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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:51 am
What books have you read? What books do you want to read? What books have you read that you probably didn't want to read?
I just finished Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Oh God, that was bad. mad D
It was supposed to be all deep, but the entire "romance" was based on the girl smelling good and the guy being hot. rofl
It was pathetically shallow. I hated the main character (the girl who Smelled Good). She was so nasty to her peers.
You probably all know my opinions on Eragon and Eldest, so I won't talk about THOSE.
I'm currently reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. It's a very good book so far; it's very funny, original and interesting. The prose is great.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:39 pm
Hmm. Well, I'm a huge fan of Orson Scott Card, though it's been a while since I've read any of his books... I've yet to read Shadow of the Giant, though I've had it sitting in my room since it came out in paperback.
Joe Haldeman's Forever Peace is excellent. I keep meaning to read Forever War, but again, I've yet to finish it even though I've had it for nearly a year.
Oh, and a hilarious book is Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Friend of mine convinced me to buy it in Costa Rica for the flight back. rofl 'twas excellent, and a great way to ignore the fact that my headphone jack didn't work for the movie anyway.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:58 pm
I'm currently trying to read a lot of my school books, including my language instruction of course, How Language Works, Living Abroad in Japan, The Translator's Handbook, The Language Instinct, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal, ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人, まもって守護月天！, 幽遊白書, Maximum Ride, The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina...Yeah, a lot. xd
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:17 am
Good Omens is one of my favorite books!
I while back, I'd started reading the "Discworld" series and it's related books... I didn't get far, and reading was cumbersome because I only had them in RTF format on my computer. Reading is easier when you can do it in a book, not on a computer screen. gonk
I also recently read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, luckily BEFORE I saw the movie. This made the movie thoroughly more enjoyable. I've got the next two books in that series, as well, and I plan to read them soon.
I've read all three Lord of the Rings books as well as The Hobbit. I tried reading The Silmarillion, but my eyes rolled out of my head and exploded in a pool of brain-leak and bore-drool.
The same thing happened when I got halfway through the 4th Harry Potter book. The first three were tolerable, but I just couldn't make it through the fourth one.
I don't read much. When I do read a book, I either love it and look for more by the same author, or I hate it and don't bother to finish it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:17 am
The fourth and fifth Harry Potter books are fine it's Half-Blood Prince that should do that. I hated that one. It seemed like too much at once, way too much foreshadowing; you knew what would happen in the end before it was that close to the ending...It just isn't as good. Prisoner of Azkaban is still my favourite, though. whee AVOID THAT MOVIE! evil
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:48 am
Xeigrich I while back, I'd started reading the "Discworld" series and it's related books... I didn't get far, and reading was cumbersome because I only had them in RTF format on my computer. Reading is easier when you can do it in a book, not on a computer screen. gonk YEP. Xeigrich The same thing happened when I got halfway through the 4th Harry Potter book. The first three were tolerable, but I just couldn't make it through the fourth one. I made it through the fourth, and fifth, and sixth. They weren't boring, but they tended to overexaggerate EVERYTHING. Verh annoying. The Simarillion I've tried as well, but... never finished because it's a slooow read because of its wording. Not exactly boring, but hard to follow and thus annoying to bother with, especially since my main reading time is right before I go to bed.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:16 am
I'm a sucker for murder mysteries... especially ones involving cats in some way shape or form xd So, I read The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun, the Midnight Louie mysteries by Carole Nelson Douglas, and now I've just gotten started on the Mrs. Murphy series by Rita Mae Brown.
I also have fallen in love with a new author: Tanya Huff. Thank you Lifetime for showing Blood Ties and introducing me to her vampire series xp I love her writing style. It's wonderfully detailed (without being overly done, which is why I have a problem reading Tolkien) and funny at appropriate moments... not to mention I just adore the characters heart I also appreciate the amount of research that quite visibly goes into her stories - she actually called up the Vancouver police department when she had her idea for Blood Debt and asked them how they'd respond to a handless body floating in the river! rofl
Oh yeah: I recently got done reading The Cobra Event by Richard Preston.
