Author Topic: What are you reading? (Read 37739 times)

EveofAbyss · « **on:** February 19, 2008, 07:16:23 am »

A new thread for an older topic. I saw there already was a "what are you reading?" post, but the forums advised me not to reply to it, because it was old, so I started a new one! Yay newness. So yes, what are we all reading these days?

As for me, I'm currently enthralled by the following:
Death Note
The Road to Madness: The Works of H.P. Lovecraft

Ren+Pocky · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:23:07 am »

I'm rereading "A Great and Terrible Beauty" and just starting a book written by my great-grandma called "Only Yesterday".

(No mangas for me. ;_;)

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:29:03 am »

Recently, I read Yotsuba& #5.

Oh Yotsuba. ♥

Daxe · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:28:50 am »

Gunsmith Cats Vol. 4

melchizedek · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:38:44 am »

I read the bible some on sunday

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:40:11 am »

I'm inching my way through Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

pieisexactlythree · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2008, 09:59:49 am »

I'm currently reading a really remarkable biography of Fredrick Law Olmsted, a man I greatly admire and relate to.

laurifer · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2008, 04:46:28 pm »

Gordon Ramsay's biography <3 <3 <3

jaybug · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2008, 05:19:56 pm »

Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The Fleet of Worlds, by someone, created by Larry Niven lol
Oh! My Goddess #28
The Trials of Shazam

AnimeMatrix · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2008, 05:40:09 pm »

I'm not reading any manga, but I just finished reading a few graphic novels.

But currently~

"Watchmen" written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons- and they're making it into a movie! http://watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com/

Also The Te of Piglet and I'm trudging through the Book of 5 Rings (The Art of War was much easier to read...)

Negima · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2008, 06:22:12 pm »

"Horoki" by Hayashi Fumiko (in Japanese) (due to school)
My art history textbook
And I'm hoping to read ".hack//Another Birth vol. 1"

Antares · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2008, 08:20:53 pm »

Chibi Vampire (thanks Jaz!)
To have and have not - Hemingway

jaybug · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2008, 09:56:48 pm »

I love Chibi vampire, but I didn't list it as I read vol. 6 two weeks ago.

balmno · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2008, 11:20:19 pm »

I've recently read Welcome to the NHK. This novel inspired both the manga and anime; I would read it if you've are familiar with the series. Also if you have ever been to maddox's website the Alphabet of Manliness is an awesome book to read.

Daxe · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2008, 11:21:36 pm »

Im actually reading Gunsmith Cats Volume 4, then Ill continue where I left off on Three Kingdoms

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2008, 06:35:44 pm »

I'm reading Firebirds Rising, and The Taming of the Shrew.

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2008, 08:10:06 pm »

Just finished Othello.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2008, 09:22:11 pm »

How'd you like Othello? I actually enjoyed it, one of the better Tragedies I'd read. Though I have to say my top favorite Shakespearean tragedy is Titus Andronicus. *thumbs up*

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2008, 09:29:59 pm »

It was good, didn't expect the ending...and it was...well, tragic, haha.

Was Midsummer Night's Dream the only happy ending one?

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2008, 10:09:36 pm »

No, there are plenty, most of the comedies end on good notes like that. Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, they are all comedies, though Midsummer Night's Dream is probably the MOST comedic out of all that Shakespeare has written. It is so filled with jokes, punnery, double entendre and silly mishaps that it is pretty muc hthe essence of comedy, whereas most of his other comedies still have some aspects of tragedy in them.

jaybug · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2008, 04:04:48 pm »

Now after Othello, you have to read King Lear. But if you want to see a movie that really follows the play excellently, watch the one with Laurence Fishburne, and whatshisnut....It sometimes helps to see what they were doing, it helped me. Having been a sailor, it drove me nuts the command structure and who is in charge questoin Shakespeare was asking in the play.

I had a cat named Iago when I was little. He was paisley.

jaybug · « **Reply #21 on:** February 26, 2008, 05:20:00 pm »

lol Mustach can read something that doesn't have Star Trek on the cover!

I'm just kidding.

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #22 on:** February 26, 2008, 06:10:31 pm »

I watched the film of Othello with the guy that was Morpheus in the Matrix.

jaybug · « **Reply #23 on:** February 26, 2008, 07:03:30 pm »

That's The One. Should I call you Neo now?

Trumby · « **Reply #24 on:** February 26, 2008, 08:02:34 pm »

Re-reading everything Shannara by Terry Brooks. Currently on The Sword of Shannara.

uraharafreak · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2008, 10:12:50 am »

OMG King Lear is a glorious play. It is my favorite Shakespeare play <3 and one of my favorite out of all plays. Right now I am reading Monster vol. 9 and the WOW strategy guide.

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #26 on:** March 03, 2008, 05:10:29 pm »

"Brave New World" in English class.

laurifer · « **Reply #27 on:** March 03, 2008, 06:59:54 pm »

Quote from: totemo_oishii on March 03, 2008, 05:10:29 pm

"Brave New World" in English class.

I liked that book

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #28 on:** March 03, 2008, 07:03:15 pm »

Quote from: laurifer on March 03, 2008, 06:59:54 pm

Quote from: totemo_oishii on March 03, 2008, 05:10:29 pm
"Brave New World" in English class.

