Books you're reading right now!

[Tagia_Romero]

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte

and

A very rare copy of the scandalous "The Monk" by Matthew Lewis

[Moviefan1234]

Subterranean by James Rollins.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho for the 4th time and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift for school.

[Jess]

I am currently reading How To Be A Canadian. And when I'm done, perhaps I'll have a better understanding of toques and chinook. And chesterfield, which I honestly didn't know until I read it.

[Nachokoolaid]

Timeline, by Michael Crichton

I really liked it, and I heard there was a movie. But I heard the film didn't live up to the book. Any word on that from anyone?

Plus, this book has the most believable (or at least the best-explained method of time travel that I've ever read in any work of fiction). Ever.

[thebloodfeaster]

Just finished The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber and am now reading Baudolino by Umberto Eco.

[Mad Maggot]

Reading Jane Eyre for one of the classes. Duh. Like I'm 10. :o

[mae]

I take it you're not enjoying Jane Eyre then? Hmmm... best not read Wide Sargasso Sea.
I loved Jane Eyre, not so much the story but the era and society which surround it. Reading Dark Quartet about the Bronte family really helped me come to grips with the sister's novels. Give it a try.
At the moment I am reading - 'Memoirs of a Geisha', by Arthur Golden, and 'The Adventures of Augie March', by Saul Bellow. Both enjoyable thus far!

[erinachan]

Originally posted by Scarface98.9
Catcher and the Rye by JD Salinger (I'm digging it so far) yay!! :)

Right now am reading Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, Duchess of Malfi by John Webster, The Rover by Aphra Behn and The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare

Really like Faustus, Duchess and Rover are pretty good, sadly I think The Winter's Tale kinda sucks.... :(

[Avid_Fan]

To Kill a Mockingbird
by
Harper Lee

[Moosem216]

sadly I think The Winter's Tale kinda sucks.... :(

Definitely agree. That was the first WS play I saw performed live. I just went because, hey, it was shakespeare, and was not thrilled at all.

Right now I'm reading Das Boot, a kickass translated German book about being on a U-Boat in world war two. Most of you probably saw the movie. I'm Navy ROTC and will be a submariner as soon as I graduate from school, so I'm educating myself on all the classic sub books. (Recommendations welcome....)

[chilli pepper]

STILL Reading Four past midnight by stephen king i'm just a little under half way through Secret Window/Garden not enough to judge yet if its better than the film or not though.

[jason statham]

i am enjoying the count of monte cristo.
it is great

[asyouwish530]

Cheaters Always Prosper: 50 Ways to Beat the System and Not Get Caught

[sarah1980]

Dr No by Ian Fleming

[scottish-movie-freak]

Cold Mountain- Charles Frazier

I'm finding it slow and somewhat boring yet strangely readable.

[drdash]

of masques and martyrs-christopher golden. awesome book the 3rd in a vampire series which i think is one of the best vampire series out now other than anita blake of course.

ciao
drdash:cool:

[Mad Maggot]

George Orwell's 1984

[drdash]

star trek deep space nine:fallen heroes.
kick ass book!!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao
drdash

[Avid_Fan]

The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy

[X-Nightcrawler]

I'm still being terryfied by House of Leaves.

[Could Be Worse]

Just finished The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan, now moving on to Catcher in the Rye for the umpteenth time.

[Shiny Demon]

I'm about halfway through Queen of the Damned right now. I'm reading the Vampire Chronicles way out of order, so I've already read Interview, Armand, and Pandora. I've also read Merrick, but it's not technically a Vampire Chronicle book.

"be you angels?"

Shiny Demon

[erinachan]

right now am reading Soccer for dummies...quite intresting!!!

[one_crow_sorrow]

George Orwell's 1894 for school.

[Jim Morrison]

Max Allan Collin's "True Detective"

Wow.

[Moosem216]

Originally posted by jason statham
i am enjoying the count of monte cristo.
it is great

"It's not Dumbass. It's Dumas. Anyway, I think you'd like it. It's about a jailbreak."

"Well, so shouldn't we put it under educational?"


Reading the original Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. kicks ass, btw, despite the fact I'm only reading it for my class.

[Scarface98.9]

Sin City by Frank Miller

[one_crow_sorrow]

A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

[Speermint]

Just finished The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

Now reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

[MarkItZero]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Good stuff.

[quoth_the_raven]

I just finished magician by Ray Feist and have gone straight onto Silverthorn..

How the hell i got so far into my life without discovering those books is beyond me.

Oh between the two I read A midsummer Nights dreams. I am currently attempting to read the collected works of shakespeare, and its a case of a read a play, break it up with a novel, repeat :)

[Moviefan1234]

Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson.

[Kevin Smith fan]

The Clerks comic book by Kevin Smith. It's freakin awesome.

[Gollum]

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King

[Maeljin_incarna]

Stephen King's The Stand

[The Pez]

I'm reading Forrest Gump ... its much more dirty then the movie --- so far...

[Avid_Fan]

The Resturant At The End Of The Universe

Douglas Adams

[Mad Maggot]

The Old Testament

:o

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Mad Maggot
The Old Testament

:o


Actually, i'd suggest it as one of the most entertaining fictional works i've ever read. Its got the whole kaboodle., and i really got into the whole vengeful god thing

shame the new testament was so damn sappy.

[martyds761]

Originally posted by Mad Maggot
The Old Testament

:o Reading something like that for entertainment is just.................. wrong.......... shuts up before this goes where it doesn't need to go

Currently reading Fitness Info for comparison on what is best out there right now.

[syxxpac]

The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands

Currently halfway through this leg of the journey.

[Black_Cherry]

Originally posted by MarkItZero
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Good stuff.

I'm thinking about picking up this book right now actually - it's just sitting there on the shelf calling to me... is it a suitable book to read whilst stoned or will i freak out too much?

Just finished Flowers In The Attic and Intensity - kinda expected them both to be better than they were...

I have The Stand aswell but for some reason i keep putting off reading it. It's a little intimidating!

[drdash]

right now i'm about 400+ pages into the wolves of the calla. this is the best dark tower book since the watelands. can't wait to finish it.

ciao
drdash

[chilli pepper]

Finally finished the Secret Window, Secret Garden portion of Four Past Midnight by Stephen King and I have to say that it's alot better than the movie (Movie< 7/10) (book<9/10). Just dived into The Library Policeman and i'm liking the vibe so far.

[Grim H.]

I have about 50 pages left in Jack kerouac's "On the Road."

[Indiana Sev]

Siddartha- Herman Hesse

[Fisting Ackbar]

Dale Carnegie's HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE

I'm at chapter 3 and it's terrific so far.

[Saruman]

The past week I finished Stephen King/Peter Straub's Black House. I highly recommend it.

Right now I'm reading:

The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy - S.D. Perry
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson

All great books so far.

[Johnny Moreno]

Originally posted by Saruman
The past week I finished Stephen King/Peter Straub's Black House. I highly recommend it.

Right now I'm reading:

The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy - S.D. Perry
The Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson

All great books so far.

Indeed! All great books, although I haven't read Resident Evil. The Rules of Attraction is one of my top 5 movies but the book I find so annoying and I love Ellis' other work. I really love what Roger Avary did with the material, he's tops in my book

Reading Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (which I read every 2 years or so)
and finishing High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (good stuff)

[GoldenGhost]

I NEVER read, only when I have to in English classes.

However, I decided (don't ask me why) to pick up a book which drawn me in with it's quirky title THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.

I'm only 50-odd pages in and it's truly mesmerising.

[Cyclonus]

In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford

Sci-fi novel about a rougish astronaut who discovers an alien probe heading towards Earth. A decent read, but it was too slow moving to really get into, with too little empathsis on the sci-fi elements. It had some interesting ideas, such as this religious cult gaining political influence, but they weren't developed enough to grab my interest. I know it's followed by five sequels, but I don't know when or if I'll get to them. This is perhaps the only major science fiction novel that includes a cameo by Bigfoot (using a ray gun, no less)! Recommended for fans of the genre.

[X-Nightcrawler]

After finishing House of Leaves with a depressed feeling (those letters . . . ) I will re-take the Dark Tower series . . . until my Underworld adaptation arrives.

[arto_j]

Right now, Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut.

[Psychocandy]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0340826193.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I'm currently reading Bad Men by John Connolly. I've been wanting to read something of his for a while and since this book is a standalone as opposed to being part of his series of Charlie Parker detective novels I decided to start here...sort of a suck it and see kinda thing. I'm impressed so far. Very impressed. So far it comes across like a Stephen King novel crossed with a Tarantino script. The bad men of the title are most despicable bunch of evil fucks i've come across in quite some time. The writing is solid too. I really care about the plight of the characters and the palpable sense of impending doom the author succeeds in creating as the story progresses seems to crawl off the page and up your spine. John Connolly is an author to look out for. After I finish this (providing the author doesn't drop the ball during the last 150 pages) i'm going to check out the Charlie Parker novels. Highly recommended. I'll post a final mark out of five when I finish it.

[Speermint]

Could you help me decide what to read next. I haven't got a clue

it's a tossup between:

Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum

help!!

