books The Book Thread

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

I've just read "Scar Tissue" about Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and "Come as you are: The True Kurt Cobain Story". Both good biographys that just portray facts and were written with help from the musicians

 

Sounds cool, the last biography I read was Black Tooth Grin, which was very interesting but it explained a lot about Dimebag that I didn't know. Interesting read.

[WildCard 1,037]

Sounds cool, the last biography I read was Black Tooth Grin, which was very interesting but it explained a lot about Dimebag that I didn't know. Interesting read.

 

As a huge Pantera Fan myself I guess I am going to read that book too

[Vexx3 1,540]

Loved all the books I've read by Michael Crichton. Especially Sphere.

[Anachronous 682]

I'm currently reading Suicide Casanova by an Arthur Nersesian. It's a bit of an erotic noir, incisive in its diction and its humor quite dark and edgy. It's not for the faint of heart, of course, but it's a good read that skims on the melodrama in favor of a more "real" outlook.

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

I'm working my way through the unabridged Count of Monte Cristo. Read the abridge awhile ago and loved it, so i figured i'd read the full thing. On page 613 out of 1462

Edited February 22, 2012 by LowfatEnvelope

[DJ MUFF1N D3RP 322]

I read that book myself and was surprised at how long it really was. I'd seen the movie first and was amazed how much they left out.

[LunaShy 168]

Anything by Hunter S. Thompson.

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

I've just read "Scar Tissue"

I so read that "Star Trek" when I first saw your post.

I don't feel bad about it. :3

 

Anyway, just finished the Trek book mentioned in my previous reply. I'll probably consider something "exotic" next, like Rupert Sheldrake's book The Sense of Being Stared at.

[Discordian 6,015]

Just finished Eragon and now gonna start on Eldest.

 

Rereading the Inheritance Cycle since I haven't read them in years and my mom just bought me the final book and I wanna refresh my memory before I start on the final book and finally finish it off!

[Kazuki Fuse 534]

Oh man, I'm friggin excited for this to come out.

 

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

Favorites: Catcher in the Rye, 1984

Currently reading: The God Delusion

[Pony Joe 583]

Sadly, because of the number of books we've been reading in my English class this year, it's been tough to find time to read for pleasure. I do plan on picking up The Hunger Games next time I get the chance, though.

 

And if you're wondering, the best book we've read so far this year in class is The Kite Runner.

Edited March 7, 2012 by Pony Joe

[Discordian 6,015]

Has your class read To Kill A Mocking Bird, Of Mice And Men, The Elephant Man or Night? I read these in High School and they were pretty cool.

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

Star Trek: Death's Angel. I'm loving the books where they deal with godmodding personalities; it clearly shows how people can transcend their physical and mental limits.

That's what haters don't understand about Star Trek. Nothing is ever about the technology, nor even the challenges; it's always about the people, about how they manage with what they have to obtain things they shouldn't be able to.

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

All of you, go read the Maze Runner Series. The Maze Runner is pretty cool, I don't remember much about The Scorch Trials (but that's because I don't care much about second in the series), but after getting done with The Death Cure, I have a bunch of things to say:

• Damn Newt!
• Hoooooooooooooooooly shit, things are about to get serious!!
• Damn Thomas, you cold!
• Huh... would Brenda be Paige? Why does that seem like a conclusion?
• NEWT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
• Minho, you could've been a whole lot more badass. Not a bad performance though.
• That bitch Teresa...
• TERESA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

I'm so hooked to Star Trek right now. I'm reading New Voyages 2, a collection of ten writings.

6 short stories in total, each one contains heroic feats from various characters (nurse Chapel is the main protagonist in one). Plus four works in different formats; an episode script, a bare dialogue with no description or background, and two poems.

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

Reading Goliath. Excited to see what comes of Deryn and Alek.

[Raiyny Day 71]

I'm going to reread the Hunger Games series I also really enjoyed the 2 Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn books and the Maximum Ride series.

 

I don't really read that often, sadly

[sondheim 2]

At the moment I'm reading 1984 (almost finished!), Jurassic Park and a neat little book of assorted sonnets I found at a second-hand shop for $2. Then it's on to A Dance With Dragons. At last!

 

I hoard books like crazy. Even the gaps above the books on my bookshelf are full of books. But you can never have too many books. NEVER!

 

Soon they will collapse onto my floor and fill my room, like that xkcd comic about playpen balls.

 

I am okay with this.

[Discordian 6,015]

I'm in the third book of the Inheritance Cycle. After I'm done with this I can finally move on to the final chapter!

[M14Brony 92]

I am getting close to finishing Stalin: A Political Biography by Isaac Deutscher. I have not been able to read this book in a regular fashion, as I have been multitasking by also reading Low Pressure Boilers by Frederick M. Steingress and Daryl R. Walker (this book is relevant to work related study, as I will get a big raise if I get a higher grade of boiler license). In addition to this, I have also been reading the periodicals to which I am subscribed (Foreign Affairs, The Economist, and The Financial Times).

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

ALSO I forgot to mention. One of the engineers in the book "Goliath" is named Klopp.

 

Yes, I'm dead serious. Yes, this book series came out before MLP. Hope you notice that you're not alone Klopp!

[Bolshevik 12]

I'm currently reading Dance of the Dialectic by Bertell Ollman and Materialism and Epirico-Criticism by V.I. Lenin. Love the former, haven't gotten far enough in the latter to really say.

 

...I don't read a lot of fiction.

[Fox 5,330]

I don't really like books, but if I had... My little pony coloring activity book...

Life becomes magical

Edited March 27, 2012 by Fox

[Silver Flower 18]

I've been reading a lot of YA novels. I recommend the Gone series by Michael Grant. I also like the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore. He does a good job (I think) in how teenagers and kids actually act or would act. I love the Pendergast series as well by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Those are more for adults though. Pendergast is my favorite book character