What are you reading?

[Pandachan]

Just kinda curious if anyone else reads much...I just finished re-reading ''Kitchen'' by Banana Yoshimoto, it's one of my favorites.

[FatMike]

I only read the newspaper and news magazines, so no books for me.

[Pandachan]

I only read the newspaper and news magazines, so no books for me.

New York Times ftw.

[Omniscient]

David Eddings^^

[Barnabas Collins]

I read a lot of fanatasy stuff lately. I have recently read Wicked, The Mist of Avalon, and Interview with a Vampire. I have now decided to go into non Greek/ Roman mythology, so I'm reading a book of ancient Egyptian Myths right now.

[Pandachan]

David Eddings^^

I'll look him up...what kind of writing does he do?

[Omniscient]

I'll look him up...what kind of writing does he do?

He does fantasy.
I really recommend the books about Polgara the Sorceress.;)

[jaybear]

I love mysteries, especially to while away the time when I'm on transit or riding the ferryboat, and I'm currently reading "Stain of the Berry", the latest in a series by Canadian author Anthony Bidulka about a gay detective in, of all places, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan! They're very well written and the author himself is major eye-candy!

[brynamite]

Sweet question! Man, I love reading. I'm such a nerd - usually I have two or three or sometimes even four books going at a time. I've just recently read A Tale of Two Cities which was absolutely phenomenal. I'm taking a course on Western Civilization at college and it was really neat to see the French Revolution from an "insider" perspective. Check it out - it's not as "difficult" or "boring" as it sounds! LOL.

[erik13]

1984, for school. It's pretty good.

[gooseface]

Dracula at the moment and then Catcher in the Rye for me :D.

[brynamite]

Oh man, I just read Catcher in the Rye before Christmas. Have you ever read it before? I was really surprised at how relevant it still is even after 50+ years.

[gooseface]

I haven't yet actually, but I'm looking forward to it ;D.

[Barnabas Collins]

Catcher in the Rye is an awsome book, mind you the author is a little off, but the book is good. There are so many ways to interperate the characters themselves...

[free74chino]

Catcher in the Rye is one of my old time favorites! Currently reading ABridge to Terrabithia for the 5th time before I go see the flick. Lately, I have left so many books unfinished that whenever there's time to spare i'll sit down and read a couple of pages. The majority of my collection and current is on Latin American authors:Allende, Hinojosa, Vargas Llosa etc.

[fatlineman72]

i love catcher in the rye. it is my favorite school book.

[Barnabas Collins]

I have recently finished the Ramayana and have started the Mahabharata for class. I love my Hindu class, the point of it is to read all these Indian stories and then use concepts/ characters from them in our own short stories. The teacher also knows a lot about the course and always has amazing things to talk about during class.

[blinky_182]

Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. It's based in a fantasy world but it goes futher in theme as it has stronger philosophical and moral stance than I've read in other fantasy series. I just finished Phantom, looking forward to book 11.

[Barnabas Collins]

Is it the old chivalric code vs. courty love complex? Or is the ancient warrior code vs. the chivalric code?

[koalaman]

i'm trying to read the book the fountainhead but it's just so boring!

[ilya_kuriakin]

Yup, I am reading 'In Cold Blood', Truman Capote. it is really good

[AFatChance]

I just finished Silent Bob Speaks by Kevin Smith and The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. I like essay books, I guess.

I also just finished The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain for school. It basically rocks.

Now, I'm going to read Four Seasons by Stephen King.

[vulture3000]

Sweet question! Man, I love reading. I'm such a nerd - usually I have two or three or sometimes even four books going at a time. I've just recently read A Tale of Two Cities which was absolutely phenomenal. I'm taking a course on Western Civilization at college and it was really neat to see the French Revolution from an "insider" perspective. Check it out - it's not as "difficult" or "boring" as it sounds! LOL.


Yeah I took Western Civilizations in my freshman year at college. I hated the teacher. She was a complete idiot. Anyways, I'm currently trying to choke through The Tempest by Shakespeare for school.

[Wish Fulfillment]

I'm reading 'A Farewell to Arms' by Ernest Hemingway for school, but I'm personally reading 'The Crying of Lot 49' by Thomas Pynchon, as well as some book on Irish history.

