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MsMoviefan

09-17-2003, 06:01 PM

The Blue Nowhere, byJeffery Deaver
(NY Times best selling author)
Here is snyopsis:
His name is Phate-a sadistic computer hacker who infiltrates people"s computers, invades their lives, and with chilling precision lures them to their deaths. Desperate to stop him, The CA State Police Computer Crimes Unit frees former hacker, Wyatt Gillette, to aid the investigation. As obsessive Gillette fervently attempts to trace the hacker's insidious computer virus back to it's source, Phate delivers a hugh blow--murdering one of the division's own! Now, teamed w old-school homicide detective, Frank Bishop, Gillette must combine their talents to catch a brillant & merciless killer.

Great reviews & lots praise given this book.
Just could not put down till finished. Before that read F Paul Wilson's sci fi book "An Enemy Of The State" really good. (Is not in any way connected w movie of that name, which is action movie, not sci fi)
I can see these 2 as movies up there on screen. Brillant & interesting start to finish.

quoth_the_raven

09-17-2003, 06:04 PM

Bill Bryson- Down Under

its the third of his books i have read over the last two day. hes got a wonderful, dry sense of humour and is an absolutely stonking read.

Could Be Worse

09-17-2003, 08:03 PM

The Beach House by James Patterson

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

arto_j

09-21-2003, 06:42 AM

Rereading The Catcher in the Rye at the moment, this time in English...Far better read than the translation, actually.

Jerk Shapiro

09-21-2003, 04:53 PM

The Lord of the Flies, it kicks ass!

RavenBlade

09-21-2003, 05:57 PM

In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd.

The movie, A Christmas Story
was based on sections of
this book. Pretty good so far.

Raven

Psychocandy

09-21-2003, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by Jerk Shapiro
The Lord of the Flies, it kicks ass!

I'll be reading this after I finish Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones". It's all thanks to Mr Stephen King and his wonderful "Hearts In Atlantis".

Jim H

09-21-2003, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by RavenBlade
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd.

The movie, A Christmas Story
was based on sections of
this book. Pretty good so far.

Raven

Also one of the best book titles ever, IMO. I've read one chapter out of it, I've been thinking about buying it as A Christmas Story (10/10) is one of my favorites.

EvilDeadGirl

09-22-2003, 02:23 PM

Currently reading LOTR: TTT. Only about 70 pages into the book but so far I'm enjoying it. Finished up LOTR: FOTR. Fantastic read.

Glad I'm watching the movies first then reading the books. Wouldn't want to get disapointed or anything. ;)

ashes

09-24-2003, 02:05 AM

Almost finished Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden.
Good book but i liked the movie more.

my_name_is_neo

09-24-2003, 05:34 PM

I'm currently reading 4, actually:

"Dreamcatcher", by Stephen King

"Frankenstein", by Mary Shelley

"The Terminal Man", by Michael Crichton

"The Deep", by Peter Benchley

Sugar_Kane

09-30-2003, 02:29 PM

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Saruman

10-02-2003, 02:55 PM

The Final Prophecy (Star Wars: New Jedi Order)

SenorSpielbergo

10-03-2003, 12:34 AM

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, so far the most intelligent book I've ever read.

thebloodfeaster

10-04-2003, 11:27 AM

War and Peace

and I just downloaded Melmoth the Wanderer from The Gutenburg Project, after a few years of searching for a copy of the book. I'll be reading both of them at the same time.

thebloodfeaster

10-04-2003, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by SenorSpielbergo
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, so far the most intelligent book I've ever read.

That's a good one. I hate to compare the two, because people do it all the time; but I have to say I liked 1984 a bit more.

Annie Hall

10-04-2003, 12:23 PM

Candide ~ Voltaire

Carrieattheprom

10-04-2003, 02:26 PM

I found this amazing book! It's the famous Richard Bachman's stories: The Long Walk, The Running Man, Rage.......oh, what were the other ones? I know I'm forgetting something.......

Anyway it's all his work in one volume. Pretty cool actually. Sadly, this is the only way I can read Rage since R.B.(aka Stephen King) agreed with the censorship crew that it should be taken off the shelf 'cause kids would use the book as a guideline for shooting up their school. I never really forgave S.K. for that............

Streepster

10-05-2003, 11:22 PM

The Dark Room

quoth_the_raven

10-06-2003, 10:58 AM

Bill Bryson- Made in America

not a patch on his travel writing. this is a history of the language used in modern day america. and it is boring as shit for the most part. sometimes it has moments i enjoy, but its too much like reading a university text...

not good. i want more travels from you Mr Bryson :P

flowrchild

10-07-2003, 09:29 PM

I am currently reading Cognitive Psychology- Third Edition by Robert J. Sternberg. And no, it's not by choice :p

quoth_the_raven

10-08-2003, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by flowrchild
I am currently reading Cognitive Psychology- Third Edition by Robert J. Sternberg. And no, it's not by choice :p

sounds thrilling :confused:

Damned Martian

10-09-2003, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by flowrchild
I am currently reading Cognitive Psychology- Third Edition by Robert J. Sternberg. And no, it's not by choice :p Never heard of that author... i guess it's a recent book, isn't it?

Anyway, I'm reading a book about deaths of Hollywood celebrities. Quite interesting, although somewhat depressing. It's just sad to know that some great actors died in such stupid forms (William Holden being the most notable), and that some actors that i thought were still alive are actually dead (Katryn Cartlidge, Charlotte Coleman, Haing S Ngor):(

MarkItZero

10-09-2003, 10:23 AM

The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara

Sequel to Rise to Rebellion a historical-semi-fiction account of the Revolutionary War. The book (like all of Shaara's other books) is really well done. He uses extensive research to give an almost day to day description of the events of the war and from the notes and diaries of the characters involved he is able to portray these figures as accurately as possible. But instead of it being a straight history book, he adds dialogue and descriptions to to make it read more like a fictional story, though he is often using straight quotes from men like Washington, Franklin, John Adams, Howe, Cornwallis and the rest.

