Books you're reading right now!

[Lazy Boy]

I hear you, man. I'm trying to read The White Hotel, and it is a fucking chore to get through. Very psychoanalytic, but quite dull after a while, even if it has a lot of blunt sexuality in it.

I might just put this down and start something else, which is rare for me.

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n7/n36647.jpg
Reads like a Dean Koontz novel.

[Lazy Boy]

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

[X-Nightcrawler]

Just finished:
- Ways of Seeing by John Berger.
-3 short stories by Horacio Quiroga, none of which I know their names in english.

I'm starting on Lewis Jerrol's Alice In Wonderland later tonight.

. . . stupid school.

[arto_j]

Yann Martel's Life of Pi

[Dead Halloween]

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

[cerealkiller182]

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

[X-Nightcrawler]

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Franz Kafka's "The Trial"

[John Taylor]

The Green Mile by Stephen King

[MidnightAngel]

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[Madhatter]

The Stranger by Albert Camus

[sarah1980]

L.A. Confidential-James Ellroy
1984 by George Orwell
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by J.K. Rowling

[KcMsterpce]

BLOOD GAMES by Richard Laymon

I'm about halfway through, and so far it's the first book I'm actually enjoying by him. Mucho better than my first two efforts at his work.

[ChemicalRomance]

http://stuaff.clemson.edu/summer/images/cover_small.jpg

The writing of it is so...odd, but it gets points across beautifully.

A particularly disturbing chapter? "How To Tell a True War Story"

What a great (and easy read) for summer reading for my high school!

[tsay1616]

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

and

Maximum Ride: School's Out for the Summer by James Patterson

[Tayzlor]

Naked Lunch
by
William S. Burroughs

[Speermint]

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawkings

[arto_j]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
http://stuaff.clemson.edu/summer/images/cover_small.jpg

The writing of it is so...odd, but it gets points across beautifully.

A particularly disturbing chapter? "How To Tell a True War Story"

What a great (and easy read) for summer reading for my high school!

I love that book. Also his Going After Cacciato and In the Lake of the Woods are both worth a look. His writing is really grand in a kind of offbeat way, and the stories really kicked my ass.

[Lost in Space]

For Whom the Bells Toll by Hemingway
and the dubliners

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by Lost in Space

and the dubliners


You're talking James Joyce's Dubliners, yes? Thoughts?

[VincentPrice]

Right now...

The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Next up....

Red by Jack Ketchum
The Ruins by Scott Smith

[Maeljin_incarna]

Stephen King's Pet Sematary

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n9/n49160.jpg

[Tagia_Romero]

"Rose Madder"- Stephen King

[drago25]

"The Old Devils" by Kingsley Amis.

[Lazy Boy]

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

[Tyler_Durden_208]

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"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max

[pablo_super1!]

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I'm on part 6
great books


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I'm reading this

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[X-Nightcrawler]

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Albert Camus - The Stranger

[MidnightAngel]

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[sarah1980]

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[X-Nightcrawler]

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William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying

[Powerslave]

Nothing right now (AP History kills my free time). I finished Beowulf for school a little while back, and plan on reader Slaughterhouse Five and Blood Meridian soon.

[Lazy Boy]

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[why_is_rum_gone]

Im reading 2 books:

Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straubb
n Johnny Depp's Biography
:D

[Tagia_Romero]

"The Phantom of the Opera"- Gaston Leroux

[BASSI]

i am reading The Stand by Stephen King

[MidnightAngel]

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[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
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Sweet, I really want to read that.
Mind telling me how it is, please? :)

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[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
Sweet, I really want to read that.
Mind telling me how it is, please? :)

Have you read Requiem for a Dream? If not, Selby's style can get aggravating -- he tends to run paragraphs together and not let the reader in on who's talking (he doesn't include quotation marks, either).

So far (only a hundred pages in), it's more or less a series of interconnected stories about different lower-class characters (sailors, hooligans, prostitutes, transvestites), and none of them are sympathetic or even likeable, always lashing out at authority and each other.

