Whatcha Reeeading?

[Acidwell]

I'm trying to get a hold of Angels & Demons to find out what the frick the Illuminati is. Ifm also looking into the rest of that whole Da Vinci code series thing. Also, reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for class.

I hope you mean find out about what the Illuminati is doing in the book because you would be better off reading the wiki page and saving yourself time and money if you just want to learn about the illuminati in general.

OT:At the moment Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrel for comfort reading.

 

[DoctorWhat]

I am Legend - Richard Matheson.

It's good so far, but I'll see how the plot develops further before commenting...

 

[Snork Maiden]

Just finished the latest Wheel of Time book. Haven't read anything else since seen as how its Christmas soon.

1984 is good, but the dystopia has been redone so many times it is starting to get boring to me, though this is knid of unfair to say being that that is the book that started the whole genre.

Right now I am reading "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy. I swear that this guy is the greatest living author

Haha I was just thinking "that's kind of unfair since thats the book that started the genre" halfway through the first sentence. Also Pratchett is the greatest living author

Really? what do you recommend by him?

As for McCarthy I would say to check out:
Suttree (Keep in mind, this book is HARD to wrap your mind around)
All the Pretty Horses
The Road
No Country for Old Men (If you haven't seen the movie)

Most all of his Discworld series (especially Night Watch, Small Gods and Thief of Time). That said my comment was kind of tongue in cheek because I really don't have an author thats such a favourite I could say they were the greatest ever. Have to look into McCarthy though.

 

[Alphavillain]

I'm reading "A Hundred Years Of Japanese Cinema" by the excellent Donald Richie. Very interesting.

 

[Caligulove]

So tell me Escapist forum community, what books are we reading as of now? Or what books look interesting and you want to get a hold of?


I'm trying to get a hold of Angels & Demons to find out what the frick the Illuminati is. Ifm also looking into the rest of that whole Da Vinci code series thing. Also, reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for class.

I had to read Things Fall Apart. We had three books to read for class and I thought it was the weakest of the three...

I'm currently reading The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut and just finished reading Heat Wave by "Richard Castle" as a tie in to the show Castle on ABC. Its a very, very quick read but entertaining. And a good piece of meta-advertising.
Before that read 'Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries' by Neil deGrasse Tyson

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I'm reading Let the Right One In, Revolting Youth, and the Fountainhead.

3 very different books, but all better than the "required reading" we have to read for school.

 

[Fish and Chips]

Inkdeath, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, aaaaand... The Sookie Stackhouse series. /sigh
Hopefully getting Neverending Story for Christmas, though, so that'll take priority soon.

 

[SnakeF]

I'm reading the Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett, I got a version that there are only 3000 copies of apparently.

 

[MetaKnight19]

Cannabis : A History by Martin Booth. I've only just started reading it, but I have just finished reading '50 people Who Buggered up Britain'

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

I'm reading Dracula. Mainly to counter-act Twilight

 

[ucciolord1]

A Brief History of Time, and I'm going to the library to rent a few others.
I love reading.
Also, I'm a sucker for the New Yorker.

 

[curty129]

Books?

Bah, who needs them...

People who can read. I'd recommend donating yours to little African children.

OT: Azincourt! It's a fictional war story set back in the medieval times. The 1200s, or 1400s? Anyway, it's quite boring so I wouldn't recommend it.
(I'm already half-way through, why stop now? T_T)

 

[bob-2000]

I just finished Crime and Punishment, and i've moved on to The Essentials of Psycho-Analysis by Freud. It's very interesting.

 

[Zhandarr]

Wolves of Calla, The Dark Tower - Stephen King.

Absolutely FANTASTIC series.

I'm with you there. I haven't read any different author by stephen king since I read The Enemy by Charlie Higson. Currently I'm reading his latest epic, Under the Dome. It's amazing, then for christmas I'm hopefully getting another one.

 

[RabidusUnus]

Just Finished "Catching Fire", Suzanne Collins. I'm gonna be playing video games for the next few days to wipe out my mind though, so no books.

 

[LeonLethality]

Pendragon The Quillan Games (I hope I spelled that right)

 

[Kanlic]

Really? what do you recommend by him?

As for McCarthy I would say to check out:
Suttree (Keep in mind, this book is HARD to wrap your mind around)
All the Pretty Horses
The Road
No Country for Old Men (If you haven't seen the movie)

Most all of his Discworld series (especially Night Watch, Small Gods and Thief of Time). That said my comment was kind of tongue in cheek because I really don't have an author thats such a favourite I could say they were the greatest ever. Have to look into McCarthy though.

Cool man, I will be sure to check one of those out

 

[GundamSentinel]

"Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds. Great hard sci-fi.

 

[Bobbovski]

Roleplaying books and school-related books at the moment.