new_user said: @puedjies: I actually liked the second book better than the first. Her ability to write emotion convincingly really comes across in that one, but then again, some people might find it too dramatic. Once you finish chapter three, I believe, you'll have a good idea of whether it's worth it to continue. Thanks for the advice, new_user. I realize that since I found even the first book too dramatic, an improvement of the author's ability to write in an even more overblown-romance-overtone won't suit me. |
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| Battle Royale novel, Casino Royale (lol) and Rainbow Six. |
Shuu-chan said: Battle Royale novel, Casino Royale (lol) and Rainbow Six. Yay, Rainbow Six. One of my favorites. I'm reading Mass Effect Ascension now. Yes, a video game novel. -.- |
| "Church History in Plain Language" by: Bruce Shelley (Ah, summer school...) |
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new_user said: Yeah.. I get that. I just don't like the way the girls I know seem to feel that if I read the book I'll be able to go "Edward Cullen is so hot *gushgushgush*" with them and if I don't I'm out of the loop. Which is why I'd rather wait till they've stopped obsessing over the book then I'll read it.Lol, he was barely in the first book, man. Cut him some slack. @wonpie_: It has a lot of fans, but if you take it on its own, it's a good book, like many others. Ignore the hype. It doesn't change the book for worse or better. Almost done with Cry Wolf. Vera nice. :D Anyway, reading one of the Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket. I've always loved that series :3 |
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| Normally I'd be reading Stephen King but right now I'm reading Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I'm only a few chapters in it but I've been busy with Anime, Video Games, ect. I can read much better when I'm in School. ^^ |
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| I'm almost half way through The Town That Forgot How To Breath by Kenneth J. Harvey. I'd really like to get my hands on one of the Joker-focused comics, as well as the entire set of translated Ringu series novels. |
| I'm reading The Secret Life of Bees and Ragtime, both for school, both far from my normal interests, but the first book has grown on me a bit as the story's evolved. |
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| Lies Across America. Required summer reading for my AP class. .__. |
Syb3rStrife said: Normally I'd be reading Stephen King but right now I'm reading Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I'm only a few chapters in it but I've been busy with Anime, Video Games, ect. I can read much better when I'm in School. ^^ I heard that book is ultra fucked up. I have been wanting to read it for a while now. Supposed to involve a lot of taboo's and no-nos. ^__^ |
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Nathan-the-Axe said: Syb3rStrife said: Normally I'd be reading Stephen King but right now I'm reading Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews. I'm only a few chapters in it but I've been busy with Anime, Video Games, ect. I can read much better when I'm in School. ^^ I heard that book is ultra fucked up. I have been wanting to read it for a while now. Supposed to involve a lot of taboo's and no-nos. ^__^ The way it's going So far it's definitely foreshadowing some big no-nos. ^^ |
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| A few years ago I tried to read Emma, because I'm partly named after this book, but it was just not interesting and definitely not my kind of novel. I'm reading Chemistry for Dummies, as a small summer couse as I amazingly failed in chemistry last school year, a book about Japanese modern art and a Discworld novel. All three are fun. |
| Dark Demon by Christine Feehan. |
We're on the bed, but your clothes are lying right there~ |
| "Guide to your drivers licence" T.T |
| The Gunslinger by Stephen King, I'm a little behind on that one, I know. I've somehow managed to go like 2 years without reading a book. I know it's blasphemy, but I just never did. Figured I'd start out strong. Pewdie said: "Guide to your drivers licence" T.T What, you fail your written too? Preemptive response: SHUSH, IT WAS ONLY ONCE. LAY OFF, I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT |
"I'd suck you~" Berri||Desu Ne? |
Bakayaro said: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, I'm a little behind on that one, I know. I've somehow managed to go like 2 years without reading a book. I know it's blasphemy, but I just never did. Figured I'd start out strong. Pewdie said: "Guide to your drivers licence" T.T What, you fail your written too? Preemptive response: SHUSH, IT WAS ONLY ONCE. LAY OFF, I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT Ah, I read about half that book a few years ago, then shelved it once I found out that it was part of an epic saga of seven or so books, in favor or reading some of King's more obscure works, such as the novels he wrote as Richard Bachman. I am thinking about picking it back up, because I am in the mood for an epic saga of sorts, and the series I was reading before (The Wheel of Time by Robert Jorden) was well over 10,000 pages long, which is way way to fucking long for me.... A few of King's books I recommend would be.. The Running Man Thinner Rage (not sold in stores, might have to get it off ebay - blamed for influencing Columbine) The Long Walk Carrie (but of course) |
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Nathan-the-Axe said: Ah, I read about half that book a few years ago, then shelved it once I found out that it was part of an epic saga of seven or so books, in favor or reading some of King's more obscure works, such as the novels he wrote as Richard Bachman. I am thinking about picking it back up, because I am in the mood for an epic saga of sorts, and the series I was reading before (The Wheel of Time by Robert Jorden) was well over 10,000 pages long, which is way way to fucking long for me.... A few of King's books I recommend would be.. The Running Man Thinner Rage (not sold in stores, might have to get it off ebay - blamed for influencing Columbine) The Long Walk Carrie (but of course) I tend to like long stories when I end up reading. It's a good way to pass the time, however, I can't comment much on the story. I started like... This morning. |
