What are you reading?

[4173]

The Hunger Games

This, plus The Glory of Their Times

 

[razor343]

'What the Night Knows' by Dean Koontz. It's a horror story of sorts. It's been good so far and I'm almost at the end so I guess it will stay like that.

 

[knhirt]

Personally, I'm reading a couple:
The Green Pearl - Book two of Lyonesse by Jack Vance. Historical fiction, fantasy.
For the new intellectual - By Ayn Rand. A description of her philosophy: Objectivism.

Also considering diving into Fear and loathing in Las Vegas again, by Hunter S. Thompson.

For school, I'm reading:
Who wants to be a millionaire - By Vikas Swarup.

 

[Agayek]

Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is the big series I'm following now (though I have finished reading them all). I'm also working my way through a handful of other books as well, specifically the Kingkiller Chronicles, the Ramma series and Lord of the Rings again.

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

Currently slowly plodding through a couple of books. Recently started reading the Quran after a beautiful copy (whose sleeve is covered in geometrical patterns) drew my attention in the local book store. My first foray into any sacred text, and it is taking me to some wonderful places, despite it's brutality.

I am also having a second read through of Alan Moore's "From Hell." Anyone who knows who Alan Moore is, or anyone who has read From Hell (which I suspect to be a large amount of The Escapist's population) will know just how epic and engrossing an undertaking this is.

Next book? Possibly the Torah. My mother has some Ba'hai sacred texts she said I would enjoy also (a religion that focuses primarily on the unity of all world religions and of all people.)

 

[Koroviev]

If you're looking for a Japanese author channeling Kafka, then I would read Woman in the Dunes

Oh no, I'm not looking for anything Kafka-esque...I was just wondering as his name is in the title lol. I just looked up The Master and Margarita and that sounds amazing.

Being highly interested in Russian Literature, I'm going to assume you've read War and Peace and Crime and Punishment? I bought both for about £3 from a used book shop but haven't had the time to read them yet. Crime and Punishment sounds pretty amazing but I'm skeptical of War and Peace because of how extraordinarily difficult people say it is.

I'm currently browsing Amazon, looking at Murakami books. He has so many! I wish I'd heard more about him 5 years ago. = [

Crime and Punishment is one of my favorite novels. It is easily the most "modern" classic I have ever read. Just be prepared to experience some intense emotions.

I haven't read War and Peace, but it is sitting on my book shelf. I picked up the Garnett (original) translation for a few dollars, but really, I should look into a newer translation. I think I'm going to read Anna Karenina first, as I have a more recent translation of that.

With respect to The Master and Margarita, I would definitely recommend investing in a newer edition. The Ginsburg version is purely functional. My recommendation is the Burgin/O'Connor translation with annotations. It's a significant step up from the Ginsburg translation and it really helps to elucidate the satirical aspect of the novel.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I just started reading The Maps of Time by Felix J. Palma, and so far it's pretty good. It has H.G. Wells as a charcter and it talks about time, how could it not get any cooler than that!

 

[PatientZero]

The books I have recently read whilst ignoring the pile of journals for my uni course are;
Lucifer's Lottery by Edward Lee
The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas
Serial Uncut by Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn
And I am currently reading Born To Bleed by Ryan C. Thomas and Randy and Walter Portrait of Two Killers by Tristan Slaughter. All belong to the Horror genre.

 

[Gizmo1990]

So as i've been potentially structuring a review type thing in which i discuss books i have read, i had the idea to ask this forum..What books if any are you fine people reading?

List title, author and genre and maybe i'll look them and give them a read if they interest me.

To answer the topic question i am currently reading book number 2, (as i've already finished number 1) in Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy and am enjoying it thoroughly.

You my friend have great tast in books. I have read the night angel trillogy about 15 times.

OT: I am currently making my way through the Dresden Files for about the 30th time. I am currently on Proven Guility which I think is about number 7 I cannot remember of the top of my head.

 

[GrimGrimoire]

A Dance with Dragons, fifth book in the series "A song of Ice and Fire".
Author: George R.R. Martin.
Genre: Low-Fantasy.

A series as good as Lord of the Rings, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Weel of Time.

 

[charda11]

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (or something like that), it's an overly-preachy sci-fi (by the loosest use of the word because it takes place in the future)

 

[Jedamethis]

infantry attacks by Erwin Rommel


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OT: I am Legend. Supposed to be reading Catcher in the Rye for school, but I'm halfway through and the guy has done fuck-all really.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

I'm still working my way through the Warhammer 40k Horus Heresy series. It's a good launching point for folks looking to get into the mythology of the series...but if you're not into the setting don't bother.

Other than that, I just picked up "Confederacy of Dunces" which, if what I'm told is true is one of the best satire/comedies ever.

And I'm almost finished with my umpteenth reading of War of the Worlds.

 

[Vern5]

I've had to read "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis for a Literature class I'm taking.

I read extracts from that last year for a module I took at uni. It was really interesting when read alongside the other stuff we had to study. What's the literature class you're taking?

It's a class focused on Literary Realism and Naturalism. We are still in the Realism portion and "How the Other Half Lives" neatly encompasses everything Literary Realism is about. What did you read alongside this book?

 

[dlsevern]

The Dragon Reborn, fourth book in the Wheel of Time series. Considering taking a break from the series soon. It's a fantastic read so far, but bloody hell that series is huge. Still got Yathzee's Mogworld to read as well, and

Keep reading The Wheel of Time series, some will say that it starts to go downhill around the fifth or sixth book but they must not have been reading the same series. I'm into book eleven now and it just gets better and better.

 

[Davih]

I am about 3/4 of the way through "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" books. The series which the TV show True Blood is based on for those don't know.

Once I finish these I plan on reading "A Song of Ice and Fire" series since I haven't read the latest book.

 

[Chalacachaca]

The Two Towers, it's been ages since I read The Lord of the Rings.

 

[Gauntes]

Reading Dracula by Bram Stoker
and Animal Dreams by Kingsolver

the latter is a required reading, and I have a bit of a bias against it
but I haven't gotten through the book yet, so I'll withhold judgement for now

 

[RoyalWelsh]

I am about half way through The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman. I enjoyed His Dark Materials so I decided to give it a read.