lonelyheart2 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Reading game of thrones at the moment which is sooooo good! I want to read them before I watch the rest of the series but have to put it down for a week so I concentrate on my exam must resist temptation! Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The Magician King by Lev Grossman. Fantastic. Kind of like an adult Harry Potter. Reading game of thrones at the moment which is sooooo good! I want to read them before I watch the rest of the series but have to put it down for a week so I concentrate on my exam must resist temptation! I lost about six weeks of studying last year due to that damn series. So good. Book 3... whoa. At one part I was so surprised I smacked my head on the side of the airplane I was on. Link to comment
lonelyheart2 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 hahha amazing!! I'm on book two at the moment but I am staying strong, only 8 days left and then I can truly immerse myself I'll make sure to try out the book you are reading afterwards, sounds good! Link to comment
ApocalypseDreams Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Thick Face, Black Heart by Chin Ning Chu Link to comment
Firiel Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Still plugging away on the Song of Fire and Ice series, eh? I got distracted with school, but I'm hoping to read the last couple books in the series this summer... but I'm worried I'll have forgotten what's going on with all the characters! Currently reading The Shining by Stephen King. I'm in a class that will likely read it next semester, and I've wanted to read it anyway, so I'm getting a head start. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 The Shining is an awesome read. Just such a great moodiness to it. Right up there with It and The Stand. I'm very much looking forward to the next books in A Song of Ice and Fire, but man, Books 4 and 5 do require patience. Anything in the series is still better than most books out there, but after how great Book 3 was, Books 4 and 5 just have way, way too much "character is traveling from A to B... and still traveling... and still traveling...". Hoping now that with everything that happened in 5, the pieces are in place for an incredible conclusion. Link to comment
ApocalypseDreams Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Disappearing Palestine - Jonathon Cook Link to comment
itsallgrand Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 The Hunger Games. No kidding. It is the first time I ever bought a book from a drugstore before but I needed some trashy book to relax with. Other than that, "The Invisible Empire: Racism in Canada." a few others, but Link to comment
floofy Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain Great book! It's about Introverts and the struggles we face in today's society. There's a lot of science and research behind this book, which gets a bit confusing for me >__ Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Now on 100 Years of Solitude. Dense read but very funny. Besides what you're reading, what books would people recommend? Got a long commute in the new city and could use some recs. What are the last three books you *loved*? For me: The Magicians was amazing (its sequel even better), the ASOIAF books ditto, and probably The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao before those. Link to comment
broken17 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 It's a kind of a funn story - Ned Vizzini Especially good for those who suffer from depression I think. Link to comment
broken17 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 The Hunger Games. No kidding. It is the first time I ever bought a book from a drugstore before but I needed some trashy book to relax with. It's actually surprisingly good I think. Link to comment
90_hour_sleep Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 It's actually surprisingly good I think. i concur. and not trashy at all. the language is easy...but the content is compelling all all too relevant. i've yet to encounter the person (young or old) who didn't get something from it. it's 1984 meets brave new world...with a younger cast. i liked it. Link to comment
poetryandlyrics Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Finished recently The Glass Castle. Amazing novel, heart-wrenching. Autobiography. I packed up all of my books though (just bunch of boxes around my apartment) but I do plan to buy a book or two (or five). Been itching for a Stephen King novel. Last time I read one of his that I still remember was Tommyknockers. Link to comment
90_hour_sleep Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Finished recently The Glass Castle. Amazing novel, heart-wrenching. Autobiography. I packed up all of my books though (just bunch of boxes around my apartment) but I do plan to buy a book or two (or five). Been itching for a Stephen King novel. Last time I read one of his that I still remember was Tommyknockers. did you ever read 'the dark tower', ethereal? not his typical stuff. but i really enjoyed the first few books. Link to comment
poetryandlyrics Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 did you ever read 'the dark tower', ethereal? not his typical stuff. but i really enjoyed the first few books. No, I haven't. I did see it around but always thought it looked like LOTR-esque. This is by the judging of the cover, lol. Apparently with googling, there's a bit of western in it. Hm. Of course, King listed LOTR as one of his inspirations so I can't be too far off. Maybe I'll give it a try. Why not. Any suggestion for a typical horror novel? Possibly one with a psychological kind. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 If you want to read an amazing, bloodcurdling but intelligent horror, try The Ruins by Scott Smith. I think it was a bad movie a few years back but the book... whoa. It doesn't let up. Link to comment
poetryandlyrics Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 If you want to read an amazing, bloodcurdling but intelligent horror, try The Ruins by Scott Smith. I think it was a bad movie a few years back but the book... whoa. It doesn't let up. Added to my list! Thanks. It's partly for research and partly for myself. Link to comment
broken17 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 i concur. and not trashy at all. the language is easy...but the content is compelling all all too relevant. i've yet to encounter the person (young or old) who didn't get something from it. it's 1984 meets brave new world...with a younger cast. Exactly! And despite the obvious parallels with Battle Royale but it does my head in when people call it a rip off of it because it's clearly not! It's totally different. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Also reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Didn't make the connection until recently that it's an homage to The Jungle Book. Anything that Gaiman writes is creative gold, especially when he's working with death. Link to comment
The_Seeker Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Financial Planning and Statistics Yeah I'm reading two books at the same time. Link to comment
itsallgrand Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 It's actually surprisingly good I think. "Good" as in how? I enjoyed it. It was well paced. It kept me reading and it was fun. Like great fast food. HOWEVER, my nature inclination is critic and there are certainly points to criticize. Not like TWILIGHT , but this is certainly not great literature. Which is fine, so long as people don't begin claiming it is. But now that I have finished it, I stand by "trashy". Not in a bad way. It is not an insult to the book nor the author. I got MORE than my ten bucks worth. And will pass this book on. Link to comment
ninachamile Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 squirrel seeks chipmunk by david sedaris. short stories, the grieving owl....and .....the frog, the turtle and the duck had me rolling. Link to comment
broken17 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 "Good" as in how? I enjoyed it. It was well paced. It kept me reading and it was fun. Like great fast food. HOWEVER, my nature inclination is critic and there are certainly points to criticize. Not like TWILIGHT , but this is certainly not great literature. Which is fine, so long as people don't begin claiming it is. But now that I have finished it, I stand by "trashy". Not in a bad way. It is not an insult to the book nor the author. I got MORE than my ten bucks worth. And will pass this book on. Page turning, perfectly paced and good storyline. The books get more interesting I think as they go. Link to comment
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