Just read the graphic novel of Coraline (just read, like during the last hour, lol). It was the first graphic novel I've read, but was interesting. If anyone knows of any other non-manga/anime style graphic novels, feel free to let me know.
Reading Equal Rights by Terry Pratchett. Next is going to be one of: Side Jobs By Jim Butcher, Living Nightmare by Shannon K. Butcher, or Greywalker by Kat Richardson. I haven't decided on which one yet (and i should, because I'm almost done with Equal Rights.
Finished The Great Gatsby last night, and I'm now reading The Last Fighting Tommy: the Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches 1898-2009. I started reading this a while ago, but I'm picking it up again. It's quite interesting. I'm also rereading The Time Traveller's Wife.
At the moment im reading Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) and its quite good, not as good as some of his other books though Its more of a crime story then horror. Its 2 stories, present and from the MCs childhood. The childhood part is much better then the other part of the story Not sure what to read when im finished though :/
I'm reading a book called Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada. Its an incredibly powerful and moving story about what it was liking living in Berlin during the Nazi regime.
I'm reading Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and Pale Fire by Nabokov- 'cause I have an Eng. Lit exam next week, heh heh heh. But I really like both of them- brilliant. I'm also reading a manga calles Spice & Wolf because no matter how much I love literature, I gotta have a bit of lightness on the side.
Right now I'm going through Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. Currently I'm up to book 5, Soul of the Fire. Its a fantasy series that revolves around the main character Richard and how he moves from a simple woodsman to a grand war wizard. The magic and fantasy seems to take a more "real" feel, rather than with orcs and other races like that. I enjoy it.
Just Waiting on Book 5 of a Song of Ice and Fire. Currently in the waiting period I am reading The Book of Five Rings by Musashi. and then I think I will read A Vince Flynn novel!
^Wow! That's awesome I just recently made a quick stop at our local library and picked up seven books. Two of them are two inches thick, the rest even thinner. But -- I've read two of them already: The Missing: Book One - Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff. They were awesome. Really great reads I won't ever, ever regret.
Reading A Canticle for Leibowitz... old-school post-apocalyptic... satire... humor? I dunno, exactly, it's awesome though.
Hi there, at the moment, im reading a stephen king book, "The Secret Window" And are thoroughly enjoying it
last night I started and finished Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. It was a great read. It also had one of my favorite themes of the Ripple/Domino effect where even small events can turn into something bigger. The narration was a bit confusing at times, but I am wondering if the ebook was just poorly formatted. But I hope in the actual book it's not as easily detectable as to who is narrating. Sound's odd but going with what the book was about it just sorta added a neat effect on me. Great read.
Slowly making my way through the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It's the true survival story of a WWII POW who was, previously, an Olympic athlete.
That was a fantastic book. Pretty gut wrenching, though, and it brings back the anxiety and psychological horror that is (sometimes) high school.
Right now I'm reading Lamb by Christoper Moore. It's about the stories of Jesus Christ and the bible, as told by Jesus' childhood friend; Biff. So far I find it pretty funny. I love Christoper Moore, so maybe it's a bias opinion. I recommend it, though some people may be offended by it's satirical expression of religion. It's fairly tame though. I would recommend reading Fool by Christoper Moore before I would recommend this particular selection. Fool is a parody on Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. I think it's hilarious.
Last of The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. Finishing up my re-read of Lolita, by Nabokov, which is a brilliant book.
I just finished In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin, which I found disappointing because of all the hype. Some of the andecotes I found extremely interesting, while others seemed to be an attempt to avoid talking about his actual travel experiences. I'm reading Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac now. I just started it but I find it interesting, though difficult to follow at times. I was reading The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender. I was about 80 pages into it and decided I liked it enough to finish it. I left it on the table and somebody snagged it (I work at a Hostel). I was actually really starting to like it, dammit.
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. Eh.. it's okay so far. It was hard to get into but I think a lot of it has to do with the author and his writing style. I feel him as a smug writer and every passage of the book, I feel like he's telling me "how it should be" instead of letting me think and decide on my own. Lol.
