What are you currently reading? [Archive]

S&T Kawaii Love

03-12-2005, 01:55 PM

Da vinci code oh no.*bangs head to wall*. You do realise that the book is not acurate, some facts can be true but alot is fiction as well. In other worth just some fantasy book.

I am mostly reading newspapers and manga. I have to read more books I know but lately I don't have much time for it.

KSJ

03-12-2005, 02:21 PM

I am reading: The New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster.
I like to read books.

zerebubuth

03-12-2005, 02:26 PM

im reading this thread but ill fetch the newspaper and ill read it in the toilet later on

Mai Tokiha

03-12-2005, 02:32 PM

I'm reading a lot of manga, but the book I'm currently reading is "Irrt

Pikanyaa

03-12-2005, 02:42 PM

Rock Music from Vittula, by Mikael Niemi

solore

03-12-2005, 02:53 PM

Detective Conan (yay I figured out the last case).
Looking for new mangas =)

seorang

03-12-2005, 03:02 PM

FHM, Mucha Kucha Daisuki, and Amazing Spiderman are what I'm reading atm....

Slayerjammer

03-12-2005, 04:19 PM

I'm reading mangas, but I plan on finish reading "Sun Tzu: Art of War" and to start on Friedrich Nietzsche's works such as "Jenseits von Gut und B

pow155

03-12-2005, 04:26 PM

i'm reading a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway.

but my favorite thing to read is manga!!

Draco888

03-12-2005, 04:30 PM

"Morning Red" (welll its called Morgend'Rood in Dutch so.....) from Friedrich Nietsche.... was a NY-gift from my best woman-friend.... she found i was japping too much about Nietsche and his work so she bought me one of his books (his first one actually) :D

Loving it, but u do have to take u'r time reading it....

Ponzu

03-12-2005, 09:25 PM

The book I'm reading is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I never read it and I heard it was good so I am reading it now. And the manga that I'm reading is Torikoro. I'm actually re-reading it.

killtrix

03-12-2005, 09:36 PM

H.P Lovecraft, collection of his best works, "horror and macarbe at it's best".

CherryMilkman

03-12-2005, 09:41 PM

Maus...
pretty good...

Azstraph

03-12-2005, 10:25 PM

Mostly reading mangas: Bleach, Naruto, Gantz but would like to continue collecting/reading the Star Wars novels in the near future.

Fahrenheit 451, good book read it in high school. Also recommand reading Codename: Wolverine by Christopher Goldn, great story of Wolverine during the Cold War in Germany and American Gods by Neil Gaiman, just great storytelling:D!!!

echoghost

03-12-2005, 10:39 PM

I just finished reading 1984, which was pretty depressing, and I'm gonna be reading who knows what next, but I will probably read Catch-22 again, or Matchstick Men (the book, which came out before the movie) for the 20th time.

I.Died.Once

03-12-2005, 11:14 PM

I just finished reading:
Count of Monte Cristo (guess why :D)
Dr.Jekyl and Mr. Hyde (awesome book, only like 100 pages, + 200 pages of other materials stuff which is also very interesting)

I suggest Monte Cristo to anyone who's watching the anime, since book has more... stuff to it.

Dr.Jekyl and Mr. Hyde to anyone who likes stories of multiple personalities, and the balance of good and evil.

Currently debating on reading/reading:

Crime and Punishment(Fyodor Dostevsky)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Lord of the Flies(ugh! school book)

is 1984 really that bad?

KidSteel

03-13-2005, 01:39 AM

Der Schwarm (The Swarm) by Frank Sch

seris

03-13-2005, 02:09 AM

I reaq manga from net Gantz,School Rumble, Berserk, Ichigo100%,Deadnote and etc
this is usefull link
http://evanidus.ath.cx:7421/

Sapphire

03-13-2005, 02:24 AM

I'm reading newspaper,then I think I'll read some mangas

Glorfindel

03-13-2005, 04:31 AM

For Classes
--The Renaissance in National Context
--Renaissance Europe: Age ofo Recovery and Reconciliation
--International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
--A history of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility
--The Earth and Ites Peoples: A Global History
--Worlds of History
--Global Politics: Origins, Currents, Directions
--Pyschology:The Adapative Mind

