mega thread What book are you reading?

[Leonard Smix 421]

I have to read 'A Separate Peace' for school.... not too interesting, revolves around WW2

[Tao 7,980]

The Mark of the Tala (The Twelve Kingdoms #1)

by Jeffe Kennedy

[N.W. 3,619]

@RainbowGlass I have merged your thread with the existing thread pertaining to "Books you are currently reading", in the future remember to double check to make sure there is not already a topic for the subject you wish to discuss.

[Koukatsu 5,899]

Sword Art Online light novel #8, and Storm Front of the Dresden Files.

[True Rarity 1,240]

I love to read and it pains me to say that I'm not currently reading anything, but I hope to check The Book Thief out of the library as soon as possible. I've heard it's really great and can't wait to get started!

[DeadAccount 4,604]

I'm halfway through "The Host" By Stephenie Meyer it's really interesting.

[Brony Number 42 10,072]

Excel 2010 Bible and Calculus by Larson just for some light reading.

[Vocaloid_IA 95]

I like reading The Walking Dead comics, and mostly graphic novels. If anytime I pick up a chapter book I normally just lose my interest in it after 5 chapters. The book I'm reading right now that you could call a 'Chapter' book is the Learn The Japanese alphabet and write in Japanese! book.

[MysticShine 529]

Amen to that brother! 777

[cuteycindyhoney 13,315]

I am about half way through "The Fabulous Riverboat" by Philip Jose Farmer. It's the second installment of his Riverworld saga. The first novel (I finished last week) was "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". In "To Your Scattered" Every human that has ever lived and died is suddenly resurrected on the banks of a river. Actually, that should be River, with a capital "R". The Riverworld consists of only the river valley. The river itself is 20 MILLION miles long. It zig-zags it's way all over the planet. All of humanity awoke completely hairless and naked, at a chronological age of 25. If you die on Riverworld, you are resurrected again the next day at a random point on the riverbank, possibly thousands of miles from where you died. Some have taken to "The Suicide Express" as a way to escape tormentors, and a way to randomly wander the planet.

 

The first book deals with Sir Richard Burton the explorer vowing to discover the secret s behind the mass resurrection of humanity. This also includes proto-humans like Neanderthals. The second book tells of Samuel Clemens searching for a source of iron on the resource poor planet,  so he can build a riverboat powerful enough to take him to the source of the river, where answers may lay in wait in the mythic Grail Tower.

 

I love how the books are populated by actual historic figures. Check the spoiler for a few tidbits of interest.

 

 

Sam Clemens is forced by circumstance to become partners and co-leader with King John of England. John Lackland is NOT a man to be trusted. Richard Burton falls in love with Alice Liddell. As a child, Alice was the girl who inspired "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" when she asked Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to tell her a story during a boating trip. Poor Sam Clemens finally finds his beloved wife, only to find out she has been living with and in love with Cyrano de Bergerac for the twenty years since she met him on the day of Resurrection! One of the surprising characters is Hermann Goering! Hermann Goering finds religion on The Riverworld and becomes a strict pacifist and man of peace!

 

 

[1Bit 1,531]

Currently re-reading the russian 'Metro' book series and loving every second of it!

[Rainbow Tinkle 27]

Nonfiction:  Just finished reading Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill.  The book exposes the U.S. government's true motivations for going to war in Iraq, as well as our continuous use of drone strikes, which not only kill terrorists, but innocent civilians.  A lengthy book, but one which every person of voting age (and perhaps younger) should read.

 

Fiction: Well Fed, a zombie novel by Keith Blackmore.  It's the fourth in his series.  He may not be the best zombie writer out there, but he's far better than most. 

I'm halfway through "The Host" By Stephenie Meyer it's really interesting.

I didn't read the book, but I really dug the movie. 

I'm actually currently reading "Carrie" by Stephen King and it's actually really good as far as I've gotten ^-^

Or, at least I like it. 

I used to love reading Stephen King.  Haven't read anything of his in awhile.  Have you seen the Carrie movies?  I thought both were great.

[#1FluttershyFan 206]

I'm reading Four in the Divergent series. It's really good and I recommend it.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,354]

I'm currently reading "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking". It's a really great book . It's very informative and I think it's been helping me to understand myself, since I'm pretty introverted.

[Justin_Case001 4,903]

I love reading, but I don't do enough if it.  There's just never any time for it.  I have piles and piles of books to read.  I keep buying more and not reading what I have.  But the great thing about books is that they don't turn obsolete or stop working.  I can keep them forever.  Doesn't matter how long it takes me to get around to reading them.  I currently have the Belgariad series, and the Black Company series waiting for me.  But first I'm a few chapters into Daemon by....by all means.  Um...who wrote that....uh, it started it a D, I think, and I wanna say it was a Spanish name.  Anyway, I hope to get around to finishing that this summer.

[Silverwisp the Bard 2,353]

Stuff I've read since the last time I ccommented on here:

 

The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. Very cool stuff on storytelling, modern and myth.