The section I'm on is called "The Queen is Dead," and it's pretty good.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
Have you read Requiem for a Dream? If not, Selby's style can get aggravating -- he tends to run paragraphs together and not let the reader in on who's talking (he doesn't include quotation marks, either).

So far (only a hundred pages in), it's more or less a series of interconnected stories about different lower-class characters (sailors, hooligans, prostitutes, transvestites), and none of them are sympathetic or even likeable, always lashing out at authority and each other.

The section I'm on is called "The Queen is Dead," and it's pretty good.
No, I haven't read 'Requiem.' The movie was more than enough for me. :o
Damn, I usually hate that kind of writing style...it just aggravates me. :D

The book sounds pretty odd, but I guess Selby likes writing about un-sympathetic characters. It still sounds like an interesting read.
Thanks for telling me about it, I'll be prepared when I read it.

[cerealkiller182]

The Fuck-up by Arthur Neressian(SP?)

[fmj123]

i am reading the green mile by stephen king. Its hella good

[Tagia_Romero]

http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/cover1/0330274864.jpg

[drago25]

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494246.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1056439290_.jpg

[RandalGraves]

The Bourne Ultimatum

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.tbpcontrol.co.uk/TWS/CoverImages_1_9/184/408/1844080382.jpg

[horror junkie]

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Crazy, crazy book, but awesome.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416912118.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V57528906_.jpg
AL PACINO: in Conversation with Lawrence Grobel

[Saruman]

The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien
Roadwork - Stephen King

[RandalGraves]

http://www.bookcloseouts.com/images/large/isbn078/0786868937-l.jpg

[arto_j]

One Hundred Years of Solitude

[Tweek]

Velocity by Dean Koontz.

[Tom4558]

For One More Day- Mitch Albom

[RandalGraves]

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[X-Nightcrawler]

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Yasunori Kawabata - One Thousand Cranes

[MidnightAngel]

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[ThirdOuting]

Fahrenheit 451

[RandalGraves]

Clerks II The Screenplay

[chinton]

A Clocckwork Orange

[Tagia_Romero]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1860.jpg

[Maeljin_incarna]

Stephen King's Night Shift

[silentasylum]

Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard. (like all plays bettter if read in one sitting.)

I'm just starting

Harry potter and the Prizoner of azkaban

[Tyler_Durden_208]

THE PRESTIGE by Christopher Priest

[NuclearMisfit]

Lord of the Flies

[drago25]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684865726.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Danger^Cart]

At the Moment:

Fight Club - Jeff Palahniuk

Am I wrong to like Jim Uhls screenplay better? Palahniuk's writing style is, while immensely entertaining and original, too disorganized for me. I suppose my opinion is tainted having seen the genius that is Fight Club beforehand, but I do feel that had I read the book a few years before Fight Club was released I would have humped it, such was my love for the work. I'm not nay-saying Palahniuks material, as he truly is a visionary, but I prefer Jim Uhls more linear approach.

Watchmen - Alan Moore

No matter how many times I read this, I find something new to like about it each and every time. I am yet to find anything, including Alan Moore's other works, that is on par with this monumental achievement of literature. A perfect blend of science fiction, romance, action, drama, noir, and fantasy. Best. Read. Ever.

Who watches me blow my load over Watchmen?

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Fight Club - Jeff Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk maybe? lol...yea its a great book... I personally love the style of his earlier work (Fight Club, Survivor, Choke)...but his style in his newer work has left me a little disappointed.

[silentasylum]

The Rain God


-Arturo Islas

[Danger^Cart]

Originally posted by Sh8dy Milkman
Chuck Palahniuk maybe?

I am a man, and as such, am entirely too macho to actually check the cover of the book. So shush.

[Tweek]

Invisible monsters by chuck palanihuk for a second time (Teehee, love that novel)

and

Intuition by Allegra Goodman

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[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n3/n19244.jpg

[Tayzlor]

Pale Fire
by
Vladimir Nabokov

[RandalGraves]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0859653552.01._OU02._PE34_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Lazy Boy]

Madame Bovary
by
Gustave Flaubert

[RandalGraves]

Casino by Nicholas Pillegi

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n17/n87494.jpg

I was a fan of Maugham's The Razor's Edge, and I'm reading this in preparation for the film version with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, which I think looks visually stunning.

[Lazy Boy]

The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway

[JackassFan]

Haunted by Chuck Pahniuk

[virose_pt]

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft. So far is very good. Before this one I read At The Mountains of Madness and didn't like it.

[horror junkie]

Originally posted by JackassFan
Haunted by Chuck Pahniuk

Hey, I just finished that not too long ago. I liked it, thought the stories were really crazy and interesting. What do you think so far?

I'm reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons, really good so far

[Dead Halloween]

I am legend - Richard Matheson

[chinton]

The Comedians


By Graham Greene

My first Graham Greene book

[Dead Halloween]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1741.jpg
Discworld: Men at arms by Terry Pratchett.

[virose_pt]

Re-reading Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

[Lazy Boy]

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[arto_j]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
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I was a fan of Maugham's The Razor's Edge, and I'm reading this in preparation for the film version with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, which I think looks visually stunning.

What did you think of this? I read it over the summer and really liked it, but I'm quite curious as to how they're going to be adapting it, with all that internal dialogue and such going on...

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by arto_j
What did you think of this? I read it over the summer and really liked it, but I'm quite curious as to how they're going to be adapting it, with all that internal dialogue and such going on...

It's a good story, but I'm not so sure either how they will adapt all that inner conflict/growth within Kitty...Watts will have a great road ahead of her if she accomplishes something masterful with the role, as far as some early reviews I've read have mentioned.

The final act of the book may be problematic on screen, as well -- there's the decision of how downbeat, and how long, the final portion of the adaptation should run, or it will alienate audiences.

I hope they keep the "Elegy" line intact - a fitting moment.

[Dead Halloween]

His dark materials: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

[drago25]

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[dreamcurls]

I just finished reading The Shining by Steven King (ofcourse)
It was so fantastic!
The movie came out while I was very young and I've only seen it once, maybe 6 years ago,or so.
I was iffy about reading the book, at first. I didn't know if reading a book about peaople being trapped in a hotel for x amount of months would really be that great, or intruiging (not to mention, how old this book is). But I was very pleasantly surprised, I must say! I could not believe how much I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The pace was pretty spot on the entire time. It only slowed down at bits, for just a little while. But most of the time I found myself reading so frantically, that I had to go back and read over some parts a second time because I was reading so fast. Great, great, great book. It's now in my top 3 King books along with Fire Starter and The Dark Half.

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.fantasymagazine.it/imgbank/IMG/smoke_and_mirrors.jpg

[virose_pt]

The Woods Are Dark - Richard Laymon

Non-stopping action. It starts in page 1 and goes on and on. Me Like :D

[HiroProtagonist]

I've finally, after what seems like months, gotten around to starting : -

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[RandalGraves]

Superman Returns: The Official Movie Guide

[KcMsterpce]

CELL by Stephen King

MYSTERY WALK by Robert McCammon

[dman476]

The Emperor's Children...

It's kind of really bland so far.
I may just dump it.

What's with the accolades directed toward that book? Oy.

[ZooKeeper]

Re-reading 300 by Miller and Playboy Jan. 2007 issue.
Just started Deception Point by Brown.

[dman476]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
and Playboy Jan. 2007 issue.
That's hilarious! :D

[one_crow_sorrow]

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[Maeljin_incarna]

Originally posted by horror junkie
I'm reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons, really good so far
I'd very much like to reread that and The Fall of Hyperion. Shit, why'd I sell off my copies so long ago?

But now I'm reading Stephen King's Four Past Midnight.

[RandalGraves]

Superman Returns: The Visual Guide

[Saruman]

Pet Sematary - Stephen King

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.martlet.ca/media/images/i_2006-01-12/58_17_arts_melancholy.jpg

[Rated R]

Just about to start Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. It comes highly recommended from my roommate.

[dman476]

Has anyone read these: Brooklyn Follies, Water for Elephants, Bullet Park?

Those are next on my 'To Read' list, and I was wondering what you all thought.

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
http://www.martlet.ca/media/images/i_2006-01-12/58_17_arts_melancholy.jpg

That's the most interesting title I've ever glanced upon, surely. Can't wait to hear your thoughts because, *barely audible whisper now*, they have the opportunity to make this the next book I read!

[RandalGraves]

Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything

[mutesaint]

I am reading "IT", "American Gods", "The Nightingale Floor", and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." I have ADD so I read them in spurts going with the book which most fits my mood at the time.

[RandalGraves]

Tales from the Clerks

[Tagia_Romero]

http://www.poopreport.com/Images/Academic/Content/King/Images/it.jpg

[Saruman]

The Chosen - Edward Lee

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Currently reading Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris.

[Lazy Boy]

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Ooh! I want to know how it is. :)

Cormac McCarthy can be brilliant sometimes...

The Brooklyn Follies - Paul Auster

[Derek237]

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[HiroProtagonist]

Originally posted by dman476
[B]Ooh! I want to know how it is. :)

Cormac McCarthy can be brilliant sometimes...



Same here - I'll be interested to see how people react to The Road, as McCarthy can be a bit hit and miss (at least in my uneducated opinion).

Originally posted by Mr. Fred Krueger
[B]Currently reading Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris



Same with Hannibal Rising - I'm currently looking for this at a decent price (What can I say, I'm a cheapskate) - I wasn't all that impressed with Hannibal, but still, I'm looking forward to Hannibal Rising.

As for me, I've recently started : -


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So far, so good - it's very Hugh Laurie sounding, in terms of the characterisation, if that makes any sense - As I'm reading it, in particular the way the main character talks, I'm easily picturing a film adaptation with Laurie post Jeeves and Woster, though pre-House MD in the role.

Sounds a bit strange, but then again, never said I wasn't :) - I'll hopefully post up a more coherent opinion once I've finished it.

[UseYourIllusion]

Clive Barker's "Sacrament". I'm not sure what to think of it. IT's the first of Barker's books I've read, but there's so much sexuality in it that it is really distracting. The book becomes more about a gay mans life, then it does the fantasy story that Barker had started to develop wisely in the first 300 pages. Not sure about this one.

[RandalGraves]

Originally posted by HiroProtagonist
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So far, so good - it's very Hugh Laurie sounding, in terms of the characterisation, if that makes any sense - As I'm reading it, in particular the way the main character talks, I'm easily picturing a film adaptation with Laurie post Jeeves and Woster, though pre-House MD in the role.

Sounds a bit strange, but then again, never said I wasn't :) - I'll hopefully post up a more coherent opinion once I've finished it.

I had never even heard of this book, but I really wanna check it out!:cool:

[sarah1980]

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[Cronos]

recently started Stephen Kings The Dead Zone and so far its great

[HiroProtagonist]

Originally posted by RandalGraves
I had never even heard of this book, but I really wanna check it out!:cool:

'twas the same with me - I happened to be browsing through Wikipedia, looking for the House Episode listing - decided to do a little background reading into the actors, and although I knew a fair bit about Hugh Laurie, I wasn't aware that he'd written a book, so once I spotted it I went out and grabbed a copy.

As for the book itself - because of the way it's written (mostly first-person) you can kinda tell that it's a Hugh Laurie book, in terms of the sense of humor - I'd deffinately recommend it.

[virose_pt]

Out Are The Lights - Richard Laymon

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Currently catching up on some of my favorite genre authors by reading Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. I've only previously read Relic, Reliquary & Riptide, but I loved all of them.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Currently reading Spiral (also known as Rasen) by Koji Suzuki.

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1876.jpg

[Jim H]

Reading the second sequel to the Straw Men, called Blood and Angels.

Pretty good so far. I doubt it will top the Straw Men though.

[one_crow_sorrow]

The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills, for the third or fourth time. I love this book, so hilarious.

