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BlueFire · 08-27-2005, 04:23 PM

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? :]

Vampyr · 08-27-2005, 06:17 PM

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.

Typhoid · 08-27-2005, 06:22 PM

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.

Ginkasa · 08-27-2005, 11:07 PM

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

Krypton · 08-28-2005, 01:19 AM

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.

Acebot44 · 08-28-2005, 01:22 AM

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.

Dyne · 08-28-2005, 02:41 AM

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

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

DimHalo · 08-28-2005, 04:40 AM

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.

Crash · 08-28-2005, 02:40 PM

jane austen =

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

GameMaster · 08-28-2005, 05:44 PM

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

Dyne · 08-28-2005, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeepnut's slave

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

DimHalo · 08-29-2005, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyne

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

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.

Dyne · 08-29-2005, 01:30 AM

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

Professor S · 08-29-2005, 01:52 AM

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.

Dyne · 08-29-2005, 02:23 AM

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.