What Are You Currently Reading?

[ZeroGravity107]

Lee Child's "The Enemy" and rereading "The Black Echo" by Michael Connelly

[Ailite]

Out Stealing Horses

[ashcroft]

"The Joke's Over" - Ralph Steadman

[Jessooker]

Other Voices, Other Rooms- Truman Capote.

[FstFtsVsFences]

Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer

[screamoutmyname]

"Slaughter House Five" by Kurt Vonnegut... recommended by my Global Politics professor and I love it... I read the first 80 pages on my train ride to meet my sister yesterday and have been excited to read more ever since, I just haven't had the free time.

Also, I started "Broken Angels," by Richard K. Morgan not too long ago, the follow-up to "Altered Carbon." I'm about halfway through and mildly disappointed, seeing as it is not as great as the first (usually the case with films/novels)

Lee Child's "The Enemy" and rereading "The Black Echo" by Michael Connelly

what do you think of "the enemy" so far? i have it on a list of things to read and i'm wondering if i should bump it to the top or shove it to the bottom haha

[tambam]

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
I'm jealous. That is one of my favorite books ever.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I'm finishing up All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren.

[andrew4045]

I am legend, while substitute teaching

[WakingTheMisery]

I've been in the middle of Wind-Up Bird Chronicle for a few weeks now. I never find the time.

[aircourtneys]

From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun.

If you like history tackle this baby...it's goood

[tambam]

I'm jealous. That is one of my favorite books ever.

It's so wonderfully written.

[aircourtneys]

I am legend, while substitute teaching

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? I'm pretty sure everyone of those short stories are amazing. I really liked the one about the young girls who fight those wars... Good stuff.

[andrew4045]

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? I'm pretty sure everyone of those short stories are amazing. I really liked the one about the young girls who fight those wars... Good stuff.

thats the one. i agree, its not my first read through. i enjoy every page contained in that book!

[Joey Mac]

I'm in between two books: To Fat to Fish by Artie Lange and the Encyclopedia of Punk

[eraserhead]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0141181222.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

So good

[ForlrnPerplxity]

It's so wonderfully written.
Yeah, everything about it is incredible. Have you seen the movie?

[drudo182]

The Horse and His Boy.

[aircourtneys]

thats the one. i agree, its not my first read through. i enjoy every page contained in that book!

Agreed.

[TJ Wells]

http://www.coveringphotography.com/files/images/large/BreitenbachJosef-Powell72.jpg

[stayforawhile]

I just finished "The Things They Carried" by Tim Obrien and and started a book on Freemasonary because I've alwas been interested by them. hahah

[ZeroGravity107]

what do you think of "the enemy" so far? i have it on a list of things to read and i'm wondering if i should bump it to the top or shove it to the bottom haha

I wouldn't say it's top of the list material, but it's alright. It depends what else you have on the list.

[raychull]

Ender's Game, for my english class, and then Requiem for a Dream on my own.

[Heart-A-Tact]

The Time Traveler's Wife. After that, I'll be reading Breakfast of Champions again.

[kemichels]

Just finished The Long Halloween...I'm either going to read 100 Bullets, Joker (both graphic novels) ...or House of Leaves. Can't decide which yet.

[lindZ629]

http://media.us.macmillan.com/jackets/258H/9780312425074.jpg

After this, I'll probably start What Is The What or A Thousand Splendid Suns.

[xjamesax]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n2/n12997.jpg

I'm reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. Its fantastic so far.

[igetmikey]

I Am America (and so can you)
It's been more than amazing so far.

[screamoutmyname]

I wouldn't say it's top of the list material, but it's alright. It depends what else you have on the list.

that's true haha... i guess i'll keep it right in the middle. thanks man! =)

[drudo182]

The Time Traveler's Wife. After that, I'll be reading Breakfast of Champions again.

Like it? That and The Beach are my two favorites.

[fantasma]

John Irving's The World According to Garp
Nick Hornby's High Fidelity
Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test

[Heart-A-Tact]

Like it? That and The Beach are my two favorites.

Love it. This is my second time reading it. Is The Beach worth checking out, you think?

