So you might even read books. What do you like to read? Favorite authors?
I am a big reader, and I am always looking for new authors to try out.
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So you might even read books. What do you like to read? Favorite authors?
I am a big reader, and I am always looking for new authors to try out.
I am a huge Lord of the Rings geek, so I have read the Hobbit, all 3 lord of the rings and the Silmarillion.Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
I also read some other fantasy, Piers Anthony is one of my favourite authors. I read a couple of books in his Xanth series. My favourite Piers Anthony book is On a Pale Horse. It is actually what the show "Dead Like Me" is based on.
And then I do your typical Tom Clancy. I have read most of his "Net Force" series and I have read Rainbow 6
And then there is a lot of political theory that I have been into such as Thomas Hobbes' leviathan, I have also read alot of John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Marx, all that sort of thing.
I'm a sucker for Dean R. Koontz. I also enjoy reading Peter Popper's books, he's a psychologist, and a really wise man. He gives lectures all around the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
I doubt you could find his books translated to english, at least the ones he wrote for entertainment.
P. Howard (Jenő Rejtő) is a favourite of mine as well, you should try and find some of his books in english. He has a pretty unique style of writing, with lots of ironical humour.
I wish I had the time to read, I have about 10 books on my shelves I'd like to read...
i have them all, even the tales of tom bombadil, and i have read the series 17 times, i also love matthew reilly, george orwell, eion colfer, chris whitcomb, and several authorsQuote:
Originally Posted by mouseman004
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck, it's a beautiful story about a family that needs work during the dust bowl. I also read the biography of Kurt Cobain and Frank Zappa, the one about Cobain is the most shocking imo.
and others, i liked the harry potter books :)
I liked this book called Beige it's by cecil castellucci it's about this chick who lives in canada but she has to go to L.a. to stay with her dad while her mom is in peru
she hates punk music but her dad is in the punk scene it's pretty bad-ass
george orwell and things down that line
i'm currently reading a book about a bunch of studies on the human brain and what changes it for the better and for the worse and why. It focusses on foods, diet, metabolism, sex, exercise, sleep, puzzles, tv and so on. It goes on to explain about different chemical reactions in the brain, optimism, pessimism, depression, emotional intelligence, anxiety, motivation and a bunch of other stuff on a bio chemical level. Theres loads more thats just the first part, its a really fascinating book.
I'm also a fantasy geek, but I love to read books of human anatomy (but only with nice pictures of skeletons, muscles, terrible diseases and so on), fashion and that kind of stuff. Nowadays I read a bit less than what I used to, maybe because of school.
World War Z
Best book ever!
You guys are all NERDS!!!
hahaha
just kidding...i like reading anything by Nicholas Sparks
Okay I loved Dead Like Me, so I will have to check out that book.Quote:
Originally Posted by mouseman004
I never have watched/read any LOTR stuff. It doesn't appeal to me at all, which is weird since I like fantasy and science fiction a lot.
I like books about the human body too. I am really interested in books studying human bodies post-mortem, that sort of thing. If you haven't read Stiff (by Mary Roach), I highly suggest it. It's really interesting, and the author definitely has a sense of humor as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by swallow
oh, and I read lots and lots of science fiction too, if anyone ever wants any new authors to try out.
you'd really like fables. books with pictures are way better than books with just words.
Nah, pictures always ruin the images I create in my head. That's probably why I would rather read the book than see the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by xsecx
i totally agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by linsee
yeah, but that's why comics are so much better, because they're original works that are completely set out to the creators vision. comics shouldn't be avoided just because they have pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
i like paul auster.
and the adaptation to graphic novel of City of Glass was great.
It's funny when I read a comic, then see it made in some way for TV/movies I get kinda sad sometimes when the voices/actors don't match how I pictured the charachters in my head. I find that you end up putting your own stamp on the charachters even with the images there. There are some great stories written that way! From Hell by Alan Moore is a good one too, the drawing style is kind of lose, so it suggests, but you still have a lot to fill in yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
For book books I'm addicted to anything 18th century, I loved Evelina, for painting a picture of life back then in a way that is still funny and lively today! (been on a HUGE Frances Burney kick lately)
I recently read The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox, which I enjoyed. I'm also way into Fitzgerald and Dickens. Also, anyone who hasn't read Dune yet should really get on that. For fantasy nerds I recommend Joe Abercrombie's First Law series (first book is The Blade Itself) and George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series (first book- a Game of Thrones)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
My class is reading Ethan Frome and Romeo & Juliet. I'm a big Shakespeare nerd. We'll be reading Night, Speak and Julius Caesar later this semester. I actually like reading nonfiction, biographies, and psychology and socio-politico books.
Tolkien drives me nuts; I prefer the other Inkling, C.S. Lewis.
true they shouldnt be avoided, but books with pictures are shiteQuote:
Originally Posted by xsecx
7 months later...what is everyone reading?
I just finished The Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and am currently reading Me Talk Pretty One Day and listening to Silent Spring (I have a 45 minute commute to work and don't want waste valuable time).
Right now I am reading Vanished, by Kat Richardson. It's part of a series that she writes that is really interesting, about a person that can see into the "ghost" world that lives on top of our normal world.
I'm a super geek so I have a list on my phone of when upcoming books that I want come out, and there's a good 15 books on there, leading all the way up to the end of the year. I'm looking forward to the new Kelli Armstrong book that comes out at the end of September.
I figure I go through at least a book a week, if not two. Good thing I don't have a life.
Wow girl! I'm not knowledgeable about modern authors. :/Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
I feel like I'm always trying to play catch up with the classics and the long lists that I received every summer 7th to 12th grade.
Recently I've read both Homicide and The Corner by David Simon. Boyd, Sweat And Beers, which is a diary of Peterborough United's promotion season as written by the fans, myself included. I'm now re-reading Preacher By Garth Ennis.
Read, The Hundred Penny Box. For some reason, I always loved this book growing up. Not very long, like a little less than a hundred pages I think. Good book. It's like a book meant for 3rd grade levels, but still good haha.
I'm rereading The Bell Jar at the moment. I want to find one of my fav quotes again so I have to read the book again. Haha. I love The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Feed is one of my favorite books. I doubt many know that book. I also love the book Before I Die. Such a sad book but so moving. Anything with a very strong message is amazing. But once I start a book I can't put it down so I can usually read a book in a day. I also have to buy all of my books so that I can keep them all to remember what I've read. I have over 150 books that I read within a year probably. Now I just need money for new ones. Ha.
i'm half reading total immersion by terry laughlin, its a great insight into swimming easier and better and more effortlessly. Also on my pile of half read unfinished books is an old favourite i am reading again called beyond the known by tri thong dang...its a nice collection of martial arts/philosophical anecdotes. I am reading a bit more of my Derren brown book too called tricks of the mind, its a really fascinating book at times and at others not. But he has a new series comming out on TV so i thought i'd have a little look. Theres also a couple of unfinished books that i look at from time to time, one is and old book about auto suggestion by emile coue and another about non verbal communication.
I'm the opposite, I generally don't read the classics of the books that people say "oh, you've got to read this, it's so touching and made me cry and think about my life". I love science fiction/mystery type of stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlaRant
haha, I don't know how no one's mentioned Poe yet, it's deep stuff
but I'm reallly into historical fiction stuff like the Sharpe Series by Bernard Cornwall. I used to be more into fantasy and I read the Shannara Series but for some reason my dad didn't like me reading fantasy lol.
I've also been reading a lot of American Literature like Black Boy and The Jungle, I think it's interesting to be able to look back at the way things were and how the people were like and how far we've advanced or haven't. If anyone has some good recommendations tell me since I'm taking Honors Amereican Lit too so it's be good for school and knowledge
Well i have mentioned him as i am not reading him at the moment!Quote:
Originally Posted by XCarsonSCX
I love Poe...Black Boy is great and The Jungle is disturbing. I teach high school English and my kids tend to love The Great Gatsby. Surprisingly there are plenty of modern day allusions to that novel. Read Howl if you haven't already.Quote:
Originally Posted by XCarsonSCX
i just saw Lord of the flies yesterday, and now i want to read it. it's probably way better than the movie was.
That is my favorite book I was required to read in school.Quote:
Originally Posted by SgtD
There's a freakin' movie?!? I hope my kids don't find out.... j/k I'll totally show it in class.Quote:
Originally Posted by SgtD
yeah, i was kinda shocked that it's required in school.Quote:
Originally Posted by linsee
there are two. a black and white one and another from the 80's or 70's? i saw the latter, it was pretty well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlaRant
I've never read any of his Sharpe books, but I've seen the tv show. I liked his Athurian and Saxon books. If he has a new one out it tends to form part of my holiday reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by XCarsonSCX
I started reading those Shannara books when I was younger, but could never get into them.
I rented some of the Sharpe episodes from the library but they weren't the best and I enjoyed reading them more than watching them, and the Saxon books were good but my favorite series by him next to the Sharpe's had ot have been the Archer seriesQuote:
Originally Posted by Anderson
I'll definitely try reading Howl, but I kinda got sick of The Jungle because as disturbing as it is, it was used by Upton Sinclair to promote socialism, I mean the last two chapters were devoted to describing "how great socialism is" I just got tired of it. I could understand in Black Boy because it was a memoir/autobiography type thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlaRant