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Title: what book are you reading
Post by: icy wolf on May 19, 2011, 12:07:43 AM: just like the title says, what is the book you are reading ?
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Post by: Gelidus on May 19, 2011, 12:15:40 AM: I just finished reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. Great book :D
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Post by: icy wolf on May 19, 2011, 12:18:49 AM: iam almost done wolfsangle going to read a book called furry! the worlds best anthropic fiction
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Post by: Righteousbro on May 19, 2011, 01:09:29 AM: I've been having
A) A lot of books given to me
and
B) No time to read them.

So I'm currently trying to
Re-read the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flammel and read the most recent book that I still never read
Read Looking for Alaska
Read Incarceron
Read Henry VIII
Read The Cannon
Read A Brief History of Time
Read The Forest People
Read Death Note
Read Japanese Grammar
Read my Japanese Dictionary
Read my French dictionary
Read Esperanza Renace
Read Bloodsucker
And a bunch of other books my teachers gave me ,_,
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Post by: ✡ on May 19, 2011, 01:12:43 AM: I'm currently working on the Space Odyssey series
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Post by: icy wolf on May 19, 2011, 04:52:11 AM: very nearly done wolf sangel i would give it 5 out of 5 so good
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Post by: Puncia on May 19, 2011, 05:17:33 PM: I just finished His Dark Materials. Oh, wonderful books, wonderful. I'd say even better than The Hobbit. I'll be moving on to Lyra's Oxford soon. After that, hmm. Maybe LotR, I haven't actually READ that yet. Or maybe something else.

Or just continue the Discworld series.
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Post by: Gelidus on May 19, 2011, 05:20:49 PM: I got about half way through the first book in the LotR series before I just couldn't read anymore. The hobbit was really good in my opinion, but for some reason I just couldn't read LotR. He spends like every other page describing some landscape and I'm just like o.O ok move on with the story please...
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Post by: Puncia on May 19, 2011, 05:37:12 PM: The act of reading in large quantities is rather hard for me. That's why I listen to audiobooks instead. I count it as reading because you get the exact same story, only by ear and not eye. I recommend it!!
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Post by: icy wolf on May 19, 2011, 07:13:16 PM: Quote from: The Great Puncia on May 19, 2011, 05:17:33 PM
I just finished His Dark Materials. Oh, wonderful books, wonderful. I'd say even better than The Hobbit. I'll be moving on to Lyra's Oxford soon. After that, hmm. Maybe LotR, I haven't actually READ that yet. Or maybe something else.

Or just continue the Discworld series.

those books where so good, layers oxiferd is so good as well but its very short
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Post by: Daemon on May 19, 2011, 08:40:09 PM: the wheel of time, pain in the butt to read.
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Post by: ✡ on May 19, 2011, 11:10:14 PM: Quote from: Gelidus on May 19, 2011, 05:20:49 PM
I got about half way through the first book in the LotR series before I just couldn't read anymore. The hobbit was really good in my opinion, but for some reason I just couldn't read LotR. He spends like every other page describing some landscape and I'm just like o.O ok move on with the story please...
agreed so much, but i ended up making it through the whole series

Quote from: Brendyn on May 19, 2011, 08:40:09 PM
the wheel of time, pain in the butt to read.
I got to book 7 and then got bored :(
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Post by: Daemon on May 19, 2011, 11:11:54 PM: Quote from: KangaDrake on May 19, 2011, 11:10:14 PM
I got to book 7 and then got bored :(

I plan on reading the whol series. im on book 4, my dad has been stuck on book 8 the past year and a half.
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Post by: ✡ on May 19, 2011, 11:12:16 PM: it's definitely a hard series to read

Post Merge: May 20, 2011, 03:07:42 AM
i've tried to read the divine comedy..it's tough
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Post by: icy wolf on May 20, 2011, 02:49:20 AM: the devine comedy by Dante is good book but its hard to read
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Post by: Righteousbro on May 26, 2011, 08:40:29 PM: I'm working on reading the Forest People now.. My teacher wants it back next week and I hardly have time to read the books that I have.
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Post by: icy wolf on May 26, 2011, 10:57:05 PM: Reading Furry! the worlds best anthropomorphic fiction

iam on the first story its so good iam propbale going to read this book a few times
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Post by: CormacCoyotecraft on May 30, 2011, 03:00:37 AM: "Child of God" by Cormac McCarthy. It's a very, very strange book, but a good one. I'm going to move on to Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange."
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Post by: ✡ on May 30, 2011, 05:50:43 AM: "Nemesis" by Isaac Asimov
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Post by: Bampot on February 14, 2012, 03:04:16 AM: I'm reading several books, very slowly, right now.