[King Kobra]

I have been reading everything I can by Edgar Allen Poe. I don't care what some people say, he's a genius. I love "The Masque of Red Death" but I still haven't gotten my hands on a couple, but a google search could help me out there lol.

[sondheim790]

Alice in Wonderland and Alice's Adventures Through the Looking Glass.

Not just for kids. Wonderful books.

[thornman]

'The God Delusion' which I just can't put down right now. I've really never been into a book this much.
And I just finished 'Last Exit To Brooklyn' which is what the amazing film 'Requiem For a Dream' was based on. So if you're a fan of the film, I really suggest the book.

[smlbichb]

Just finished 'Maurice' by EM Forster and 'Oryx and Crake' by Margaret Attwood

[Khato]

I just finished reading Call of Cthulu, by HP Lovecraft. It's spooky. I might have to read it again, as I... didn't get it the first time.

I'm a fan of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, too. It's my weak point ^^. I might even start reading 'American Gods', or I might reread the Wizard of Oz. =)

[Barnabas Collins]

I've been still doing my readings of the original stories before Disney got to them. I liked the Grimm's version of Cinderella far more than Disney's and it could have easily been an hour and a half movie.

[truthbetold1014]

A Short History of nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. Thought it was going to be a boring science book, but it's actually insanely fascinating. Blowing my mind. Anyone who likes to collect pointless facts they'll never have to use again but find entertaining - read it.

[frostycakes]

Stuck reading The Great Gatsby for English, it's not that bad, I guess, better than Grapes of Wrath or the other crap I've had to read this year for it...

I'm also reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman for shits and giggles right now... It's pretty good in all honesty, I'm enjoying it.

[pavili255]

Right now, it's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for english class.

I'll admit, it's a good book, but I hate trying to translate the slaves' language; half the time I don't know what the hell they're talking about!! You practically have to read it out loud and figure out what it sounds like before you can understand what they're saying.

[chan87]

Has someone read "Fedone" by Plato?

[Leviathan]

Midnight by: Dean Koontz

[Omniscient]

Ondskan by Jan Guillou, swedish author.
Now this book is just too good to only mention. The word 'Ondskan' is directly translated to 'Evil', but it still doesn't have the same meaning.
The book deals with the very quintessence of evil, as realistic as it can be in our world.

[jb17kx]

Currently, Dead Famous by Ben Elton. A hilarious play on pop culture, reality television, and homicide investigations.

Before that it was Born to be Riled by Jeremy Clarkson. 'Nuff said.

@ Omniscient, on the Scandanavian theme, I am currently watching on SBS a Danish series called Ørnen, or The Eagle. One of the best investigative dramas I have ever seen.

[AFatChance]

Right now, it's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for english class.

I'll admit, it's a good book, but I hate trying to translate the slaves' language; half the time I don't know what the hell they're talking about!! You practically have to read it out loud and figure out what it sounds like before you can understand what they're saying.


Oh please, it isn't that hard. :rolleyes:

[erik13]

Currently I'm reading "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray". I have to compare the two to see how Oscar Wilde's writing evolved through the years.

[jb17kx]

A Short History of nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson. Thought it was going to be a boring science book, but it's actually insanely fascinating. Blowing my mind. Anyone who likes to collect pointless facts they'll never have to use again but find entertaining - read it.

It is indeed an excellent book - as are most of his others.

[constructofamind]

Illium by Dan Simmons

Just finished They Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

[dublover42]

Lord of the Flies for school
Harry Potter no. 5 (before the movie)
Shadowmancer (out of boredom)

[AFatChance]

I just read "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald for an English III assignment. It was the greatest short story I've read in there yet.

Fitzgerald's poignant eloquence on the internal feelings of Dexter make shallow lust seem like undeniable devotion. I seriously love that story.

I really want to read The Great Gatsby.

[Icarus]

Forgot about this thread. Finished reading 'Toast' by Nigel Slater (only reason I bought it is cause WHSmiths had it for 99p and I fancied a short read lol.

It's an autobiography of sorts about him growing up between the ages of 7/8 and 17 or so (gets cloudy towards the end), but rather than their being 'chapters' as such it's basically how each different dish of food he's had in his life related to a particular part of his life. For example the opening 'chapter' is titled 'Toast 1' as it reminds him of his mother scraping the black bits off burnt toast in the mornings etc.

