Mouseykins Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 After almost 2 years of reading Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce I finally finished it this weekend. :D It was such a wonderful book, though I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Could have drawn out the final battle a bit more. Now I'm onto a much smaller book from The House of Night series, Kalona's Fall by P.C. and Kristin Cast. Let's see how long it takes me to get through this one. Not having much time to read these days really puts a damper on finishing my reading list. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeklin Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Up in the Air series (it's a 3-book series) by R.K. Lilley. NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyplasticdinos Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I'm current;y reading Hannibal - Thomas Harris, The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien, A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams, and The Exorcist - William Blatty. Every now and again I'll read a poem or two from Robert Frost, James Andrew Crosby, or Wilfred Owens. I've tried reading All the Light we Cannot See - Anthony Doerr recently with little success. Does anyone else find it to be a difficult read? Tennessee Williams is one of my favorite playwrights! If you like ASND, you should definitely try Glass Menagerie. I am currently reading "I am Malala" a memoir by Malala Yousafzai. It's an emotional read, but well worth it thus far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Oracle Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 This is going to make me seem incredibly infantile, but I've been reading a lot of picture books lately. There are these really beautiful and artistic ones, and I just like them a lot. One that I recommend for young kids is One by Kathryn Otoshi. It has these very simple water color drawings, but it's really well done and the story is poignant without being too obvious. A lot of kids check out when they sense a message, but this book is pretty subtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesadnil Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 I absolutely love Neil Gaiman and read most of his books, but didn't like Good Omens, his collaboration with Terry Pratchett! I think I just wasn't into the style of the book, and it seems to drag on forever....But I know so many people who really enjoyed it and I respect that we have different book tastes! Ooh have you read Good Omens? I love that book! Aziraphale & Crowley are such cool characters (and names) love it :DBy the way has anyone read A Clockwork Orange? I know it's meant to be pretty disturbing and graphic but it's ranked as one of the top 100 english novels so maybe it's worth a read. Just wanted to know if any of you guys would recommend it. I've read some pretty hard-hitting stuff (lolita by nabokov was both horrible and very well-written) so it shouldn't like...I don't know, traumatise me or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourcasm Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Currently To Kill a Mockingbird, really enjoying it so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchies Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Currently To Kill a Mockingbird, really enjoying it so far! To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourcasm Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites!! I think it is soon to be one of mine as well! I don't know how I haven't read it sooner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hert123 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 We need to read To Kill A Mockingbird for English class this year. I want to read more books (still need to read the Discworld!) but unfortunately I need to read at least 3 books for my project and two more for Dutch class, not forgetting English and German literature. Sigh. sourcasm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zafie Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I've been reading the book, Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 I'm reading two books at the same time as well. I'm finishing X-Men: Mutant Empire Book 3- Salvation by Christopher Golden. The other book is The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyplasticdinos Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 We need to read To Kill A Mockingbird for English class this year. I want to read more books (still need to read the Discworld!) but unfortunately I need to read at least 3 books for my project and two more for Dutch class, not forgetting English and German literature. Sigh. Discworld is an amazing series, I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. I am finally getting around to reading Gone Girl. I never saw the movie, but my friend insisted the book was far superior so I'm taking a crack at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeyrCat Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I just finished A Walkin the Woods by Bill Bryson. I wanted to read it before I watched it. Enjoyable! Probably moreso if you hike. I just started On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaimegarcia Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Sydney sheldon books are one of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karinag Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Right now I'm reading A Feast for Crows :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CylonPirate Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 This semester I am taking an Intro to Science Fiction class and our last book is The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. I can't say that I find it all that sci-fi so far. We just finished The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. puppyblew which was a pretty standard AU tale until the end and then I was like what just happened for a few days. There's quite a bit of difference between the book and the Amazon show. EDIT: omg I am dying at the filter on here. Here's to hoping that you recognize the author since I apparently can't post his last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marae19 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Right now I'm rereading The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet. There's a series on youtube named The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice set in this world with Elizabeth being a vlogger. The book I'm reading is written by the same character, and gives more info of that world than the yt version does. I've read it about a year ago as well, and after I lend it to a friend I actually wanted to reread it, before reading the semi-sequel ('written' by her little sister Lydia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hert123 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'm reading a Dutch book called 'De Tweeling' which translates to 'the twins' and is about two sisters (twins of course) who grew up in totally different homes during world war 2. In the meanwhile I'm also reading the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire in English as I have finished the tv series :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CylonPirate Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Currently I'm re-reading Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckey. It's about this spaceship AI that's trapped in a human body and there's a revenge plot and this conspiracy plot and its one of my all time favorite books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Populifolia0Design Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 The Great Gatsby and Furiously happy. Loving both.^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolelouise Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I'm currently reading an ebook, Breakers by Edward W. Robertson. It's proving to be interesting so far. I guess you would call it apocalyptic, since there is a large scale event that wipes out a lot of the population of the world quite quickly. The story began before the event, and I'm kind of in the 'immediate aftermath' bit of the story, following two different characters, one in NYC and one in L.A. These kinds of books fascinate me and terrify me in equal measure, but they also tend to make me a bit depressed, so I have to be careful to limit my consumption of them. As the story so far is reasonably dispassionate in the way it's being told, I'm doing better with not getting so down. midnight_spell360 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight_spell360 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser for School Summer Reading Project. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare for my own enjoyment and I like Tamora Pierce and Rick Riordan books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolelouise Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser for School Summer Reading Project. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare for my own enjoyment and I like Tamora Pierce and Rick Riordan books. I'm also reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare at the same time, except I keep putting it down and reading other things. I found the first two thirds of the book really engaging but then an event happened that I could see coming and it annoyed me so I put the book down for a few weeks and haven't really gotten back into it when I have picked it up again. A friend has loaned me the whole series and I really need to get them read and returned. I also like Tamora Pierce but I've never read Rick Riordan, although my son has the first couple of books in the Percy Jackson series. midnight_spell360 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 today i finished 40 rules of love for the third time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolelouise Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 today i finished 40 rules of love for the third time Fiction or non-fiction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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