The Hobbit, which I'll follow up with LotR.
The Cather in the Rye.
Felidae.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Watership Down.
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Post by: Timmy Fox on February 14, 2012, 11:35:18 AM: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini :3
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Post by: Luggz on February 14, 2012, 07:10:21 PM: I've just started reading 'The Forgotten Highlander' by Alistair Urquahart. Based on his own experiance fighting in the war and being held a POW by the Japanese.
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Post by: kivabunny on February 15, 2012, 04:10:27 PM: im starting the third book in the wolfwalker trilogy
i finished inheritance the day after it came out(i didnt sleep) it was amazing!
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Post by: Daemon on February 16, 2012, 02:15:25 AM: -The Lich's Desire (or something like that) by R.A. Salvatore
-Lord of Chaos (book six of Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan

-Beyonders: A World Without Heroes (for school)
Title: The First Book of Lapism
Post by: soutthpaw on February 25, 2012, 01:30:14 AM: I recently read "The First Book of Lapism" by Phil Geuez. Really enjoyed it, in part because I am an Athiest and the story is about the founding of a humanistic bunny religion.. people get genenigeered int anthro bunnies to make them more human... I read the 4 parts of the story in the order the author has laid them out in the book, however I think it would read just as well if not better if it was read in the chronological order that the author offers as a suggestion in the prologue. i really don't think it gives too much away and wif ould actually enhance other parts of the story if read that way.

It has some good philosophical ideas that get you thinking too.
http://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Lapism-ebook/dp/B002HRF7SO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330132994&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Lapism-ebook/dp/B002HRF7SO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330132994&sr=8-2)
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Post by: Luke White-Heart on February 25, 2012, 01:46:33 AM: Darth Plaegius by James Luceno. STAR WARS! XD
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Post by: MrRazot on March 05, 2012, 09:16:37 PM: Book 4 of lotr. A bit of a dull start after the big happenings at orthanok but I'm sure it will pass :P
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Post by: Kyratzes Talvadore on March 07, 2012, 06:12:36 PM: Rereading the Robots Saga by Isaac Asimov, on the first book right now, The Positronic Man.
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Post by: ✡ on March 07, 2012, 06:54:35 PM: Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
Rereading the Robots Saga by Isaac Asimov, on the first book right now, The Positronic Man.
if you really want some vintage Asimov, go for his other Robot series, like Caves of Steel :3
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Post by: Kyratzes Talvadore on March 07, 2012, 06:58:21 PM: Quote from: KangaDrake on March 07, 2012, 06:54:35 PM
Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
Rereading the Robots Saga by Isaac Asimov, on the first book right now, The Positronic Man.
if you really want some vintage Asimov, go for his other Robot series, like Caves of Steel :3
Planning on rereading them all, got a bookcase full of his work in my bedroom. :D
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Post by: ✡ on March 07, 2012, 07:07:37 PM: Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:58:21 PM
Quote from: KangaDrake on March 07, 2012, 06:54:35 PM
Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
Rereading the Robots Saga by Isaac Asimov, on the first book right now, The Positronic Man.
if you really want some vintage Asimov, go for his other Robot series, like Caves of Steel :3
Planning on rereading them all, got a bookcase full of his work in my bedroom. :D
a man after my own heart XD I'm an avid Asimov fan.
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Post by: Kyratzes Talvadore on March 07, 2012, 07:14:12 PM: Quote from: KangaDrake on March 07, 2012, 07:07:37 PM
Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:58:21 PM
Quote from: KangaDrake on March 07, 2012, 06:54:35 PM
Quote from: Kyratzes on March 07, 2012, 06:12:36 PM
Rereading the Robots Saga by Isaac Asimov, on the first book right now, The Positronic Man.
if you really want some vintage Asimov, go for his other Robot series, like Caves of Steel :3
Planning on rereading them all, got a bookcase full of his work in my bedroom. :D
a man after my own heart XD I'm an avid Asimov fan.
Loved his work since I read the foundation saga when I was 12, been hunting all the books I can since then. Asimov was the author that got me into Sci-Fi in the first place.
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Post by: pawz9 on March 09, 2012, 01:59:32 AM: Quote from: icy wolf on May 20, 2011, 02:49:20 AM
the devine comedy by Dante is good book but its hard to read
yea i know i just finished it and know im working on the cirque du freak series and farhenite 451 a book about burning books B)
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Post by: Valdyr on March 24, 2012, 08:31:46 PM: A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx
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Post by: Spirit Hamaski on March 24, 2012, 08:36:37 PM: I cant recalled this because I am BOOK WORMS as collect each Books to read and keep to make my own Library at home
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Post by: kivabunny on March 29, 2012, 01:21:54 PM: just finished reading "kitty and the midnight hour" it was awesome. i highly reccomend it.
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Post by: Astor Corbin on March 30, 2012, 08:04:02 AM: I'm currently reading 'Thud!' by Terry Pratchett. It's fantastic, but I'd rather be reading something new...
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Post by: Sigcutio on March 30, 2012, 05:36:53 PM: Finally finished Rakkety Tam by Brian Jacques and finished the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I suppose I should finish the series, but my brother kind of spoiled everything for me :/
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Post by: pawz9 on August 17, 2012, 02:27:21 AM: I cant post the title due to how vulgar it is but its by tucker max so if you know who he is you know what im talking about
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Post by: Christine & Lyisa on August 28, 2012, 01:01:53 AM: Right now I'm reading a Michael, the second book in the Airel series, by Aaron Patterson and Chris White. I doubt anyone on here has ever heard of it. It's not exactly the most popular book ever.
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Post by: Luggz on September 04, 2012, 06:58:25 PM: I just found out Joseph Heller wrote a sequel to Catch 22 called Closing Time. So I am about to read that.
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Post by: Sigcutio on September 05, 2012, 12:35:15 AM: I loved Catch-22, but I didn't know if the sequel was any good or not XD

