What Are You Reading Now.

[Raven]

What book are you reading at the moment and how good are you finding it.

I'm reading Straight Silver its the the eight book in the gaunts ghost series. The story focus's on the Tanith regiment stuck in the trenches. of a world under seige from its invading countries.

[Normski]

I'm reading a book called The Shakespeare Secret. The title says it all really. The plot ain't the best, and to be honest I've read work as good as JL Carrell's novel.

At one point I nearly threw it away, but have persevered withit and am finding it better then tolerable.

Las book I read was The Vault of Bones by Pip Vaughan Hughes which I found very entertaining, reasonably well written, (I sound all pretentious here and I don't mean to - but I have learned a lot about writing from several different sources recently, including this site and am trying to put it into practice, albeit badly). ;)

[Bluemouth]

I've just finished reading The Beach by Alex Garland - truly an amazing book.

Just before that I finished The Mist by Stephen King, which turned me off the movie. :p

Now I'm co-reading Duma Key (Stephen King's latest) and The Stand, also by Stephen King. The former is pretty good, but the latter is my favourite novel and remains so. The characters are simply so well written that the book is a masterpiece.

[(Mark)]

Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy - It's the final installment in the border trilogy. I loved the first one, All the Pretty Horses, but The Crossing and this one aren't quite as good.

[andycerrone]

The Master and Margarita- Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is incredible, he should be required in college reading.

Zami; A New Spelling of My Name- Audre Lorder. An interesting creation, which she entitles "a biomythography". All of you writers should read it, good stuff. Very unique.

lastly,
The Perennial Philosophy- Aldous Huxley. He's an interesting specimen, to say the least. The way his mind works to create structure is truly astonishing.

[andycerrone]

I've just finished reading The Beach by Alex Garland - truly an amazing book.

Just before that I finished The Mist by Stephen King, which turned me off the movie. :p

Now I'm co-reading Duma Key (Stephen King's latest) and The Stand, also by Stephen King. The former is pretty good, but the latter is my favourite novel and remains so. The characters are simply so well written that the book is a masterpiece.

The Stand is by far King's greatest novel to date. The movie actually depicts the town I grew up in (Attleboro, Ma) but it looks like rural New England rather than how it actually looks, which is run down and dingy. I believe the original copy of the book was something like 1200 pages, but they refused to print it so it was cut down. I bet that would have been interesting to read. :p

[Bluemouth]

Yeah, a lot of the good stuff was cut from the original published version.

Which town are you talking about from the mini-series? They go through so many. Is it actually referred to as Attleboro? I've only seen the first two parts.

[Raven]

Just started reading Sabbat Maytr by famed author Dan Abnett its the ninth book in the gaunts Ghost series and so far has a beauty of an opening prologue.

[Kit]

I just finished reading Dragonflight (Anne McCaffrey) as recommended by Banzai :p It was actually pretty good- good enough that I sat and read all of it in one sitting anyway :D It took me a while to get into (though i'm not sure if that was the writing style or the fact that I haven't read anything for a while) but was well worth it. Looking to get hold of the next book in the series now.

[diziet]

I've just finished The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. it was exhausting but well worth it.

[(Mark)]

On the Road by Jack Kerouac - This is supposed to be part of the three biggest works of Beat literature, along with Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs and Howl by Allen Ginsberg. So far, I like this a lot more than I liked either of those.

[EnderW]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery.

I always enjoy these little fable-type stories. I'm quite impressed with this one.

[Keth Andril]

Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card

[(Mark)]

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy - I'm not sure what I think of this yet. It's well written, but it's a brutal tale of a man who appears to be an awful human being.

[Jadestar]

Right now, I'm reading my textbook for college. Not very exciting.:)

Normally I'm in to blood, guts, gore all that, but reciently my little brother told me to check out a series called "The Keys to the Kingdom" by Garth Nix. I finished the first book and I'm pretty impressed by it. I started reading the second book, [I]Grim Tuesday[I]. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for a unique twist to young adult fantasy. It's an easy read, but the plot is really good.

[(Mark)]

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - I tried reading this in tenth or eleventh grade, but I just couldn't understand it. I'm having a better go of it this time though. So far, I like 'The Sound and the Fury' more.

[twin1]

I just finished Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini, a friend gave them to me and said I had to read them!!! They were great I couldn't put them down! And actually I read Eragon before the movie came out but when I went and saw it... I was so disapointed, to me they killed the greatness of the novel.

[lessa]

attempting to read If I pay you not in Gold piers anthony and Mercedes Lackey.
just into the first chapter.
Seems ok so far.

[Novel Novice]

"Odd Thomas" -Dean Koontz.

Purdy good so far!

[Alice in Wonderland]

I'm reading The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. It's about Alyss, the princess of Wonderland, who's parents are killed by her Aunt Redd. Redd comes into power when Alyss vanishes into the Pool of Tears which transports her to Victorian England. Alyss must enhance her powers of imagination to gain her rightful place as queen and overthrow Her Imperial Viciousness: Redd.

In my opinion, a very good read.

[Gentlehands]

I'm in the middle of The Coldest Winter Ever right now. It's a pretty interesting book.

[MacEviL]

I'm 'bout halfway through Beach Road. Not a book I would pick out for myself, but a coworker lent it to me insisting that I read it and I haven't been able to put it down.

