What Are You Reading?

philologos

D4RK ONION wrote: »

Do you read all of the bible as non-fiction? Stuff like Genesis?

We'd be sidetracking quite a bit from the thread. To give the mods a bit of peace, how about PMing me?

Pipz

At the moment reading a book called 'Wicked Lovely'. It's quite good. I would recommend it.

Namlub

Decided to re-read the Phantom Tollbooth because it's my favourite children's book EVAR. I love it so

*giggles*

Little Women, I love the movie so my sister thought it would be a good idea to buy me the book for Christmas.

msbrightside

i decided to read twilight to see what all the fuss is about (some of my friends talk about ALL THE TIME)

so far i think it is extremely overrated.

*giggles*

msbrightside wrote: »

i decided to read twilight to see what all the fuss is about (some of my friends talk about ALL THE TIME)

so far i think it is extremely overrated.

Please don't. Oh for the love of God, save yourself the hassle and PUT THE BOOK DOWN!

*my unbiased opinion here, of course*

DancingQueen:)

I read the twilight series more than a year before the first film came out and absoultely loved them all. Laughed the whole way through the film because it was so bad and then ended up hating the books because of the film

Arcade Panda

*giggles* wrote: »

Little Women, I love the movie so my sister thought it would be a good idea to buy me the book for Christmas.

I'm the youngest of four girls and our cousins constantly refer to us as little women...:p

Jay P

I read Twilight, and yes I'm very sure I'm male. I downloaded the books...illegally! :cool:

They weren't quite as awful as I thought they would be. They got annoyingly addictive, just cos I wanted to know what would happen.

TheCardHolder

No time for reading atm, I'm doing a portfolio so I can apply for a certain college course. Today alone I finished a short film script and a short story, I'm making fast progress.

Jako8

TheCardHolder wrote: »

No time for reading atm, I'm doing a portfolio so I can apply for a certain college course. Today alone I finished a short film script and a short story, I'm making fast progress.

What course?

TheCardHolder

'The great gatsby' by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Finally got around to it.

Jackobyte

Just borrowed brett ellis' "American Psycho" from the library, thought I'd give it a go. Friend of mine said it was great.

kev_s88

getting ready to start reading World War Z by Max Brooks before the film comes out this year

KnifeWRENCH

Jackobyte wrote: »

Just borrowed brett ellis' "American Psycho" from the library, thought I'd give it a go. Friend of mine said it was great.

Some of it is brilliant, but the endless descriptions of clothes get very tiring after a while.

I started "The Bell Jar" the other night. On Chapter 7 at the mo. So far, so good!

Jay P

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Some of it is brilliant, but the endless descriptions of clothes get very tiring after a while.

I really liked those bits.
It's very heavy going though, the violence is very intense. I stopped reading it for about two weeks because of it.

Though I thought it was an excellent book.

peabutler

For some reason i'm reading Harry Potter again.

Jackobyte

BTW, I haven't started "American Psycho" yet, I'm finishing Anthony Horowitz-Alex Rider Crocodile Tears first. Ya, its a kiddies book but I started the series before the movie even started being made so I'm not going to leave it now, I want to know what happens him. They are an exciting read even if this one has been released just to make money. The way the pages is formatted, very little text is required to fill one (I'll post pics later) but it means that you can read the book really quickly. Started it Sunday night, almost finished it, and I amn't even proper reading it, I'm just reading for half an hour after going to bed. If I proper read it, it'd have been finished at some stage yesterday.

Fad

Ah I remember Alex Rider books, read them in 6th class, so 6 and a half years ago?

They were good

Then I started reading John Grisham books (Spent a good chunk of that summer doing that!)

hitman79

Im reading Dead Simple by Peter James and its brilliant and only cost a fiver!!

*giggles*

American Psycho is written in a "stream of consciousness" style:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness_(narrative_mode)

It sounds really cool, Requiem For A Dream and Ulysses are written like this. I plan to read them when this blasted Leaving Cert is done and dusted.

+1 on The Great Gatsby

KnifeWRENCH

Jay P wrote: »

the violence is very intense.

And those were the bits of the book I liked! Violence > Clothes

Ginja Ninja

*giggles* wrote: »

It sounds really cool, Requiem For A Dream and Ulysses are written like this. I plan to read them when this blasted Leaving Cert is done and dusted.

be prepared for ulysses,you can get a "kit" with it to decypher some of the stuff he says,my cousin studied it for here english degree and said it was mind-boggling,even the metaphors have metaphors .you have been warned

Pygmalion

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

even the metaphors have metaphors

almostnever

Finished The Road on Friday (Amazzzzzing.)
Starting Looking For Alaska tomorrow, maybe.:)

knockane_ali09

almostnever wrote: »

Starting Looking For Alaska tomorrow, maybe.:)

i read that its a brillant book.....
in the middle the girl who kicked the hornets nest its the third book after the girl with the dragon tattoo and if you like crime thriller you should totally read this

phlegms

Reading an incredibly trashy S.A.S novel at the moment. With all the intensely dense, fact filled history books I read for college it is these types of books that keep me sane.

Fad

almostnever wrote: »

Starting Looking For Alaska tomorrow, maybe.:)

I love that book, and Paper Towns.

Katherines......not so much.

Halla Basin

I'm currently reading Sun Tzu's Art of War on the fiction side and The Descent of Man on the non-fiction side. I usually read two fiction and two non-fiction at any one time, but whatever.

Jackobyte

Fad wrote: »

Ah I remember Alex Rider books, read them in 6th class, so 6 and a half years ago?

They were good

Then I started reading John Grisham books (Spent a good chunk of that summer doing that!)