For a Paper
--The Vikings by R.T.Farrell
--The Viking Saga by Peter Brent
--The Vikings by Michael Hasloch Kirkby
--The Vikings by Arbman
--The Age of the Vikings by Sawyer
--Vikings Exhibition booklet
--Scandinivia Past and Present Collection

Manga:
--One Piece
--Naruto
--Mai-Hime
--Bleach
--Ippo
--FMA
--Love Hina
--Gundam Seed

Javituchi

03-13-2005, 04:38 AM

Erm... I'm currently reading a book called El Viaje De Marcos (The Voyage Of Marcos). It's about a teenager called Marcos that makes a good friendship with Alex, another kid of his town, but he soon realises that his friendship is not only related to that. He will have to face his true identity against himself and against the society of the spanish '70s. :)

Tigerofthewind

03-13-2005, 04:40 PM

Currently rereading The Catcher In The Rye for the third time.

TeaHouse

03-13-2005, 04:44 PM

a freaking article for my exam T_T

Kerii

03-13-2005, 04:47 PM

You fail at polling. There is no magazine option.

I guess I'll just have to vote newspaper since it's the closest thing to a magazine, and since most of it is news anyway. :p

More specifically, tech news. PCWorld.
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/788/pc50000zr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

ano

03-13-2005, 04:54 PM

In the middle of reading "The Hunt for Red October" for the millionth time. At the end of "Black Hawk Down" as well. Like reading the actual story than the movies.

Black Magus

03-15-2005, 08:34 PM

I love the Sword Of Truth novels
Terry Goodkind does a really great job in creating a fantasy world that many (Or at least I) can lose themselves in
Oh, Don't get me wrong
I love my mangas too ^^
But I just love my novels more

aejiras

03-15-2005, 08:39 PM

black hawk down, very nice book.. as for me, i just finished up some of the usual popular books on sale in the states, da vinci code, angels and demons, the bourne trilogy, and band of brothers

Atachi

03-15-2005, 08:44 PM

well... read? i don't like reading (books) ^^

well.. manga are ok, but haven't read one for about a year...
too much hf-forum-reading... no time for manga ^^

read yesterday the complete "megatokyo" (last time was ages ago so i had to read it again ^^)

and of course those books to increase my coding-skills ^^
(actually a directx9-book while developing my mmorpg-engine)

painsama

03-15-2005, 09:23 PM

I just finished reading:
Count of Monte Cristo (guess why :D)
...
I suggest Monte Cristo to anyone who's watching the anime, since book has more... stuff to it.

Fell asleep reading that :)

I like reading computer and psychology books though. That's why I fell asleep reading novel... :) But I'll try again since I like that anime so much.

ValkyrieSkuld

03-16-2005, 01:51 AM

I like fantasy books (Forgotten Realms), but since i've finished my whole collection....(waiting for new books by Elaine Cunningham and Mr. Salvatore), i'm reading Battle Royale (novel) and Romance of the Three Kingdoms (see sig)

BombasticDevil

03-16-2005, 08:05 AM

Just finished Veronika Decides to Die, by Paulo Coehlo. One of the most amazing books I've read. Read Siddartha, by Herman Hesse, yesterday: another eye opener.

Currently reading R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series; on A Clash of Kings. Makes Forgotten Realms look like children's stories. Incredible novels. Any fan of fantasy owes it to themselves to start reading this series. Unless you're under 14...

KidSteel

03-16-2005, 08:56 AM

Currently reading R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series; on A Clash of Kings. Makes Forgotten Realms look like children's stories. Incredible novels. Any fan of fantasy owes it to themselves to start reading this series. Unless you're under 14...I approve! Best fantasy books ever. Not like the lame fantasy by Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, etc. (sorry to all fans of them, but I don't like their books), but really good stuff. Very detailed and many layered, a good story (covers all from intrigues to adventure) and great characters (not so black and white as in most other (hero)-fantasy books). The setting is for fantasy fairly realistic and reminds of medieval England to the times of the Wars of the Roses. It's pretty dark and grim, the family that plays the central role in the plot gets really owned ...
Highly recommendable!