I've now completed this novel and returned to give a full review.
***Spoilers are included***












As I stated before the book was a gripper. The chapters are short and sweet with each one being in first person as if you are in the mind of that character and it switches back and forth through different characters. The thing that made it so interesting was the same thing that ruined it for me. It had a surprise twist ending that I'll admit was surprising, but it just wasn't believable. The main character who you've been following all along is finally revealed as the murderer. His motive? To look good. What? That's a motive? To have a fantastic day in court? But the real kicker is that the whole time you're reading as if you're inside his head, he's never mean or callouse. Suddenly, once you've found out he's the killer, he begins swearing and thinking evil thoughts. Also, his supposed evil conspirator was all upset in the courtroom when things were turning in his favor. Why? Why is your stomach turning Mr. Bad guy - isn't this what you two were planning? I was confused and put off. Frankly, this book was SO good up until the end I would still recommend it. But I cannot deny that I was severly disappointed by its "twist".

[Gentlehands]

I've just began The Vampire Lestat, out of sheerly having nothing to read. I'd rather read something else, because I really hate Anne Rice's holier-than-thou attitude.

[Still Life]

I'm reading Underground, a nonfiction by Haruki Murakami, about the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in the '90's. This is a re-read, since I'm not liking very much his two most recent novels: Kafka on the Shore and After Dark.

I've only recently began to get interested in nonfictions (read Ben Kiernan's The Pol Pot Regime and The Rape of Nanking, by someone whose name slips my mind atm). Underground is one of the best out there. With Haruki Murakami behind the tape recorder, it's like, the interviewees are actually telling their story to you, and you get enough background information about these people, that it feels so personal.

I'm planning to interview a few people I know of my own that survived the Killing Fields in Cambodia, and want to take this same approach, so rereading this with bolster up my courage to go through with it. Not to mention, it is a really excellent read.

[Fransieska]

Currently I'm reading Jennifer Government by Max Barry. Its theme is capitalism and it makes the idea of the US government sound insane. I hate to say it but I think Britain is going that way too.

[Lemex]

I'm currently reading V. by Thomas Pynchon.

So far, it's very interesting.

[(Mark)]

I'm currently reading V. by Thomas Pynchon.

So far, it's very interesting.

Oh, nice, Pynchon is great. I've read The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity's Rainbow and most of Vineland. Gravity's Rainbow was really difficult, but I enjoyed Lot 49 and Vineland quite a bit.

I'm currently reading Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It's a very strange and sometimes disturbing book, but it's really well written.

[Endeavour]

I'm reading The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari. His writing style is simply awesome, succinct and yet cool. I've truly never seen such effective writing such as Montanari's. The story focuses on two Philadelphia (Philly) detectives - Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano - who's eluding serial killer they're after is fixated on Christian teenage girls. I'd say this book is a must read.

[sweetpea]

I'm reading House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker. The only way out is in. Seven players, three rules, who will survive?
"Welcome to my House. House rules: 1. God came to my house and I killed him. 2. I will kill anyone who enters my house like I killed God. 3. If you give me one dead body I might let rule 2 slide. Game over at dawn.
I recommend this book to all.

[Oasis Writer]

House sounds very interesting.

I'm rereading through Jurassic Park.

[Bick]

I read that a few grades back. It had some much Science in it, if I remember right.

I'm reading Rumo and his Miraculous adventure for about the 54th time. I now have 3 copies of the book. I got 2 of the hard cover off of half.com, one was suppose to be for my friend, but yeah. We aren't friends anymore. Not sure what do with that.

I'm also somewhat reading Doctor Zhivago, but that book is so hard to keep up with!

[Oasis Writer]

Yeah, a lot of science. Most of his books do. The only one I didn't really like was Timeline. It took too long to get into the action and by the time that I did, I had lost my interest completely.

[Milady]

I'm reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

The first I picked up for the heck of it, since a lot of people say it's great. The last I'm reading pretty much for spite since my county's Board of Education made a big fuss over one "objectionable scene" and banned it (Thereby promoting it).

[Raven]

Just started His Last Command. Written by Dan Abnett. Its the ninth book in the gaunts ghost series. So far its a cracker of a starter.

[Odinschild]

Weapons of Choice, by... some author or other. Can't remember off the top of my head. Alternate history/ time travel/ WW2 book. Pretty good start, so far.

[Oasis Writer]

Working my way through the Dictionary by...Webster? :p lol

[Cogito]

Alternating between:
Draco's Tavern by Larry Niven
and
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton

[lessa]

3 books on the go
bedroom book Aurian by maggie Furey

Fanglith John Dalmas

couch book is by Mercedes Lackey it is the second in a trilogy and can't remember the title.

each one is pretty good.

[Oasis Writer]

Working on a friends novel they wrote. Up to Chapter Seven. Pretty good stuff. :)

[Darkthought]

Trudging through The Fires of Heaven by the late great Robert Jordan.

[Torana]

I'm reading the complete works of William Shakespeare...again. I find he gives me a lot of inspiration.

[Titania]

I just recently began reading 100 Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez. Technically it's for AP Lit, but I'm reading for enjoyment also - finding it very interesting so far, if a bit hard to keep track of at times.

[nburwell]

At the moment, I am either reading books about the publishing: The Business of Books by Claudia Suzanne, Literary Terms and Literary Theory, How to Get a Literary Agent by Michael Larsen, Beyond the Bookstore by Richard Curtis, and Kirsch's Handbook of Publishing Law (along with a few other books on how to write a book proposal) or books containing Greek Myths: Greek Literature in Translation, Complete Greek Drama, Volumes 1&2, Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius, and The Portable Greek Reader. I have also added approx, 10 (so far) books to my wish list on amazon that contain translated Greek Myths. I am still researching.

