What are you reading?

[Shekinah]

I'm currently reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and even though I'm not even halfway I can honestly say it's an AMAZING book. It's beautiful and really does make you want to read on and on.

It's about this kid. Daniel, who's dad one day brings him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he gets to pick one book to 'adopt', so that it will never be forgotten again. He picks The Shadow of the Wind written by a fairly unknown author named Julián Carax. Daniel can't tell anyone about this secret place and he has to protect the book for life. As he starts to read the book, he's intrigued by it's author and he wants to know more about him and find more books written by him, but that turns out to be rather difficult. And as he tries to find out more about this mysterious Julián Carax, he discovers that a lot of people he meet in his life resemble the characters from The Shadow of the Wind...

So, what're you reading?

[Wil Grieve]

I'm currently reading (very slowly) The Three Kingdoms saga (China's Iliad, basically) and a steampunk urban fantasy novel called Perdido Street Station.

The former is about the Three Kingdoms Era of China's history.

The latter is about a rogue scientist attempting to restore the wings of a creature called a Garudah, who apparently committed a crime so heinous that no human equivalent exists, and tore off his own wings as punishment. It also follows a sculptor named Lin, a khepri (red-skinned humanoid with a scarab beetle for a head) who is commissioned by a revolting mob boss to sculpt a statue in his likeness. In the process, this larvae shows up somewhere (I haven't gotten that far yet) that feeds on a hallucinogenic drug. Eventually, it matures and...goes on a rampage or something.

It's neat. If you like gritty, urban novels and/or steampunk, I recommend it. It's one in a series of three, but they can all be read independently of one another.

[Swan]

Currently it is 'The Hang Man' by I don't remember who. It's been really good for now, very interesting to get the perspective of an SS Ubersturmbannfuhrer during the second world war. You really get a strange perspective of how they thought back then, and how everyone got manipulated by Hitler's charisma and Goebels' propaganda.

Also simply in English class I am reading Pride and Prejudice on my own, which is quite interesting though it hasn't entirely sparked my full interest yet. With the class we are reading 'Men's Search of Meaning' which also has a background of the Holocaust and it's been very interesting so far.

And then on and off I am reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, which has been very good as well. Very dark with a lot of description and since it is an older book the wording is very unique, a very nice look into their way of writing I think.

[Miss Devil]

Currently reading The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh. Only half way through but it's about a girl and her twin who I think might have died but Idk yet! So good!!

[Cloud]

The Demonata Series - By: Darren Shan

[Black]

The thread question... Obvious no?

[Calderthepirate]

The Stand - Stephen King (complete Edition)

[Cloud]

The Stand - Stephen King (complete Edition)
Lol I was just reading that!

[Black]

Clouds, Magica Chronicles. Interesting stuffs.

[Cloud]

Haha, thanks.

[Black]

Np

[John]

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

[Lacey]

The Belgariad volume two by David Eddings.

[Mockingjay]

The only reading I'm doing right now is reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and it's for English class. xD And I'm only on chapter nine. Mother truckers killed Simon.

[Ghexn]

Reading a few trilogies from the Dragonlance universe. Namely the War of The Lance, The War of Souls and the Minotaur Wars.

[Shekinah]

Now reading The Angel's game by (again) Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Merry]

I have the new Sookie Stackhouse book, waiting, but I think I'm going to re-read the whole series! I love when you have a series, of 5 or more books and can just chug through them all at once! *dancer*

Dead till Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
Dead and Gone
A Touch of Dead

[Merry]

Decided to read this before the new Sookie book.. this is also part of a Series, that I love love, Kim Harrison has a nice comfy writing style, I can read her books in a matter of hours.

http://audiobookstownsquare.com/store/images/books/BLACK%20MAGIC%20SANCTION.jpg

[Flex]

I've decided to give Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things" another go.

I first tired to read it a few months ago and I honestly just... really loved it. It's a beautiful book and her writing style is just so smooth and honest and gritty (she has this very original way of describing things), but then this sudden child abuse scene sprang out of nowhere and left me really disturbed--I just couldn't read it anymore. HOWEVER, I've decided that I'm going to give it another go.

[Flex]

I'm currently reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, and even though I'm not even halfway I can honestly say it's an AMAZING book. It's beautiful and really does make you want to read on and on.

It's about this kid. Daniel, who's dad one day brings him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he gets to pick one book to 'adopt', so that it will never be forgotten again. He picks The Shadow of the Wind written by a fairly unknown author named Julián Carax. Daniel can't tell anyone about this secret place and he has to protect the book for life. As he starts to read the book, he's intrigued by it's author and he wants to know more about him and find more books written by him, but that turns out to be rather difficult. And as he tries to find out more about this mysterious Julián Carax, he discovers that a lot of people he meet in his life resemble the characters from The Shadow of the Wind...

