IMO there is little to no similarities between the two, other then being 20th century classics. The idea that if you liked Catcher you will like Animal Farm doesn't make sense.

Both novels bring you deep into the character's emotions and their way of thinking, which is primarily why I liked The Catcher in the Rye.

Uh.. Wait, what?

It's been a few years since I've read Animal Farm, but this business of "bring[ing] you deep into the character's emotions and their way of thinking" in Animal Farm is foreign to me.

But even if so, better comparisons can be drawn with that criteria. For instance, out of personal opinion i'd say The Poisonwood Bible [and I could name a few more but I'm in a hurry to get out of here].

I never meant to imply the Animal Farm was the only, and best book to read after The Catcher in the Rye. I merely meant that I enjoyed both Animal Farm and The Catcher in the Rye because if the in-depth characters. I really would appreciate it if people would stop jumping on me eveytime I make a book recommendation.

It's been a few years since I've read Animal Farm, but this business of "bring[ing] you deep into the character's emotions and their way of thinking" in Animal Farm is foreign to me.

I used to think you were smart, Asuka, with just a large touch of attitude. Now I think your just lame.


REALLY NOW. You do not go around saying the primary reason you enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye was because of how in-depth it got with the main character and then recommend a next read based on the same reason. AND THEN go back around and say your recommendation for the next read, Animal Farm, isn't the greatest for such a purpose.

Why recommend something if your going to be so half-assed about it? At least with the book I always recommend read with Catcher, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I am 100% sure if you like one , you will like the other.

I'm soo done with you.

Er.. Why did RD quote me and start yelling at Asuka instead.. I dunno..



I never meant to imply the Animal Farm was the only, and best book to read after The Catcher in the Rye.

I never meant to imply as if you implied whatever it was that you thought I implied you implied. Yeah. Whatever you thought I said, I didn't say.
oÔ ..What?


I really would appreciate it if people would stop jumping on me eveytime I make a book recommendation.

It's not as if you make it easy for yourself.
At least you take it well, I'll give you that much. :)




oh gawd, I need to partake of the sleep .__.

omigosh

Pity.



As soon as midterms are over, Giving - Bill Clinton. (P.S. The Assault on Reason - Al Gore was fantastic)

Er.. Why did RD quote me and start yelling at Asuka instead.. I dunno..

Wow for a while I couldn't remember why I did that myself.

I got it... It was to solidify the fact that another person was also confused on the recommendation of Animal Farm after reading Catcher because such a relationship of "deep emotions" is actually non-existent.

Drama in a book thread.

»irony«

Note for all: Subjection is highly probable when discussing compositions of (non)-fictional sources. Retention of large/profuse arguments over what is and is not is both anserine-like and rather dilatory.

unless you're talking about alice in wonderland, which then I could argue for several eons about how entrancingly complex the story is.

I used to think you were smart, Asuka, with just a large touch of attitude. Now I think your just lame.


REALLY NOW. You do not go around saying the primary reason you enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye was because of how in-depth it got with the main character and then recommend a next read based on the same reason. AND THEN go back around and say your recommendation for the next read, Animal Farm, isn't the greatest for such a purpose.


I never said that Animal farm isn't the greatest choice for such a purpose, methodx did. (Again, pretending you read something then posting upon it.)


Er.. Why did RD quote me and start yelling at Asuka instead.. I dunno..




I never meant to imply as if you implied whatever it was that you thought I implied you implied. Yeah. Whatever you thought I said, I didn't say.
oÔ ..What?



It's not as if you make it easy for yourself.
At least you take it well, I'll give you that much. :)




oh gawd, I need to partake of the sleep .__.

omigosh

:)


Wow for a while I couldn't remember why I did that myself.

I got it... It was to solidify the fact that another person was also confused on the recommendation of Animal Farm after reading Catcher because such a relationship of "deep emotions" is actually non-existent.

Have you read Animal Farm? I don't know how it can get more emotional than that, just the way he writes it and all the power he puts into it. T

hough I can alraedy tell this is going to go nowhere, for it will just turn into a "It isn't emotional." "yes it is." "No it isn't" "Yes it is."
(Much along the lines of what M said)

Yeah yeah I guess its time for a more professional debate??

"Have you read Animal Farm? I don't know how it can get more emotional than that, just the way he writes it and all the power he puts into it."

I have. trice.
I don't think its as deep-n-personal as The Catcher in the Rye because it doesn't dive into the who-what-where-when-why factor [as deep]; motives for actions are not as gutted out. This animal doesn't like how the rest are revolting, but doesn't take proper time to explain why. That animal lingers on humanly possessions, but doesn't take proper time to explain why.

The lack of explanations that are deep made me feel like the characters were not as "textural", dynamic is a better word I guess. The fact that Catcher didn't leave too much to the imagination made the characters seem many times more realistic. The fact that characters were essentially flawed, contradicting things they complained about [e.g. Holden doesn't like people repeating themselves, yet when he complains he most usually repeats at least twice], made them seem even more dynamic, a quality that made Catcher most dear to me.

Professional Debate? F-

Warning: Any more pointless subjective arguments (as demonstrated professionally by previous poster) will earn you a temporary ban.

F-. Kekeke.

Anywho... I returned Grendel this morning and took out an anthology of Saki and The Tale of Genji(yet again).

Whee~ Booksie, booksie, bookses. :)

Now I'm sorry I brought up the topic... If I'd known that it'd cause a schizm I would've kept my comments to myself. Sorry peoples...
Anyways, Grendel, eh? I've not read that. Does it have anything to do with the epic of Beowulf? I kinda liked Beowulf, but I'd rather read it in prose than poem form.

F-. Kekeke.

Anywho... I returned Grendel this morning and took out an anthology of Saki and The Tale of Genji(yet again).

Whee~ Booksie, booksie, bookses. :)

Ahh Genji <3

made no sense.

I'm reading various math books and lecture notes. Not all reading has to be a novel, etc etc.

Genji didn't make sense? I thought the story was completely parseable.

Not that the story was too outlandish, but it was written in a way that I couldn't get a good grasp on.

Whats weird is I totally get The Color Purple, which is written like some Uncle Tom person.

Now I'm sorry I brought up the topic... If I'd known that it'd cause a schizm I would've kept my comments to myself. Sorry peoples...
Anyways, Grendel, eh? I've not read that. Does it have anything to do with the epic of Beowulf? I kinda liked Beowulf, but I'd rather read it in prose than poem form.

Of course it hs something to do with Beowulf. Although he only appears in the last ten pages or so, and they never mention his name. I kinda like reading in poetic form. IDK why. Probably because then you can sing it. And I'm a singing freak. :]

BTW, Grendel is in prose, so you might like it a bit better.


Ahh Genji <3

made no sense.

D: It makes perfect sense!

The Apocalypse and The Shape of Things to Come Ed. by Frances Carey

An interesting look at how man has viewed the End of the World and the Afterlife from Medieval times through today in various media from paintings and sculpture to movies.

My history text book sadly...

^Aww...

Idylls of the King! Yay! [/sarcasm]

I'm reasing 'Midnight for Charlie Bone' by Jenny Nimmo at the moment XD Yes, I know it's a kids book - but I've not managed to find it at the libararies at home, and it's the first in a series that I've read most of the rest of XD

Oh, and did everyone else know that Robert Jordan died? :( He always said he was going to be writing until they nailed his coffin shut.

Oh, and did everyone else know that Robert Jordan died? :( He always said he was going to be writing until they nailed his coffin shut.

