| Thinking of giving up on Michael Crichton's Sphere. Not sure what to do after that. |
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| I'm reading Lord of the rings- The fellowship of the ring and also Game of thrones |
| Reading Albert Camus's The Plague. Very dark and heavy stuff. |
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| Just One Day - Gayle Forman Aleph - Paulo Coelho Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman |
| Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart, the first book in the Reckoners series. The first English young-adult novel I read. It was good, although I think it was a bit cliched. Can't wait for the 2nd book Firefight. |
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| I'm currently rereading "The Bone People" by Keri Hulme. It's even more amazing then the first time I read it. |
| Shogun by James Clavell Would my sir agree that this novel is a kind of good book, ne? |
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| Started Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa recently since I was told it was a good book to start on in order to start learning more about Japanese history. |
| I'm going to start with "The Book of Disquiet" by Fernando Pessoa again. |
| Almost done with Horns by Joe Hill.A bizarre creepy page-turner. |
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| Completed Plato's 'Symposium.' Quite a few interesting things there. And it's nice to know how the idea of platonic love developed. 4th chapter of 'The Denial of Death.' Many of the technical stuff goes past my head, but I think I understand the gist of what the author's saying. Read the preface and the first few pages of 'The User Illusion.' Wow. I'm hyped. Will read 'Night on the Galactic Railroad,' so I can understand Mawaru Penguindrum better. ^^ |
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| Currently reading Game of Thrones Book 4. Getting pretty good. |
"Lelouch, do you know why snow is white? Snow is white, because it's forgotten what color it's supposed to be."  |
| I'm reading some Japan centric books at the minute, I don't really get much time to spend on them though so I'm making slow progress but, 'In the Miso Soup' by Ryu Murakami which is a very slow burning horror and is very entertaining but very trashy, and 'No Longer Human' by Osamu Dazai which I've nearly finished and is interesting enough. I'm also on like the fifth or forth book of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series but It stopped being interesting after the boring love interest subplot was introduced. |
| I'm around halfway through 'World's Worst Crimes' by Charlotte Greig - just your run of the mill murder case compilation type true crime bookl, nothing spectacular but incredibly interesting all the same though albeit it is a bit US-centric to be called 'World's Worst Crimes' anyhow |
| Stephen Kings "Doctor Sleep" . If its half good as "The Shining" i will be pleased. |
| Your story was bad. It was terrible, in fact. It was like that lame twilight bullshit. I have no patience for that crap. It’s not writing, it’s like bound toilet paper. |
Exdeu said: Stephen Kings "Doctor Sleep" . If its half good as "The Shining" i will be pleased. It definitely is imo |
| I recently started reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. I'm not very far into the novel, but so far I'm really enjoying it. The author's writing style is really what made me pick it up at my local bookstore. |
| I'm reading Mr Mercedes by Stephen King. A great read so far. |
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| Just finished "Misery" by Stephen King. Which of his books would you recommend me to read next? I have already read "Firestarter" and "Pet Sementary". |
Fo-Fai said: Szczyprz protected MaiTai the last night and I'm not sure if it was sheer dumb luck or the greatest play in Mafia history but yea he predicted the shit out of you guys. |
| Currently reading "Earth Awakens" by Orson Scott Card. Pretty good start so far. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| Just finished Trainspotting. I did watch the film first so nothing came as a shock but it's still an entertaining yet eye-opening and depressing look into the lives of people who are addicted to drugs. The one thing that would put a lot of people off though is the fact that it is mostly written in Scottish colloquial dialect which is a pretty ballsy move by the author considering it's his first ever work. |
| I just finished Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men because the final book is out in a few weeks. Now I'm going to read a Child Called It because it's a decent look into the psyche of those abused during childhood |
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| The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Reading it for school. Can't seem to finish it though. |
| President Reagan - The Role of a Lifetime by Lou Cannon Just wrapping this one up, still the best single volume assessment of the Reagan presidency nearly 25 years on. Going to start one on J. B. Tito next. Also going through Main Street by Sinclair Lewis and Brideshead Revisited. |