So, what're you reading?

Fuck, double post. Ah, well, I'll risk this.

Anyway, I seriously want to read that book--I have for a while, actually. I've skimmed through it a few times (haha, I know, I shouldn't be doing that). But you know, REALLY want to--basically, like, NEED--to read that book.

[mere]

Imperial Life In The Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Imperial Life in the Emerald City is an unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.

[Mockingjay]

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
Paper Towns by John Green
The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint (rereading this. xD LOVE THE CHARACTER IMOGENE!!!)
Simon Says by Elaine Marie Alphin.

[Stilted]

Isaac Asimov's foundation series.

[Khronos]

rant by chuck palahniuk

[Stream]

The Inferno.

[Housemaster]

A "self-help" book called "How to NOT be an asshole" Written by P . Ness

lol... P.ness

What a stupid name!

[Lake]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.

[Vinyl]

Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

[Poison's Beauty]

A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva

[Dirzrahel]

The Loch by Steve Alten

[Ohbad-Hai]

I'm starting into the Kings trilogy from R.A Salvatore, Starting off with the Orc King :)

[Mary Read]

Cybele's Gift by Julliet Marillier.

History, the Fair Folk, romance. Prrr.

[Poison's Beauty]

The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

I love books like this that take me to a completely different realm! :)

[Nocturus]

Turn Coat: one of the books in the series 'The Dresden Files' by Jim Butcher

[TZS]

The American Literature Volume: Lovecraft Tales Collection

I have a new literary hero. Officially. I have never had a favorite author before.

[V]

The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart - Jesse Bullington

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be liking the characters or not :/

[TZS]

"They're Made Out Of Meat" By Terry Bisson

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml

Quite possibly the MOST AWESOME short story I have EVER read. I found it as a child in a little scifi anthology book and begged my mom for an hour to buy it for me, carted that thing around til the spine fell apart and I lost it when we had to run. I'm not one for buying books twice normally but if I could find that same little collection I would jump on it like a rabid monkeyopossom.

If you have not read this, you gotta.

[Gyre Fate]

Just some days ago started to read "1984" by George Orwell.

[Anticlere]

Do not forget the thorn-clad path (or something to that extent, not sure how to translate it) by Gunther K. Koschorrek.

It's a WWII journal, with a bit of a twist. It was written by a German veteran of the eastern front, a heavy machine gunner. Very gritty, gets across the message of the horrors of war very well. Sometimes it's kind of hard to believe this kind of stuff can actually happen; I had the same when I was reading a french account from Napoleon's invasion of Russia. And it's quite unbiased, too, as far as I can tell.

[Heirosyth]

Ovid's Metamorphoses. All the rape and murder just gets my rocks off.

[Merry]

Untamed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast / A house of night book


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[SikstaSlathalin]

People of the Sea by W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear

[Alura]

Clive Barker's Weaveworld and Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

[Shepherd]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

[TZS]

At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald.

[Alura]

((<3 At the Back of the North Wind. Childhood favourite - so descriptive and beautiful!))

[TZS]

Oh I know. I fell in love with my big blue hardbound illustrated version I first picked up when I was about... sevenish? But then I had to give it back to the library. I think I cried for a week. But I was in a used bookstore the other day and I found a pretty red hardbound illustrated version!

[Flex]

@ Merry: Oh my god, I usually hate all those trendy, Stephenie Meyer-wannabe New York authors who have decided to churn out book after book about sexy vampires/mythical creatures--Holly Black, Melissa de la Cruz and, my least favourite, Cassandra Clare--but The House of Night is actually pretty good. I've only read the first book, mind you, but I was laughing SO fucking much; I think it's the whole mother-daughter thing.

[V]

Started reading Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding today, loving is so far and can tell I am going to zoom through it quickly

[Gunnison]

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Just finished it infact. Great book but a bit of a slog.

[Crow]

"A Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare. The next book i'm going to be reading is "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows" by J.K Rowling (Gotta catch up on it before the movie comes out :P)

[Alice]

Deadly Web by Barbara Nadel.

[Yoruyonaka]

Pendragon Series Book 9: Raven Rise

[Abstract Monkey]

"Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.

You should think a book about building a cathedral in medieval england would be boring. But it aint.

[Adapa]

The Collected Short Stories of Arthur C Clarke.

[Miss Devil]

Alice in Wonderland

[V]

Gonna start The City and The city by China Meiville tonight.

