What book are YOU reading now?

[Battlecruiser]

Simple question. Basically just post the author and the title of the book you are reading now. If you wish, you may also post your thoughts or a review on a certain book. But also, you have the option of posting in a format like this:
Title:
Author:
Summary/Why you liked it:
Genre:
Rating:

(Rating: on a scale of 1-10, 10 being extremely well written and with almost no flaws and 0 being so horrible that its a wonder that it was published.)




I'll start:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[Aquarian]

Diablo: The Black Road - Mel Odom

Don't blame me for reading Diablo, I can't find a fantasy book that doesn't look extremely cheesy :P

[EvilEmpire]

Right now I am reading "Tchichovtzi" by the very popular Bulgarian author Ivan Vazov, I have to read it for school next year but actually it turned out very catchy and it beautifully describes the lives of ordinary villagers in the late 19th century just before the liberating war between Russia and the Ottoman empire.
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Before that I read all Dan Brown's books and I liked them all a lot for the soul reason that I've not read any other exciting action-soaked books.
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Btw, catch 22 is prolly my favorite comedy, It has very similar sense of humor to mine.

[Tharisfal]

Title: Destroy Paris!
Author: Sven Hassel
Summary/Why you liked it: Though it tries some time to make you cry with all the tragedies of war, some times it's humorous as Hell.
Genre: WWI

Title: LOTR: Fellowship of The Ring
Author: J.R.R Tolkien
Summary/Why you liked it: I haven't read much books to be able to compare LOTR with other books but I'm quite enjoying this book. It's quite boring until you reach the part where Frodo leaves The Shire.
Genre: Guess what? Adventure

[Kingscrab]

ILIUM - by Dan Simmons

http://www.dansimmons.com/

[ScottieIWU]

Brave New World , Sci-fi, Aldous Huxley.

Summary: Dystopian, like 1984 but slightly lesser known. Also, focuses a bit more on the human aspect than 1984.

My thoughts: Well, without giving it away, I think it's a brilliant book. Unfortunately, I think Aldous Huxley failed in getting me to believe that his world is actually dystopian. I found that once I knew what they did with all those who dissent from the current worldview, I thought that the world sounded kind of appealing and didn't necessarily raise many major objections with me. I don't want to spoil the book for anybody who wishes to read it, but I've been trying to find someone to discuss the book with so feel free to do so.

Overall rating: 5/5

Also:

Catcher in the Rye, fiction, Salinger

Summary: Come on, it's fucking Catcher in the Rye, what can you say about it?

Rating: Refer to previous "it's fucking Catcher in the Rye comment. It's beyond rating. Try like 23890483902/5

[kongurous]

"Horus Rising" - Dan Abnett

[Kingscrab]

Brave New World, Sci-fi, Aldous Huxley.

Summary: Dystopian, like 1984 but slightly lesser known. Also, focuses a bit more on the human aspect than 1984.

Rating: Well, without giving it away, I think it's a brilliant book. Unfortunately, I think Aldous Huxley failed in getting me to believe that his world is actually dystopian. I found that once I knew what they did with all those who dissent from the current worldview, I thought that the world sounded kind of appealing and didn't necessarily raise many major objections with me. I don't want to spoil the book for anybody who wishes to read it, but I've been trying to find someone to discuss the book with so feel free to do so.

Overall rating: 5/5 If you like sci-fi, (which you obviously do) i strongly urge you to read the Hyperion series, by Dan Simmons. Fucking brilliant.

Piers Anthony "Bio of a Space Tyrant" is pretty sweet too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_of_a_Space_Tyrant

[Magmaniac]

As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner

[Leosam096]

The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho

It's pretty interesting... full of insights on traveling. :)

[UMSLdragon]

I'm reading The Bartimaeus Trilogy. What a funny bloke that Bartimaeus, very arrogant and utterly hilarious... by Jonathan Stroud;
It' about, what if magitians ruled the world and the diff it would make, sortof. Very funny.
ALSO
any RedWall book is funny, especially the hares, their the funniest...
AND
if you like chasing pirates across the ocean and little girls disguising themselves as men so that she could sail, then read Bloddy Jack, can't remeber by whom though... sorry

All of thess books are rated above 7

[CrazyTom]

Gardens of the Moon by Stephen Erikson.

The ultimate fantasy novel, superior to anything that's been written before - great characters, fantastically well written, great magic, plot, action... everything's as close to perfect as you can get.

[MidnightGladius]

Title: Wheel of Time - Lord of Chaos
Author: Robert Jordan
Summary/Why you liked it: RJ's Wheel of Time is just really, really immersive, and when you're bored on a rainy summer day, there's not much better than it. I also like the storyline and the continuous clashing between all of the factions.
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 9/10

[ScottieIWU]

Today I read Star Wars: Dark Empire I and Godless (the one by Pete Hautman, not Ann Coulter.)