Fun reading for any history fan.

While typing this I was reminded of a funny story. About 7 years ago, I was visiting London for a day of sightseeing (only one day, not nearly long enough). The day happened to be July 4th, the US Independance Day. I was speaking with a tour guide about what to expect on the tour and I naively asked him if there was going to be any sort of big 4th of July parade in the city. He curled his lip and said "Um, we dont really celebrate that here". :D. Sometimes I'm such a dumbass!

chinton

10-09-2003, 11:47 PM

Im reading Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King. Amazing book. As I read it I just find it even harder to imagine that people think King is a sclocky writer. I love the characters of Carol and Bobby. The writing is so poignant and amazing.

Damned Martian

10-10-2003, 08:08 AM

Alegrame el Dia - Jesus Palacios

A book about the best/worst quotes of Hollywood movies, the development of sound and dialogues in cinema and the influence that these quotes have had in XX century culture. Interesting and funny.

flowrchild

10-10-2003, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
sounds thrilling :confused:

Oh you know it. Nothing is more thrilling than being a psych major. But (less than) one more year to go and I'll never have to read another one of those bore-the-crap-out-of-me books.

I think I am going to read Catcher In The Rye again soon. It's my favorite book and I want it fresh in my memory.

Moviefan1234

10-12-2003, 03:20 PM

"The Pelican Brief" by John Grisham.

Lynn Minmei

10-12-2003, 04:54 PM

A Confederacy of Dunces

quoth_the_raven

10-13-2003, 10:23 AM

Stormrider by David Gemmell.

Oh you know it. Nothing is more thrilling than being a psych major

you do have my sympathy. just go read freud, and remember, its all about the penis baby ;)

law students have it easier. our books get peppered with case law which are normally full of examples of human stupidity. always good for a laugh when things drag on ;) especially the kinky stuff ;)

Sugar_Kane

10-13-2003, 02:33 PM

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien.

sarah1980

10-15-2003, 01:37 AM

The Crow Temple Of Night

jackson13

10-16-2003, 10:29 PM

Picked up 'Diary' by Chuckie P. yesterday.

Been pretty boring so far, specially compared to his other masterpieces. Hopefully it will pick up.

sarah1980

10-17-2003, 01:23 PM

The Crow Wicked Prayer

Streepster

10-17-2003, 02:19 PM

Ironweed - William Kennedy

Damned Martian

10-18-2003, 06:03 AM

Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett

Mad Maggot

10-18-2003, 10:39 AM

Tonight I'll be forcing myself to start reading something (hehe, of his two books) of Homer's.

Meanwhile I'm reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland 100th time.

usuallysuspected

10-18-2003, 02:39 PM

Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them". It's pretty damn good so far.

Damned Martian

10-26-2003, 11:49 AM

American Gods, by Neil Gaiman

He's one of my favorite authors, i hope he doesn't disappoint me.

Jess

10-26-2003, 05:26 PM

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

It's funny stuff. Plus, if the people of the world ever turn into zombies, I'll know what to do.

Raymond Babbit

10-26-2003, 06:28 PM

The Temple of Gold, by William Goldman. Great book, kind of reminds me of Catcher in the Rye.

Jon Lyrik

10-26-2003, 08:36 PM

Life, the Universe, and Everything (Douglas Adams)
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Michael Moorcock)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Volume Two (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Out of the Silent Planet-by C.S. Lewis

Many re-readings here too.

Jon Lyrik

10-26-2003, 08:59 PM

Whee...I finished OOTSP. Now I'm on to the second part...Perelandra.

Scarface98.9

10-27-2003, 01:48 AM

Hellblazer: Original Sins

RogueSpear

10-27-2003, 01:32 PM

Blood Games by Richard Laymon

Moviefan1234

10-28-2003, 02:02 AM

I started "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier in English class yesterday.

ashumz

10-30-2003, 05:26 PM

im reading a few books right now:

macbeth -shakesphere

olivia -VC Andrews

summer of my German soldier -Bette Green (i think)

a christmas carole -cant remember the author

Directly2Deep

10-31-2003, 03:50 PM

Caucasia by Danzy Senna

my_name_is_neo

10-31-2003, 07:55 PM

Originally posted by ashumz
a christmas carole -cant remember the author

If what you're referring to is "A Christmas Carol", then I'm pretty sure it was Charles Dickens or something.

quoth_the_raven

11-03-2003, 10:24 AM

Originally posted by my_name_is_neo
If what you're referring to is "A Christmas Carol", then I'm pretty sure it was Charles Dickens or something.

yes it was Dickens.

Directly2Deep

11-03-2003, 06:15 PM

Also reading A ClockWork Orange the slang they use is a little confusing but I am getting it.

piglet5

11-03-2003, 10:34 PM

i'm reading "bad boy" by olivia goldsmith. it's actually pretty funny. :)

RicochetShaw

11-03-2003, 10:36 PM

I finished Elie Wiesel's Night recently, and now started on Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage.

Clarkey07

11-04-2003, 12:30 AM

I started "Mystic River"

So far, I'm lovin it.

Benny

11-04-2003, 08:22 PM

I just finished "The Da Vinci Code." it was a fun, entertaining read, and I highly recommend it, especially to people with interests in symbols and art.

I just started "Bonfire of the Vanities" by Tom Wolfe. It's an amazing book so far, a wonderful portrait of NYC in the mid-80's. I heard the film sucked though...

Lynn Minmei

11-05-2003, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by Benny
I heard the film sucked though...

That's an understatement.

Moviefan1234

11-05-2003, 01:30 AM

Started The Chamber by John Grisham last night.