[Eccawen]

Various works of Edgar Allen Poe

[Merry]

The house of night series - this is book 4 in the series - really light reads, but so far entertaining ;)

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n53/n265706.jpg

[frozenintime]

I am currently rereading The Violin by Anne Rice. I love this book it drags you thru every emotion from unconditional love and grielf to the hate that ruined your life awesome read. Alot of classical music references. The young Stephan a ghost that people can see is toruring a nnewly widowed woman to make her realize her life is worth living.
5 STAR BOOK

[Stream]

A book about the Jonestown massacre. (http://www.amazon.com/Raven-Untold-Story-Jones-People/dp/1585426784/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279249101&sr=1-1)

[Alice]

Just in Case by Meg Rosoff

[Mockingjay]

"Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.

You should think a book about building a cathedral in medieval england would be boring. But it aint.

Ken Follett wrote The Third Twin! I was reading that about a week ago but gave up on it after the first part. I found the main character Jeanie boring and somewhat Mary Sue-ish. I'd like to try "Pillars of the Earth" though, give Follett another try.

Currently reading The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru. I'm only on the third or fourth page and it's kind of boring me. I'll probably be dropping this one. The next one on my list is The Declaration by Gemma Malley and then Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, which I still have YET to finish. I don't understand why I can't finish this short book! xD

[Stream]

Female Caligula: Ranavalona, The Mad Queen of Madagascar

[Atrum Daemon]

The Afghan Campaign By Steven Pressfield.

It's a work of historical fiction about Alexander The Great's march through Afghanistan after defeating the Persians told through the eyes of a soldier. Interesting to see just how much the Afghans HAVE NOT changed since then.

[Stream]

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers.

[Anticlere]

And Another Thing... by Jeremy Clarkson.

[Stream]

I just finished Fallen Angels. I suggest it to anyone interested in a war novel with mature themes and emotional themes instead of action. Literally just read 180 pages in a single sitting and lost track of time so much Naz made fun of me when I was surprised it was 1am.

Going to start on All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren tomorrow. Supposed to be on the most influential 20th century novels.

[Poison's Beauty]

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (this is going to be a long read)

[Insanity]

My parent have pretty much forced me to read Shogun, although I can't say that's a bad thing XD The book is awesome, and I've almost read half of it.

[Alice]

The Roar by Emma Clayton.
One G'damn epic book. Rereading it.

[Bravado]

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. It'll be the first novel I've read since Atlas Shrugged back in '08. -winces-

[Ace of Hearts™]

Pride and Prejudice...and Zombies.

[Khronos]

the da vinci code - dan brown

[mere]

Half the Blood of Brooklyn - Charlie Huston

[Carnelian Roses]

The Last Santuary-Craig Holden
Bag of Bones-Stephen King
It's kind of a funny story-Ned Vizzini

[Pyro]

Recently finished Hater by David Moody. Excellent read. Read about 3/4 of it in a day it was so good.
Currently reading Kiss the Girls by James Patterson. Also very good. Better than the movie though I prefer to picture Nick Ruskin as Cary Elwes instead of what he is written as in the book ^///^.

[Yoruyonaka]

The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski

[wolfslove]

Diana Gabaldon's Claire and Jamie Fraser series. I've just finished the fifth in the series, The Fiery Cross. Brilliant writing, I've nothing but good things to say of Diana Gabaldon.

[Copacetic_One]

Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
The Road - Cormac MCarthy
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking

[soulpelt]

World War Z for the likectenth time it's by Max Brooks. It is the greatest single zombie book in the history of the Multiverse.

[V]

50 odd pages into Justin Cronin's 'The Passage' Pretty good so far :D

[Taylor]

No way! I am also reading shadow of the wind right now and I cannot agree more it is absolutely amazing! Though there are a lot of story lines and characters to follow it is done so well, it is just flawless

[V]

Now Reading Fiona McIntosh's Tyrant's Blood - I read the first book in the series in a day. But I haven't had as much time as I did then so it's been a bit slower. Plus I've half forgotten some of the characters.

[Merry]

have wanted to read this series for awhile now.. finally starting it ;)

http://www.onetreeorchard.ca/k.david.woolley/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kushielsDart.jpg

[V]

Joe Abercombie's

Before they are Hanged

mmmm the Bloody Nine....

[Xenocide]

have wanted to read this series for awhile now.. finally starting it ;)

http://www.onetreeorchard.ca/k.david.woolley/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kushielsDart.jpg

Great series. It's a long read but you'll not be disappointed.

Anyways, I'm reading:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hyperion by Dan Simmons

[V]

Why don't I have book 3 of the first law? D: D: D: I'll have to check the local bookstore this week to see if they have it.

I finished that other book last week sometime and have been wandering around the house carrying a book for the whole of the weekend lol.

Reading Shadow and Betrayal (books 1 and 2 of The Long Price quartet in one volume) by Daniel Abraham .... apparently it is awesome. Good thing is both stories are only 300 pages in length. I don't often say that.

that was the hardest choice of a next book to read I've ever undergone to lol.

[KyaKonami]

Sadly, nothing at the moment. I just got through with Blood Promise by Richelle Mead and I should be getting the next book, Spirit Bound, in the next few days. Those books are hard to find right now because of the spike in popularity

[Poison's Beauty]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

[KyaKonami]

I'm going back and forth with a few at the moment. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris, The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor.

[Susurro]

I'm trying to finish Deathly Hallows before the film, seeing as I've only really skimmed it once when I bought it! It's nice to really appreciate it rather than racing through the book with a friend.

I've nearly finished it though :( It's gotten to the part where people start dying D:

[ILYTH]

Aberystwyth Mon Amour - Malcom Pryce, I would give a little recommendation but I am three pages in at the moment

[Ace of Hearts™]

The Newspaper.

[ILYTH]

The Newspaper.


a real newspaper or a Murdoch opinion spreadsheet.

[V]

Just finished The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

Started on the mammoth 1000 page The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson earlier today. Starting I mean I read the prologue. Or the Pre-prologue.

[ILYTH]

right now Viz Magazine (pure distilled funny)

[Ushima]

Fable: The Blaverine Order

[Meinolf]

The last book I read was Changes by Jim Butcher. That was back in April. Egads, I need a new book to read.

[V]

Black Lung Captain - Chris Wooding

Only 20 odd pages in, but the first has so far been one of my favourite books of the year. Soo I'm confident it will be good.

[Poison's Beauty]

I am finally starting on the Percy Jackson series that have been sitting on my shelf for the past eight months.

[V]

I've been reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville .... he uses so many unusual words that I keep thinking I need a dictionary nearby. But whatever lol.

I also have 'The Scar' set in the same world to read next.

Then I might read some Kevin J. Anderson .... or buy more books. Probably the latter XD

[Alice]

I just finished Al Capone Does My Shirts. I loved it~
Next I'm thinking about starting The Van Alen Legacy from the Blue Bloods series.

[Poison's Beauty]

re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows because I cannot see the movie T_T

[Lost Goddess]

Reading a book called THe Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski


It's about this boy named Aaron who hears voices in his head and he begins to think of himself as crazy.Then this mysterious man begins to following Aaron around , and he somehow knows about Aarons past and powers that he is just discovering he has. The man tells Aaron that he is the son of an angel and a mortal, and he was chosen to redeem the fallen angels.

Also Reading The Percy Jackson Series for the 4th time.. On Sea of Monsters.

[Myriad]

I just finished rereading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, if that counts?

It's an amazing trilogy. <3

[The Magnan]

Stephen Erikson's Dust of Dreams from Malazan Book of the Fallen. 500 pages in its really amazing. Its got 1278 altogther.

[Strange Nerd Girl]

Lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring.
Thats what I'm reading at the moment ^_^

[Miduyoh]

Almost finished Lord of the Flies by William Golding, after that I'll be reading Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

[Pyro]

Lord of the rings: The fellowship of the ring.
Thats what I'm reading at the moment ^_^

Good luck to you. O_O

[Doreen]

Anita Blake series. Part 3. I really really like it and I love Anita. Especially her sarcasm.

[Alice]

My new favorite book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
This book is so amazing, it's beyond words. Robert Fulghum is an amazing man/author.

[Strange Nerd Girl]

Good luck to you. O_O

What do you mean by good luck to you? XD I've read the series before and i understood every word of it! :D~Fira~

[TheDashingRogue]

Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus - The Founding by Dan Abnett. Haven't got a bloody clue which installment I'm on at the moment, it's all one massive whirlwind of laz-fire and xeno death for me to even care.

[V]

Stephen Erikson's Dust of Dreams from Malazan Book of the Fallen. 500 pages in its really amazing. Its got 1278 altogther.

I can never bloody find the first book in Malazan Book of the Fallen >:( I really want to read the series as well.

China Miéville - The Scar ... 300 pages in, pretty cool so far.

[tinyartist18]

I just finished rereading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, if that counts?

It's an amazing trilogy. <3

LOVE THAT SERIES.


Currently reading:
Brave New World (last 20ish pages)
American Shaolin
Mind Fist
Sybil (also finishing up)
Re-reading a Cult book :)

[Pyro]

What do you mean by good luck to you? XD I've read the series before and i understood every word of it! :D~Fira~

Because it is so horrendously descriptive. I fell asleep so many times in the second chapter alone. It took me two months to finish that chapter because it was so dull. I never made it past Tom Bombadil. And I love reading. @_@

[Lost Goddess]

After getting past Tom Bombadil in the the book it gets some much easier to read, i mean i have read the three of them and am looking to get the Simarillion for Christmas so i can read that then i plant to get the Children Of Hurin.

[V]

But the start of The Fellowship of the Ring is coolness, and it's description is what makes it fun.

(but ... The Hobbit >>>> The Lord of the Rings)

[tinyartist18]

I've read the Hobbit, but I've struggled with LOTR. Much to my dismay, I haven't finished it yet >.> Partially because it drags so much.. Even the archaic English lit I have to read is less winding and descriptive at times.

[Pyro]

Even greater luck to you for the Simarillion. A friend once told me it was so dull she passed out on the first page. And both my parents (who have read the whole series) have warned me against it.

The Hobbit was phenomenal though. Still exciting time and time again. ^_^

[Aureyon]

I am trying to get the hobbit lol

[aikoblackflame]

Let's see, I read a lot of paranormal romances but I just finished "A Gathering Storm" and am hoping to buy "The Towers of Midnight" soon. After all, got to keep up on my Wheel of Time. Oh and I'm waiting for Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop to come out.

[ｒａｂｂｉｔ]

The Stand by Stephen King. Enough said. >:3

[V]

Dune by Frank Herbert... never read it before but I'm liking it so far, even with the fact a bookmark is pretty much required for it :/

[Poison's Beauty]

My Christmas break book selection:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

[Inky]

Interview with a vampire - Anne Rice.
I got it for Christmas last year but never got round to reading it so figured I probably should before this years Christmas considering the number of books I've asked for. It's pretty good though.

[Miss Devil]

Forum... By kids in my school :D

[Merry]

the last harry potter book... The Deathly Hallows....

[Sweet Silence]

Finally getting around to reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
(Book I of The Wheel of Time) It's reading great C:

[ILYTH]

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet, fantastic stuff

[Razilin]

Nanoha fanfiction. I know, I know. I'm a sinner. I'll go to hell for it. Eighth cardinal sin and all that. It's not even GOOD fanfiction, either....


>__> Don't judge me. I can quit whenever I want!

[Merry]

just finished the Deathly Hallows / Harry Potter..again... now onto a new Anita Blake!

[Ace of Hearts™]

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

World War Z, an oral history of the Zombie war.

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

[V]

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Raniejiieiaijbrbhshgsdbbavahga .... >_> <_< Authors need names I can spell dammit.

I don't know if I like it right now, there are good bits. But then it turned to utter shit for about 20 pages where I could not take the book serious at all. It's back now though so....

[Anne Bonny]

Machine of Death (http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Death-Collection-Stories-People/dp/0982167121/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293574811&sr=8-1) by various, edited by the great Ryan North (and a couple others).

Thanks hubby for the Christmas gift!

[marymairi]

The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft. I've been behind on reading - my old excuse was that I was a student and I didn't have time, but now I'm just not in the habit anymore. I own so many books that I've never read.

[Panihari]

Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Quite interesting to read such contrasting books at one time.

-Kari

[Aleris]

I just finished up Helen of Troy by Margaret George.
It was absolutely amazing.

[V]

Reading 'The Heroes' - Joe Abercrombie

at least I can actually leave this book without feeling all depressed all the time >_> About a 3 day war. Up to the second day in it. As always great characters, that I care about.

Nice to Shivers in there as well, sure I may not have liked how he ended up at the end of Best Served Cold but damn is he great when he isn't the POV character and not being in his head.

[DranLK]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

:|

[Delicross]

Spirit Bound. A Vampire Academy novel by. Richelle Mead

Yeah it's a vampire book but it's very different than most vampire books. It's one of those you gotta read it to understand it kinda things.
It's the 5th book in the series.. I MUST FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!

[Lord Tully]

The Hobbit, easily my favorite book in the world.

[Alice]

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, the third and final book of the most amazing series in the world - the Hunger Games trilogy.
I cried at least three times throughout the whole thing. I hated and loved it.

[Evil Troy]

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Very informative and very entertaining.

[Cleopatra]

The Merry Gentry series, and I'm looking to get my Abarat books back from a friend I lent them to.

[Sy23]

Joe Abercrombie's "Best Served Cold", Lynne Truss' "Talk to the Hand" and H P Lovecraft's letters (vol 2) - I usually have two or three books on the go at once...

[Pyro]

The Walking Dead volume...5 I believe and just finished The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaal by Edgar Allen Poe. 29 pages of WTF. And the ending was such a ripoff.

[Alice]

Re-read parts of Mockingjay several times and began Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison today. Excellent book so far.

[V]

How are you finding Best Served Cold Sy23?

[Sy23]

I just finished it, V - totally brilliant, like all of Joe's stuff. Only the title is a disappointment, since it telegraphs the plot a bit - he usually has much more obscure references in his titles, like "the Blade Itself" (from Homer)... I can't wait till the guy does some more stuff.