I read different parts of these at different times because I often get bored doing one thing for too long. (Not ADD, just Bipolar...)

That's what I'm reading right now. :redface:

~Natalie

[Nodin]

I am currently reading Hot House Kids - The Dilemma of the Gifted Child by Alissa Quart. I purchased the book because it has information about individuals that I am researching, and too, because Amazon had the hardback edition super cheap. ;)

Alissa Quart is an excellent writer that won several writing awards as a child. The first half of the book has nicely written descriptions of numerous individuals that Quart interviewed. The descriptions are structured in a feminine voice, which is to be expected since Quart is a woman, but some readers might view Quart's style as being a little too close to gossip-chatter. Nevertheless, Quart's work is very good (Penguin books usually does not publish bad authors).

I am currently entering into the latter half of the book where I hope to find in-depth comments of specific individuals. I use slips of paper to write notes while I read books so that I can later reference specific page numbers of where an author made serious mistakes or presented unique information. So far, I have only found one minor error and the probability of one serious error. Compared to most non-fiction biography-style books that require many slips of papers with notes, Hot House Kids appears to be heads above most all others with only one slip of paper and a few notes.

The primary benefit of the book is that it is written by a child prodigy who voices her own personal view of what it was like for her to grow up talented. Biographies typically invent and/or sensationalize stories about the main characters, and so it is highly valued to read the thoughts of a person who has actually lived the life of the book's topic.

[wildflower]

I am just starting to read the Wideacre trilogy by Philipa Gregory. Since I have only read the first chapter I will save the review LOL.

I have read two of her other works: the Other Boylen Girl and the Boylen Inheritance which were great reads so looking forward to reading this one!

[CDRW]

I am reading The Year's Best Science Fiction from 2006. It's actually not as good as i hoped. Too many of the stories have cop-out endings.

[KissMeGoodBye]

I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I read it in German and now I wanted the original ^^
I admire such children books. It gives my a possibility to think about our reality and the one in the book. Alice is asking a lot of interesting questions which are making me think.

[Sugar N. Spice]

I'm reading "The Freedom Writers' Diary" by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers. It's about how a bunch of ghetto kids in LA change their ways with the help of their English teacher. It's actually very interesting, and I know that most of the stuff is true because I lived in LA at one point.

[Mordecai]

just picked up Stephen King's new book Duma Key earlier today, still haven't started though.

[Gannon]

I've three on the go, the reread of 1984, Jean-Dominique Bauby's Diving Bell and The Butterfly, and Marcus Chown's introduction to Quantuum Physics - all recommended, all very different to one another!

[PrincessGarnet]

I'm reading 'selling Olga' - it's a book on human trafficking, mainly focusing on eastern europe and the UK, some really sad stories. I don't know how people can treat others that way....

[Scott Tuplin]

Two Women - Martina Cole

I hate that everyone says Martina is woman's fiction. I have to buy hardback so I can slip my Tom Clancy cover over it :p

[Amor]

I'm reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling, for the second time...

[Sugar N. Spice]

Now I'm reading "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice.

[MarcG]

As a Man Grows Older by Italo Svevo. Nearly as good so far as Zeno's Conscience, but that seems to be the fault of the translator. Whoever translated Zeno's did a wonderful job.

[CDRW]

I'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's really good.

[Oasis Writer]

I'm looking for a play to read right now. :)

[Lemex]

I'm giving Misery by Stephen King a second try.
I think I was a little harsh on the novel last time and having not actualy finnished it, I got bored of it halfway though and want to give it a re-reading.

[xMissDarbyx]

I've just finished reading, "The House At Riverton" by Kate Morton. I thought it was brilliant - it's the first book that has captured my imagination for ages, and I was pleased to find that I couldn't put it down.
About to start reading, "Running for the Hills" by Horatio Clare.

I'm also currently reading the BBC Torchwood fiction books.. (now that we've come to the end of the series, I have to top up my RDA of Captain Jack!).

[Mr Sci Fi]

Reading "Lolita" at the moment.

Amazing language, but it's difficult to sit through the narrator's sexual descriptions of nine year olds.

[KissMeGoodBye]

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen

I think you all know it?
It is hard to understand for me as a german native speaker.
But the story is not bad. It's becoming more interesting nearer to the end.
By the way I don't have to read it for school, only for fun and because our library is
nice. I could discover many nice books there. ^^

[silverfrost]

I'm currently reading The Ice People, by Rene Barjavel. It's excellent.

[scrittura-amoredea]

I'm currently reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" as part of my class.
It's kinda required.

[PrincessGarnet]

One month until summer holidays, I'm going to finish Anna Karenina then :), but now work :(

[Heather Louise]

I am trying to get into this book called The killing Doll. It is by anna someone I think, I can't remeber. I can't get into it though

[Kit]

I'm just about to start reading the PS, I love you book by Cecilia Ahern. My sister just read it and cried at least once per chapter and it made my mum cry. She always calls me heartless and has challenged me to read it and not cry. Lol.

[Oasis Writer]

1984 - George Orwell

[Milady]

I'm currently reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" as part of my class.
It's kinda required.

I had to read that last year. It was okay. Not my usual choice of genre, but I could see the merit in it.


1984 - George Orwell

Good book.

---

Right now, I'm reading Dune by Frank Herbert. I hear it's one of the best. It was written so long ago that many of its plot devices have become cliche, but I still find myself enjoying it.

[Oasis Writer]

Heard Dune was amazing. I'll look it up after 1984.