I think Para mentioned it a few pages back.
And he wasn't finished writing his last book. :(

I finished "Fell" by David Clement-Davies the other day. The sequel to "The Sight", it was actually quite good. I wouldn't say it's as good as the original, but it's most certainly worth the read. There are new characters, as well as old, and all of them are believable. Though this book actually focusses more on Alina, the girl, it tied up some loose links and showed how the events in "The Sight" have affected Fell after several years.

Read "The Sight"? Read this! If you haven't read "The Sight", there will be too many gaps in the story. I re-read "The Sight" before reading this and, if anyone can't remember details in the plot, re-read it first too.

Im reading Two Books

#1. The Secret life of Germs. by Philip M. Tierno
Its Very interesting, And really encourages people to wash their hands.
As gross as it might sound, Its Very interesting!

#2. Dealing with Anger. By Thubten Chodron. Writen by a Female Buddhist monk. It doesnt get much into the Buddhist belief.
It teaches patience and how to avoid misconcieving reality, and a few others.
I think it would help anyone who read it, Angry or not. 'Cause we all get angry some times.

And dont mistake me for a Angry person. My Parents wanted me to read it.

Attacking Macbeth again.

The Annals of the World by The Rev. Archbishop James Ussher

This notorious book purports to tell the history of the Western World (although it confines itself to Biblical and Classical personnages, events and locales) from the Creation in 4004 B.C. to just after the destruction of Herod's Temple in 73 A.D. (None of that un-Christian C.E or B.C.E here, folks!) This is what so-called "Young Earth" Fundamentalists/Evangelicals usually cite when disputing scientific evidence that the Universe is many billions of years old. Interesting as a historical curiosity, but lousy as actual history.

i found a really nice book about an autistic boy. it's really easy to read and more a book for children, but it's impressive and somehow heartwarming. i didn't know the boy in the story had autism when i read the book and the way he saw the world and the problems he had with getting contact with other people (especially his father) really touched me. very interesting!
the book is called "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time".

Well, I just finished reading Hamlet and it is a great play mind you. I think I like it a little more than Macbeth which is also another good play.

Reason why I think this:
In the story of Macbeth, he goes through that cycle of going through the Valiant stage, then the regretful stage, through the calloused stage and then ending up at the evil stage. But it Hamlet, Hamlet's character remains throughout and doesn't really change. That may sound dull, but to me I liked it because Hamlet was pretty funny here and there, he never had a dull moment. He thought things through really well and was careful before knowing that he should kill Claudius. Macbeth was also careful, but all he did was kill one person after another to hide his past mistakes. The way Hamlet found Claudius to be guilty of killing Hamlet's father was through a play. So Hamlet wins that round for carefullness. But Macbeth was also interesting at some points, he killed Duncan, but then sent assassins to kill Banquo and Macduff's family in which he sorta watched in his easy chair. But he does later try to kill Macduff personally, why? Because everyone else had turned on Macbeth, his wife commited suicide so he was all alone. And Macbeth was tricked by those three sisters(Witches) into thinking he was invincible, but the truth was, he wasn't. Because he was killed by Macduff who not technically being of woman born. But the ending of Hamlet was also interesting, basically everyone except for Horatio dies. The Queen Gertrude accidentally drinks the poisoned drink that was originally ment for Hamlet which was made by the King Claudius. Laertes wounds Hamlet with the poisoned tip of his sword, and then they switch and Hamlet intern wounds Laertes with the poisoned tip of the sword. Then Hamlet stabs the king, king dies. Laertes soon dies also. But Hamlet drinks from the poisoned drink insueing his death, he was going to die anyway from the wound but he drank also because why not drink a poisoned drink when you have already been poisoned. Anyways, I think both are equally good. (Wow, that was alot.)

Even though I haven't managed to finish (or come anywhere close to finishing) the Divine Comedy, the Saki collection, or The Tale of Genji, I'm now reading Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner as well.

It's a bit of a departure from my usual reading list, but the twelve or so pages that I've had the time to get to have been highly entertaining.

In my English class we're reading Othello. So far it's not bad, but I'm not really into the romance thing. I read Macbeth last year, and I enjoyed the plot overall. When the events take place in the midst of war, that's what I enjoy in a plot. I've not read Hamlet, but I have seen the episode of The Simpsons in which Marge retells that story. I thought the way Groening presented it was quite funny.

Finding Laura Buggs- Stanley Gordon West

Great book. I strongly recommend it if you've read Until They Bring The Streetcars Back. :)

i read Secret Life of Bees... I loved it

Im reading The Book Thief for class

We are reading both The Crucible and Cyrano De Bergerac in English class. I love plays so me in heaven. :drool:
Has anyone read The Know-It-All? I've heard AJ Jacobs is a good writer, and I was wondering if it was worth reading.

You get all the informations about books in the site amazon.com.

Amazon does have a few previews available, but I kind of prefer google books for it's non-copyrighted full views >_>
Cyrano was good, but it seems like it could never happen.

I, in a very, very odd occurance for me, am not currently reading ANYTHING!!! I need to go to the library. However, I think until I manage to get there, I will read Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult - I've got a couple of books sitting around for emergencies such as these where I'm badly in need of a visit to a library ;)

Let's see:

In English, we finished reading The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver), and I honestly didn't like it, like 98% of the other students that read it. :\ There's a lack of a plot. Chapters are very long. ("The Miracle of Dog Doo Park" chapter is about 60 pages long, if I remember correctly). All that is strong in this book are a bunch of "symbolic elements". So, I don't recommend reading this for entertainment purposes. :heh:

For my own reading time, I am reading Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood). In contrast, the chapters are 3-10 pages long. It may take a bit of understanding to get it (apparently, it's a book that is required of seniors to read; I'm just a sophomore), but you can't get bored of it. :lol:

@Clarinetist: Hm, I've never read anything else by Barbara Kingsolver, but her novel, The Poisonwood Bible, is a definite must-read. It's worth your time to check it out. Several times.

Currently reading: Race Against Time, by Stephen Lewis

Though I have already read them, I really suggest reading Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. Those are the BEST books I have ever read. They are the only books that I can read more than once and not set down for more than a day or two. Twilight is narrated through the eyes of Bella Swan who has just moved from the hot city of Pheonix to Forks, the town with one of the, if not the highest percipitation rate in all of the U.S. There, she finds herself falling for the towns most popular guys in her class, Edward Cullen, who just so happens to be a vampire. Don't worry, I didn't ruin anything about the book because on the back it says:

“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn’t know how potent that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

So, yea. You should really read it. It's amazing.

@xXxtwilightxXx - i agree with you Twilight is one of the best books i've read too but i haven't read New Moon and Eclipse yet....maybe i should start on them sometime.
Anyways, currently i'm trying to finish the Otori Tales which is a whole series of about 5 books, by Lian Hearn.

I think I might read the Twilight series, though I hear rumors that it's a chick novel. Eh, I don't really care - a good book is a good book.

And speaking of good books, I read one earlier today - The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. Some of the actual names used in the book are not the most creative I've ever seen (i.e. weir is a term describing all magical races, but is probably shortened from Warrior Heir), but the storyline itself is very complex and intriguing. I didn't know who was good and who was bad for the first three quarters of the book, but the plot kept me reading. Check it out - it's worth it.

@Clarinetist: Hm, I've never read anything else by Barbara Kingsolver, but her novel, The Poisonwood Bible, is a definite must-read. It's worth your time to check it out. Several times.

Yeah, I've heard of that. :lol: I'll consider checking it out for the next Independent Reading essay...