[beyondthelonely]

i've been in the middle of 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez for a long time. i'm also reading take a walk on the dark side: rock and roll myths, legends, and curses by r. gary patterson. both are really good, i just never make time to read.

[ZeroGravity107]

that's true haha... i guess i'll keep it right in the middle. thanks man! =)

It might get better, and if it does I'll let you know. Unforunately, I'll have to find it first. I think I left it in my last class on Monday. Hopefully it's still there.

[Thomas Balkcom]

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[Thomas Balkcom]

I'm also reading Fear & Trembling for a class, but at an extremely slow pace

[drudo182]

Love it. This is my second time reading it. Is The Beach worth checking out, you think?

Yeah, TTW is a classic. I think The Beach is wonderful. Read it three or four times.

[doyouhas?]

book thread, book thread, book thread, book thread, book thread

:explode:

[SockMonkeyRiot]

Within the last few weeks I read "Player Piano" and "Bluebeard" by Vonnegut and just finished "Franny and Zooey" by JD Salinger. Next up is probably either "The Black Arrow" by Robert Louis Stevenson or "Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer

[tambam]

Yeah, everything about it is incredible. Have you seen the movie?

Yeah, I saw the movie two weeks ago. I think it could have been done a lot better, but I enjoyed it. The book is 100x better, I think.

[ZeroGravity107]

In a more immediate sense, The Developing Person Through the Lifespan (My Dev-Psych textbook)

[screamoutmyname]

It might get better, and if it does I'll let you know. Unforunately, I'll have to find it first. I think I left it in my last class on Monday. Hopefully it's still there.

that'd be awesome, thanks... i hope you can find it!

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Yeah, I saw the movie two weeks ago. I think it could have been done a lot better, but I enjoyed it. The book is 100x better, I think.
Yeah, I agree. The movie had the perfect storm ie Sam Mendes, DiCaprio, Winslet, and Thomas Newman scoring it, but I still think the book was soooo much better. I was a bit disappointed in the movie, but the acting was incredible.

[Ailite]

I'm also reading a Persian phrasebook, I'm teaching myself how to speak Farsi.

[Poe-tryGirl]

Nothing, and it sucks. I need some Chuck Palahniuk.

[Un'Aria Ancora]

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genious
I figured with a name like that... how could it not be great?
It's pretty damn good so far.

[Machu505]

The Audacity of Hope

[Ailite]

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genious
I figured with a name like that... how could it not be great?
It's pretty damn good so far.
best book I've ever read, well done sir

[Wolf I Am!]

The Shack and soon to start the watchmen, I got to read it before it comes out!

[tambam]

Yeah, I agree. The movie had the perfect storm ie Sam Mendes, DiCaprio, Winslet, and Thomas Newman scoring it, but I still think the book was soooo much better. I was a bit disappointed in the movie, but the acting was incredible.

Have you read his other books? I kind of want to because I love his writing.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Have you read his other books? I kind of want to because I love his writing.
Nope, but I love his writing too. I'd go look at some, but I've got so many books to read right now, haha. I always stack up before I'm close to finishing what I have.

[AntsInMyPants92]

just finished Ham On Rye by Bukowski

[MADSTA]

http://www.booksoup.com/images/Downtown%20Owl.jpg
&
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For school.

[NoOneRunsFaster]

http://media.us.macmillan.com/jackets/258H/9780312425074.jpg

After this, I'll probably start What Is The What or A Thousand Splendid Suns.

What is The What is awesome. I'm currently reading it. I'm digging it a lot.

[NoOneRunsFaster]

just finished Ham On Rye by Bukowski

Have you read any of his other novels? Factotum picks up right where that left off

[NoOneRunsFaster]

The Blind Watchmaker - Richard Dawkins

What is the What? - Dave Eggers (Eggars? I don't have the book in front of me)

All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder - Frank Miller. I have the individual issues of this but the hardbound graphic novel was to nice to pass up

[3eb23]

Brave New World


...and the first Harry Potter. i'm really late on that trend.

[AntsInMyPants92]

Have you read any of his other novels? Factotum picks up right where that left off

yea i have. I read them all out of order though. I read post office, than factotum and now i just finished ham on rye.

[tambam]

Nope, but I love his writing too. I'd go look at some, but I've got so many books to read right now, haha. I always stack up before I'm close to finishing what I have.

So I just finished it today, it was seriously amazing. I definitely want to read his other stuff after this.

[itsmesean0630]

The Castle by Franz Kafka....anyone ever read it?

[myantiyou]

breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut

[Sventhegreat]

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson.

Great book.

[CTMarshall]

Just got done reading The Road. Now I'm reading Choke.

[NoOneRunsFaster]

yea i have. I read them all out of order though. I read post office, than factotum and now i just finished ham on rye.

Well, you're reading them in order of publication. So that's not bad. Women is probably my favorite of his.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

So I just finished it today, it was seriously amazing. I definitely want to read his other stuff after this.
I read it over the summer, and I already want to read it again.

If you want a rec, I'd say you should really look at: Theodore Dreiser - An American Tragedy

[tambam]

I read it over the summer, and I already want to read it again.

If you want a rec, I'd say you should really look at: Theodore Dreiser - An American Tragedy

Nice. Similar to R.R.?

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Nice. Similar to R.R.?
It's not exactly similar, but I read it around the same time I read Revolutionary Road. It also has incredible writing, and the character development is great. You should check it out.

[tambam]

It's not exactly similar, but I read it around the same time I read Revolutionary Road. It also has incredible writing, and the character development is great. You should check it out.

Will do! Thanks. :-)

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Will do! Thanks. :-)
No problem. It's one of my favorite books. If you like that one, I have some more haha

[tambam]

No problem. It's one of my favorite books. If you like that one, I have some more haha

Haha, I'll remember to contact you if I need something to read. I'll try to pick up the book you suggested when I have a bit of free time from homework and let you know how I like it.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Haha, I'll remember to contact you if I need something to read. I'll try to pick up the book you suggested when I have a bit of free time from homework and let you know how I like it.
Sounds good. But if you don't like it I'm deleting you from my friends list!!

[tambam]

Sounds good. But if you don't like it I'm deleting you from my friends list!!

:-p

[Tambourine]

Firestarter by Stephen King. Among other things.

[brittluvsmusic]

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult

[AntsInMyPants92]

Well, you're reading them in order of publication. So that's not bad. Women is probably my favorite of his.

i havethat, im either going to start that or another book.

[heatherg]

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

[ihatecayte]

just finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and am now reading Charmed Thirds by Megan McCafferty.

[hienz429]

I just started Motorcycle Diaries.. its good so far

[jusscali]

I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Disappointment, but then quickly went through a Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and I adored it. Moving onto Confederacy of Dounces next, but would love some good recommendations

I was thinking Rules of Attraction or Christopher Moore's Lamb.

[screamoutmyname]

1984 by George Orwell

[Swayback]

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

[brittluvsmusic]

1984 by George Orwell

oh my gosh i HATED that book. we had to read it over the summer for school and i just didnt even finish it lol but nothing's worst than farenheit 451

[Viva Sonata]

oh my gosh i HATED that book. we had to read it over the summer for school and i just didnt even finish it lol but nothing's worst than farenheit 451

Please, girl.

Take your foot out of your mouth, and go read a Beverly Cleary book to hold yourself over.

I just finished The Scarlet Letter for school. Very wordy, but if you can get past that, it's incredible. Major downer of an ending though.

[brittluvsmusic]

Please, girl.

Take your foot out of your mouth, and go read a Beverly Cleary book to hold yourself over.

I just finished The Scarlet Letter for school. Very wordy, but if you can get past that, it's incredible. Major downer of an ending though.

wow you're cool

its just an opinion its not my type of book and beverly cleary oh how original you really hurt my feelings there

[jusscali]

I didn't like 1984 either...Orwell was never my style. I prefer Brave New World by a long way

[screamoutmyname]

I didn't like 1984 either...Orwell was never my style. I prefer Brave New World by a long way

i love dystopian stuff... logan's run is one of my favorite movies... the kind of stuff that bret easton ellis write about is kind of the same idea, i guess... but i'm looking forward to reading brave new world and fahrenheit 451.

oh my gosh i HATED that book. we had to read it over the summer for school and i just didnt even finish it lol but nothing's worst than farenheit 451

haha i'm only about 30 pages into it so far, but i like it. fahrenheit 451 seems to be the same concept, so i can see how you would either like or dislike both of them.