[sololop]

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons

Not too far, but quite interesting. Sorta lame and far-fetched in parts, but overall pretty good so far.

[Battlecruiser]

any RedWall book is funny, especially the hares, their the funniest...
Yeah, I read like the whole series, except the last few. If you're under 14, this is a must read. Unfortunately, for me at least, once you get older, it becomes retarded and childish. I tried reading the last few recently, and I got bored by the second chapter.

[dunchy]

Phoenix :: Warsong. (Part 1 of 5).

It's the somewhat new novel by Marvel on how Jean Grey's character just doesn't seem to die. Chris Clairmont must be just furious.

[MidnightGladius]

Oh, yeah, the Redwall series was a great part of my childhood :)

I even had a first-edition copy of Redwall (book) signed by Jacques at a Redwall convention back in third grade. Those were fun times ^_^.

[Kingscrab]

Title: Wheel of Time - Lord of Chaos
Author: Robert Jordan
Summary/Why you liked it: RJ's Wheel of Time is just really, really immersive, and when you're bored on a rainy summer day, there's not much better than it. I also like the storyline and the continuous clashing between all of the factions.
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 9/10 Uhg. You got few spare years. The series was pretty good for the first million installments, but I swear I'm putting that shit on hold until he writes the VERY LAST book!

[JenJen]

I'm reading Soul of Fire.
It's the 5th book in a series by Terry Goodkind
i think the series is amazing except that it's extremely long
i'd probably give it an 8

[MidnightGladius]

Uhg. You got few spare years. The series was pretty good for the first million installments, but I swear I'm putting that shit on hold until he writes the VERY LAST book!

1-6 were pretty good. 7-9 were iffy. 10 just sucked. And 11 was pretty good. And Jordan pretty much said that 12 would be the end, so I don't think it will be too bad, the way it's going.

[U-238]

Well I'm reading "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat. It's pretty good allthough I've gotten lost on some parts and've had to re-read it but overall it's a decent book. I'd say it's 7/10 (I'm a hard critique.)

[UMSLdragon]

Yeah, I read like the whole series, except the last few. If you're under 14, this is a must read. Unfortunately, for me at least, once you get older, it becomes retarded and childish. I tried reading the last few recently, and I got bored by the second chapter.
Guess I've got some growing up to do :P... and you have to read more than the first... arhem... cough cough, choke vomit (:D had to) five-eight chapeters :P

[Staind]

Title: A Song of Ice and Fire (Series Name)
Author: RR Martin
Summary/Why you liked it: I have read every fantasy author that is popular or known (Jordan, Goodkind, Erikson, etc) and this is BY FAR the best fantasy series I have ever read. Once you start reading you can't put the book down. He isn't afraid to kill off main characters, and each chapter is the point of view from each character so you become more emotionally attached. also, each character doesn't have the whole picture so you know the flaws and strengths of their decisions. This book has everything from medieval styled politics, sexual relations, and warfare. It is truly amazing and a must read.
Genre: Fantasy
Rating:10

[UMSLdragon]

Daam! I just finished The Bartimaeus Trilogy, and it is the best serises I have EVER read, and I think I've read a lot of fanasy books... it's got slapstick comedy/british humor the whols way through the series, that's just the way the obnoxtious Bartimaeous djinn is... the main character and the other main character (aka John Mandrake and Bartimaeous) are always bickering and bashing and beaking each other to the very end.
Definatly rate this one a 10 out of ten!

[Yoda]

I am reading Cloudstreet, by Tim Winton... and I am really only reading it because I have to for school. It's very long and boring. However apparently its supposed to be "the most popular Australian book." :rolleyes:

[TinyDancer]

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince again, I just like having it fresh in my mind.

[Dusty]

Clive Cussler-Black wind
rateing:9
Summary/why you liked it: Lots of action and humor. Plus it's possilbe it could happen thats the scary part >.> <.<
Genre-Action, Adventure, thriller

[Jedi_Templar]

Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury (second time)
Why it's great- because it warns the reader of the horrors of a world without books and how much it sucks.

[TheBB]

Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

Very recommended. Will probably open your eyes a little.

[Spartan-II]

I'm reading Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. So far I give the book a 9 simply because there's too much talk. About 3/4 of the way through. Update when I finish.

[MidnightGladius]

Ah, Freakonomics is a great read. I'll join TheBB in recommending it, even though I only read the first chapter before my brother returned it to the library.

[TheGreatBrain]

Right now I'm finishing up the Foundation trilogy.

[ScottieIWU]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Fucking masterpiece; the humor is ridiculous and fits my sarcastic and witty tastes perfectly.