I myself am reading "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin. It's a biology/geology book for my geology class about the discovery of Tiktaalik and it's effect on evolutionary theory. Pretty interesting ^_^
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Post by: MrRazot on September 26, 2012, 08:57:34 PM: I'm reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins in which he explains the improbability of there being a God and how the world would be a better place without religion, making use of evidence, referring to real world events and quoting various people in both the scientific and theological worlds.
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Post by: pawz9 on October 07, 2012, 01:14:48 AM: Point man by chief petty officer james watson one of the first navy seals i LOVE war diaries
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Post by: kivabunny on October 07, 2012, 03:58:11 AM: encyclopedia Britannica , most recent set, three quarters done i think
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Post by: Timmy Fox on October 07, 2012, 01:31:26 PM: None at the moment, gotta find one
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Post by: kivabunny on October 12, 2012, 05:30:59 PM: dragonlance, time of the twins
Title: Re: The First Book of Lapism
Post by: Valerian Rabbit on February 14, 2013, 04:13:20 AM: Quote from: soutthpaw on February 25, 2012, 01:30:14 AM
I recently read "The First Book of Lapism" by Phil Geuez. Really enjoyed it, in part because I am an Athiest and the story is about the founding of a humanistic bunny religion.. people get genenigeered int anthro bunnies to make them more human... I read the 4 parts of the story in the order the author has laid them out in the book, however I think it would read just as well if not better if it was read in the chronological order that the author offers as a suggestion in the prologue. i really don't think it gives too much away and wif ould actually enhance other parts of the story if read that way.

It has some good philosophical ideas that get you thinking too.
http://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Lapism-ebook/dp/B002HRF7SO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330132994&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.com/First-Book-Lapism-ebook/dp/B002HRF7SO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330132994&sr=8-2)

I wish there was a thread dedicated to just this book. I'd like to talk to others about what they think of Lapism...
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Post by: ✡ on February 14, 2013, 07:33:47 PM: Stephen King's The Stand
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Post by: MrRazot on February 15, 2013, 07:59:29 AM: Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
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Post by: Tofi on February 18, 2013, 12:01:55 AM: the gargoyle for the third time,I just love it:)
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Post by: FeralWings on March 01, 2013, 05:13:44 AM: Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033, for the 7th time. I can't even scratch the surface on a description of how much this book is an amazing story. The game was based on it, and sadly fails on a few parts, but story-wise even the game is one of my most appreciated games ever. Both the game and original book's story are just so unique and amazing.
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Post by: Toxic Konpeito on March 01, 2013, 08:50:09 PM: *Cracks knuckles* Here goes...I'm currently reading...