I liked that book

Phew, glad to know it's not boring.
I kinda fell asleep while people were reading aloud. >__> shh.

laurifer · « **Reply #29 on:** March 03, 2008, 07:10:40 pm »

Quote from: totemo_oishii on March 03, 2008, 07:03:15 pm

Phew, glad to know it's not boring.
I kinda fell asleep while people were reading aloud. >__> shh.

It's quite good. Pah just kinda ruined it with his "Oh you should read this" crap XD

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #30 on:** March 03, 2008, 07:11:45 pm »

Quote from: laurifer on March 03, 2008, 07:10:40 pm

It's quite good. Pah just kinda ruined it with his "Oh you should read this" crap XD

GRRR PAH!

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #31 on:** March 06, 2008, 06:02:27 pm »

I'm now reading Nickel and Dimed and Fast Food Nation for school.

jaybug · « **Reply #32 on:** March 06, 2008, 06:34:41 pm »

I am sneaking in some sci-fi stuff on the side now. David Drake, and John Ringo books, and I got the new John Varley novel.

pieisexactlythree · « **Reply #33 on:** March 06, 2008, 07:08:24 pm »

A couple articles in Urban Land, the journal of the Urban Land Institute, which is the real estate development industry's think tank.

uraharafreak · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:40:30 pm »

I have moved on to xxxholic vol. 1.

Daxe · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2008, 07:41:36 pm »

I havent finished either of the last two books I started, I should get on that

pieisexactlythree · « **Reply #36 on:** March 19, 2008, 10:43:27 am »

OMG! I just finished volume seven of Kaoru Mori's Emma! It was a thrilling conclusion to a truly lovely romance manga. One of the best I've read. Now I'm going to track down some of the other short manga she wrote following some of the minor characters in the Emmaverse.

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 19, 2008, 05:19:40 pm »

just finished claymore vol. 11

i love that series *can't wait until the next one comes out... in some month that starts with a j...*

*whimper* i want it now....

Daxe · « **Reply #38 on:** March 20, 2008, 12:08:53 am »

Im half way done with Three kingdoms, only 35 chapters left...

Lit_of_Fey · « **Reply #39 on:** March 20, 2008, 03:28:52 am »

hrm well I'm working on finishing that last Kovac's novel Woken Furies. It's very good and does not disappoint. I'm also reading angel sanctuary vol. 1 and I just finished the most recent Scott Westerfeld book Extras (my guilty pleasure X3 it's "teen reading" but captivating nonetheless SW is a god) I've been thinking about giving Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell another go (I couldn't read it the first time because it seemed horrendously boring, but maybe I didn't read far enough, most of the best books I've read started out slow and drew you in as they went such as The Chrestomanci books and generally anything written by Diana Wynne Jones) as well as finally finishing Black Sun rising which I took to reading during my breaks at DQ. Feh.

...

.......

>.>'''

I freaking LOVE books.

jaybug · « **Reply #40 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:42:50 pm »

David Drake's Northworld, a couple of books co-written by John Ringo and Travis oh good grief what'is name? Whatever the guy is a ninja redneck rocket scientist, so he knows science. What is weird is the subtle references to certain anime Gundam and Dragonball to list a couple. I am guess those are what they refer to, as they do not list specifc examples, could be Robotech for all I know. Anyway, it's still cool to know that redneck rocket scientists know about anime.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #41 on:** March 20, 2008, 06:58:57 pm »

"He" by H.P. Lovecraft

Zetsu4200 · « **Reply #42 on:** March 20, 2008, 07:41:41 pm »

"21: Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #43 on:** March 21, 2008, 08:41:56 am »

"The Horror of Red Hook" by H.P. Lovecraft

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #44 on:** March 21, 2008, 02:53:00 pm »

Wooooo! Lovecraft!

I'm reading the latest Buffy Season 8 comics.

jaybug · « **Reply #45 on:** March 21, 2008, 03:48:39 pm »

I just got Shonen Jump in the mail last night, so for light reading at work it is Naruto and Bleach. lol

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 23, 2008, 12:58:57 pm »

continuing on in deathnote

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #47 on:** March 25, 2008, 08:02:18 am »

"Cool Air" by H.P. Lovecraft

Syd-chan · « **Reply #48 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:55:02 pm »

From The Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz

jaybug · « **Reply #49 on:** March 26, 2008, 10:18:10 pm »

Grantville Gazette III

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #50 on:** March 31, 2008, 01:16:08 pm »

Washington Driver Guide...

jaybug · « **Reply #51 on:** March 31, 2008, 06:45:53 pm »

I just picked up the Twelve Kingdoms volume 2, hardcover.

Kimiski · « **Reply #52 on:** March 31, 2008, 07:21:52 pm »

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #53 on:** March 31, 2008, 11:42:06 pm »

Quote from: kimiski on March 31, 2008, 07:21:52 pm

Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce is one of my favorite authors ~ And The Immortals quartet is probably my favorite out of all of the stories ~~~

uraharafreak · « **Reply #54 on:** May 29, 2008, 06:47:40 pm »

Entertainment Rigging....for work...and The Other Bible, which is a collection of all writing eliminated from the canonized Protestant Bible.

