Poll: BOOKS!!!

[DaJoW]

A fair bit. Reading Hannibal: The Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham right now. Also pretty much the only thing I ever give for Christmas (this year: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Tale of Edgar, We, the Drowned, The Importance of Being Earnest, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Kim Novak Never Swam in the lake of Genesaret (Swedish book)).

 

[Tasachan]

Once I pick up a book, you have to fight me to put it back down because I like to finish it in one sitting. Which is making reading LotR so freaking painful.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

I read. Mostly anything i really want to learn about, books by Graham Greene, Ray Bradbury, Twisted and Speak. Plays(on book!) by Shakespeare, Wilde, and Chekov...

 

[loc978]

Started when I was nine with Lord of the Rings and moved on to various youth fantasy novels, and 20 years later, I'm waiting on several continuations to various ongoing sci-fi and fantasy series... I fill the time in between with famous classics (have this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World] sitting around, haven't even opened half of it), scientific or medical journals... youth novels some times (usually Star Wars or other such tripe, but I recently tore through the His Dark Materials trilogy after seeing the Golden Compass)

 

[teh lurker]

I read almost constantly. The last several books I read, in no particular order (I'm only going to list titles, as I don't have them in front of me and I can't remember all the authors); Kethani, The Wrecker, Fragment, The entire Dark Tower series, Corsair, Leviathan, Prador Moon, Gridlinked, and I'm currently reading Gone Baby Gone. I think one of the reasons I read as much as I do is because I can't stand to watch TV. I don't have cable, and even if I did, I don't watch enough TV to justify it's cost.

 

[Jazzyjazz2323]

I go through phases where I will read heavily, then not read anything for months at a time. Currently I'm in read mode and have been getting through a shit ton of 40k novels. Since september I've read the entire Gaunts Ghosts series, Grey Knights, Soul Drinkers, Eisenhorn, Ciaphas Cain (first omnibus), and just about finished the first Space Wolf Omnibus. Still got the 2nd ominbuses of both Space Wolves and Ciaphas, then Ravennor and then Titanicus to get through once I'm done with this one too.

Then it's either on to the Horus Heresy series or some more Abnett (I'm thinking either Double Eagle or Iron Snakes, probably both).

Oh double eagle is a must.It's soooo good I haven't read snakes yet though.
OT:I read a lot I probably own I think 7 biographies on Napoleon alone just about everything Dan Abnett has ever written all the horus heresy novels every last written word by Tolkien and a shitload of other books

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

I always have a Jack Higgins book with me. No matter where I am, it's there in either my car or my backpack. (student) Now that I got a kindle though, I have 6 of his books with me at all times.

 

[ScarletRider]

Dumas! The Three Musketeers and the sequels are in the public domain and can thus be easily downloaded to an ipod and read on the bus. Also: Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Koroviev]

I read much more than I play video games. Ironically, I probably spend more time reading about video games than actually playing them.

Some recommendations:

Kafka on the Shore
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
The Road
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
2001: a Space Odyssey
The Stranger
A Clockwork Orange
1984
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Crime and Punishment

For fellow Russophiles:

The Master and Margarita
Heart of a Dog (the Ginsburg translation is stiff and unwieldy, but it's still worth reading if you can appreciate the satire)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

 

[Koroviev]

Dumas! The Three Musketeers and the sequels are in the public domain and can thus be easily downloaded to an ipod and read on the bus. Also: Sherlock Holmes.

I loved kid-friendly versions of Dumas' work when I was younger. I was thrilled to pick up an "adult" version of The Count of Monte Cristo only to discover later that it is abridged.

 

[Koroviev]

Once I pick up a book, you have to fight me to put it back down because I like to finish it in one sitting. Which is making reading LotR so freaking painful.

I can't for the life of me finish a book in a single sitting. I can never sit still for extended periods of time, much less keep my mind from wandering in a million different directions.

 

[Koroviev]

Usually read 2-3 books a week, though some of it is rereading so that's typically skimming. It's the reason I never got into hand-held gaming, I've got books.

I know that hand-held devices are touted for their portability, but I never take mine anywhere and I have put a lot more hours into my PSP than my Xbox 360 XD

...I blame Persona 3 ("Portable") <__<

 

[Koroviev]

I will read absolutely everything I can get my hands on. It's terrible really, I've ended up borrowing so many books from people because I accidently started reading them at their house and really enjoyed them.

I'd recommend 'The Book Thief', I just finished re-re-reading it.

I guess I'll have to read this in the near future. A friend of mind recommended it with a comparable level of praise.

 

[The Grim Ace]

Hemmingway, Dickens, Dumas, Steinbeck, and Orwell: Gods of writing. They all had one lemon here and there, but, other than that, can't go wrong with the works of any of them.

 

[Blue_vision]

I just got the Iliad today. Good Christmas readings

 

[Koroviev]

Hemmingway, Dickens, Dumas, Steinbeck, and Orwell: Gods of writing. They all had one lemon here and there, but, other than that, can't go wrong with the works of any of them.

I dispute some of Steinbeck's so-called lemons. I enjoyed East of Eden and The Winter of Our Discontent (both of which were critical "lemons") as much, if not more, than Grapes of Wrath. I can't say I liked The Pearl, though. Bored me to tears by comparison.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Guns of the South. best book ever.

You have no idea how long I've been trying to remember the title for that book.

I just finished reading John Dies at the End. I won't say it was fantastic or anything, but it certainly was a great read and the movie, if it ever comes out, should be great. It was also one of the more horrifying books I've ever read and it will mess with your head if you choose to read it.

Next on my list are Everything is Illuminated and Perks of Being a Wallflower and with the Christmas money I might get I'm going to get Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

 

[Gilhelmi]

Guns of the South. best book ever.

That was a good book. A very good book.

 

[Ophiuchus]

Wow... first vote for 'barely ever'.

I used to be a big reader. Always had a book on the go, often more than one at a time. Not sure when exactly that stopped, but these days I hardly ever bother. Every time I sit down with a book, I always get a nagging feeling that I should be doing something else... which means I can't get into it so I give up pretty quickly.

Of course, this doesn't stop me buying books. I'm now at the point where I've got a shitload of unread books laying around. The bigger the unread landslide, the more daunting the task of getting through them, the less likely I am to ever bother.

 

[laststandman]

I'm currently reading A Farewell to Arms . I don't love it but it's okay.