[Moosem216]

All good, but Hemingway is pretty much the biggest stud of the 20th century, and For Whom the Bell Tolls is worth reading.

EDIT: While I'm here... I'm re-reading Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus.

[Mad Maggot]

Reading The Iliad again. The first time I started it, I never got even to the 30th page. But this time, though it's dead boring, I promised myself to finish it before next Thursday (the day I'll be seeing Troy).

[one_crow_sorrow]

Homer's The Iliad

[Gollum]

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

[Jess]

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

[quoth_the_raven]

I see everyone's swotting up ready to go see Troy ;)

[drdash]

shadows bend by david barbour and richard raleigh. a fictional meeting of hp lovecraft and robert e howard, they team up to fight cthulu. a really gripping read so far.

ciao
drdash

[Avid_Fan]

Originally posted by GoldenGhost


However, I decided (don't ask me why) to pick up a book which drawn me in with it's quirky title THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.



I want to read that so bad.

But as for now, I'm reading. . .

THE DEAD ZONE
by
Stephen King

[quoth_the_raven]

Robert Rankin- Armageddon:The Musical- a book that features the 153rd incarnation of the dalai lama, a time sprout, and Elvis. v very mad, very funny.

[drdash]

seduced by moonlight- laurell k hamilton

ciao
drdash

[one_crow_sorrow]

Originally posted by Speermint
Could you help me decide what to read next. I haven't got a clue

it's a tossup between:

Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho
Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum

help!!

When in doubt, always go with Ellis. American Psycho is my all-time favourite book.

[Mad Maggot]

Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

[Speermint]

Just finishes The Grapes of Wrath. Quite heavy reading but thoroughly enjoyed it. very depressing.

i'm now reading Tietam Brown by Mick Foley. a bit of light reading before i get into another classic.

T.B. is interesting but a bit crude, so far. i think it's attempting to be a surreal coming-of-age nostalgia story, but i feel it hasn't quite reached it. i am enjoying it though.

i'm about halfway through it.

[martyds761]

Started the new CSI Miami book. Read the first chapter already. Love Max Allen Collins stuff. Already has my interest.

Great choice drdash. We have the same interest in books it seems.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Laurel K. Hamilton's "Guilty Pleasures". A little odd (since it's more like a girl's book) but good literature . . . when you get past the 1st Person perspective I've never enjoyed (that's right, I was even bugged by it in AMERICAN PSYCHO).

It's going good as for now.

[drdash]

The highwayman-r.a. salvatore.
awesome fucking book!!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao
drdash

[chinton]

reading Bag Of Bones by Stephen king.



I forgot how good that book is.

[PlatoonSgt]

I'm reading 4 books:

If I Die in A Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Delta Force non-fiction by Delta Force founding officer Col. Charlie Beckwith


all are excellent. I would recommend any of them

[Speermint]

Finished reading Tietnam Brown by Mich Foley. A quaint read. enjoyed it a lot

8.5/10

I have now decided to read American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. haven't really read enough to make an opinion. it's a little hard to read.

[Mad Maggot]

The Da Vinci Code

No opinion so far. Read only about 10 pages.

[SenorSpielbergo]

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Pretty good so far, I might even go as far as saying it's my favorite King yet.

[drdash]

the risen empire- by scott westerfield. a very cool space opera novel that reminds me of asimov's foundation series and herbert's dune series. check it out.

ciao
drdash

[Raoul Duke]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Goddamn, hilarious book so far. Just some of the most wild crap that Duke says.

The movie did a great job in capturing the opening scene with the hitcher and the 'bats'

[Andrew Tom]

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman

Excellent collection of short stories. The story with Mr. Fox was scary as hell.

[ANavissi500]

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I am having so many problems getting into this book. The writing style is so pretentious. He will be like "Robert walked to the mall. The mall was developed in the 1900s when..." It's sentence, fact, sentence, fact - the flashbacks so far are annoying, the descriptions are lacking, and I really don't like the character Robert Langdon yet. I mean, I am only on chapter 7, but I'm not very into it as of yet.

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by ANavissi500
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I am having so many problems getting into this book. The writing style is so pretentious. He will be like "Robert walked to the mall. The mall was developed in the 1900s when..." It's sentence, fact, sentence, fact - the flashbacks so far are annoying, the descriptions are lacking, and I really don't like the character Robert Langdon yet. I mean, I am only on chapter 7, but I'm not very into it as of yet.


