Thread: What are you reading?

Nice, Bagel! Good choice.

so, finally finished the far seer trilogy and damn am I glad there is a follow up trilogy! The ending was a little surprising at how the main character ends up and Im glad he's not going to live out the rest of his days in such a fashion. The books themselves where very immersive page turners and some nights I set out to just read a chapter or two and would have to force myself to sleep 4 later!

time to start the tawny man trilogy on my plane to taiwan sunday night lol.

Currently, I'm reading the Federalist papers by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. A must read for any person wanting to study politics.

Mantrapping, by Ragnar Benson, in PDF format. Everything you need to know about trapping, killing, maiming, bruising, decapitating, and damaging unsuspecting fools in any natural setting. Truly a fascinating read.

Dostoyevskiy's Karamazov Brothers, because of L O S T
Also looking for Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor in my native language, but it's improbable to get.

Just finished reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, and First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher.

Neverwhere played with the theme of "I just want to go home" that real-world protagonists are often plagued by, which I enjoyed. And I'm pretty sure there was a reference to Sandman!verse Lucifer near the end, which I excitedly explained to the bemused person sitting next to me.

I don't think I enjoy epic battle scenes, between gigantic armies, in fantasy worlds. The scale is... big. But Jim Butcher's always great at playing within the rules he sets for his magical worlds. There are all kinds of loopholes that his characters constantly exploit, and it's a lot of fun.

I'm torn as to whether I should start Anasi Boys (Gaiman) or The Golden City (John Twelve Hawks) next. I think I need a break from Gaiman's writing.

I just picked up this whole reading a book thing again for the first time in years thanks to a power outage and my GF's insistence I read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

I'm planning to go through the entire series according to the timeline. Which means I'm halfway through Ender's Shadow right now. I'm quite enjoying myself. I had forgotten how fun reading an actual book--as opposed to a screen--could be.

I've been reading so much on the computer that I've been neglecting my reading list (e-books aside). I've started leaving my laptop at home and going to a coffee shop to read in the evenings.

By the way, The Golden City is the preachiest thing I've read since Atlas Shrugged. I agree with the premise, and I still think it's preachy as hell. When characters start speech-making for pages at a time, you're losing readers. And the first book was so promising...

Moving on to Anasi Boys now.

I finished Mantrapping and Breath of the Dragon: Homemade Flamethrowers, both by Ragnar Benson, and moved on to Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers, Dive Into Python 3, and Programming in Python 3, plus the U.S. Marines' close-combat fighting guide.

Starting Shadow of the Hegemon tomorrow, and will likely have it finished by Saturday, thanks to a trip to the beach. I'm fairly excited.

re-reading clockwork orange and ender's shadow (again)
am i losing this much qq

Started the John Carter of Mars series in June. I'd forgotten how much I love those books, as I hadn't read them in about 10 years. Finished book 11 yesterday and am sad as those books fit really well in my purse when I went to work.

Started the Harry Potter series again. With work and everything, I'd say I'll probably finish all 7 in about three weeks. We'll see.

Kite Runner, although I'm very reluctant to read it... It's for my school's summer reading assignment.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Kite Runner, although I'm very reluctant to read it... It's for my school's summer reading assignment.

Don't be.

It's an excellent read, IMO.

I just started really getting into reading again after a few years of absence, and loving it! Don't know why I ever stopped. Anyway I just finished Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and really loved it. Next I'm either going to read On the Road by Kerouac, or return to Richard K Morgan's Takeshi Kovac series with Broken Angels. The first book Altered Carbon is hands down my favorite sci-fi novel, though I haven't read too much in that genre.

Just started reading it, liking it so far.

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

I'm currently reading Lord of the Flies since I never did back in Middleschool.

We read it last year in english class. Very good novel.

A very intriguing book called Dormia. Fresh, and for the most part uncliched.

I just finished "Under the Dome" by Stephen King, It was awsome
about to start the book "Blasphmey" it is apparently about someone finding a "God pattern" in Pi (3.14159....) sounds good.

The Art Of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda. Very good so far.

I've just finished Mockingjay. I cried.

I'm currently reading - "Beyond the Shadows", "The Magicians Guild" and "My Worst Best Friend".

Beyond the Shadows is awesome. I'm still getting into the Magicians Guild and My Worst Best Friend seems to be all talking about everyday things which is kind of annoying but it's still funny at times.

Christopher Moore's Lamb, a novel. The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal.

Andre Gide's The Immoralist.

Happy-go-lucky turn-of-the-century paedophilia. Maybe. There's hints so far.

Sort of reading a few right now. I checked the Sword of Shannarra trilogy (along with a few other Terry Brooks books) out of the library to re-read, but I'd forgotten how blasted slow they are, so I'm stalling. Also reading A Hat Full of Sky, by Terry Pratchett, Emergency: This Book Could Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss, both in PDF, and a couple of other random ebooks on web design, mostly by Sitepoint or Smashing Magazine.

Just finished Loch, by Steve Alten. A quite good read with an interesting take on the Loch Ness enigma.