What book are you currently reading?

[Sledgstone]

I just finished Michael Crichton's book Congo, which was pretty good. I'm reading Sphere now and by the way its reading, I have a feeling it'll be a better book. But I'm really looking forward to reading Eaters of the Dead next (aka The 13th Warrior) its amazing how most of that book is based off a true story. *dies of anticipation*

So what are you reading, have read recently, or are about to read? ^_^:

[Vincent]

I love Michael Crichton! I have most of his books at home....

the latest book I read was Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code), which I read on the plane ride home from NYC last Friday.

[Godgrave]

Digital Fortress was really unimpressive ^_^ and The Sphere is so much better on paper than it was on film.

Reading (on and off) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, when will I ever finish this X'D !

[aqu]

I finished Cell a while ago... It wasn't very good :/

[GundamFreakX]

I'm reading New Spring, the prequel to the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I like the medieval theme of it, and I've always loved the medieval times, so I thought it would be a good choice. Apparantly, I was right.

[Skytiger]

I am going to be finishing Calling on Dragons by Patrice C. Wrede then I will be starting Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison. I tend to prefer Fantasy novels to anything else, but I have been known to read Sci-fi every now and then.

[Strider Hiryu]

Just finished reading Halo: First Strike on Sunday. Was a pretty good book actually. Trying to get my friend to get his hands on the other two he borrowed out to another friend. Kinda want to read those one's now.

As of now, however, I'm not reading anything. Thinking of rereading American Gods or shelling out some money for "Nausea". My Philosophy teacher recommended that I should read it (being athiest and all). Might pick that one up, he says it's extremely depressing.

[Saosin]

Just finished Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist and starting on The Kings Buccanear, also by Raymond E. Feist

Just finished the Rift War series, which is ALSO by Raymond E. Feist. (He has to be my favorite author)

[Dubird]

Sphere is one of my favorite Chricton books.....at the moment i'm re-reading The Elienum, by David Eddings.....good fantasy series, good characters...i like reading most of his stuff because he's got a good sense of humor....it's not Discworld type humor, but a bit more realistic i think....

[Saosin]

I'm also reading War Trash by Ha Jin and Grapes of Wrath by whoever. I wanna read War Trash, but Grapes of Wrath is school assigned :/ .

[Sledgstone]

Anyone read Anne Rice? Another book that I finished a while ago was Interview with a Vampire. That book just dragged on and on for me. And half of Memnoch the Devil should have been completely discarded. But lady has told me good things about The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned and Tale of the Body Theif.. So I'll have to finish up the series sometime this year.

I finished Cell a while ago... It wasn't very good :/
Thats a shame. :\ Is it better than Rose Madder or Gerald's Game tho? I wasn't impressed with either of those.

[aqu]

I liked Rose Madder and I haven't read Gerald's Game yet... so, no. :\

[Stinkerbell]

Anyone read Anne Rice? Another book that I finished a while ago was Interview with a Vampire. That book just dragged on and on for me. And half of Memnoch the Devil should have been completely discarded. But lady has told me good things about The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned and Tale of the Body Theif.. So I'll have to finish up the series sometime this year.
Interview was dull, and Memnoch was lacking.

The middle three are definitely the best. Another good one by her is "Merrick." It's like the Mayfair Witches meets the Vampire Chronicles. Very good. I don't read much Rice anymore. I got a hold of "Mists of Avalon" and didn't look back.

Right now I'm reading J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring" for my English Literature class. I must admit that reading their escape from the Shire wasn't nearly as boring this time through. It's much better in print than those "movies" that were made.

[Dubird]

Interview was dull, and Memnoch was lacking.

The middle three are definitely the best. Another good one by her is "Merrick." It's like the Mayfair Witches meets the Vampire Chronicles. Very good. I don't read much Rice anymore. I got a hold of "Mists of Avalon" and didn't look back.

Right now I'm reading J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring" for my English Literature class. I must admit that reading their escape from the Shire wasn't nearly as boring this time through. It's much better in print than those "movies" that were made.

You'll find that the entire series on paper is much better than the movies. Not that I didn't like the movies. They put good faces with the names and helped me visualize the scale of some of the battles. But the books had so much more information in them and adds a great deal of depth that the movies lacked. The only problem is that Tolkien is very poetic and very descriptive, so a lot of people do get put off because of that. Which I think is a shame, because he had a gift for bringing a fantasy world to life through his words.

[Sledgstone]

I liked Rose Madder and I haven't read Gerald's Game yet... so, no. :\

Don't get me wrong tho, I did like Rose Madder, but compared to some of his other books the story line seemed a bit odd in the last 1/5 of the book. When they were both in the picutre world (probably mid world?) and they kinda did a minotaur chase thing.. it kinda lost me there. :|

and don't bother reading Gerald's Game. Theres a small connection to Dolores Clairborne in there, but thats all the book has going for it. bleh.

The middle three are definitely the best. Another good one by her is "Merrick." It's like the Mayfair Witches meets the Vampire Chronicles. Very good. I don't read much Rice anymore. I got a hold of "Mists of Avalon" and didn't look back.

Yeah, lady mentioned something about the witches books being good too. I'll have to check those out.

[Godgrave]

I concur with Dubird on The Lord Of The Rings book, and the movie does leave out battle parts and a few interesting characters here n there. I'm probably gonna pick up Shantaram this weekend, another fatassed book, since it's pretty interesting - a bestseller written by an Australian (who serving a 19 year prison sentenc), he fled to India, and after a decade was recaptured and extradited. It's basically about his life here in India and a certain taxi-driver who becomes his side-kick. It digs into the roots of Mumbai city and is entailed with real life events (I think :p)

[Stinkerbell]

I know that Tolkien does tend to ramble on a bit, but I felt that in the movies they emphasized too much on the romance between Aragorn and Arwen. Honestly, she's mentioned only about three or four times in the novels. The visuals with the battles help immensely and the movies do give a better sense of dread concerning the Black Riders. But the biggest disservice of the movies was in "The Return of the King." They chopped every monologue that had any meaning or substance (including my favorite part of the whole trilogy: when Eowyn faces the Lord of the Nazgul / the Witch King of Angmar).

All and all, Jackson did great visually, but needed to work a bit on keeping the essence. The movies are all right, but if he'd pushed himself a bit more, they would have been spectacular.

Back to books ... :) I have read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy a few times before (not as many as my father!), I'm just re-reading them for an English Literature class. Why not read something I like and get a grade for it?

[Sledgstone]

That sounds like a good plan. ^_^ I still haven't read the Lord of the Rings trilogy. :oops:

Speaking of trilogy tho, has anyone read any of the Star Wars novels? I know aqu has read some. ^_^ I started reading a Star Wars trilogy recently (Thrawn Trilogy).

I finished Heir to the Empire a while ago, but I'm missing the second book. :\ I'll have to pick it up from amazon soon so I can finish up. These Star Wars books are pretty damn good. The Courtship of Princess Leia is my favorite so far, a great story.

[Skytiger]

I have read two of the trilogies for Star Wars. I can't really remember which ones though. I also started reading the ones that focused more on teh twins as well. My parents had the original Star Wars trilogy books and the books that were about the early years of Hans' pirating career. I never got a chance to read those though. Maybe I should see if my parents still have those books...

[Strider Hiryu]

I've read quite a few of the Star Wars novels and what not (my friend is the biggest Star Wars geek ever, man had every book printed + more). Don't remember the last one I read though since it's been two years since I've picked up a Star Wars novel.

[aqu]

I have read two of the trilogies for Star Wars. I can't really remember which ones though. I also started reading the ones that focused more on teh twins as well. My parents had the original Star Wars trilogy books and the books that were about the early years of Hans' pirating career. I never got a chance to read those though. Maybe I should see if my parents still have those books...

Those are probably

The Han Solo Trilogy by A.C. Crispin<LI type=square>The Paradise Snare (http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/hst_tps.asp)
The Hutt Gambit (http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/hst_thg.asp)
Rebel Dawn (http://www.theforce.net/books/reviews/hst_rd.asp)I liked em.