Dreams of Joy
Dracula
Mockingjay
Arabian Nights
Bluestar's Prophecy
Dark Tower: The Waste Lands
A Girl Named Disaster
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Post by: CormacCoyotecraft on April 03, 2013, 12:21:56 AM: Paradise Lost by John Milton
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Post by: FeralWings on April 03, 2013, 12:24:07 AM: Temeraire - Empire of Ivory

It's the 4th book in the series, and I've read the previous three in a week, all of them having more than 350 pages. Damn, such a great read.
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Post by: Drakos on May 14, 2013, 01:14:04 AM: I'm reading the first book of the Rain Wildes Series by Robin Hobb (Which is called "Dragon Keeper").

So far I'm loving it :O
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Post by: WereCat on June 12, 2013, 07:25:43 PM: Currently reading; "The Wolf Gift", by Anne Rice.

So far... it's just not very good. I don't know if I'm going to bother finishing it. I've finished worse books, before (I somehow managed to read "Twilight" all the way through to the end), but something about this is just isn't appealing to me.
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Post by: Friday on June 13, 2013, 02:07:30 AM: Quote from: FeralWings on March 01, 2013, 05:13:44 AM
Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033, for the 7th time. I can't even scratch the surface on a description of how much this book is an amazing story. The game was based on it, and sadly fails on a few parts, but story-wise even the game is one of my most appreciated games ever. Both the game and original book's story are just so unique and amazing.

Oh, cool! I played the game, and I enjoyed it so much I was thinking about getting the book. I've read the first few pages, but I can't quite tell if it will be my kind of book. Does it pick up much? Right now it's a lot of world-explanation, which is frankly kind of boring. I'm waiting on the plot to start.

As for what I'm reading, I'm reading Waterways by Kyell Gold for the second time. I don't read it too often because I usually read in public, and the book makes me cry. Sometimes because it's so touching and other times because it's so sad. I really love the book, though.
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Post by: Maine on June 17, 2013, 11:09:35 AM: Just started reading Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
I haven't gotten through much of the story yet, but can I just say the prose is just exquisite :D
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Post by: Brooklyn K. Grey on June 22, 2013, 02:36:46 AM: Dragons of Spring Dawning was such a good book. That entire little set was a fairly entertaining read.

I currently just finished rereading Invisible Monsters: Remix by Chuck Palahniuk.
It's not exactly something many people would read in high school, but a great eyeopener and will keep you turning the pages.

Working on This Side of Paradise by the wonderful F. Scott Fitzgerald (had me hooked since Gatsby and The Beautiful and Damned) and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Not exactly easy reads, but if you want to build your vocabulary...look no further than the second.
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Post by: pawz9 on July 18, 2013, 06:01:07 PM: I just finished the lost symbol by dan brown im looking to read his new one once I can get my hands on it
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Post by: MrRazot on July 18, 2013, 08:43:55 PM: A Game of Thrones :P
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Post by: ✡ on July 18, 2013, 08:50:47 PM: Quote from: MrRazot on July 18, 2013, 08:43:55 PM
A Game of Thrones :P
brace yourself, feels are coming
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Post by: Maine on July 31, 2013, 11:15:11 AM: Just sat down and read Greylands by Isobelle Carmody in one sitting. Quite a timeless piece. Funnily enough this book was somewhat of a mirror for me at this time :\
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Post by: Mr. EpicDragons on July 31, 2013, 05:18:20 PM: Percy Jackson And The Olympions. I love the book LOATHE THE MOVIE WITH A DEEP DEEP HATE! A HATE DEEPER THEN TARTARUS!
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Post by: Brooklyn K. Grey on August 01, 2013, 04:38:40 AM: Clockwork Princess-Cassandra Clare
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Post by: pawz9 on August 15, 2013, 02:49:36 AM: the case book of Sherlock Holmes by sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Post by: Drakos on October 12, 2013, 02:28:47 AM: I started reading "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" by Thomas de Quincey. Interesting book so far...o.O
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Post by: Oedipus Rex on October 12, 2013, 02:47:38 AM: The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy.
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Post by: WereCat on March 26, 2014, 05:33:32 PM: Currently reading: "Dune", by Frank Herbert. (pretty close to finishing it, in fact)

I've never gotten around to reading it before - it's pretty good. :)
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Post by: Alexei on March 26, 2014, 05:54:26 PM: I started reading 1984.

I haven't picked it up in a while but it's an excellent book, I just haven't been in the mood to read at all recently, way to much required readings at uni
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Post by: Drakos on March 26, 2014, 08:39:02 PM: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

So far so good :3
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Post by: Silverwind Blade on April 06, 2014, 01:02:23 PM: I just finished reading 'Embedded' by Dan Abnett, as I'd been meaning to pick it up and see what his non-Black Library writing was like, and my local library had a copy. It was good; the firefights and the setting I really enjoyed, but the plot and characters were a little thin. Not to say I wouldn't mind more of the same though.