[Dark_hunter4]

opps i meant to say
escape from the island of aquarious
im just about finished

[Cpt.Chronic]

Title: The 12th Planet

Author: Zecharia Sitchin

Category: Metaphysics (ancient archeological translations and how they relate to religions of the world and our own existence)

Summary: Only 70 pages into it out of 400 so hard to say right now, but at this point it's basically tying together ancient myths and gods with ancient Sumerian (first civilization on Earth) texts and relating it to the old testament of the Bible. So far, it's main point revolves around how all of our religious beliefs stem from this first civilization and how this first civilization came into existence, which Sitchin claims couldn't have possibly come from evolution because of how fast (and out of nowhere) this civilization of Sumer came into existence. He claims an alien race from an unseen 12th Planet (10th planet actually, but he includes the moon and the sun as a planet) genetically modified us to be the homo-sapiens that we are today.

[dunchy]

Title: The 12th Planet

Author: Zecharia Sitchin

Category: Metaphysics (ancient archeological translations and how they relate to religions of the world and our own existence)

Summary: Only 70 pages into it out of 400 so hard to say right now, but at this point it's basically tying together ancient myths and gods with ancient Sumerian (first civilization on Earth) texts and relating it to the old testament of the Bible. So far, it's main point revolves around how all of our religious beliefs stem from this first civilization and how this first civilization came into existence, which Sitchin claims couldn't have possibly come from evolution because of how fast (and out of nowhere) this civilization of Sumer came into existence. He claims an alien race from an unseen 12th Planet (10th planet actually, but he includes the moon and the sun as a planet) genetically modified us to be the homo-sapiens that we are today.

Pardon the possible insult, but is that anything to do with Scientology?

[ice]

im cunretly reading Da Vinci's Code ...pretty interesting..i've seen the movie..pretty cool

[HyperDemonic]

i know its lower than my reading level , and not very long but its one of my favs., im reading Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli

im cunretly reading Da Vinci's Code ...pretty interesting..i've seen the movie..pretty cool
mu aunts reading that she says its really good

[ShadowGonissa]

Right now I'm reading two books.

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
and
Traitor by Ann Coulter

After that I'm gonna read That Hideous Strength and later on Godless: The Church of Liberalism by the same authors, respectively. But I'm gonna have to wait on that second one, cause it's my dad's Christmas present. :)

[TinyDancer]

i know its lower than my reading level , and not very long but its one of my favs., im reading Maniac Magee By Jerry Spinelli



I love that book. :D

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

That one too.

[ShadowGonissa]

I kinda hate it because it means that Narnia is over.

[TinyDancer]

Hmm..I guess that's true too.

[ShadowGonissa]

Unless..somebody could make a sequel to it, explaining what happens to Susan, because she lives in the end.

[PROJECT]

Tittle:The By-Pass Control
Author:Mickey Spillane

[SHISHKABOB]

I just read:

Shadow of the Hegemon
By: Orson Scott Card

I thought, as with all of Card's books, it was a great book. It was just over 400 pages long so it lasted me for a day and a half but left me wanting to read the next two books in this series. The next book I am reading is called Women of the Silk, I forget the author but the last name is Tsukiyama or something like that. This book is one of the three I have to read for summer reading. I also read Lord of the Flies and it was a pretty interesting read.

In hindisght after reading the whole Chronicles of Narnia series I realized that they were almost the worst books in existence. I don't really know why but it might have just been the fact that everyone was always OK in the end and the stupid Aslan always knew what was going to happen. The only cool character was the little mouse dude, I forget his name, but he went on the stupid journey in the 5th book I think, the Voyage of the Dawn Treader and went up the big wall of water at the end and was never seen again. I just really didn't like the whole way that it was written as well. He and Lloyd Alexander, the fellow who wrote the Book of Three and other books in the same series, write in almost the exact same fashion. There is almost no action whatsoever and when there is it is almost completely unfulfilling and almost more boring than a romance scene in the latest Star Wars trilogy. The main characters wwere also complete fruits. The Pevensie brothers and sisters never knew what to do and were always wandering around and didn't know where to go and just went on gut instinct. Or whenever Aslan popped up at the just most oppurtune time he told them exactly what to do or saved all the people at the last moment. I just didn't like the books very much at all, I geuss they just weren't my kind of story.

[Yoda]

I just finished reading Othello. Since it's a tragedy by Shakespeare, I don't think it needs a description. :shiftyr:

[IrishDutchman]

I just finished ' The Swarm' by Michael Schatzing. Man, that book was fucking huge. I think it's kind of abnormal for Dutch kids my age to be reading that stuff. 860 massive pages of scientifical gibberish about methane hydrates and amoeba's with collective memory through DNA or something like that. It was very confusing, but the whales running rampage and swarms of crabs charging over Long Island made up for that. :P

[MidnightGladius]

Finally someone who shares my opinion on Lewis and Alexander! Seriously, if you showed me a book of each with the author's name whited out and asked me which was which, I would have had a hard time distinguishing them >.<

And yeah, I agree, the dueling mouse (forgot his name, but I remember that he dressed like a stereotypical conquistador) owned.