I've read every post RotJ book, and some of the prequel crap too -_-'


NJO will be fun for you Sledge :D

[Ladywriter]

dan brown bored the shit outta me. I didnt even get half way thru divinchi code before I gave up.... kept nodding off to sleep

[Sabe]

I just finished my 14th re-read of The Dark Half. I had forgotten how much I liked that book! George Stark is great, but I'm more interested in Alexis Machine. I wish King would write just one book featuring him.
Now that I have my library out of storage(mostly) I'm gonna sit with my King books, and re-read all of 'em! :D

[aqu]

I just started the Dark Half, it's so creepy good @_@

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm about half way through The Demon Awakens by R.A. Salvatore...

its good so far almost as good as his Dark elf serise.

[DeathscytheX]

I Will Bear Witness 1933-1941 by Victor Klemperer

pretty interesting read.

Seeing as I am a history major I wouldnt count text books, but I have read some interesting stuff in my German Classes

Trap with a Green Fence is an excellent book

But i highly recommend Maus I & II. Really quick reads... its in comic format but its not a comic book. Its about an Artists dad that was German Jew, and he tells his dads story in comic strip from. Its a very powerful book/s.

[Princess Tasha]

I wanted to read Stephen King's "The Stand" again but I can't find it anywhere so I started reading a book that my brother gave me a few years ago. It's called "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman. It's pretty good so far.

[Sledgstone]

*revives old topic*

I finished reading Sphere not to long ago and I have got to say, that was one hell of a book. The plot is so unique! and the story was wrote so good, I could vision almost everything except the shear size of the spaceship or the squid.. much better than Congo. I should go pick up the movie.

I'm almost done with "Eaters of the Dead" and this book is crazy. Its amazing that this is based off of true events that happened a thousand years ago. But the way it is all described, I can believe it. The northmen and their constant fighting, the cave dwelling dwarves that forge weapons, the mist demons aka eaters of the dead.. the battles, and how they were fought.. holy shit.

[Torreyjs]

well you know the card game magic the gathering
well im reading the 3 books in the most recent set of cards
and now im also reading all diablo and warcraft books (by blizzard)

[CabbitGirl]

im currently reading the 6th volume of W Juliet. i should start reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. that and Dreamland are my summer reading books

[Eli]

Just finished the first book in the Resident Evil series. Heh. I'm reading Cormyr at the moment, really good book.

[Wolflord]

I'm currently re-reading Eye of the World, because the books I want I can't find.

I want to read the second of The Rigante series (David Gemmell)
and I want to read The King Beyond the Gate (Sequel to "Legend" by David Gemmell, great read. I loved it, learned a life-lesson from it in fact ;))
I recently re-read Echoes of the Great Song (by David Gemmell), it's a stand-alone book, which was such an amazing book, I want them to make another one, but I think it would ruin it :(

[Mibu_Kyoshiro]

Right now I'm reading George Martin's 4th book in a series. It's called "Feast for Crows". Great series so far (although this book that I'm on is by far the worst of the series).

If I can go all the way back to Saosin's post, Raymond Feist is a great writer. I'm a big fan of the various books about Talwin Hawkins as well and the ones about Pug's young life (Magician: Apprentice especially).

After I finish the book I'm currently reading, I'm going to read 'Death of Ivan Illyich' next.

[Samara]

I more or less can't find a bk that catches my eye so I read the HP bks over. I favor science fiction and horror, any suggestions?

[Wolflord]

I more or less can't find a bk that catches my eye so I read the HP bks over. I favor science fiction and horror, any suggestions?
I have a question. How can you spell book as "bk" and still look at yourself in the mirror? Is it too difficult to put 2 o's in there? Takes less than a second.

Back on topic. I read those books, and am reading Winter's Heart (nother WoT book =/)

[Samara]

Off topic: Okay Book- it is easy you know, thanks for the tip-
On topic: A good Book for a horror and science fiction fan would be . . .

[Mrs_Pig]

I'm reading 2 Stephen King books right now. I'm reading The Shining at work on my lunchbreak and Misery at home. I haven't read either in a long time, and it's amazing how much of both of them I don't remember. According to my brother, I need to watch the newest version of The Shining because it's more like the book.

