Books read recently

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.

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?

Vampyr · 01-16-2006, 10:15 AM

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

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

I want to get published. X_X

Seth · 03-01-2006, 12:23 AM

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.