Since my last post in this thread, our class has finished The Bean Trees and Lord of the Flies (William Golding), and we are starting Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson). Lord of the Flies would be liked by those who are interested in psychology (specifically, study of the human mind), and by those who like adventure books. It is basically a plot based on psychological studies and humans' desires.

Ehh, I would have liked LOTF if we hadn't had to pick it apart for every scrap of symbolism that may or may not be present for eight weeks. -_-

Ehh, I would have liked LOTF if we hadn't had to pick it apart for every scrap of symbolism that may or may not be present for eight weeks. -_-

Had to do that here too. -_- We had to write down at least 4 quotes per chapter, draw 4 images from the descriptive text (regardless of quality), and write an analysis on every chapter. -_-

Wooh. Did it help at all? <_<

Wooh. Did it help at all? <_<

The teacher's tests are open-note, so she'll ask us for "Oh, draw an image, write down a quote that relates to it, and why you chose that image and quote." <_< Plus she gives the students notebook checks once every 3 months.

*starts reading Speak*

Twilight, it's about vampires. :]

It actually surprised me because it wasn't just your typical vampire book... :]

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. It was deep.

Ehh, I would have liked LOTF if we hadn't had to pick it apart for every scrap of symbolism that may or may not be present for eight weeks. -_-

That's pretty much the definition of AP English ;). I hate it with every fiber of my being. Every bit of literature is picked apart and examined for symbolism. To paraphrase the movie "Amazing Grace," If my teacher continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel for symbolism, she is liable to get splinters under her fingernails. Right now I'm reading an interesting bit of literature called Aristotle and an Aardvark go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak through Philosophy and Jokes, which is the sequel to Plato and a Platypus walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes. And no, I'm not looking for symbolism :lol:.

>_O I would hope not... lol

Anyone here a Terry Brooks fan? His Shannara books are sublime!

I just finished Howl's moving castle, and Castle in the air. Now im working on a book called A boy's own story.

I'm currently reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea <3

I recently finished the last two available Pendragon and Warriors books that came out.
The Pendragon books are about a kid who travles through time and space to save worlds.
The Warriors books are about cats.

Hey!
I read Warriors!
[read as in ... i AM reading warriors]
[[and my little sister is reading pendragon]]
I just finished Dark River ... it was pretty good.
I'm reading The Bartimaeus Trilogy right now, though.
Book one!
It's really quite excellent.

finished reading the book thief actually i read it twice. I liked it. It was different than most books I have read, I recommend it.

Pendragon and Bartimaeus ftw

I think I'm going reread Bartimaeus I love it so much!

Mozart's Sister (forgot author's name)...

Not that bad, actually, if you know of W.A. Mozart's life... but then again, this is fiction...

I'm actually reading about Mozart's life as told through letters. So non-fiction.

Plus, I'm re-reading Sherlock Holmes. All the 4 novels and short stories.

Bartimaeus and Pendragon are both pretty good!

I'm reading Undead and Unpopular at the moment - it's the 4th book in a humour/romance/supernatural series of chicklit, which is always a good way to while away a few hours!

Pendragon and Bartimaeus ftw
Hahah, Bartimaeus was such a kid's book! XD
I still read it and enjoyed it very much though. :)

The fantasy genre seems also too popular. XD

I read NEXT by Micheal Crichton. Some passage and total arguementative. A really good book to read for essays on genetic engineering. It might not be accessible to hate-biology people.

Micheal Crichton? Is that the same aurthor that did Timeline. I'm reading pretty much Tom Clancy books.

I'm reading UnLunDun by China Mievielle (who is a guy...) at the moment. It's teenage fantasy fiction and is pretty interesting though I'm not very far in yet, so I'm not entirely sure where it's going.

Oh, and I'm reading my Aries A+ Hardware textbook very slowly again as well, in order to get ready for my Uni course starting. Need to actually put some time aside to study it and get computers back into my head as something other than a means to connect to the internet XD

Giving, by Bill Clinton

I just finished reading "Hound of the Baskervilles" from the Sherlock Homes series...it's soo good!!! I hardly can believe that i'm so interested and absorbed by this novel because i'm usually reading a lot of romance or historical novels lol. My friend, who's a big mystery/detective/horror novel lover, suggested this Sherlock Homes book to me :)
But some of my personal favorites are:
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Memoirs of a Geisha
Peace Like a River
Romeo and Juliet lol
Macbeth
Amy Tan novels
Chinese Cinderella

Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Starting on the Arthurian legends again. Namely Le Morte D`Arthur and The Mists of Avalon.

Hey!
I'm reading The Bartimaeus Trilogy right now, though.
Book one!
It's really quite excellent.

What is the Bartimaeus Trilogy about? =o

Quicksliver by Neal Sephenson
not really had time to get into it properly though

What is the Bartimaeus Trilogy about? =o

A boy magician named Nathaniel who summons the djinni Bartimaeus to seek revenge on the man that humiliated him, Simon Lovelace.

I just bought two Stephen King novels; I think they are Salem's Lot and The Shining, but I can't remember off the top of my head. They are the first in my attempt to read all of his books. It's not really my style, but I've been craving something scary.

Right now I am reading the book Supernaturalists, by Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series(if anyone didn't know).

But the best books of all time have to be the His Dark Materials series, by Philip Pullman. They are ABSOLUTELY perfect!!!:lol:

Quicksliver by Neal Sephenson
not really had time to get into it properly though

That book is next on my list, did you read Snowcrash by him? Now that was an amazing book.

Currently I'm working on The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. So what, I'm a sellout.

Well I'm a bit of a scatterbrain, so I'm reading a few books all at once.

The Satanic Verses; Salman Rushdie
Paradise Lost; Milton (I love this book/epic poem on par with Sir Orfeo and Lovesong of Alfred J Prufrock).
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel; Susan Clarke (or maybe Susanna? Can't remember her name)

I was reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. But I always have trouble reading Gaiman's work - it was terrible trying to plow through American Gods even though I really liked the plot.

I have Tolstoy's War & Peace waiting in the wings - but I often can only bring myself to stare at it with facinated horror before putting it back on the bookshelf ^_^ I'm not ready for Tolstoy yet - the Death of Ivan Inovich (see! I can't spell Russian names to save my life and I can't remember how it's spelt) made my brain ache.

I read The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming by Bjorn Lampack a while ago. It was interesting.

And I also get the sneaking suspicion that I've already posted this...

Eh. Oh well.

Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig

One of the two books that the Joseph Fiennes/Jude Law movie is based on. (The other being the semi-fictional War of the Rats by David L. Robbins.) This book takes an overall approach to the battle, rather than just telling the story of the two snipers.

The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Very invigorating and almost poetical. Helps get me in the mindset for the yearly rush to sign up for tutorials (because lets face it; that is war).

I'm currently reading a new book that came out. The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery. So far, it's a pretty interesting book.

The book is about a little French girl that moved to Japan with her Uncle after her mother dies from sickness. Soon after, she loses her uncle in a fire in Japan and she becomes an orphan overnight. She finds a place to stay for the night and in the next morning, she finds out she was at a teahouse and a girl find her and introduces her to the family. Finding herself learning the new language, culture and the traditional tea ceremony, she and her new found friend grow up together through Japan's rapid transformation into the western world.

I'm glad to see so many reading.

"The Giver" is an excellent book, lightly science-fiction, and it won the Newberry Medal in 1994.

"The Transall Saga" is another goo sci-fi.

"A Walk to Remember" was an outstanding novel, especially if you've seen the movie.