[Saruman]

Resident Evil: Caliban Cove - S.D. Perry

[KcMsterpce]

Real Ultimate Power: The Official Book of Ninjas

Now, I know all there is to know about Ninjas and Pirates. :)

[dman476]

Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller

[Sh8dy Milkman]

http://www.diamondcomics.com/bookshelf/bookmark/Bookmark_Art/titles/A_right_2_B_hostile.jpg :D

[UseYourIllusion]

"Cell" by Stephen King, and I love it so far. Absolutly everything I wanted in a horror novel thus far.

[Mr. Fred Krueger]

Loop by Koji Suzuki.

[Tayzlor]

Ada or Ardor
by
Vladimir Nabokov

[one_crow_sorrow]

Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint

[one_crow_sorrow]

At Last There Is Nothing Left to Say by Matthew Good

[silentasylum]

True West

-Sam Shepard

[Tyler_Durden_208]

THUNDERHEAD
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Off to a slow start, but it's an intriguing premise at least...

[Lazy Boy]

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
It can't be your first read...right?

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
It can't be your first read...right?

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Might as well just extinguish my torch right now and leave...

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
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Might as well just extinguish my torch right now and leave...
Ah, it's okay. You're just missing out on one of THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER!!!!!11n fdjbjrzst]'gbjkDslzbhjzdfblblb


:p

Just kidding. It's fine. It's a great book, and you should have fun. I've missed so many classics it's not even funny, but Fitzgerald was always up my alley for some reason.

It seems that lately though, most books I read I can't connect with.

You know what the shit part of of it is (in the end picture), I don't think I have a top 50 with novels. :(

Unbearably pathetic, but it's true... I can't possibly have loved more than 50 novels (which, from all the ones I read, includes tons of classics).

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
Just kidding. It's fine. It's a great book, and you should have fun. I've missed so many classics it's not even funny, but Fitzgerald was always up my alley for some reason.

It seems that lately though, most books I read I can't connect with.

You know what the shit part of of it is (in the end picture), I don't think I have a top 50 with novels. :(

Unbearably pathetic, but it's true... I can't possibly have loved more than 50 novels (which, from all the ones I read, includes tons of classics).

One of my favorite books, The Stand, is filled with enough material and allegory to fill 50 novels...but I have so many left to read, past and present, that I don't even no where to start.

Despite my passion for good literature, it didn't always manifest itself years ago due to perhaps my struggle or obstinant rebellion against being TOLD what to think about each novel in high school/college. So, when I read something like Wuthering Heights, the normal feeling of mushy period stuffiness I used to ascertain (unread) is replaced by a sweeping romanticism that makes me want to read more in the same genre.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
One of my favorite books, The Stand, is filled with enough material and allegory to fill 50 novels...but I have so many left to read, past and present, that I don't even no where to start.

Despite my passion for good literature, it didn't always manifest itself years ago due to perhaps my struggle or obstinant rebellion against being TOLD what to think about each novel in high school/college. So, when I read something like Wuthering Heights, the normal feeling of mushy period stuffiness I used to ascertain (unread) is replaced by a sweeping romanticism that makes me want to read more in the same genre.
I'm not too big on King, but I'll check out the Stand.
I have a lot to read too though,way too much.

And personally, I never read that many books in high-school/college.
I'm not an English major, so books in college were a "no-no" (other than the GEs, which in the English Lit class I only read poetry).
In High School, I can't possibly imagine more than 10 serious books ever being assigned.

So, I never had that problem...it was more ofa personal thing.

Like, what's the last book you read that shook your world?

I don't remember. Maybe I'm reading the wrong books, or I don't know.

Movies just click with me...it's not that I'm lazy. :)

[chinton]

I'm about to finish Catch 22. One of the best books I've ever read.

[dman476]

See...Catch 22 is in my top 50. :)

[Lazy Boy]

That's another one I've been meaning to read for a long time.

[Vong]

http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/1/85/043/396/1850433968.jpg

An extremely interesting look at al-Queda and the myths associated with it. I highly recommend this.

[virose_pt]

To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee

Good so far

[The Young Son]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n59386.jpg

Although its a little slow, it is an intriguing look at 19th century Japan. The Japanese culture has always fascinated me and this book provides a great look into their lives, albeit as a fictionalised historical take.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

THE ICE LIMIT by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
And I thought the opening to THUNDERHEAD was slow...

