Author Topic: What are you reading? (Read 205141 times)

lollipopgirl · « **Reply #280 on:** August 24, 2008, 05:20:11 PM »

^ It's so worth the time you spend... it really got me back into reading again a few years ago when I read it.

About to start Breaking Dawn (the 4th in the series) but I'm all nervous coz all I've heard from other fans is that its pretty crap

tru_harmony · « **Reply #281 on:** August 24, 2008, 11:29:50 PM »

Jean Auel - Clan of the Cave Bear

Tuffty · « **Reply #282 on:** September 07, 2008, 08:20:58 PM »

Lords Of The Bow - Conn Iggulden

The second in the series of historical novels based on Genghis Khan. The first one was absolutely epic I couldn't put it down so this became a quick must buy.

sh15uya · « **Reply #283 on:** September 07, 2008, 08:57:00 PM »

finishing "The Good Women of China (Xinran)" and "The Hidden Face of Che (Jacobo Machover)"

tenkei · « **Reply #284 on:** September 09, 2008, 12:17:00 AM »

havent's actually started it yet, but up on deck is Natsuo Kirino's Grotesque

BKV · « **Reply #285 on:** October 12, 2008, 06:33:02 PM »

Title: Foundation and Empire
Author: Issac Asimov
The second book in the Foundation Series, and the fourth in the universe timeline. The collapsing Empire, goes against the Foundation. And are led by General Bel Riose.....sci-fi drama, yada, yada, yada....

korei · « **Reply #286 on:** October 12, 2008, 06:45:00 PM »

田口ランディ - コンセント
(Randy Taguchi - Concent)

Tuffty · « **Reply #287 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:39:56 AM »

Finished reading Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold. Very enjoyable, very much recommended. Currently reading McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury Of Thrilling Tales a collection of short stories from Glen David Gold, Stephen Kind, Neil Gaiman, Michael Crichton etc

Asmodai · « **Reply #288 on:** December 07, 2008, 03:16:10 AM »

I remember reading the Federation books years ago, BKV. It's an awesome series.

sousora · « **Reply #289 on:** December 07, 2008, 04:18:17 AM »

Starting to get a little bored with it though. Which might suck, as there's about 13 volumes in this series so far...

Saburo · « **Reply #290 on:** December 07, 2008, 04:56:19 AM »

Finished two collections by Chuck Klosterman:

Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman IV

I've learned a lot.

SomethingWild · « **Reply #291 on:** December 23, 2008, 07:17:30 PM »

Just finished F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

Tuffty · « **Reply #292 on:** February 15, 2009, 03:59:13 PM »

Finished the third and final historical novel of Genghis Khan, Bones Of The Hills. Thoroughly recommended, there would be no problem in turning this series into a blockbuster movie(s) and it's something I would like to see. His life story was just incredible, and how he and his family were rejected by their own tribe but then rose to become a leader of hundreds of thousands and then the conqueror of many cities.

Now reading The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski.

lollipopgirl · « **Reply #293 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:57:46 PM »

90 Day Geisha: My time as a Tokyo hostess by Chelsea Haywood
So far its incredibly enjoyable... I really like the way its written and certainly is very informative in parts... Looking forward to reading more of it

Oh, except some of the Japanese words are spelt wrong, which is incredibly annoying at times

Asmodai · « **Reply #294 on:** February 25, 2009, 05:02:56 AM »

The Vampire Genevieve by Jack Yeovil

Fantasy-horror. Fun, and decently written.

tru_harmony · « **Reply #295 on:** February 25, 2009, 07:54:54 AM »

The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki

so far, it's a good read. nice imagery and narration... but seems pretty long... I'mma go read it full force once thesis is completely over...

ripchak · « **Reply #296 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:50:16 AM »

world war z was pretty okay.

Saburo · « **Reply #297 on:** February 25, 2009, 09:00:18 AM »

Baseball Prospectus 2009

Ping · « **Reply #298 on:** February 25, 2009, 11:17:01 PM »

Quote from: BarrieV on December 23, 2008, 07:17:30 PM

Just finished F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

That's a great book.

I'm reading Arcade Mania: The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers, by Brian Ashcraft with Jean Snow
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/4770030789

Tuffty · « **Reply #299 on:** March 28, 2009, 04:10:44 PM »

Now reading The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. It was a gift for my birthday which I didn't get round to reading because I was reading The Lost Throne at the time, and initially I was skeptical when on the front cover it boasts it reads just like a JK Rowling novel. But cast that criticism aside because so far it's absolutely brilliant. It's that old Light vs Dark, Black vs White struggle again but alignments are never quite so clear cut with each character more morally grey.

Also reading Requiem by Robyn Young, the last in a trilogy of fictional novels about the Holy Crusades.