What are you reading?

POSTED BY: Allisa
UPDATED: Saturday, October 7, 2006 03:47
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ALLISA

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:15 PM

Since my hubby has stolen back the new Melanie Rawn *grumble* I've been searching for something, anything to keep me occupied til the new Martin (Fire & Ice) come out.

I have been reading the Dark Hunter series, which is good but a quick read for me.

Any suggestions?

MAVOURNEEN

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:22 PM

I'm reading Rachel Caine's Weather Watcher series - book 5 just came out and it is wonderful! Highly recommend the series. Djinns abound!

Just finished the last book in Jim Butcher's Dresden files as well. This series has been bought by Scfi channel and will be a new tv show in January, I think.
"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:54 PM

Right now I'm reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, it's really good, but so loooooong! And I also just finished reading The Notebook, which was a pretty easy read, although it was really sad.

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"...and I'll just fade away..."

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:00 PM

The Onion Girl by Charles De Lint. It's a sort of fairy tale It's pretty good.

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KANEMAN

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:03 PM

Bill Bryson's - A Short History of Nearly Everything. It is funny as heck..in a hilarious kind of way. He makes fun of everything from how little we know about the universe tooo the scientific name for pigeon sh*t. A must read.

DAYVE

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:28 PM

Bryson is a funny read, alright.
I'm reading a collection of James Tiptree, Jr's. works entitled "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever"

TRISTAN

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:30 PM

I'm going back through my collection of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series...always good for a laugh.

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MSG

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:47 PM

Kaneman- that book is really funny. I enjoyed it a lot.
I would highly reccomend
If Chins Could Kill- Bruce Campbell
With Nails- Richard E. Grant
Morrigan's Cross- Nora Roberts
Any book by J.D. Robb

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

FLAKBAIT

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:54 PM

I just finished "Pride of Carthage" by David Anthony Durham, an excellent historical fiction about Hannibal's invasion of Rome.

KANEMAN

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
Kaneman- that book is really funny. I enjoyed it a lot.
I would highly reccomend
If Chins Could Kill- Bruce Campbell
With Nails- Richard E. Grant
Morrigan's Cross- Nora Roberts
Any book by J.D. Robb

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

Msg,
I have read "If Chins Could Kill", excellent book, I am a huge Cambell fan.....I just had a sighting of him in the movie "The Woods" last night. He was great.

DEEPGIRL187

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:00 PM

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Philosophy; Fear And Trembling In Sunnydale, edited by James B. South

Great book so far, though I have to skip over the refrences to later seasons (I'm on five). It's interesting how many philosophical concepts can be applied to the Jossverse. Really makes you take a deeper look at the stories and characters.

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"So long and goodnight."

BELUGASMOM

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:21 AM

JON KATZ 'The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family' and 'Running to the Mountain: A Journey of Faith and Change'------has anyone else here read his 'Geeks'?............DAVID WEBER 'The Shadow of Saganami' (Honor Harrington series--excellent!)...............'Firefly: The Official Companion' vol one...............SEDER and SHERRILL 'FUBAR:America's Right Wing Nightmare'

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

TRAVELER

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:12 AM

Hello Alisa:

I just finished "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. Not bad. No epic but has a good concept of the effects space travel has on time. With some interesting twists.

Would also recommend "Burning Bright" by Melissa Scott.

Have a good read.

Traveler

SASSALICIOUS

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:09 AM

Currently reading a pile of textbooks, which doesn't constitute fun. Unless you're kind of geeky, which I am.

For fun I'm reading "The Sorrow of War" by Bao Ninh. It's depressing, but good. I got halfway through "Middlesex", but had to stop because school started and I didn't have time for it. "Dark Star Safari" by Paul Theroux was fabulous.

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CHINDI

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:18 AM

Just finished re reading "To Kill a Mockingbird"... (Niece had to read it for school and I wanted to be able to talk to her about it... still a tremendous book.) Also finished "Suite Francaise" a late published WWII novel.... haunting.

Now reading "All the King's Men" before the movie...lol

next maybe Frazier's new book

Chindi

THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:53 AM

Literally just finished reading:

Asterix and the falling Sky - Goscinny and Uderzo I've been reading those things since I was a kid and I still enjoy them :)

Also I'm in the middle of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Nice topic :) I love books.

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Somnambulist

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NICODEMUS

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:23 AM

I'm a sucker for any of Harry Turtledove's alternative history books. At the moment, I'm reading Evil Genuis by Catherine Jinks.

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SASSALICIOUS

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:42 PM

"All the king's men" is super good!

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Wisconsin sucks. I don't want to be here.

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MAVOURNEEN

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:17 PM

Traveler,

Have you read Haldeman's Worlds Trilogy?

Like you said, not an epic but an interesting concept very well done-

Worlds
Worlds Apart
Worlds Enough and Time

"Have you ever been with a Warrior Woman?"

MRT

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:31 PM

Just finished Excession by Iain M. Banks and am following it with the Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:40 PM

currently re-reading Robert A Heinlein's Friday, if you're in the mood for SF with a strong woman character. Next maybe RAH's Glory Road, sci-fi blended with sword and sorcery, also strong woman character.

Wife and I have been reading Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels, if you like cop novels.

And I reccommend Donald Westlake's Dortmunder books, comic crime novels, for a change of pace.

ALLISA

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:13 PM

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback guys! My wishlist at Amazon is now full to bursting ;)

I have tons of books I keep to reread when this happens (I'm bookless) but none of them were exactly calling out to me.

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:16 PM

Ooh! I almost forgot! A really good fantasy series that I've started reading are the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony. If you're a fan of fantasies, then you would love these!

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"...and I'll just fade away..."

TRAVELER

Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:13 AM

Thank you Mauvourneen. I'll put "Worlds Trilogy" at the top of my list.

Allisa I hope you find something you'll enjoy reading in all theses suggestions. I think it would take me a year to read the list you have now.

Now I have a few for myself.

I aim to read
Traveler

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:25 PM

I'm currently in the middle of rereading 3 books.

Swan Songs: The Complete Hooded Swan series, by Brian Stableford (and the source of my name) - space opera adventure with a dollop of biological mystery, and one of the few pacifist main characters in SF.

Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card (part of the Bean series, a companion series to his famous Ender's Game series)

and Dies the Fire, by S.M. Stirling (all high technology, from gunpowder on up, simply stops working one night, and people must cope with the new world). Rereading this mostly to refresh my memory in preparation for reading the second book in the series which I got a couple weeks ago.

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ALLISA

Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:51 PM

*sighs* more and more on my wishlist! But hey...Christmas is coming....*wink*

I find myself rereading the Fire & Ice Trilogy, the Wheel of Time series (tho honestly its too much of a chore to go back to the first book...I usually start around 5 or 6 lol but have lost heart on Book 11) Jane Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear up to the current..I like the older ones better) and....Ladies of the Club by Helen Santymyer...

many of these books are like old friends...comforting and maybe a bit predictable *s*

still I really want to broaden and I think these recommendations will help alot...I noticed classics mixed with edgy mixed with non fiction, imho the perfect blend!

Last Nonfiction read: Underworld by Graham Hancock

RMMC

Saturday, September 30, 2006 1:20 AM

I can recommend a bit of fun.

There's an anthology series edited by Esther Friesner...the 'Chicks in Chainmail' series. The books are all short humerous stories in the vein of women warriors. Some of the books have a sub-theme, such as 'Chicks and Chained Males.' They're a hoot.

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"Those grenades?"
"Captain don't want 'em."
"Jayne, we're robbing the place, we're not occupying it."

KAYNA

Saturday, September 30, 2006 1:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Allisa:
Since my hubby has stolen back the new Melanie Rawn *grumble* I've been searching for something, anything to keep me occupied til the new Martin (Fire & Ice) come out.

I have been reading the Dark Hunter series, which is good but a quick read for me.

Any suggestions?

Ahh. Waiting for Melanie Rawn books. I'm still waiting for Exiles: volume 3
Been waitng. For 6. Years. AAAaaarrrrrgggggg!!!!

As to what I'm actually reading right now. Hmmm.
I am in the middle of IT by Steven King. I just like some of his stuff you know? I just started The Inheritor by Marion Zimmer Bradly. and I'm also reading Beowulf (again) for my own enjoyment. Never had a class that required it. I just love that story (must get Gerry Butler film).

I also just finished a book called A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park. I picked it up at the library and now kinda wish I hadn't. Don't get me wrong. I thought it was a great story. Alternate Earth, fantasy, spirit beasts, the underworld. I loved it. But it appears to be the first in a series (ends on cliff, I want to push) and it only came out last year so there may be a wait.

grumble grumblehate waitinggrumble grumble See Melanie Rawn comment above.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

KINGHENDRICK

Sunday, October 1, 2006 7:13 AM

just finished Nightwatch.. its the three book set the russian movie is based on.. vampires.. white mages.. good vs evil.. real decent stuff

Hail to the King baby!

BORNTOFLY

Sunday, October 1, 2006 12:48 PM

I'm surprised no one's mentioned and PKD.

I'm reading three books right now.

The Man In The High Castle- Phillip K. Dick

Finding Serenity- Edited by Jane Espenson

My Life Among The Serial Killers- Helen Morrison, M.D. with Harold Goldberg.

The first two, I HIGHLY recommend you read. Only read the third if you want to be sick to your stomach, or have a fasinaction with the (obvious) subject. An no, I have NO intentions of turning into a psycho.

And KingHendrick, wait 'till you read Day Watch...things just keep getting better and better.

INEVERMARRIED

Sunday, October 1, 2006 1:46 PM

I'm reading two books at the moment, one for my course and one for fun...

- "The Elements of Style" by Strunk & White - only read about 60 pages so far, but it looks like an extremely helpful book for budding writers of any genre of continuous prose. With the help of this book, I reckon I could be producing some long over-due fanfiction any day now.

- "Shadow" by K.J Parker - read about 250 pages so far and I'm already recommending it to people. If you like your fantasy books dark and intelligent, then look no further then K.J Parker, she's just plain awesome at creating believable characters and worlds...her skills at constructing dialogue are also top-notch.

Although I'm not reading them at the moment, there are two sets of books I recommend whole-heartedly to anyone with an interest in fantasy novels...

- The Otori Trilogy by Lian Hearn
- The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb

Both beautiful sets of books, but be warned, the Farseer Trilogy, although it is rewarding, can be quite a depressing read...

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FLATTOP

Sunday, October 1, 2006 2:36 PM

Actally reading atm...
The Jungle; Upton Sinclair
Republic; Plato
Wheelock's Latin; Wheelock
Aubrey/Maturin series; O'Brian (on the fourth book. Not sure that I'll finish the series. Not as well written (IMHO) as Forester's Hornblower. Perhaps if I'd read O'Brian first...)
I'm looking at my library and have a few recommendations if you haven't read them yet:
Anything by William Gibson - dark future cyberpunk.
Snow Crash; Neil Stephenson - SciFi Near future earth
Swords hexology(Fafhrd & Gray Mouser); Fritz Leiber Fantasy/Adventure
And of course Atlas Shrugged; Ayn Rand - Deos es Machina ending, but otherwise excellent.

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Do you know what your sin is Captain?
Aww hell; I'm a big fan of all seven.

SIGMANUNKI

Sunday, October 1, 2006 3:14 PM

Leaving out the academic (don't think you want a list of math texts ) I'm reading Beowulf.

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I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

KAYNA

Sunday, October 1, 2006 6:14 PM

Isn't Beowulf a great story?

I've got the Burton Raffel translation. Which one do you have?

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

SIGMANUNKI

Sunday, October 1, 2006 8:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:

Isn't Beowulf a great story?

Indeed! Reading it for the first time though.

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:

I've got the Burton Raffel translation. Which one do you have?

One by Seamus Heaney. Got the bilingual edition in case I decide to get off my lazy ass one day and learn old english to read it in the original. Probably won't happen though. My ass is one lazy ass

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I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

BLAZESOLO

Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:23 PM

Just finished Laurell K. Hamilton's Burnt Offerings-An Anita Blake Vampire Hunter book. I have all of the Anita Blake series. I really love'em!!!!

I wear a blaster under my Browncoat

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:27 PM

Training manuals.

Lots and lots of training manuals. Certification on 43 stations in less than 3 weeks!

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I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

KANEMAN

Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:34 PM

Islamic extremism for dummies - Ivan Awvolkocich

It's about how blowing your self up gets you 72 virgins..a very compelling read.

KINGHENDRICK

Monday, October 2, 2006 9:14 AM

"t's about how blowing your self up gets you 72 virgins..a very compelling read."

sweet.. now i'll have 72 women who wont know how bad in bed i am :)

Hail to the King baby!

YESMYNAMEISKALI

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:01 AM

The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl

recently read: California Demon by Julie Kenner for Buffy fans

trying to get: Accursed by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

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"See, I've secretly been kind of a fan of me for some time now. I've seen everything I've ever done. I'd love to meet me, but I'd probably just stare and not be able to say anything witty or anything." -- Joss Whedon

KINGHENDRICK

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:01 AM

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And KingHendrick, wait 'till you read Day Watch...things just keep getting better and better.

now the second and third movies that are coming out.. which books are they based on?

Hail to the King baby!

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 2:37 AM

I didn't see it on the thread, so sorry if somebody posted it already. My favorite book is Hunter Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".

I love Johnny Depp, but that movie was a travesty. If you saw the movie and you didn't read the book, than you've never experience F&LiLV. It's only about 150 pages. I'm not a fast reader, but I finished it in one sitting. It was just too damn funny to put down.

Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman is a very synical but equally hilarious collection of essays he's written about pop culture and human idiocy. Something I would write myself if I had his writing ability. I actually have read some of the chapters of this book to other people and they were rolling.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 6:26 PM

the Chamber by John Grisham - possibly by favourite authour - tied with Trudi Canavan. I just finished the first book in her 'Age of the Five' trilogy. very good, though the 'The Black Magician' trilogy is much better.

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SHROUDED

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:20 PM

I've been reading Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry. I've only bit into it, but it's interesting so far.

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ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:34 PM

Not sure if anyone has said this one, but one of my favorite series are Douglass Adams' books. They're pretty hilarious, although very random.
And another good series is the Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

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"The answers we find are never what we had in mind."

GLADIATOR32

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:38 PM

I've been reading Dante's "Comedia #1 - Inferno". Pretty heavy going, but very interesting. Well, I've also been dipping in and out of a Viking history book. Fun fun fun, as they say.

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INEVERMARRIED

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:

And another good series is the Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan.

Yeah, I love that series too.

Especially liked Ceryni, dunno why but his character just struck a chord with me.

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ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Tuesday, October 3, 2006 7:53 PM

Yeah, Cery was one of my favorites too. He was way better than Akarrin...
I think it's those disreputalbe theiving types who are just more fun characters!

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"The answers we find are never what we had in mind."

TOBEDOG

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:55 PM

Just started:
Missed Fortune 101 by Douglas Andrew

Just Finished:
Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki

Others worth mentioning:

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson

"Six men came to kill me one time. The best of 'em carried this. It's a Killhan full-bore autolock, customized trigger, double cartridge, thorough-gage. This is my very favorite gun."

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Thursday, October 5, 2006 4:33 PM

no, I liked Dorrien best, he was really nice, I would have much rather

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sonea had fallen for him instead of akkarian

Cery was cool too.

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ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Friday, October 6, 2006 1:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Smartbutdumbblonde:
no, I liked Dorrien best, he was really nice, I would have much rather
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sonea had fallen for him instead of akkarian

Cery was cool too.

Yeah, I guess Dorrian was pretty cool, but I still wanted Cery and Sonea to end up together...

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PEULSAR5

Friday, October 6, 2006 4:11 AM

Why, I'm reading Firefly fanfiction of course!

Seriously, I just stared Angels and Demons by Dan Brown.

RHODRI

Friday, October 6, 2006 2:58 PM

Just started reading the second TROY novel, "Shield of Thunder" by the recently-late, great David Gemmell!

A bit poignant since he was finally taken by the Big C in July.

ARCLIGHT

Friday, October 6, 2006 4:22 PM

Just closed the covers of "America; The Last, Best Hope" by William Bennett (excellent) & "Sword of the Prophet" Serge Trifkovic (frighteningly disturbing)
Just started "Assassin's Apprentice" Robin Hobb & re-reading "The Stars My Destination" Alfred Bester. If heard H'wood is working on a movie of Bester's classic. Lets hope it's not butchered.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Friday, October 6, 2006 4:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tristan:
I'm going back through my collection of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series...always good for a laugh.

Yeah, I've been reading over the night watch books myself. Night Watch still makes me cry. More so than Thud! funnily enough, although I loved that one too.

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TRISTAN

Friday, October 6, 2006 5:58 PM

DTH, I think the last few I have read have been Thud!, Going Postal, Guards, Guards!, and I'm currently going through Pyramids again. In the recent rearranging, I found a bunch of them I thought I had lost! But, it's also time to get to the bookstore and catch up on the ones I've missed!

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RIVER6213

Saturday, October 7, 2006 3:47 AM

Right now I\'m reading \"Carrie\" by Stephen King. I just reached the \"Prom Night\" chapter. This book is a bit scary, and it is way better than the movie with Sissy Spacik.

They did make a remake of the movie Carrie in 1999 or 2000 that follows the book more closely than the one they did in the early 70s. The old movie they made you believe that Carrie just destroyed the school, but in the book and the new movie Carrie destroyed that whole town....scary.

A good tip to live by: Be careful who you mess with.

-River