Very good book, read it in around 24 hours, a first for me. There's a few referances to homosexuality throughout as his hormones play havock throughout his teenage years. I wouldn't say it's a happy and joyful book overall tho, made me very sad several times throughout, but then other times I literally laughed out loud, something a book hasn't made me do in a long time.

Well worth a look, and only 250 odd pages or so ;)

[truthbetold1014]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now, along with On the Road. My summertime jaunt through the classics begins.

[WTFOMGwolfgang]

The Lovely Bones...it's about a girl who gets murdered when she's 14 and she's watching her family grieve from heaven.

[Omniscient]

http://www.movie-source.com/posters/1533p.jpg
I reread Ondskan (Evil), I talked about it earlier. Then I saw the movie. It was not as great at the book.

I'm currently reading The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings.

[frostycakes]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now, along with On the Road. My summertime jaunt through the classics begins.

Do you actually like On The Road? I read that for my huge english research project this year and couldn't even finish it--it was really strange, IMO. :P

Only cool thing about it is that a bunch of it takes place here in Denver. XD


Anyways... I'm in the middle of The Grapes of Wrath for, you guessed it, English class. It's pretty good though, I'm enjoying it. It was a bit slow at the beginning, but it picked up pretty quick--it's better than Of Mice and Men, at any rate.

[jb17kx]

Now I'm reading Barracuda Final Bearing by Michael DiMercurio. Everybody needs some action now and again :p

Before that it was Biohazard by Kanatjan Alibekov. That was a seriously freaky book - the world was potentially minutes away from biological war, and the Soviets had every chance.

Also just finished watching Moulin Rouge! (2001) - love the El Tango de Roxanne scene, and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - quite possibly the best docudrama you'll ever see. Excellent score as well.

[truthbetold1014]

Do you actually like On The Road? I read that for my huge english research project this year and couldn't even finish it--it was really strange, IMO. :P

Only cool thing about it is that a bunch of it takes place here in Denver. XD


Anyways... I'm in the middle of The Grapes of Wrath for, you guessed it, English class. It's pretty good though, I'm enjoying it. It was a bit slow at the beginning, but it picked up pretty quick--it's better than Of Mice and Men, at any rate.

I LOOOOOVE The Grapes of Wrath. Brilliant novel. And so far, On the Road is quite enjoyable. Of course it's weird; Kerouac supposedly wrote the whole thing on one continuous streak of printing press paper. Beat guys were nuts. But it's a truly iconic piece of American "fiction".

[buy more product]

Gad, sir. Now that it's summer, I'm at leisure to flip through four or five books at a time as I slouch around my apartment.

I'm reading "The Rise and Fall of the Netherlands," written in 1909 by J. Ellis Barker, which is particularly interesting in that it tells you a lot about the mindset of the people who got us into the first world war. Lots of collectivist, statist ideas being thrown around in there--Barker sneers at commerce, democracy, and small government. Both interesting and informative and offensive.

Aside from that, I'm reading a collection of short lectures on pre-Hellenistic Greek philosophy, "Vermeer and the Delft School" (full disclosure: strictly for the pictures), Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" (which I think is a very bad piece of work, especially for Eliot--its tone is completely over the top. It feels as early as it is.), and Rowland-Jones' "Recorder Technique." Next on my list, once I finish the Barker book, is "Culture and Society in the Dutch Republic" and a book about proportion and composition in classical architecture.

I notice that this post is much longer than the others in this thread. I feel suddenly embarrassed.

[jb17kx]

Now, it's Memoirs of a Geisha. Bloody good book.

[guyncanton]

I love to read. I used to be a huge Stephen King fan, but now I'm trying to get into the classics and the authors everyone says are "the greats." Right now I'm really enjoying "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. It's an awesome read.

[Diagonal]

The Count of Monty Cristo.

[Potjomkin]

now i read "wehe dem verstand"("mind makes pain" ,could be a translation) by Griboedov!in general i like to read german translations of russian literature(it`s a pity that i don`t speak russian:( ) for example : puschkin ,dostojewski ,tolstoi ,gogol....
my favorite books are:the idiot,the dead soules,the master and margarita(i don`t know if they are called like this in english.i only translated them word by word)

[gooseface]

I just read The Catcher In The Rye today and I have to say it is a really good book : o. Don't think I've ever read something with so much sarcasm before :P.

