Book: What Book Are You Reading?

[Rikudo]

Four blind mice by James Patterson

[Sapphire]

House of the Scorpion is an absolutely amazing novel. The characters and emotions are so intense. We get to see life in the main characters eyes as he is born, lives through prejudice, escapes from it, finds love, and conquers all of his challenges. The villains in that novel are my favorite kind, not truly 100% evil, all having thier own reasons for what they do. Everyone has a depth and personality that let's you understand them to some degree, even, if you'd rather not.

For the book of the month idea, sounds good. I know a lot of really good sci-fi+fantasy authors. But I also know good fiction, romance, adventure authors too. Will we vote on the book or something? (I personally would prefer to read a book I've never read, if possible)

My fave authors I can think of right now are
NEAL SHUSTERMAN
Karen Marie Moning
Laurell K. Hamilton (love hate relashionship)
Phillip Pullman (Just his His Dark Materials series)
Lisa Kleypas (Her early stuff)
Jaqueline Carey
K.J Parker
Juliette Marillier

some other authors

[Munsu]

For the book of the month idea, sounds good. I know a lot of really good sci-fi+fantasy authors. But I also know good fiction, romance, adventure authors too. Will we vote on the book or something? (I personally would prefer to read a book I've never read, if possible)

When I've thought it through... I'll create a specific thread to discuss it, for now let's keep this thread on-topic.

But yeah, the idea for the most part would be for people to give some suggestions, then through some criteria select 5 or so of the suggestions and have the people interested vote. But I got to think this through a bit more, probably a couple of weeks.

[rockmanj]

I'm reading "the dice man' by Luke Rhineheart. Its pretty funny, but really f-ed up. Its about a psychiatrist that chooses to live his life by rolling Dice. Interesting read, to say the least.

[SilentSnake]

dunno if anyone mentioned it here (13 pages is a bit too much to read at once for me at this late hour) but Pratchett's books are pure joy.

I read discworld series and I love every single book.

Bought myself Hogfather recently and it's in english - his books are very addicting (english is not my mother tongue).

random quote from this very book :

"An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on."

[python862]

Oh, man, I haven't read a book in awhile. I think the most recent was "The Golden Compass", part of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials". I enjoyed that one, although it did start off quite slowly.

Like SilentSnake said, 13 pages is a bit much, so if anyone has anything they've already said about what I'm about to say next, I'm sorry.

Another good title (or series) was "Halo: First Strike". I don't remember the author's name, but I remember that it was a well written story. I actually haven't read any of the other Halo books, but I think I'll try and chack some out soon.

"Merlin: The Lost Years" was a good title by T.A. Barron, and I did rather enjoy it. I think I posted something on it awhile back, but you'd have to file through my posts to find it, since I'm a bit too lazy at the moment.

I also rather enjoyed Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. Simple reads, and progressively longer each novel. Drama sorta thickens up after the third book, but all twelve or thirteen are good reads.

I was introduced to the "Incarnations" novels by a friend, and the most recent one I've read was "Bearing an Hourglass". A very good read, but DAMN does Piers Anthony begin rambling on near the end. Beware in advance of the last fifty pages or so.

I think those are the last few books I've read. If I remember or find any more, I'll post another time with them.

[saman]

i just finished reading twilight by stephenie meyers. a little girly, but holy crap so good! i read the whole thing in a day

[Munsu]

Well an update on what I've been reading. Right now I'm reading the second book of Odd Thomas, Forever Odd. So far it isn't as good as the first one.

I also read the 5th book of Ranger's Apprentice, The Sorceress of the North which was more of a setup book for the next one in the series, not much happened.

Continued reading the Sword of Truth series, finished up to Naked Empire, so I think I only have the last trilogy left. Taking a break from it at the moment.

Also read Bloodheir, second book of the Godless World trilogy which I have been enjoying quite a bit.

I think that pretty much covers it. I just bought the first two books of the Gentlemen Bastard series which starts with The Lies of Locke Lamora. Anyone knows anything about this? I think it looks interesting from the description. Seen it described as a "high fantasy meets Ocean's 11".

I'm going to sticky this thread.

[saman]

oh hey! i remember this thread! i'm reading the entire narnia series in order right now. i'm almost done the horse and his boy. they're...um, interesting.

[Dark Dragon]

Now that i am FINALLY done with finals, it just occurred to me that i haven't had the chance to sit down and read a good book in quite a long while.

Since this is a thread on books people are currently reading, i was wondering if i could get some recommendations.

My favorite type of books are usually fantasy/fiction novels along the line of Eragon but i'm not a very picky person so i am willing to read almost anything as long as it hold my interest.

[Munsu]

Now that i am FINALLY done with finals, it just occurred to me that i haven't had the chance to sit down and read a good book in quite a long while.

Since this is a thread on books people are currently reading, i was wondering if i could get some recommendations.

My favorite type of books are usually fantasy/fiction novels along the line of Eragon but i'm not a very picky person so i am willing to read almost anything as long as it hold my interest.

I've only read a couple of series, so I don't have much to go on.

The Godless World me an my brother have been enjoying quite a bit; it's the debut series for the author. He says it reminds him a bit of the series A Song of Fire and Ice, which is his favorite book series. I haven't read that myself so it's probably worth checking out too... an HBO series is coming out based on A Song of Fire and Ice.

The Ranger's Apprentice is a fun simple series for children and young adults. The books aren't long, about 200-400 pages, and an easy read.

Some book series I'm planning on reading that look interesting are:
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Riftwar
The Wheels of Time

All three have been highly recommended to me, so you might want to try them out.

But again, I don't know much about novels and stuff. And I'm not picky either, so keep that in mind... I'm easy to please in the enjoyment department.

I just started reading The Lies of Locke Lamora, a debut novel for the author, but I've only read about 30 pages so far. Don't know where it's going, but the plot concept seems original to me, and the dialogue is fun and vulgar.

[Ryllharu]

I'm about 3/4 of the way through Snow Crash, one of the more well know Cyberpunk novels in the genre.

I'm enjoying it, even if a little of it comes off seriously pretentious of the author.


In terms of fantasy/fiction novels, it is more of a modern-day fantasy, but I've really enjoyed the Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine. The first book is ill Wind (lowercase on 'ill' here simply for clarity). It's about a secret organization of people (who work out of the UN) who have abilities to control the weather and other elements so that the earth doesn't kill everyone on the planet thanks to storms and other natural distasters. There are also djinn, beings of fire and death (genies pretty much) who are bound to these people in order to assist this effort. Of course, everything goes to shit pretty fast. Six books are out so far.

[Bread-sama]

Reading It written by Stephen King, finally.

[Junior]

Started Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay.

I *love* Dexter.

[Ryllharu]

Well, they're not really novels, but I'm reading the first three trade hardcovers of Marvel's Runaways.

[Shinda]

"Catcher In The Rye" by J.D. Salinger and "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov.

[saman]

sense and sensibility by jane austen. i'm also reading the narnia and artemis fowl series, having just started the voyage of the dawn treader in the former series, and just finished the arctic incident in the latter one

[glyphes]

I love books! Books are the reason I watch anime - cause I'm a story junkie! I haven't read some of the more fiction oriented stuff people have mentioned in this thread (like the Dan Brown stuff), but I have read most of the scifi/fantasy stuff. . .here are my favorites in no particular order, some of which have already been mentioned.

For the urban heroines (like the previously mentioned Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine, which I liked, but got a bit boring, same with Kim Harrison's stuff):

Patricia Briggs (Love her older fantasy stuff the best - the new Mercy Thompson series is worth a read)

Laurell K Hamilton (Love/hate relationship indeed - I've basically given up on her, but her early stuff is amusing and fun)

Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse series, my favorite vampire series - way better than Hamilton)

Karen Chance (Her Cassandra Chance series is about a clairvoyent - a bit different from the regular butt-whomping heroine)

Tanya Huff (She had a vampires and strong heroines way before anyone else AND her assassin and Wizard of the Grove series are top notch.)

Fantasy Gives Way To Scifi - Authors Who Write Both and Write Them Well.

Lois McMaster Bujold (She has lots of series - Miles Vorkosigan series [space opera] and Curse of the Chalion and the subsequent books set in the same fantasy setting, and the recent Sharing Knife series[fantasy])

C.J. Cherryh (For her Foreigner series, great alien/human contact stories, and Fortress of ____ series, fantasy)


Detective/Supernatural Stuff

Jim Butcher (For his wizard detective in Chicago series [Dresden series], don't watch the scifi show, read the book! I like his Codex Alera series better sometimes, I flip flop, straight up fantasy vs supernatural mystery.)

Simon Green (I liked him long ago for his Deathstalker [space opera] series and Hawke and Fisher series [fantasy] but I like some of his new stuff better, the Nightside series [supernatural kinda weird noire mystery], and Eddie Drood [magical James Bond guy] series)

Whew, that's alot already, sorry for being long-winded, but I really like this stuff! I know it seems that I read alot of women authors, but it's only cause I started listing the butt kicking heroine genre and only women seem to write about, well, strong women. Why's that? Women write about guys, don't they? I actually don't like most of the stuff that comes out in that genre nowadays - alot are Hamilton rip offs. . . but the ones I mentioned are staples Maybe I'll list some of my other favorites later!

[Munsu]

Well, I finally finished the Sword of Truth, with Confessor being the final volume. I've heard that he might return to the series once again, but from the looks of it this is the end.

I also just finished reading the first two books of the Riftwar Saga, Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master. Good stuff, and reading this now I can see that the series Ranger's Apprentice got a lot of inspiration from this one. Now waiting for the next two volumes of the saga to arrive.

Some months ago I tried reading The Lies of Locke Lamora, but for some reason I didn't get into it. I'm giving it a second chance at the moment, and it's getting better. I think some here will enjoy it.

[Munsu]

And here's another update:

Still waiting for the next two books of Riftwar to arrive.

I read The Lies of Locke Lamora, and it ended up being great in my opinion. I should've been more patient on my earlier attempt to read it... if I had read two more chapters during that time I would've stuck with it.

It has fun characters, a ton of violence, vulgar and funny dialogues. You guys should give it a try. I also read the sequel too, Red Seas Under Red Skies, which wasn't as strong as the first one but still quite entertaining.

I may start reading The Wheel of Time, unless the books I'm waiting for arrive soon.

Anyone cares to update on what you have read as of late or are reading?