What Are You Reading?

almostnever

Novella wrote: »

I have it, if you wanna borrow it? I could bring it next Friday and give it to you!

That would be absolutely wonderful, thank youuuuu!

Cows Go µ

A Neurotic wrote: »

Finally started reading this today:



So far, so good. Just as in A Short History of Nearly Everything, it's full of fascinating little anecdotes and historical character profiles. Love it.

Ohh, really want to read that. I've been eyeing it up for weeks. Though I should probably read A Short History of Nearly Everything. There are just too many books to read!

EuropeanSon

Cows Go µ wrote: »

Ohh, really want to read that. I've been eyeing it up for weeks. Though I should probably read A Short History of Nearly Everything. There are just too many books to read!

I read that a few years back.. It's excellent.

Jamie Starr

BREATHE DAMN YOU BREATHE, DON'T YOU DIE ON ME!

I have a Bill Bryson book I read a few pages of before leaving down, Notes On A Small Island I think it's called. Couldn't get into it for some reason.

I've just finished Walden by Henry D. Thoreau. It's a transcendentalist (picture hippies, but from the 19th century and with suits.) book about leading a simple, self-sufficient life- returning to nature, and being outside the loop of governmental processes. Kind of current, and certainly interesting.

I have to say, I dislike university for a lot of reasons, but I love all the books we're introduced to.

KnifeWRENCH

Agnostic Mantis wrote: »

I have a Bill Bryson book I read a few pages of before leaving down, Notes On A Small Island I think it's called. Couldn't get into it for some reason.

I bought that in a second hand bookshop for like €2 or something, haven't got around to reading it yet. A Short History of Nearly Everything is a fantastic book, so I'm hoping that one will live up to it.

Almost finished The God Delusion, have about 20 pages or so left to read tonight. Then I'm going to read Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I wanted to read something by Joyce and that one looked the least scarily intimidating!

jefreywithonef

I read a few stories from The Dubliners and I didn't think much of them at all tbh. There was nothing provocative or engaging, they were just terribly boring stories. Still, I hope to conquer Ulysses some day, might leave it for ten or twenty years though. :P

Jamie Starr

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Then I'm going to read Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. I wanted to read something by Joyce and that one looked the least scarily intimidating!

Dubliners is a pretty good starter book Joyce-wise, it's much simpler than POTAAAYM (good acronym eh?), which is kind of the beginning of his stream of conciousness stuff. Both are very readable though.

marko93

The Lost World...

Only started it, but if its anything like Jurassic Park.. I will be in love all over again :cool:

Chuchoter

Finished Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides. I cried my way through it, beautifully written book.

ihavequestions

The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud.... I cried numerous times, it is brilliant

cheesefiend

I'm re-reading The Inheritance Cycle, forgot how into them I get. Can't wait for the fourth book to be released.

Carl Sagan

Nearly finished it now though. Great book.

Jay P

cheesefiend wrote: »

I'm re-reading The Inheritance Cycle, forgot how into them I get. Can't wait for the fourth book to be released.

I fricken love those books! I knew I couldn't be the only one :P I can't find my copy of Eragon though. Pooey.

I bought and read all 6 Scott Pilgrim books/graphic novels/whatever this week, and they were brilliant. Well worth the €40 investment! I absolutely loved the movie, but it was nothing compared to the books.

And I'm about halfway through Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's strange to say the least, but it's brilliant. Highly entertaining.

Insect Overlord

Loving them just as much as I did ten years ago

Lawliet

Finished this yesterday:


Rereading this:



Starting this today:

wolfpawnat

Just finished Columbine by Dave Cullen, one of the best books I have EVER read. You loose a bit of faith in humanity though!

Asphyxia

eVeNtInE

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Started Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series after thoroughly enjoying Elantris.

eVeNtInE

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Redlion

cheesefiend

Jay P wrote: »

I fricken love those books! I knew I couldn't be the only one :P I can't find my copy of Eragon though. Pooey.

I bought and read all 6 Scott Pilgrim books/graphic novels/whatever this week, and they were brilliant. Well worth the €40 investment! I absolutely loved the movie, but it was nothing compared to the books.

And I'm about halfway through Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's strange to say the least, but it's brilliant. Highly entertaining.

I can't find my copy of Eragon either so I just started with Eldest. I had to google Angela's predeictions because I couldn't remember what she said and they kept referencing it. Just finished Brisinger. I kind of wish I had of waited until the fourth book was released though, I feel like I need to know what happens!

ihavequestions

Just finished reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, and I read Deception Point by Dan Brown just before that. Both amazing books. Dan Brown is the most amazing author! All of his books are on top of my favourite book list. I just wish he would hurry up and write more :P

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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Its probably my favourite book. I need to read more of Orwells stuff I've only read that and Animal Farm.

blow69

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Just finished Columbine by Dave Cullen, one of the best books I have EVER read. You loose a bit of faith in humanity though!

I've read it twice at this stage. It really is a disturbing case. I've been interested in this story for years. I remember I was in California in June 1999 at age eleven, less than two months after it happened and one of the things I remember is the widespread panic it caused amongst parents. My aunt was weary of letting her kids out of her sight. There was a school just down the road too. Parents walking their kids to schools in large groups all the time.

A Neurotic

Not far in, occasionally a bit unsettling in ways that have nothing to do with vampires...

Carl Sagan

Critical Mass by Philip Ball. It started off slow but it's getting much better.

Arcade Panda

I'm reading a lot of John Irving at the moment.. Read Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany and I've just finished The World according to Garp this morning.

They're all really funny but ridiculously sad at the same time!:o Just absolutely brilliant

Reading "Quants" at the moment by Scott Patterson. It's about how people bring down markets and such things.

A Neurotic

Arcade Panda wrote: »

I'm reading a lot of John Irving at the moment.. Read Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany and I've just finished The World according to Garp this morning.

They're all really funny but ridiculously sad at the same time!:o Just absolutely brilliant

Love Irving! A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my favourite books ever... it inspired the lyrics to one of my favourite songs, which is how I first heard of Irving. Om nom nom.