Babbling

[luthientuniveil]

This thread is set up to list off the books you have read recently or within the past year. Discuss and update as much as you wish. I'll start off with what I've been reading

Carlos Castaneda - Don Juan A Yaqui Way of Knowlege

Terry Goodkind- Wizard's First Rule

Terry Goodkind- Stone of Tears

Terry Goodkind- Blood of the Fold

Terry Goodkind- Temple of the Winds

Terry Goodkind- Soul of Fire

Christopher Tolkien- Book of Lost Tales 2

David Brown- DaVinci Code

There might be more so I'll brainstorm and I'll post more books if I can think of any others I have read.

[R.I.P.frodohead]

Its Dan Brown, not David i believe.

and, well I've been reading textbooks. Ack, college makes me read too much.

[Figure09]

The most recent i finished was "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

My favorites are:

The HP series

The LOTR trilogy

The Great Escape

Matilda (it's a good book, come on now)

Night

Right now I'm reading "His Excellency" which is a biography of George Washington.

[shadowfox_13]

I read The Bad Place by Dean R. Koontz a few months ago. I thought it was alright but it was weird as hell. I am currently reading The Broker by John Grisham. Oh and I read about one third of Don

Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

[Ambulance_Y]

i have a 280 book list im working on reading.

last book i read was the curious incident of the dog in the night time.

and im mostly through the lovely bones.

ive been slacking on the reading.

[trustmeimgod777]

most of michael crichton, the lovely bones, steve alten's megolodon books, and an awesome short story collection entitled, 100 horrific little horror stories.

[R.I.P.livana1021]

I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood right now.  The last book I read before this was Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (sp?). 

[Invida]

Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett.

The Gunslinger - Stephen King.

SlaughterHouse - Five - Kurt Vonnegut. (Again)

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Again)

Shaking Earth - James Axler.

13 Phantasms - James P. Blaylock.

The Mind of God - Paul Davies.

Kwaidan - Lafcadio Hearn.

30 Days of Night - Steve Niles. Ben Templesmith.

Fables - Legends In Exile - Willingham - Medina - Leialoha - Hamilton.

..To name a few. I tend to mult-task with my book and word ogglage.

[meb955]

never cared much for terry goodkind -- struck me as someone far too in love with his ability to put lots of pretention on paper to care about originality and the beauty of being concise.

now canadian charles de lint, on the other hand, is a master craftsman of both the big and the small, and putting fantasy in everyone's backyard (sometimes literally). just recently finished "spirit in the wires," an internet+spirits book now out in paperback that was a fun and fascinating read. highly recommended.

[Ambulance_Y]

slaughterhouse 5 is on my book list. how was it?

[Invida]

My attention span experienced some shrinkage throughout areas of the book, but altogether it wasn't too bad. I'd recommend it.

[R.I.P.ibangyourgirlfriend]

I just read Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas By Hunter S. Thompson R.I.P. And The DaVinci code by dan brown. Fear and loathing was great but not as good as the movie. The davinci code was one of the worst books ive ever read. Dan Brown should just quit writing because he is just terrible. Yet people read his books because they think by doing so they instantly become history buffs. People are so moronic.

[tokara2132]

HP Lovecraft - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. A very good, if very macabre, book.

Joel Rosenburg - The Road to Ehvenor. This is a book in the Guardians of the Flame series. The whole series is well written.

Dean Koontz - Sole Survivor. A pretty solid book. I thought it could have been better.

Dean Koontz - Whispers. The best Koontz book I have read. This book is good, and really disturbing.

[mcguirk_35]

Recently I've read: *possible spoilers*

The Five People You Meet in Heaven-Mitch Albom.  A good story about an old man who dies in an amusement park accident and ascends to Heaven where he will meet 5 people who've influenced his life.  Tear jerker.

The Fan-Peter Abrahams.  A man who is spiraling downward in his life becomes obsessed with his favorite Red Sox player and devises a way to help the team win.  Okay story, ending is too abrupt...questions left unanswered.

The Charm School-Nelson DeMille.  Great spy thriller!  There's a secret in the heart of Russia that could catapult the Cold War into WWIII. 

 Loaded Dice-James Swain.  This is the fourth installment in the Tony Valentine series.  T.V. is an ex-cop who catches casino cheats.  Fast-paced reading, light hearted and fun.

[pimpin20fo7jr]

last book i read was slam

[Ambulance_Y]

yeah i wanna read the five people you meet in heaven too. my mom burrowed it from one of her friends but she gave it back before i had the chance to read it.

[JoeWest]

I re-read Dr. Sax.

[R.I.P.Dark_Ness]

snow falling on cedars, read an hour ago

[luthientuniveil]

I understand what you're saying about Terry Goodkind not my favorite author just an ok series to read definately not comparable to Tolkien. Thanks for the recommendation on charles de lint I'll definatley have to check out his books which one would you recommend I read first?

[luthientuniveil]

This thread is set up to list off the books you have read recently or within the past year. Discuss and update as much as you wish. I'll start off with what I've been reading

Carlos Castaneda - Don Juan A Yaqui Way of Knowlege

Terry Goodkind- Wizard's First Rule

Terry Goodkind- Stone of Tears

Terry Goodkind- Blood of the Fold

Terry Goodkind- Temple of the Winds

Terry Goodkind- Soul of Fire (currently reading)

Christopher Tolkien- Book of Lost Tales 2

Dan Brown- DaVinci Code

Michael Ende- The Neverending Story

George Lucas (4)- Star Wars Triology (4,5,6) currently

There might be more so I'll brainstorm and I'll post more books if I can think of any others I have read.

[luthientuniveil]

My favorites are:

The HP series

The LOTR trilogy

The Great Escape

Matilda (it's a good book, come on now)

Night

Right now I'm reading "His Excellency" which is a biography of George Washington. -Figure09

I love the HP series and LOTR triology if you can't tell by my name. I can't wait till July for number 6 to come out on HP. Great EScape also a very good read.

[chichiwvu]

Just read Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (i've read like 50 of her books)

Big Bad Wolf tells All - dana kaufmann

life turns man up and down - kurt Thometz (hard read, but dang good once you get the language)

[luthientuniveil]

Don

Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes-shadowfox_13
I haven't read that book but did love the musical Man of La Mancha -"I am Don Quixote the man of the mancha I travel to freedom wherever I go...."

[chichiwvu]

Alice in Wonderland  and Through the Looking Glass (which i just found!) - Lewis Carrol

and the Harry Potter series books 1, 3, 4, 5

how could i forget? my absolute favorites

[luthientuniveil]

I was going to start on Michael Crighton's most recent book after I finish the Sword of Truth series. Feel free to discuss or update new books you have read.