my faves of modern fiction.

Tyrdium
07-06-2006, 04:41 PM
Just bought Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Of mice and men by John Steinbeck, Lolita by Vladimir Nobokov and the joy Luck Club by Amy Tan... needless to say I have a lot of reading forseen in my near future.Oh, definitely read Fahrenheit 451.

Other great dystopian sci-fi, if you're interested:
1984 (Orwell)
Animal Farm (Orwell)
Second Variety (Dick, short story)
The Forever War (Haldeman)
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (Ellison, short story) - Link (http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/ellison/ellison1.html) to full text.
The Eyes of Heisenberg (Herbert)

The Forever War is probably my favorite book so far. I Have No Mouth is horribly disturbing, but a very good read.

Linuts
07-06-2006, 05:15 PM
1984 (Orwell)
Animal Farm (Orwell)


Heh, good ol' George Orwell. Even though they were books that I was forced to read during High School , I still somehow enjoyed them :p.

Anyway, just recently started reading again. Been reading "Humankind: A Brief History" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192805754/102-6810111-1935361?v=glance&n=283155). An interesting documentary about how human progress and discovery changed our definition of "Human" and questions what it is that seperates us from what we call "animals". Very thought provoking read, and one that's hard to put down for me.

Another book that I wanna read is The Five People You Meet in Heaven (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786868716/102-6810111-1935361?v=glance&n=283155). Took a glimpse of the book, and saw the TV adaptation and thought it was interesting.

Xfox*X
07-06-2006, 05:25 PM
even vampires get the blues. by some limey i dont know.

aznvampgirl
07-06-2006, 06:29 PM
even vampires get the blues. by some limey i dont know.
We never get the blues. We prefer reds, blacks, and whites.

Erigion
07-06-2006, 09:58 PM
Just finished Contact by Carl Sagan. Quite a bit more technical than the movie. Some things I liked better, some things I liked less.

All in all, a good read.

Dennis
07-08-2006, 04:20 PM
I am 100 pages deep into Stephen King's The Stand and am very pleased with it so far.

JOJO
07-08-2006, 11:31 PM
I was in the mood for something different so i asked a friend of mine and he recommended me David Gemmell'sLEGEND and i liked it(i thing this is actually the first book i've ever read thats not related to school work), i'll be sure to check out the rest of the Drenai series.

sohryu
07-09-2006, 01:15 AM
I was browsing the selection at Barnes & Noble the other day when I came across this display of "B&N Classics". I saw quite a few books that have been on my reading list since forever, so I decided to pick one up. 'Twas a tough decision between Anna Karenina and Oliver Twist; I ended up going with Tolstoy.

Other than that, I'll be reading Ouran and some new travel book.

punkusa20_2001
07-09-2006, 01:28 AM
Currently I am rereading all of the books that originally interested me in reading. Currently I am on farenheit 451 then I will move on to heart of darkness. I was hoping it would spur my interest in it again, and get me away from my 360.

ParanoiaSaikano
07-14-2006, 12:57 PM
I've been reading a book called I"s. It's really good! It's about a high school guy who falls in love with a provacative swimsuit model. The only problem is, she goes to his school and he is always in the wrong place at the wrong time so she thinks he's a pervert. It's rated 16+, so check it out sometime.

Currently I am rereading all of the books that originally interested me in reading. Currently I am on farenheit 451 then I will move on to heart of darkness. I was hoping it would spur my interest in it again, and get me away from my 360.
My friend is reading that book right now for school. It's a book for sophomores which I am. I really wanted to read it but the honors classes don't get to. Is it any good?

bigal60
09-03-2006, 10:20 PM
jetfire dude if you like stephen kings stuff you need to read cell and the talisman.

Itachi Uchiha
09-04-2006, 01:24 AM
We the Living, by Ayn Rand

Major Tom
09-04-2006, 01:28 AM
I haven't finished Nichts neues im Westen, but that's partly to do with having my room packed up, painted and then put back together again, but partly because of a certain anime.

Been watching Gankutsuou, and basking in it's awesomeness. So I decided to go and buy the novel that it is based on, Le Compte de Monte Cristo. Tis a riveting read indeed. I judge a good book by how long it keeps me at it's pages, and a 'oh crap it's 2AM' cry is a good sign to me.

Manga_Creator
09-04-2006, 02:21 AM
Im ready Charlie and the chocolate factory only to compair the 2 films and see what is alike and what is different and I must say I NEED A NEW BOOK, lol ive read all my books and need new ones, I might start reading mum and dads old heavy going books i love heavy going books ^^

andy

Freya
09-04-2006, 09:27 AM
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin and I plan on starting The Faith of the Vadican soon and also "Brave New World" (idk who the last two are by, and Brave new world is for my sociology class... the other two are for fun.)

KiraraKim
09-04-2006, 03:12 PM
I am reading a book called Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafon. It's a story about a book. Not something I would normally read but it's actually pretty good. Afterwards I am planning on reading Emma by Jane Austen.