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n32/n161147.jpg

[Jim H]

Just started reading Huckleberry Finn, which I've never read before. Starts off a bit slow, but it is becoming great.

[Vong]

http://www.indiana.edu/~frithome/faculty/PBondanella/images/prince.gif

Reading it for one of my classes. Good read so far!

[Vong]

Originally posted by virose_pt
To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee

Good so far

I love that book. One of my all time favorites.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Vong
http://www.indiana.edu/~frithome/faculty/PBondanella/images/prince.gif

Reading it for one of my classes. Good read so far!
It's awesome.

For political philosophy class, Machiavelli was a breath of fresh air in comparison to Hobbes and Locke.

We never read everything, but we did read a good 50-60 pages of excerpts from each.

[Catherine]

'Teacher Man' Frank McCourt V. funny.

[Vong]

Originally posted by dman476
For political philosophy class, Machiavelli was a breath of fresh air in comparison to Hobbes and Locke.

Really? I love Hobbes and Locke! Nothing beats the social contract theory. :D

[dman476]

Originally posted by Vong
Really? I love Hobbes and Locke! Nothing beats the social contract theory. :D
I hated it. :D

Machiavelli was so succinct and to the point. Absolutely great.

[Lazy Boy]

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Sorry, dman, I promise I'll get to Calamity Physics soon! :D

[mutesaint]

Currently reading "Dune" "It" "American Gods"


I read too damn much.

[RandalGraves]

Tornado Alley

[sarah1980]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385339410.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Danger^Cart]

Anthropology Through Science Fiction = Really fucking good.

[Asa_Phelps]

Lisey's Story - Stephen King

[pablo_super1!]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i217/Pablo_topo/pimp.jpg

Great book so Far Good read gives youa look to see what he went through,I like it so far but some people don't they say he's an ass for righting a book and ripping on all the people that he's worked with but you have to read it to see what he's saying that he's not just going and ripping on people but its a great you should pick it up if you have the chance

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Re-reading through Jeff Smith's BONE. One of my favs.

[one_crow_sorrow]

Howards End by E.M. Forster for school.

[chinton]

I'm going through and rereading all my King. Right now I'm reading Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King

[drago25]

"Lunar Park" by Bret Easton Ellis.

[RandalGraves]

The Tornado

[Lazy Boy]

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n37/n187739.jpg

[Tayzlor]

The Moviegoer
by
Walker Percy

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by dman476
See...Catch 22 is in my top 50. :)


Me too. Maybe even top 10. ;)


These days I'm reading The Reivers, by William Faulkner. 100 pages in, it's good (about half-way through), none of the sort of epicness or character depth (or general negativity) of Light in August or As I Lay Dying, just good, clean fun. I think Faulkner, Marquez, and Steinbeck might be my three favorite authors, although I need to do more reading by the first two.

[Lazy Boy]

http://www.bookcourt.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/garden%20of%20eden.jpg

[UseYourIllusion]

http://www.endless.hu/watchmen.jpg

The Watchmen

Best comic book/graphic novel I have ever read thus far. So deep.

[chinton]

Oh my God The Garden Of Eden is one of the worst books I've ever read. Stupid and annoying characters with a plot that makes very little sense. Dumb book.

[bluesbrother965]

Originally posted by UseYourIllusion
http://www.endless.hu/watchmen.jpg

The Watchmen

Best comic book/graphic novel I have ever read thus far. So deep.



Watchmen was one of my first, and I have read many since, but it's still the best. Deep is absolutely right, this works on so many different levels. If it were up to me, kids would read this in high school.

[martyds761]

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

[DrJellyfingers]

Michael Connelly - The Closers

[Hatfield]

Just started Hunter S. Thompson - Hey Rube

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1086.jpg

[Maeljin_incarna]

Stephen King's Different Seasons

[bluesbrother965]

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - The Autumn of the Patriarch. No paragraphs, sentences that can run for about a page, and chapters that go for about fifty pages. Hardcore? I think so. :D

[one_crow_sorrow]

Mexico Set by Len Deighton

[blk_flower]

Needful Things- King
and I just picked up a whole lot of martial arts philosphy books

[drago25]

"This Side Of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[silentasylum]

Heart of Darkness -Joseph Conrad (its what Apocalypse Now was loosely based on)


I just finished Pastures of Heaven and Of Mice of men(for the second time) and I'm just starting Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck for a second time, too...I'm taking a course only on Steinbeck and so far its one of the best classes I have ever been in since I never seem to get bored.