[Sir_William]

I have been reading a lot of eastern philosophy books as of late. The last novel I read was The Silmarillion. An interesting book if you like Lord of the Rings but its a much harder read.

[TinyDancer]

And yeah, I agree, the dueling mouse (forgot his name, but I remember that he dressed like a stereotypical conquistador) owned.


Reepicheep. :)

I'm reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy......again.

[MidnightGladius]

Ah, yes, that was his name! With the long, curly whiskers of fuzzy doom! ^_^

Anyways, I'm reading The Sum of all Fears by Tom Clancy right now. It's shaping up to be pretty good, though I'm not far in it right now.

[ice]

rereading harry potter 6..i really enjoy reading it

[Aquarian]

The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas

A re-read of a book I dislike.

[ice]

The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas

A re-read of a book I dislike.

i find it very nice..the movie is superb..ýou just started my apetiet aqua...i'l look for it at the library :)

[IrishDutchman]

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

It's so gross, and absolutely hilarious :D

[Cpt.Chronic]

Pardon the possible insult, but is that anything to do with Scientology?
No, but it does have some similarities (the main one being that we were created by aliens). There are of course many differences as well, the most important being what these "two theories of where we're from" are founded on. Scientology's foundation is a science fiction novel written in the 60's(?). The foundation for this series of books is translations of ~6,000 year old heiroglyphics and cuneiform from the first civilizations to grace the earth (Summerian, Babylonian, Akkadian).

His translations of the texts are for the most part agreed upon by historians, but the translations of the heiroglyphics leaves room for doubt. The thing that's not agreed upon is that Sitchin (the author) takes all these translations 100% literally, whereas most historians believe it to be ancient mythology, fables, and stories. He does provide supporting circumstantial evidence of why he takes it literally by tying together all ancient religions (Babylon, Greece, Rome, the Bible, Hindu, Egyptian, etc..) to have originated from Sumer. Some of the connections are pretty iffy, but others seem quite plausible.

p.s. sorry for the late reply, I don't check this section much

[ice]

Alex Raider - Super Spy - Operation : Thunder Bolt

a nice book for teenagers...its about a british 16 years old kid that was recreuded by the british secret serveices and has to stop the word from a virus infestation :)

[wa123]

Penth house - nice book for adult.

[singo]

Robert Rankin - The Book Of Ultimate Truths

One of the most surreal funny books ever. But "Armageddon: The Musical" is still better

[Iscaro]

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

And Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Supremacy in a desultory manner for the past two years.

[Leosam096]

Book: Forgotten Realms Watercourse Trilogy: Whisper of Waves
Author: Paul Athans
Short Review:
very descriptive. totally brings your mind into it. many words you may or might not understand. in some parts the good guys do something bad, literally. a guy named Pristoleph disgustingly utters about his friend emasculating himself. i don't like it.

Rating: 6.4/10

[CrazyTom]

Tom Clancy, Rainbow Six

Like eating a McDonalds - it fills you up and is mildly entertaining, but contains nothing of value whatsovever. Wonderful white American supremacist propaganda. I write better than this, and believe me that's not saying much. And yet I still eat McDonalds now and again. *shrugs*

[PrestonBurke]

Nothing really, its bad for me to not read during the Summer. I use to read a lot during the summer, but not this year. I geuss i ran out of material.

Well i was reading the Halo series, but i devoured them.

Litterly... my stomach acid is having a hard time dissolving the pages.

[Battlecruiser]

Well, I guess I'll just post an update of what I'm reading. I was supposed to read Catch-22 but I got really bored of it within a few days so I am now reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It's a book about science, and I'm finding it pretty interesting with the exception of one chapter which was about paleontology.

[Nuts]

The World is Flat (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374292795/bookstorenow57-20/102-8244282-3260141)
By Thomas L. Friedman

I'm only about 50 pages in and already I'm astonished with the insight that this book has given to me. It tells the modern tale of glolbalization, outsourcing and the competetive global workforce.

So far it's a great book.

[singo]

Nothing right now, but I have just finished "Third Player" by Warren James Palmer, sodding fantastic near future stuff (2025-ish), also it has merlin and king arthur in it.

Whats not to like?

[Ubergopher]

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card.
That book is bad ass. Not much else remains to be said.

[Yoda]

Othello. I suspect we all know who the author is. ;) Although I have to read it for school, I actually enjoyed it. Maybe I'll read his other texts during the summer holidays. Maybe.

[SHISHKABOB]

Hell yeah Ubergopher! Card is the man at science fiction.

Right now I'm reading Dune by Frank Herbert. It's a pretty good read so far.

[Ubergopher]

Othello. I suspect we all know who the author is
That'd be Arthur C. C Clarke right?

Anyway, now I'm reading 1984.