[Ushima]

Re-reading Megatokyo

[Ace of Hearts™]

World War Z, an oral history of the Zombie War.

[ILYTH]

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

[Pyro]

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler...in addition to various short stories by Edgar Allen Poe and volume 6 of The Walking Dead as mentioned and extended upon from earlier.

[Marilith]

Watchmen

Seriously, love it, I re-read it all the time.

[V]

I just finished it, V - totally brilliant, like all of Joe's stuff. Only the title is a disappointment, since it telegraphs the plot a bit - he usually has much more obscure references in his titles, like "the Blade Itself" (from Homer)... I can't wait till the guy does some more stuff.

You read The Heroes yet? XD

The way I look at the title to 'The Blade Itself' as a sort of reference to Ninefingers.

Gotta say Best Served Cold is my least favourite of his books. Apart from the absolutely brilliant transformation of Shivers from the start of the book to the end.
Yeah the title is far too revealing for me too.

[Marilith]

A~nd now I'm reading:
"Android Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy & Ben H. Winters

It's the classic book but with androids and future stuff... it's fairly epic XD

[Poison's Beauty]

Currently completing Mockingjay (the final book of The Hunger Games series)

[V]

Reading The Wizard by Gene Wolfe

Not as good as the first book, mainly cos it all isn't first person.

[Artemis]

Room

I forget who it is by Im reading it on the Nook but it is so good

[NemolloH]

Re-Reading, Everything by R.A. Salvatore.

[Dementia]

Secret life of bees - it's for school. My summer reading.

[TheRobotUnicorn]

1Q84 [1st book] - Haruki Murakami
Dragon Age: The Calling [audio book] - David Gaider

[V]

The Rogue - Trudi Canavan

I like the way she tells stories, not necessarily the stories themselves.

[Poison's Beauty]

Continuing my adventures in YA fiction with Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, an interesting play on the Greek myths (though I'm not too fond of Rick Riordan's writing style).

[Kris]

currently working my way on "Angelology" by Danielle Trussoni.

(Don't judge me, the book screamed "ANGELS" and I was weak to say no...)

[Pixel]

I'm kind of reading 1984 by George Orwell off and on. It's a good book, but I usually can't focus enough to read during the summertime because of everything else going on.

[Kris]

I'm kind of reading 1984 by George Orwell off and on. It's a good book, but I usually can't focus enough to read during the summertime because of everything else going on.

Oh! I plan to read it myself after I finish my book to be honest.

[Pixel]

Ah, that's awesome, Kris. It's a really interesting read, so I bet you'll like it (you will DEFINITELY like it if you are a fan of dystopian fiction).

[Riddles Three]

Currently re-reading the Crusades trilogy by Jan Guillou.

An awesome read. I simply cannot get enough of templars.

[Heroic Hope]

Everfound by Neal Shusterman; the last book of the skinjacker trilogy ~bubbles~

[V]

About to start re-reading A Game of Thrones by GRRM

[Flex]

Room

I forget who it is by Im reading it on the Nook but it is so good

Oh, my god, I read that... like, only a week ago. It is REALLY good.

[TheRobotUnicorn]

"Paraíso inhabitado" or "The inhabited Paradise" by Ana Maria Matute, along with Dragon Age: The Calling audiobook.

[Zonders]

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, it's been sitting on my shelf for a few years now so I figured I might as well give it a go. It's kind of confusing, but a good book nonetheless.

[TheRobotUnicorn]

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, it's been sitting on my shelf for a few years now so I figured I might as well give it a go. It's kind of confusing, but a good book nonetheless.

I love that book.

I'm currently halfway through The Karamazov Brothers and at the end of Dragon Age: The Calling.

[Heroic Hope]

Slob in the Kitchen Karen Duffy

[Elizabeth16]

Rereading White Fang! Talk about a throwback!

[Sanguine]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It's one of those books that I always want to read and have owned forever but I just never seem to get around it to it. Neil Gaiman is fantastic, I love his style and his characters, but he isn't light reading that I can do at stoplights or in traffic

[DB.]

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

[Riddles Three]

"The Knight Templar" - second book in the Crusader Trilogy written by Jan Guillou.

[stevezilla]

I am currently reading 'The Day of the Triffids' and all the Emily Rodda books I can find that I haven't read in the school library.

[Alice]

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk.

[V]

Old Man's War - John Scalzi

It's about old people being recruited to fight in wars against aliens :D
(but completely serious and awesome!)

[Imp]

The Autobiography of a Hero - the writer? Myself.
and
My Word is my Bond - Roger Moore, greatest spy ever... from England.

[Quill]

Re-reading the Dune Saga for the umpteenth time. Frank Herbert is a wonderful author.