[InShapeEncourager]

Just finished A Streetcar Named Desire. I tend to read plays and nonfiction more than I read novels.

[doughyboy]

Just read Deception Point. It was very good!

[goodgainer]

I have just read Socrates In Love. It is a japanese book translated to english. I really am a sap for romance literature, so...

[Wish Fulfillment]

I'm reading 'Les Mains Sales' (The Dirty Hands) by Jean-Paul Sartre. It seems like it will be good. But, it's rather difficult, because it's the first book I've ever read in French.

[jb17kx]

Now reading Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, the book that the film Schindler's List was based on. The narrative style is somewhat different, but I like it...

[Elfstone]

Reading

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
and
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien/edited by Christopher Tolkien

[DariusNZ]

Some very interesting books, I'm making a list! I've got a thing about Frederick Forsyth atm, brilliant. Mostly spy stories. Has anyone read anything of Colm Tobin, gay Irish writer? For anyone who likes gay fiction I recommend his "The Story of the Night".

[dream853]

I'm going to be reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon, for a summer English course taking place in England in August. I also have to read Macbeth, and Death of a Salesman for the course. For English in the fall, I have to read Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. We'll also be studying King Lear and The Great Gatsby. So, all in all, I have lots to read. haha...ohh and I also wasnted to read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (my friend's been pressuring me to read it for the past year lol). As I am typing this message, I am reading an anime magazine hahahahaha ;)

[Wish Fulfillment]

The Great Gatsby and Picture of Dorian Gray are two of my favourite books. You'll love them. And Lord of the Flies was pretty good too.

[BigBellyDude]

Stephen King's "The Stand" for about the hundredth time.

[AFatChance]

I just finished The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Starting on A Prayer For Dawn by Nathan Singer or somethin'.

[Raain]

I just started Wicked by gregory maguire

[petenchepe2004]

the razors edge by somerset mohm... i haven;t even gotten half way yet cause i barely ever got to read it lol... and i forget it's there

[J_T]

Just finished The Firm by John Grisham. Awesome.

[pavili255]

Just finished The Firm by John Grisham. Awesome.


I've read that book, and seen the movie.

Don't see the movie. It really sucked, in my opinion. The ending was completely different, and I found it lame.

The book, however, was really awesome. I really liked it.

[cirquefanian]

Without You- By Anthony Rapp
(its the making of the musical RENT)
Its quite amazing... This is the only book I havent needed to be forced to in order to get me to read it.

[SirCeramic]

I just finished "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman. It was really interesting. I'm anxious to see it being made into a movie this Christmas. It'll certainly be interesting to see how some of the characters are pulled off.

[Khato]

I've just finished "The Big Over Easy", by Jasper Fforde. Great book. It's like a film noir crashed into The Grimm's Book of Fairy Tales. I must get more of his work.

Also, I got from the library a Kate Jacoby book: "Exiles Return". Too much sword and not enough sorcery for my liking.

And then there's a book on magical sorcerer cats. I forget the name, I've yet to read it. Hell yeah, magical cats.

[Toddle]

I just bout Without You by Anthony Rapp (Marc in RENT) on Amazon.com and am now just waiting for it to arrive. The day I get it is the day I'll start reading that one.

Incase you can't tell, I enjoy reading.

[Elfstone]

I'm going to be reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon, for a summer English course taking place in England in August. I also have to read Macbeth, and Death of a Salesman for the course. For English in the fall, I have to read Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. We'll also be studying King Lear and The Great Gatsby. So, all in all, I have lots to read. haha...ohh and I also wasnted to read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (my friend's been pressuring me to read it for the past year lol). As I am typing this message, I am reading an anime magazine hahahahaha ;)

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is really good, its a unique perspective and it is just, really fantastic. I had to read it for tenth grade honors english, and I ended up buying it so I could re-read it (I like owning books, as well as movies, that I like, something my mother feels is a waste as I could borrow books from the library or rent movies).

[truth_be_told_1014]

I'm the same way, Elfstone. Which is why I'm going to be seriously building up my libraries before college. ^_^ In response to the question, though, I'm reading Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Very weird, but definitely his best and most accessible book yet.

[thornman]

Happy Endings by Jimmy Norton!

Any other O&A fans give me a shout out.

