| I'm reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. OHMYGOD it is great!!!~ |
subtlemelodrama said: I'm reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. OHMYGOD it is great!!!~ Woah, I never got to finish that. Even if it was a required reading. the_seventh_l said: neko11lover said: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I ♥ that book; it's so beautiful. Late reply but yes, it was a wonderful read. Reading The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm starting on the fourth book, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish. I love Martin the Paranoid Android, especially. Gotta love the downers. Also sneaking in some the Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux when I get overloaded by the comedy. |
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| Coraline :P |
| SS - Hitlerjugend, History of twelve division SS in years of 1943-1945, By Rupert Butler. Most of my books, that I read are philosophical, esothery, poets, study. But there are 4 books, probably the most famous in whole east, advanture, martial arts, I have ever read. They're called the 4 great. I have only read 3 of them, and I recommend you it. Water Margin (水浒传, 108 Anh hùng Lương Sơn Bạc) Journey To The West (西游记, Tây Du Ký ) Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义. Tam Quốc) |
| The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of the ten thousand things. I do not recall, Jesus ever saying "build churches, temples, and kill those who doesn't follow christianity..." nor he said "christianity is religion". News for VN immigrants in EU: vietinfo.eu |
| The Alchemist, what a book I reccomend any1 and every1 to read this, I hear its been translated into many dif languages |
neko11lover said: Love that book as well. I've read it twice now, and Zusak's writing still amazes me. I'd suggest one of his other books, I Am The Messenger, to any fans of TBT. Completely differnet, but fantastic all the same.the_seventh_l said: Late reply but yes, it was a wonderful read.neko11lover said: I ♥ that book; it's so beautiful.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer at the moment. Really interesting so far, and he also has a very unique writing style. |
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| I just finished "Skin Hunger" When I started the book, I wasn't expecting much, but I absolutely adored the characters and the dark, desperate feel of it! I really felt as if i knew each characters personally. It's a fantasy that alternates between a cult-like school of magic, and the events that created the school 100 years ago. This school makes Harry Potter look like effing Disneyland. The starvation, the torture, and the complete fear that the students feel was stunning in a heartbreaking sort of way. The next book in the series is "Sacred Scars" |
| Im reading Agatha Christie books atm, to be exact the one im reading nowadays is Ten Little Niggers, which im re-reading the 3rd time now :) |
| <img src="http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad294/Fumo7/Ani/signature3.png" border="0" /> Put your wishes into the memories you do not want to forget… |
| Lord of the Flies for a class |
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| Re-reading Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'. I've always loved that book <3 To the interested, it's told from the point of view of an Autistic boy, whose life suddenly turns exciting when his neighbour's dog is found dead. He turns detective and attempts to write a book out of the incident. I find the Autistic boy's point of view fascinating, and I love the inclusions of Maths, that the protagonist is really good at. |
Athena said: Re-reading Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'. I've always loved that book <3 To the interested, it's told from the point of view of an Autistic boy, whose life suddenly turns exciting when his neighbour's dog is found dead. He turns detective and attempts to write a book out of the incident. I find the Autistic boy's point of view fascinating, and I love the inclusions of Maths, that the protagonist is really good at. I read this book recently, bought it when I travelled to Munich and found it adorable and really well written. It is a fascinating book, I'd recommend it to everyone. |
 Waratte Oemashou Sore ha Chiisana Inori |
| A Clockwork Orange. Re-reading it. And gotta admit, whenever I read it, I still find it brutal. |
| The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of the ten thousand things. I do not recall, Jesus ever saying "build churches, temples, and kill those who doesn't follow christianity..." nor he said "christianity is religion". News for VN immigrants in EU: vietinfo.eu |
| I'm finally getting around to reading Son of a Witch, the second book in the Wicked series by Gregory Maguire. I'll be seeing the Wicked musical again in either late May or early June, and I'm super excited - so much so, it's inspired me to reread the original book, so I'll probably start it as soon as I finish Son of a Witch, haha. |
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| Exile ~ R.A.Salvatore The Song Reader ~ Lisa Tucker Bonechiller ~ Graham McNamee Sarum ~ Edward Rutherfurd I've just finished The Song Reader & Bonechiller ( I'm on the last few pages of each ). I'm planning on finishing Sarum within a few days, as well, and then I can start in on Exile. I hope it's as good as the first of the Drizzt series. |
| Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Quite honestly one of the funniest books I've read so far. |
| the Lost Symbol by Dan Brown .. it's the sequel of the Da Vinci Code .. it's kinda long that's why im a bit lazy reading it , but im rereading the voyage of the dawn treader from the chronicles of narnia series .. |
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| Currently reading: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Why am I so attracted to these mysterious books? |
| I'm re-reading Real World by Natsuo Kirino. I'm planning on reading her other books that had been translated into English like Out and Grotesque. |
| Some of my most recent books include: -The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (Pretty darn good) -Nightlight, A Parody by The Harvard Lampoon (absolutely hilarious is you read the Twilight series...I'm sure there are other straight men who enjoyed them!) -Empress by Karen Miller (Excellent fantasy writer) -Under the Dome by Stephen King (My first book by him...I'm not a King fan, I suppose) -Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Just finished this for school before Spring Break, it was better than I expected) |
Yukari_Hiwada said: Currently reading: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami Why am I so attracted to these mysterious books? Very good choice. I mention this almost any chance I get, but here goes again: anyone into anime who has seen Haibane Renmei seriously ought to read Murakami's novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. You'll find it to be quite familiar. It's one of my most cherished novels. I find that the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has a slightly more David Lynch feel to it. I just started reading Katherine Dunn's Geek Love. |