RogueSpear

11-10-2003, 01:16 PM

The Policy by Bentley Little

my_name_is_neo

11-10-2003, 09:20 PM

Just finished the four books I posted on here earlier about a week ago.

However, just today, I started the book "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies for my English class.

jackson13

11-10-2003, 11:22 PM

my library finally got it: The Stone Cold Truth by Stone Cold Steve Austin. I'll be done with it tommorow, I guarantee it. I've been reading for about an hour so far tonight and im up to chapter 11 already.

I also got Dave Barrys new book, "Boogers are my beat". I'll start it once I finish Stone Colds book.

one_crow_sorrow

11-11-2003, 06:33 PM

Helter Skelter: the True Story of the Manson Murders

piglet5

11-11-2003, 10:39 PM

talk of the town - suzanne macpherson

A.J. Hakari

11-12-2003, 08:37 PM

I finished Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country?" last week, and now I'm reading Sharyn McCrumb's "Zombies of the Gene Pool."

TheAxeGrinder

11-12-2003, 09:02 PM

Funny that this thread was started by Gollum, since I'm in the process of reading The Fellowship Of The Ring.

jackson13

11-12-2003, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
I finished Michael Moore's "Dude, Where's My Country?" last week

Was it any good? I read 'Stupid White Men' and really enjoyed it. Lemme know.

A.J. Hakari

11-12-2003, 11:48 PM

Yeah, jackson, terrific book. Took me all last summer to read "Stupid White Men," but I finished this one in a little over a week. Interesting material, and Moore's satirical sense of humor is still damn sharp (though I sense he might be serious about, as he mentions in it, wanting Oprah or Tom Hanks to run for President :)). Good stuff.

thebloodfeaster

11-13-2003, 06:44 AM

Night Shift -- Stephen King

Mad Maggot

11-16-2003, 11:21 AM

Ancient Greece by some old fuck... for my Ancient Cultures... ewwww...

Jim H

11-16-2003, 02:20 PM

Pageant of the Gun.

blankpage

11-16-2003, 07:51 PM

Right now, 'The Great Gatsby'.

Wonderful book, so far...

quoth_the_raven

11-17-2003, 10:02 AM

Gene Wolfe- The Claw of the Conciliator

Saruman

11-17-2003, 01:50 PM

The Unifying Force - James Luceno

ZombieMonkey

11-18-2003, 11:49 PM

Harvest- Tess Garritsen
Living Dead in Dallas- Charlaine Harris

Mad Maggot

11-19-2003, 10:06 AM

Russian Stylistics by A. Reformatorsky (I bet this name tells you a lot :p ).

Can't wait to finally buy something new for myself and to stop reading all the shit for my classes!

KcMsterpce

11-20-2003, 01:13 AM

I am now reading WIZARD AND GLASS to refresh the memory before I start on book 5.

I think this book isn't as exciting as the first three, but it's still not bad. A little overlong.

my_name_is_neo

11-22-2003, 06:28 PM

Just started reading Stephen King's "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" a few days ago.

Dignan

11-23-2003, 02:20 PM

Originally posted by blankpage
Right now, 'The Great Gatsby'.

Wonderful book, so far...

Yeah same here. Good stuff.

one_crow_sorrow

11-23-2003, 05:01 PM

I'm reading Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho for the third time.

cupajoe

11-26-2003, 05:40 AM

a brief history of time
stupid white men
zen guitar

Directly2Deep

11-26-2003, 04:37 PM

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

jolanar

11-26-2003, 06:10 PM

The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams

syxxpac

11-27-2003, 10:34 AM

Just started plunging into The Dark Tower: The Drawing Of The Three.

Still trippy.

Mad Maggot

12-02-2003, 07:05 AM

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (third time this year)

thebloodfeaster

12-02-2003, 10:26 AM

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

It's an amazing book.

HannibalGuy

12-04-2003, 09:13 PM

"Guerrilla Warfare" by Che Guevara. Great book!

JCPhoenix

12-04-2003, 11:01 PM

Just finished a couple...

-The Five People You Meet in Heaven
-The Da Vinci Code
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Currently reading...
-Barbarians at the Gate

Psychopathic287

12-04-2003, 11:04 PM

Choke
By: Chuck Palahnuik

Moviefan1234

12-05-2003, 03:44 PM

I recently started reading Timeline by Michael Crichton.

Annie Hall

12-05-2003, 05:09 PM

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

...can't wait to see the film

Damned Martian

12-06-2003, 06:56 AM

The Hugo Winners (1968-69)

A collection of teh short novels, short tales and tales that won in these two editions of the Hugo Prizes. Authors: Anne McCaffrey, Poul Anderson, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Philip Jose Farmer and Larry Niven.

resdawg

12-07-2003, 01:32 PM

Batman No Mans Land

Rothstein

12-09-2003, 10:04 AM

Started reading Leonards "Tishomingo blues" have read around 30 pages, so far so good and i am looking forward to the movie.

quoth_the_raven

12-09-2003, 11:58 AM

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King. its better than the movie ;)

scottish-movie-freak

12-10-2003, 02:27 PM

I'm re-reading Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel. Such a great book!

The movie will not be as good but anything with Christina Ricci (the image of female perfection) is worth a look.

sarah1980

12-13-2003, 01:49 AM

Master And Commander Book 1

martyds761

12-13-2003, 11:37 PM

For the third time I'm reading the Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton. I'm a deffinate schmoe at her stuff.

Avid_Fan

12-14-2003, 01:14 PM

"The Shining" Stephen King

"Night Chills" Dean Koontz

kiwihitman

12-17-2003, 04:56 AM

The Anatomy of Motive By John Douglas

I Loved Mindhunter and this seems just as good so far and i'm also gonna read High Fidelity By Nick Hornby

Avid_Fan

12-17-2003, 01:26 PM

"Odd Thomas" by Dean Koontz

Moviefan1234

12-18-2003, 07:09 AM

Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake.

one_crow_sorrow

12-18-2003, 08:36 AM

The Lizard King: The Essestial Jim Morrison

Avid_Fan

12-23-2003, 09:34 AM

"Prey" by Michael Crichton (Sp?)

Saruman

12-23-2003, 09:39 AM

The Books of Blood: Volumes 1 to 3 - Clive Barker

scottish-movie-freak

12-23-2003, 10:33 AM

I've started reading American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis which I got for my birthday (yesterday).

blankpage

12-24-2003, 10:20 AM

'This Year It will be Different' by Maeve Binchy

FeverDog420

12-24-2003, 05:26 PM

You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again, by Julia Phillips. Memoirs of the first woman to receive an Oscar for Best Picture (The Sting), chronicling her cocaine addition. Lotsa Hollywood dish; I just finished reading about the behind-the-scenes difficulties during Taxi Driver (MPAA bullshit) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Francois Truffaut was a total prick), along with tales of the stars (Goldie Hawn is a skank, Richard Dreyfuss is an angry fuck [in the literal sense], Jon Peters is a bad lay). An okay book, but really long; I've been reading it over a week not and am barely halfway through it.

Damned Martian

12-25-2003, 12:53 PM

Miracle and other Christmas Stories - Connie Willis

Seriously, noone ever read anything form her? You don't know what you're missing! So far it's a 10/10. Funniest. Christmas. Stories. Ever.

A.J. Hakari

12-25-2003, 01:38 PM

I checked out a copy of "Fletch Won" by Gregory McDonald from the library the other day, so I'll sit down to that one fairly soon.

chinton

12-25-2003, 01:39 PM

The World Acorrding to Garp by John Irving

Erin123

12-28-2003, 06:31 PM

I'm currently reading The Shape of Snakes - Minette Walters and trying to get hold of a copy of The Orchid Thief ;)

quoth_the_raven

12-28-2003, 06:33 PM

Night Watch- Terry Pratchett. very funny, but then, what did you expect?

Avid_Fan

12-28-2003, 08:17 PM

"Life of Pi" Yann Martel

kiwihitman

12-28-2003, 10:47 PM

The 25th hour By David Benioff

Andrew Tom

12-29-2003, 05:09 PM

Dark Tower V: The Wolves Of Calla and Danse Macabre, both by Stephen King.

Wish I'd actually read them...both are in about 100 pages, but I can't seem to able to lift a book up, much less read it.

Scarface98.9

01-01-2004, 05:44 PM

How to Make a Movie for $10,000 and not go to Jail" by Bret Stern

Luke-Abbott

01-01-2004, 06:26 PM

"Red Dwarf" by Grant Naylor (possibly Rob Grant and Doug Naylor combined in one body). Its pretty much like Series 1 and 2 (maybe even 3) combined in one book, which is pretty cool because I haven't seen the show in ages and am thinking about buying the DVD's. Really funny as well, good read for any Dwarf fan.

chilli pepper

01-01-2004, 08:46 PM

Mailman by r.j lennon

Dignan

01-02-2004, 06:29 PM

Gateways by F. Paul Wilson.

The latest Repair Man Jack novel, and I must admit it is a tasty little morsel of genre mixing literature. :cool:

Mad Maggot

01-03-2004, 10:27 AM

Later tonight I'm gonna start reading Satori in Paris by Jack Kerouac. I read about 5 pages at the store, they sounded very appealing to me.

Psychopathic287

01-04-2004, 01:40 AM

Requiem for a Dream~By: Hubert Selby Jr.
&
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas~By: Hunter S. Thompson

kiwihitman

01-06-2004, 06:40 AM

The World according to Garp By John Irving after I've read that im going to read Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.By the way whats catch 22 about is it good?

FeverDog420

01-08-2004, 12:43 PM

I went a little crazy at the library yesterday, checking out more books that I can read in three weeks. They are:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon

Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx, by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers

Naked, by David Sedaris

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis

The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.

Someday I'll be able to check out Dude, Where's My Country. Why only one copy there? For some reason the library isn't taking a waiting list for it. All his other books are hard to get, too.

Psychocandy

01-08-2004, 03:30 PM

Originally posted by chilli pepper
Mailman by r.j lennon

I'm tempted to pick this up. Is it as good as i've read it is?

sarah1980

01-09-2004, 01:02 AM

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

Nachokoolaid

01-09-2004, 01:50 AM

I just finished reading the entire Harry Potter series for the first time. I was thoroughly impressed. Here are my rankings for the books. I can't wait for year six. Anyone know when that might come out?

Here's how I rank them.

1. (Tie) HP and the Prizoner of Azkaban 10/10
& HP and the Goblet of Fire 10/10

2. HP and the Order of the Phoenix 9/10

3. HP and the Chamber of Secrets 9/10

4. HP and the Sorceror's Stone 8.5/10

SPOILERS for ALL BOOKS!!!

Prizoner of Azkaban just had something really amazing to it, and that's why I can't wait for the film. Maybe it was the "break from confronting Voldemort up close, I don't know. I hope it's as magical as the book. And I just had so much fun with Goblet of Fire as well. I loved the Triwizard Tournament, and all the new students. Great stuff all through there. PoA is definately the best though. Order was great, but not as good as the Poa or GoF. The end battle, which was good, let me down, and it seemed that Sirius died only because Rowling promised us that someone would die. His death seemed out of place and unessecary for the moment. I don't disagree with his character dying, but I think it was handled sloppily. I liked CoS because of the whole Tom Riddle twist, which was nice. I thought for a second that every Defense against the dark arts Teacher was going to be the bad guy, and that was going to get stale, but Rowling surprised me nicely here. (Maybe this freshness explains my like of PoA). And of course, Sorceror's Stone was great, although perhaps a little slower and episodic, because the world of Harry Potter was new. Overall, great series, second in my opinion only to Lord of the Rings. I recommend them all to haven't read them, and of course, being written for a slightly younger audience, they are amazingly easy to read and comprehend. I read them all in about a two week period. Cheers.