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #55 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:39:13 pm »

Resisting the siren call of the Stephanie Meyers books sitting right next to me right now... I've made a vow to only ever read those things once each, and for the love of all winged Squeenix characters I'm gonna do it!

My nose, it be buried in fanfiction.

Higuma · « **Reply #56 on:** May 29, 2008, 10:56:14 pm »

My new manga blade of the Immortal, loves it

pieisexactlythree · « **Reply #57 on:** May 30, 2008, 12:43:45 am »

The last thing I read.

Higuma · « **Reply #58 on:** May 30, 2008, 09:48:55 am »

just finished yotsuba 5

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #59 on:** May 30, 2008, 12:05:54 pm »

Just finished reading The Magician's Nephew again, and I will probably start The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe again today.

Zetsu4200 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 30, 2008, 06:58:55 pm »

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (only book that we have to read for Sci-fi class that is remotely good)

Darker Than Black

Code Geass

Daxe · « **Reply #61 on:** May 30, 2008, 07:42:32 pm »

still trying to finish reading the invisible partners.. its a dense book

Keenon Williams · « **Reply #62 on:** June 01, 2008, 05:05:03 pm »

Currently reading Rain Fall by Barry Eisler.

jaybug · « **Reply #63 on:** June 01, 2008, 08:42:11 pm »

I'm reading the latest Appleseed manga from Dark Horse, copyright 2008. dunno, but this seems to me to be about 20 years old, as I think I remember the first Appleseed movie running like this. hmmmmm.
I've been reading C.J. Cherryh, and Elizabeth Moon. Moon's The Speed of Dark was good. I can see why it won the Nebula award.

makichan · « **Reply #64 on:** June 01, 2008, 09:32:09 pm »

It's called The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and it's a romantic comedy. Yes, it's a play, but still, you should read it if you're into classical wit and sarcasm. Also, it has a lot of puns.
I just finished it like, 30 minutes ago. It blew my friggin' mind xD

*floats away*

megchan · « **Reply #65 on:** June 04, 2008, 05:35:58 pm »

When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition by Austin Sarat.

Trumby · « **Reply #66 on:** June 04, 2008, 09:43:34 pm »

The Zombie Survival Guide.

Everyone needs a zombie plan.

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #67 on:** June 04, 2008, 09:56:41 pm »

Hmmm... I've read that. Fill all your bathtubs and sinks with water, take your food with you, go to an upper floor and destroy the staircase... Right? Oh, and crowbars and shotguns are better than regular guns, or something like that?

I'm reading the Trinity Blood manga... Again...

Higuma · « **Reply #68 on:** August 03, 2008, 11:39:37 am »

I have been reading the +Anima manga.

ambergen87 · « **Reply #69 on:** August 03, 2008, 06:40:56 pm »

The Vampire Hunter D novels. I have been waiting for them to translate the novels since I was 14. I'm on #5 now.

Naruto, Bleach, & FMA manga. All online.

Let The Galaxy Burn. A book of short stories based on the warhammer 40K universe. I have been trying to finish this book for about 10 months now. It's been hard when you have been trying to look for a job.

KogaRyu · « **Reply #70 on:** August 04, 2008, 12:34:38 am »

Currently Reading
Manga
Air Gear
Gantz
High school of the Dead
Books
Robinson Crusoe
World War Z

jaybug · « **Reply #71 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:00:47 pm »

Thank you Jeff T Moderator for unlocking this thread.

I am reading "One Day on Mars" by Travis Taylor. Published by Baen books. I am posting about it, as Taylor has mecha in this novel. He seems to believe that they will be a viable military weapon in the future. THis is not a book about mecha, but they are an instrument of war, and so are in the book.

The book is also a bit more hard science fiction that pure space opera. But if you like action, he has been writing with John Ringo on a series, so has been able to bring what he has learned there, to his solo novels.

I can't say yet I recommend reading this book. I am having a harder time reading it than I had reading his other novels. Bu tit is nice to read sci-fi, that is not all gloom and doom.

strayanimus · « **Reply #72 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:37:07 pm »

I was kind of hoping this thread would come back. :'D

As for manga, I'm rereading 20th Century Boys and getting into Urasawa's other works for the first time (namely Pluto and Monster). What great stories...

And The Other Side of the River by Alex Kotlowitz is my current left-to-right novel. It's a book for English class, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

jaybug · « **Reply #73 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:46:13 pm »

What's it about?

Stevie · « **Reply #74 on:** March 01, 2009, 09:13:27 am »

Maximum ride: The Final Warning (once i find it again. ._.)
And.... THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND
And... UGLIES.

:3 Three books at once is totally epic.

(Totally off topic. Buuut..)
I am watching Toradora (Moving on to episode FIVE.)
And re-starting Death Note just for the pure joy of seeing if I forgot something. :3 Epicness, eh?

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #75 on:** March 01, 2009, 10:51:27 am »

Quote from: Stevie on March 01, 2009, 09:13:27 am

And.... THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND

I've been reading that book for a while, few years, lol. I like it, but I keep having to put it off for schoolbooks and texts and whatnot.

