Your current book...
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Reading Lord of the Flies for the first time, following that with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (loved the film, hope I love the book), then I am going to start Homer's Odyssey (seriously) or Don Quixote (which is long but a lot of people say it is one of the best books of all time).
Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich
I get the feeling that Reich is a good writer who doesn't take himself seriously at all. The book is well written, the characters are alright, and it blends actual events and fiction nicely, but all of this doesn't excuse the fact that in the last hundred pages the plot goes batshit insane.
I'm going on a trip on Wednesday, so I'm taking a le Carre book I've never read before (A Most Wanted Man) and Frederick Forsythe's Day of the Jackal, which is officially the best modern thriller ever written, and one of the best books ever.
I get the feeling that Reich is a good writer who doesn't take himself seriously at all. The book is well written, the characters are alright, and it blends actual events and fiction nicely, but all of this doesn't excuse the fact that in the last hundred pages the plot goes batshit insane.
I'm going on a trip on Wednesday, so I'm taking a le Carre book I've never read before (A Most Wanted Man) and Frederick Forsythe's Day of the Jackal, which is officially the best modern thriller ever written, and one of the best books ever.
I am Legend. Such an awesome book, but so short, I finished the story and am now on the short stories that follow it.
Actually no, I wish I was you. That sounds slightly more interesting than countless books on identifying trees, measuring trees, estimating value of trees, and trying to figure out if certain species will remain stable on the market.Sonicron said:
I don't really do too much personal reading anymore for two reasons. First, I have no control over the story and if I don't like how it goes I can't do anything about it. Two, most books just don't hold my interest like they used to. I don't know maybe I just read too many (I read fast so I end up going through 670-800 page books in a day or so).
However I do like to look at weird short stories and comics still. I'm currently looking at a comic called "Chew". It's fairly funny. Mostly though I'm focusing on writing my own stories.
Livy's "History of Rome: Books 1-2".
If you are at all interested in classical history, it's fascinating stuff.
Livy starts with the exodus of Aenas and others from Troy and ends his second book at about 460 BC, not sure at precisely what event.
Would I recommend it? Absolutely!
If you are at all interested in classical history, it's fascinating stuff.
Livy starts with the exodus of Aenas and others from Troy and ends his second book at about 460 BC, not sure at precisely what event.
Would I recommend it? Absolutely!
Currently reading "Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West". It's really good, but the book is extremely political. Still, a worthwhile and imaginative read.
Atlas Shrugged
I'm only reading it because I have some friends exhibiting alarmingly cult-like behavior towards the whole "objectivism" thing, saying that Atlas is the greatest book ever written, balh blah. Every attempt I make at questioning this pseudo-philosophy is met with "You just don't understand because you haven't read Atlas yet."
So I'm reading it to harvest suitable material to troll them with. The harvest is going good.
I'm only reading it because I have some friends exhibiting alarmingly cult-like behavior towards the whole "objectivism" thing, saying that Atlas is the greatest book ever written, balh blah. Every attempt I make at questioning this pseudo-philosophy is met with "You just don't understand because you haven't read Atlas yet."
So I'm reading it to harvest suitable material to troll them with. The harvest is going good.
Just finished - Flowers for Algernon
Currently - Dead Space: Martyr
Next up- The Sabbat Worlds
Because I am an avid gamer, I work up a backlog of books I mean to get to, and... Well, let's just say my bedside nightstand has 3 separate stacks of paperbacks (Established Universe Fiction, Independent Fiction, Non-scifi/fiction) six deep apiece, and a tower of Omnibi about 3 feet tall, mostly Richard Knaak, Dan Abnett, Christie Golden, Anne McAffry, etc. I branch out to different writers, both known and obscure, but I'm bottlenecked by my urge to hold a controller and flick the mouse...
Currently - Dead Space: Martyr
Next up- The Sabbat Worlds
Because I am an avid gamer, I work up a backlog of books I mean to get to, and... Well, let's just say my bedside nightstand has 3 separate stacks of paperbacks (Established Universe Fiction, Independent Fiction, Non-scifi/fiction) six deep apiece, and a tower of Omnibi about 3 feet tall, mostly Richard Knaak, Dan Abnett, Christie Golden, Anne McAffry, etc. I branch out to different writers, both known and obscure, but I'm bottlenecked by my urge to hold a controller and flick the mouse...
ZOMG Me too!ThatLankyBastard said:
Well actually I'm listening to the Audiobook read by John Glover. Very good.
I'm also reading my way through the New Jedi Order book series (well I'm up to the second one).