What have you been reading?

[Bonediddly]

(I'm posting this here under the assumption that the "Literature" section was meant for posting your own works.)

Yes, I made a thread about books on an anime site. For those uninformed of us :

Book n : A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.

I recently finished reading "1984" by George Orwell. Just a tad bit depressing, but overall a very good read. It reminds me alot of Fahernheit 451 and Animal Farm.

Before that I wasted all my spare time reading through George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". A very engaging and original series(that's right kids, original fantasy). Argh... can't wait for the fifth book.

[Rocco]

The ending of 1984 pissed me off, but it was a great ending nonetheless.

I just finished reading Needful Things by Stephen King, which was totaly awesome.

I am currently reading The Double Helix for my Biology class.

[Elc1247]

oh man, i could never bring myself to really like a stephen king book... i tried reading The Stand... got bored of it about 100 pages in...

i dont really read physical books anymore, though i find Stephen Hawking's books to be quite thoughtful.

[Rocco]

The Stand is not a good stepping stone to get into Stephen King.

[Elk]

Wow, I love reading but I don't have the time or money for books. The last fiction book I read was probably World War Z, and that's almost a year ago.

[Elc1247]

Wow, I love reading but I don't have the time or money for books. The last fiction book I read was probably World War Z, and that's almost a year ago.

it helps to have a public library nearby...

[Bonediddly]

it helps to have a public library nearby...
It helps to have 4... yeah, I'm spoiled.

[Elk]

it helps to have a public library nearby...

There are a couple, very underwhelming though, as this is a small town.

Also, the no time thing :S.

[Elc1247]

oh man... it sucks to be out in the boonies... im in a college town right now, so theres a decent library on campus, but its not like i actually borrow books anymore -__-

[Loki]

i am supposed to be reading Fahrenheit 451 for the TAL book club but i can't find it in stores here so i may have to get it by other means.

[Bonediddly]

@Loki : Surely your local library would have such a classic book?

[Loki]

local library doesn't and natl library is in town hate going there.. (small island so not far, just hate town aka capital)

[cdoublejj]

I've been reading twilight and PDF spec sheets on various wifi cards and laptops.

[Elk]

@Chris: raaaaaaaage.


I want a translation of the Sword World novels. Lodoss is probably one of my favorite anime (I should get my hands on the manga) so any of the novels would probably interest me.

Not book related, but I haven't read a lot of good fantasy manga. Most tend to be Harem mage schools... Any suggestions?

[Elc1247]

@loki, you can buy the novel Fahrenheit 451, its not that big, so it shouldnt be expensive at all on amazon or something.

http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Ray-Bradbury/dp/0345342968/ref=pd_cp_b_1
less than $10 USD (without shipping)

it was quite an interesting book, had to read it in my high school English class.

[Loki]

10USD = 67TTD approx then shipping to Fla via skybox which i have to get then clearing customs here....

sigh can't be bothered really.

[Elc1247]

o_O Trinidad? dont see people from there very often. you could just use the "Kindle" service that amazon has... not sure if they have Fahrenheit 451 on the kindle service though.

[Miruki Mimiko]

1 series I just finished reading a little while ago (until the other books in the series come out) is Ranger's Apprentice! It comes highly recommended from me and my mom, those of you who know Chelle XD I got her into the series, and both of us absolutely love it ;O

[Mistress Victoria]

I'll have to check that out then, Mimiko. =D

One series I'm currently reading is the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks.

[TheDrunkenShadow]

I wish I could read as much as I used to. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies. Alas, I am extremely picky about what I read and I'm pretty busy these days. -__-

[Miruki Mimiko]

I've been reading Eragon lately. Great book. Great, great book. I must agree with those that say the movie botched it. The movie was good, but left out so much. Good good good book

[Bonediddly]

Eragon sucks. I have NEVER seen more plagiarism in anything.
*INSERT RAGEFUL COMMENTS HERE*

[Sandgolem]

plagiarism in like how all fantasy steals LOTR's trappings or in other respects?

Anywho, I generally havn't been reading much outside the manga world lately to my own sadness. Some of my favorites I've re-visted lately were "Salamandastron - From the Redwall series" and "Long Dark Tea Time For The Soul by Adam Douglas"

[Bonediddly]

plagiarism in like how all fantasy steals LOTR's trappings or in other respects?
Yes, but that's to be expected. It's the way it copies Star Wars, scene by scene, that really ticks me off.

[EagleEyes]

The back of a tissue box.

[Shadows_Revenge]

actually picked up a WH40k novel from the library. I play the table-top alot, and saw it just sitting on the new releases shelf, so I thought I would pick it up. So far its pretty good for war porn...

[Kercon]

>_<
mathematical analysis :definitions, theorems and formulas for first years T_T (god be merciful)
and for fun :
Brent Weeks : The Way of Shadows
and I ended :
Andrzej W. Sawiski : Inkluzja

[Oni]

I remember having to read Nineteen Eighty-Four for school. Not the best novel to be forced to read when you have a heavy work load, that's for sure.

I'm currently reading Frankenstein. Oh what fun that is /sarcasm

[Rocco]

white is totally a symbol in that book

[Bonediddly]

I'm currently reading Frankenstein. Oh what fun that is /sarcasm
*Murders Oni*

So who else wants to dis Frankenstein?

[Force-A-Nature]

I had to read Great Expectations for Engrish.
I read the abridged sparknotes version. Does that count?

Last book I seriously got through cover to cover would be.........Of Mice and Men. God, I loved Lenny.

[crytalstellar]

Urgh. 1984. I did not enjoy that one bit.

But I just finished speed-reading Grendel for school. It was interesting... I have Snakehead from the Alex Rider series sitting in my backpack waiting to be read though, so I guess I'll be reading that next...

[TheGreatMoof]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Basic Writings of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, and The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

[XIamSogekingX]

Reading, in great detail, page by page of World War Z. It's going to happen some day soon, I got to be ready when it happens. My zombie plan will be 10x better with this book by my side.

[Shin_No_Kokoro]

Words.....or at least i hope so!!

[黒と赤「KUROtoAKA」]

I just finished vol. 24 of Negima and it just seems to get better and better! I can't wait for the next one! ^_^

[CantStrafeRight]

Currently I'm reading Stephen King's Wizard and Glass.