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Books: What are you currently reading?

I'm currently re-reading The Sword of Truth series (it's about 7 or 8 books) and my enitre (over 50) Dragonlance collection.
 
Just finished the Master of Go, by Kawabata. For those who haven't read it, I highly encourage you to; It reads kinda like Hemingway, and feels like a Haiku. :)

On a side note, has anyone here read Robin Jarvis' Wyrd Museum trilogy?
 
Finished American Gods - FANTASTIC book. It went by fast, though. Such a long book, but it only took me a week! Oh well, still good. I'm gonna look into more of Gaiman's stuff.
 
I really do enjoy the Sherlock Holmes series of books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Always a good read, but I might just be saying this because I don't particularly enjoy the "forensic science solving mysteries" books of today, because the character's don't make me like them too much.
 
Before They Are Hanged, by Joe Abercrombie - the sequel to The Blade Itself. Fantasy novel, lots of death and torture, no elves or dragons. Fans of A Song Of Ice And Fire might like it, but it's not as good. Don't get me wrong - it's a fine read - just not as good as Martin's series.

I'm waiting for the second Locke Lamora book to arrive in paperback; similar atmosphere, fewer gratuitous deaths, more cunning plots, better, but not by much.
 
Reading "Octagon" by Fred Saberhagen. It's pretty interesting, as it's a robot murder mystery set around the world of mail-in nerd gaming a la 1985. I'll have to finish it before I can determine if it's any good or not.
 
I am reading: Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card.

I have to admit that I am obsessed with his books. I can't seem to finish any other books, and I can't put his down.
 
Jonathan said:
Reading "Octagon" by Fred Saberhagen. It's pretty interesting, as it's a robot murder mystery set around the world of mail-in nerd gaming a la 1985. I'll have to finish it before I can determine if it's any good or not.
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I enjoyed Saberhagen's Sword books (The Trilogy and the Books of Lost Swords series).

Newb.
 
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and Blood Price and Blood Trail by Tanya Huff.

Both present day detective novels with a touch of magic or supernatural. Both good easy detective like reads.
 
I've been reading the Ranger's Apprentice series. Book four comes out March 9. Unless You live in Australia... Then you are waiting for Book Eight!!! :ninja:
 
The Catcher in the Rye - Not child friendly at all. Very powerful and very deep, but, i'd recommend it more for adults. I consider this novel one of the books that has left the most lasting impression, so much so that i'm re-reading it.
 
There are a lot of things I'd like to read right now, but instead I get to read all of these for school! @_@

The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Promised Land, Crusader State
Don't Make Me Think
Making a Nation
Ethics & Technology
Understanding Your Users
 
Almost halfway through Stephen King's It.
I was going along real good until some family stuff came up and I didn't get the opportunities to read a lot.

Trying to pick the momentum back up. Never read a 1K+ paged book before!
 
oni said:
I'm in the middle of reading 3 books, Daywatch by Sergei Lukyanenko, Corum: The Coming of Chaos by Michael Moorcock, and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami.
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I'm still reading Corum (about a page a year) and moved Blind Willow to my full time read pile now that I have a paperback copy. I don't read hard covers as fast, I don't like carrying them on the bus and worry about messing them up.

In the mean time I've read most of David Gemmell's Drenai series (at the recommendation of someone on this board), finished three Christopher Moore novels, and finished Day Watch and Twilight Watch.
 
I've been on a David Wellington kick, as of late.

Started with Monster Island. Followed by 13 Bullets. Almost through Monster Nation. And then I have Monster Planet waiting on my bedside table.

After Monster Planet, I'll change gears to something a bit less... gory. :D

But I really want to read 99 Coffins, and I really hope his publisher picks up his werewolf serial, Frostbite. And Plague Zone looks interesting, too.

:D

Yes, I highly recommend David Wellington.
 
"Wintersmith" by Terry Pratchett - highly, highly, HIGHLY recommended writer (just about every 'Discworld'-novel is worth the read).
 
All of Robert E. Howard's Kull stories. ("Kull, Exile of Atlantis", Del Rey Edition)
 
nyys said:
Time of the Twins (DragonLance).
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YES! Raist and Caramon awesomeness.

I'm currently starting The Waste Lands (3rd in Stephen King's Dark Tower series). I *just* finished book two. Roland is so cool.
 
Yes! Roland of Gilead is very cool! I loved those Dark Tower books. I'll give you a warning though. Many, many people were disappointed by the final three novels. I was a little, but it is a terrific story. The characters make it great where the story might lack toward the end.

Also, the last book I read was Time of the Twins. I agree. Raistlin and Caramon are pure awesome.

I read a few references to Neil Gaiman. Terrific author. I recommend a novel called Neverwhere. I'm told that it's a BBC movie, too, but the movie stinks. It might have been a screenplay first, I'm not sure. Neverwhere is all about a secret world of sorts below London, England. Check it out.
 
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