Thats quite worrying to read, as I am about to start reading this. I've read another by the same author, called Angels and Demons, and that was pretty good.

oh dear, you have gone and made me all nervous about starting now :(

[ANavissi500]

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
Thats quite worrying to read, as I am about to start reading this. I've read another by the same author, called Angels and Demons, and that was pretty good.

oh dear, you have gone and made me all nervous about starting now :(

I really am too early into the book to have made those blanket statements, but so far it's not anything special to me. Easy reas, though. If I didnt stop after every chapter, it would probably be a 5 hour ordeal.

[Jon Lyrik]

C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength

[drdash]

the ferryman-christopher golden

ciao
drdash

[Mad Maggot]

Thats quite worrying to read, as I am about to start reading this. I've read another by the same author, called Angels and Demons, and that was pretty good.

oh dear, you have gone and made me all nervous about starting now :(

Hope you'll like it. I finished it last night, and it was superb. Even better than that. Couldn't make myself stop reading it, both late at night and early in the morning. Loved all the references to Leonardo da Vinci, he's like THE man of my week now. Quality. :D


I have 3 other books by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and Deception Point, can't decide which one to start tonight (meaning in 10 minutes). Probably will go with AaD... or DF... Duh!

[Avid_Fan]

THE TAKING
by
Dean Koontz

excellent so far

[Schatten]

To those reading The Da Vinci Code: remember, it's fiction and the "facts" are actually historically inaccurate, please don't take the book as gospel.

Currently I'm reading 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

[Cyclonus]

I forgot to mention this before, but I read The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. It's alright--never really takes off. Still, it's not nearly as boring as the movie.

[Avid_Fan]

Life, The Universe, and Everything.

[Saruman]

The Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Darktower I: The Gunslinger - Stephen King

[Saruman]

double post

[Avid_Fan]

THE STAND
by
Stephen King

[chilli pepper]

Well, its been how long now? oh yeah three freaking months and i'm still not finished reading Four Past Midnight by Stephen King. I'm smack dab in the middle of The Sun Dog and i'm enjoying it, I mean its nothing special but its entertaining

[Belladitz]

CHRISTINE by Stephen King and HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J.K. Rowling.

I've had Christine on my reading list for what's felt like ages, so I'm glad I've finally started it. I'm only in about 20 pages but I'm already hooked.

And well... I'm always re-reading Potter.

[Schatten]

I'm back to Stephen King's The Drawing of the Three: The Dark Tower II. I had started it a while back, stopped for a few months, and just a few days ago picked it back up again.

[Could Be Worse]

Catch-22. And I'm loving every minute of it.

[drdash]

the golden compass-phillip pullman

ciao
drdash

[Mad Maggot]

I'm currently reading very interesting books called The British Parliament, The History of the Architecture in the UK, Monarchy Today and Russian Stylistics as a Science.

My God, those are like the best books I've ever happened to read.

[FilmBuff84]

I'm currently reading In The Cut by Susanna Moore. I had heard it's much different, and more graphic, than the film, so thought i'd give it a try.

[SenorSpielbergo]

Right now I'm reading The Dead Zone by Stephen King. It's extremely engrossing so far and King never fails to amaze me. I think I'll be finished by the end of the week for sure.

[erinachan]

The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket, 2 more to go! well at least until book 11 comes out in Sept. :D

[Tayzlor]

The Great Movies

by

Roger Ebert

[drdash]

dime store magic by kelley armstrong. very cool and if you enjoy laurell k hamilton you'll enjoy this book.

ciao
drdash

[chilli pepper]

Well, I finished my latest Stephen King book and have moved on to a book called Gun,with occasional music by Jonathan Lethem. I bought this book more or less by the plot description on the back and (just about) fifty pages into it and i'm not at all dissapointed(I mean this one is good enough for me to have finished by mid to late next week).

[quoth_the_raven]

Sharpes Havoc- Bernard Cornwell

s'good as well :D

[Speermint]

Finished reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Never before has a book made me physically sick, but this book did that to me.

I consider myself to have a strong stomach, but it was too much. but it was an extremely great book. not my favourite, but definitley one of the top 10.

9.5/10

Started reading Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. not really enjoying it. too hard to understand. i've stopped reading and have taken up The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest by Wendy Northcutt.

Hilarious shit. hard to believe people can be so stupid.

[Gollum]

The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah by Stephen King

[mr_gamecube]

I am currently reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Nachokoolaid]

I just finished SURVIVOR by Chuck Palahniuk.

It was better than CHOKE, but not as good as INVISIBLE MONSTERS.

Up next: DIARY.