Psst! You only started John Grisham after 6th class.:P I read the Runaway Jury in 4th class and was well into James Patterson and Jeffery Deaver by 6th, reading the odd Kathy Reich's and was reading a bit of Ludlum as well but that got a bit boring!:p In the last year of so it has been Harlen Cohen and Michael Connelly.

Fad

Jackobyte wrote: »

Psst! You only started John Grisham after 6th class.:P I read the Runaway Jury in 4th class and was well into James Patterson and Jeffery Deaver by 6th, reading the odd Kathy Reich's and was reading a bit of Ludlum as well but that got a bit boring!:p In the last year of so it has been Harlen Cohen and Michael Connelly.

I was a late bloomer when it can to airport fiction

Read "Mo Hayder-Tokyo"! It's........er........fun......

Never had a particularly predictable taste up until recently.

Grisham 6th class summer.
SAS/Marine-y books I got off my dad 1st/2nd.
Didnt read much in 4th year.
Pratchett 5th/6th year.

Much the same now, philosophy stuff too.

Jackobyte

Fad wrote: »

I was a late bloomer when it can to airport fiction

Read "Mo Hayder-Tokyo"! It's........er........fun......

Never had a particularly predictable taste up until recently.

Grisham 6th class summer.
SAS/Marine-y books I got off my dad 1st/2nd.
Didnt read much in 4th year.
Pratchett 5th/6th year.

Much the same now, philosophy stuff too.

The Devil of Nanking (Tokyo)

There are some novels that infect the brain and never let go…….. Hayder writes of past and present horrors with beautifully understated prose, made more so by Grey's innocence in the face of mounting evil. The Devil of Nanking is brilliant, haunting and scary as hell - a book not soon forgotten. Baltimore Sun


Dazzling....... exceedingly creepy. The diabolically gifted British author spins a fascinating mystery from the legacy of Japanese atrocities during World War II. Entertainment Weekly EW Grade: A


'The Devil of Nanking" is such a perfectly sinister novel that doubt creeps in as one reads it. Can Mo Hayder pull it off? ........Hayder creates such a threatening environment that when the novel gains its strength, every page evokes a shudder. And yes, she pulls it off. "The Devil of Nanking" ends as it begins - which is to say it's a thoroughly satisfying thriller. New York Daily News


"The Devil of Nanking" is the kind of novel that invites excessive praise. It is beautifully written and often fascinating, and it has a powerful historical hook. Washington Post

Sounds interestiing, might give it a try at some stage

TheCardHolder

Fad wrote: »

Ah I remember Alex Rider books, read them in 6th class, so 6 and a half years ago?

They were good

Then I started reading John Grisham books (Spent a good chunk of that summer doing that!)

Hah exact same. The books were great at the time. My favourite ones were always the darren shan series though. Loved them!

Fad

Jackobyte wrote: »

Sounds interestiing, might give it a try at some stage

Forgot about your age, yeah it might be a bit grizzly.......

TheCardHolder

Read a little short story just now when I should have been studying called:
''I want to scream but I have no mouth''. It's only 10 pages long and can easily be found on the net. Not for you younger C+Hers

thetonynator

atm i'm reading jeremy clarksons newest one, can't remember the name, but its fairly sh!te, not as funny as they used to be . . .

Seren_

I finished Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe at the weekend. It was brilliant Reading some Sylvia Plath poetry at the moment and Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah for college.

A Neurotic

Started The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

According to my cruel friend who gave me the book the last word is "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn".

almostnever

The Bookseller of Kabul for English,and Wuthering Heights.

Jay P

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Read a little short story just now when I should have been studying called:
''I want to scream but I have no mouth''. It's only 10 pages long and can easily be found on the net. Not for you younger C+Hers

By Harlan Ellison? Fantastic story, absolutely brilliant. I love that story.

Seren_

A Neurotic wrote: »

Started The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

According to my cruel friend who gave me the book the last word is "nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn".

That book is unreal, it really makes you think about life. And iirc, I think your friend is messing about the end

Arcade Panda

My dad has been teaching himself Spanish for the last two years and I was reading one of his Spanish short story books recently(There's an English translation of each story) and I came across one called Walimai by Isabel Allende. It's really really good! Anyway turns out it's actually on the internet as well for anyone who's interested...

Walimai

jefreywithonef

I stupidly left on the bus a collection of stories which I need to write my English essay on.

Corkfeen

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Sigmund Freud's "Interpretation of dreams".

D4RK ONION

Corkfeen wrote: »

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Sigmund Freud's "Interpretation of dreams".

God awful book. Couldn't even finish it, and I finish everything I begin reading usually!

Insect Overlord

D4RK ONION wrote: »

God awful book. Couldn't even finish it, and I finish everything I begin reading usually!

Ditto. Couldn't make myself finish reading it for college, couldn't get into it for my own enjoyment over the summer either. It remains on my "To do" list.

Corkfeen

D4RK ONION wrote: »

God awful book. Couldn't even finish it, and I finish everything I begin reading usually!

I'm enjoying it, Ulysses is supposed to be a bit of an extreme read that doesn't make much sense by the end of it. Actually anyone else read "A Clockwork Orange" its one of the oddest books to read.

Ginja Ninja

I'm reading Werewolf:The forsaken as an ebook,bonus points to anyone who knows it.

Slow Show

I'm reading J.D Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye. I saw it today just dumped in some corner at a bookshop and said I'd see what all the hype is about. So far I'm not too impressed, to be honest, but it's early days yet.

norwegianwood

Just started the Lovely Bones, dunno how I feel about it really though. The start of it's a bit disturbing for my tastes.