For fantasy, I suggest anything to do with the Legend of Drizzt. Legacy of the Drow, etc. These books are by R.A. Salvatore, and are excellent.

I must agree with the Teahouse Fire. From the little bit I was able to scrounge up, it seems to be written well, with exception to blatantly obvious themes.

Someone suggest books for me. I like books with good themes...so this almost rules out fantasy/sci-fi...(almost).

... could you explain just why those are ruled out? Are you trying to say that fantasy and sci-fi don't have themes? If you are, you couldn't be any more wrong. All books need to have a theme, otherwise there wouldn't be a purpose to the story.

... could you explain just why those are ruled out? Are you trying to say that fantasy and sci-fi don't have themes? If you are, you couldn't be any more wrong. All books need to have a theme, otherwise there wouldn't be a purpose to the story.

I am a big fantasy fan, but lately I've been moving away from it. Lots of these books have themes, just very weak ones. Their action packs a bigger punch than do the themes. Take for instance, The Legacy of the Drow. Sure, it has a theme, mostly embodied in the character Drizzt, a non-evil drow. The theme is good, but not nearly as strong nor appealing as the action-packed, entertaining plot.

A good example of fantasy with a very strong theme (and thus, a good seller) would be Chronicles of Narnia, which I love.

Strong themes aren't always what makes a bestseller though, as indicated by Harry Potter. It had a good theme, but not outrageously strong...at least I didnt' think so.

Plus, I'm getting bored of all of these fantasy books. But, suggest some good ones anyway. And if there are any middle-aged adults who are going to suggest some non-fantasy, leave stuff like Huck Finn out. I've already read all about him :D

Someone suggest books for me. I like books with good themes...so this almost rules out fantasy/sci-fi...(almost).

What I don't get is you are on an obvious anime and manga sight and you are making fun of it, or saying it isn't good, so really why would you be on here???

What I don't get is you are on an obvious anime and manga sight and you are making fun of it, or saying it isn't good, so really why would you be on here???

Umm...what?

I don't make fun of things, if I do, then I'm not being real serious :D Maybe you read another post of mine, where I stated that I didn't like anime/manga.

And will someone please suggest a good book for my book-deprived eyes?

Well then; I'll list a few of the books I've found good that kinda fit what you're looking for (if I'm reading into you enough)...

There' always the 2007 winner A Thousand Splended Suns (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594489505/ref=amb_link_5833022_3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=168DKK2WS1PS4S4TGV7M&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=329056901&pf_rd_i=383166011),
Shadow of The Moon (http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Moon-M-Kaye/dp/0553137522/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202181479&sr=1-1),
The Things They Carried (http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Carried-Tim-OBrien/dp/0767902890/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202181558&sr=1-2),
Christine Falls (http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Falls-Novel-Benjamin-Black/dp/0312426321/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202181712&sr=1-4),
Catcher in the Rye (http://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769177/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202181903&sr=1-12),
and a bit on the mature side,
Lolita (http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Lolita-Revised-Updated/dp/0679727299/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202182022&sr=8-2),
Genji (http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Genji-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/014243714X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202182048&sr=8-3), and
Ulysses (http://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-James-Joyce/dp/0679722769/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202182072&sr=8-2) with Annotation (http://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-Annotated-Don-Gifford/dp/0520067452/ref=pd_sim_b_title_1);
the Masterpiece (http://www.amazon.com/Masterpiece-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0192839632/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202182307&sr=1-1), and how about a bit of
Narcissus and Goldmund (http://www.amazon.com/Narcissus-Goldmund-Novel-Hermann-Hesse/dp/0312421672/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202182601&sr=1-6)?

Right now I am reading Things Fall Apart.

Hmmm...I've heard of Ulysses, and I have read Catcher in the Rye...that was a great book. Also happens to be the book that guy had with him when he shot John Lennon.

Ok, I'm checking those books out now

Right now I am reading Things Fall Apart.

We read that last year in school. I didn't really like it at all. The best part was that someone brought in a kola nut and I got to try it. Tasted exactly like grass which I think is odd.

I'm reading:

Thief of Lives (Barb and J.C Hendee): A rather odd blend of High Fantasy and Vampire fiction, which actually reminds me of the world of Harmonic Dissonance a bit

Sensitive New Age Spy (Geoff McGeachin): A spoofy Australian Spy novel which has a good plot as well as being funny - though oddly, considering it's entertaining, it's not particularly well written - it sounds rather amateuer. However, I got it because it sounded amusing - I don't really like spy novels, so I couldn't care less if the spy stuff doesn't quite ring right ;)

Aries A+ Software textbook: I need to get my mind back into the computer world before my degree starts XD Hence the re-reading of my textbooks from year 12!

Someone suggest books for me. I like books with good themes...so this almost rules out fantasy/sci-fi...(almost).

I read pretty much nothing but fantasy, but here some titles I really enjoyed.

The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain (AMAZING book!)

Gypsy Rizka by Alexander Lloyd. (Another exellent book)

Mara, Daughter of the Nile (I dunno the auther's name, sorry)

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

I really like the Warriors series(Erin Hunter), and the Pendragon series(D.J. Machale), but those are both fantasy.

A Single Shard by Linda sue Park

Archer's quest byt Linda Sue Park (Actually, all her books are really good)

Hope you enjoy some of those =3

Just finished "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" by Farley Mowatt and "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale. Now reading "The Chrysalids".

Genji no Monogatari - Murasaki Shibiku =_= He was such a manwhore. And his descendents...are even worse.

My thoughts: Leave that poor girl the hell alone! She ran away and became a nun for christ's sake! Leave her in peace!! *huffs*

Battle Royale, Ultimate Edition

Just finished reading "Walk in my shoes" by Alwyn Evans
It's a sad tale about an Afghani refugee,
A very well written book...

Currently reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms Vol. I



Romance of the Three Kingdoms (traditional Chinese: 三國演義; simplified Chinese: 三国演义; pinyin: sānguó yǎnyì), written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, starting in 168 and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.


I'm only to about page 100 and I have to say that it is not for those with a short attention span. Small words, no pictures. The book is an excellent read, a lot of attention to detail (and for those of you who are in the RP you know how I feel about details.) And I feel it does a good job of trying to get the internal dialog for each person down.

Also, if you've ever played any Dynasty Warriors game you will recognize the plot. And this book gives Lu Bu a whole new level of bad ass when you read about him.

In my AP class we are reading The Tennis Partner...so far it's pretty good.

We also just finished reading Fast Food Nation. That was very interesting.

Currently reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms Vol. I

That story is totally kick ass.

Currently Reading:
- Introduction to Accounting
- Firebringer by David Clement (Davies) Brilliant book. :D
- Kamikaze Girls - Novala Takemoto (I think)

What'd be really cool is if they made that Introduction to Accounting an Action/Adventure. Bill knew that the fate of the whole world rest in his ability to input 100 entries into Excel, and then get to Starbucks to pick up the coffee for the afternoon meeting all in a matter of 30 seconds.

That would be highly unorthodox lol.

I loved the book "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer.

Currently I'm reading: (The title of this book may be a huge spoiler if you are reading Erin Hunter's "Warriors" saga and you have not finished the first series [the books with Rusty/Firepaw's point of view in them])
Firestar's Quest

French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano

So far it's okay, but it's a diet book. lulz

Lol! I've read the Japanese version; Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat XD

Lol! I've read the Japanese version; Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat XD

Yknow... Its kinda true. I've never ever seen an obese asian woman (or man, aside from sumos). :think: I've seen some really really old ones though, so that's an outright lie. :heh:

Obligatory on topic statement: I'm reading Calvin and Hobbes. Yay tigers!