[(Mark)]

Dune is a really good book. I don't usually go for sci-fi, but I love Dune.

[KP Williams]

Black by Ted Dekker. I started it before, but didn't get to finish it, so I'm starting again. It's better this time than I remember it.

[What Happens Next?]

Nothing -- just finished The Giver, and it was really good. Looking forward to reading it's sequel, Messenger. I'll skip the companion book for now.

[lessa]

1633 Eric Flint.
it is an alternate history series and very well written.

[para_noir]

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

[ChimmyBear]

Mosaic By Amy Grant

[Gone Wishing]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

[Oasis Writer]

About done with 1984, so I'll be reading Twilight again soon probably.

[What Happens Next?]

Can't find Messanger...
-- I substitute with Terry Pratchet's The Color of Magic

[Tony.K]

I'm currently reading 'The Dream Catcher' by stephen Kings (great Auther)
and have to read this book called the Dragon Keeper for english assinment.
(I don't like this book at all)

[Gloom Kitty]

pilgram by Sara Douglas

[SeaBreeze]

White Tiger of the Dark Heavens Trilogy by Kylie Chan... about the third time I've read it?

[Lemex]

I'm just about to start V. by Thomas Pynchon.

I've read the first couple of pages already and it's one of the most engrossing, and strangly funnyist, novels i've ever read.

Mr Pynchon, I am a fan.

[FinalConflict]

What I just typed.

[Ramblling]

Robin Hobb's 'The-Farseer-Trilogy' -- Assassin's Quest

[juniofegalon]

The Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead... Pretty Good.... I have no idea where it is going though...

[Oasis Writer]

The Druid of Shannara by Terry Brooks

[Leaka]

The Ruins by Scott Smith

[Krisser]

Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

[wildflower]

wideacre - phillipa gregory

[lessa]

ths sceptred Isle Mercedes lackey on line while knitting

1634 Eric Flint down stairs on the couch

Owl Sight mercedes lackey upstair in bed

[Introversion]

Stolen Lives - Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi

[starrynight89]

Not a Penny More, Not A Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer

[Kratos]

Just finished Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. Pretty cool.

[Oasis Writer]

Scion of the Shannara - Terry Brooks

[oldyi]

I'm currently reading "Collapse：How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond
but Chinese version.

I bought "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy" years ago but still lies on bookshelf with dust.

[Tears]

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

[Tears]

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

[FantasyWitch]

The Secret Garden

I enjoy my classics!

[Lucy E.]

'Daughters of Rebecca', by Iris Gower.

[Al B]

The Minotaur takes a cigarette break, by Steven Sherrill.

It's an allegorical tale which tends to divide people's opinions on whether it's a masterpiece or a flowery piece of crap. Personally, I quite like it.

Al

[HookshotManiac]

I've already read it, but I'm reading it again: No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

[jps117]

Shadow of the Hegemon, by Orson scott card.

[HookshotManiac]

Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

[Kratos]

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

[Weston13]

I'm reading several books, at the moment. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and The Summoner by Gail Z. Martin. I'm not particularly enjoying the last two but I'm finishing them just for the sake of finishing them.

[asitaarka]

I'm reading Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. It's for school, but I think it's really interesting.

[WingedHermes]

Piratica, Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrel, and Jane Eyre.

[Kratos]

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. I'm not too far into the book, but so far I like it. :cool:

[Oasis Writer]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins

[jps117]

Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter (Book Two) Bye D. M. Cornish

[Flubagalub]

I just finished reading The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice (it is now my favourite book), and I have just started reading The Shining, by Stephen King.

[KP Williams]

Skin by Ted Dekker. Let me sum it up in a sentence... That man is a genius who churns out amazing books faster than I can blink. Skin is no exception so far.

I suppose that'stwo sentences, but whatever. :cool:

[Kratos]

Grass for his Pillow, by Lian Hearn.

Plus the other two books I mentioned (American Gods and a Feast for Crows). One's on CD, so technically I'm listening to the book.

[Asploding Mind]

The Complete Franz Kafka

[Rumpole40k]

The phonebook (gonna order Italian tonight).

[wildflower]

Phillipa Gregory - Wideacre

The blurb said something like "only one person knows what Miss Lacey is planning and can destroy her". Now, I'm halfway through the book and there are so many twists and turns that this mysterious person could be any one of the characters - bloody brilliant!!

[Endeavour]

Dreamcatcher - Stephen King

[Mousie]

John Dies At The End by David Wong.

I think this's, like, my 10th time reading it >.<

[Nezriel]

The Lone Drow by R.A. Salvatore.

[Aurora_Black]

The Lone Drow by R.A. Salvatore.

Ooo, a Drizzt fan! Sweet, how is it so far?

I'm reading Retribution by Steven Savile (trilogy o.O)

[Nezriel]

It's awesome. The Lone Drow is like the 11th book in the series? lol

[Kaij]

Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

[ChimmyBear]

Beach Music ~ Pat Conroy

[Onfhadh]

The girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King.

[Rebekkamaria]

The girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King.

Oh, I loved that book. I think it was one of his scariest stories ever. :)

I'm reading Charles de Lint's Spirits in the Wires. It's a lovely first person narrative, mostly in present tense. I usually don't like neither, but in his hands... it's just magical.

[FoxyMomma]

I just finished 2 books by Jennie Shortridge.

The first is called Riding With The Queen
The second is called Eating Heaven

I loved both of these books. I will be looking for more of her work the next time I'm at the bookstore.