But, here are some of what I am currently reading:
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- The Truly Disadvantaged by William Wilson
- The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age
- Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
- In the Days of Simon Stern by Arthur A. Cohen

jaybug · « **Reply #76 on:** March 01, 2009, 03:41:58 pm »

Are you up to Matthew Arnold yet? It seems he still has something for today, to me.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #77 on:** March 01, 2009, 04:23:00 pm »

Quote from: jaybug on March 01, 2009, 03:41:58 pm

Are you up to Matthew Arnold yet? It seems he still has something for today, to me.

I'm not sure who that is. What did he write?

jaybug · « **Reply #78 on:** March 01, 2009, 04:25:05 pm »

He was like the minister of Education of England during Victoria's reign. He has a couple articles in your WW Norton. If your Engoish class is any good, you will read him.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #79 on:** March 01, 2009, 04:30:25 pm »

Ah, no we haven't read anything by him yet. I'll check the syllabus, maybe we will soon.

jaybug · « **Reply #80 on:** March 08, 2009, 06:40:26 pm »

I am reading 1635: The Dreeson Incident. It's an alternative history, part of the 1632 universe created by Eric Flint. I had never learned so much about this period of history until I started reading this series. It's really neat, to me. And I wonder what would life be like now, if I even existed now, if someone went back in time and made massive changes to the world. Besides that we would have been on the moon by 1776, at the latest. And what other eras could someone do affect the future? I think there are times that no matter how advanced the people going back in time were, that they could not change the future much, because of how backwards the time they went was, or that they would all be killed for witches or something.

uraharafreak · « **Reply #81 on:** March 08, 2009, 07:31:32 pm »

Watchmen

Stevie · « **Reply #82 on:** March 09, 2009, 06:37:42 pm »

I need to find Death Note volume three.

Mangas... you can skim right through 'em.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #83 on:** March 09, 2009, 07:37:24 pm »

Quote from: uraharafreak on March 08, 2009, 07:31:32 pm

Watchmen

Yes! Great, isn't it?

jaybug · « **Reply #84 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:08:22 pm »

I'm currently reading David Weber's Storm from the Shadows. Too bad I am going to finish it probably tonight. And I have no idea how long it will be before his next book comes out.

Higuma · « **Reply #85 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:25:25 pm »

The Count of Monte Cristo

jaybug · « **Reply #86 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:28:07 pm »

The guy I work with has the author's same last name. Just pronounces it wrong.

jaybug · « **Reply #87 on:** March 22, 2009, 04:20:04 pm »

Finished reading A Desert Called Peace by Tom Kratman. He has some what would be called radical ideas on how to solve our terrorism problem. Mainly by acting like those self-same terrorists. Is it the religion he hates, or just the adherents? Dunno.

Just started Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. I hadn't ever read it before, not sure why, maybe I just didn't like the idea I got from the covers, or that it was supposed to be too fru-fru. Or, I am just not that into fantasy fiction. It's slow going to start, kind of like reading a Masterpiece Theatre production. or something...

soundninja12 · « **Reply #88 on:** March 23, 2009, 10:57:41 pm »

I'm reading A word after dying (a college level book, and I'm in the eighth grade, take that people who say I'm stupid and suck at reading!)

Manga wise I'm reading Gin Tama, it's entertaining, but I'm not a huge fan of it, I think I have to read more before I can say anything more though.

superjaz · « **Reply #89 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:42:08 pm »

"bite" a vampire anthology book

jaybug · « **Reply #90 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:19:11 pm »

Okay, I really don't want to read any more of the Elric Saga. It just isn't what I care about. It's written in a much older style than it was published. I am talking 1909, when E.R.R. Eddison had The Worm Ouroboros published, which I really liked a lot. I hope you can someday read it.

Higuma · « **Reply #91 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:00:50 pm »

Heaven's net is Wide: the first tale of the Otori. By Lian Hearn.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #92 on:** March 26, 2009, 08:52:08 pm »

Been on a Ross Campbell kick lately, reading all of his graphic novels. I just found and read Water Baby yesterday, and today I reread The Abandoned. Fantastic drawing style and artistic capabilities, beautifully realistic characters.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #93 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:33:20 pm »

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

All the characters are insane and it goes out of chronological order.

jaybug · « **Reply #94 on:** March 30, 2009, 05:47:14 pm »

@ MiriaRose, you oughta read Slaughterhouse 5 next then. Should only take you about a day. Main character time travels. It's written by Kurt Vonegut jr.

This diabetes is making it hard to read, my eyesight had already gone downhill, before I knew.

But I am trying, sort of, to read Dragonseye, byt Anne and Todd McCaffery. It's second pass stuff, and I am not so sure I am thrilled to read it, and I like 9th pass better. But... we shall see.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #95 on:** March 30, 2009, 06:10:01 pm »

One of my friends recommended it to me, actually, a while ago.

It's after Animal Farm, which is next.

I just need to get around to actually reading Catch-22. xP

jaybug · « **Reply #96 on:** March 30, 2009, 07:31:48 pm »

I think the only way I'd actually read Catch-22, would be for a class. I saw the movie. yikes! How did I stay in the Navy for 5 years?

MiriaRose · « **Reply #97 on:** April 01, 2009, 06:59:01 pm »

Finished Catch-22, and almost done with Animal Farm.

Snowden's death almost made me throw up when I was reading. Nobody can EVER make me watch that movie. x___x

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #98 on:** April 01, 2009, 07:01:35 pm »

Just finished reading Chibi Vampire, vol. 12, and am reading The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, vol. 2.

superjaz · « **Reply #99 on:** April 01, 2009, 08:25:25 pm »

kendermore

jaybug · « **Reply #100 on:** April 01, 2009, 09:47:52 pm »

@ Jaz, is that part of the Hickman, Weis, ummmm, D&D series? I think there was a Kender in it, been a long time since I read any of those books.

@ MiriaRose, I'm curious as to what grade you are in, as we read Animal Farm in I want to say 9th grade. Also on that list was Lord of the Flies, and A Clockwork Orange, and 1984. I guess we had a teacher who needed to disturb us. lol That and she had a poster in her office that read, a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. Man, that depressed me.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #101 on:** April 01, 2009, 10:37:45 pm »

I'm in 10th grade, actually.

Last year we read things like All Quiet on the Western Front and Much Ado About Nothing.

Wow, I feel behind. D:

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #102 on:** April 01, 2009, 10:39:00 pm »

I read All Quiet on the Western Front. It was one of the few books I had to read in high school that wasn't bad.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #103 on:** April 02, 2009, 03:26:32 pm »

It was alright.

Just insanely depressing.

~boogiepop~ · « **Reply #104 on:** April 02, 2009, 04:06:02 pm »

Right now I'm about half-way through Battle Royal. I want to finish it so I can start reading Ghosts/Aliens by Tray Hamburger because it looks oh so hilarious.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #105 on:** April 02, 2009, 04:10:57 pm »

Quote from: MiriaRose on April 02, 2009, 03:26:32 pm

It was alright.

Just insanely depressing.

No it wasn't; it was war! (And sex with poor girls from the other side; that part amused me).

MiriaRose · « **Reply #106 on:** April 02, 2009, 04:14:05 pm »

He was having a mental breakdown during that part, wasn't he? Dx

And war = depressing.

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #107 on:** April 02, 2009, 04:26:19 pm »

I think so...

..and war is fun killing with free meals from dead soldiers. Yummy yummy humans.

Seriously though, the depressing stuff is why you had to read it, to become more familiar with the dehumanization of war. That's one of the things that the author was trying to convey with the novel.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #108 on:** April 02, 2009, 04:27:08 pm »

It's not that I don't get the point of it, because I do, but it's just really sad.

EDIT: Yay, I finished Animal Farm!

jaybug · « **Reply #109 on:** April 05, 2009, 09:42:52 pm »

Fruits Basket #22. Sometimes the back and forth between characters is so confusing to me. Had to re-read chapter 130 twice. And still not 100% sure of who's who.

MiriaRose · « **Reply #110 on:** April 06, 2009, 03:39:26 pm »

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut because I couldn't find Slaughterhouse-Five.

And a biography of Khrushchev. xP

jaybug · « **Reply #111 on:** April 06, 2009, 06:27:10 pm »

I bet that's like Niki's best of motivational speeches, eh?

Read, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonseye, and have started her novel The Coelura, which has lots of pictures.

I've also been reading a lot of ingredients labels, mostly with my new pair of glasses.

Wuntvor · « **Reply #112 on:** April 06, 2009, 07:01:36 pm »

Quote from: jaybug on April 05, 2009, 09:42:52 pm

Fruits Basket #22. Sometimes the back and forth between characters is so confusing to me. Had to re-read chapter 130 twice. And still not 100% sure of who's who.

Hey Jay, Can you bring FB #22 with you next Anime Friday? I am just starting #21.

I am just curious. Has anyone here read The Belgariad by David Eddings? It is a five book fantasy quest saga. The first book is entitled Pawn of Prophecy. This is probably my all time favorite series of all time. For those of you who mentioned Shannara and Chrestomanci Quintet, look into The Belgariad. I can guarantee, you will be glad you did.

jaybug · « **Reply #113 on:** April 06, 2009, 09:12:53 pm »

I can try Mr. Wuntvor. lol

I need to look in lik ePowells rare book room to see if I can score a bound copy of the Worm Ouroboros, by E.R. Eddison. wait...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worm_Ouroboros Man, I love that book. Wish I knew where, must be my dad's copy I read.

Amazing how some fiction writers had such modern language skills, and others just...not. Stoker yes, Wells, no. Verne yes. Doyle no. Burroughs no. And then we get to the ones you study in college, Joyce, um yes/no/maybe. lol

Prinz Eugen · « **Reply #114 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:17:53 pm »

I always like to throw in some non-fiction / history.

Just finishing up a STUNNING read calle 'The Demon Under the Microscope,' by Thomas Hager.
It's about the research trials and errors that brought about sulfa drugs - the first effective antibiotics.
Harrowing reading at times, wartime infections, Nazi experiments on Polish prisoners, introduction in the USA before and FDA laws had any sort of teeth to them, dangerous copycat recipies, etc.

Review:
http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/better_living_through_chemistry/

MiriaRose · « **Reply #115 on:** April 06, 2009, 10:42:36 pm »

Quote from: jaybug on April 06, 2009, 06:27:10 pm

I bet that's like Niki's best of motivational speeches, eh?