I like fantasy books (Forgotten Realms), but since i've finished my whole collection....(waiting for new books by Elaine Cunningham and Mr. Salvatore), ...I like Elaine Cunningham's books, but R.A. Salvatore's recent works where plainly boring.

Mawaya no kami

03-17-2005, 09:03 AM

I prefer to read books. I agree with KidSteel and BombasticDevil, George R.R. Martin is a superb author. I can't wait till July when vol. 4 is released. I recommend to anyone who likes Martin to also check out Steven Erikson's Malazan series. It may not be as good as A Song of Ice and Fire, but it is still an excellent series that is well worth checking out. Especially if you like a very militaristic book with a lot of magic. I think vol. 1 is available in the US and possibly vol. 2 as well. Otherwise you'll have to order from the UK (can be done through Amazon). As for right now, I'm reading "Pandora's Star" by Peter F. Hamilton. Hamilton is another one of my favorite authors, ranking up there with George R.R. Martin. Any SF fan who likes a big, complex plot, with realistic characters, set in a world as realistic as our own should read Hamilton's books.

KidSteel

03-17-2005, 10:27 AM

@Mawaya no kami: I have read the first book of the Malazan series (Gardens of the Moon), but I didn't like it too much. The story was a bit confusing and aimless. And constantly are new persons and entities popping up out of nowhere, one more mighty than the other. Exaggerated is an understatement. ^^

Hamilton is one of my favourite sci-fi authors. I have read his Night's Dawn Trilogy (I think it's split into six books in the U.S.), very long but absorbing.

egtirello

03-17-2005, 01:17 PM

reading the HF Forums:)
really not too much time to read but for manga : Ichigo 100%, Yume Tsukai, Death Note, zelda and Mai Hime.

eMKa

03-18-2005, 07:07 AM

It would be five books about Witcher by A.Sapkowski.

Pikanyaa

03-18-2005, 07:08 AM

Yoshimoto Banana: Hachiko's Last Lover

burnout

03-18-2005, 07:12 AM

currently reading Lolita and my philosophy textbook. both are mind numbing and hard. :(

Huntermcdole

03-18-2005, 07:25 AM

BESM D20, Does that count??

Chaotic Heavens

03-18-2005, 10:45 AM

Just finished reading Lamb by Christopher Moore (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0380813815/qid=1111171402/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-6092309-8016856?v=glance&s=books&n=507846).

Currently reading The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684800713/qid=1111171449/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-6092309-8016856) for school.

And for personal purposes, finishing up Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345467817/qid=1111171502/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-6092309-8016856).

sonsaku

03-18-2005, 11:33 AM

I'm reading The Red Thread by Andrei Krylienko....or am I?

Kalis

03-18-2005, 01:40 PM

I'm reading a lot of mangas :)

In terms of books, I just finished Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel Trilogy" (incredible series for those who like fantasy hehe)
And I just started her new series, which begins with "Banewrecker"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0765305216/ref=ase_jacqucareysde-20/103-2254739-0819842?v=glance&s=books
Sample chapter:
http://www.jacquelinecarey.com/bw_chapter.htm

tenjouten

03-18-2005, 04:04 PM

Shadow of the giants from Orson Scott Card

Alkarl

05-11-2005, 11:01 PM

Well since I don't see anything in the media station for books.

Well, I had just gotten done with reading Marlfox, by Brian Jacques, so now I am reading Sabriel by Garth Nix. Its been good so far.

MaliceKnight

05-11-2005, 11:39 PM

Currently reading The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre. Also picked up a bunch of Steven King books that were on sale, currently working on the fourth gunslinger book. Hopefully i'll have time over the summer to finish them all.

painsama

05-12-2005, 03:13 AM

C for dummies.

Orenix

05-12-2005, 06:54 AM

Deception Point by Dan Brown. What I should read though is a very boring TCP/IP book ^^

Atreides

05-12-2005, 07:10 AM

re-reading the Dune series... love Dune go atreides! ^^
and the Judge dredd: Dredd vs Death pocket love dredd ^^

Serfius

05-12-2005, 07:44 AM

Right now reading an old book by Tom Clancy: Politika

Also reading (on the side ;) )
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Lost Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Death of Ethics by some one I don't know
The Bible by plenty of authors
Dave Barry books

These are the books I don't really pay attention to alot...more like, if I gotta go someplace and can't find my 'main book' I'll go for the next best thing and get one of the above and read a few chapters in the bus or train or something.