[kissingtheshadows]

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Leiws

I read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe when I was 9 or 10, and I just found out recently there was a whole series 0.0 haha I was at the bookstore like, last year and I saw the collection and was like, where did all of these come from? Haha and then the movie for Prince Caspian came out and I was like, oh crap...

But so far I absolutely love The Magician's Nephew and The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, and of course The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is my favorite. I always cry when the White Witch and her army bound Aslan and torture him. But right now I'm almost done with The Silver Chair, which I didn't particularly care for. I heard The Final Battle is amazing, which I'll probably start on tomorrow because I know I'll finish chapters 15 and 16 tonight.

And look at me talking on and on, I sure do hope there's a Narnia thread on here! I'm just too lazy to look for it ^.^ and next I'm reading the Lord Of The Rings, my friend is letting me borrow all of the books.

And I also got The Host by Stephenie Meyer, so anyone who is/have read it please tell me how it is.

[InkDancer]

Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint.

[Dellhan]

'Prey' by Michael Crichtion. Its about a man who was a programmer for artificial intelagence programs. A company buys on of the programs called PREDPREY. It is a preditor/prey program. The program is used in a new nanotechnological hardware that sends millions of little cameras into peoples bloodstream to see whats wrong with them. The program go's haywire and starts attacking people. Thats all the farther i have gotten but its a good thriller. I love it.

[ophelia]

The Painted Bird by Jared Kfewaeicantspellhislastname

[Lemex]

Deception Point - Dan Brown.

In short, it's rubbish.
But I see Dan Brown as a Penny Dreadful writer.
Simple pleasures for simple people.
(And yes, I just laughed at myself :D)

[Mateius]

Paradise Lost - John Milton
A Game of Thrones - George Martin

I'm really enjoying Paradise Lost, its my first contact with epic poetry and I instantly fell in love with it.

A Game of Thrones is a really in-depth novel with small amounts of action. Now I don't really go for slow paced stories, but something about this book gripped me right from the start. I think it has something to do with how well Martin writes.

Both are excellent and I would recommend them to anyone.

[LtTelra]

Gatty's tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
I'm supposed to be finishing this by Thursday, as it's the last carnegie book i have to read. It's not a bad book, but it's not exactly gripping. (So far...)

[Sandy Banks]

To The Lighthouse by Virginnia Woolf and The Painter of Modern Life by Charles Baudelaire

[Wreybies]

An old favorite, Titan by John Varley.

[Cogito]

Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card.

[Crazy Ivan]

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
I got it as a present for a friend, but I couldn't help rereading before I gave it to her. =P

[Lemex]

Wasting Police Time - PC Copperfield.

Having been wanting to join Her Majesty's Police Service since I was six, I wanted to find out what life in the Police Force is like from an officer's point of view... It's witty, engrossing and slightly disturbing...

Truly worth the money.

[Heather Louise]

At the moment, I am reading this book which is apparently the last in the series of the Emma Harte dynasty or something along those lines. It is so boring, you can tell my Granddad bought it for me.

[bone jaw]

Right now, I'm reading 1984, mainly because...believe it or not, I've never read it before. :redface:
It's very thought provoking.

[Lemex]

Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy.

So far, it's very engrossing.

[Firefly]

The post above mine. :D

Alright, alright, I know what you meant...

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

It's the one on my shelf that looked most interesting. Almost all the other books are little kid books or books that would only interest my mom. I think my brother has Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy around here somewhere. I'll have to dig that one out.

[Kaij]

Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow

Damned if it ain't an awesome read.

[Amor]

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

...aren't I mature?

[dawdler]

Reading London Fields by Martin Amis. This book is all about it's characters who fit so pefectly together. I have not finished so spoilers. I like the way Amis will play around with the order of events, revisiting them from different characters points of view and making the reader feel well informed. I also enjoy the writing himself withing the book giving you the sense of being within and outside the story much like him. Those are my thoughts anyway

[Maxie Boi]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

[JanesLife]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Ah. Yey.

As for me; Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse

[Wreybies]

Nothing! I am bookless.... :(

[InkDancer]

Ah. Yey.

As for me; Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse

I love P.G. Wodehouse! (Of course, I'm also madly in love with Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster in the TV series, so that helps.)

[JanesLife]

I love P.G. Wodehouse! (Of course, I'm also madly in love with Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster in the TV series, so that helps.)

Ahhhh! Yeah, it's so amazing! I didn't know there was a t.v. show...!

[zorell]

Huckleberry Finn, it's not as bad as i predicted, but it still hasn't redeemed itself.

[PrincessGarnet]

Just finished Paulo Coehlo's 'Veronika decides to die', I thought it was wonderful going to hopefully find another one by him at the library. Although after searching through the favourite author thread i'm surprised that he's not mentioned.

[cawalabe]

Piratica, Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrel, and Jane Eyre.

I think _Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrel_ may be the best fantasy ever written. It's really that good. Although I must warn you that the first 300 pages are a little slow. Then it really takes off. You'll have to read the last 100 pages in one sitting.

[FantasyWitch]

I am re-reading the "Golden Compass" because of its fabulous desription so I can be inspired :D

[BrinkofDawn]

I'm reading New Moon by Stephanie Meyer which is the second book of the Twilight Series and I'm almost done with it and will go on to the third book Eclipse.

It's a pretty interesting story. Normally I wouldn't read a book on romance but it's also suspenseful because it's about a girl named Bella who falls in love with a vampire named Edward and the deeper she dives into the relationship the more dangerous it is for her to be around Edward and, yeah^^ It's a really good series and I recommended it to the romantics out there.