[Strider Hiryu]

Currently halfway thru reading "The Antichrist" by Friedrich Nietzsche. Very good read then again most philosophical books are a good read.

[EVA-01]

Reading The count of Monet Cristo again. =/

[dark_templer_102]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

[Godgrave]

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Read.Ayn Rand, you mean ^_^

I'm currently going through my 11th grade Chemistry and Physics books all over again, tantilizing to the brain X'D

[dark_templer_102]

Whoops.....sorry.

[Rebirth]

-chuckle- I'm reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Yes, indeed, it's a five-part trilogy :D And hilariously written.

[Mibu_Kyoshiro]

-chuckle- I'm reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Yes, indeed, it's a five-part trilogy :D And hilariously written.

Funny stuff. I think my favorite one is the restaurant at the end of the universe.


I'm about to start reading Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Its supposed to be quality.

[clara]

Right now I am reading Son of a Witch by Gregory MacGuire. It's the sequel to Wicked and it's a bit of a slow read since the hero has been unconcious for about half the book. WAKE UP!

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm reading Bladesinger and The Davinci code... so far davinci code is pretty damn interesting

[Mibu_Kyoshiro]

Just finished "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Very good book.

[CabbitGirl]

Just finished Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger. the summary sounded lousy, but it wasn't that bad (that and i had to read it for school >_> good timing to finish, ne? ^_^; )

[D_Marx]

Song of Fire and Ice: A Feast For Crows

Part one of the forth book in the series by George R. R. Martin.

[hikaru]

im reading velvet by sue rich it's ok so far

[Sledgstone]

I'm reading The Vampire Lestat. Its much better than interview with a vampire and the plot actually seems to be going somewhere. but the way lestat describes a vampires love for things is a bit freaky. O_o

[Ghost_Reamer]

Right now I'm reading "Lost Souls," by Poppy Z Brite, which is pretty interesting so far... nothing quite like a story about gay vampires. ^^ After that I beleive that the next book that I'm going to start reading is "House of Leaves."

[Godgrave]

Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time.

[Samara]

Steven King's Stand it's an old book I inherited from my dad's collection
it's actually pretty d+mn scary but that's why I like Steven King

[Rasaphane]

The black arrow, I need a dictionary to read it.

[Sledgstone]

Steven King's Stand it's an old book I inherited from my dad's collection
it's actually pretty d+mn scary but that's why I like Steven King

Stay away from the expanded version of The Stand. While its uncut and complete, it adds hundreds of pages of storyline that doesn't really need to be in the book. Amazing story tho, I loved it.

[Flying_Monkey]

Dear Mom, Marine Snipers in Vietnam... I just started reading today...

[Saiel]

I got The Prestige for Christmas and have been reading it enthusiastically. The movie really changed a lot of things in its adaptation.

[Godgrave]

I got The Prestige for Christmas and have been reading it enthusiastically. The movie really changed a lot of things in its adaptation.For the good or the bad? ^_^

[Hitsugaya Toushiro]

Current read(s): Brothers in Arms, Eldest(5th time), and Dragonflight

[Sledgstone]

Finally finished The Vampire Lestat and FMP mangas #7 & #8. As of tomorrow I'll begin reading Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn trilogy.

[Hell_Cat_18]

"The Blood Canticle" by Anne Rice
"Tales of the Body Theif" by Anne Rice

[Ko-Inu]

Cloud of Sparrows
-Takashi Matsuoka

It's really good.

[HKofsesshoumaru]

"
"Tales of the Body Theif" by Anne Rice

This is a really good book. I did a book report on it when I was in high school. How far are you in the book?

[D_Marx]

Pacific Vortex: a Dirk Pitt Adventure


mmmm, Dirk Pitt. . .

[Moon Doggie]

Battle of Kings Mountain
Had to pick a nonfiction book for my summer reading, it's very.... interesting

[HKofsesshoumaru]

I am currently reading over the Dungeons and Dragons 'Oriental Adventures' guide, looking into stuff for our RP section here on the forum. Pop in and read what we have going so far if you like.