[BigBellyBoi]

i read mangas u knoowww bleach, MAR, DNAngel, Chrono Crusade. lol there are alot more though ^^'

[growing_lad]

I always have loved reading and I always have something to read whether it be the Guardian at the weekend or the back of the food packaging after I have devoured it's contents.

At the moment I'm reading Dickens (Hard Times), Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter) and The Guardian, The Times and The Independent on Saturdays!! :)

[Okamoto]

Ack, I finished Harry Potter. D: No more Harry Potter. :/

Anyway, on to my gay mystery-thing that I got at Barnes & Noble whilst acquired the Harry Potter book. :P

Deadline by Steven Cooper

[Sprinkles]

*revives thread*

I picked up Brisingr the other day, the next book in Paolini's Inheritance Cycle. I admit, I don't find the series nearly as epic as I used to, if the first 50 pages are any indication, but I'd still call it a good read so far.

Before that, it would have been Joanne Harris's The Girl With No Shadow, which is great if only for the fact that it has witches who bake. :p

[Мёртвый Взывает]

I just started reading Chuck Palahniuk's Snuff yesterday, It's a fun book, all his stuff is amazing though, before that I read Irvine Welshs' Marabou stork nightmares. hehe :D

[Fat Nat]

I'm a bad reader. I go through phases of reading very intensely for a while and then don't touch a book for 6 months. My favourite author is Saki (aka Hector Hugh Monroe) who was a gay journalist writing short stories until he died in the first world war. I'd recommend almost any of his short stories, of which there are over a hundred. I dip into Saki whenever I fancy a bit of exquisitely beautiful Edwardian language and a ridiculously ironic or twisted bit of humour. His novels and plays are rather disappointing though.

All of them are available to read for free, and legally, at http://haytom.us/sitemap.php

I'm also in the middle of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and The Language Instinct by Seven Pinker. I also started reading The Corporation but haven't actually picked it up in about 6 weeks.

By the way, if you like the writing of AA Gill then you'll absolutely love Saki; Gill quotes him all the time and his style is obviously very influenced by the man. The story called 'Shredni Vashtar' is as good a place to start as any.

[redvein]

I am reading House of leaves. It's an awesome book... so weird looking... I love it so far.

[fatdragon]

Johnny Gruesome, Institutional Memory and any other horror novel. I have mostly advance reader copies.

[Sprinkles]

So I'll revise m earlier opinion on Brisingr - it's picking up steam now, I suppose.

Out of curiosity, anyone ever read John Connoly's The Book of Lost Things? I've wanted to discuss with someone that book for the longest of times now.

[Elfstone]

I just finished Watchmen. I know its a graphic novel, but honestly, few can deny its validity as a story. Its a great story with twists. its not some lame super hero comic book, its got those elements, but is much much more.

[Xman34]

I'm in the middle of a great novel called "Of Human Bondage" it's by my favorite author W. Summerset Maughan. You guys should check it out.

[KPHunter]

Actually got into that new television series on HBO called 'True Blood'. I recently took a road trip that amounted to a whopping 16 hours of sitting in the back seat doing nothing, so I decided to convince my friend to stop off at a Barnes & Noble where I picked up the first two books in the series that the Television show was based on :P

The series is called 'Southern Vampire Mysteries', Book 1 is called Dead Until Dark, book two is Living Dead in Dallas. The author is Charlaine Harris. They're actually surprisingly good. It's really rare for me to be able to enjoy a book series and the television series it's based on at the same time. I don't even mind the occasional spoilers, hehe. :)

Before these books, I actually buckled down and decided to finally read The Iliad and Odyssey, heh. Before those, was most every book Gregory MaGuire has written. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Wicked, Son of a Witch, Lost, Mirror Mirror.. I like lots of things.

[petenchepe2004]

Reading War of the Worlds- George Orwell
I finished Grendel- John Gardener... omg great book! twisted, funny, and philosophical, Grendel as some of you know is the Monster in Beowulf and the book explores his mind and how twisted he is, and it's a great book, highly recommend it

[tickhp]

I'm a bad reader. I go through phases of reading very intensely for a while and then don't touch a book for 6 months.

Same thing happens to me... HUGE Harry Potter fan, I abolutely love 3, 5 and 7. Also, if anyone has the chance, DO read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which I daresay (although I've not read much in my life) is the best book ever. It does make you feel the solitude :o hehe.

