Your current book...
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I hate other people's Fiction, but right now I am being forced to read "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Slinger for English.
... And I don't like it so far... The guy in the book is such a jerk.
... And I don't like it so far... The guy in the book is such a jerk.
I'm reading two books right now. When the Wind Blows and Containment. When the Wind Blows is a 1998 book written by James Patterson. It's one of my favorite books and I read it every year.
The other, Containment is a kindle book written by...somebody, just look up containment on amazon, it's the first item listed. It's not bad, but the author really needs to learn how to mix story while explaining the world. The first third of the book has almost no character development and it reads almost like a textbook. To the author's credit, it's a very interesting world that is actually believable.
The other, Containment is a kindle book written by...somebody, just look up containment on amazon, it's the first item listed. It's not bad, but the author really needs to learn how to mix story while explaining the world. The first third of the book has almost no character development and it reads almost like a textbook. To the author's credit, it's a very interesting world that is actually believable.
Kill The Dead by Richard Kadrey. It's the sequel to 'Sandman Slim' for Anyone who has read that.
Violent, Sexy and every swear word that has come out of a sailors mouth...very well made.
Violent, Sexy and every swear word that has come out of a sailors mouth...very well made.
I'm halfway through my second read-through of the Twilight books.
Also, I'm currently one story into the second volume of Halo Evolutions, and re-reading Scott Pilgrim yet again. And apparently Ian Irvine's third Three Worlds Cycle series, though I say apparently, because I haven't carried on reading it for months (though to be entirely fair I have read all but one of the series multiple times, since I first picked one of them up aged eleven, and Irvine is one of my favourite authors...). However, what with university, work, making a bunch of films, and a load of other ongoing projects, I'm currently putting all my reading, and about half my gaming for that matter, on hiatus...
Also, I'm currently one story into the second volume of Halo Evolutions, and re-reading Scott Pilgrim yet again. And apparently Ian Irvine's third Three Worlds Cycle series, though I say apparently, because I haven't carried on reading it for months (though to be entirely fair I have read all but one of the series multiple times, since I first picked one of them up aged eleven, and Irvine is one of my favourite authors...). However, what with university, work, making a bunch of films, and a load of other ongoing projects, I'm currently putting all my reading, and about half my gaming for that matter, on hiatus...
Callahan's Key, by Spider Robinson,
It's like all his work, pretty good, but a little heavy on the whole "Isn't it awesome how really weird me and my friends are" thing.
All of his Callahan's books anyway, I really loved Variable Star.
It's like all his work, pretty good, but a little heavy on the whole "Isn't it awesome how really weird me and my friends are" thing.
All of his Callahan's books anyway, I really loved Variable Star.
Hmm.... well if anything with pages and words between hard covers counts as a book, then it would have to be "Armour Infantry Section and Platoon Battle Drills"... yea, currently in the army and I swear that book is as thick as a encyclopedia (could even be used as a weapon).ThatLankyBastard said:
The latest fictional book I read would have to be New Dead, its a compilation of short stories all dealing with zombies in one way or another.
I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I was hoping it'd be a bit more, I don't know, exciting. It's still good, and I have the distinct feeling it's building to something.
I'm only 43% of the way through (so says my Kobo), and I'm still reserving judgement until I've gotten through the whole thing.
EDIT:
Looking back, there were alot of "I"'s in there...
I'm only 43% of the way through (so says my Kobo), and I'm still reserving judgement until I've gotten through the whole thing.
EDIT:
Looking back, there were alot of "I"'s in there...
New Dead eh? Hmm... I'm gonna have to look that up! Rule of thumb for me... Zombies=Good!AllLagNoFrag said:
Also, good luck with the *ahem* "Armour Infantry Section and Platoon Battle Drills"... Sounds like an... interesting read!
The Essential Writings Of Karl Marx. I read the craziest books particularly because I don't like reading, so whenever I do read books it's usually the more interesting or historical ones, my last book was called Heavy Metal Islam.ThatLankyBastard said:
If you want to know more about the man sure, but he writes in really big words that most people won;t be able to pick up and read, usually at my library the books have notes that help reading it but in mine they're still hard to read, not as much as Karl Marx's writings. Still I'm halfway throught he book and I've attained the reading level of him and can understand what he says albeit I have to read it carefully and drain my brain juices to do so.
Wait, wait wait, hold the phone! There's a Volume 2???Trivun said:
Why have I not heard of this yet!
Oh, and also... Scott Pilgram, loved it!
I don't read much anymore. I'm doing English and Creative Writing at uni and there is nothing that sucks all the joy out of reading like being forced to do it for three years. Besides the absolute minimum required for my course I don't even look at books anymore.
It depends, where are you from? In the USA there's only one big volume, whereas in the UK (and I think other countries too, but I'm not sure) the single book was split, so we had two seperate, cheaper versions, with the stories split down the middle. However, to make up for us having to fork out twice, there's also an extra story in the UK version that the US version didn't get, included in our Volume Two.ThatLankyBastard said: