Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 273437 times)

lonestar · « **Reply #1960 on:** June 08, 2012, 04:03:11 PM »

Quote from: Nekov on June 07, 2012, 05:50:07 PM

Just finished reading Xenocide. I can see why ou wouldn't like how the book developes towards the end Nick, it gets a little weird and maybe ridiculous but it's sci-fi, things like this happen in other books.

Will start Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg

(no. 1 on my all time book list to those who don't know)

masterthes · « **Reply #1961 on:** June 09, 2012, 06:11:34 PM »

Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

lonestar · « **Reply #1962 on:** June 09, 2012, 07:11:35 PM »

Damn, all ready finished with Dandelion Wine, that was quick.

Scard · « **Reply #1963 on:** June 09, 2012, 07:54:59 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on June 09, 2012, 06:11:34 PM

Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith

I came very close to picking this up the other day. I haven't read any of his other books. How is it so far?

masterthes · « **Reply #1964 on:** June 10, 2012, 11:25:09 AM »

I'm a quick reader lonestar. I read 91 books last year lol. And I'm only on the 3rd chapter so far Scard, so I really can't offer an opinion as of yet

WDADU · « **Reply #1965 on:** June 11, 2012, 03:49:14 PM »

I finally finished The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King. It was a short book, but it took me forever to read it because I am working on a screenplay that is taking up a lot of time. I started reading Misery by Stephen King last night.

masterthes · « **Reply #1966 on:** June 13, 2012, 01:58:28 PM »

Unholy Night was excellent, probably even better than Abraham Lincoln

Now reading The Instructions by Adam Levin

Scorpion · « **Reply #1967 on:** June 13, 2012, 03:29:27 PM »

Finally finished Lolita. 'Twas interesting enough, but not nearly as interesting as my German teacher, upon who's recommendation I had read, had praised it to be.

Odysseus · « **Reply #1968 on:** June 14, 2012, 03:44:36 PM »

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Sort of ok, but I'm finding it a bit cheesy....

MetalMike06 · « **Reply #1969 on:** June 15, 2012, 04:40:44 PM »

The Primal Blueprint - Mark Sisson
1491 - Charles Mann

Sigz · « **Reply #1970 on:** June 15, 2012, 04:44:33 PM »

Just started The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #1971 on:** June 15, 2012, 05:04:29 PM »

Biology 8th edition by Campbell (its a textbook

)

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #1972 on:** June 16, 2012, 12:00:48 AM »

I'm now reading Bernard Cornwell's series on King Arthur and thoroughly enjoying it. It twists the usual fantastical and heroic elements associated with the story for more of gritty realistic/political approach and makes all of it far more interesting, to me. Fans of ASOIAF would probably dig it.

Sigz · « **Reply #1973 on:** June 19, 2012, 10:41:58 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on June 15, 2012, 04:44:33 PM

Just started The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro.

Finished it. It was really good, though the ending didn't really tie anything up.

Scard · « **Reply #1974 on:** June 19, 2012, 11:16:23 PM »

The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut

masterthes · « **Reply #1975 on:** June 20, 2012, 04:35:25 AM »

Sigz, it's going to be part of a trilogy

Nighthawkwill7 · « **Reply #1976 on:** June 20, 2012, 08:17:36 PM »

Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert

At The Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft

Dracula - Bram Stoker

A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin

Adami · « **Reply #1977 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:08:47 PM »

The Civil War story line in Marvel.

Amazing stuff.

jammindude · « **Reply #1978 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:33:32 PM »

Currently going through another re-read of Stranger in a Strange Land. Absolutely my all time favorite book. Jubal Harshaw has replaced Hawkeye Pierce as my all-time favorite fictional character. I love every word that comes out of his mouth. Absolutely amazing. I could read this book over and over and over again, and never tire of it.

SystematicThought · « **Reply #1979 on:** June 20, 2012, 10:34:28 PM »

Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler. God, I love his writing

Sigz · « **Reply #1980 on:** June 20, 2012, 11:23:35 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on June 20, 2012, 04:35:25 AM

Sigz, it's going to be part of a trilogy

I understand that, but it still felt incomplete even as the first part of a trilogy.

Nick · « **Reply #1981 on:** June 21, 2012, 07:48:46 AM »

Quote from: jammindude on June 20, 2012, 10:33:32 PM

Currently going through another re-read of Stranger in a Strange Land. Absolutely my all time favorite book. Jubal Harshaw has replaced Hawkeye Pierce as my all-time favorite fictional character. I love every word that comes out of his mouth. Absolutely amazing. I could read this book over and over and over again, and never tire of it.

LOVE LOVE LOVE that book, and do love Doctor Harshaw for sure.

masterthes · « **Reply #1982 on:** June 21, 2012, 10:32:48 AM »

Stranger rocks, plain and simple!

Sigz · « **Reply #1983 on:** June 21, 2012, 10:34:39 AM »

Read The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde. Loved it.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #1984 on:** June 21, 2012, 11:22:31 AM »

A Dance with Dragons

Scorpion · « **Reply #1985 on:** June 21, 2012, 11:26:10 AM »

I have just recently begun reading a collection of Poe stories again, and I had forgotten how good they were. I'm reading them in English, so some words are kinda hard, but overall, I think it's still better than reading the translation.

The Tell-Tale Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher are both amazing stories.

Odysseus · « **Reply #1986 on:** June 21, 2012, 01:29:42 PM »

Just finished A Brief History Of The Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. Not bad...

Ħ · « **Reply #1987 on:** June 27, 2012, 10:54:50 AM »

Getting through The Hobbit and probably Tolkein's other stuff this summer. I hope to get to at least the middle of The Two Towers by the end of summer. My ultimate goal is to have all of Tolkein's Middle-Earth works under my belt before December of next year.

Sigz · « **Reply #1988 on:** June 27, 2012, 11:06:10 AM »

Read the first two stories from Lord Arthur Saville's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde. As with everything of his I've read so far, I loved it.

Also read some HP Lovecraft stories. I'm going to try to read everything in his collection I haven't yet read.

Also started 2666 by Roberto Bolano. It's very odd.

Ħ · « **Reply #1989 on:** June 27, 2012, 12:38:23 PM »

Dang. How much do you read each day?

Scorpion · « **Reply #1990 on:** June 27, 2012, 12:54:03 PM »

I've just begun reading Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry, as per recommendation by my dad. Not sure about it - it's nothing ground-breaking, but pretty good for a simple detective novel, with a quite unique idea behind it.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #1991 on:** June 27, 2012, 10:02:02 PM »

Finished The Left Hand Of God by Paul Hoffman. That was an incredibly terrible book. I'm glad I only paid $4 for it.

Next up, I'm starting Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (again). This time I'm not going to get distracted and I'm going to finish it!

Scorpion · « **Reply #1992 on:** June 28, 2012, 12:08:16 AM »

Quote from: The King in Crimson on June 27, 2012, 10:02:02 PM

Next up, I'm starting Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (again). This time I'm not going to get distracted and I'm going to finish it!

Great book. But then again, a book whose main character is called Hiro Protagonist can't be bad.

The King in Crimson · « **Reply #1993 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:40:18 PM »

The first two chapters are absolutely glorious.

Who knew pizza delivery could be so badass?

masterthes · « **Reply #1994 on:** June 29, 2012, 09:27:36 AM »

A Fistful of Fig Newtons by Jean Shepherd (God, that Instructions book was bad. I want my two weeks back!)

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Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 273437 times)