Damned Martian

01-09-2004, 06:11 PM

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

So far, as weird and funny as his other novels.

Sublime

01-10-2004, 12:33 AM

Just finished reading "The Rum Diary" by Thompson. Dissapointing to say the least.

Now reading, The Program.

scottish-movie-freak

01-10-2004, 12:39 PM

Party Monster by the oh-so-fabulous James St James

Saruman

01-11-2004, 12:55 AM

I'm still reading Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - The Unifying Force. I've been reading it for over 2 months now.

Indiana Sev

01-12-2004, 12:22 AM

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

bmain77

01-12-2004, 12:36 AM

Live from New York- Its a oral history of Saturday Night Live. If you are a fan of the show you must pick it up.

and will soon be starting:

Survivor- Chuck Palahnuik

one_crow_sorrow

01-12-2004, 10:29 PM

Right now I'm reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. So far it's the strangest book I've ever read.

Dignan

01-13-2004, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
Right now I'm reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. So far it's the strangest book I've ever read.

I HAVE to remember to pick that one up from the Library sometime.. keep forgetting dammit!

Anyway, went to the liberry yesterday and picked up:

Girl, Interrupted

Catch Me if You Can

A Simple Plan

All based off movies weirdly enough.. not much selection at my library- too many sucky ass books to borrow. The major patrons are 60 year old Women with a passion for trahy romance novels, so go figure...

EoghainFOKeeffe

01-14-2004, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by Dignan

Girl, Interrupted

Catch Me if You Can

A Simple Plan

All based off movies weirdly enough...

Actually, none of those are based on movies. But movies were made, based on them. Or maybe that's what you meant to say, anyway...if so, sorry for being anal :)

A SIMPLE PLAN is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. I'm a big Sam Raimi fan, but I thought he did a terrible job with the movie. The book is one of the tightest, nastiest, most exciting thrillers I've come across. It's a bit like SHALLOW GRAVE.

I just wish Scott B Smith would write another book. It's been about ten years since A SIMPLE PLAN, and that's the only book he's ever published. Come on Scott! We want more!

Billdemart

01-14-2004, 09:44 PM

Just finished:

Return of the King (terrible book compared to the first 3 including the Hobbit)
Prey by Michael Crichton (great book about Nanotechnology gone horribly wrong)

Now Im reading Shogun (inspired by the outstanding movie, The Last Samurai - inspired me that is).

Damned Martian

01-16-2004, 08:36 AM

Originally posted by EoghainFOKeeffe
A SIMPLE PLAN is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. I'm a big Sam Raimi fan, but I thought he did a terrible job with the movie. The book is one of the tightest, nastiest, most exciting thrillers I've come across. I kinda agree with you with less enthusiasm. But to me, the last twist felt useless and overly screwed. It could have been much better without those 40 pages. And the movie was decent enough, although the differences with the book were really distracting for me.

EoghainFOKeeffe

01-17-2004, 09:35 AM

Originally posted by Damned Martian
I kinda agree with you with less enthusiasm. But to me, the last twist felt useless and overly screwed. It could have been much better without those 40 pages. And the movie was decent enough, although the differences with the book were really distracting for me.

Yeah, I didn't think it was a bad movie, as such - I just felt that it was kind of redundant because it didn't add anything to the experience of reading the book. Sam Raimi usually blows me away with his original ideas (from DARKMAN to EVIL DEAD to SPIDERMAN), but A SIMPLE PLAN just felt like a TV movie, to me, and I didn't feel anything of Raimi in it (I felt the same way about THE GIFT).

HorrorLARPGuy

01-17-2004, 11:32 AM

I'm currently reading "Fat White Vampire Blues" by Andrew Fox.

It's a funny take on the over-used New Orleans vampire concept. New Orleans has the fattiest foods in the nation and the highest rates of obesity. Hence, vampires there can have trouble watching their weight. Jules Duchon is the vampiric main character. He suffers from obesity and thinks he may be becoming diabetic. Things are already lousy in his (un)life. They get worse as a black vampire named Malice X challenges Jules's territory. Malice declares that black victims are now off the menu for Jules. This is a real problem as most of the population (especially the poor that Jules hunts) is comprised of black folk. Jules must call upon the help of Maureen, the obese erotic dancing vampire that created him, and Doodlebug, the cross-dressing sidekick who helped him battle Nazis during WW2.

I'm halfway through and the book has been incredibly funny so far.

Damned Martian

01-17-2004, 07:32 PM

Q, by Luther Blissett

Hollywood Babylon, by Kenneth Anger

Scarface98.9

01-18-2004, 06:39 PM

Preacher: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis

HorrorLARPGuy

01-18-2004, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
Preacher: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis

Preacher rocks!

Avid_Fan

01-19-2004, 09:50 AM

The Face
by
Dean Koontz

sarah1980

01-19-2004, 11:45 AM

The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley

blankpage

01-20-2004, 09:53 PM

Ronald Kessler's 'The Sins of the Father'.

EoghainFOKeeffe

01-21-2004, 06:35 AM

I just finished Roger Corman's sutobiography - HOW I MADE 100 MOVIES IN HOLLYWOOD AND NEVER LOST A DIME. I highly recomment it. It's a fascinating insight into the unpredictable word of low-budget movie-making. And it's filled with people who's names will be very familiar - from Jack Nicholson to Lewis Teague to Francis Ford Coppola to Martin Scorcese - they all started their acreers with Corman.