[sololop]

The Talisman, written by Stephen King and Peter Straub

[GroG]

Visions of the Future - Timothy Zahn

It's getting pretty good right now, but I have to admit - I liked Heir to the Empire trilogy much better. Joruus C'baoth was elite.

[singo]

Nothing right now but I have just finished "The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliver"

Damn good epic stuff, and a main character with leprosy.

[IrishDutchman]

Slawter by Darren Shan. Part 3 of a light, easily digested 'horror'/action/fantasy series. Kids book, but fun. Hey, I'm 13. Let me be immature while I still am!

[Ubergopher]

Right now I'm reading my CDCs. Damn I hate them.

[singo]

Ravens Shadow, by Patricia Briggs.

Bought it on a whim over the internet. Never even heard of the Author before. Beer and online shopping go together amazingly

[Holocaust]

Troy Stetina Series - Metal Lead Guitar Volume 1

[xodkrm]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

[singo]

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever.

As epic as it gets.

[Aquarian]

The Silmarillion- J. R. R. Tolkien

Digging through my old book collection since I can't afford any new ones. *Yawns* :/

[kongurous]

"False Gods" by Graham McNeill.

Aka, the second book in the Horus Heresy trilogy, a trilogy chronicaling an event in the 31st Millenium in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

[CrazyTom]

They're pretty good, the Horus Heresy books. I'd reccomend them to any sci-fi fan.

[Vhaeraun]

I'm reading every book.

Nah, actually I'm reading Madame Bovary for school. Slow read, but meh. I gotta do it, so it's not like I had a choice to read it (And no, I won't not read it. I wanna pass my AP english class ;p)

[100thlurker]

Currently I'm reading Dragonflight by Anne Mcaffery. Very good book. Seems fantasy-ish, but its technically classified as Sci-Fi. In fact, Anne insists that they are Sci-fi despite claims that say the opposite. Mainly becuase most of the stuff can really happen. There are two more, then another three, before one focuses on when the colonizers first land on Pern.

There is still a lot more after that, but those are the main ones.

[singo]

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever By Stephen Donaldson

Yes Again, it really is a fantastic trilogy (and before anyone says only one book at a time, its an omnibus type thingy, so arse off)

[PrestonBurke]

Book one: Samuris Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. Its about a chinese teenager named Stephan that moves to a small fishing village in japan called Tarumi. He stays at his grandfathers summer home with Matsu, a caretaker of his grandfather. The reason that he moved to Tarumi is because he Tubercolsis, and didnt want to risk spreading it to his family. He then gets involved with leprosy victums and personal affairs while worrying about the invading army of japan.

Book two: Lies that my teacher told me. Its about a history professer that spent 1 and a half year at the smithsonian researching about the "dirty truth" of the US. He includes information that history textbooks left out and intreasting facts. Did you know that Helen Keller was a active socialist member? She supported the Russian party, but of course the textbook left that out and only said she was signficant for learning how to speak and read even when she was blind.

[DBCooper]

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

[TinyDancer]

Four to Score by Janet Evanovich. A cheap, sleazy book, but entertaining all the same.

[Leosam096]

The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever By Stephen Donaldsonthat book is pretty interesting. :)

Thr3e by Ted DekKer. One of the best books I've read in mystery/thriller. It's a must read for all of you lovers of heart-racing, edge-of-the-seat books. This one's for you.

Legends II: Shadows, Gods, and Demons edited by Robert Silverberg. I bought it last week, September 28. It's an interesting find. It's an anthology of new short novels by the masters of modern fantasy which includes Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Tad Williams(I want to buy his book "Shadowmarch"), Robin Hobb, Robert Silverberg, and Raymond E. Feist.
A great collection that provides a dazzling display of the genre's variety and versatility.

[kongurous]

Oh, I'm reading Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter, aka the final book in the Horus Heresy trilogy.

And I can't put it down.

[TinyDancer]

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.

It's rather wordy, but I'm enjoying it.

[SHISHKABOB]

Right now I'm reading Shadow Rising, the fourth book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Mm mmm mmm, very good books they are, and quite lengthy.

[Kaervek]

Title: The God Delusion
Author: Richard Dawkins

Title: The Dark Elf Trilogy
Author: R.A. Salvatore

Title: In the Hand of Dante
Author: Nick Tosches

[PrestonBurke]

Odyessey by (Fill in the blanks if your not a idiot)

Ghosts of Oynx by Eric Nylund (Halo Novel)

[WhaznGangBanger]

I'm reading The Golden Compass by someone I'm to lazy to look in the book for where it says the name of the author.

Oh and The this one book for english class, but it is of utmost unimportance.


:cool:

[black_assAsin_guy]

i b readin' da DJ-Bible,mon.valuable info 4 all us geeks out there!