Scary. As. s**t. Pardon my language, but it's true. Richard Preston has wonderfully (and gory) detailed writing, often leaning towards the overly scientific side of it, but once I start reading his stuff (like this one, as well as The Hot Zone - a TRUE story, mind you, which I rarely ever read), I just can't put it down. What's sad is I read about stuff like this during my lunch periods! gonk
EDIT: I just realized how many emoticons I used in that post! sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:34 pm
Rimbaum Scary. As. s**t. Pardon my language, but it's true. Richard Preston has wonderfully (and gory) detailed writing, often leaning towards the overly scientific side of it, but once I start reading his stuff (like this one, as well as The Hot Zone - a TRUE story, mind you, which I rarely ever read), I just can't put it down. What's sad is I read about stuff like this during my lunch periods! gonk Sounds intriguing. I reccommend Clive Barker and Stephen King. (You have to be careful when you choose a Stephen King novel, though, since a lot of his old works were corny and a lot of his new stuff is poorly written since his NAME is popular these days. But he does have some awesome stuff out. I particularly like The Stand and the short story set Hearts in Atlantis (the movie was actually on the story "Low Men in Yellow Coats").) Clive Barker's best that I've read are probably Thief of Always (deemed sort of his "children's book" but still very well written; it's just toned down a little) and Weaveworld (epic omg, but you might think it's overdone if you don't like Tolkein. It's not the same style at all, but still. LOTS of detail heart Makes it good...) Caveat lector: avert thine eyes from either of these authors if you ph34r anything remotely violent or sexual in nature. Thief of Always is still safe though biggrin
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:30 pm
I forgot to mention that Michael Crichton is one of my favorite authors.
Rising Sun was a REALLY good mystery story, Sphere was almost a ******** until you realize what's really going on (still pretty good sci-fi). Eaters of the Dead was just freaking epic... now known as "The 13th Warrior." It's a Beowulf/Grendel story from a different perspective.
I'm still planning to read the original Jurassic Park book(s) and Congo, even though I've seen all the related movies.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:45 pm
I'm working on Amusing Ourselves to Death. A dry read [humor, kids smile ]
It's got good points, but I can't help but find myself (now that I've started to get into what good TV/video works there are) arguing some... TV has plenty of potential to be rubbish; it's rubbish quite often. That's why I so rarely watch it. But some things are worthwhile, and that's why I only watch those things. The difference is the selection, and the author has yet to take that into account...
Then again, this was written in.. the 70s? I don't know... It's on the other side of the room, and I'm far too lazy to go and get it. But it's like choosing to read nonfiction over the Goosebumps series, or even just moving up to Clive Barker. It's learning to sort the trash from the real stuff.
cool That was exciting. Time to get back to sitting around killing brain cells with my mother again.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:56 am
I'm currently reading When the Wind Blows by James Patterson. Its very good so far. Thriller. I'm a sucker for thriller. x3
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:18 am
Forgedawn Oh, and a hilarious book is Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. Friend of mine convinced me to buy it in Costa Rica for the flight back. rofl 'twas excellent, and a great way to ignore the fact that my headphone jack didn't work for the movie anyway. I read that last time I was in Europe. It's a fabulous book, isn't it? It's on my list for books I want a copy of smile Currently, I'm almost exclusively alternating between Terry Pratchett Discworld novels and books on technology and culture of the Middle Ages. I highly recommend Discworld and if anyone is interested in the Middle Ages, I can recommend some of the books I have liked more. But nothing stands out particularly that I think EVERYONE should read.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:20 pm
Oh, I love Discworld. mad D
I just finished rereading the His Dark Materials books and am now reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman, by the way.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:26 am
I just finished Mort by Terry Pratchett.
That was the best one so far in the series. I'm going to want to read it again.
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:42 pm
I'm reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter, which is even/waay better than the series xd I've got the sequel, too biggrin
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