[quoth_the_raven]

Sharpes Battle- Bernard Cornwell

Bloody hooked on those sharpe books :D

[one_crow_sorrow]

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood

[quoth_the_raven]

Shakesspeare- Alls Well that Ends well

[Saruman]

The Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
Darktower II: The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King

[one_crow_sorrow]

Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis

[Nachokoolaid]

I'm halfway through DIARY by Chuck Palahniuk. Not too bad. It's starting to pick up a bit.

I'll be reading LULLABY next.

[Maeljin_incarna]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis
I've been thinking about reading this. Let me know how it is.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Originally posted by Maeljin_incarna
I've been thinking about reading this. Let me know how it is.

This is my third time reading it. It's his second best book IMO (American Psycho being first.)

[quoth_the_raven]

Twelfth Night- William Shakespeare.

So far its shaping up to be one of the better comedies...

[Streepster]

The Last of the Crazy People - Timothy Findley

[Batgirl1979]

The Vanished man by Jeffery Deaver
(It's a series involving Denzil and Angelina's character's from The Bone Collector)
and Gerald's Game by stephen king

[Mad Maggot]

An Outline of Psycho-Analysis by Sigmund Freud

[quoth_the_raven]

Odd Thomas- Dean Koontz.

Very...well, odd...

[Cyclonus]

Recently finished Watchers by Dean Koontz. A decent read, but not as good as a lot of horror fans say As a whole, it never really grabbed my attention, and the ending is anticlimatic. Why does this guy have so much trouble ending his own stories? I guess Einstein the dog was still pretty cool though, but I would have liked to see more pages devoted to the gruesome creature known as The Outsider. In short--more of the cool stuff!

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Cyclonus
Why does this guy have so much trouble ending his own stories?


I've never found that. Which of his books have you read?

[Edward Applebee]

Planetary - Warren Ellis

A team of specialist unearth the secret history of the 20th century (wars, ET shit, paranormal, technological, its all here)

[Jim H]

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
I've never found that. Which of his books have you read?

I thought One Door Away from Heaven had a weak ending. But I thought that was a generally weak book anyway... The worst from Koontz I have read.

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Jim H
I thought One Door Away from Heaven had a weak ending. But I thought that was a generally weak book anyway... The worst from Koontz I have read.

I didn't find it weak, as such. It just didn't really stand out...It was readable and I did enjoy it, but it didn't seem to be special. Oddly my girlfriend is reading it right now, and its her first Koontz novel, and she is loving it...I'll wait until shes finished, then hand her Dragon Tears. That should do the trick ;)

[Cyclonus]

Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
I've never found that. Which of his books have you read?

A complete list:

Intensity
Midnight
Night Chills
Phantoms
Watchers

[p1phillips]

Man, I can't read Dean Koontz anymore. I don't know what it is, but I just really struggle to get through one. In fact, horror books as a whole don't really do for me what they used to. I'm reading one now called "Demon Within" by Dana Reed and it's almost juvenile. Although I'm still a huge horror movie fan, my reading tastes have gone over to crime. I'm going through everything by Harlan Coben, Jonathan Kellerman, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Karin Slaughter....

If I speed read this horror one, I can get on to reading something by one of those authors.

[RogueSpear]

Black Dawn by D.A. Stern

Horror novels haven't really been doing it for me lately, but this one had me by the balls from page one. I'm only 80 pages in so far and I can't wait to see what happens. It's an excellent apocolyptic story in the same vein as The Stand, Swan Song, and Blood Crazy.

[Mad Maggot]

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Bought no movies for the weekend, so I guess I'll have to spend the upcoming days reading the book, which seemed pretty dull so far. 2 volumes, 900 pages in total. :o

[Double Down]

I'm reading the Spider-Man novel "The Sinister Six" by Adam-Troy Castro.

[Avid_Fan]

INTENSITY
by
Dean Koontz



quoth_the_raven, Have you read The Taking by Koontz?

[Adornado]

I finished reading Misery by Stephen King today...Awesome book!

[Nachokoolaid]

I've just finished DIARY, by Chuck Palahniuk (his worst book, but not bad compared to some of he stuff out there).

I'm reading LULLABY, by Palahniuk. It's good so far, and it's keeping my interest. It's probably going to come in after INVISIBLE MONTSTERS and FIGHT CLUB, about on par with SURVIVOR, but better than CHOKE and DIARY.

[ANavissi500]

I just started House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and I must say that I am in for quite an adventure.

[Jas]

Reading:

Gangster by Lorenzo Carcaterra.

If you liked Godfather & Goodfellas, READ THIS BOOK!
One of his best (The other being Sleepers)

[Johnny Moreno]

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

[drdash]

the hour before dark by douglas clegg. very creepy horror novel from one of my favorite authors.

ciao
drdash

[Mad Maggot]

Night Patrol by Sergey Lukjanenko


It's the first modern Russian book I read. And the first "adult" fantasy book as well.