[Sanguine]

Reading City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare. It's entertaining and fun, I enjoy the character dynamics but it's a bit predictable and nothing ground breaking. I would still recommend it and the rest of the Mortal Instruments series

[V]

Just finished A Game of Thrones, now onto A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin.

Mmmm reread, can't really say I'm getting anything new from reading them again. Other than stuff I've forgotten

[stevezilla]

Pecry Jackson and the battle of the labyrinth, and Paul Jennings' undone.

[Alice]

Watership Down by Richard Adams. For a school assignment. Then, reading French worksheets that I have to finish. e______e

[stevezilla]

I've read watership down before!

[Kalyde]

I'm reading The Witcher, the book that inspired the video games.

The book is really good actually, a mature and adult fantasy.

[Pyro]

Finished The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in under 24 hours (first time reading, yes it's that amazing O_O), finished Nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon (the Twilight parody that actually has a moral ending), and am about to start Neverland by Douglas Clegg. After that it's a re-read of Hater by David Moody so I can read Dog Blood, the sequel. And still after that I have Order of the Phoenix onwards in my third re-read of the Harry Potter series.

I have way too much to do. X.X

[SQJ]

I haven't had something to post here for...well ever?!!?

So here I go| woooo!!

Nation by Terry Pratchett
Massive terry Pratchett fan.

[stevezilla]

I'm now reading Percy Jackson and the Lighting Theif.

[Sy23]

"Super Consciousness" by Colin Wilson.

[V]

George RR Martin - A Storm of Swords

100 pages left, then onto A Feast For Crows

[V]

Double Post - Read more people!!! XD

Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson

It's alright but just drawing on forever. And there is another 9? Volumes after this. Probably won't read them for awhile then.

[Pyro]

Catching Fire (book 2 in The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins for fun.
Dracula by Bram Stoker for college class teaching Gothic horror.

:B

[Lerouge]

Trudi Canavan- "The Ambassador's Mission"

[Lizard-Wizard]

A buttload of books as sources for essays and assorted textbooks :( nothing fun there...

[V]

Finished Gardens of the Moon

Onto Storm Front - Jim Butcher

[Poison's Beauty]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (for class)

[Pyro]

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (for class)

Either this is complete irony or we're in the same class. O_o

[V]

Jim Butcher - Summer Knight

>_< Bad idea to try to read them all in a row. So it is this then..... a Kevin J Anderson novel.

[SikstaSlathalin]

A Warrior's Tale by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch.

[Skipper]

Either this is complete irony or we're in the same class. O_o

Its a common book to teach English with.

Just read Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

Blame my english teacher. Up next is James Joyce's Ulysses. Only because that same teacher said most of us would never read it.

[Pyro]

Its a common book to teach English with.

Just read Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

Blame my english teacher. Up next is James Joyce's Ulysses. Only because that same teacher said most of us would never read it.

It was never specified as an English class and around where I am it is not all that common. One of the required books for my Gothic Lit/Cinema is Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights (choice). As for mine I'm reading Dracula between the choice of that or Frankenstein and saving the Bronte books for later.

[Merry]

http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr348/annebonny10/rpa/withfilter2-1.jpg

[Alice]

Robert Fagles translation of The Odyssey.

[A-chama]

Velocity by Dean Koontz

[V]

200 odd pages into

Kevin J Anderson's "The Key to Creation"

Eh, but book 3 of series. And I want to know how it ends. Liked his space opera more :/

[V]

200 odd pages into

Kevin J Anderson's "The Key to Creation"

Eh, but book 3 of series. And I want to know how it ends. Liked his space opera more :/

._. Eh. Ending needed to be as depressing as fuck for me to have cared more I think.

Just finished reading the comic adaption of Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. Kinda left me wondering what the point was.

Now Reading Hunter's Run by George RR Martin, Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham.

Maybe I'll care more later in the book.

[Melphina Micaela]

I'm currently reading textbooks thanks to college. But as far as leisure reading goes...

The English Patient
For Whom The Bell Tolls

...and I would like to start reading these sometime soon, once I get my hands on them...

A Christmas Carol
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

[Raindrop]

Just started on Metro 2033.

By Djmitri Gluchovskij. :D

[Bravado]

For Whom The Bell Tolls, eh?
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind...

One of my favorite quotes ever.
I'm reading Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Plato's Symposium.

[Heroic Hope]

Paranoia by Joseph Finder

und..

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

und..

Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare


I would like to say that none of these are school assignments >- >

[Pyro]

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde in two days then jumped right into Renfield: Slave of Dracula by Barbara Hambly. Dorian Gray was amazing and I'll definitely have to read it again. Renfield, on the other hand, I thought would be amazing but turned out AWFUL. Now reading The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy and after that The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Third re-read of HP series on hiatus until at least after I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, which I have been waiting on hold for (was 9th when hold was placed, now 6th)

[Sousuke]

For Whom The Bell Tolls, eh?
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind...