 

The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey (one of her better works)

 

Wizards (short story colllection, various authors) Very good stories, highly recommend it (though I advise getting it used, since they included Mr. Orson Scott Card)

 

Memories of Ice, House of Chains, Midnight Tides, all from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson.

Probably the best fantasy worldbuilding this side of Tolkien. Beware though; all of these are around 1000 pages and dense as all hell.

 

Currently reading: Gods of Mars by Graham MacNeil, third in his Mechanicum Series. Very promising so far.

[Yummychickenblue 301]

I'm currently reading LoTR and I just finished Fallout: Equestria if that counts as a "book". I'm gonna start Project Horizons since I really enjoyed the original Fo:E.

[Splendormane 203]

I dont read many books  but I do enjoy the Secret Series by PB i thought they were interesting my favorite is the 3rd one in the series .

[Tao 7,980]

Im rereading a old fan of mine: The Iron Tower Omnibus  by Dennis L. McKiernan

[Alison 1]

I am reading '' The maze runner'' now, and I am really impressed by this book, plus main hero is co cute

[Silverwisp the Bard 2,353]

 

 

I am reading '' The maze runner'' now

Is it significantly different from the movie?

[Jon C 229]

 

Absolutely thrilling stuff.

[iLuvAVENGD7FOLD 21]

I'm reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King. I'm almost finished and am about to begin The Scorch Trials by James Dashner.

[Lucky Star 972]

right now I'm reading "Off Armageddon Reef" right now.

 

I bought it a few years ago and had been having trouble getting into it,

but for some reason I decided to pick it up and haven't been able to put it down.

 

it's about the human race many, many years after they've colonized other planets.

they soon find themselves facing a losing battle against an alien species called the

"Gbaba".

 

on the brink of extinction, they gather many people to go on a journey to a place in the galaxy where the gbaba won't be able to find them. but their facing another problem; how to hide from the Gbaba.

The Gbaba are revealed to have the ability to track human on energy reading.

 

so they wipe the memories of the people waiting to colonize the new planet and basically set up a Mid evil world for them to live in,

and a false religion to prevent them from ever attracting the attention of the gbaba again.

 

The stories follow a androde with the personality and memories of a dead women named Nimue Alban, who had been hidden deep within one of the mountains of the planet Safehold, by the rebellion.

these are the people who were against the brain washing and oppressive religion.

 

eight hundred years later Nimue woke up and was given the mission of over throwing the Church and helping the people of safehold prepare for the the worst.

 

Seeing that the world had reverted to a male dominated society, she changes her gender and becomes Merlin and sets off for the Kingdom of Charis, (which was easily the most open minded country and was deemed easiest to to bring away from the church.)

His/her plan is to act as a virus infect a host with new idea and allow it to infect the rest of the planet.

 

it's part of a series, and I plan to get a hold of the rest! :3

I am about half way through "The Fabulous Riverboat" by Philip Jose Farmer. It's the second installment of his Riverworld saga. The first novel (I finished last week) was "To Your Scattered Bodies Go". In "To Your Scattered" Every human that has ever lived and died is suddenly resurrected on the banks of a river. Actually, that should be River, with a capital "R". The Riverworld consists of only the river valley. The river itself is 20 MILLION miles long. It zig-zags it's way all over the planet. All of humanity awoke completely hairless and naked, at a chronological age of 25. If you die on Riverworld, you are resurrected again the next day at a random point on the riverbank, possibly thousands of miles from where you died. Some have taken to "The Suicide Express" as a way to escape tormentors, and a way to randomly wander the planet.

 

The first book deals with Sir Richard Burton the explorer vowing to discover the secret s behind the mass resurrection of humanity. This also includes proto-humans like Neanderthals. The second book tells of Samuel Clemens searching for a source of iron on the resource poor planet,  so he can build a riverboat powerful enough to take him to the source of the river, where answers may lay in wait in the mythic Grail Tower.

 

I love how the books are populated by actual historic figures. Check the spoiler for a few tidbits of interest.

 

 

Sam Clemens is forced by circumstance to become partners and co-leader with King John of England. John Lackland is NOT a man to be trusted. Richard Burton falls in love with Alice Liddell. As a child, Alice was the girl who inspired "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" when she asked Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) to tell her a story during a boating trip. Poor Sam Clemens finally finds his beloved wife, only to find out she has been living with and in love with Cyrano de Bergerac for the twenty years since she met him on the day of Resurrection! One of the surprising characters is Hermann Goering! Hermann Goering finds religion on The Riverworld and becomes a strict pacifist and man of peace!

 

 

WOW! those books sound awesome!

I'm gonna check them out.

[Silverwisp the Bard 2,353]

Finished Bonehunters (another Malazan book) and The Last Unicorn (turns out the movie is pretty true to the original, just less in depth).

Heading to my parents place tonight to pick up my copies of Thud! and Nightwatch.