[drdash]

crime wave by james ellroy

ciao
drdash

[Mad Maggot]

Day Patrol by Sergey Lukjanenko

[flowrchild]

I got through about 100 pages of Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar, but my interest isn't captivated enough to finish it.

My attention span ain't what it used to be...

[electriclite]

Originally posted by ANavissi500
I just started House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and I must say that I am in for quite an adventure.


Hey, that's the lead singer of Poe's older brother. I remember hearing about that book after her last album came out.

[ANavissi500]

Originally posted by electriclite
Hey, that's the lead singer of Poe's older brother. I remember hearing about that book after her last album came out.

Yea, my friend played a song of hers that is a bunch of phrases from the book.

[Mad Maggot]

Twilight Zone by the same old Lukjanenko.

[quoth_the_raven]

Dark Moon- David Gemmell. its not bad ;)

[quoth_the_raven]

Danged double postage...

[quoth_the_raven]

Originally posted by Avid_Fan



quoth_the_raven, Have you read The Taking by Koontz?
Not yet. to my knowledge its only been released here this week, and I've got a pile of books up to my knee to finish before I buy anything else new. I;ve read a review and it sounds interesting, but its going to have to wait a little while for me ;)

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by electriclite
Hey, that's the lead singer of Poe's older brother. I remember hearing about that book after her last album came out. Poe's album "Haunted" is a soundtrack for the book. There are people talking in some of the songs words from the book, familiar "knockings" and some tracks are named like key scenes from the book. There's one called "5 And A Half Minute Hallway", ANaviss here recognizes those words.

Excellent book, amazing soundtrack.


However, I'm 80 pages through "A Game Of Thrones" of the "Song Of Ice And Fire" series. I'm loving it.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard

[Mad Maggot]

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell

:cool:

[Avid_Fan]

It's really good, I think you might like it.

PREY
by
Michael Chrichton

[chilli pepper]

Still reading Gun, With Occasional Music

[Mad Maggot]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

[Labbla]

I'm on my second reading of A Game of Thrones .

[Avid_Fan]

PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
by
Mark Twain

[rushmore beauty]

Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis. So far, I love it and would say it's my favorite Ellis novel...

[outsyder]

I just started reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Enough people told me it was good, so I picked it up.

[bankholdup]

Rebel Without A Crew...again.

[Tayzlor]

The Pleasure of My Company

by

Steve Martin

[Avid_Fan]

ALAS, BABYLON
By
Pat Frank

[Pvt. Joker]

The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, so far so good.

[silentasylum]

The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks

[quoth_the_raven]

Assassins apprentice- Robin Hobb

recommended by a friend and so far, all i can say is-

Its fucking good! :D

[drdash]

my life-bill clinton

ciao
drdash

[outsyder]

Originally posted by Pvt. Joker
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown, so far so good.



I'm reading that too. What part are you on?


As soon as I got to the middle (right when the mystery is beginning to come together) I've been reading over 100 pages a day.

Great book, and some really interesting ideas.


EDIT: Ok, I'm done. A pretty satisfactory ending, if you ask me.:)

[HHH123007]

Just started yesterday....

A Home At The End Of The World by Michael Cunningham

I hope I didn't screw that up, as the book isn't right next to me. :(

[m'key]

Dan Brown - the Davinci Code
I'm really surprised...this book is amazing!!

[Jim H]

The Upright Man. Not bad, but not as good as the book it is a sequel too, The Straw Men.

[Greenaway]

As counted from 9th to 15th of August:


Kierkegaard: The Gospel of Suffering
Wilde: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Solzhenitsyn: The First Circle
Joyce: A Portait Of The Artist As A Young Man
Pope: Selected Poetry And Prose
Eliot: Murder In the Cathedral and Waste Land & Other Poetry
Xingjian: Soul Mountain
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

[drdash]

Star trek:new frontier-the captain's table:once burned by peter david. awesome book.

ciao
drdash

[Avid_Fan]

THE DA VINCI CODE
By
Dan Brown

Yes, I finally bought a copy.

[Raoul Duke]

Less Than Zero
by
Bret Easton Ellis

Pretty good stuff so far...

[drdash]

stolen-kelley armstrong
great book, and if you enjoy laurell k hamilton, you will love her stuff.

ciao
drdash

[one_crow_sorrow]

The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

I swear this thing will never fucking end...

[Greenaway]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

I swear this thing will never fucking end...