I'm just moving onto 'Ready Player One', as the library had that too.

My girlfriend bought us both Kindles as well... they should be arriving on Monday. I expect to be finding a lot more to read shortly o.0
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Post by: Colioli4 on April 06, 2014, 01:32:22 PM: Dan Abnett! That I should find his name here on the Forums! :D

Love his books, most of all his Warhammer 40K series 'Gaunt's Ghosts' (really enjoyed the action-packed novels with the huge numbers of amazing characters).

Right now, I'm reading the first books of Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld'-series. Weirdest and funniest books ever (except maybe from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', but that is a class apart ^_^ ).
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Post by: Silverwind Blade on May 02, 2014, 06:52:18 PM: I recently got a Kindle Fire, so I've been reading a lot of eBooks on that. It's pretty convenient, and there's a lot of free or cheap ones too. I've been catching up on military thrillers, and especially alternate history ones. The latest one I'm reading is 'Falklands 2: This time it's different', which is ok, if riddled with spelling mistakes and bad punctuation.
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on May 07, 2014, 04:15:11 AM: I am reading The Frontiersmen by Allan W. Eckert... every time I tell someone I am reading this book they always seem so shocked
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Post by: Brooklyn K. Grey on June 06, 2014, 11:58:38 PM: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad;

Such a throwback to Honors English in high school...
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Post by: saph the sergal on June 07, 2014, 12:28:06 AM: just about to finish inheritance by christopher paolini then idk department 19 or the gone series
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Post by: ELKIN on June 08, 2014, 09:10:06 AM: I'm uhh kind of reading my own ^^ Heh!
One more chapter to go and I can publish it.
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on July 03, 2014, 01:31:48 AM: The Murder of King Tut by James Paterson
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Post by: Caesium Iodide on July 03, 2014, 01:48:08 AM: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. It's so gooood.
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Post by: Brooklyn K. Grey on July 10, 2014, 02:39:59 AM: Not really a book-book, but "The Murders in Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allen Poe

Auguste Dupin is one of my favorite characters.
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Post by: NautilusWolf on July 12, 2014, 12:43:07 AM: ^ Edgar Allen Poe RULES. Just saying...
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Post by: aperson1 on July 12, 2014, 03:30:57 AM: since I might as well post here, earth afire by O. S. Card.
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Post by: Brooklyn K. Grey on July 12, 2014, 03:50:44 AM: Poe is the man.

And now, The Silent History by Eli Horowitz.
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Post by: Lacrymosa on July 28, 2014, 11:55:54 AM: Quote from: Gelidus on May 19, 2011, 05:20:49 PM
I got about half way through the first book in the LotR series before I just couldn't read anymore. The hobbit was really good in my opinion, but for some reason I just couldn't read LotR. He spends like every other page describing some landscape and I'm just like o.O ok move on with the story please...

I honestly think that's the best part about the series. The detailed character and scenery development are the best part about Tolkien.
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Post by: L. Jay Echoes on December 04, 2018, 07:19:34 PM: This being December, I am reading through Everyman's Pocket Classics' Anthology of Christmas Stories. These are a collection of authors throughout the ages ranging from Charles Dickens to Alice Munro. I'm on Nikolai Gogol's Night Before Christmas, which is about this blacksmith trying to win over the town Aphrodites against the opposition of her father and the devil, who put out the moon. Also, his mother is a man-juggling witch with the hots for the local farmer.

I also am reading The Fellowship with intent to pay attention this time. A lot of it reads more like a field guide than an actual novel. I need to get on Ngyao Marsh's Christmas themed novel. There's a book of murder mysteries set at Christmas called "Murder for Christmas" that has some authors that I need to check out.
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Post by: MegaMutt on September 11, 2024, 02:34:44 PM: Currently.. I am reading a book called "Catland; Feline Enchantment and The Making of the Modern World", by Kathryn Hughes. It's an exploration on the life of Louis Wain, and the social history of cats in England. It's not quite a biography; but it does cover the life and times of Wain, and how that might have influenced his artwork of cats. If you're not familiar, you ought to become; absolutely fantastic artworks! You can see many of them here, alongside a short biography way better than I could sum up here; https://catland.distin.org/ (https://catland.distin.org/)

(https://catland.distin.org/_images/594274dc5283a1a6c2d9bc21afaec0cb/1%20-%201subject%20album_cover%20caption%20cat%20color%3Awhite%20meta%3Aneedsyear%20portrait%20signature%20smiling.jpg)

I'm also reading a less enticing book; "Electric Dreams; On Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism" by Heather Parry, and I feel I'm about to facepaw so hard that I high-five the wall. I was frankly disappointed to find how little the author knew about robots as a whole - I was excited to read something focused on the same discussions we've been having for decades, and the author makes some very salient points, but it's frankly just that the concept of the robot is used as a vessel for a line of points which do not quite add up to a whole.