[silverfrost]

I am re-reading the "Golden Compass" because of its fabulous desription so I can be inspired :D

Yay, Pullman. He rocks.


I'm currently reading The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne.

[kguertin90]

Im currently reading "From Dawn to Decadence," its a cultural history of the modern era, its pretty good so far, I would recommend it to anyone with and interest in modern European history

[Afterburner]

I just finished some random book I found called Carnivore by Leigh Clark. It actually wasn't that bad. As of now I'm in the middle of reading Stony Man: Hell Dawn. It's a spin off series of Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan character.

[Rose Strailo]

Right now I am reading Cursed Be the Child. It's a supernatural one and deals with a harsh subject in a different way, child abuse.

It brings up the question, what would happen to an abused child who is killed by their abuser while full of hate and loathing? Then it brings up another question: What would happen if a family move into the home that the child died in with their own child? Well, this book answers it and so much more. It's a well written story, dry in parts, but it helps push the story forward.

The end makes you think that there is a sequel or two out there. I haven't gotten around to finding out yet. :redface:

[Rebekkamaria]

I'm reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. :) It's good.

[Killjoy]

At the moment I am reading a non-fiction book called, "About Time, Einstein's Unfinished Revolution".
Very interesting stuff.

But I'm about to start a fantasy novel called, "Magician" by Raymond E. Feist. It's been recommended to me, by my auntie's boyfriend.

[Darth Ranne]

At the moment, I'm reading Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce. It's the fourth book in another Tortall quartet. It's fantasy and I find it enjoyable, but not quite as good as her Song of the Lioness quartet.

[Gladiatus]

I am reading Pompeii by Robert Harris. If its Roman, I'll read it hehe. This turns out to be a great read. :D

[Kirby Tails]

I'm reading "The Color of Water" which is about a young black boy's search to find out who he is, and find out his white mother's history. His mtoher writes her own, tragic history within the story, about how her father had sexually abused her and forced her to work night and day in his shop, all while they lived in the deep south, and how she fell in love with another black man. It's pretty good, but the last thing I read, "The Qorld Accordig to Garp" by John Irving...THAT was amazing!

[BrinkofDawn]

Finished New Moon and am about to go into Eclipse but I might also start the first Vampire Hunter D novel.

[inkslinger]

I just started Cat's Cradle yesterday, but I'm only 14 pages in so far, lol. I read for a few minutes yesterday and then set the book down. I didn't have a chance to continue all day, and by now I'm too tired to read anything other than stuff on the net. I'll read some more tomorrow.

[ParanormalWriter]

I'm currently caught up in two books, both fantasy novels. One is "The Dark Mirror" by Juliet Marillier (one of my fave authors). The other is "The Innocent Mage" (and the author's name escapes me). *Sheepish grin* I'm enjoying both immensely.

[Gladiatus]

I finished Robert Harris' Pompeii last night, I couldnt put it down! It was 11:30 pm with 100 pages to go and I finished it that night, or should I say this morning hehe :P

Now I have to read Robert Harris' Imperium and then Conn Igguldens last book in the Emporer series

[vivo_neco]

At the moment I’m reading Crime and Punishment. It’s ... deeply disturbing, although as it’s from the point of view of a madman, that’s hardly surprising.

[Tony.K]

Dreamcatcher - Stephen King

Read it great book! I think Stephen King is a genius! Also seen the movie! but the book is better

[hellomoto]

The Husband - Dean Koontz.

I think it is a brilliant book. It displays many genres. Love, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological!

I suggest you read it!

[silverfrost]

At the moment I’m reading Crime and Punishment. It’s ... deeply disturbing, although as it’s from the point of view of a madman, that’s hardly surprising.

I've been meaning to get to that soon.


I'm currently reading Watership Down.

[The Essential Writer]

Alan Dean Foster's Codgerspace. Really fun book to read.
The Toasters are coming! The Toasters are coming!

[DontThinkJustWRITE]

I have been on a Jodi Piccoult kick lately. I just finished her newest book Change of Heart and am currently reading Songs of the Humpback Whales. So far it's a good page turner, but not in the same way her other books have been. If you're a Piccoult fan and know how she writes (dramas packed with law innuendos and facts that always have a twist for the end) then reading this book wouldn't be a good idea because it's similar to a standard romance novel, and you'd be disappointed with her. I kind of am :-/. Hopefully it'll get better!

[penhobby]

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
I just started it, so we'll see.

[Afterburner]

I'm not reading anything right now but The Time Paradox (the 6th Artemis Fowl novel by Eoin Colfer) comes out Tuesday. I will definitely be picking it up. :D

[Kratos]

Heaven's Net is Wide, the prequel to the awesome Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.

[The Dark Writer]

Dean Koontz - The Husband
Brilliantly written. It has a lot of different genres in it such as Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Thriller.

[emily...]

"The Bad Son" by Linda Warren. The MC is pretty much me. Got the hair color right and everything.

[Beez]

I just finished reading, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It was by far one of the most interesting and inspiring books I have read in quite awhile. It is about a family who travels to the states from Calcutta and try to live a typical American life. The son breaks away from this and travels down his own path. Very good read and I recommend it to all.

[hellomoto]

The Husband - Dean Koontz.

I think it is a brilliant book. It displays many genres. Love, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological!

I suggest you read it!




Dean Koontz - The Husband
Brilliantly written. It has a lot of different genres in it such as Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Thriller.