Maybe's because I'm latin, but I haven't had the chance to read much American literature. By the way, I'm not sure who mentioned Poe's "The masque bye Red Death", but yeah, that's awesome.

Also "DaVinci Code", with which I don't agree entirely, but serves as an EXCELENT detective novel.

"The time machine" by Orson Wells, and (or H.G. Wells?, I keep getting confused...) and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

[Sprinkles]

"The time machine" by Orson Wells, and (or H.G. Wells?, I keep getting confused...) and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.

It's H.G. Wells. =) I've always preffered his work to Orwell myself.

[doughboy]

I see that I like variety. I especially like to read material that I can learn from. That includes recipies and cooking ideas. You'll be amazed at the ideas you can come-up with in order to make the original recipe more fattening as well as better tasting.

[vmanbelly]

i have read the twilight books they go twilight new moon eclipse and breaking dawn READ these books there fantastic

[600rats]

online newspapers - also an excellent election website:
www.electoral-vote.com

[wt3999]

Michael Moore's Election Handbook 2008

[abg1988]

I'm trying to finish up Twilight before the movie comes out soon :)

[blargh127]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower.. *sigh*

[dragonboy]

I'm currently rereading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett.

Up next is probably The Da Vinci Code again, or maybe Angels and Demons, both by Dan Brown.

I just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman, which I found rather disappointing.

Never got the whole Twilight fad. The whole series seems Mary-Sue-ish to me.

[dankcub420]

This is my first post, but it seems as good a place as any...

Last book I read was Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

Currently reading Filth by Irvine Welsh

To the guy above me, I recommend Angels and Demons. It was better than the Da Vinci Code. Although, all Dan Brown's book (the ones I've read at least) seem to follow the same basic structure. Guy meets girl, uncovers conspiracy, then ****s girl... Then somehow he manages to find another girl and another conspiracy...

I've got to agree that the Twilight series was kinda weak. I only read the first one cause the girl that sat in front of me in French class was reading it. Then I read two more, just because I have to know how it ends up. I haven't read the newest yet, and until someone forces it in my face like the last ones I probably won't.

[Xenobody]

I'm reading George R. R. Martin's A Clash of Kings, and intend to read the others in the series as well. Fantasy without feeling like the author is regurgitating Tolkien, again?

I'm also reading a few other things in between. It's a thick book.

I did read the entire Twilight Series. The first three books were . . . okay. The last book . . . Well, it's an experience. If you wanna know how it all ends, I'd say go for it, but really . . . Meh.

[peteyboy]

Reading Bret Hart's autobiography: Hitman.

Used to be a big fan of his, and of wresting in general when i was a kid, so I'm digging the bit of nostalgia the book is loaded with.

[xxxxx]

Currently reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera (no-where near as cheesy as the title might suggest!)

Favourite book of all time has to be House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende

[atwa]

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy involving sorcery and magic.

[fatrolls]

I was reading 1984 by George Orwell, but got re-obsessed with Twilight so I'm rereading the whole series ^^

[ianto27]

Pat Barker's Regeneration for my coursework. Doesn't help that I absolutely hate it.

[goodgainer]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. UGH, it's so boring!

I read Twilight and liked it, but New Moon and the others were atrocious.

[Leviathan]

I'm reading Harry Turtledove's Ruled Britannia, and the last one before that was Next by Michael Crichton, which so far I liked better than the one I'm reading now.

[lolx117]

At the moment I'm reading "The Two Towers" =)

[dankcub420]

Just finished rereading Catcher in the Rye. Great book, but too depressing. Holden Caulfield makes me want to smoke cigarettes.

Just about to start reading Venus in Furs by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch. Hope it's as good as they say.

[fattygain21]

Just a few...
Maximum Ride series (AWSUM)
The Kingdom Keepers

[MissJessel]

Just about to start reading Venus in Furs by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch. Hope it's as good as they say.
Do you know The Velvet Underground, the 60's band? They have a song inspired by this - it's classic :)

[dankcub420]

Do you know The Velvet Underground, the 60's band? They have a song inspired by this - it's classic :)

Yea, Velvet Underground is a pretty good band and that's one of my favorite songs by them. Gotta love songs about bondage, lol. I finished the book a little while back and I must say it was pretty good.

I'm currently reading Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh. It's the last one of his books I've yet to read. It's three stories about romance (as much as anything Welsh writes could really be about romance I suppose) and I put off reading it because love stories really aren't my thing. But, it seemed appropriate now that I've found someone and reading about love won't completely make me feel all alone and unimportant (lmao)

[Elfstone]

I'm reading phillip pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. almost done actually...

Really great... for those who don't know, the first book is the basis for the movie The Golden Compass, though the book is quite different...

[atwa]

Do you know The Velvet Underground, the 60's band? They have a song inspired by this - it's classic :)

I love the Velvet Underground! I love that song too. Isn't it about a dominatrix? I know that's what the song's about. Lou Reed is a GOD :-)
Currently I'm reading some Freud essays.

[gooseface]

Reading The Great Gatsby at the moment for one of my classes. Not really enjoying it all that much though :\

[Elfstone]

Reading The Great Gatsby at the moment for one of my classes. Not really enjoying it all that much though :\

BLASPHEMER!


<3 the great gatsby.

Seriously though, that is one fantastic piece of literature. I read it first of my own free will, not in a class. Sometimes reading things in a class can ruin them... but yea thats up there with 1984, LOTR, and such for my fav books...

[JamesRH]

I just finished Salmon of Doubt. Fantastic, though also quite sad...

[gooseface]

BLASPHEMER!


<3 the great gatsby.
Yeah if I was reading it outside of class I'm sure it would be much more appealing. Just wrote a 10 page paper on it so hacking it apart kind of ruined it for me.

[LoveBigBellies]

Just finished of Mice and Men. It was great, but very sad.

[Chaser91]

Most recently I finished a really good book called Drood, by Dan Simmons. It's based on an actual event of Charles Dickens' life, where he survived a horrible train crash and began exhibiting very strange behavior. It's told from the perspective of another actual writer and friend of Dickens, Wilkie Collins. It was long, well-written, very spooky, and kind of depressing but still really good.

Right now I'm working on In the Woods, about a couple of Irish detectives trying to solve a murder in a quiet town. This one's also really great so far.

Reading really is one of my main interests. Optimally, I'd want to be a novelist after graduating.

[JamesRH]

Well, right now I am reading Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. It has been quite good up to this point, however, I fear if I say anything about the actual plot or storyline, I may ruin it for some. It is quite good though. Spectacular. It is sad that Douglas Adams has passed, and we will see no more of his literary wit.

[GrowingFoxy]

im reading the great gatsby XD though i think someone else was also XP

[randomguy363636]

Oh the Great Gatsby? I hated that book in school. The best book I read in school was probably The Hobbit or a Prayer for Owen Meany.

The last book I finished was the Vampire Lestat. It was not nearly as good as Interview with a Vampire. I started to read Queen of the Night and couldn't bring myself to finish it because it was so crappy.

[Cartel Eden]

Currently reading: Dark Side of the Moon: the Magnificant Madness of the American Lunar Quest by Gerard DeGroot. Fascinating stuff.

[bubbasboy]

Is anyone rereading Harry Potter before the sixth movie comes out next week?

[Elfstone]

reread it last month actually

[Sprinkles]

Recently read Gillian Flynn's Dark Places. I'm definately going to check out her other stuff now; she whips up a rather good mystery.

Currently reading James Kennedy's The Order of Odd-Fish.

[Dadevster]

right now i'm reading War of the Worlds :o

i really like classis sci-fi books :D

[slovien86]

I'm currently rereading the dragon reborn series by robert jordan. To bad he died :(

[krystalfilledbellys]

Just kinda curious if anyone else reads much...I just finished re-reading ''Kitchen'' by Banana Yoshimoto, it's one of my favorites.

You're reading a book by "Banana"?

That is too cool.
____
I'm reading a bio of julia child's exploits in france (lot's of eating!!)
It's quite beautiful.

[Tbinge]

foucault. History of Sexuality. Philosophy is always fun.

[Ya Mum]

Garden of the Purple Dragon by Carole Wilkinson. Its the second installment of the Dragonkeeper series. Im doing a book report on it. I like it cause of the plot and the words that the author use to describe the landscape

[palaber]

star-wars transcriptions

[corinthianimp]

i'm trying to read the book the fountainhead but it's just so boring!

Haha I know exactly what you mean. Well, actually, I loved the Fountainhead, and read it in a day or two. Now Atlas Shrugged is a boring book! Haha I got two thirds of the way through it and just put it down.