[Zerg_eater]

I would be reading a joke bnook, and a Legend of zelda book if the orders came TODAY1!!!!!!!!!11!!!1111!!!~1!111

bizzaro no. 10

[nuclearblasted]

It Happened Here. Great book detailing how America can and has detained anyone who says anything that is "subversive" to the current government.

[iHawk]

Let's see... I just finished Reading "Knightfall" Which is a Batman Novel by Dennis O'Neil, and now I'm currently reading "Romeo and Juliet" (if I have to tell you who wrote this you need to read more) and "The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" which is the third of four books in The Time Quartet by Madeleine L'Engle.

They're all good books so I can't stop one long enough to finish the other xD

[IrishDutchman]

Reading part one of the dragonlance series. I'm not really sure if I like it yet, I've only read about 150 pages.
It all seems very far fetched with flying worlds and different dimensions and magical flying ships. Meh.

[SHISHKABOB]

About half way done Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan, book number 7 in the Wheel of Time series.

[Tassado]

Stories by Roald Dahl. Extremely good. He's the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach.

[Frattimonde]

Stephen King - The Stand; just merely started reading it ^^

[IrishDutchman]

Bram Stoker - DRACULA.

Wow, utterly amazing. What a classic. Just the thing for the Christmas holidays. :)

[Zenox]

What are books????:P
just kidding i'm reading the biography of an important political of my country.

[Seal]

current reading:
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
good writing, a bit too long chapters. into about 100 pages now.

had read:
The Eldest, Christopher Paolini
(second book to teh inheritance)
surprisingly much improvement over Eragon. two to three parallel storylines, more emphasis on lesser characters -- compared to one storyline in Eragon.
answers many questions, but reveals more in the process. ending is rather evil, given that the third book isn't going to be available any time soon.

overall 9/10

p.s. the concept of magic is really similar between inheritance and earthsea. both have an ancient language that binds the magic; magical power is lifeforce in most cases.

[Battlecruiser]

Right now, I'm reading Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund (For more info, check out the thread in this forum). It's really good, and I'm about 175 pages in. I was reading A Short History of Nearly Everything before this, and I still haven't finished (About a quarter of the book left), so thats what I will read after this.

[Aya]

Various, but right now, In Retrospect: The Tragedy of Vietnam by Robert McNamara.

[CrazyTom]

The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin... snap, Seal.

Also reading Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant and thinking about starting 'Look to Windward' by Iain M Banks for the third time.

[SHISHKABOB]

I am currently reading the 7th book in the Wheel of Time series A Crown of Swords. I just recently read Empire by Orson Scott Card, a very interesting read I must say.

[Battlecruiser]

I finished Ghosts of Onyx, and it was very good. Surely the best Halo book out so far. So I definitely recommend it to any Halo fans. Now I am either going to go back to reading A Short History of Nearly Everything or start The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

[BlackHawk]

Just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the tenth or so time :>. Now I'm reading Blood of the Fold which is the third book in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's a really good series so far, I recommend it to everybody.

[IrishDutchman]

I just finished Eldest by Christopher Paolini. I must say it was fun, altough the 'twist' was extremely predictable.

[Yoda]

Life is Worth Living, by Fulton Sheen. An excellent book on philosophy. :)

[Subjukator]

WARCRAFT WAR OF TEH ANCIENTS TRIOLOGY!!!!1 BY RICHARD KNAAK

[Icarus]

"Dora The Explorer!" coloring book

[deadkiller]

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
The Edge Choroncles by Paul Stewart

[Leosam096]

Homeland
Volume 1 of the Legend of Drizzt
Published: 1990
started reading: January 06
finished reading: January 10
reading time: 9.7 hours of your time

Station is the paradox of the world of my
people, the limitation of our power within
the hunger for power. It is gained through
treachery and invites treachery against those
who gain it. Those most powerful in
Menzoberranzan spend their days watching
over their shoulders, defend against the
daggers that would find their backs. Their
deaths usually come from the front.

-Drizzt Do'Urden

Not the best out there but I LOVE THIS BOOK!
Drizzt has now become one of my favorite characters in fantasy literature! I have really enjoyed every part of it.

Liked:
-well developed characters
-movements were explained efficiently
-insanely intense battle scene descriptions
-great display of swordsmanship and engagement
-illustrates an entire culture that never leaves the story behind
-nice laying of emotions in every character (in movement, conversation, etc.)
-the antagonists of the story could be anyone... and your own race isn't exempted. ;)
-although sometimes typical, battles also come to a point where it become unpredictable.
-i can't wait to buy the next volume: Exile :)

Disliked:
-the battles are (sometimes, ok?) typical you know who would win the fight anyways.

Overall:
A gripping book. I'd recommend it for any fantasy fan out there.
A 5/5

[PrestonBurke]

Thomas Perry "The Face Changers"

I recommend that you dont read this book. It sounds like its... well... written by a 14 year old kid like me.

Ack! Vouge verbs, nouns and adjitives!

