What Are You Reading?

[Sparq]

Read If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor.

 

Back to thumbing through Hagakure, which I have read before, while I wait for things to load.

[LonelyWreckage]

Wuthering Heights.

[cheeky]

I'm working on reading through a giant pile of Agatha Christie books. Currently reading "The Mysterious Mr. Quinn" and it is not my favourites

[bishopx]

I bought all of Tom Clancy's Op_Center novels at a library sale, I'm on the first one now.

[Audio of Being]

Bumping this thread because I have read a few great books in the past few weeks.

 

For those of you who like humor in books I suggest The Gates by John Connolly. Very simply put Satan uses the power of the Large Hadron Collider, and the dumbness of 4 people to open up the Gates of Hell on Earth.

[Some Random]

almost done trainspotting. the death of bunny munro by nick cave, and shake hands with the devil by romeo dallaire are in queue. don't know which i'll read first.

[johnny]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

 

Seriously.

 

They're making this into a movie with Natalie Portman. I shit you not.

 

Staying on topic, I'm reading American Psycho and I don't know what to make of it. I read it in spurts and then have to stop, but I keep coming back for more. I've already seen the movie so I'm kinda glad I know what I'm working towards, but I still wonder if I would finish it if I had not seen the movie.

 

Next in the pile - either the Shock Doctrine (yes, I know. It's old news now.) or The Odyssey, although I feel like I should read The Illiad first now...

[Some Random]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

 

Seriously.

 

that book was so bad, that when i finished it, i couldn't stand to see it on my shelf, and ended up ditching it on the way to work.

[Jarrod]

I'm reading Rose Madder by Stephan King and Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

[garsk]

geek love, got it back in high school never got around to reading it.

[alex_madf3rit]

The Alchemist

[Audio of Being]

The Alchemist

By who?

[bishopx]

James Patterson - Sam's Letters To Jennifer. I love his Alex Cross novels, the nurse left it here...I couldn't sleep..sue me. So far it's pretty nice.

[alex_madf3rit]

By who?

 

 

Paulo Coehlo

[theladymargaret]

I've been reading photography books of late.. right now I'm reading Understanding Exposure by Brian Peterson.

[Audio of Being]

James Patterson

 

I used to read James Patterson, but all the books are basically the same. The writing is very simple as best, and there is no way in hell one person could write 8-9 books in one year. He uses ghost writers for a lot of the books, and that is where the quality is lacking.

[AnOceanPearl]

Recently finished up Playing With Fire by Theoren Fleury, now reading Battle Royale.

[Audio of Being]

I am reading the Indigo King by James A. Owen

 

Book 3 of his fantasy series starring C.S Lewis, Charles Williams, J.R.R Tolkien and H.G. Wells.

[here is no why]

Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins.

 

it's a great read. well worth your time.

[Audio of Being]

Does anyone know of some good Historical Fiction authors?

[mrs jesus]

Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins.

 

it's a great read. well worth your time.

I LOVE THAT BOOK. i just re-read it a couple of weeks ago. fucking tom robbins. no one can write like that man. he's awesome.

 

Does anyone know of some good Historical Fiction authors?

i've been reading the shit out of diana gabaldon. she writes historical fiction. you have to suspend disbelief a lot of the time and there's a lot of non-graphic sex and sometimes you might want to punch the characters in the face 'cause they be all actin' a fool and shit but i mean, it's historical fiction.

[bishopx]

I've heard of her, I will give her a read as well. Thanks Mrs. Jesus.

 

I'm reading WEB Griffin's "Retreat Hell" I love his stuff, it looks like his son is taking over soon, and it appears his father has taught him well.

 

As for Patterson, it's the twists he hides in the simplicity that make it so good.

Edited January 6, 2010 by bishopx

[Audio of Being]

Patterson's twists are all the same.

[garsk]

Hella Nation by Evan Wright. Basically a bunch of his articles from his days as a writer for Rolling Stones and Hustler, pretty good stuff.

[AnOceanPearl]

I've started reading The Road today.