Thread: What are you reading?

Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time Book 6), series = ultra-epic

I'm currently reading "Black House" by Stephen King and Peter Straub. My gracious it is SUPERBLY BORING so far and I'm 77 pages into it.

I'm also reading various crochet books. I'm trying to teach myself more stitches and how to read patterns.

I switch between different books, depending on what I feel like reading.

Currently I'm switching between:
- a math book (if that counts).
- a book on molecular biology.
- a fantasy book, New Spring (prequel to The Wheel of Time), by Robert Jordan.

When I'm done with math I will read physics, and in a few days I will buy a book on economics.

Recently read Myst: The Book of Ti'ana and Myst: The Book of Atrus. It looks like the former may soon become a major motion picture.*finger's crossed*
Currently, I'm reading Wuthering Heights. I started reading it years ago but never finished.

Just finished "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming".. Thinking about re-attempting neuromancer, or maybe trying some prattchet

I just finished "Black House" and after the first 80 pages *sigh* it became an awesome book.
I'm pretty sure I've already the "Talisman" (the prequel to the Black House) but I don't really remember it, so I'll look for a copy and read it soon. I just REALLY hope it doesn't have such a slow beginning.

The Hobbit

And it's actually my first time reading it, too. I don't know how I went through life without ever picking up this book before, especially since it's right up my alley, but there you go.

I just finished re-reading Fahrenheit 451. I first read it in high school though I did not have the mental capacity to fully process it. Now that I have read it again years later, I fully understand the value of this book.

I can safely say that it is one of the best books I have ever read.

Just wrapped up the complete run of Y: The Last Man (DC Vertigo comics)--very entertaining, great dialogue, fairly thought provoking. I'll probably hit another comic series next, maybe Scott Pilgrim. I'm also craving some well crafted magical realism, maybe a Murakami or a Calvino.

Current books on the list

Current: The Giver

Next(these could swap in order):

Fahrenheit 451
1984

Penis of steel. The only book I'll ever need.

Just finished Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden... Excellent book

I finished reading Ender's Game again not too long ago. I read through it quicker than I remember, but it was just as good!

Currently working on The Bourne Identity. I'm going to need to buy the other books.

Recently finished The Chronicles of The Imaginarium Geographica series. I very much recommend this series to any who reads alot, you'll very much enjoy it. I skim threw The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castaneda but i've already read it twice so it's more or less a guide for my Lucid's now

Currently looking for an inspirational book, as to I'm writing a book and need some pick me up, I'm getting into a writer's slouch....

Just finished The Book Thief which was absolutely INCREDIBLE.

Starting Wake today, which should be a short, trashy, and easy read.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Banana

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Very good book

I am almost done reading it, and i would reccomend it to anyone.

I want to read that! Huxley fascinates me, I really want to read The Doors of Perception but the nearest library that has it is an hour away

College takes up so much spare time (it's all spare time). Of course, I can't really blame it on that, seeing as when I do have spare time, I end up using it on the internet. . . Winter break's a good time to get caught up, though.

Done with Riddley Walker. It ended alright. The first few chapters were best, and the rest was a fate-heavy ramble. Alright.

Ate up the latter half of The God Delusion just in time for Christmas (although I started it way back at the start of the semester). It's pretty much what I expected it to be: full of good arguments and examples to keep in my back pocket.

Just got done with A Clockwork Orange, which I enjoyed much more than I thought I would. Hm, word choice.

Moving on now to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (by Edwin A. Abbott, narrated by A. Square), recommended to me by a math major. And nerdy mathy fun shall be had by all. ~

Just thought I'd mention I finished Wake the same day I started it and it was pretty awful, though I thought it was interesting that it mentioned lucid dreams, which I hadn't heard of until the forum. A little coincidence here, no?

Flatland was pretty cool. The first half was a description of Flatland, of its physical as well as societal mechanics (it's a mix of oppressive dharmic caste and Lamarkish evolution), and felt like the kind of story you'd find fragmented, written in margins during lectures on non-Euclidean geometry (and by that, I mean well-structured, with every detail taken into account). The second half was good thought exercise and parody (I like how he handled life on the 0th and 1st dimension, and laughed at the moral they namedropped in the 3rd).

I remembered I had an unopened Beat the Reaper, and it read like a good action movie. Sorta like House meets The Godfather. The tone (and circumstance) of the book reminded me very much of the person who lent me it.

I overcame my aversion to online texts, clicked my way through Salughterhouse V. This is good writing, here. The story doesn't center on Billy, but around him, shifting through bursting backdrops, all out-of-order and laden with both subtle and obvious meanings. And now I'm done with it. So it goes.

Time for dystopian futures which my high school lit. class never had us read. Huxley's Brave New World (another and the last of my eye-soring pdf collection), followed by whatever else.

I'm a really avid reader.

Current
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
FlashForward by -can't remember-
Sunrise by Erin Hunter

Upcoming
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Recently read just for fun?
A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, and As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

I've just finished 1984 by George Orwell. I've got to think about a few things now...

Originally Posted by Risoria

I'm a really avid reader.

Current
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
FlashForward by -can't remember-
Sunrise by Erin Hunter

As am i please post on here a small review of your opinion of The Lovely Bones, as i've glanced at it every time i pass it in the book store but can't bring myself to buy it...
That is if you wouldn't mind

Originally Posted by Risoria

I'm a really avid reader.

Current
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
FlashForward by -can't remember-
Sunrise by Erin Hunter

Upcoming
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Recently read just for fun?
A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, and As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

I really want to read the Dan Brown books (read DaVinci Code when it first came out, but I wanna read Angels and Demons and his new one). I've heard some really great things about The Lovely Bones. Thinking of starting that soon, since I don't have much else to read aside from school books right now.

EDIT: @Odd_Nonposter: 1984 was incredible. I read that over the summer, definitely an amazing read, don't you think?

Originally Posted by katielovestrees

I really want to read the Dan Brown books (read DaVinci Code when it first came out, but I wanna read Angels and Demons and his new one). I've heard some really great things about The Lovely Bones. Thinking of starting that soon, since I don't have much else to read aside from school books right now.

EDIT: @Odd_Nonposter: 1984 was incredible. I read that over the summer, definitely an amazing read, don't you think?

The Lovely Bones is an awesome book. You might also read the author's memoir of her own rape, it's called 'Lucky'

Crazy.

Originally Posted by EspadaInMyCloset

The Lovely Bones is an awesome book. You might also read the author's memoir of her own rape, it's called 'Lucky'

Crazy.

That sounds heavy....