[UMSLdragon]

This Present Darkness and Pericing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
The Light that was Dark by Warren Smith
The Lie by Ken Ham

[GrassDragon]

I just finished Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, which was an excellent book to the last page. I'm about to start Ursula Le Guin's Changing Planes, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Lee Smolin's Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (I tend to read more than one book at a time).

[Leosam096]

This Present Darkness and Pericing the Darkness by Frank E. PerettiThose are good books. :)

I'm reading Starwars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

[SHISHKABOB]

I am just starting Path of Daggers, the 8th book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

[Magmaniac]

I just finished Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, which was an excellent book to the last page. I'm about to start Ursula Le Guin's Changing Planes, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Lee Smolin's Three Roads to Quantum Gravity (I tend to read more than one book at a time).


I just started Ayn Rand's We The Living and I love it so far.
What is The Fountainhead about? I saw it in the library, but this was her first book so I got this one.

[Ragnarox]

Hunters of Dune by Brian Herbert

[Aquarian]

The Black Magician Trilogy- The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan.

[UMSLdragon]

It's a really old book, but very enjoyable to the end - The men of Glenngary by Ralph Connor. It was written in the early 1900s, but could have been easily mistaken for a 21st century writing. The background is in Ontario with the lumberjacks dominating in the wild, untamed forests.
A great book of massively, huge men working the trees and 'dancing' down rivers, riding logs. So awesome! Here (http://books.google.ca/books?vid=ISBN1417926724&id=qOIO8FLQVI4C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=TRjxBFFNyg&dq=The+Man+from+Glengarry+by+Ralph+Connor&sig=qXjyHEFJyorlR3Ngx5lN2J8AHlU#PPA25,M1) is a little fighting exerpt. It is very entertaining!
I'm thinking Leosam096 will like this book if he likes Frank E. Peretti
Those are good books.I definatly agree to the letter!

[Tharisfal]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

edit: sorry, stupid post + insomnia. can someone delete this please?

[Morkeliph]

I'm fairly sure that's not a book.

WRONG POST DUMBASS!

[UMSLdragon]

That's what I was thinking... but to be consistent with this thread.... I haven't finished reading anything yet, but I plan on sitting down to "Under the Jolly Rodger". Can't remember who it's by though...

[IrishDutchman]

Raymond Chandler - The Long Goodbye

[Tharisfal]

Gerard Klein - Seniors of War

Genre - SciFi

It's quite interesting so far I can't wait to read more.

[Nahotnoj]

I'm reading Animals in Translation by Temple Greandin and Catherine Johnson, and it's intruiging,

[EvilEmpire]

Under The Yoke (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234484/) (Pod Igoto/Под игото)by Ivan Vazov, the first Bulgarian novel.
Im actually reading it for the second time, this time for school purposes:)
still enjoying it though.

(Am linking to imdb because theres a movie about it)

[Nostradamus]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

I'm currently into dystopian life/philosophy

[SHISHKABOB]

I am reading Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan, book nine of the Wheel of Time series.

[Wehrmacht]

^ good book
currently reading:
The Napoleonic Wars the Rise and fall of an Empire by Gregory Fremoint-Barnes & Todd Fisher
and will probably start reading
Edge of Battle by Dale Brown

[Nostradamus]

I have put down Brave New World for a while, I think I need to read something other than dystopian novels.

So i'm now reading

Troy - Adele Geras
Day of the Dragon - Richard A Knaak
Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo COelho

[Protoss_Honor]

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: "The Unifying Force" by James Luceno

[SHISHKABOB]

I am now reading Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan, the 10th book in the Wheel of Time series.

[Atillawurm]

Title: Rincewind the Wizard
Author:Damifinoe
Summary/Why you liked it:Its extreamely humerouse
Genre:Fantasy comedy
Rating:9

[ULTRAZEALOT]

The Perfume (patrick süskind)
reading it for 3rd time.
an AMAZING book.

[Leosam096]

The Idiot's Complete Guide to Writing for Young Adults

[Yoda]

I recently finished "Treasure Island" (by Robert Louis Stevensen); I feel a bit guilty because I own so many "classics" but haven't read many of them.

[Battlecruiser]

I recently finished "Treasure Island" (by Robert Louis Stevensen); I feel a bit guilty because I own so many "classics" but haven't read many of them.

Yeah, me too. I always impulsively buy books when I go to Barnes and Noble and I haven't even touched most of them ever since.

[apostolos]

I finished about a week ago "The Lionchild-The Truth".

[SHISHKABOB]

I am currently reading Knife of Dreams, the eleventh installment in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

[EvilEggCracker]

I'm reading "Mort" by Terry Pratchet. It's an awesome book and he and awesome writer.

[SolidSamurai]

Catcher in the Rye, fiction, Salinger

Summary: Come on, it's fucking Catcher in the Rye, what can you say about it?