Deception poit was cool...was that the one about a 'meteor that contained bacteria' thus proving that life can exist beyond Earth but...? Or am I talking about another book by Dan Brown?

Unit1Evangelion

05-12-2005, 08:33 AM

Kerii

05-12-2005, 08:50 AM

^im still looking for the red book "the art of war" by sun tzu. can't find it anywhere.

actually just got in the mail "Phantom" by Susan Kay. my favorite book actually. discontenued yrs ago and i found it :D. so im reading this.http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/132 :p

http://www.gutenberg.org
Tons of old books. :p :D

Me I just finished reading "Who Moved My Cheese?" :p
It was ok... pretty useless to me though, so I sold it. :p

I don't need people selling me common sense. :p

For anyone looking for something to read, I'd recommend something from here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top#books-last30 :p :D

Kalis

05-12-2005, 06:03 PM

Re-reading Small Stakes Hold'em by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth

lol
haven't had any books catch my eye lately.

Karis Fra Mauro

05-12-2005, 06:14 PM

I finished Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy not long ago. A friend lent it to me, it's a little bit dated but still pretty good. Not really reading anything at the moment though, I'm fairly picky. There's a british guy called Iain Banks who really impresses me, hopefully he'll come out with some new stuff in the "Culture" series. I've heard some good things about that "Who Moved My Cheese" one from a lot of people, maybe I'll give it a look some time. Mostly I avoid mainstream stuff, Dan Brown and Tom Clancy and the like. Just not my thing.

iDriftR

05-12-2005, 06:29 PM

ehh..I read Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. It was quite good actually.
Read a few cooking books for some good recipes. (Yes, I read cooking books and yes, I do cook.)
I reread The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

cyress8

05-12-2005, 06:48 PM

Java: How to program, gotta keep my mind fresh on these languages, C++ : How to program book jumbled up my thoughts and i seem to write my java programs in C++

kit6990

05-12-2005, 07:21 PM

a ww2 history book and halo first strike

mjoolnir

05-12-2005, 08:42 PM

The Cleric Quintet, The Art of Intrusion, PHP(visual guide(brand)), and some books by O'Riely(computer books)

SeikaIkisawa

05-12-2005, 10:37 PM

I'm reading all the books in the Darkness series by Harry Turtledove, I'm on Jaws Of Darkness (The 5th one) currently xD

Avychan

05-13-2005, 12:42 AM

Not currently reading anything, though I just finished Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

dots

05-13-2005, 12:49 AM

I'm re-reading Dan brown's The Da Vinci code and Angels and Demons

evad83

05-13-2005, 12:54 AM

Not reading any new books, but often re-read some of my fantasy novels such as David Gemmell's Rigante Series, Drenai Saga, David Eddings's Belgarath the Sorcerer and Raymond E. Feist's latest series : Talon of Silver Hawk (bk1) and King of Foxes (bk2). Currenty waiting for paperback version of Exile's Return (bk3) and R.A Salvatore's Two Swords ( bk3 ) .

eMKa

05-13-2005, 08:20 AM

"Therapy" and "Clinic" by Jonathan Kellerman,really my kind of psychological thrillers:)

Javituchi

05-14-2005, 05:14 AM

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

Reading it for the third time, since I can't stop liking it. ;)

Dis

05-14-2005, 07:05 AM

Nothing...

KidSteel

05-15-2005, 12:39 AM

I'm reading The Shining Court, part three of The Sun Sword series, by Michelle West.

http://www.sfsite.com/lists/msw.htm

It's pretty good fantasy, not the adventure-type fantasy, but with more emphasis on character development and storyline (a lot of intrigues and power-mongering). If you like George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, you should give West's books a try.

rasmy

05-15-2005, 02:28 AM

"The Book of Life, Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti", by Krishnamurti.

https://bookstore.kfa.org/cat/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=247

Krishnamurti is my "God" ^^

iDriftR

05-15-2005, 08:37 AM

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt

Very good book.

