Icemario Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Kinda surprised there isn't a thread like this. Finished Thereby Hangs a Tail last night, it was pretty good albeit shorter than I expected. The predecessor I missed is apparently in the library now on reserve so that's good timing, gonna poach that later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAssassinMercenary Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm reading The Silmarillion. It's sort of like a prequel to the Lord of the Rings, focusing on the Elven lore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erdall Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Uhm, Just William I guess. I'll read next Lord of the Rings. The whole trilogy, yes, by myself. I'm quite fond with both classical and modern books. Completely in equality, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I last read Feed, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I didn't really choose to read it though; I had to read it because I had to complete my Summer Reading for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dengres Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I read Look Who's Back recently.It was well OK I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm currently reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaofRenais Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I read a lot right now I have been rereading books because I have not been to the book store in awhile. The last one I read was Dragon Flight in the Dragon Riders of Pern series and I am currently rereading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. What can I say? My taste in books is very wide I love fantasy, SiFi, mysteries and some of the classics. One winter I read the entire Hornblower series just to say I could and it was actually really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yari Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm reading The Book of Summers by Emylia Hall. It's a good book I'm enjoying it very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 Over the past week I finished Dog on It and The Dog Who Knew Too Much, both were very engaging although I'm finding myself preferring the former overall due to the more interesting plot structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 (edited) I'm reading The Silmarillion. It's sort of like a prequel to the Lord of the Rings, focusing on the Elven lore. this not really a prequel though; much more a separate work on the silmarils and elves and junk Edited September 11, 2015 by Gaia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Currently reading Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock. I recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamma Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Sun Tzu's Art of War. Maybe i'll read Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 To Fetch a Thief, it was a good read but probably my least favourite of the four C&B books I've gotten my hands on. tfw doesn't know what to read now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylveonzoroark Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan. Urrgh. Too many spoilers for me to really say anything about it... Edited September 19, 2015 by sylveonzoroark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSbardock84 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Don't read as much as I used to, but currently I'm reading "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. Its for English class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 neighbors by jan gross twas good if not very depressing by virtue of its subject matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMikey Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 The Divine Comedy was pretty great, though the edition I had was really helpful because it was footnoted to hell and back explaining a lot of the cultural context around the story and some of the more antiquated grammar. I imagine it would have been a lot harder to enjoy without all of that. Stephen Crane is a favorite writer of mine and I'm reading a collection of his "short works" now, although it includes all three of his novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBM Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan. Urrgh. Too many spoilers for me to really say anything about it... I was a little disappointed by this book tbh. I'm mainly into fantasy. Just started Republic of Thieves, which is the third book in the Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch. First book was awesome and the second book was mostly great except for the last 50 pages or so, which tried to wrap up too many loose ends too quickly IMO. Third book... we'll see. It marks the appearance of a character who was spoken about a lot in the first two books, which I'm excited for, but I've also heard that each book is a little worse than the one before, so we'll see? Looking forward to Jim Butcher's new steampunk series; the first book is coming out in around a week. Heard some mixed things about it from the early readers but generally I love his books, so I think it'll still be up my alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosabers Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I'm currently reading Lies my Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen. I borrowed it from my history teacher, and apparently this is his 4th copy since someone keeps stealing his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wesker Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Legend by Marie Lu. Good book besides the fact I have no bloody clue what LA looks like. I kinda like the one being a military officer and the other a criminal. Though one part of the book reminds me of Fullmetal Alchemist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Last book I finished reading? Armada by Ernest Kline (hey, I actually kinda enjoyed Ready Player One) and it's got its roots in Ender's Game. Before that? Hear The Wind Sing/Pinball 1973 by Haruki Murakami which recently were translated to English. Excellent. I'm currently working on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lews Therin Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Last one I read was Peter Carey: Collected Stories, it was an excellent read and I enjoyed every second. If you like absurdity in you short stories or you haven't tried I recommend this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icemario Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 Kiss the Girls by James Patterson, legit one of my favourite books now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Falchion Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Sabriel by Garth Nix and Sigmund Ringeck's Knightly Art of the Longsword as translated by David Lindholm and Peter Svard. The former was rather enjoyable and the second was a great learning experience that will be reread multiple times. Edited October 10, 2015 by Ambling Falchion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 I last read Feed, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I didn't really choose to read it though; I had to read it because I had to complete my Summer Reading for school.Was this Feed sort of a love story which takes place in a future where people have ads wired into their brains or something? I think I read part of it and then lost it. I should get it and read the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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