Books read recently

Canyarion · 01-09-2006, 03:55 AM

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.

Happydude · 01-09-2006, 04:53 AM

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.

Typhoid · 01-09-2006, 05:54 AM

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?

Krypton · 01-09-2006, 02:56 PM

All 23 Books of the Odyssey.

GameMaster · 01-09-2006, 03:20 PM

The Kite Runner

Dylflon · 01-09-2006, 03:45 PM

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

manasecret · 01-09-2006, 03:47 PM

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.

Teuthida · 01-09-2006, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

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.

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.

Vampyr · 01-09-2006, 07:10 PM

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

Acebot44 · 01-09-2006, 08:50 PM

William Faulkner's "Light in August"

BlueFire · 01-09-2006, 10:48 PM

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.

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Originally Posted by manasecret

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.

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

MrCoffee · 01-15-2006, 06:24 PM

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

Swan · 01-15-2006, 08:29 PM

Working on Christine at the moment.

Krypton · 01-15-2006, 09:41 PM

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

Canyarion · 01-16-2006, 04:03 AM

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