I haven't read many of his other books and I am looking forward to them, especially Tortilla Flat.

[bluesbrother965]

John Steinbeck is in my three favorite authors, as well as my personal hero.


Reading the Great Gatsby for the second time, this time for school. Good to be re-reading it, I wouldn't have caught on to how good the writing is the first time I read it, nevermind all the plot depth.

[bourahioro]

Spiderman: Blue
Hellboy: The Chained coffin and others
The Satanic Bible

[Lazy Boy]

http://sweta.blogs.com/besame_mucho/images/plainsong.jpg

[DrJellyfingers]

Dennis Lehane - "A Drink Before The War"

[yorrick brown]

just got into the anita blake series.

what book does she finally give into the main vampire ? i`m up to book 3 circus of the dammed.

[RandalGraves]

The Art of 300 Movie

[Lazy Boy]

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n26/n132528.jpg

[bankholdup]

http://www.daviddylanthomas.com/images/littlerebel.jpg

http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/10080000/10089834.jpg
Obviously not "reading" this one, but using it as a desk reference.

[RandalGraves]

Casino by Nicholas Pillegi

[sarah1980]

all the books i'm readind right now

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385339410.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400079179.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446674249.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0066238501.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345389417.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

[Danger^Cart]

Originally posted by moviefreak1980

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446674249.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V50388933_.jpg

Me too. So far I like the screenplay better.

[Double Down]

I'm currently reading Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. only on page 40 but it has been good so far.

[silentasylum]

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck


this is my second time reading it...one of my favorite books ever.

[X-Nightcrawler]

I read "The Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad recently. Great book.

Then, I did "Paper Cemetery" by Fritz Glockner. Decent book.

. . . and now . . . now I'm reading Dostoievsky's "Crime and Punishment". I don't even know why . . .

[Big Daddy]

The Husband

Anything Dean Koontz writes is money.

[DrJellyfingers]

"Deal Breaker" - Harlan Coben

[The Young Son]

About 100 pages into:

http://rahuls.wordpress.com/files/2006/03/Digital%20Fortress.jpg

It's pretty good so far. Simply written.

[Danger^Cart]

Originally posted by The Young Son
It's pretty good so far. Simply written.

That's because Dan Brown is simple. I admire your courage. I swore off that godawful writer after reading the equally godawful Da Vinci Code.

[drago25]

"Falconer" by John Cheever.

[silentasylum]

East of Eden


John Steinbeck



I just noticed that my professor has commentary on the DVD from the 1940 movie...I havent seen it yet, though.

[drago25]

Nova Express by William S. Burroughs
and
Love Is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski

[Lazy Boy]

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

[drago25]

The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever
All Of Us: The Collected Poems by Raymond Carver
Come On In!: New Poems by Charles Bukowski

[DrJellyfingers]

"Bleeding The Patient"

book about US healthcare

&

"A Firing Offense" - George Pelecanos

[RandalGraves]

300

[The Young Son]

I'm about 80 pages into:

http://www.terrygoodkind.com/images/book_thumbs_large/wizards.jpg

Not much has happened, but its really good so far.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
One of my professors loves this book.

What say you, so far?

Originally posted by drago25
The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever
I'm really interested in Cheever's work. I've read excerpts of many of his works, and I find his writing style very interesting.
I have no idea why I haven't picked up the Wapshot Chronicle yet.

[KcMsterpce]

THE DA VINCI CODE

Finally, I guess.

[KcMsterpce]

Originally posted by The Young Son
I'm about 80 pages into:

http://www.terrygoodkind.com/images/book_thumbs_large/wizards.jpg

Not much has happened, but its really good so far.


[Don't worry, no spoilers, and the references won't make sense until you're already at the point in the story it's referenced anyways...]

I thought the first book was pretty good.
Book two not AS good, and you thought the FIRST book didn't have much happen? Hah!

Then I got to THE BLOOD OF THE FOLD, and I have to say that after the second book making endless plot recaps and paragraphs of storytelling of things we should already know if we're reading book two.... it's even WORSE in book three.
Tell me how many times you'll read "... with the word TRUTH burning into his hand," or something similar.
Even worse was doing story recaps through forced dialogue between the characters, especially when it came to the Mud People and their customs.
I skimmed through book four, and once AGAIN I was being told through dialogue - twice, by random skimming within a 5 minute scan - about Mud Peoples' customs.
It goes on and on, but I have to say that I am NOT reading any more of that series.

Perhaps this will help you prepare for what you're getting into? And you'll like it more? Here's hoping...

[chinton]

The Light Fantastic by Terry pratchett. Just started reading Discworld novels. They're freakin awesome.

[DrJellyfingers]

Originally posted by chinton
The Light Fantastic by Terry pratchett. Just started reading Discworld novels. They're freakin awesome.

i've been meaning to get into those. are you reading them in order?

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by dman476
One of my professors loves this book.

What say you, so far?

It's a pretty good book, I'm halfway through. It covers a pretty basic story of immigration, assimilation and discovering ones roots as concerning one Gogol Ganguli, so what I'm looking for is the attention to detail of everyday life that Lahiri covers in both American and Indian cultures.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
It's a pretty good book, I'm halfway through. It covers a pretty basic story of immigration, assimilation and discovering ones roots as concerning one Gogol Ganguli, so what I'm looking for is the attention to detail of everyday life that Lahiri covers in both American and Indian cultures.
Sounds pretty interesting...like an Indian coming-of-age story (rarely told). The trailer made the film look a bit melodramatic, but I don't know.

(thanks for telling me about the book Lazy Boy)

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n31/n158358.jpg

[RandalGraves]

300...again

[chinton]

Originally posted by DrJellyfingers
i've been meaning to get into those. are you reading them in order?


Yes Im on Sourcery right now.

[blk_flower]

http://www.temp.sfbok.se/kat/img/40396.jpg

[DrJellyfingers]

Just started "long lost" by David Morrell

[Hatfield]

Cities of the Red Night - William S. Burroughs

[Lazy Boy]

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573221589.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1056521580_.jpg

[Tyler_Durden_208]

Hellboy Vols. 1 - 5
Fucking awesome.

[silentasylum]

Tortilla Flat

-John Steinbeck

[Maeljin_incarna]

Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

:D (hellz yeah)

[silentasylum]

Somewhere in the Darkness

-Walter Dean Myers


I am going to read this whole novel in the calss that i teach.

[DrJellyfingers]

Michael Connelly - "Echo Park"

[Lazy Boy]

Cover Her Face - P.D. James

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n27/n137908.jpg

[outsyder]

"State of Fear" - Michael Crichton

Swamp Thing Series - Alan Moore

"Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle : experiencing contemporary Japanese animation" - Susan J. Napier

I read a bit of this book for a presentation I had to do for my Mass Comm seminar class, but I've found it a pretty interesting read, even though I'm not a big anime fan.

[RandalGraves]

Sin City: The Big Fat Kill by Frank Miller

[RandalGraves]

making of sin city movie

[EvilDeadGirl]

The Zombie Survival Guide (again)

Better to be safe than sorry.....

[Maeljin_incarna]

Originally posted by EvilDeadGirl
The Zombie Survival Guide (again)

Better to be safe than sorry.....
Have you read World War Z?

[DrJellyfingers]

"The Colour of Magic"

Terry Pratchett

[martyds761]

White Night by Jim Butcher

[Lazy Boy]

The Keep - Jennifer Egan

[RandalGraves]

Imagineers Guide to Epcot

[MidnightAngel]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n34/n174534.jpg

[DrJellyfingers]

"Nick's Trip" - George Pelecanos

[RandalGraves]

Firefighters by Dennis Smith