What are you...reading?

[MatthewV]

**page two**

I (seriously this time) plan on reading The Refuge again.

e-fixing my stupid tags...not adding the "page two!"

[This message has been edited by MatthewV (edited 08-30-2003 05:20 AM).]

[Kd]

Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. casinopete might like it. It's vaguely based on Japanese places and traditional customs. It's the first of a trilogy, and I can't wait for the other two to be released.

[edit: When I say vaguely, I mean the place names and things like that are fictional, but areas of Japan are recognisable from the descriptions. ]

[This message has been edited by Kd (edited 08-30-2003 06:09 AM).]

[luminous]

my latin for americans book! hooyeah!

[Werebear]

I've read the first set of Feist books (starting with Magician:Apprentice) about 6 times.. and read the Daughter of the Empire set about 3 times. Both are amazing sets gof books. The newest ones I've read once, they were amusing, but not the same as the original sets.

[Taflinel]

As a break from "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" (Thomas Friedman), I read "The Da Vinci code" (Dan Brown) today, following the suggestion of the recent thread a few days back.
It was quite interesting as a source of info and I'm searching for some of his other books...

Ta ta

[Pablo]

Seabiscuit

(Glad you liked the Da Vinci Code - I was the one who started that thread. I really liked the book)



[This message has been edited by Pablo (edited 08-30-2003 03:44 PM).]

[Samadhi]

Who's Pablo?

[Taflinel]

Actually, I just finished the web-hunt of www.thedavincicode.com and that was entertaining too. Being familiar with the Rennes-le-Chateau case (you just have to read about this one) was another incentive to read the book and I think that Brown has the gift of weaving facts and myths in a marvellous way, even though his style of writing is not exceptional. Although this last opinion is highly subjective and can be attributed to the fact that I'm not a native speaker.
Thx Pablo...

Ta ta

[Vinny]

Just finished reading Terry Pratchet's Night Watch a few minutes ago. It was fricking Amazing. Fantastic read. The best out of all the Sam Vimes stories that I have read so far. Read Men at Arms a few weeks ago, and then Feet of Clay. A few years back I read Guards! Guards!, which was the first Sam Vimes book chronologically, I think, which was pretty fun reading. Feet of Clay was also enjoyable, whilst a bit more philosphical, and I enjoyed reading Men at Arms immensely. But Night Watch has gotten them all knocked out of the park.

It's ranking up there as one of the top 10 out of all the books I have ever read. Read it, especially if you are a Discworld fan and haven't gotten around to it yet. And even if you're not, read it.

[This message has been edited by Vinny (edited 02-28-2004 03:48 AM).]

[The Ktulu]

Discworld is pretty awesome. I just finished the second book (The Light Fantastic) a few days ago, but now I have to put the other twenty-plus Discworld books off for a bit upon hearing that Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower (DTVI and VII respectively) are being released sooner than planned, and I still have several Dark Tower-related books to read by Stephen King to prepare myself for this experience.

------------------
Nineteen Ninety-nine

[Beartalon]

I usually have three different types of books on the go at any one time - I just started The Fatal Shore, a novel of Australia's history; my university psychology textbook is an interesting read (although I admit I passed the couse this is the actual first time reading it), and a Flash programming book which I would finish if I could motivate myself to do the exercises within.

Recent novels include The Davinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress, all by Dan brown.

[Neo]

Crime and Punishment.

Plan on the DaVinci Code.

[Termital]

I'm in the proccess of rereading Faust.

[Vegetable]

Just read Monstrous Regiment by Pratchett. Moving on to Closing Time by Joseph Heller.

[Courk]

Still waiting on The Da Vinci Code. Right now for school I have to read Les Misérables.

[Baba]

Anne Rice - Queen of the Damned, even though my rl friends make fun of me for it. After that, I'll finish what I started of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[Macros]

Originally posted by hitler, sorry samadhi:

---

You know. The black guy.

---

we see the true racist appear!
i always consider the riftwar a trilogy, my Magician apprentice/master is the combined rewritten edition (with over 10,000 more words!!) silverthorn is the weakest in the trilogy imo, but its still a great read.
as i have said before, once done with the riftwar trilogy, immeadiately get legends of the riftwar- Honoured Enemy, a fantastic short read. read murder in lamut jsut to say you have, its pretty poor.
Has anyone read the Jimmy the hand novel yet? (my library still doesnt have it in) its an interlude book as well i beleive. The Krondor mini series is quite enjoyable, tear of the gods being the weakest there. (betrayal - mucho good)
The Conclave books, I've read talon of the silver hawk, i dont rate it as his best work (riftwar) but its not his worst (murder in lamut) i havent got the sequel yet (i think it has gold in the title)
the prachett books - Night watch- on it, quite enjoyable, not his best (i loved the ealier nightwatch books, notably Gaurds Gaurds and Men at arms., feet of clay is quite good though.
Small gods is quite good. The truth was brilliant, i found Monstrous regiment somewhat lacking i must confess, predictable and flat. sorry fans
im currently wending throguh Wheel of time, anyone know whwere i can get book 10 e-book, i cant get it on Kazaa (i got 1-9 in a compendium)
or new spring as well.
Oh the Tsuranuanni trilogy, i've never actually got to read the first in the series (daughter of the empire i think) but the second two are quite enjoyable.
and the serpentwar saga, very good, but shards of a broken crown got a bit dull.
the conclave books are at least 60 yrs after the serpent war (roo and co are apparently dead of old age) but we arent rreally told what the kingdom - kesh situation is, i'd like to hear
i had sometihng els eot say, i forget.
oh read some book there, was terrible, i thinnk it was be L.E. Mediest (orsoemtihng) Jr, all about chaos and order, with a country called recluce, awfully boring.

[Macros]

el bump

[Baba]

What good timing, Macros!

I just stole Charles Frazer's Cold Mountain out of the school library. Someone finally returned it. I've been waiting months to read it. I'll quietly sneak it back in the shelves when I'm done with it.

[Buzzsaw]

just started 'the king of torts' by John Grishham

[Faeriefire]

Blood Relations by Rett Macpherson

[Leonidas]

I'm reading The Club Dumas, and I fully recommend it. It is much richer than what the movie adaptation (The Ninth Gate, starring Johnny Depp) leads you to believe. Truly great. And you can't stop reading it.

[Digit Ne]

I'm poking at Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card.. it's an Ender book. Enjoyable so far but I just picked it up a few days ago.

------------------
Where are we going? ... and why am I in this handbasket?

[This message has been edited by Digit Ne (edited 03-05-2004 12:47 PM).]

[Kd]

First of all, welcome to the GL, Digit Ne. It's good to see you.

Second, I'm currently reading "36" by Jeffrey Archer. A collection of his short stories. They all have the typical twist at the very end, but are otherwise incredibly good reads.

[This message has been edited by Kd (edited 03-05-2004 12:51 PM).]

[Hitchhiker]

Just finished: Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Currently reading: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

Kd, I'm another fan of Jeffrey Archer, especially his short stories. Even when he's recycling plots, he has a terrific tight style.

------------------
"My real name actually is Odd. According to my mother, this is an uncorrected birth-certificate error. Sometimes she says they intended to name me Todd. Other times she says it was Dobb, after a Czechoslovakian uncle. My father insists that they always intended to name me Odd, although he won't tell me why. He notes that I don't have a Czechoslovakian uncle." -- Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas

[mikegoo]

Just finished Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams (one of my favorite authors).

[Gomez]

I'm struggling through an introduction to Wittgenstein. Once that's done I'm gonna start Money by Martin Amis.

[Zealot]

Something Happened, by Joseph Heller. I loved Catch 22, but it was a while before I tried to track down a copy of this. I'm glad I did.

[This message has been edited by Zealot (edited 03-23-2004 05:11 PM).]

[Taflinel]

I finished "The truth machine" by James Halperin a few days ago. A nice prediction of our future. Very interesting ideas within but not a skilled storyteller.

Currently reading: Various stories by Guy de Maupassant.
Better than I expected and my expectations were quite high after what I've heard about him.

Ta ta

[Missing]

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and the Sword of Truth Novels by Terry Goodkind.

[Fried Egg]

I just finished "Foundation's Edge", Isaac Asimov, and I must say that it is my favourite part of the foundation series so far; a damned excellent read.

[Hitchhiker]

Currently reading: The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari by Ivars Peterson.

[Vinny]

Just finished rereading The Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card, since me and Huey just found out that his latest one for the Alvin Maker series is out.

Finished reading Terry Pratchet's The Lost Continent a few week ago. Finished rereading David Edding's drab Elenium series and the first two books of the Tamuli series (good straight fantasy with not too much thinking involved).

Starting to read Pratchet's The Fifth Elephant and the third and final book of Edding's Tamuli series, The Hidden City. Also just picked up Michael Critchton latest, Prey. I hope that's good. I hungered for his good sci-fi thriller from the good old days (Timeline left a bad taste in my mounth).

[This message has been edited by Vinny (edited 04-29-2004 05:53 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

Dave Barry's novel Big trouble. Hilarious at places.

[Salty]

half way through the first set of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson. I have mixed feelings about it. I am certainly enjoying it and think some of the ideas are quite original, but I think it is over-written in places and that it is quite derivative of LOTR in too many ways.

[Beartalon]

That Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes, about Australia

[Vinny]

Prey by Michael Crichton is pretty good, especially if you're interested in Nanotechnology, parallel multi-agent (neural network) programming, Evolution, and the good old fashion Science gone wrong Crichton's thriller.

[Gomez]

Enquiries concerning Human Understanding and the Principles of Morals - David Hume.

Very heavy and I'm not really enjoying it but I'm doing a philosophy degree next year so I gotta suck it up, I guess.

[This message has been edited by Gomez (edited 05-01-2004 10:48 AM).]

[Jedo the Jedi]

I have hardly heard of any of these books. I guess I'm not very cultured. Personally, I am a Star Wars fan myself (go figure) and am currently reading the Jedi Academy Trilogy. For school I am reading Frankenstein and I must say that it is a good book and not at all like any of the movies.

Once I am finished with these books, I will be looking for some other good ones. If anybody has any suggestions as to what I should read, then please let me know. I prefer science fiction, mysteries, and classics, but if you recommend a book you really liked, I will read it just because you recommended it, even if it isn't my cup of tea.

[Gomez]

If you like Sci-fi, try Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. It took me a while to get into but I really enjoyed it once I did.