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Sphere of Michael Crichton. It was pretty good. After that I saw the movie, which sucked.

Right now I'm reading Eaters Of The Dead (The 13th Warrior), which is pretty weird because it's actually a translation of an old Arabic documented journey. :)

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recently i read (from current to first):

The Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card (currently reading, sequel to Ender's Game)
Deception Point - Dan Brown
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

after i'm done with Speaker for the dead, i'll hunt down Brown's other book, Digital Fortress and read that...

all these books i've read in the past 2-3 months...and before that it was rare seeing me read....and i don't mean rare like once in a blue moon, i mean rare like once in a thousand years.

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I only really read comedy books, or books to do with space and stuff.

So the book I read last was:


George Carlin - When will Jesus bring the porkchops?

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All 23 Books of the Odyssey.

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The Kite Runner

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All Quiet on the Western Front - Remarque
Candide - Voltaire
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
The Odyssey - Homer
The Iliad - Homer

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I want to read Kite Runner. Have you read Life of Pi, GM?

One of my new favorite books is Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of West. An amazing novel. It's a semi-prequel to the Wizard of Oz, recounting the life of the Wicked Witch from her birth to her ultimate demise at the hands of Dorothy.

At first I thought, oh another prequel, this is going to be cheesy. But this is an amazing novel even if it had nothing to do with the original story of Wizard of Oz. Hell, the story of Dorothy is practically a footnote to the novel. Wicked is one of my new favorites, easily.

It's supposedly a hit-musical now, which I didn't know until midway through the book, but of course the book is most likely better. :p

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I read that right before the movie came out. Liked the book a lot more...plus cooler name. :)


Right now I'm reading all the Narnia books. Won't let myself see the movie until I read em all. So far read LWW, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, and now I'm on Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I read them all when I was younger but I only vaguely remember The Magician's Nephew.

And right before that I read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman. A humorous look at the Apocalypse. Quite good.

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I just finished reading "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, and I'm currently working my way through "Eragon"

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William Faulkner's "Light in August"

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The last book I read was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.


I'm now juggling between The Portait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce and Franny and Zooery by J.D. Salinger.



I'm going to see the show soon. :]

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My recent reads are in order from best to...least best:
1.Da Vinci's Code
2.Digital Fortess
3.Lireal
4.Sabriel
5.Chrysalids

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Working on Christine at the moment.

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Just finished the book Eragon, was quite good, I reccomend it.

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Did you know it was written by a 17-year old?

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I did, and it makes me angry while reading it.

I want to get published. X_X

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I just read Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground. Really enjoyed it. Read it straight through in one sitting and now my neck is killing me.

Was thinking about the lyrics of mc chris's Ratz for the first half though:

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I read a simple short X-files book that I finished in 1.5 hours. And before that I finished Eaters of the Dead. And saw The 13th Warrior.

Now I'll read another X-files book and then War of the Worlds.

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I finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last week, and I'm about to start The Summer of Katya by Trevanian.

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If you liked HHG you'll like the rest of the series. Apparently the Salmon of Doubt is really good.

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I finally finished Eragon and started reading The Secret Life of Bees.

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Yup, thinking about reading those as well. I'll probably buy them when I find them in English.

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Romeo And Juliet for a class assignment.

lame.

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I also started in Romeo and Juliet. I like it so far, as a masterpiece from another time. Classic sayings as "have at thee!". :D

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I just read the Jarhead novel, and i must say i liked it more than the movie. As usual the book is better.

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Just finished The Da Vinci Code.

It was pretty damn good.

I'm going to start reading one of Dan Brown's other books, Angels and Demons tomorrow.

Woo!

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yup, they're good books :)

i'm currently reading 'Xenocide' by Scott Card, half way through it and it's pretty damn good.

'Children of the Mind' is next and then maybe digital fortress :p

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Just read "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Very good. See the movie "Capote" as well. It is worthwhile.

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I saw Capote about 2 months ago.

So far since I moved to Virginia and only take a couple of night classes I have read:

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
re-read American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter 6 J.K. Rowling
Basic Cooking skills for dummies, err I'm like 1/4 through it. I cook as I go.
Read a lot of poetry by Pablo Naruda
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

and just today I started reading "In Cold Blood"

Heh finally got around to it.

Also it's a graphic novel but...

Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. I think there is a second one now also.

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I've been stuck in the middle of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for a while now... Its good, but I haven't been in the mood to read, I guess...


/me shrugs and walks away

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I love Neil Gaiman. Haven't had a chance to read Stardust yet though. Good?



Just started to read A Scanner Darkly in anticipation of the film.

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Not reading anything at the moment. I wanted to read War of the Worlds, but then I read a short X-files book and another one awaits me and other things came up.......

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It's kinda like a more mature fairy tale or something like that. It's very good though, in a fairy tale sort of way.

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I own Coraline by Neil Gaiman...sort of like a twisted Alice in Wonderland. I've been wanting to read American Gods forever.

A friend of mine was going to a bookstore yesterday so I sent money with him to pick up George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice, Book I, A Game of Thrones"

I'll find out Monday if they had it. ^_^

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Yukio Mishima's tetralogy: The Sea of Fertility

It's an amazing four book series by one of Japan's greatest writers(if not the greatest).

I recommend the series to anybody. Read it. I finally finished the last book a few days ago.


currently reading: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky and also Notes From the Underground. My favourite author.

on the to read list: Shogun by James Clavell. I read King Rat in highschool and haven't read any of his other books.

I raided my sister's book collection(she's been collecting books since she could read) and I've found a number of gems that I'll have to tackle once I'm through the current strain.

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i finiahws the entire series of Ender's Game, and man was that a good read! i think the next series will be Ender's Shadow series and then i'll go from there, haven;'t decided yet. Orson Scott Card is my new (book) god.

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I started reading "Six War Years" last night and its quite good. Its an old hard cover book that i found at my grandparents, and its a collection of short stories usually around a page and a half about real experiences of Canadians during the seond waorld war. Keep in mind that its not just form the soldiers perspective but also through the eyes of children, parents, and others.
Some stories are really scary for instance there was this one about a unit killing thier own commanding officer. There are also some little interesting ones too. An example would be a stroy about someone that worked in a munitions factory making bombs and shells.

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Finished Angels and Demons last night. I'm starting The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason tonight.

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The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

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as i've mentioned before i read the entire Ender series:
Ender's game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the mind

now i'm onto the Shadow saga and so far i've read the first book and i'm almost done the second:
Ender's Shadow
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant