TheGreatNothing Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Eye of Minds by James Dasher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, actually pretty disappointing. So I was told by the person who gave me the book its ending would make me really want to read the next one, but when I finished it, I felt literally nothing. It dawned on me that this was the case because I actually just wasn't attached to any of the characters. Its ending was such a mess imo, and now the more I reflect on what I read, the more I see I didn't like. Probably still going to give the next book a chance, though. Haha. Dedicated to finishing a series. I'm quite the same. The number of series I've read the first book in and consciously decided to abandon can probably be counted on one hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garo Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The last book I finished reading was The Hobbit, at the beginning of this year (February, I believe). Recently, I started reading The Silmarillion, and I'm enjoying it, thus far. I really like the "Bible-like" approach to its narrative (at least in the beginning), especially considering how it deals with how the world was created and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpent of Sheol Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacLovin Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Francis Fukuyama's the End of History. fucking college reading assignments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Station Eleven I think I found a new favourite book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angienessyo Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 A Dance with Dragons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Sara Crewe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaofRenais Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Pride and Prejudice is overrated IMO. My favourite Austen book is Emma. My favorite of Jane Austin is Persuasion, she wrote it when she was older and it is IMO much better then her other books. Do Manga count as books? because I just finished Read or Die which is a really good manga. The last book I read was Out Foxed by Rita Mae Brown, my favorite mystery writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Finished Jeweled Fire by Sharon Shinn. Liked it, but I wish she'd write more Twelve Houses books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Djinn Shadar Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho was the last book I read, though I have been making my way through Eregon though at a slow pace because my reading is very sporadic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiabletemplar Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) I think the last new book I read, that wasn't specifically for class, was Aristotle for Everybody, a gift from a dear friend. The last thing-of-any-kind that I read, whether it was new to me or not, was probably my omnibus copy of the Black Jewels Trilogy. Though it might've been a not-terribly-great novel written, I dunno, 6 or 7 years ago about an alternate-history world where clones made for harvesting organs is considered perfectly okay (told from the perspective of a particular clone girl). I'm afraid I don't actually remember the title of that one though. The last thing new-to-me that I read and really enjoyed was probably Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables, which was a bit of a surprise, I'm not typically big on Gothic literature. Edit:Ah, the clone novel was Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't particularly memorable. The combination of a terrifically depressing premise and writing that just didn't "grab" me made it hard to recommend. As a book for class discussion it wasn't bad though. Edited December 12, 2015 by amiabletemplar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flee Fleet! Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I recently just got The Mayor of Casterbridge that I had ordered from my school in order to enter a Book Report Contest. I also ordered two more books , one being Wuthering Heights , which have yet to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locust Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus. It's a collection of really short stories, usually around 10-15 pages each. It was all right. I like some of his other books more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapier Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I've finished The Final Empire and I'm now reading The Well of Ascension, from the Mistborn series. I regret missing these books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I can highly recommend "Look who's Back". It's about when Hitler from 1945 wakes up in modern day Germany and is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Mort by Terry Pratchett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Melee64 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Mayan Healer by Rosita Arvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Extremely beefy book; it took me a bit under a month to finish, but it was certainly worth it. Might have already topped Station Eleven, even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindCoco Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) If Graphic Novels count, it's the Kickass trilogy. I loved it a LOT, but the movies were slightly better in my opinion. The concept was great, but seeing them all come to life was even better than the comics. I'm also starting Kirkman's Invincible series. I read volume 1 as I tried it out and the change of pace at the end made me buy up to volume 5 in a minute. I highly recommend it to anyone who is even remotely into superheroes. Edited January 24, 2016 by BlindCoco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) I'm working my way through the Shannara trilogy. I'm not the biggest fan of pure fantasy (preferred LotR movies to the books which is rare for me) but I'm doing it because I've fallen madly head over heels in love with Poppy Drayton. Why couldn't I have been born rich and famous instead of good looking? Or both? My next target is the Magicians trilogy which is more up my alley (a mature version of the Young Wizards series). I love series that deal with magic in a modern light and world and both series do so. If you haven't read So You Want To Be A Wizard, I suggest you do so. Edited February 6, 2016 by John Barrowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lon'Kill Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Dragon trials, and then I'll begin "The Whitcher" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiCommander Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Last books I've read (I read several at a time): Maximum RIde II Divergent Eldest Queen of the Damned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 "Catherine the Great: A Short History". Yes, I am a nerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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