[mootface]

I'm reading a book a bout a child soldier in sierra leone. it's really good.

[Xek]

I'm currently reading No Impact Man, an nonfiction environmentalist story. I just got finished with Jude the Obscure.
I'm so deep.

[Fat Boy 202]

At the moment I have reading Twilight Saga. I watched the films so far and really enjoyed them so just trying to read the books before the next film comes out. Its amazing so far! =D

[vergate]

I'm reading a Literature book. It freaks me out :| !

[Chronic]

I just finished reading "Lord of the Flies" which I hated but I wanted to acomplish something,lol.And I'm starting "Mcatrix" a parody. I also read 1984, Animal Farm, Anne Frank, Silver Sword and even Charlottes Web again! lol!:D

[Fatboyfan30]

I just finished wicked, and now I'm reading Son of a Witch

[BeauTheTirade]

I finished reading "Brave New World" recently... I'm not sure what I want to read next.

[fattygain21]

we just finished To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee for school, then had to write a literary analysis paper in about 45 mins. i finished in, like, 15.
now "reading" my fav book EVAH!
Maîtriser l'art de la Cuisine Française
or Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child.

and yes you CAN read a cookbook...

[Utgarda-Loki]

Im reading The Affinity Bridge and 1984.

[kissmyluckyegg]

Meryl Streep in Julia & Julia was spot-on. Such a quality movie.

I'm on page two of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, just finished his Kafka on the Shore and really liked it.

[Patches]

I am currently reading "Tunnels" by co-authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams.

[fiez]

Finishing off The Door into Summer, great book!

[cptf]

I just started reading Gardens of The Moon. It's the first book in a fantasy series by Steven Erikson called Malazan Book Of The Fallen. It's off to a good start, and I've heard great things from friends of mine.

[incognito]

^I plan on reading that one soon.

I'm on an Isaac Asimov binge at the moment and I'm reading a lot of his stuff. Right now I am on Nine Tomorrows.

[Flaminggiraffes]

I'm currently reading a mixture of Worlds Worst Inventions and a couple of Erma Bombeck's books.

[reddrake]

I am legend, amazing

[Bigguyphx]

Currently reading the sookie stackhouse novels, I have to admit not really into vampires but the books are great

[dawniel31]

''Tunnles'' and ''Deeper'' by Roderick Gordon and some other guy. :)
I love them!

[Supermatt4818]

Mourning Becomes Electra, Eugene O'Neill. I'm getting a little exausted reading plays though. I'll have to find a good novel when I'm done.

[Fatbishlover]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ...kickass

[voidaccount]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ...kickass

Oh I want to read that soo badly!! I'm currently reading World War Z. Gotta love them Zombies!

[UpHillBothWays]

Just kinda curious if anyone else reads much...I just finished re-reading ''Kitchen'' by Banana Yoshimoto, it's one of my favorites.

I'm currently reading Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. It's an easy read, and I am very much enjoying it. It's hard to believe that it's a true story too!

I just finished a book called A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. That book is easily one of my favorites with its heavy discussions of morality and social justice, and whether suicide can be justified of morally correct, or the "easy way out."

[mmortonn]

I am currently reading The Art of Maurice Sendak, and I absolutely love it.

[buzzchap]

I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be much interest here in all the recent "Foodie" literature. I just finished reading "Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater", by Frank Bruni, the restaurant critic of the New York Times, chronicling his lifelong "weight problem". I found it interesting, and kind of sad, that he never seemed to realize that some people might actually prefer him with a few extra pounds: he just assumed he had to slim down to be accepted.

Next up is "The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes" by Tom Parker Bowles.

[graniteguy]

Reading "Medium Raw"by Anthony Bourdain....a good read by a true cynic

[mmortonn]

Although my reading list is forever growing, right now I'm reading Motor Mouth. After reading all of the books in the Stephanie Plum series so far, I felt I may as well read some of Janet's other books...

[scruffy78778]

Ledgnd of zelda graphic novals

[uncutguy]

doll partons bio - good reading

[Hahaohey]

The five people you meet in heaven

[Moobdood]

I currently reading H.P. Lovecraft's stories

[Elfstone]

I just finished Wicked, but I just started classes again, so I'll end up reading whatever is required for class haha