What are you reading???
This is like the "What are you listening to" thread but with a twist.
What book are you readin right now??? I am reading Drawn Blood by Poppy Z. Brite |
R.A. Salvatore's Icewind Dale trilogy..again
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I could have sworn that we have a thread like this, but oh well.
I just finished reading the Inkeepers Song by Peter S. Beagle. I'm curently reading Lost souls by Poppy Z. Brite. Great book. |
I just finished Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchet (hilarious!), and I am currently reading Dracula, Frankenstein, Alpha to Omega, and a book of slavic myths.
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Does large amounts of manga count? Cause I've been reading a lot of that.But lately, I've been returning to the good 'ol Tamora Pierce books, which might be for teenagers but are phenomenally interesting. My mother also forced me to read the notebook, by Nicholas Sparks, which I actually enjoyed.
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The Bourne Identity - Robert LUdlum
The book not the movie |
song of susannah (dark tower 6) by Stephen King.
- mark |
I swear there was, too, but I'm too lazy to go back and check and merge.
I'm currently reading Raymond Chandler Speaking - a collection of his letters and stuff. ALso reading Prince of Ayodhya by Ashok K. Banker, a sort of horrorific retelling of the Ramayana. It's really good, but all the Indian/Sanskrit names and words get pretty confusing, making it a little hard to get to in places. |
Books
I'm reading TWO books right now. That's a really big accomplishment for me, since I get confused so easily. :shock:
Through the Looking Glass: Lewis Carroll (I love how confused I get....I think..... :? ) Vittorio the Vampire: Anne Rice (I love Anne Rice, even if her books do drag on and on..... :( ) ~Drusilla |
I'm reading the Pro Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero for my Latin 401 class. For a legal argument, it's actually pretty funny, as he never discusses the case but instead attacks the character of the prosecution for 900 lines of painful to translate legal Latin.
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I'm am starting to read "The Elric Saga Part I". It's this fantasy novel about this albino dude. So far, I rather like it.
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There was, but who cares now?
I'm reading a bunch of stuff... Some stories from my The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (which I unfortunately spilled a shitload of black ink all over >_<, Some more stories, but this time from my The Clomplete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales, and to make my threesome whole, I finished The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. - To continue on in my... list: Stalingrad, Memories and Reassessments, Spies Beneath Berlin which is about Operation Stopwatch/Gold, and Finally; The Forgotten Soldier, War on the Russian Front - A True Story. Yep, that's what I'm reading bookwise these days... other than that, I'm reading countless webcomics, and also some information from FAS. --The end. :roll: |
What has happened with Recent reads thread????
I've just finished an Italian book, and I don't know its name in English.... :? For those who know Spanish, it is named Los cien golpes. Translated to English it will be something like One hundred blows. It was written by Melissa P. (the surname doesn't appear). Is about the diary of a teenager, Melissa, who explains her problems with boys, love and sex. I liked it a lot. |
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oh, did i mention i have really great breasts and would like to fuck everyone? |
"oh, did i mention i have really great breasts and would like to fuck everyone?" - bodnoirbabe
since i've already been accused of being a pussy hound - allow me to say that statement would be perfect if we were just sitting around right now, drinking a few beers and passing the time with nothing more than small talk. - mark |
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lol. seems like we work well together. you be the pussy hound and I'll be the slut. Since i was accused of introducing myself like that, i figured i might as well make it true. I hate not living up to others expectations....
I've finished with Lost Souls (really good by the way, although, i dont think Christian deserved to get what he got) and I am about to start on Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett. |
a book on wicca....
it's called The Solitary Witch I bought it at Ipso |
Wot M I reading_!
:D I just finish a book called "Tigana", by Guy Gabriel Kay, now Im reading Historias de Vampiros, short Histories by many famous writers_! :D
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Please don't kill me for this... lol
Gerald's Game by Stephen King I'm a fan.. lol |
Certainly no one here will kill you for reading ^.^
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Currently one is reading the dreaded summer reading;
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is remarkably poor writing, and the only reason the school is having the students read it is because he was the only remotely appropriate American author of his time period. Otherwise, one is tentatively beginning to read Jane Austen, and for relief one has the entire Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. ^_____^ One simply adores Lemony Snicket. He is quite cynical and almost gothic. As for Terry Pratchett, one's favorite character is Death, if only for his humor, so it follows that one's favorite book is Hogfather. |
Just read Germaine Greer's - The Female Enuch (feminist book)
Reading at the moment - Richard Neville - Hippy Hippy Shake (book about controversial magazine from london, by aussies: OZ Magazine. About the 60s, swinging london and the fight against censorship) and Jim Keays - His Masters Voice (A recount of the events encountered by famous Aussie band The Masters Apprentices) |
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I've seen that book before, Series of unfortunate events. It looked really funny. does this Lemony snickett fellow have any more good books? Oh and Dysfunction, Geralds Game is one of my favorite books by Stephen king, so if you're not cool, I'm not cool. :D and neither is edible eye, for that matter. He's a die hard Stephen king fan.... |
Lemony... lemon!
Sadly, Lemony Snicket is his pen name and very little is known about him, as he seems to avoid all contact with the press actively. Even his editor is not really sure what he looks like; there are no photos, either. He is an enigma, and all that he has published under the name of Snicket have been the Unauthorized Biography of Lemony Snicket and the series. One simply adores the name of his biography.
This is the first sentence of the summary on the back of the first book: "Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that this book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant..." And this is the last sentence: "It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasant tales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this book down at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sort of thing. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket." If one posted any more of the jacket or any text within the book, she would probably be sued dramatically, and since one is a penniless student, one tries to avoid that sort of unhappy end. Anyways, one is immensely relieved to discover that there are ladies other than her mother who enjoy Jane Austen, and now picks it up with greater cheer than one did the last time. Cheerio. |
erm... i've read an interview from lemony snicket in nick magazine forever ago... yes... kiddie magazine, but what else is a girl to read at the air port?
anyways.... here's my list of current reading material: "The Raven and Other Poems" by Edgar Allen Poe "The Talisman" by Stephen King and Peter Straub (love this book) "Ghost Story" by Peter Straub "1984" by George Orwell (love this book) "Tales from Moominvalley" by Tove Jansson (a kids book, but i love this one also... lol) "All the Old Haunts" by Chris Lynch "Black House" by Stephen King and Peter Straub "A Parent's Guide to Teens and Cults" by Larry E. Dumont, M.D. and Richanrd I. Altesman, M.D. (heh... just for shits and giggles) "Famous Tales of Mystery and Horror" by Edgar Allen Poe Vol. 7 of the InuYasha manga... (just have to read it because of miroku...) "Across the Nightinggale Floor" by Lian Hearn (wonderful book... totally recomend it for some light reading) "Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon (for educational puposes) "The Long Hard Road out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson "'Salem's Lot" by Stephen King as if you couldn't tell, i have a short attention span, and switch from book to book as i feel i need to... ^_^ summer so sucks when out of school... oh, yeah, btw... stephen king is kick ass... |
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What em I reading!
Currently I fund a book called: *gothe* The black book by J Papini and sems to be good...
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I've just finished rereading "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I'm about to start "On Writing" by Stephen King which is about about... well... writing.
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I like your screenname, Charlottesometimes. That song rocks.
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As to what I'm reading, well I'm reading at the moment H.P. Lovecraft: Call of Cthulhu and other weird stories (least I think it's that one). Then it'll be Science Fiction stories by Edgar Allen Poe, and finally (at least for the moment) It's the Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmel |
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Currently reading: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Orlando by Virginia Woolf and Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allen Poe. |
Just finished "Auto Da Fe".
Fuck you Canetti, for stealing my idea for a novel 90 years ago!!! |
I'm currently reading Great Horror Stories and internet versions of Animal Farm and Dracula. They're good but somehow nothing beats actually holding the paper in your hands. Besides it makes my eyes hurt. Alot.
Oh and FireGaze; 1984 is fucking brilliant. It's my favourite book but thats a personal opinion and I'll leave you to make your own. |
Yeah, i find that I cannot read large amounts of text on a screen, does anyone know why this is. I also like the weight of a book, to me it just feels right
... Dear God I need to get out more :roll: |
I know how you feel, Crazy-Irishman. An average day this summer for me involves studying my German, reading, studying Japanese Kana, treadmill, playing guitar, and the internet. I'm not complaining though, because that's what I like to do... I know some kids that are forced by their parents to do some of my things. I guess that makes me a geek or something.
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The City Of The Beasts, by Isabel Allende (The tittle is a translation of mine... The autor writes in Spanish.)
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I am re-reading Chekhov's "The Three Sisters". It's amazing. Things come to the brink of working out OK, but then everything falls apart and ends in utter misery.
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[quote="charlottesometimes"]I've just finished rereading "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.[quote]
Ah! I can't find that damn book anywhere...grr :evil: I'm reading Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett and I'm in the middle of rereading the fifth Harry Potter book (yep, I'm a big dork) but I let someone borrow it and need to get it back to finish it. |
I absolutely love Terry Pratchett. Good Omens can be really hard to find in regular bookstores, which is why I had to get my copy online. Amazon is a good place to look, and I've had very good experiences with the people who sell used books through their site.
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Well I am almost finished reading Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. Im slowly reading The Vampire Chronicles. I dont have alot of time to read so I usually do it before I go to bed or there is no electricity(yes even at night with a little flashlight and candles).
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I am reading A way to measure time-contemporary finnish literature...eh..I picked it up at a yard sale
also picked up some clive barker stuff that I will get around to reading soon |
I'm almost finished with The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl. This amazingly fast-paced, well-written book is set in Boston 1865 where a series of murders based on Dante's Inferno grip the city and only Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, J.T. Fields, and James Russell Lowell (who are working on the first American-made translation of the Commedia) can solve them. It's a pretty expensive paperback ($13.95!), but then again, I date myself by saying that I can remember when paperbacks were under $5.
I highly recommend this book to mystery fans, Dante fans, or fans of a good story. |
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This postal service-working summer I've been reading Glamorama, by Bret Easton Ellis, Ernest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls, brilliant rebel writer Jens Björneboe's '55 book Jonas, and currently, as an inbetweener, Band Of Brothers by Stephen E Ambrose.
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Pitseleh-Do you know if there's any way for us ugly americans to get any Bjorneboe with a decent translation? I read one story and it seemed that the translation was a bit off (made Jens sound like low-end Knut Hamsun).
Ah, and I haven't said this before, but I dig the Sleater-Kinney picture |
I feel so sorry for you... :cry: The only available Björneboe material in English is his 1970 play Amputations, along with a bunch of poems. Hopefully there will be more translated works in time, as he was an author of razor-sharp intellect that needs to have a wider audience.
[And, yeah, dig Sleater-Kinney!] Here's one of the poems that have been translated. Ten Commandments for a Young Man Who Wants to Get Ahead Translated by Esther Greenleaf Mürer I The first commandment's easy, quite: The majority is always right. II Always think what folk will say. Side with the strongest, day by day. III When in doubt, just shut your trap Until you see for whom they clap. IV Think what opinions you should hold. Alone, you'll be out in the cold. V Don't give your lofty instincts rein, But stick to what will bring you gain. VI Tell people what they want to hear; Move quietly through every sphere. (For truth brings sorrow on your head, While daily lies earn daily bread.) VII Never walk upright. Sidle forth And warm yourself at every hearth. VIII Praise everybody to the skies; A flock of friends will be your prize. (This in-group paradise will be Your best insurance policy.) IX Of gossip save up every bit For your superiors' benefit. (But not a hint from the consumer Should reach the subject of the rumor.) X If you this last commandment heed, Then your future's guaranteed: Boldly espouse each cause in season, But always act with prudent reason. Stride bravely forward in life's war One hour before your time—no more! Some editing required, as I found there were indeed more novels in English translation available: The History of Bestiality trilogy, which consists of Moment Of Freedom, Powderhouse and Silence. The centrepiece of his volume of work, if you will. Highly recommendable. Also the novel Sharks. More plays as well: Semmelweis and The Bird Lovers. Additionally, his essays on anarchism, Degrees Of Freedom, can be found. Sorry for the misinformation. I didn't know there were that many! |
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