Fayt42

05-15-2005, 11:02 AM

Kite Runner
awesome book^^

Pikanyaa

05-15-2005, 03:27 PM

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, by Murakami Haruki.

mgurusan

05-15-2005, 03:33 PM

The Ultimate Hitchkicker's Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams

Febrithwaren

05-15-2005, 04:06 PM

I am reading When Dragons Rage. It is part of the Dragoncrown war cycle books. it is written by Michael A. Stackpole. I is the second book in the series I would recommend it to everone who loves fantasy.

MiniSilverTiger

05-15-2005, 04:53 PM

The portrait of a lady by Henry James boring yet interesting. Sometime you can read like 30 pages in a minute and sometime it takes 30 minutes to read one page. I should have never chosen this for my final grade....o.O;

alexxxx

05-15-2005, 04:57 PM

Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss quite interesting so far.

Sturmwulf

05-15-2005, 06:34 PM

The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China. It is a compilation of seven strategy manuscripts including Sun Tzu's Art of War.

tvtokyo

05-15-2005, 06:40 PM

The Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy 5 book set. :eek:

dst

05-15-2005, 06:47 PM

Viet Nam war generation Journal Vol. 1 Number 4

thinking of starting ChickenHawk by Robert Mason.

CherryMilkman

05-15-2005, 09:13 PM

How Everything Bad is Good
and
Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs

Seyser Koze

05-15-2005, 09:20 PM

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Alan Moore, V For Vendetta
Jonathan Stroud, The Golem's Eye

Sturmwulf

05-17-2005, 12:08 PM

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft was a genius. :) He is by far my favorite horror writer. I especially liked The Lurker at the Threshhold.

cornish

05-17-2005, 01:28 PM

I am currently on the last third of "Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the winning of the Great War at sea" by Robert K. Massie.
I sometimes wonder by people like to read war fiction when well-written history is as exciting.

"Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the coming of the Great War" is a prequel by the same author that is also worth reading.

abbad0n

05-17-2005, 03:19 PM

I'm re-reading the Peter F. Hamilton space opera (my personal opinion is it is the best one I've ever read) series that starts with "The Reality Disfunction, Book One: Emergence". Then after reading the 5 paperbacks that make up the rest of the series I'll be able to have a social life again. :D

This series has one of the best conceptions of what death is I have ever seen, with one of the most tightly woven plots (involving not just a very large cast of characters, but multiple planets, asteriods, spaceships, etc. as well.) dealing with politics, philosophy, religion, etc. but also having plenty of action to drive the story successfully where it needs to go. You can find out more about the story at amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446605158?v=glance) where you will find many reviewers had frustrations with it. You'll have to make up your own mind. I personally found it more engaging then The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Foundation series, and many other long series stories. I don't compare series books to single volume novels (of which there are also a very good examples)...

Whoops. Got into review mode. :)

Note: The series was 3 volumes in hardcover, but had to be put in 6 paperbacks when converted. Here is the total list of paperbacks if your interested:

The Reality Disfunction, Book One: Emergence
The Reality Disfunction, Book Two: Expansion
Neutronium Alchemist, Book One: Consolidation
Neutronium Alchemist, Book Two: Conflict
The Naked God, Book One: Flight
The Naked God, Book Two: Faith

PrinceKr85

05-17-2005, 04:37 PM

Thomas Paine's (pain in the ass) book - Common Sense

it's for my writing class... i hate it, because it's a hard read for being such a flimsy book

and i actually am one of those who enjoy writing..

oh... and another one... Hope in the Dark - by Rebecca Solnit(?) can't remember off the top of my head... another assigned book...but this one's more enjoyable ^^;

BobaFett2ha

05-17-2005, 04:49 PM

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

vanity

05-18-2005, 12:01 AM

Wow, I'm reading something thats not from a computer screen or my study notes! Kinda amazing and rare.

Currently reading Anita Shreve's All he ever wanted. My sister picked it up and I just read it outta pure boredom. Glad I did tho.