Read, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonseye, and have started her novel The Coelura, which has lots of pictures.

I've also been reading a lot of ingredients labels, mostly with my new pair of glasses.

xD They were awful, I suppose?

I'm only on page 11 and it's really boring. x_x But I have to keep reading. xD

Higuma · « **Reply #116 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:17:28 pm »

I have just finished the 5th and last book in "the tales of the Otori" by Lian Hearn. Every one should read these books. They are set in mideval Japan and are the best books I ever read.

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #117 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:09:42 pm »

I'm reading Reading Lolita in Tehran

jaybug · « **Reply #118 on:** April 23, 2009, 05:37:17 pm »

All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne MacCaffrey
The Scourge of God by S.M. Stirling ( setting is in Oregon)
Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh
Finity's End by C.J. Cherryh

been a good week for reading so far....

Just got my Shonen Jump in the mail last night! Woot!

Trumby · « **Reply #119 on:** April 30, 2009, 12:23:19 am »

World War Z.

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #120 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:34:23 am »

*at first thought this thread said WHY are you reading?*
To Kill a Mockingbird

Wuntvor · « **Reply #121 on:** April 30, 2009, 06:49:33 pm »

Quote from: jaybug on April 23, 2009, 05:37:17 pm

All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne MacCaffrey
The Scourge of God by S.M. Stirling ( setting is in Oregon)
Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh
Finity's End by C.J. Cherryh

I am trying to remember if you said you had read the Chanur Saga books by Cherryh. Jay, you really should look into them if you like her style of writing. I have always loved how she shows the human race from the aliens perspective. And no other "cat-girl" I have ever read about or seen in an anime, can hold a candle to Pyanfar Chanur. I just love this character. Kind of like the feline equivalent of Kylara Vatta from Elizabeth Moons Vatta's War series, another great series of books I would recommend to anyone who likes space operas (Think Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, or Star Trek).

MiriaRose · « **Reply #122 on:** April 30, 2009, 07:03:07 pm »

Still reading Khrushchev's biography.

Still haven't gotten to the shoe banging part. >.>

superjaz · « **Reply #123 on:** May 02, 2009, 09:33:47 pm »

darkly dreaming dexter, nothing better was in store to get, tho i really wanted to get pride and prejudice and zombies for my brother (his birthdays coming up

altho new chaline harris book out on tuesday score!!!!

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #124 on:** May 02, 2009, 09:49:20 pm »

The Zombie Guide book

Higuma · « **Reply #125 on:** May 08, 2009, 01:58:25 pm »

Hunter X Hunter manga

jaybug · « **Reply #126 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:39:41 pm »

Funny, i didn't know you had posted that about Chanur, and huh, I just read the first 3 books of the series the past couple days. Of course neither the library of Borders has homecoming or legacy. I wonder if Cherryh has any time to write another Chanur novel, tie it in more with some part of the rest of her universe, maybe say the Atevi in the Foreigner universe! That'd be awesome.

Did you read the new book Conspirator? It just came out.

I also read David Drake's new Leary/Mundy novel, In the Stormy Red Sky. I like how it may seem all Patrick O'Brien, but Drake uses actual historical events albeit a couple thousand years old, but true nonetheless, to use as a base for this fiction.

I read Chibi Vampire #13. I am going to probably really miss the series after #14 comes out and there will be no more.

Kallika · « **Reply #127 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:40:53 pm »

Ummm..I am reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth (it's a pretty good zombie book so far)

MiriaRose · « **Reply #128 on:** May 19, 2009, 07:47:14 pm »

A biography of Frida Kahlo.

Khrushchev was too boring. >.> Did he expel himself from the communsit party when he was general secretary then hit a ceramic gun on a table? (Deigo Rivera, Kahlo's husband, did this. xD)

Romo · « **Reply #129 on:** May 19, 2009, 08:46:56 pm »

I'm reading 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by 'Mark Twain' and I think it's amazing.~

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #130 on:** May 19, 2009, 10:02:47 pm »

I'm reading the driver's manual from the DMV

jaybug · « **Reply #131 on:** May 19, 2009, 10:31:09 pm »

OMG, Alert, everyone stay away from Oatfield road for the foreseeable future!

The_Geek · « **Reply #132 on:** May 22, 2009, 07:41:31 pm »

Pride and Prejudice, its incredibly amazing!

soundninja12 · « **Reply #133 on:** May 22, 2009, 09:51:29 pm »

Dancing in my Nuddy pants (the 4th in the Georgia Nickleson (spelled that wrong) series)
It's funny, I went from a College level book to a 6th grade level book.

UtadaFan20 · « **Reply #134 on:** May 23, 2009, 02:07:54 pm »

Currently reading:

Seimaden
Cantarella
and anything Yaoi I can get my hands on

KogaRyu · « **Reply #135 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:57:21 am »

Gantz

Blackstar · « **Reply #136 on:** June 06, 2009, 10:07:45 pm »

Long-shot Lance Allred: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon kid and His Journey to the NBA

Romo · « **Reply #137 on:** June 06, 2009, 10:57:54 pm »

Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain

superjaz · « **Reply #138 on:** June 06, 2009, 11:16:14 pm »

the tale of lady ochikubo

strayanimus · « **Reply #139 on:** June 08, 2009, 12:32:25 am »

The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester.