:D

[drdash]

the wyrm-stephen laws
very creepy horror novel.

ciao
drdash

[Brando @$$ Fat]

"Breakfeast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut

[outsyder]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785787283.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060510862.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg



Got them today.:)

[bankholdup]

Picked up "Conversations With Wilder" today.

[Indiana Sev]

Originally posted by bankholdup
Picked up "Conversations With Wilder" today.

You won't be disappointed. It's got everything a classic film lover (and Wilder fan) could ever want.

[Nice Marmot]

I just finished Stephen King's Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla last night. I started the frickin' thing in NOVEMBER!!!! I'm finally back on a reading-instead-of-watching-TV kick so I hope to get alot of reading done from now on. I've got quite a few books lined up . . . .

Starting The DaVinci Code tonight so my fiance will GET OFF MY BACK about it. She's hyped it so much; it better be the best damn thing I've ever read.

After that I'm finally reading books 2 & 3 of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Pullman. Loved Book 1.

Then finally reading Hitchiker's Guide To the Galaxy. This too has been way over-hyped. Better be damn good & damn funny.

Then reading Dark Tower VI & VII, out next month.

[SenorSpielbergo]

The Nature of Alexander by Mary Renault

Fairly engrossing thus far, but also extremely techincal and advanced writing.

[heavymetalsanta]

Farenheit 451

Good Book. :)

[bankholdup]

Originally posted by Indiana Sev
You won't be disappointed. It's got everything a classic film lover (and Wilder fan) could ever want.

Definitely is a great book so far. I'm usually a slow reader, because, well, I don't particularly like reading. But when I get hooked on a subject that I dig, I won't put the book down very often. I've had it for a week, and am on page 213. I'm lovin' it.

[CheekyShepherd]

Just finished "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby.

Excellent. The bible for the recently single man!

[Jim H]

Right now, AVP: War. I read AVP: Prey a couple days ago. I'd actually read prey almost a decade ago, but I never picked up the sequels. The movie's release inspired me.

[one_crow_sorrow]

The Fellowship of the Ring

[Tayzlor]

I recently finished a book of Pauline Kael reviews from 88-91 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible (play).

Up next is Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger.

[drdash]

mad merlin by J Robert King.
very intersting take on the Arthur legend.

ciao
drdash

[Mad Maggot]

Re-reading my favorite book, A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham.

[tvmorbid]

Was reading IT, but just purchased the box-set for the first 4 Dark Tower books so I'm putting IT on hold for a while.

[Avid_Fan]

WINTER MOON
By
Dean Koontz

[Pilot Inspektor]

I'm listening to "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce on CD as we speak, and...I...don't...get...it...

[thebloodfeaster]

The Seawolf by Jack London

[thebloodfeaster]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
[B]The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

I swear this thing will never fucking end


Neither did the movie.

[Cronos]

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe - Douglas Adams
Fountain Society - Wes Craven
Salo - 120 Days Of Sodom - Marquis de Sade
Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
Hearts In Atlantis - Stephen King
48 - James Herbert

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

I'm reading The Football Factory by John King at the moment. Its not Trainspotting but its right up there, some things about the book I can relate to. Especially the football thugs who plague some London clubs.

[Damone]

Hey Rube by Hunter S Thompson

Can't go wrong with the doc.

[Johnny Moreno]

Finishing Diary by Chuck Palahniuk

[Tayzlor]

Stanley Kubrick: A Biography

by Anthony Labrotto

[Scarface98.9]

Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore

[silentasylum]

Things fall apart- Chinua Achebe


I'm starting One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey later today

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by silentasylum
I'm starting One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey later today

Nice selection.


As for myself, I finished The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.

[p1phillips]

Right now, I'm reading (or trying to) a book called "Spin" by Tim Geary.

Good plot, about a former White House adviser who uses a daytime soap opera as a forum for determining how open the general public are to the idea of a female president - he's having an affair with the First Lady, and she wants to run for office. So he'll use the show to find out what all those housewives really want in a president, through writing in a female character who is also a Senator (the method in which he actually got the job as head writer on the soap opera is a little contrived).

Like I said, I really like the idea, but the writing style is very flat and not very gripping. I haven't picked it up in six days.

[Saruman]

Originally posted by Bullet Tooth Tony
I'm reading The Football Factory by John King at the moment. Its not Trainspotting but its right up there, some things about the book I can relate to. Especially the football thugs who plague some London clubs.

I want to read this now.

Currently I'm still on King's Wizard and Glass.

[Grebdron]

Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

So far it's great. Finally, a kid who had it worse than me as a child.

[drdash]

ivanhoe by sir walter scott.

ciao
drdash

[fevers]

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

It's easily one of the hardest books for me to get through. His writing is so descriptive it's very hard to read.