Thanks for pretty much taking my post and copying it word by word!!!!! :mad: :mad:

[Rabid Fox]

I just finished reading Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" this weekend. Loved it. I had only heard of it in passing, and assumed it was the story of a young boy deserted on a tropical island. Turns out it's more of an adolescent version of "Old Man and the Sea" if it's to be equated crudely with another book.

Young Indian boy grows up in his father's zoo until it's decided the family will move to Canada and start anew. But Piscine (Pi for short) never makes it, as the ship sinks and leaves him stranded in a lifeboat with a zebra, orangutang, hyena, and a tiger. And it gets even more daunting from there.

I'd recommend it as a great summer read for anyone who hasn't bothered with it yet.

[mbj0680]

The Confessions of Augustine.

What can I say about the man? It's best to handle the book in small doses because there is so much to contemplate. Just started reading book 10. What a great mind Augustine was. How complete and thorough are his analysis of the topics unto which he writes that again, its best to read him in small doses or you are likely to miss something along the way.



-Mark

[BrinkofDawn]

Just bought and read Batman: The Killing Joke and I'm gonna try to go on to read Vampire Hunter D vol. 1 and get through Stephanie Meyer's Eclipse at the same time.

[Harmire]

I am currently reading, or more so currently finishing, Wastelands. Its a grouping of short Dystopian stories. I don't read Dystopian stuff often, but most of them were good so far.

[DrJoe]

The Stand by Stephen King

Not even halfway through that sucker yet.

[FantasyWitch]

The Ship Who Sang by Ann Mcaferry

[Flozzie]

Roma by Steven Saylor. A novel about ancient Rome from 1000 BC to 1 BC. Only just started it, but so far it is really good.

[hellomoto]

Velocity - Dean Koontz

[zorell]

Long Day's Journey Into Night-Eugene O'neill

[BatCountry]

Fool Moon - Jim Butcher

[Saphael]

Brave New World-Alduous Huxley

[Ex Leper]

I'm currently reading Aeneid by Virgil. Pretty good for a two thousand year old poem.

[tnme22]

I am reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

[DragonHeart]

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Interesting at first but right now I'm getting a bit bored with all the backstory. I greatly dislike history lessons in fantasy novels.

~DragonHeart~

[Gone Wishing]

The Rachel Papers - Martin Amis

[dushechka]

The Fountainhead (yeah, STILL Haven't finished it...), as well as a book about Serial Killer Psychology, although the name escapes me currently..
I just finished The Stranger - Camus awhile back - wonderful book.

[Rabid Fox]

I'm currently reading "Nightshade" by John Saul. I'm enjoying it more than the first Saul book I read, "The Presence", but not by much. I plan on reading "Blackstone Chronicles" later in the year. If I don't care for that either, I think it will be safe to say that I'm not a John Saul fan.

[Still Life]

Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody, and Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island.

I don't have much time to read anymore because of work, but I catch a few snippets in between breaks, or when I'm walking from my car to my apartment, or while I'm chewing on dinner.


I just finished The Stranger - Camus awhile back - wonderful book.

I just finishd L'Etranger last month in French. I'll be tackling it in English soon. It'll probably make more sense to me then.

[Oasis Writer]

Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn

[AnonymousWriter]

Ian McEwan's Atonement

[Le Diable Rouge]

Just finished "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, absolutely brilliant novel.
Started "The Sicilian" by Mario Puzo this morning, sequel to "The Godfather"

[hellomoto]

Percy Jackson - The Battle of the Labrynth by Rick Riordan.

Pretty awesome and humerous book. Part of a series called the "Percy Jackson" series. It's the fourth book.

[starrynight89]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling. Really random, not sure why I'm reading this again. . . but I do feel like reading the series again from the beginning. Maybe I'll read it backwards this time. ;)

[Haribol Acharya]

I have been reading Kafka's the Metamorphosis these days. I have already read it two times. However I could not understand it properly. It is a very difficult book, uninterpretable easily. Despite the fact the story is also simple and the words are uncomplicated and why I fail to comprehend it is the symbol of it.

At each reading I find something different in this book, and that is why I read it repeatedly several times.

This is a classic and despite its simple story it remains always highly complicated. But it is worth reading.

[Kratos]

Yeah, I read a lot of books at the same time.

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan (School read, not my choice)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb

Books I read most or half of and I've temporarily postponed

Heaven's Net is Wide, by Lian Hearn
A Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin

[Last1Left]

Books I read most or half of and I've temporarily postponed

Heaven's Net is Wide, by Lian Hearn

You really should finish it :) It's a good book, and almost makes up for The Harsh Cry of the Heron

Right now, I'm reading Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill, The Republic by Plato.

[Kratos]

I liked the Harsh Cry of the Heron, it was probably my favorite. I just didn't like the ending.

[Last1Left]

The ending's the most important part in my opinion. That last hundred pages were such a letdown, but I liked almost everything beforehand. Just my two cents though.

[Shadows Doubt]

God's Concubine, The Troy Game book 2 - Sara Douglass.
Age of Apocalypse, book 2.
House of M, book 1.

[Daniel]

Reading The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul (again).

[pyrox91992]

currently i am reading the gunslinger, book one of the dark tower series, by stephen king

[starrynight89]

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

[Foxee]

"Dead Heat" by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Dick Francis is one of my favorite authors.

On tap for when I'm done with that: "The Fifth Elephant" by Terry Pratchett.

[Flozzie]

I'm reading the Swedish novel Caipiriña Med Döden, in English Caipiriña With Death, by Maria Enestam.
It's about a woman who befriends Death, and really good so far. It's philosophical and it makes you stop and think about life and death.

[DontThinkJustWRITE]

If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern and it's pretty good, just a bit slow.

[InPieces]

The Hobbit. Surprisingly, I've never read it. I just finished reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and apparantly it is just like Tolkien's work, so The Hobbit should be good.

[Ungood]

Just started the Empress

[DarkMaiden273]

Chainfire and Sea of Swords-shortly.

[inkslinger]

I'm rereading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for about the eighth time, lol.

I should probably get to reading something new, but I can be picky...

[bellanovella]

I am currently reading the Twilight sagas. I just finished both Twilight and New Moon and today, started on Eclipse. I fell for the hype and then got sucked in - it is surprisingly good and I'm a sucker for an intense love story.

I don't normally read young adult books or fantasy, but it really is a fun genre.

[Lemex]

Lost Souls by Neil White.

[Gladiatus]

The Return - William Shatner

[Gone Wishing]

Comic Book Tattoo.

It's a huge volume of collected stories - in comic form - interpreting some 80+ songs by Tori Amos, by various artists and writers. Just brilliant.

And the intro by Neil Gaiman made me cry... lol. :redface:

[Scarecrow28]

I recently finished Vince Flynn's SEPERATION OF POWER and am going to move on to Clive Cusslers PLAGUE SHIP.

[Still Life]

Just purchased Ayn Rand's Anthem. This will be a re-read.
Still dawdling over Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody.

I'm a bit slow when it comes to fantasy, especially ones with perfect goddesses with golden tresses for an MC, but I'll be damned if I don't finish it. I paid for it, so I have to finish it.

[Pithe]

I'm reading The Princess Bride by William Goldman for the millionth time.

[Heather Louise]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K.Rowling. I am making my way through the series again. :)

[SnipSnap]

I am reading:

King John - Shakespeare
Murder in the Cathedral - T.S. Eliot
Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Exodus - Leon Uris
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon

Sigh ... I read way too much ...

[Nilfiry]

Currently reading Grendel and Beowulf.

[Marcelo]

Currently reading Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony and The Blade Itself.

[Gone Wishing]

Summer Crossing - Truman Capote

[Still Life]

North & South, by Elizabeth Gaskell.

I saw the BBC period drama of North & South, which was very well-executed and decided to pick up the book. Colin Firth's Pride & Prejudice fans will hang me for this, but I prefer Richard Armitage's Mr. Thornton over Colin's Darcy, any day. >_>;;

I also picked up two other titles, both memoirs:

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami,
and Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here, by Joseph Heller.

[leonorgonecrazy]

I'm reading
Jane Eyre
Breaking Dawn
A great and terrible beauty
The color of water
and this really sick book called Crank it's written like poetry and it's really thick... a really exhausting reading experience :)

[Foxee]

Everyone's reading such good heavy material.

I..uh...am about halfway through The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett. Lots of laughs.:redface:

[Heather Louise]

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the moment. Read most of it last night actually, I'm rather tired now. Lols

[penhobby]

Acheron

[mooncloud]

As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)

I have mixed feelings about both of them. I'm enjoying Faulkner's style, but am not quite as interested in the content. On the other hand, I'm not so crazy about the way Murakami writes, but the story is more interesting.

[architectus]

I've just finished reading The Beach by Alex Garland - truly an amazing book.

Just before that I finished The Mist by Stephen King, which turned me off the movie. :p

Now I'm co-reading Duma Key (Stephen King's latest) and The Stand, also by Stephen King. The former is pretty good, but the latter is my favourite novel and remains so. The characters are simply so well written that the book is a masterpiece.

The characters are pretty cool in the Stand, but then again I like a lot of Characters King does. He does characters well. I do not however see the appeal of the Stand. I tried so many times to get into it.

Have you read Swan's Song by McCammon? It has been compared to the Stand. A lot of people who like the Stand also love Swan's Song. I really enoyed it.

[architectus]

I am presently reading King's the Shinning, because I never finished it. I am also reading God Emporer of Dune. Although this God Emporer of Dune has the same deepness as Dune, it does not have the same gripping magic, but so far it is good. I am half way finished.

[Gladiatus]

Currently re-reading/fininshing Imperium by Robert Harris. I left it in a restaurant in Rome whilst on holiday. I got halfway through and have been waiting 3 weeks to find out the ending! Finally came through my door this morning on the post :p

[ecriture]

I'm reading "guitar girl". It's a french book, of course. Three girls love music and make a group. They become famous but they will meet problems.

Once it will be went out, I would read the third volume of Eragon.

[marina]

The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson

Fantastic story, esp. if you like magical realism.

[scantilycladbehemoth]

Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell
Have had it for a while because it was recommended but only just began reading it. Seems a good thriller type with inventive and involving prose.

[Scribbles]

Helen of Troy by Margaret George and I've decided to reread the Wheel of Time series.

[lucieo]

I'm chewing my way through Raymond Feist's works (in chronological order!). At the moment I'm only up to Servant of the Empire (co-written with Jenny Wurst) but that will be momentarily stopped as I read Brisingr when it comes out in 10 days!

[Still Life]

Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell
Now and Then: Coney Island to Here, Joseph Heller,

reading at a snail's pace.

[Fluxhavok]

stranger in a strange land- heinlein

...again... i love heinlein

[Still Life]

I totally grok you. Stranger in a Strange Land is science fiction at its best.

[ciavyn]

Charles de Lint The Blue Girl, on the suggestion of Rei. Actually very good, very appealing writing. I have a stack of books to work on, yet I keep getting more! AGH!!