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #140 on:** June 08, 2009, 08:19:56 am »

I'm reading Gravitation :3

NightLotus · « **Reply #141 on:** June 08, 2009, 08:37:36 am »

I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" it is rather enjoyable! ^^

nyahaha · « **Reply #142 on:** June 08, 2009, 01:47:45 pm »

Higurashi When they cry; Harry Potter 3; and breaking Dawn

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #143 on:** June 08, 2009, 11:28:20 pm »

Quote from: NightLotus on June 08, 2009, 08:37:36 am

I'm reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" it is rather enjoyable! ^^

I did a scene from Pride and Prejudice for acting.

It was awesome.

ambergen87 · « **Reply #144 on:** June 09, 2009, 05:20:33 pm »

This forum.

Higuma · « **Reply #145 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:57:01 am »

Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis

Konan-ChanX3 · « **Reply #146 on:** June 10, 2009, 09:06:57 am »

Tales of Innocence

Mentally Hilarious · « **Reply #147 on:** June 10, 2009, 01:24:28 pm »

I'm reading several things at once:
Eragon
Wicked
Star Trek-Troublesome Minds (How did that get there?!)

Wuntvor · « **Reply #148 on:** June 10, 2009, 08:25:33 pm »

Quote from: Wuntvor on April 06, 2009, 07:01:36 pm

I am just curious. Has anyone here read The Belgariad by David Eddings? It is a five book fantasy quest saga. The first book is entitled Pawn of Prophecy. This is probably my all time favorite series of all time. For those of you who mentioned Shannara and Chrestomanci Quintet, look into The Belgariad. I can guarantee, you will be glad you did.

I just found out that David Eddings died this month. RIP David, I will miss you.

superjaz · « **Reply #149 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:06:21 pm »

dexter in the dark its got some funny parts

tofutakeout · « **Reply #150 on:** June 12, 2009, 09:33:00 pm »

fanfiction because cats cradle has made me want to stay away from real literature for a while. :/

soundninja12 · « **Reply #151 on:** June 17, 2009, 12:59:13 pm »

I am reading JapanAmerica by Roland Kelts. I love it! It's all about things like cosplay, and anime, and how they've ended up in America. It's awesome!

Mentally Hilarious · « **Reply #152 on:** June 17, 2009, 01:08:28 pm »

Quote from: soundninja12 on June 17, 2009, 12:59:13 pm

I am reading JapanAmerica by Roland Kelts. I love it! It's all about things like cosplay, and anime, and how they've ended up in America. It's awesome!

I'm gonna look into that one now!

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #153 on:** June 17, 2009, 01:09:45 pm »

Finished Terry Goodkind's Stone of Tears last week, and now I'm reading Blood of the Fold, the next in his Sword of Truth series.

strayanimus · « **Reply #154 on:** June 17, 2009, 07:37:17 pm »

A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge. I liked A Fire Upon the Deep quite a bit, hopefully this will live up to my expectations.

kylite · « **Reply #155 on:** June 18, 2009, 05:49:29 pm »

this forum

Higuma · « **Reply #156 on:** June 19, 2009, 10:52:39 am »

Perelandra- C.S. Lewis (sequel to Out of the Silent Planet)

soundninja12 · « **Reply #157 on:** June 19, 2009, 11:18:45 am »

some book on Samurai. Can't quite name the author or title. It's non fiction, and it's on the history of Samurai.

totemo_oishii · « **Reply #158 on:** June 20, 2009, 09:27:38 am »

Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut.

jaybug · « **Reply #159 on:** October 13, 2009, 08:26:06 pm »

I just finished Twelve Kingdoms first novel. And have started The White Dragon, for the second time.

chelseahavoc · « **Reply #160 on:** October 13, 2009, 11:17:54 pm »

honey and clover... again... for the 5th time..

KogaRyu · « **Reply #161 on:** October 13, 2009, 11:20:53 pm »

Catch 22

sabata · « **Reply #162 on:** October 14, 2009, 06:36:30 am »

lately, i have been a big orsen scott card fan.
Enders shadow
Empire
pastwatch
xenocide
speaker for the dead

and also i have been reading quite the many of webcomics.
Looking for group
Least i could do
Pajama forest
Questionable content (thanks tomboy for showing it to me <3 it)
Nerf this
Penny arcade
VG cats (at least when they update)
Allan (BEST EVERRRRR)
menage 3

StarryShay · « **Reply #163 on:** October 14, 2009, 07:01:02 am »

I went to Barnes and Noble the other day to get the eighth chobits volume, but they didn't have it, so I bought this adorable manga called Kasumi instead.
That's what I'm reading. C:

Wuntvor · « **Reply #164 on:** October 14, 2009, 08:47:10 am »

Quote from: StarryShay on October 14, 2009, 07:01:02 am

I went to Barnes and Noble the other day to get the eighth chobits volume, but they didn't have it, so I bought this adorable manga called Kasumi instead.
That's what I'm reading. C:

If you like Chobits you should also check out Kobato. You will see some old friends.