[googirl8907]

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genious
I figured with a name like that... how could it not be great?
It's pretty damn good so far.
I'm reading that too.

[stayforawhile]

I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley

[ActionActionFan]

General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier by Jefferey Wert

[BigAl]

Just finished Haymarket by Martin Duberman for my history class. It was ok.

[3eb23]

I'm about to start reading The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul

[Un'Aria Ancora]

I'm about to start reading The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul

I've been wanting to read that, hopefully this year I will. I've got quite the waiting list going.

[Thomas Balkcom]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Notes_from_underground_cover.jpg

[TJ Wells]

http://mostlyfiction.com/images/cover_L-A/bakertowers.jpg

[poeticpower1223]

i just finished fallen angels by walter dean myers and now reading bowery girls by an author whose name escapes me X-)
fallen angels was a great read. vietnam story.

[HelloxAlone]

Currently into Under The Dome, by Stephen King.
Has anyone else read it yet?

[tD77]

Just finished The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. Going to start Beginner's Greek by James Collins hopefully tonight.

[TJ Wells]

Currently into Under The Dome, by Stephen King.
Has anyone else read it yet?
JUST finished. How far are you?

[pshh]

the story of b

[nolifesingedher]

Right in the middle of Diary by Chuck Palahniuk.

[SLoT]

Almost finished with Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen.

[ripkarson]

1984 by George Orwell
One of my favorites!

[RushAndAPush]

The Gunslinger - The Dark Tower 1 - Stephen King

[ripkarson]

Jan's Story. Love lost to the long goodbye of Alzheimer's - Barry Petersen

[zachff]

Just finished The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Thought Dragon was a shitload better than Fire.

[sjb2k1]

Just finished The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Thought Dragon was a shitload better than Fire.
hmm, I loved Dragon and was debating picking up Fire. Lisbeth is a sweet character.


I just finished "The Killer Inside Me." It was pretty good but I think I need to read it again to really let it all soak in. The writing style confused me at times. Currently though, I'm reading Eugene Sledge's book "With the Old Breed."

[zachff]

hmm, I loved Dragon and was debating picking up Fire. Lisbeth is a sweet character.


I just finished "The Killer Inside Me." It was pretty good but I think I need to read it again to really let it all soak in. The writing style confused me at times. Currently though, I'm reading Eugene Sledge's book "With the Old Breed."
I think that Dragon was a great book. Interesting characters, several nice subplots and twists and nothing that out of the realm of possibility.

With Fire you get a returning cast of characters but Lisbeth is extremely annoying IMO and the story itself has several completely improbable turns and an ending that had me rolling my eyes. Still interesting (I read it in 3 days) but not great.

[sjb2k1]

I think that Dragon was a great book. Interesting characters, several nice subplots and twists and nothing that out of the realm of possibility.

With Fire you get a returning cast of characters but Lisbeth is extremely annoying IMO and the story itself has several completely improbable turns and an ending that had me rolling my eyes. Still interesting (I read it in 3 days) but not great.
Yeah I read Dragon in like 3 or 4 days. I just wanted to fucking know what happened to Harriett haha

I didn't find her too annoying in Dragon, probably because she pulled a lot of badass shit. But who knows. I gotta make it through Sledge's book first anyway.

[eraserhead]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

[catherinexhimel]

I just started Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.

[IAmNietzche]

Currently reading David Gilmour's The Film Club: A Memoir.

[Thomas Balkcom]

Currently reading David Gilmour's The Film Club: A Memoir.

I read and enjoyed this a few months back.

[screamoutmyname]

One of my favorites!

ahh, yeah... it was definitely one of mine as well.

just finished the new Bret Easton Ellis novel, Imperial Bedrooms. sequel to Less Than Zero, schwing.

just started On the Road by Jack Kerouac

[omgrawr]

just got done reading survivor. its written by the guy who wrote fight club. i recently found out that he's actually gay, which was kind of a downer lol

[RescueMe26]

Just read the book Crank, I loved it and couldn't put it down.

[love_american_style]

just got done reading survivor. its written by the guy who wrote fight club. i recently found out that he's actually gay, which was kind of a downer lol

how homophobic of you.



I'm currently reading Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut

[SLoT]

how homophobic of you.



I'm currently reading Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
awesome.

Finished reading Water for Elephants and started something a bit different, The Demonata series.

[nolifesingedher]

About to go pick up a copy of Ellis' The Rules of Attraction. That is next on my list.

[ripkarson]

I'm getting ready to re-read How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets.

[HelloxAlone]

JUST finished. How far are you?

Only about a hundred pages in, how did you find it?

[TJ Wells]

Only about a hundred pages in, how did you find it?
I devoured it. Couldn't stop. Really like the ending.

[TJ Wells]

Just picked this up. Can't wait to start. Only $16 at Target:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t68ar0SFX54/S8KALMFcxcI/AAAAAAAAEpw/9ZfDsJUWW0I/s1600/The+Passage+US.jpg

[jeremyfromva]

Just picked this up. Can't wait to start. Only $16 at Target:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t68ar0SFX54/S8KALMFcxcI/AAAAAAAAEpw/9ZfDsJUWW0I/s1600/The+Passage+US.jpg

I just bought this as my first ebook and am thinking of getting the physical copy.

[HelloxAlone]

I devoured it. Couldn't stop. Really like the ending.

That's the second good review I've gotten, I suppose it's worth the continue.
I'm having a bit of trouble with it, I get in and out, I hope it grabs me very soon.

[jonnitco]

Been reading a lot of Kurt Vonnegut recently, good stuff.

[JuneJuly]

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[bNz719]

The English version of
http://www.advcent.com/tubethumb/Battle_royale_pochette.jpg

[mallyhere!]

http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/teens/read/images/covers/thirsty.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wvav-uUB1G0/S7EG4QTWjcI/AAAAAAAAH9Y/3ZyWUkKMYxU/s1600/Infinity.jpg

Thirsty is amazingly good. and not a retarded vampire love story like Twilight, i recommend if you love twists, fantasy, tragedy.

i'm not too sure about Infinity yet. it's pretty good yeah. but when i bought it i had no idea it was from The Darkhunter series. and apparently Infinity is just the story of Nick's past. still good, you dont really need to read The Darkhunter series to get what's going on. i havent even read that series xD

[mallyhere!]

Just finished The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Thought Dragon was a shitload better than Fire.

isn't there a movie of that?

[Cody Nelson]

isn't there a movie of that?
Yeah.

[mallyhere!]

Yeah.
have you seen it? i've seen some trailers, not sure if its good or not

[Cody Nelson]

have you seen it? i've seen some trailers, not sure if its good or not
It's not nearly as good as the book. I got more excited whilst reading the book. The movie left me bored.

[mantipede]

I've been reading trades of Robert Kirkman's Invincible and I'm about to jump into the Walking Dead. Bookwise, I picked up Chevy Chase's autobiography but I haven't touched it in a while.

[zachff]

isn't there a movie of that?
Yes, came out a few months ago.

[nolifesingedher]

Reading Fight Club. It's interesting to see all that's different from the movie. I bet it wasn't easy to adapt at all. It makes me respect the screenwriter that much more. Great book so far. I could read Palahniuk all day. I love the way he writes.

[Ailite]

One Day by David Nicholls- what a beautiful, beautiful book.

[Mandee, darling]

Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. So great.

[TJ Wells]

http://0.tqn.com/d/contemporarylit/1/G/T/M/marriage-plot-eugenides.jpg

I almost cried when I found out this existed yesterday. This man is a genius.

[wileythekid]

The Rum Dairy by Hunter S. Thompson

[bNz719]

The Google Story by David A. Vise.