|
|
#1081
October 31st, 2009, 06:02 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
 So far so good. After this I think I'll pick up The Lovely Bones. 
|
|
#1082
November 1st, 2009, 03:46 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
I just finished a bit of remedial reading:
1984 by George Orwell ~Aldin, in room 101 He either fears his fate too much or his desserts are small That dares not put it to the touch to gain or lose it all ~James Graham
|
|
#1083
November 1st, 2009, 03:54 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
Just blasted through Ender's Game again.
|
|
#1084
November 1st, 2009, 05:56 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
1984 and Ender's Game are both such good books.
"Whoa hold on! There's still plenty of meat on that bone."
|
|
#1085
November 1st, 2009, 05:59 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
 I don't read much, but when I do, I prefer these types of books. Not too complicated for a 13 year old, but very interesting. Quote:
|
|
#1086
November 2nd, 2009, 09:12 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
My teacher is reading Animal Farm to us at school and it's really good i'm probly the only one in the class that likes a understands it. I'm reading a book called Spud at my house it's also really good and is actully very funny.
|
|
#1088
November 2nd, 2009, 09:30 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
Finished The Gathering Storm. Very good book. Now I'm finally getting around to reading The Name of the Wind. No opinion yet, but I've heard that it starts slow.
|
|
#1089
November 2nd, 2009, 10:20 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
Finished the 1st 6 books of The Warriors series by Erin Hunter and have started the next 6 (The New Prophecy). I'm on book 2. Good stuff.
Good trades: Oogie Da Bruce, EyeOfSauron, Lilnewbie, rodriguez, Jaz1597(x2), GeneralRolando, SlikkRikk, BIGJIM, Lord Pyre All new 'scapers, check this out: http://tinyurl.com/6x3wlu
|
|
#1090
November 2nd, 2009, 11:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
I'm reading (or rather, listening to a reading of) Jerusalem's Lot, the short story on which the movie 'Salem's Lot was based.
It's written from the perspective of a series of letters and diary entries, which is a style I really enjoy. It's almost Lovecraftian in the way of ancient evil, secret cults, and cursed lineage. EDIT: Turns out I was more on point than I knew... The climax of the story involves the attempt of a beast to punch through into our world accompanied by chants of "Yog-Soggoth!" Good times. But I'm amazed at the difference between the short story and the movie. There's almost no connection whatsoever except a cursury reference to nosferatu. Last edited by CheddarLimbo; November 3rd, 2009 at 02:38 PM.
|
|
#1091
November 3rd, 2009, 04:14 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Circumcision? HIS body, HIS decision. A person should have the right to their own body. "Sometimes you're right but you're always an asshole." - Anonymous neg rep
|
|
#1092
November 3rd, 2009, 11:28 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Books: What are you currently reading?
Ugh. Avoid The Somnambulist by Jonahan Barnes. The freak show aspect is mildly interesting, but the character motivations are nonexistant and the characters themselves are murky and unclear. The storytelling is uneven and goes from taking itself seriously to dealing with serious things in comic-bizarre fashion (the Deus Ex Machina conclusion actually refers to itself as Deus Ex Machina).
~Aldin, who notes that it is readable - but at least partly because you're looking for the satisfying conclusion that pulls it all together - a conclusion that never happens He either fears his fate too much or his desserts are small That dares not put it to the touch to gain or lose it all ~James Graham
|
Linear Mode