The anime of Kobato has just started airing, it is following the manga rather loosely so far. At least it isn't totally different. Hard to say with only one episode out so far.

NekoAkiko · « **Reply #165 on:** October 18, 2009, 10:55:08 am »

I'm reading:
A Bride in the Bargain by Deeanne Gist
Rose of the Prophet: The Will of the Wanderer by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

soundninja12 · « **Reply #166 on:** October 18, 2009, 12:57:16 pm »

Anything written by Sherman Alexie that I can get my hands on

Winfred · « **Reply #167 on:** October 18, 2009, 01:01:26 pm »

Just finished Pluto oh maaaaaaaaan robots are the saddest things there will ever be, did you know.

jaybug · « **Reply #168 on:** October 19, 2009, 07:19:26 pm »

This http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1439133042/1439133042.htm?blurb
It has moments that make me lol pretty hard. I think a lot of people who haven't read any of the prior books in the series, will not understand or like this book.

I think next will be Twelve Kingdoms book II.

Also have started reading, sort of, Build your own computer for dummies.

Romo · « **Reply #169 on:** October 27, 2009, 03:15:08 pm »

Pieces of White Shell, for school. Dx;

Moriko Aikibo · « **Reply #170 on:** November 01, 2009, 11:36:29 pm »

It
Twilight
Harry Potter HBP
Vampire Kisses

and anything else I can get my hands on... I'm not goth or emo... I promise. Haha!

leonmasteries · « **Reply #171 on:** November 01, 2009, 11:42:43 pm »

Quote from: Moriko Aikibo on November 01, 2009, 11:36:29 pm

It
Twilight
Harry Potter HBP
Vampire Kisses

and anything else I can get my hands on... I'm not goth or emo... I promise. Haha!

NNNNOOOOO, not Twilight, it F**king burns, but anywho, I'm reading vast amounts of manga from onemanga, vgcats, the stuff from snafu (grimtales is over, so not that, but powerpuff girls D, Brain Dead, NHP) I'm also reading Original Life, Super Effective, Lackadaisy, Menage a 3, Eerie Cuties, and School Bites. As for books, I'm re reading Deathly Hallows, the Life of Walt Disney, Jack Sparrow and the Pirate Lords series, Heck series, and writing my own stuff.

jaybug · « **Reply #172 on:** November 03, 2009, 04:49:34 pm »

Draco's Tavern by Larry Niven

melchizedek · « **Reply #173 on:** November 07, 2009, 03:36:58 pm »

I just finished Rocheworld

MiriaRose · « **Reply #174 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:10:15 pm »

Anna Karenina and The Final Days.

Just reread the last Harry Potter book.

jaybug · « **Reply #175 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:37:57 pm »

I'm reading "The Subtle Knife", by Philip Pullman. I'm surprised at how enjoyable it is to read. I do wonder about his take on religion. I doubt that religious fundamentalists would allow their children to read his works. But... I have only seen the first movie, and only started reading the second book, so I cannot claim to know what he is all about. The anti-C.S. Lewis???

nyahaha · « **Reply #176 on:** November 07, 2009, 10:51:43 pm »

A Clockwork Orange
can't remember the author though, and I'm too lazy to walk to my room and look at the book.

Hidamari · « **Reply #177 on:** November 08, 2009, 12:13:44 am »

Quote from: nyahaha on November 07, 2009, 10:51:43 pm

A Clockwork Orange
can't remember the author though, and I'm too lazy to walk to my room and look at the book.

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

BEST BOOK EVER. EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T READ IT YET.

The_Geek · « **Reply #178 on:** November 22, 2009, 05:15:51 pm »

9 books on punk, rock, etc. for a school project. Such as: One Chord Wonders, England's Dreaming, Flowers in the Dustbin, and so on.

melchizedek · « **Reply #179 on:** November 22, 2009, 05:42:12 pm »

am reading Cosm, scifi novel...

MiriaRose · « **Reply #180 on:** December 11, 2009, 09:52:36 pm »

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

fhqwhgads41185 · « **Reply #181 on:** December 11, 2009, 10:12:24 pm »

The Dante Club

Darknight2433 · « **Reply #182 on:** December 11, 2009, 10:36:51 pm »

I Capture The Castle

ugh...

DemonSpawn · « **Reply #183 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:07:50 pm »

*sniff sniff* Sad book.

Lurelene McDaniels books make me cry.

melchizedek · « **Reply #184 on:** December 13, 2009, 06:18:35 am »

Read out of the silent planet by CS lewis

TomtheFanboy · « **Reply #185 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:52:44 pm »

Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama

Mentally Hilarious · « **Reply #186 on:** December 15, 2009, 09:04:26 pm »

Well I was reading the book but now I just got lazy and am now listening to Leanard Nimoy read a star trek novel. It makes the adventure come alive!

jaybug · « **Reply #187 on:** December 15, 2009, 10:23:50 pm »

S.M. Stirling The Sword of the Lady. Just finished a couple by Lois McMaster Bujold, about Miles Vorkosigan. And before that a whole series of Jack Campbell novels. And the new one by Travis S. Taylor, and also Larry Niven's latest. I gave the Niven to my dad for Christmas.

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