Definitely interesting though, touches on many philosophical ideas such as existentialism.

[Dead Zed]

Currently halfway through both John Grisham's "The Brethren" and Arthur C. Clarke's "2010". Both great books!

[Jim H]

http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/books/m/mccammonrobertr/thewolfshour.jpg

The Wolf's Hour, by Robert McCammon. I'm like 60 pages in.

Quite good so far, lots of action. My only complaint so far is the main character not being able to keep fresh human meat down. C'mon man, that's good stuff! ;)

[sarah1980]

The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

Just finished "Football Factory" and now I'm reading Robert Evans "The Kid Stays In The Picture". Excellent read so far.

[Mad Maggot]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Nanny Diaries by two stupid chicks - I so regret the money I wasted on this shite!

[drago25]

I'm about 75% of the way through "Lasher" by Anne Rice, and I'm also rereading(for the 3rd time) Stephen King's "Gerald's Game".

[dragon]

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

[Sigur509]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0571211895.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Tayzlor]

I'm reading several things. I don't usually do this, but it's doing no harm to my enjoyment to either of the books.

I'm still crawling through my massive Stanley Kubrick biography. So much information, it's best to read this slowly.

Also, I'm almost finished with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

After Huck, I plan on rereading perhaps my favorite book, Fahrenheit 451.

[drago25]

rereading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

[docholiday_13]

Rereading Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

[bowieee]

Originally posted by drago25
rereading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Best book ever.

[Jon Lyrik]

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

[Nachokoolaid]

I just finished ANGELS AND DEMONS by Dan Brown. The man knows how to write a story that you just can't put down. He's obviously well educated. He does his research, and it shows. I've never had more fun reading than with Brown's books. Well, maybe. But he writes a damn fun novel, and A & D is no exception.

[jackson13]

I'm in the middle of Christopher Pike's new adult fiction novel "Alosha". It's about a girl who is more than a girl (kinda like a superhero/fairy) and she has to go on a journey with some friends to close a gate to another realm before our world gets taken over by elementals. Normally Im not one for fantasy epics like this one, but this book has actually been pretty damn good.

[Jas]

The Godfather, by Mario Puzo

[my_name_is_neo]

Two books: Stephen King's "Christine" and Michael Crichton's "Timeline".

[adamjohnson]

Bout to start Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox.

As well as, The Vampire Files by P.N. Elrod

[GingerNjack]

"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond

Takes a while to get through, but gives you great insights into the evolution of human societies.

[Madhatter]

"Chronicles Volume One" By Bob Dylan

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743228154.01-ATVPDKIKX0DER._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[drdash]

sahara by clive cussler, an awesome read!

ciao
drdash

[Jim H]

http://www.simonsays.com/assets/isbn/0743417321/C_0743417321.jpg

Cabal by Clive Barker.

http://www.lixonline.com/Nightbreed.jpg

Which became Nightbreed. I rather liked some aspects of the film (which is very flawed, but shines in some ways) so I decided to get the book. Good so far, though not spectacular.

[drago25]

Originally posted by bowieee
Best book ever.

Its definetely one of the best, yes.

Currently reading:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0451160193.15.LZZZZZZZ.gif

[bankholdup]

Picked up Scorsese On Scorsese today.

[Jim H]

Finished Cabal. Ok, not great.

http://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/Cover/05834.jpg

Now working on Wolfen, by Strieber. Pretty good so far.

[Speermint]

Am now reading the one and only trilogy in 4 parts - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.


BEST BOOKS EVER!

i am up to the third book - Life, The Universe and Everything.

it is more than an extremely funny book - it is also highly intelligent. i was shocked.

complete brilliance.

[drago25]

Now reading Dicken's classic, "David Copperfield"

[silentasylum]

Madness and Civilization

-Michel Foucault



Suppose to reveal the root of psychology. Interesting reading so far. It's in the 15 and 17 century talking about the confinement of people and why it was done but its suppose to move into our century. Anytime now....

[GingerNjack]

Recently finished reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

[drdash]

reading al franken's new book. A fair and balance look at the right or lies and the liars telling them. frigging hilarious book.

ciao
drdash

[Sigur509]

Far Side Gallery
by Gary Larson

[X-Nightcrawler]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/156931778X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I'm loving it.

[one_crow_sorrow]

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin

[outsyder]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385498721.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Different cover, though.

[Tayzlor]

Right now, I am reading 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[one_crow_sorrow]

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by one_crow_sorrow
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Great choice, fantastic book.

[SenorSpielbergo]

The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

[Jon Lyrik]

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Book of Lost Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien