Donovan79 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Haha, hey Grace. Funny, I've tried Quicksilver half a dozen times but never get more than 20% through it -- just too dense. I keep hearing that it gets better and volume 2 is terrific, more of a pirate/action novel, but need to push myself to get there. Crypto is just so damn good, tho. I rarely read books a second time but finding now that the second time through might be even better. Link to comment
Liraele Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Common Sense & The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine 50 Shades of Grey - EL James Link to comment
Eet Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 The Hobbit. If I need to put who this was written by, then where have you been?! Link to comment
Liraele Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Common Sense and The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine 50 Shades of Grey - Darker - EL James Link to comment
ApocalypseDreams Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Just finished... Warriors of God - Nicholas Blanford Now reading... The Dictator's Handbook - Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith Link to comment
Liraele Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Glenn Beck's Common Sense - Glenn Beck Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson Life of Pi - Yann Martel Link to comment
alertstatusred Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Link to comment
vesper Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Narnia, but its really hard to read. Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Narnia, but its really hard to read. Ahm... you mean the kids' books? I read them maybe 40+ times between the ages of 6 and 10. What's hard to read about them? Link to comment
vesper Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 my ex-boyfriend gave this to me as a gift. I love the lion , the witch , and the wardrobe but find it hard to read. I prefer the watching the movies. This book is 767 pags long !! I was curious what else happened in Narnia besides the lion, witch, and wardrobe bit. But just cannot seem to concentrate and read it. i guess it is made to be read by kids. I just get lost in it somehow. are the other stories good ?? Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I personally think the other stories are far better. Prince Caspian and Horse and His Boy are meh, The Silver Chair pretty good, but The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, The Magician's Nephew and The Last Battle are simply incredible. I've never found something closer to what I hope death to be like than the end of TVotDT, but maybe that's just me. Fortunately they're pretty light reads and blow by pretty quick. Best of luck. Link to comment
vesper Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 thanks ! Do i need to read these in order ? Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yeah, you kinda do. I always had read them in the order they were written in, which was fine, as it's fun to see how they tie together, but they sell them now in chronological order, which I think is less interesting: As Published Wardrobe Caspian Treader Chair Horse Nephew Battle Chrono Nephew Wardrobe Horse Caspian Treader Chair Battle I've recommended The Magicians and its sequel The Magician King earlier in this thread, both of which are crazy good yet way more adult, and it's amazing how much they were influenced by / act as a love story to the seven books above. You really can't read them without know all seven of these books well. Link to comment
Autumnleaves Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 River's End by Nora Roberts. Link to comment
LillyLooWho Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I'm reading a book by Eckart Tolle (totally wrong spelling) about potential. I don't remember the name but he is a good writer. I'm also reading a book called "The How NOT to cookbook" about all the things that you shouldn't do when you cook. Lots of good tips (which I need). Link to comment
Blurry Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm reading a book by Eckart Tolle (totally wrong spelling) about potential. I don't remember the name but he is a good writer. I'm also reading a book called "The How NOT to cookbook" about all the things that you shouldn't do when you cook. Lots of good tips (which I need). I'm reading "The Power of Now" by Tolle. It's an interesting book and is really hitting home for me in some areas Link to comment
ApocalypseDreams Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Alan Watts - The Book: On the Taboo of Knowing Who You Really Are Link to comment
Autumnleaves Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 The Witness by Nora Roberts. Link to comment
MasterPo Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Bay of Pigs, The Untold Story/ Peter Wyden Do Well of Die, Memoirs of a WWII Mountain Trooper/ Marty Daneman NEWJACK, Guarding Sing Sing/ Ted Conover Link to comment
eternalsunrise Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I've got several books going...In my current rotation: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Wild by Cheryl Strayed Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda Living in Gratitude by Angeles Arrien Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just got Cloud Atlas too. So far so good. Link to comment
eternalsunrise Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just got Cloud Atlas too. So far so good. Cool. Are you excited to see the movie? The movie trailer threw me for a loop...It didn't seem to be based on the book at first. Then when I saw the extended trailer on youtube, it resembled the book. I'm excited to see the movie but I'll hold off till I finish the book... Check out the extended trailer if you haven't seen it yet...it's awesome! Link to comment
Donovan79 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Cool. Are you excited to see the movie? The movie trailer threw me for a loop...It didn't seem to be based on the book at first. Then when I saw the extended trailer on youtube, it resembled the book. I'm excited to see the movie but I'll hold off till I finish the book... Check out the extended trailer if you haven't seen it yet...it's awesome! Yeah, the extended trailer is unbelievable. Cannot wait for the movie... except that I just found out that while the US release date is this week, they moved the UK release date back to February. What the hell? Link to comment
Grace696 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I love Cloud Atlas. D Mitch is the man. I'm kind of trying to pretend the movie isn't happening. But I suppose I could pull my head out of my a** and stop being such a snob. Currently rereading Oscar and Lucinda. Hooray! Link to comment
ApocalypseDreams Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 A biography on Pol Pot. Link to comment
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