"I'd suck you~" Berri||Desu Ne? |
| I usually like shorter Horror stories such as Poe's works or Lovecraft's, but longer stuff is good on occasion for me, 400 pages seems to be my limit. |
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nerva said: I have to read Crime and Punishment and Jane Eyre as my summer reading assignments. I hate books like that. >.< I prefer more modern fiction. Dostojewski's one hell of a writer ;) while ago i finished reading Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (looking for the Kafka on the Shore right now... local library doesnt have it :\). now starting Gao Xinjijan's Soul Mountain and Goethe's Faust. |
| i'm just starting 'the sweet far thing' by libba bray. i hope it has a good ending. i wasn't too much of a fan of the first two books, but hopefully i won't be disappointed. not sure how that'll turn out tho. |
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| I don't read much. Just Shakugan no Shana vol 3 (light novel) right now. |
| Right now it's The Cusious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (god that's a long title -_-ll) Summer reading for school ftw |
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| I just finished The Ring which i was expecting to be scary but it was still pretty decent. Am a bit let down on the ending though. Ok so am currently on Seirei no Morobito novel |
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| I'm in the middle of Series of Unfortunate Events. I finished Vile Village and am starting Hostile Hospital. I'm also reading White Oleander by Janet Finch (I think that's the last name, I'm too lazy to look) and re-reading Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn. I can't wait to get my hands on the famous Lolita. |
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| -Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict -Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (reread) -Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox |
| We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. - Carl Sagan |
| The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet I'm in the page 600 and i completely sure this book will be in my TOP 10 when i finish it |
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Kouta said: The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet I'm in the page 600 and i completely sure this book will be in my TOP 10 when i finish it Good book. I really enjoyed it back in the day. Focus I'm presently reading the fourth book in the Dark Tower series, "Wizard and Glass". Quite possibly the greatest, most epic series of novels ever written. Why the hell haven't they been made into movies yet? If anyone liked the LOTR movies, they would be like kindergarten story time compared to this. |
| I'm trying really hard to get into The Road. I'm at the beginning and the pacing isn't doing it for me. I respect the writing quality and imagery; I see how it got the Pulitzer. Even so, I'm debating getting a different book. Can anybody tell me if the pacing increases? |
Gaiden199 said: I'm trying really hard to get into The Road. I'm at the beginning and the pacing isn't doing it for me. I respect the writing quality and imagery; I see how it got the Pulitzer. Even so, I'm debating getting a different book. Can anybody tell me if the pacing increases? Yeah, I've read it. How far are you into it? Is this the first Cormac McCarthy book you've ever read? Assuming you've only read through the first thirty pages or so, the pace does increase, but it's really more of a cerebral, philosophical book than straightforward, exciting action, which is emblematic of most of McCarthy's works. |
| Just started reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer and I'm hooked already. [May even like it more than Twilight, god forbid] |
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| A bit of old school: Alistair MacLean and his 'Guns of Navarone'. |
| 失われた翼を探して |
| I'm reading the Lost World by Michael Crichton. It's the sequel to Jurassic Park which i finished a few days ago. I'm also reading the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher |
| Chuck Palahniuk "Rant" just started it. |
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| Reading Lord of the Fading Lands. Nice and entertaining. |
| Tom Clancys EndWar |
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| The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami |
| Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles by Katherine Pancol |
 "See the prince on the rocking horse, his polished face looks cool, I'm just gonna spill my guts on you." - Deg |
| -Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (reread) -Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox I also picked out four more novels from the library today. xD |
| We are made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. - Carl Sagan |
| Tales of The Otori - The Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Hearn |
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| The Da Vinci Code and Eclipse. |
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| the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy books. |
| Midnighters book three: Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld and Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn |
| Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident. I have been meaning to finish this book for quite some time but I misplaced my copy and had to buy another one, ugh. But it's worth the re-buy! |
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