Rating: Refer to previous "it's fucking Catcher in the Rye comment. It's beyond rating. Try like 23890483902/5

Um... ROFL

[PrestonBurke]

Finished Micheal Crichtons Jurrasic Park and the Lost World a week ago. I just finished another one of his books Congo.

[grover1311]

people still read books XD, i am reading a c++ tutorial book.

[SHISHKABOB]

Oh gods, I don't have anything to read since I finished the Wheel of Time series... *sob* I've gone to rereading the Ender series.

[Atillawurm]

Terry Pratchett's Thud!
Funny ass book

[IrishDutchman]

Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep

[Razorstorm]

Title: Deathstalker
Author:Simon r. green
Summary/Why you liked it: Doesnt matter. Its the best book Ive ever read
Genre:Sci-fi /Mild horror
Rating:11/10

Its to good to be true! The best series ever. Read it now!!!!!!!

[kongurous]

"Sons of Fenris" by Lee Lightner

[Blacker]

Karma

[Atillawurm]

Stephen King's Skeleton Crew

[PaganTheology]

Into the Wild - Jon Krakeur

[GroG]

Bought Outbound Flight a couple of days ago, read it already. Very good.

Just got NJO: Vector Prime. It's ok, so far I don't really like R.A. Salvatore as much as I like Timothy Zahn.

[IrishDutchman]

Stargate, by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich.

If the term popcorn flick applied to books, this would be one. :) A good one, however.

[Blacker]

In hells fire - Danko Radivojevic

[Atillawurm]

The Last Continent- Terry Pratchet

funny as hell

[Battlecruiser]

I finished reading Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter for school last week. It's a fairly obscure book, but it is very good. It's a memoir about a nurse who had to serve in the Vietnam War. The book is 300 pages long. The first 100 pages is about her before Vietnam, the next 100 is about her experience during Vietnam, and the last 100 is about her experience after Vietnam. I can honestly say that this book changed my perspective. I gained much more respect for those who work in medicine and the soldiers who fight for us, even though I had a lot to begin with. Truly worth a read by any American.

I also finished reading The Tipping Point. It was a good economics book that can be used in many practical situations. At times, it did get boring, but other parts were very interesting and insightful.

Now I'm going to start reading The World is Flat.

[SHISHKABOB]

Right about now, I'm reading Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.

[TheEradai]

the confessions of st. augustine

[Frattimonde]

the Quran actually, translated though. I do not know arabic ^^

[iHawk]

I'm currently reading "The Gods Themselves" by Isaac Asimov, so far it's a very interesting book, it's about parallel universes where the laws of physics and such are entirely different. Because of this a device called the "Electron Pump" is possible, this device allows common materials to be transferred to the other universe where under the new physical laws are powerful sources of energy.

After that I'll be looking for a good book so let me know if you guys have any good suggestions ^,^

[SHISHKABOB]

I'm now reading Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert.

[Atillawurm]

The Amazing Murice and his educated Rodents by. Terry Pratchet
Another humeruse one.

[SHISHKABOB]

I am reading Children of Dune by Frank Herbert right now.

[Nostradamus]

Well, I am reading:
Ghostmaker - Dan Abnett
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilder
Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
Lirael - Garth Nix
The Well of Eternity - Richard A Knaak
The Vampire Prince - Darren Shan
The Ruby in the Smoke - Phillip Pullamn

I just grab whichever book is closest to me

[TheListener]

I JUST FINISHED:

The Snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway

I'M NOW READING:

Notes From Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I recommend both

[Battlecruiser]

Just bought Al Gore's new book- The Assault on Reason. Looks really good. You can read an excerpt here if you want to get an idea of what the book is about-
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622015,00.html

[Leosam096]

Just finished Everworld: Search for Senna by K.A. Applegate
now I'm rereading StarWars: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover

[xodkrm]

Art of War by Sun Tzu

Apparently, it's the oldest military strategy book written.
6th century BC, the author talks about ways to bring down the enemy, bringing up the first idea of counter-intelligence and the power of intelligence.

[Battlecruiser]

Art of War by Sun Tzu

Apparently, it's the oldest military strategy book written.
6th century BC, the author talks about ways to bring down the enemy, bringing up the first idea of counter-intelligence and the power of intelligence.

I actually have that book, and I tried reading it, but everything that I scanned looked like common sense. Is it worth reading and did you learn anything new by reading it?

I heard many business people read this book to apply the tactics from the book to their business to make it better.

[OboeGuru]

Star Wars: Vision of the Future by Timothy Zahn

That man knows how to write a Star Wars book. And I absolutely had to read the one where Luke finally finds his mate. :)

[Frattimonde]

R.A Salvatore, The Crystal Shard ;)

[SHISHKABOB]

New Spring: The Novel by Robert Jordan.

Omfg, God Emperor of Dune was the MOST boring book ever. I didn't even get 100 pages in. :(