Currently reading: A stack of manga I borrowed off a friend and some J.D. Robb.

Curently reading: All the research that I printed off for two ginornous research projects.

Trying to speed-read it, because I have an outline that I've yet to start that was due on Monday, and an annotated works consulted and a first draft due on Friday.

EDIT: Crap. Now they're technically due tomorrow. Because it's 12:12 AM.

EDIT #2: I finished the outline. Now I've got a super freaking long works consulted to annotate. And somehow I don't think I'm going to finish it tonight.

Just Finished Reading Manga:
-Hot Gimmick
-Kaikan Phrase
-Hana Yori Dango (love!)

My school is making us read a play called 'Inheritance'
and another novel called Shark Net by Robert Drewe
ever heard of those books anyone?
also, last year my school made me read Romeo and Juliet!
*shudders*
that was the worst moment of my life....
*shudders again*

You don't like Romeo and Juliet? O_O

Right now I am reading, for fun Eragon by Christopher Paolini and for school The Giver by Lois Lowry

I love The Giver :D I read that the other week because I remembered reading it in primary school and liking it a lot XD

I'm re-reading Temple of the Winds, by Terry Goodkind - book 3 in the Sword of Truth series, which is a rather awesome High Fantasy series.

Right now I am reading, for fun Eragon by Christopher Paolini and for school The Giver by Lois Lowry

Christopher Paolini gives me courage. Apparently he wrote Eragon when he was 19 ^_^ *star is an aspiring novelist...who has no faith in her prose*

Reading: Poison Study & Magic Study by Maria Snyder

Reading Romance of the three kingdoms Vol. II

I love The Giver :D I read that the other week because I remembered reading it in primary school and liking it a lot XD


Heh. I bought it for the same reason.

Yeah the Giver was good alright, but I didn't like the sequels as much. In school we just started To Kill a Mockingbird even though I've read it like 5 times already!

READING: City of Bones. Because I love Cassie Claire. She's my idol...she got famous for writing fanfic. Brilliant.

I read that months ago :D In London. Except it's such a brick I had to donate it to a hostel. If I'd kept all the books i'd bought (yay secondhand shops and charity shops) and not ditched them along the way.... I'd, err, have even more books than I already do, and probably a very bad back from carrying them all XD

I've just read The Dreaming by Queenie Chan - it's a Manga set in the Australian bush and it's rather creepy ^_^ Now, if only volume 3 would come out!

READING: City of Bones. Because I love Cassie Claire. She's my idol...she got famous for writing fanfic. Brilliant.

OOooooo, I read that book! It was practically my bible! I loved it! But... *twitch* I disliked something about it... (tell us when you finish it, I must discuss it with you!! D:)

Just finished "Red Lily" by Nora Roberts. About to get started on some JD Robb.

*looks at my book collection* I own that, you know :P Hmmm, one of you must have Blue Dahlia, cos that's not there XD

I thought I returned Blue Dahila, coz I don't have it...O SHI- don't tell me I returned it to the library by mistake O_O I'll buy you another if I did!

OOooooo, I read that book! It was practically my bible! I loved it! But... *twitch* I disliked something about it... (tell us when you finish it, I must discuss it with you!! D

@VV: I finished it awhile ago >_< I really like it! Can't wait for the sequel! XD

I thought I returned Blue Dahila, coz I don't have it...O SHI- don't tell me I returned it to the library by mistake O_O I'll buy you another if I did!

Found it! My mother had it squirrelled away XD

Currently reading: My Uni timetable. Which isn't a book, but looks like it's gonna take more time to sift through than one XD

You don't like Romeo and Juliet? O_O

nope
i almost died during my english class
they made us watch the movie as well

Say " no" to J.D Robb. :D

SAY YES EVERYONE TO PHILIP PULLMAN!!!:heh:

Got you covered, bud.

His books are absolutely amazing, but some other great authors are: Christopher Paolini, Lemony Snicket, AVI, and Stone(tehe:D)

If someone wants to know who Stone is, just ask:P

Currently reading: Freakonomics
Very interesting

How could you meim D: lol. I love J.D. Robb! In fact, I'm currently reading "Born in Death" by her XD

Currently reading: The Innocent Mage: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker: Book 1

By: Karen Miller

From the back of the book:

Being a fisherman like his father isn't a bad life, but it's not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars...and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations.

Little does Asher know, however, that his arrival in the city is being closely watched by members of the Circle, people dedicated to preserving an ancient magic.

Asher might have come to the city to make his fortune, but he will find his destiny.

Just finished reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

The author dosnt seem hesitant to show the darkness of the heart thats innate within every one of us including himself. The brutality of basic human instinct and the self-concern of men.

Now reading Secrect Sharer by the same author, Conrad.

Currently reading the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

I like the concept, but the first book was drawn out too much. The series of events need more impact; there is only so much I can take of passive writing; especially when it's supposed to be part of the fantasy genre. She has a lovely descriptive style, but the first thing they teach you in writing school is that description must never compromise the plot or action. However, her style is simple to read (there is nothing like the long winded backstory found in Tolkien) and overall, I found her characters, although somewhat two dimentional, to be charming :) 'Specially Cery. That little rat is awesome.

Currently reading: Making Money by Terry Pratchett - seems pretty damn decent so far, but then I expect nothing less of Discworld! Trying to figure out when he started using chapters though - I'm sure they didn't used to have them... of course, I could go and look, but my discworld books are somewhere on ONE of my bookshelves, and I have a lot of books (just ask Star and Inu - i'm the local library for fantasy pretty much XD)

Reading Toy Soldiers by Stephen Thompson. I have never read a book with so much f*uck.

Current English Reading: Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy.

Been reading it for about 1 year :ninja:

Current English Reading: Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury

I find it awesome that half my English class didn't learn anything from this book :\

I find it awesome that half my English class didn't learn anything from this book :\

@_@... That's surprising.

(Also reading for English: Les Misérables.)

You're reading Les Mis for English class? Is it the unabrided version, all 1465 glorious pages? Great, great book, although I'm currently stuck somewhere in the middle of the Cosette volume.
Sorry, I digress. I'm currently reading The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Hooray for the French Revolution.

! XD The Scarlet Pimpernel, I had so much trouble reading it! >_< The name made me laugh myself silly everytime.

The last books I read were die geisha, die roten orchideen von Shanghai, Tokio, japanische perlen, die tote im badehaus- it is played in Japan or in Asia and about their war or just scray books.
yesterday evening I read my favourite manga ,,Dystopia"

Just finished reading:

The Awakened Mage: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Book 2 By: Karen Miller

We had to read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in my English class. I couldn't get into it. Now I'm reading Pandora by Anne Rice

The Grapes of Wrath.

And before that, Ethan Frome, which was, surprisingly, a good read.

I haven't read it, but my friend says Twilight by Stephene Meyers is good. She's going to let me borrow it when her mom's done reading it.

Yeah, Twilight was okay. Definitely not my favorite but it's a good way to kill boredom time. Right now I'm reading the Firebird fiction and fantasy anthology. I'm on the third short story titled Beauty. I'm not really impressed so far.

I haven't read it, but my friend says Twilight by Stephene Meyers is good. She's going to let me borrow it when her mom's done reading it.

That's a great book, in my opinion. Very fun.

I just finished reading Uglies and Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. They were good, easy to follow, and good stories.

I also read City Of Bones by Casandra Clare. That was very good too, though watch out for the twist in the road :D

I just finished Crispin and the Cross of Lead by AVI...and it was not what I expected:D
At the beginning it is superbly religious but...
once he meets Bear I got much more into it since Bear isn't a huge religious guy

And right now I am reading(actually haven't started it, but I while later tonight)The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and my Language Arts teacher said it was a very good murder mystery story, so I am kind of interested but then again I am not:lol:

I just finished Crispin and the Cross of Lead by AVI...and it was not what I expected:D
At the beginning it is superbly religious but...

Oh, Crispin! I remember really liking that book a lot, but I read it so long ago (only 4 years but whatever) who can really remember! :heh: That was during my AVI obsessing phase.

I haven't read it, but my friend says Twilight by Stephene Meyers is good. She's going to let me borrow it when her mom's done reading it.

Twilight is a good book... pretty awesome, my whole class is obsessed with it, One of my friend is really obsessed with the character Edward... kinda weird.

Just finished reading Grass for his Pillow and Brillance of the moon :D

:cry: Now I have to do an oral book report for english

:cry: Now I have to do an oral book report for english

Those are the worst! What is it on?

Those are the worst! What is it on?

YUP! hate when everyone is there all silent looking at you!
and then you get nervous and you miss important facts about your books!
and teacher gives you a bad mark! x_x

Well right now I am reading Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony, by Eoin Colfer. So far it is pretty good. And yes I have read the first 4 and I heard there is for sure going to be a 6th and there is going to be a movie as well.

I've heard about the movie XD I read the first three AF books years ago ~ But lost interest.

Oh! And Twilight XD My little sister is obsessed by it. @_@ I read it but I have to say it's kinda....shallow. Very appropriate for 13-17 year olds XD

Anyway, currently reading: Gotham Writer's Society; Writing Guide.

Do you think Twilight is an okay book for both genders???

It's predominately based in the romance genre with little action (about a chapter or so as a conclusion to the plot); with a leading heroine, so generally it has been targeted toward females.

That said, I don't see why you couldn't read it, especially if you want to branch into writing your own original novels later on. It's best to read a variety of stories in order to expand your own style.

Personally I feel that the book is really easy to read (what I call unconsious reading - you don't have to pay to much attention to understand where the story is going), and that even though there is a high fantasy element (or more correctly "urban fantasy"), it's soley romance, driven more by character interaction than plot.

These characters come across as two dimentional at times, and I thought it seemed obvious that the author had spent the majority of her time trying to churn the story out as quickly as possible, neglecting important developments in the character (I find it boring when they don't grow).

The only interesting character in the series was absent for the first novel XD although to my dissapointment he becomes just as cliched as the rest in the end *sigh*.

This might seem a bit like a harsh critique (I'm pretty sure my plan was to encourage you to read it in the beginning), but this is my opinion...XD And I'm probably not the type of reader the book was aimed at...besides if anyone asks just say your girlfriend is forcing you to read it ;) I know so many guys who say that lol.

I couldn't get past the first 20 pages of Twilight. But I think it just means I've well and truly grown out of that type of book.

Just finished "Peeps" by Scott Westerfield. Brilliant, a unique spin on vampires, and filled with parisitology (even though I don't like parasites, I loved the biology of it XD) and with a main character that's actually interesting and cool.

I found Peeps a bit gross. XD Especially when they mention the snail and people who like cats...because I like cats....=_=; Uglies and Pretties spoke to me more; the superficiality was fun.

It's predominately based in the romance genre with little action (about a chapter or so as a conclusion to the plot); with a leading heroine, so generally it has been targeted toward females.

That said, I don't see why you couldn't read it, especially if you want to branch into writing your own original novels later on. It's best to read a variety of stories in order to expand your own style.

Personally I feel that the book is really easy to read (what I call unconsious reading - you don't have to pay to much attention to understand where the story is going), and that even though there is a high fantasy element (or more correctly "urban fantasy"), it's soley romance, driven more by character interaction than plot.

These characters come across as two dimentional at times, and I thought it seemed obvious that the author had spent the majority of her time trying to churn the story out as quickly as possible, neglecting important developments in the character (I find it boring when they don't grow).

The only interesting character in the series was absent for the first novel XD although to my dissapointment he becomes just as cliched as the rest in the end *sigh*.

This might seem a bit like a harsh critique (I'm pretty sure my plan was to encourage you to read it in the beginning), but this is my opinion...XD And I'm probably not the type of reader the book was aimed at...besides if anyone asks just say your girlfriend is forcing you to read it ;) I know so many guys who say that lol.

Thanks so much:DI had heard about it and I decided that I wanted to read at some point in my lifetime, and yes you are very true about reading many different types of writing if I want to become an author. And really no one has ever said anything about the books I read so I don't think I'd have a problem, especially with His Dark Materials, but I don't think anyone knew the main character was a female:heh:

Pigs in Heaven- Barbara Kingsolver

I've decided to read this for now, since The Poisonwood Bible is taken. xp

I'm in the middle of East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I wasn't particularly fond of Grapes of Wrath, but since I've heard nothing but raving reviews for Eden, I decided to give it a go. I'm SOOO glad I did! It one of those great works that can be read for plot or analyzed from front to back. I think it's one of my favorites now--right next to Gatsby.

aaaahhh, clarinetist, I'm reading Poisonwood Bible next. Another supposedly amazing read...the excerpts that I've looked at are pretty good, though.

^ i read the first couple of pages from Grapes of Wrath...
somehow i just stopped reading it
anyways.... reading the changeover by Margaret Mahy ^_^

Well right now I am reading Magyk by Angie Sage, I haven't gotten that far, but I really hope it is a good book.

Haven't been on for so long.
It's good to be back!

Anyways,
Books I remember reading:
HP series - JK Rowling
Twilight series - Stephenie Meyer

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i have read twilight series. its a vampire love story.

Just finished East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It's really amazing, and the ending was great as well. While the book was pretty long, every page was worth it. <3

Just started reading Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. It's set in steampunk time, should be interesting.

It is one of the most awesome books ever, I LOVED it, but then again, I'm considered weird so yeah...:lol:

The most recent book I read was Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. I must say it was the first sentence that captured me. A rather dark and depressing story, but a very well written, developed one. I think anyone interested in literature would appreciate it. Anyone heard of it?

I have just finished Across the Wall and am currently reading Shade's Children both by Garth Nix, my favorite author at the moment. I love his books a lot but I think it is time for something new (especially because I've already read all his books!), but I'm afraid to try a new author. The fact that I have to buy all my books at really expensive book stores because I have no library close by doesn't help. So, any recommendations?

The Abhorsen Trilogy is my favorite series by Garth Nix, my 2nd favorite by him is The Keys to the Kingdom.

The Abhorsen Trilogy is my favorite series by Garth Nix, my 2nd favorite by him is The Keys to the Kingdom.

I can't decide which is my favorite. Since Keys to the Kingdom is not finished with I guess it's Abhorsen, but that will probably change once Superior Saturday is released FINALLY. Can't wait!

Eh, I'm starting The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

I can't decide which is my favorite. Since Keys to the Kingdom is not finished with I guess it's Abhorsen, but that will probably change once Superior Saturday is released FINALLY. Can't wait!

I can't wait for the 2 new Old Kingdom books he's coming out with.

Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen: About Chlorr of the Mask before she became a necromancer and then later, one of the Greater Dead.

and another which is Untitled so far.

I have just finished Across the Wall and am currently reading Shade's Children both by Garth Nix

I loved Shade's children!

