Whatcha Readin'?

[Combine 017]

2 weeks ago for the first time in 3 years, I read a book.
Halo: The Fall of Reach.
Since I dont read books very often I dont know what the standards are for a "good" book but I liked it.
Then I picked up the next one titled "The Flood" and finished it last night, figure ill grab the next some time as well.
If anyone likes action Sci-fi then I'd suggest reading those books.
And if you like the Halo story these would add to it.

[Professor S]

I'd love to see a book written with the Bioshock universe as the base. It could explore the founding and building of Rapture and sow the seeds of it's destruction.

The first part of the story has already been written. It's Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

The end of the story is Bioshock.

But it needs a second act.

[Angrist]

Talking about fantasy books, guess who still hasn't finished the book he had almost ready 2 years ago?!? Yes, GRRM.

[Teuthida]

Those do look rather nice. Maybe if I ever get back into running.


And reading American Psycho. Might be the only time I ever read a book after seeing the movie instead of the other way around.

[Szymon]

Just finished 1984

WAR IS PEACE
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

[Dyne]

Oh my lord. I don't even know where to begin since my last post.

I'll just say the basics. I just finished Redwall by Brian Jacques, and now I'm reading Gaijin by James Clavell. So good.

I probably go through 40 books a month right now. I'm not joking. I'm finishing everything I have and then moving on to a library. Nothing can stop me.

I love reading on my train.

[Bube]

40 books a month means 1.3 books a day. How is that possible?

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Dyne

I'll just say the basics. I just finished Redwall by Brian Jacques

One of my favorite books of all time.

You need to read "The Legend of Luke"...it's another in the Redwall series, and probably my favorite.

[Angrist]

Well, I think 50-80 pages an hour is possible. So if an average book is 200 pages, it takes 3-4 hours per book. If you travel a lot, I guess you have more than that per day...

But I'm curious as well, how do you do that?

[Bond]

Just finished this:



Dr. Miller does a great job at reconciling religion and Darwinian evolution (you'll find the two concepts need not be at odds at all).


And currently reading this monster, which I doubt I'll finish before I go back to university:

[Swan]

Just about finished this.

By one of my favorite musicians at it is turning out to be an enjoyable read though a bit short.

[The Germanator]

In the past few weeks I've read:

The Watchmen

Bottomless Belly Button: http://www.amazon.com/Bottomless-Bel...3061825&sr=1-1

Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste (33 1/3)
http://www.amazon.com/Celine-Dions-L...8&sr=1-1-spell

Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3)
http://www.amazon.com/Neutral-Milk-H...3061656&sr=1-1

If you are a music fan, the 33 1/3 series is pretty great. Basically an author chooses an album he finds compelling and writes a short non-fiction book about it. The Celene Dion book is a really interesting look at taste and why certain things are popular.

A friend got me The Exorcist for Christmas, so I'll probably start reading that.

[Angrist]

I'm still in Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story). I'm halfway through. Somehow it doesn't captivate me like it did in the beginning. One of the reasons could be that my German isn't that good, and I sometimes have trouble understanding the text.

[BreakABone]

Finished reading this.
And it is NOTHING like the movie at all.

And started reading this,

[Zen]

Somebody lent me this, about halfway through, dont see what's the big fuzz on this book.