I read some of Poe's short stories from time to time, always awesome. I loved The Pit and the Pendulum and Masque of the Red Death At ze mo, i am reading the Dark Tower series again by Stephen King, on The Wastelands. Also, advancing through Moby Dick.
I am reading Fortunes Stroke by eric flint. waiting for a bunch of books by Mercedes Lackey that I just ordered today won a gift certificate for Amazon.ca got all used books about 15 for $40 and shipping is free. what better prize for a reader.
I just finished Masque of the Read Death! The Pit and the Pendulum is coming up soon! I read Moby Dick earlier this year and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I even quite liked the bit where he outlined all the many types of whales there are in minute detail. That said, it was still really heavy going. It took me ages to get through it all.
I am reading "A guide for the perplexed" Essentially, its about Quantum Physics. Pretty neat book... Very educational.
Awesome i am finding Moby Dick pretty good so far, it's really intruiging from the outset! The meeting with Queequeg is pretty amusing xD Masque is a great story, so chilling too!
I am reading nothing fancy but The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti And I would say 1984 by George Orwell because my class is still reading it but I finished before break.
I'm almost finished reading Blaze [Richard Bachman] not too bad, follows the story of a 7' 11' tall man whose IQ is very low due to an incident that occured when he was a boy, because of his immense height and strength he fell into a life of crime. Before that I read Oryx and Crake [Margaret Atwood] that is one of my favorites now, a story about gene splicing that changes the whole terrain of the world which in turn leaves the world with no survivors. Except for a man calling himself Snowman. The story follows Snowman's memories of how life was before and how the world became a dystopia and the children that he helped raise. These children were created in a lab and lived in a small forest environment. They have superior genes, they are able to survive in this new wild world full of hybrid animals, their innocence has them believing that Snowman is their God. I definitely recommend it.
I finished Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times yesterday and now I'm reading Brisingr.
I just finished reading Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. I enjoyed it a lot, but it did move a bit slowly in places. I'm currently wading into Duma Key. Like just about everything of King's, it drags at the beginning. I don't have high hopes of it picking up the pace later, either, but with the autobiographical allusions, I wanted to try tackling it anyway.
Your wading into some deep waters with this one. I just finished it myself recently, but by sheer force of will alone. Not to say I isn't an interesting read. I just prefer his short stories more, he has less room to develop the 'bloat' that he is infamous for; even those are starting to become obese though. He could have easily carved 150-200 pages off of it without hurting the story one bit. But that's probably not much of a surprise. If you think he was wordy in his earlier days, you've seen nothing yet... I have Speaker for the Dead on the shelf, next in queue since I read Ender's Game again. Need to get going on it.
I've heard Speaker for the Dead is really science heavy and less action oriented than Ender's Game. Is that true? Today I read a nice little Hanuka story.
Science heavy? Mmmmm, the biology of the pequiniños is complicated, and the human cost of relativistic space travel id underscored, but I think Ender's Game was more science heavy. Relationships play a greater role than science in Speaker. Also, the bits of Portuguese may be lost on you if you don't know any Portuguese, Spanish, or Italian. Some, but not all, of it is translated, but there are subtleties you'll miss if you can't follow the Portuguese.
I was at Chapters (Canadian Bookstore Chain) and man do I ever love how it smells. Anyway, I purchased A Brave New World - Aldous Huxley. I'm about to crack it open and can't wait to see what awaits me. I've heard a lot of good things about it, and it's definitely my type of story. From what I hear, it's seems to be a more intense version of 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry. Here's hoping -crosses fingers-
Maximum Ride - Angel Experimentation, got it for Christmas, and by the first fifty pages I have decided that James Patterson can't write (at least in this style).
Recently finished: As Simple As Snow by Greg Galloway It has the best opening I've ever read: Currently reading: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Currently reading Heretics of of Dune before finishing up with Chapterhouse: Dune. I'm also reading Alan Moore's writing for comics which, I must say, is quite good. He is one cynical bastard thought.
I agree. Now I'm going to be looking for that one! I'm reading Master of the Delta by Thomas H. Cook.
I've given in to my teenage daughter and am reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I have to admit that I'm actually enjoying it. It's an easy read no brainer, and is a bit like taking a holiday from my usual heavier reads. Change is as good as a rest they say. Hmmm, what next from the pile though?!?!?!
Just finished the twilight series so i'm digging into the christmas books. Currently reading 'Necropolis' by Anthony Horowitz (interesting series. different than his usual garbage)
Like I said, I'm reading 'Brave New World' but I'm not a fan of the writing and find myself avoiding picking it up... so instead I keep starting other books in the meantime. I finished Tuesdays With Morrie a couple days ago (didn't really enjoy it as much as I thought I would.) and My Sister's Keeper this morning. I plan on picking up 'Sweetness in the Belly' before the day is through. 2 books down, 28 left for my new year's resolution reading list