At the time i was reading Shade's children, I read The Named(now a trilogy with the dark, the key, something like that) by Marianne Curley(i hope i spelled it right) and they are of similar styles to Shade's children. Great plot, but its still a something like teen's book, so I feel the characters are not developed enough. Still, The Named remains one of the very few books I bought. I recommend that.

I finished reading Eragon and Eldest. The two books deal with dragons and elves too. Now I'm reading The Kite runner I don't actually now the story.

One of the few dragon themed books i liked was Heart's blood by Jane Yolen, it's actually a trilogy, though i can't remember the titles of the other books now. I read them pretty long ago, but for some reason, the dragon named 'Heart's blood' left an impression on me.

Just read a book called 'A child called It' by Dave Pelzer
Really sad... the story is an autobiography talking about when he was a young boy and was abused by his own mother
The mum is such a bad bad person!!! :(

Just started reading Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. It's set in steampunk time, should be interesting.

I liked the series, alot of people don't...

Hope you enjoy it! ^_^

Just read a book called 'A child called It' by Dave Pelzer
Really sad... the story is an autobiography talking about when he was a young boy and was abused by his own mother
The mum is such a bad bad person!!! :(

There seems to be some controversy about its authenticity though I have read it too. I finished Mitch Albom's 'For one more day' not exactly a GREAT book but something you want to finish.

There seems to be some controversy about its authenticity though I have read it too.

Really? well i guess its kinda hard to believe, its soo cruel what the mother does... i mean who can do that
But i reckon most of the book is true, maybe he exaggerated some areas...
But yeah, its a good book... kinda made me feel uneasy when i was reading it :\
But i'll probably feel better if the book wasnt a true story, at least then i'll know that it didnt actually happened in real life

Anyways... starting 'Spilled Water' by Sally Grindley, as far as i've read its pretty cool! ^_^

@happy smiles, can't disagree with you that it is disturbing.

I finished Mercy by Jodi Picoult. I was quite disappointed about it, one of her 'miss' book. The sad thing is that I can never find her books at the libraries and I have to rent? the book.

Just finished Pandora by Anne Rice yet again.

Starting something called Belladonna now. Can't remember the author at the moment.

Has anybody here ever read the Magister Trilogy? I finished the first one, but can't find the second or third for the life of me.

Oh gosh, where should I start?
AP English books: The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Steveson; Frankenstein, Mary Shelley.
Then: Bulfinch's mythology (actually very amazing)
Hmm... Let's see...
Manga: Yami No Matsuei, Gravitation, and Chobits (again).
Just finished Magic in the Mirrorstone a collection of short stories.
And when is that new Stephanie Meyer book coming out!?
And the Anita Blake series plods on. There are still, uh, about five or six more, I think...
I'll be done for now.

devil may cry manga kinda like a book

Well, I actually haven't even touched Belladonna yet...

But I finished The Constant Princess and The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory.

Both very very good.

And now I'm slogging through the book RIT sent me. One of those sustainable development economic manifesto types. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben.

I have just finished Across the Wall and am currently reading Shade's Children both by Garth Nix, my favorite author at the moment. I love his books a lot but I think it is time for something new (especially because I've already read all his books!), but I'm afraid to try a new author. The fact that I have to buy all my books at really expensive book stores because I have no library close by doesn't help. So, any recommendations?

I really liked the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud, the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, and Brian Jacques wrights good books.

I really liked the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud, the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, and Brian Jacques wrights good books.

Thanks for the recommendations, but I've already read all those books too! I agree they were good. ^_^ Right now I'm working on my school's required summer reading. They aren't terrible, but I would never have read them if given the choice. Finished: The Importance of Being Earnest and Cry, the Beloved Country; Haven't Started Yet: uh.....I can't remember! That ain't good....

Thanks for the recommendations, but I've already read all those books too! I agree they were good. ^_^ Right now I'm working on my school's required summer reading. They aren't terrible, but I would never have read them if given the choice. Finished: The Importance of Being Earnest and Cry, the Beloved Country; Haven't Started Yet: uh.....I can't remember! That ain't good....

Have you read Abarat by Clive Barker? I thought that one was pretty good too...umm, Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw was nice, the Ropemaker and sequel (Angel Isle) by Peter Dickinson were both decent books, and I think Mercedes Lacky wrights good fantasy books.

I'm also a mallet-loving percussionist ^.^

i read those phillip pullman books about a year ago and liked them. the last one was the best. ive been meaning to see the movie but oh well.

i recently finished "The Eternity Artifact" by L.E.Modesitt which is about how they find some alien city on a planet and a special team is formed to investigate it....... but.............. it is a lot more boring than it sounds. i actually didnt finish it coz the i just gave up on the last 2 chapters, too boring.

i read Ian Irvine's "A shadow on the glass" in the view from the mirror trilogy but didn't finsish it, it moved too slow......

im about to start reading The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and the three books after it.......

im waiting for the 12th book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of time series and the seventh book in Kevin J Anderson's the saga of seven suns. both great series.


thats all for now.....

I am reading The Alchemyst by...I forgot the author's name, it is really neat and if you search three of the main character's names on Wikipedia.org, you will actually get information because they are actual people!

Robert Ludlum's, The Bourne Sanction. Written by Eric Van Lustbader.

Anyone read James Patterson thriller books? I own the whole collection soo far x]

I'm currently reading 'Marley and Me' which is about the life of a dog and his owners and the experiences and lessons they've come to learn from a dog. It's a very sweet book :) Good downtime from my college textbooks that's for sure.

In the upcoming school year, I'm taking two lit. courses (Women's Japanese Writing, Canadian Lit.) so I'll be having a lot of books to read then =P

Hi there,
this time I'm reading a new cult book from Germany, which is cold 'Feuchtgebiete', means ' damply/dewily regions'. It's real shit and as crude as a book for teenagers can be, but everyone reads and talks about it. The book is about never talked sexual things a girl experiences. It shocks a lot of adults and Specialists, maybe that's why it's so popular. Kids likes to rebel against their parents and the world.

At least it's a funny book.. (;

Anyone read James Patterson thriller books? I own the whole collection soo far x]

YESSSS!!

I loved Cat and Mouse [:

-Studies in the psychology of sex (6 books in total).
-Studies in the psychology of children.
-Researches of Promotional Design (Not really a book, but reading various sources of information about if for a presentation and Design of a poster and brochure about that theme).

Just finished re-reading Bone by Jeff Smith. It's a graphic novel about 1200 pages long. If you've never read it, go out and read it immediately!

im reading the new Eragon Triligy Called BRISINGER!!!!! its good so far!!!!

Hi there,
this time I'm reading a new cult book from Germany, which is cold 'Feuchtgebiete', means ' damply/dewily regions'. It's real shit and as crude as a book for teenagers can be, but everyone reads and talks about it. The book is about never talked sexual things a girl experiences. It shocks a lot of adults and Specialists, maybe that's why it's so popular. Kids likes to rebel against their parents and the world.

At least it's a funny book.. (;

O.o is it avalible in america?

Atonement. And another Phillipa Gregory one that just isn't holding my attention. Which is odd, because usually I can't put anything by her down.

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Right now i'm reading outcast of redwall by brain jacques.He made the whole series.Plus there is a new one comeing this month.

The Stranger - Albert Camus
Across the Grain - Jean Ferris

I'm not sure about recommending books, because I have a peculiar taste in literature, but I recommend The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky, A Seperate Peace by John Knowles and anything by James Joyce.

I just read A Separate Peace for school! I actually really liked it, which is a first for school books.

