What are you reading? What books have you got lined up?

[applesandoranges]

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[sage42]

Thanks to Pottermore, as soon as I'm done with my current Dragon Age kick, I plan on re-reading the Harry Potter series.

 

[mrjoe94]

I'm not one for reading but I fell in love the the Dresden Files like most kids fall in love with Harry Potter. I'm on Book 7: Dead Beat. I'd recommend the series to anyone who liked Harry Potter as a younger person . Probably my favorite series of all time so far.

 

[Craorach]

I'm currently waiting eagerly on more Gaunt's Ghosts or Horus Heresy books to come out. Also the next Dresden Files.

I'm currently reading Embedded, by Dan Abnett. It's not a 40k novel, but one of his original titles, a sci fi piece based around a jaded reporter. It's pretty good, I think the fact that Abnett mostly writes liscenced properties like 40k and comics means his independent work struggles a bit.

 

[Trooper924]

I'm presenting working my way through the Hunger Games Trilogy due to the hullabaloo surrounding the movie. After that I don't know. I've always wanted to try the Discworld books but I have no idea where to start.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I just started reading Ubik by Philip K Dick. Don't know what I'll read afterwards though.

 

[trooper6]

For fun: I'm in the middle of A Dance with Dragons ( of George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series). The next book I'll probably read for fun will either be The Hunger Games, or the next book I have lined up in the Hard Case Crime series...A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block. A 1963 pulp crime novel.

For work: I have two senior theses, a doctoral thesis, and a bunch of final papers coming up soon.

For research: The next book I have up is called Jazz and the Germans. I have to read that. And after that I've got to read Love and Theft which is about blackface minstrelsy.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I'm determined to finish the Hunger Games, although frankly it's hard to remember the last time I read anything quite so utterly and hopelessly shit. I read the first one because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, the second because a friend I used to trust for recommendations assured me that the second one was better than the first (never listening to her again) and the third because I might as well now. I hear it's a masterclass in terrible writing so...

I think I've been kind of put off reading, which is disappointing because I used to love it. Adult books trying to pretend that all it takes to be considered a serious work of art is to have a sudden and implausible downer ending, children and young adult literature that might be better used as insulation material...

Not a good time to be an avid reader.

 

[guitarsniper]

Mistborn Trilogy. It's alright. Characters are kinda flat.

Thinking of Name of the Wind next, I hear it's decent. That's assuming Abercrombie's new book isn't out by then.

Name of the Wind is EXCELLENT. Highly recommended.

That said, I'm re-reading Kon-Tiki. I'm kind of on an exploration kick. Lined up after that are the journals of Lewis and Clark.

 

[Vault101]

just picked up issac asmovs I,robot

and also batman: the long halloween

 

[Teh Jammah]

Re-reading Mike Carey's Felix Castor Books. Finished 'The Devil you Know' the other day, working back through 'Vicious Circle'. At the point where he's just come back from the IceMaker's and is starting to put things together.

If you've never read them they're sort of modern day hard-boiled detective fiction mixed with Hellblazer/Supernatural. Essentailly reads like a tale your mate would tell you down the pub if your mate was a Scouser chancer Exorcist living in a time when the dead don't stay quiet in their graves.

Give TDYK a spin if any of that sounds like your thing. I'd personally recommend it. In a tune of D-minor

 

[Blue_screen]

Started reading:

- The Children of Húrin.

- Double Eagle by Dan Abnett, set in the 40k universe.

 

[OneOfTheMichael's]

Been reading the walking dead series which is a damn good one and was gonna read Inheritance but I think I'll need to read to whole series again to remember what the hell happened.

 

[The Funslinger]

Last Chance To See- Douglas Addams goes around the world for the BBC with a naturalist friend and describes animals that are very near extinction. It's excellent, hilarious, informative, and thoughtful.

There's another edition of that with Stephen Fry.

 

[The Funslinger]

Reading "The Talisman" now after seeing it on my shelf for over 10 years, and then it's the new Dark Tower book, The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole.

I've been skittish about picking up the Dark Tower books. Are they good?

Edit: Accidentally quoted some wrong people xD

 

[The Funslinger]

I'm determined to finish the Hunger Games, although frankly it's hard to remember the last time I read anything quite so utterly and hopelessly shit. I read the first one because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, the second because a friend I used to trust for recommendations assured me that the second one was better than the first (never listening to her again) and the third because I might as well now. I hear it's a masterclass in terrible writing so...

I know, right!? Reading Katniss's monologue (which obviously can't be ignored because it's the focal point of the book you're reading) had me thinking borderline Patrick Bateman-esque thoughts...

 

[onewheeled]

I'm currently reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for my AP English 11 class. I don't know what to make of it just yet. It's well-written and interesting to get into the mind of Holden, but nothing has really happened yet, and I'm a little worried how it will hold up, since I've heard almost exclusively negative reviews from friends and on this forum.

And I'm interested in re-reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I read it in ninth grade, and sorta liked it, more for the adventure section than the spiritual and philosophical pieces of it, which are the main reason I'm interested in reading it again.

 

[Carbonyl]

Last Chance To See- Douglas Addams goes around the world for the BBC with a naturalist friend and describes animals that are very near extinction. It's excellent, hilarious, informative, and thoughtful.

There's another edition of that with Stephen Fry.

WHERE? I must have it!

 

[VeryOddGamer]

I have almost finished reading the late Christopher Hitchens's "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything". After that, I'll improvise.

 

[Smiley Face]

I've been skittish about picking up the Dark Tower books. Are they good?

They're different from Stephen King's usual fare - they're very much fantasy, not horror. The first book is significantly different in approach than the rest of the series, it's a slight variant of a western, but after that point it starts playing with alternate realities and dimension hopping and gets more out there. They're all good, so if you want to try it, you might like the first book and dislike the series, or vice versa, so keep that in mind. Personally, I enjoyed both, but preferred the first book.

Also, to the folks talking about Patrick Rothfuss' stuff, I concur, it is fantastic (in both senses of the word). To those who enjoy it, I also heartily recommend the works of Scott Lynch - lesser known, but of no lesser quality.

As to what I'm reading, I've been in exam mode recently, so nothing RIGHT now, but I'm out, so I'll be getting to it soon. I may pick up Lord of the Rings again, I'm halfway through my first read-through of the series in 6 years. I may read the Codex Alera, as I used my reading week to read through the Dresden Files for the first time (they were simpler than my usual fare, but interesting nonetheless). I may finally get around to hitting some science fiction, such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, or Ender's Game. I may just read some history books.