| I just finished and am likely going to re-read "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The story telling is smooth and well paced to keep the reader excited but also wanting, and scene painting in the novel is extremely elegant and successful as placing the reader in a distinct time and place (much like a screen play). It is a beautiful novel that takes place in Barcelona, Spain with many scenes from the 1920s and the majority of the story taking place in the 1940s. The story follows a teen, Daniel, who is introduced to the world of lost literature through his often distant father. His father takes him to the "Library of Forgotten Books" where he is told to pick one book that will be his to care for. The book he chooses is called, "Shadow of the Wind" by one Julian Carax. When Daniel becomes thoroughly intrigued by the book he decides to research Carax which ends up getting him involved in the underbelly of Spain as he uncovers a story of deceit, mystery, passion, social politics, and love (for both literature and certain important people). |
| "Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless..." - Paul Bowles, "The Sheltering Sky" |
StreetSpirit2 said: I started this months ago and stopped about a sixth of the way into the book. I didn't even dislike it; I guess I just wasn't in the mood. I should really try and start it up again.I just finished and am likely going to re-read "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. The story telling is smooth and well paced to keep the reader excited but also wanting, and scene painting in the novel is extremely elegant and successful as placing the reader in a distinct time and place (much like a screen play). It is a beautiful novel that takes place in Barcelona, Spain with many scenes from the 1920s and the majority of the story taking place in the 1940s. The story follows a teen, Daniel, who is introduced to the world of lost literature through his often distant father. His father takes him to the "Library of Forgotten Books" where he is told to pick one book that will be his to care for. The book he chooses is called, "Shadow of the Wind" by one Julian Carax. When Daniel becomes thoroughly intrigued by the book he decides to research Carax which ends up getting him involved in the underbelly of Spain as he uncovers a story of deceit, mystery, passion, social politics, and love (for both literature and certain important people). |
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| The story definitely does have a few chapters that are slower, but I think you would be pleased if you were to keep going through the novel because it definitely evolves into a much darker, more romantic and faster paced story. Surprises run rampant in the latter half of the book: various character revelations and evolutions, an immaculate history tying a lot of the books mysterious characters together, and some wonderfully honest romance. I hope you can get back into it, and more so I hope you enjoy it. |
| "Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless..." - Paul Bowles, "The Sheltering Sky" |
| Song of Solomon |
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| Decided to read Sybil as with rereading the Scott Pilgrim series as well. |
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| "Stepanchikovo Village and its Inhabitants" by Fyodor Dostoevsky and "The Star Diaries" by Stanislaw Lem I am into slav literature. |
| Excalibur, Excalibur, From the United Kingdom I'm looking for him, I'm going to California.  |
| Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It's hilarious. |
LV69_Squirtle said: Oh, I like that book. A must read for fans of satire.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It's hilarious. Currently read George Orwell's 1984. Slowpoke, I know. At least I have read Animal Farm before. |
| The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Philosophy For Pleasure by Hector Hawton and the first book of the Maximum Ride series (my friends, who raved about it, were astounded when I told them I hadn't read it yet). |
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LV69_Squirtle said: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. It's hilarious. Best novel I've ever read, for various reasons. Re-reading Lord of the Flies. It's pretty good stuff. |
| I finished the vampire stories by Dumas and am now reading the reference text dossier that comes with my edition (it's a study book, but made for intelligent people. Instad of making an interpretation of the text it gives us extra reading material - due to the nature on the book all about classic fantastic and gothic horror. After this I'll pick Frankenstein, as my friend offered me the book and I have to read it soon so I can discuss it with her. :p |
Waratte Oemashou Sore ha Chiisana Inori |
| I finished reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons, i could say that it was pretty much a very long prologue to the rest of series, but that was not a bad thing since i enjoyed reading it quite a lot and i am definitely looking forward to reading more. |
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| 10 pages into The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky is so good. |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's wonderful. :) |
| Thirst by Christopher Pike. I stop reading it because.. I came to a part that was bizarre.. even though its about vampires.. my mood went down hill ... so I stop. |
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| Septimus Heap, I was originally going to collect artemis fowl but it gets "updated" every two years or so, and I can't wait that long!! >.< can anyone please recommend me anything?! (other than Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Confession of a shophalic, Princes Diaries, Vampire Diaries, Twilight) thanks! |
     Thank you to Cyruz-chama for patiently helping me with my siggy ;) |
| Just started "Full Metal Alchemist: The Land of Sand" by-Makoto Inoue |
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| I'm reading The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower series) by Stephen King And Witches Abroad (Discworld series) by Terry Pratchett |
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Lilah said: Change your font colour. It's a pain to read.I'm reading the CHERUB series at the moment, they're very enjoyable! I just read 8 in a week ^_^; ♥ |
| Warriors - The New Prophecy (Midnight) Squirrelpaw is cute, in her own way. Imagine if Squirrelpaw's mentor was Brambleclaw. Heh heh heh. |
| "If you feed me, Seymour, I can grow up big and strong!" |
| And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. My favorite classic mystery |
| right now im reading "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo it is an anti-war novel written in 1938... its pretty sick... its about this guy who gets hit by artillery fire during a battle in ww1 and he is blown to smithereens... he lose his arms and legs and most of his face gets blown off he cant see a thing he cant talk all he can do is lay there... its like a jorney into his mind just him constantly thinking but cant communacate with every one around him... all in all its pretty good so far |
Its better to have burned out than to have never really shined... |
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