One of my favorite quotes ever.
I'm reading Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Plato's Symposium.

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” Carl Sagan blows my mind.

Currently reading Count Zero by William Gibson.

[Heroic Hope]

Adding...
The Dome - Stephen King
The History of the World in 6 Glasses - Tom Standage

Just finished Paranoia and Taming of the Shrew

[V]

Hunter's Run almost became one of my favourite books ever.... but the ending let it down.

Next up

The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

[Fayt]

The books in Skyrim.

[Heroic Hope]

Finished Wicked

Started picking up my old Dahl books.

[Know_Nothing]

Just finished Summer by Edith Wharton. It was quite a tumultuous ride for a novel set in the quiet hills of New England o_O. Still, an utter masterpiece; I love her writing style.

[Heroic Hope]

Finished A History of the World In 6 Glasses

Adding License To Pawn and test-reading the first pages of Snow Queen.

[V]

The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

>.> 3 days it's taken me to read the prologue. Don't like his style.

>.> Awful opening paragraph.

Let's see what happens next. xD

[stevezilla]

I'm reading the Throne of Fire after reading the Red Pyramid and the rest of the Percy Jackson series, all by Rick Riordan.

[Merry]

Home Improvement / Undead edition
A book of short stories about vampires :)

http://www.bookcounty.com/179-192-large/home-improvement-undead-edition-by-charlaine-harris-and-toni-l-p-kelner.jpg

[Heroic Hope]

The Dome Took for-ever, but great read, as long as you can sit through the copious amounts of scene switches and each one of those being described in excruciating detail.

Also, set aside License to Pawn as an occasional read, interesting, but by no means an edge-of-seat read, as expected.

Falling in love with Snow Queen, and adding The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King and Downsiders - Neal Shusterman

[EXmaster]

under heaven by Guy Gravriel Kay. picked it up at cosco be cause it was on sale... lol

[Alice]

Uglies by Scott Westerfield

[Pyro]

Finished The Turn of the Screw. Not sure if I know what it was about.Now reading The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Excellent dialogue, Mary-Sue-esque physical descriptions.
Then on to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Interview with the Vampire by Ann Rice, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, Psycho by Robert Bloch, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Only non-school related are The Maltese Falcon and Mockingjay but I am very excited to read Psycho.

[ØT™]

The good book, of course.





-peace-

[Samara]

Toxin - Robin Cook
Andromeda Strain - Michael Cricton(sp)

[frozen_n_time]

i recently began reading the game of thrones series, but I put it on hold to reread a book with a very special person. Its a great book too!!

[Sy23]

"Johannes Cabal, Detective" by Jonathan Howard. Brilliant!

[V]

Went slacking on my reading

back to Jim Butcher for a while

Death Masks

[Tetsuya]

Recently started Nightlife by Rob Thurman and The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale.

And interesting combination, I know.

[V]

Cold Fire - Kate Elliott

Didn't overly like the first book in the series.... but I like her work so we'll see ..

[Shin Fenrir]

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld.

Currently, my favorite author.

[Azazeal849]

Insurrection by Robyn Young. A rather good historical fiction novel about Robert the Bruce (and apparently the first of an upcoming series). Her trilogy of novels about the Knights Templar are worth a look as well.

[Anastasia]

White Guard - Bulgakov. <3

[Tetsuya]

The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore. About freaking time

[Brimming]

I just picked up I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan; I hear it's neat-o, so I'm going to give it a try, even though I don't know what it's strongly about (I didn't read the summery, just read a quote that piqued my interest), but so far it has that charming wit I like, plus it's a narration by Lucifer (y'all know what that means~ O;), and "he's" basically telling his "life". It sounds fun, so I'll see when I read it~...

[Bia]

I'm in the middle (I think...) of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte at the moment. Very confusing and hard to follow the characters XD I have to re-read pages frequently. And the storyline imo is just unrealistic and frustrating. However, it's supposed to be some big american classic so I'm forcing myself to finish it.

[Shin Fenrir]

Third chapter of GOLIATH by Scott Westerfeld.
I love his work and strive to write like her does.

Let me know what I, Lucifer is when you finish it. It sounds interesting to read.

[Shin Fenrir]

Woops, double post on accident. Please delete.

[SikstaSlathalin]

Reading an Urban Fantasy Anthology called Naked City. And aside from maybe two stories so far it doesn't make a shit-lick of sense and personally I think some of our members on here can write better short stories.

[V]

Been reading Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files" series

I'm up to 'Turn Coat' .... haven't started yet, but I've been looking forward to this one ever since I read the blurb of it ages ago!