| "All the King's Men" by Robert Warren Penn. I picked it out at random one night and so far it's been rather unremarkable. I'm not a hundred pages in yet, but it seems to be about politics, which I admit to knowing nothing of and have little interest in learning about. It's a dragging read so far, but I'll try to enjoy it as much as I can. |
| Into the Wild by John Krakauer. |
| Im reading Philosophy The Quest for Truth |
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| Mythology I-im, s-studying Greek Mythology.... The book is fun ^-^ |
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| I started yesterday "The Luminaries" by Eleanor Catton, which is set around 1860 in New Zealand and while I'm only in the first 40 pages of 830, I was pleasantly (and unpleasantly) surprised by the language itself. Since it's 1860, the way of speaking is more refined and victorian, which I adore but at the time it tires me since it's not my mother language and there are some rare words in there that I have not seen before ~.~ But I didn't expect that even the narration would be in the same exact way. I thought it'd be more modern, but I cannot say that I am disappointed. It does set the mood for the whole "trip". Other than that, it's supposed to be a mystery about some murders and I kind of understood from some drawings and lists before the first chapters, that stars and zodiacs would play some role in it... Well, I hope the best for it. |
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| I'm reading a fucking 1,000 page version of Monte Christo. |
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| ^it's a great book. I didn't even notice the lenght. Anyway, I'm reading The Divine Comedy. Pretty good so far. It's funny that the notes are as long as the book itself. |
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| Just started reading Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Not ungood so far. |
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| Just heard that Robin Hobb is bringing out another Fitz & Fool book so I started the Farseer Trilogy again. Probably going to read all of that series again now that i have started |
| Reading Meditations by Descartes for school. I don't know, it's okay, I guess. |
| your waifu is shit |
| I recently ordered The Peregrine by J.A. Baker and Murakami's new novel. Will be reading those once they arrive. BatoKusanagi said: When I come across works like that I usually read them through without notes once, then go and use the notes as I see fit.Anyway, I'm reading The Divine Comedy. Pretty good so far. It's funny that the notes are as long as the book itself. |
JoshAug 10, 2014 2:36 PM
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Reus said: Fahrenheit 451 is one of my least favourite dystopian "classics". Very forgettable.I recently started reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. I'm not very far into the novel, but so far I'm really enjoying it. The author's writing style is really what made me pick it up at my local bookstore. Maffy said: I bought that for my brother for Christmas. Just based off of the awards it won, reviews, and whatnot. Haven't read it myself yet, but I plan to.I started yesterday "The Luminaries" by Eleanor Catton, which is set around 1860 in New Zealand and while I'm only in the first 40 pages of 830, I was pleasantly (and unpleasantly) surprised by the language itself. Since it's 1860, the way of speaking is more refined and victorian, which I adore but at the time it tires me since it's not my mother language and there are some rare words in there that I have not seen before ~.~ But I didn't expect that even the narration would be in the same exact way. I thought it'd be more modern, but I cannot say that I am disappointed. It does set the mood for the whole "trip". Other than that, it's supposed to be a mystery about some murders and I kind of understood from some drawings and lists before the first chapters, that stars and zodiacs would play some role in it... Well, I hope the best for it. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| I'm reading Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem. It's my second time although I didn't really like it the first time. However, it's pretty good so far after about 100 pages. I'm probably going to enjoy it more than last time. |
| 30~ pages into Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki. It's more or less cookie-cutter Murakami, at this point. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Working my way through House of Leaves for the...fourth(?) time maybe. It's a fantastic book for anyone who is looking for horror and a lot of surrealism. Just be warned that the book is DENSE metafiction so that means you've got lots and lots of stuff to read. |
| I thought Catch-22 could have been written by someone on MAL- the trolling was extraordinary. |
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