91CRXsiR

05-18-2005, 12:33 AM

curently reading -
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
The Last Don - Mario Puzo
China Inc. - Ted C. Fishman
Sales Dogs - Blair Singer
Top 25 Sales Skills - Stephan Schiffman
24 Hour MBA - Alexander Hiam

KidSteel

05-18-2005, 01:37 AM

I'm re-reading the Peter F. Hamilton space opera (my personal opinion is it is the best one I've ever read)Seconded! One of the best space sagas I know.

Btw, there are also paperback issues of the series by an UK publisher, that aren't split into six books, but only three (like the original hardcovers). I don't know if they are still available on amazon, I bought them used on eBay.

folycoly

05-18-2005, 08:54 AM

Currently reading War of the Worlds by H.G Wells'. Looking forward to the movie as well. :)

tristanelf

05-18-2005, 10:10 AM

I was reading the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, but I forgot it at my dad's, so now he's reading it and I'm reading Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud.

Ariavel

05-18-2005, 06:52 PM

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond.

iDriftR

05-18-2005, 07:20 PM

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

Sturmwulf

05-19-2005, 02:35 PM

Go Rin No Sho by Miyamoto Musashi

iDriftR

05-19-2005, 02:45 PM

You sure read a lot Sturmwulf. :)

Sturmwulf

05-19-2005, 02:53 PM

I try to read whenever I get a chance. It is a good way to pass the time and I always enjoy learning new things. :)

Phlogistic

05-19-2005, 03:58 PM

Reading the Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card. Shame on me for letting this sit on my bookshelf so long unread.

Ariavel

05-19-2005, 07:57 PM

The Worthing Saga? Damn, that was a good book. It's a shame I've never read Ender's Game.

ommseti

05-19-2005, 08:56 PM

My "travel in the car" book is currently Faerie Wars, by Herbie Brennan. My "lunchbreak reading" book is currently English Home Life 1500-1800. And my "don't feel like doing anything after work" book is Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women by Michael Gross. They're all pretty good, each in their own way. I don't like reading two fiction books simultaneously, but I don't have that problem with nonfiction. Guess which one is the fiction. ;o)

Phlogistic

05-19-2005, 11:19 PM

physics223

05-19-2005, 11:24 PM

I just finished reading The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. I like classics.

Classics make up almost everything I read. :)

KidSteel

05-20-2005, 12:17 AM

Ender's game is an incredible book and you should definitely get around to reading it. Ender's Shadow is also excellent. But none of their sequels felt the same to me...they were very different kinds of books, and that disappointed me.Yep, I read this book, too, and liked it a lot. I think the sequels can't catch the feeling of the first book, because they don't feature this short-story style anymore and, of course, don't have the element of suprise in the end.

Silex

05-20-2005, 01:20 AM

Lots of books on cosmology quite similar to the above poster:

- 100 billion suns : the birth, li
- In search of the big bang : quan
- The five ages of the universe :
- The Facts on File space and astr
- Cosmic pinball : the science of
- The arrow of time : a voyage thr
- Satellites of the outer planets
- The Cambridge guide to the solar

(sorry for the titles...I did a copy/paste from my school's online catalogging system...talk about lazy huh?)

And then also Auto Repair for Dummies by Someone

shintai_88

05-23-2005, 10:06 AM

i'm Currently reading, a book that i read in primary school, one of my fav's
I am David by Anne Holm
about a boy who was helped out of a concetration camp and travels around western europe.

eMKa

06-21-2005, 01:20 PM

I'm currrently reading "Człowiek i dobro" by A.Andzejuk.
BTW,poeple search before creating new threads.
Here's older similiar:
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?p=279880#post279880

virtual_mage

06-21-2005, 05:30 PM

i curently read davinci code and i dont see why the vatican are so afrais of that lol its the work of satan they say well its a damn good book

fujihime

06-21-2005, 05:33 PM

I am currently reading a collection of short stories by Phillip K. Dick.
I'm also readying, "Eats Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynn Truss.

painsama

07-14-2005, 05:34 PM

Somehow, currently reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. lol

burnout

07-14-2005, 05:41 PM

Somehow, currently reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. lol

hard book to read. never finished it. tell me how it goes after you're done :P

currently reading american tabloid by james ellroy

dovienya7

07-14-2005, 05:47 PM

I'm now reading Tom Clancy's "The Cardinal of the Kremlin", after just having finished "The Hunt for Red October"...

Kalis

07-14-2005, 06:03 PM

Just finished Jacqueline Carey's "Banewrecker"
Can't wait till August, when "Godslayer" comes out ^_^

fujihime

07-14-2005, 07:12 PM

I'm waiting for my copy of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince at midnight. That's less than 2 hrs baby!

Serfius

07-14-2005, 07:50 PM

Just finished, The English Assassin, and The Confessor...both spy novels by Daniel Silva.

Taking a break from spy novels and currently reading The Sand Man (Neil...something) before taking on A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva.

flapjak

07-14-2005, 08:18 PM

I dont read much at all :( it is a very bad thing i think. However i am getting better at it.

At the moment im reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

intel31337

07-14-2005, 09:12 PM

Eisenhorn, a 3 part sci fi detective novel

BobaFett2ha

07-15-2005, 06:40 PM

Woot, today I'll start reading Survivor's Quest by Timothy Zahn, to kick off my Star Wars novel summer!!!

A LaZy PaNdA

07-15-2005, 06:51 PM

I'm reading Angels & Demons, and also A Gesture Life.

Anaxa da Zing

07-17-2005, 08:45 AM

I started reading Moby Dick

A nice one

pyrodoxis

07-17-2005, 08:49 AM

The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown

Dreamerdgh

07-17-2005, 09:19 AM

just got a whole bunch, anne mccaffrey, robert jordon, starting up with them again

krinje

07-17-2005, 07:35 PM

Woken Furies by Richard Morgan and a bunch of RFCs online.

Hypersoup

07-17-2005, 07:48 PM

Going to be running through "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" some time this week. Taking a glance at the "Da Vinci Code" in the near future (next month if I'm lucky). Going to start "My Utmost for His Highest" today and maybe "The Purpose Driven Life" if my parents ever finish the darn thing >__<

Shex

07-17-2005, 08:22 PM

same reading material hyper

tofuman80

07-18-2005, 12:55 AM

Currently reading the Orestia by Asechy...something

kohoko

07-18-2005, 04:46 AM

Fermats last theorum (Simon Singh, all about maths), Ernesto Che Guevara's Bolivian Diary (Very interesting).

Books in my pile of "to read": To Kill A Mocking Bird (Harper Lee), The Life Of Pi (Yann Martel), and The Salmon Of Doubt (Douglas Adams)

NewWorld

07-18-2005, 05:03 AM

Currently reading Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince and I'm loving it!!!

GnrlChewy

07-18-2005, 05:14 AM

reading the Rama series from Arthur Clarke, turned out to be more interesting than i thought

darkness17

07-18-2005, 12:55 PM

I just finished reading Harry potter and the Half Blood Prince...I'm not going to give away any spoilers to those who haven't finished...but this one is really surprising and not necessarily in a good way..

eMKa

07-18-2005, 01:05 PM

Just started reading "Lilith" by Alina Reyes,don't know why but when I first saw this title on bookshelve I got some reconnection about Evangelion.

Hypersoup

07-18-2005, 08:24 PM

KyKitBaK

07-18-2005, 09:05 PM

wow...a lot of people actually read...

I read manga mainly:
20th century boys, Basilisk, Beck, Death Note, Gantz, Genshiken, H2, Hajime no Ippo, Hunter x Hunter, Katsu, Rookies, School Rumble, Vagabond, Worst

Mainly waiting on new releases or scantalations ^^

PurpleSkies

08-09-2005, 10:00 PM

I am actually reading five different books, all out of my enjoyment, of course. The names are Timber Press Pocket Guide to Shade Perennials, Perennial Combinations, Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perinnials, Growing 101 Herbs that Heal, & Horticulture: Principles & Practices Second Edition. I'm a Horticultural Science major in college & these books that I bought for myself are excellent reference guides for me & for what I plan on doing. They're also great for finding the right plants to put in the small space I've got to use as a garden. :)