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Anyone read any good books lately?

I've read the House of the Spirits, Wuthering Heights, and Frankenstein these past few months. My favorite by far was the House of the Spirits, followed by Wuthering Heights.

Care to share? :]

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Right now I am reading "The Waste Lands", the third book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, and I'm reading "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James.

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I re-read both "Brain Droppings" and "Napalm and silly putty" by George Carlin, which I have read both books a grand total of 10 times now.

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I haven't actually read it lately, but I'd like to throw a shoutout for The Song of Ice and Fire series (A Game of Thrones, A Crown for Kings, A Storm of Swords) by George R.R. Martin. These are the best fantasy books EVER (and yes, I mean EVER; Tolkien ain't got nothin' on Martin) and should be read by everybody with a strong heart (I meant that strong heart stuff, too; it sometimes get a bit painful [in a good way]).

I've also been reading the Assasin Trilogy by Robin Hobb. Its pretty good. I like it.

I also had to read The Poisonwood Bible over the summer for my AP English class. That was pretty good, too. I liked it.


/me shrugs and walks away

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I've read "Cadillac Beah" by Tim Dorsey

i'd reccomend it for anyone who likes books involving mysteries, but there is a moderate ammount of language.

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I read "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut this summer in my spare time and loved it. So, I'm currently reading "Mother Night" by Vonnegut, and have collected three of his other books: "Bluebeard", "Breakfast of Champions", and "Hocus Pocus."

I've also come into possession of "The Idiot" and "The Demons" by Dostoevsky and plan on reading those when I have the time, and I was given a copy of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes and "Psychopathology of Everyday Life" by Sigmund Freud.

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I'm so close to finally finishing Shogun by James Clavell. I can taste it.

It's a fantastic book. Everyone should read it.

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Ace, I read Flowers for Algernon in middle school. I enjoyed it very much.

I just purchased a new book today but i doubt any of you would be interested. I'll tell you anyway: The Courtesan by Susan Carrol. It is a historical fiction novel.

I am also planning on re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird, one of my favorite books. And I will be working through Harry Potter again too.

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jane austen = :Puke:

i did start reading "fall of reach" the halo book... cant say that i like the guys writing style.. it bugs me.

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I'm still working on Harry Potter. My grandma gave me a book called The Taking but I haven't started it yet.

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I have a thing for historical fiction for some reason. So what's it about?

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Well, the first book in the series: The Dark Queen is about 3 sisters (focused on one of them) who inherit "magic". they're wise women is the term used, in France during Catherine de Medici's time. If you know anything about her, you know that she was said to be a witch.

The current book I have, The Courtesan, is about the second sister 3 years later.

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It sounds interesting but it also sounds like it's geared more towards women. What would your opinion be on that.

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I'm currently reading "Finnegan's Wake" by Joseph Wambaugh. Its a funny character driven thriller centered on an aging police detective in Cali who really wants to be a movie star.

Anbd BlueFire, please tell me that you read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein... and not Dean Friggin' Koontz's Frankenstein.

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Hahah, my brother said he read Frankenstein, and I assumed he read the original like I did. I read it at his age and I almost finished it despite the complex, older english. I was almost proud of him for a moment - but no, he read the Dean Koontz one.

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Yeah it was Shelley.. never even heard of the latter.

Anyone else read House of the Spirits or Wuthering Heights?

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Last three books I've read were:
The Dark Half

Needful Things

Dreamcatcher



And I am also reading The Rise of the Red Sun.

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You are absolutely correct in that it is geared more towards women. That is why I originally said that I didn't think it would interest you all much. It has a lot of historical facts in it, but they're mixed up in romance and chivalry. Knights and handsome men of that sort...etc.

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Hahah, ok. Yeah, I'm not one to read a romance novel. Not to say I jib romance completely, though. Some times it's interesting to read what women are thinking. It's like I'm decoding Ancient Aztec.

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I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince over the summer as well as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

I'm currently re-reading The Lord of the Rings. Currently halfway through The Fellowship of the Ring.

I want to re-read the other Harry Potter books and also read the other books in the Hitchiker's series.

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I'm trying to get my hands on the second and third Magic: The Gathering books for the Kamigawa block, without much luck. At the moment i'm reading the Dragon Lance Chronicles, first book: Dragons of Autumn Twilight

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I just finished Stranger in a Strange Land. Everyone who saw me reading it couldn't resist asking me "You grok it?"

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Well, I finally finished Shogun. It didn't end how I wanted it to but I was satisfied with the wrap-up. I still highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

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I've got it somewhere in my house and have been thinking of reading it lately, overview?

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Pretty much the book that gave insight to the casual American about Japanese ethics. Sure, America may have bombed them and then supported them in the 50's, and that formed somewhat of a link, but the release of Shogun was really a good step towards greater relations between the two countries.

It takes place in Medieval Japan. The main character is John Blackthorne, an English/Dutchman, and it goes through in painful detail the differences between English ethics and Japanese ethics. Like, how in Japan, there is no word for Love, and here Blackthorne is a Christian, and christianity is based on Jesus's "Love one another."

I won't say much more because it's a heck of an experience, and a great long read. 1152 pages of war, of romance, of pervertedness (really, you'll see), of tradition, and of honour. Go read it. Right now.

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I read that book, but I have to read it this year in order to get a credit for my class.

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I read dreamcatcher in 7th grade, I enjoyed it very much.