I started Michael Connelly's A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, last night - and, so far, it looks like another great Connelly book.

Rated R

01-21-2004, 07:45 PM

Started Stephen King's The Gunslinger earlier today and I am hooked

Gollum

01-24-2004, 01:01 AM

Originally posted by Rated R
Started Stephen King's The Gunslinger earlier today and I am hooked

Awesome book, but the second Dark Tower book is better: "The Drawing of the three"

I am currently reading:

"The Exorcist" - WILLIAM BLATTY

flowrchild

01-25-2004, 05:17 PM

I just finished the graphic novel Blankets, by Craig Thompson.

I loved it.

Very honest, heartfelt portrayal about love and growing up. It really was a beautiful work of art.

Thank you so much, Sev :)

Avid_Fan

01-26-2004, 03:28 PM

Fahrenheit 451

by

Ray Bradbury

MarkItZero

01-28-2004, 09:38 AM

I recently finished 'The Autograph Man' by Zadie Smith.

I am now reading 'LA Confidential' by James Ellroy

MarkItZero

01-28-2004, 09:39 AM

Originally posted by Gollum
Awesome book, but the second Dark Tower book is better: "The Drawing of the three"

True, but the 4th book 'Wizard and Glass' is the best! (so far)

Mad Maggot

01-28-2004, 11:02 AM

I'm reading Choke. Gonna finish it today.

Tomorrow I plan on starting Nicci French's Killing Me Softly.

scottish-movie-freak

01-28-2004, 04:00 PM

The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold

It started off as being too preachy but I'm beginning to enjoy it more.

_eraserhead

01-28-2004, 10:54 PM

Right now I just got finished reading "Slapstick" by Kurt Vonnegut and started reading "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis.

sarah1980

01-29-2004, 01:24 PM

Memnoch The Devil-Anne Rice

Damned Martian

01-29-2004, 02:56 PM

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend

For my english class. Entertaining.

Dignan

01-29-2004, 10:46 PM

Originally posted by EoghainFOKeeffe
Actually, none of those are based on movies. But movies were made, based on them. Or maybe that's what you meant to say, anyway...if so, sorry for being anal :)

A SIMPLE PLAN is one of the best thrillers I've ever read. I'm a big Sam Raimi fan, but I thought he did a terrible job with the movie. The book is one of the tightest, nastiest, most exciting thrillers I've come across. It's a bit like SHALLOW GRAVE.

I just wish Scott B Smith would write another book. It's been about ten years since A SIMPLE PLAN, and that's the only book he's ever published. Come on Scott! We want more!

AHHH!

This is what I meant. No, really.. I did. I'm just slipping...
I'm still a damn idiot.

To correct myself: All have been MADE into movies.

Thanks for correcting me Eoghain. I'm just losing my mind, thats all..

Anyway, I'm knee deep in Catch Me if You Can. Very entertaining
stuff. Waay diefferent situations than in the movie. And the abscence of a Christopher Walken father figure really cripples it.
Christopher Walken should be in all books, movies, and music.

Cottonmouth

01-30-2004, 10:15 PM

"Donald Writes No More" Eddie Stone

thebloodfeaster

01-31-2004, 12:19 AM

Just started reading The Sound and the Fury today. No opinion yet.

Moviefan1234

01-31-2004, 11:49 AM

I just started reading The Client by John Grisham yesterday.

resdawg

01-31-2004, 07:25 PM

I bugged my dad to buy me " Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" he didnt want to casue it was $18.00. But he caved and bought it for me. Ive read the first 5 pages so far.

Rated R

02-02-2004, 11:12 AM

Just picked up The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King. The Gunslinger was excellent, and I can't wait to go through the entire series.

docholiday_13

02-03-2004, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by Rated R
Just picked up The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King. The Gunslinger was excellent, and I can't wait to go through the entire series.

The Drawing Of The Three is amazing! It's neck and neck with Wizard and Glass as my favourite of the series. Happy reading.

Oh, and I'm three quarters of the way through Dean Koontz's Icebound.

blankpage

02-04-2004, 05:13 PM

A Farewell to Arms

kiwihitman

02-05-2004, 07:09 AM

Just finished the World according to Garp what a great book. It was sad, funny, imaginative it basicly had EVERYTHING

I've skimmed through alittle of Rebel without a crew By Robert Rodriguez. it's interesting what he had to go through to get the money to fund El Mariachi. I also got from the Library Fahrenheit 451.

I've got a coarse im starting on Monday so i probally won't be reading much which sucks.

one_crow_sorrow

02-05-2004, 08:41 AM

Just about to start Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero again.

ViCkS

02-12-2004, 07:55 AM

im reading 'Blindsighted' by Karin Slaughter

then im moving onto 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz

RogueSpear

02-12-2004, 04:13 PM

The Rising by Brian Keene

So far an excellent zombie novel.

one_crow_sorrow

02-12-2004, 05:45 PM

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis.

Fettdog

02-13-2004, 09:02 AM

Originally posted by RogueSpear
The Rising by Brian Keene

So far an excellent zombie novel.

This is on my must read list, just as soon as I can find a copy in the UK! (otherwise it'll be trusty amazon to the rescue, again! ;) )

I'm currently reading King Blood by Simon Clark, and a little over 25% of the way in I'm really loving it! I get the feeling this will join another of his books, Blood Crazy in my all time faves list.

Mad Maggot

02-13-2004, 12:22 PM

I bought Daniel Keyes's The Minds of Billy Milligan today. It's somewhat long (507 pages), but I have a feeling it won't take me long to finish it. It's based on a true story about 23 people in one person = a multiple personality. Definitely something I just can't miss. Personality disorders are always interesting. I guess I was a psychiatrist in my previous life. :D

Black Christmas

02-14-2004, 09:58 AM

My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews

Batgirl1979

02-15-2004, 03:19 AM

RIght now I am reading Gerald's game by King

Streepster

02-15-2004, 02:23 PM

Fifth Business - Robertson Davies

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Jerk Shapiro

02-15-2004, 03:07 PM

Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga by Stephen Davis

Good shit.