... That, and I'm reading a novelisation of Red Dwarf XP
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Post by: Wuff-Wuff on September 23, 2024, 01:51:41 PM: Oooh I love Louis Wain's art! Might think about looking into that book :3

I'm currently ready Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad ^^; I'm a tiny bit of a fan! But good on you ZaraRa for bringing up reading! Currently sounds like I have it with me, right now and at all times! In fact.... I've slowed down ready a lot lately D: I think I'm a bit overwhelming myself by joining a bunch of furry community sites xD

SOO MANY FURS!

I guess I've read a lot due to that :3 but there's something about a well written story, with the words placed just right, that cannot be beat.
Title: Re: what book are you reading
Post by: MegaMutt on September 23, 2024, 06:59:53 PM: Quote from: Wuff-Wuff on September 23, 2024, 01:51:41 PM
I'm currently ready Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad ^^; I'm a tiny bit of a fan! But good on you ZaraRa for bringing up reading! Currently sounds like I have it with me, right now and at all times!
My partner had read that one - they had thoroughly enjoyed it! I ought to check it out myself; they had done the audiobook version as they do a lot of walking in the mornings - I'm more of a diehard paperback fan XD

Quote from: Wuff-Wuff on September 23, 2024, 01:51:41 PM
Oooh I love Louis Wain's art! Might think about looking into that book :3
I highly recommend it! It digs deep into the 'how' and 'why', without erring into the disrespectful - I can often find myself getting bogged down by a lot of Wain biographies - how he must have been 'insane' and how he 'slipped into insanity', and it's just an absolute bore -- and a load of disrespect on his name! I was very much delighted to find that insofar, there's been none of that in this one.

And.. I've started reading another thing on the side... Ho hum; I've started re-reading the Dark Horse Astro Boy manga again~ I couldn't help myself! I'm on Volume 5 right now.
Title: Re: what book are you reading
Post by: anoni on February 24, 2025, 10:17:23 AM: Believe it or not, the Bible
Title: Re: what book are you reading
Post by: MegaMutt on March 10, 2025, 01:26:17 PM: Right now... It's Umeyo Hirano's translation of 日本語 (Nihongo, or "The Japanese Language') by Haruhiko Kindaichi - A thoroughly fascinating read about the history and context of the language - from sentance construction to regional dialects, all the way to status and hierarchal intonation. It's also a little, er... Old, and outdated, in some regards - so I would recommend having a vague understanding of sociopolitical tensions in Japan in the late Meiji period - you have to imagine, this book was penned at a time of unruliness and a lack of faith in the future of the language due to a multitude of consecutive events building an ever-growing worry; 1957 is right on the tail end of Japan's brief occupation by American forces after the end of World War II (And, to add on, Japan's occupation of Korea, in which they had struggled to introduce the language in any meaningful way - this is where you can imagine the "Old-fashioned" ideas which I would like you to understand the wider societal context of, lest it fly over your head - this was, in no uncertain terms, not something which one would like to agree upon as a 'boon')

I would reccomend it to scholars of the Japanese language who have passed their N5, and are on their way to an N4 or perhaps N3 this year; it explains the 'long-form' context as to why sentences are built like this, where dialects and hierarchal vocabulary comes from, so on, so forth... But yes, I would recommend you look into some concepts.
A good beginning start understanding the underlying thoughts and feelings of a nation is perhaps to start on this English Language article about the Bankara anti-fashion movement, about pushing against a growing Western influence with a worrying edge of quite-too-deep-rooted nationalistic tendencies; "Bankara: Meiji Japan’s Anti-Fashion Movement (https://unseen-japan.com/bankara-meiji-japans-anti-fashion-movement/)", a short article published by Noah Oskow on Unseen Japan.

...

Also, I am now on Volume 14 of Dark Horse publication of Astro Boy.
:D