I really enjoyed it also. I have a big list of books that people recommend to me, or books that I hear of from other books that I enjoy, and he was on there a bunch of times. If you liked it you should check out the other two books that are in that "peace series," Peace Breaks Out and Phinieas: Six Stories. They aren't nearly as good as A Separate Peace but it's a nice nostalgia to visit old settings and characters.

The Stranger - Albert Camus
Across the Grain - Jean Ferris

I'm not sure about recommending books, because I have a peculiar taste in literature, but I recommend The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky, A Seperate Peace by John Knowles and anything by James Joyce.

How did you like The Stranger? It's one of my favorite books. I'm in the midst of reading Camus' first novel, A Happy Death at the moment actually and I am liking it quite a lot.

Ugh, I didn't like A Separate Peace, though I absolutely despised Wuthering Heights when I read it for school. Awful book.

Right now I'm reading Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. If you find philosophy difficult to understand, or if you just want a good laugh, go read it. They also have a sequal about political doublespeak called Aristotle and an Aardvark go to Washington, which I also highly recommend.

I've been 1/2 way through The Kite Runner since the movie came out >_>
Really interesting book, but I just can't get into it T_T

Asimov will always be my hero. The quality of his short stories is phenomenal :D

Speaking of doublespeak, who else has read 1984? It's been a while for me, but I know I loved it :3

I'm reading Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted".
It's a collection of scary and gruesome short stories.
I would recommend it to any of you.
As long as you don't have a weak stomach.
I almost threw up after i read one.

I've read Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr,it was really good
Wicked Lovely tells about girl named Aislinn,she sees fairies,but fairies are cruel so she tries not to be noticed by them.
Then she meets Keenan (who's King of Fairies) and so and so......
Really good book though :shifty:

Ooo. I love this question!

Mostly fiction is what I like.
Okay, so this last week I just finished the Twilight Saga. (cool. I know) But if you ask a random girl on the street she probably has too. But I think some people read it because they just like the actors who've played in the movie;)
A couple of months ago I finished the Chronicles of Narnia.(series)
Then I think before I finished the Chronicles of Narnia I read the series for Howl's Moving Castle.
Umm...for a manga I've been reading the Moon boy ones.
And right now I'm waiting to read Host by Stephanie Meyer.


But other than that, I really don't know what to read...Any suggestions of some good books???

Oo.. and "Alone" said he's reading the Bible, very cool! Haha. I've always wanted to finish reading it through. But never have.

I just recently finished book 1 of Kino no Tabi, sadly that the only one that's getting published in the states. I also just finished Macbeth, it was for school but I liked it alot.
I also recently got the first issue of FAUST that Del Ray translated. I'm about 1/2 way done. "F-sensei's pocket" is my favorite story in it so far. There's this one story in there called "Drill a hole in my brain", it was one of the most messed up stories I have read.

Currently reading Plague Ship by Clive Cussler.

finished reading 1000 Splendid Suns (by the guy who wrote The Kite Runner)
an actual decent book that I had to read for school o.o

Last thing I was reading was:

How We Are Bought And Sold - The Power Of Persuasion, and Digital Camera Techniques.

Current books I'm reading:
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. It's a twist on the Alice in Wonderland Story claiming that the books written by Lewis Carroll are fake and that this is the true story of Alice in Wonderland.

Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader (19th edition) by the Bathroom Reader's Institute. Lol just a bunch of facts, history, and stories about, based on, or had something to do with restrooms and such...



I'm also waiting for the next book in the Temeraire series to come out by Naomi Novik. About an alternate reality where dragons were used in aerial combat during the Napoleonic Wars.

Current Books I'm Reading but have already read before:

The Death of Sleep - Anne McCaffrey

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Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix

Book 1: Sabriel
Book 2: Lirael
Book 3: Abhorsen

Finished Plague Ship, 7.5/10

Started Cloak of Deception by James Luceno

Oh I love the Abhorsen trilogy! Currently reading, Sanctuary by Nora Roberts, Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett and a whole heap of books on superstition in early modern era Europe for an essay ;)

I finished Life of Pi today, and I just checked out Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. =D

So, I'm looking to start a new novel. My favorite types of books are fiction, such as Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Any suggestions for books that take on a similar tone as the two I just listed?

Well, I just finished "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and "Waiting for Godot" (Theater of the Absurd!)
Quote: Speaking of doublespeak, who else has read 1984? It's been a while for me, but I know I loved it :3
Yes, I have read it. Then I got bored and skipped three chapters to the end and still understood what was going on. ^^; It didn't go very far, very fast, did it?

I'm rereading The Historian, by Kostova.

I started "Atonement" by Ian McEwan and "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman lately, but neither have really been able to hold my attention. Meh.

I'm currently reading The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. It's about a fifteen-year-old girl who starts seeing dead people. I personally think it's really good.

Finally finished Les Miserables after a hiatus.
The novel worsens as it progresses; the first part Fantine being my favorite.

Strange that I hope to marry someone like Fantine even though she was a whore while I believe in complete chastity, but she was like that once no?
If love is not defined physically, then falling in love is the lose of chastity.

I received my copy of the final Harry Potter book in the mail not too long ago, maybe I should start reading that tonight :think:

I received my copy of the final Harry Potter book in the mail not too long ago, maybe I should start reading that tonight :think:

A little behind the times there, eh, buddy?

Yeah, I wanted to wait for the paperback version to be released, which is usually a long time after the original hard-cover version. During the waiting, I kind of forgot about it XD

Someone must have spoiled it for you by now right?

...I totally forgot about Harry Potter... It's THAT OLD!

It's a good read... it's a good read... good read...

And why paperback?

The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz. It's a toltec wisdom book. It's a great book really, everybody should read it. Basically, it's a practical guide to personal freedom. I'm about half way through and it's already started to change the way I live.

I am currently re-reading: Artemis Fowl Series, Keys to the Kingdom, Fruits Basket, Chobits, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and The old Kingdom Series.

I am currently reading for the first time: Bleach, Inu Yasha, Vampire Knights, Warriors Series and Angels and Demons.

Ha, I would have waited for the paperback version as well, just so it went with the rest of my series - but it was 5 quid in Asda on the day it was released and well, that's cheaper than you could buy it second hand and close to falling apart over here!

I have hardcover copies from Chamber of Secrets on.

>.<

Oh I read Twilight everyday, this is story about vampire and a woman
It's really well :lol:

I currently reading on a book called "Leonardo Da vinci, The first scientist". Quite interesting :)

I finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland yesterday, and I just finished Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There today. Both were annotated. I'm going to start on The Looking Glass Wars tomorrowz

I'm reading "Catch-22" but something-Heller for school, and a lot of other random reads for funnnsies :D

I finished A Clockwork Orange today, it was a really good book =p I'm looking for another good read. I'll probably end up surfing through a few pages here and picking a random book, but, any suggestions? xD

Ai★Kaimasse! It's an online manga but I think its kinda... weird at the moment. Although I'll keep reading to see if it stays that way.

I am currently reading The Haunting by Margaret Mahy and its about a boy who is haunted by his long lost great uncle Cole.
Though R.L Stine is AWESOME!!!

Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game (http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Bead-Game-Magister-Novel/dp/0312278497/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247023694&sr=8-1) is what I'm currently working on.

Unique and deep is a good way to describe this one.

Halfway through Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. Not half bad.

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Rereading The Historian. Just as epic as I remembered it.

Finished The Lost Symbol. imo, ending was a little anti-climatic.

Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton
and
Code Complete (2nd edition) by Steve Mconnell