Mr.HyDe807

02-16-2004, 03:19 PM

Im reading To Kill a Mockingbird for my english class, its a pretty interesting book.

Gollum

02-18-2004, 10:05 PM

"The Once and Future King" - T.H. WHITE

Gollum

02-18-2004, 10:09 PM

Originally posted by Rated R
Just picked up The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King. The Gunslinger was excellent, and I can't wait to go through the entire series.

Kickass. Amazing book, up there IMO as one of King's best. I finnaly found a copy of the 3rd book in the Dark Tower series, "The Waste Lands", but I am not gonna start on that until I finish "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White! :)

Scarface98.9

02-19-2004, 01:00 AM

Preacher: War in the Sun

by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

martyds761

02-19-2004, 01:46 PM

Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton for the 3rd time I found the series.

Raoul Duke

02-19-2004, 07:35 PM

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

It's for English class. I'm liking it so far.

silentasylum

02-20-2004, 05:53 PM

The Infinite Plan-Isabel Allende

Mad Maggot

02-21-2004, 11:11 PM

Decided to have some mindfuckless read for a week.

Reading Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix and Bridget Jones's Diary: The Edge of Reason.

Jerk Shapiro

02-22-2004, 07:08 PM

I'm still reading Hammer of the Gods. It's fantastic!

Annie Hall

02-23-2004, 09:11 PM

The Rasputin File...good stuff

A Canadian ThereWolf

02-24-2004, 03:12 PM

WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling by R.D. Reynolds & Randy Baer
Damn good book, required reading for any and all fans of pro wrestling.

jeo4

02-24-2004, 04:37 PM

Just finished Salem's Lot by Stephen King. It's my guilty pleasure.

Right now I'm reading The Vampire Book - The Encyclopedia Of The Undead by J. Gordon Melton. Long read at 918 pages counting references and index, so I'll be on it a while. Great who's who book for horror fans.

Next, I'm reading The Last Juror by John Grisham.

jackson13

02-24-2004, 09:10 PM

I picked up Steve Martins new book 'The Pleasure of My Company'. Its been good. Excellent, actually.

docholiday_13

02-25-2004, 01:12 AM

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

It's blowing my fucking mind.

Jim H

02-25-2004, 11:51 PM

I'm about to start reading Damnation Alley. Bought it today after hearing it was much much better than the awful, but entertaining, movie (7/10).

Erin123

02-26-2004, 04:53 AM

I am currently reading Life on Death Row by Merrilyn Thomas. It's an account of a British lawyer's experience with the justice system (in particular the death penalty) in the deep south of America.

EoghainFOKeeffe

02-26-2004, 06:41 AM

COLDHEART CANYON by Clive Barker. Wow! I gave up on Barker back in the early nineties because I thought he'd gone soft. I should give him a second chance. This is one of my favourite horror novels of recent months. And it's a haunted-house story - my favourite horror sub-genre.

DRACULA by Bram Stoker. Again. I love this book.

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley. Great book, even though the main character is a little unconvincing at times...and why does she spend so much time reiterating his misery? That's a small complaint, though - I love the book.

THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST by Philip Jose Farmer. Pure, unashamed horror-porn.

FAST FOOD NATION - I'm not really enjoying this one. Been trying to get into it for a couple of weeks but I'm finding it quite boring.

one_crow_sorrow

02-26-2004, 10:38 PM

The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis

SenorSpielbergo

02-26-2004, 11:38 PM

"1984" - George Orwell

chilli pepper

02-27-2004, 01:27 AM

Just wrapped up J. Robert Lennon's "mailman" it was a borderline masterpiece i highly suggest it to anyone and everyone. Soon after i finished mailman i started "jesus' son" short stories by denis johnson its a soild read so far (8/10) and i'm looking to finish it before the weekends done.And as for whats after "Jesus' son"? I may start anne rice's vampire chronicle books or re-read palahniuk's "Survivor".

RicochetShaw

02-28-2004, 11:25 AM

I finished The Great Gatsby on Thursday. Great book. Hopefully I'll read The Catcher in the Rye next.

Mad Maggot

03-01-2004, 05:27 AM

I'm reading Wuthering Heights at the moment. I don't have any affection for classic books, and this one isn't an exception. The story isn't easily read and it's somewhat boring, it reminds me of movies with Meg Ryan, though it isn't as happy end-ish as they are. If it weren't for my English Pleasure Reading class, I'd never finished it.

SenorSpielbergo

03-02-2004, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by RicochetShaw
Hopefully I'll read The Catcher in the Rye next.

Yes, please do

Cottonmouth

03-02-2004, 08:54 PM

Animal Farm- George Orwell

p1phillips

03-04-2004, 11:39 AM

I just finished "Bad Love" by Jonathan Kellerman, which was very good. I'm about to start "Fear Itself" by Jonathan Nasaw. I'm told it's good, but gruesome (which I can handle).

chilli pepper

03-04-2004, 08:10 PM

just recently sank my teeth into stephen king's Four past midnight. Its a pretty big book (700 + pages) which means it should keep me busy long after the realease of secret window.

SenorSpielbergo

03-06-2004, 09:53 AM

I finally finished the amazing 1984 and I agree with the schmoe who said it was better than Brave New World. I plan on starting on either The Da Vinci Code or Beloved next

Streepster

03-07-2004, 08:09 PM

Fall On Your Knees - Anne-Marie MacDonald

SenorSpielbergo

03-10-2004, 12:22 AM

Last night I finished The Da Vinci Code which was an awesome read. I can't wait to read Angels & Demons and a sequel (if there's going to be one). I also just started on my first reading of To Kill A Mockingbird. It's quit an interesting read so far. I hope to be finished by Friday.

Nice Marmot

03-10-2004, 03:12 PM

Wolves Of The Calla (Book 5 of the Dark Tower series) by Stephen King.

Next I'm reading book 2 in Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy but I can't remember what it's called. Either the Subtle Knife or the Amber Spyglass.

After that, The DaVinci Code so my fiance will finally quit nagging me about it. "When are you going to read it?" "Have you started reading it yet?"

Indiana Sev

03-10-2004, 04:24 PM

I've recently completed:

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
On the Street Where You Live - Mary Higgins Clark

Erin123

03-10-2004, 06:12 PM

I'm just about to start reading Voltaire's Bastards by John Raulston Saul...for the second time ;) A fab read.

Indiana Sev

03-11-2004, 01:14 PM

Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut

X-Nightcrawler

03-12-2004, 11:46 AM

House of Leaves.

WOW! No seriously WOW! The story is told and developed in a way that I'm still not sure if this is a real story! The short movie referrences make you believe everything. The intorduction itseld is scary and I can't wait for the real juice.

one_crow_sorrow

03-14-2004, 12:24 AM

Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney

SenorSpielbergo

03-14-2004, 12:52 AM

I finished my first reading of To Kill A Mockingbird today and I started on Angels & Demons.

fevers

03-14-2004, 05:51 PM

A Clockwork Orange for like the 500th time. :)

Mad Maggot

03-17-2004, 07:59 AM

I just started reading Ernst Muldashev's In Search for Gods' Cities. It's a trilogy about "where and when we went from". It's rather controversial, some things in it seem to be a second-class sci-fi, but at the same time they all are proved by different researches and words of different scientists. I haven't read much so far (just started 15 minutes ago), but the book's already really interested and I have a feeling that I won't be ready for my classes tomorrow. :D

The author says that the people "of our civiization" went from Atlants. And Atlants (except for the facts that we know) were people of about 3-4 meters tall, they had three eyes, but the third eye wasn't placed on their forehead above the nose, but in their mind and they could control things with it (control freaks, lol), and they were the ones who built all the Egyptian Pyramids (he says it definitely weren't Egyptians who built them, since they didn't even know what a wheel was, but are said to have transported those huge stones) with the help of their third eye... Etc etc etc.

It's very well-written, it's not one of those books where you can't understand a thing because they are invaded with terms and useless descriptions.

jackson13

03-17-2004, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by jackson13
I picked up Steve Martins new book 'The Pleasure of My Company'. Its been good. Excellent, actually.

I finished this one about 2 weeks ago. It was very good, I liked it alot.

Now im reading Steve's first novella; Shopgirl. Its alright, nowhere near as good as 'Pleasure' was.

thebloodfeaster

03-17-2004, 10:04 PM

This past week I finished "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell and "The Picture of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde.

Today I'm starting on "TEXAS" by James A. Michener. So far it's very good.

bmain77

03-17-2004, 11:03 PM

The American Axis- about Henry Ford's and Charles Limburghs involvement with Hitler and the Third Reich. I've only read a couple chapters so far and if only a fraction of this stuff is true it's some pretty damning stuff.

Just finished Palahnuik's Survivor. This needs to be made into a movie soon. I was thinking Val Kilmer might make a good Tender Branson, but really David Fincher is about the only director that comes to mind for this book.

Moviefan1234

03-20-2004, 05:09 PM

The Rainmaker by John Grisham.

bmain77

03-21-2004, 09:40 PM

Shelving the above mentioned American Axis in favor of Anne Rice's Blackwood's Farm.

martyds761

03-21-2004, 10:15 PM

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

mattjk_17

03-22-2004, 07:41 PM

Getting through Michael Crichton's The Lost World when I have the time these days.

Not that far through it, but it's a pretty good read.

Mad Maggot

03-23-2004, 05:46 AM

I just downloaded a book called 99 Francs by F. Begbeder, his style reminded me that of Palahniuk so I thought I'd give it a read.

sarah1980

03-24-2004, 01:16 PM

Firestarter by Stephen King

erinachan

03-24-2004, 01:18 PM

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.- good

also on book 8 of the Lemony Snicket series.

MarkItZero

03-25-2004, 10:41 AM

Books 1-5 of the Amber Chronicles.
I am on book 4 right now "The Hand of Oberon".

Really excellent books. There have been only 3 sets of books that I have ever reread: LOTR, King's Dark Tower Series and The Amber Chronicles. Its been a while since I last read these books, so I thought I would pick them up again.

I highly recomend. (Especially the first 5, the second 5 arent nearly as good IMO).

Mad Maggot

03-28-2004, 03:05 PM

I've just finished 99 Franks (which was innovative and brilliant) and tomorrow I'll start reading Begbeder's Ecstasy Stories.

erinachan

03-28-2004, 03:10 PM

The merchant of venice- good!

flowrchild

03-28-2004, 04:34 PM

I can't wait til I have time to read again.

Damn juggling of school, work, and internships!!

The next book I will probably read is Catcher In The Rye, since that's my favorite book and it's been a while since I last read it. It's about that time again.

Jon Lyrik

03-28-2004, 04:45 PM

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

Fettdog

03-30-2004, 03:15 PM

I'm currently reading The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb. It's (unsurprisingly!) an account of the making of Jaws from start to finish, written by the guy who as well as being one of the scriptwriters, was also the town newspapers editor in the movie.

It's one of the best books I've ever read about the making of a movie from start to finish, from the purchasing of the book before it was even published to the film's release.

If you have any interest at all in how a book gets to the screen, and particularly if you love Jaws (like i do :) ) then this is a must read!