The book thread

[MrBrown]

Almost at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. These books are awsome, my other half bought me the first one a few months ago (having watched the films and liked them....emma watson ) and I've been going through them since.

[Daniel]

I've started re-reading the Fellowship of the Ring. I'm only 70 pages in or so but the amount of detail in it is amazing.

Try the Hobbit if you havent read it. Good stuff

Yeah I've read it ages ago but couldn't find the book on my shelf anywhere so started with Fellowship.

You said you like Pratchett's stuff right? Have you read any of the later Discworld novels?

No Im doing his work in chronologcial order

[Pan]

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Still....

[Dowbocop]

I'm long overdue looking into some Arthur C. Clarke. I know GR has plenty of sci fi fans, so any suggestions of a good starting place?

I've only read one of his - The City and the Stars. It was really good, so I'd say check that out. I wrote slightly more about it in the Literature thread, so check there

[Drumstick]

Seeing this thread has reminded me of my backlog.

[Lotus]

Agh, what's the difference between this thread and the Literature thread?

Anyway, I'm reading A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Brilliant so far. Love non-fiction. Thinking of reading Rebecca next.

[Master James]

Currently waiting for the paperback release of "The Lords of the Bow" the second book on the life of Ghengis Khan by Conn Iggulden. Read his four he wrote on Caesar (the Emperor series). Great stuff if you like a little historical fiction that's entertaining but at the same time teaches you some history.

[IntergalacticSpacePenguin]

I'm long overdue looking into some Arthur C. Clarke. I know GR has plenty of sci fi fans, so any suggestions of a good starting place?

I've only read one of his - The City and the Stars. It was really good, so I'd say check that out. I wrote slightly more about it in the Literature thread, so check there

Just read what you said about it, sounds like an interesting setting. I'll probably start there then, thankyou for the advice.

[Loire]

Gonna start reading American psycho again or maybe even Lunar Park

i would read Dantes Devine Comedy again, but that book is a monster.

Just in the middle of The Rules Of Attraction, and not finding it quite as gripping as Less Than Zero, but great never the less!

I've been looking into reading The Divine Comedy, but I really couldn't be bothered with Paradise Lost, so I don't think I'll be up for Dante. Might well buy a simplified version of Homer's Oddysey though.

[Memento Mori]

Agh, what's the difference between this thread and the Literature thread?

Anyway, I'm reading A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Brilliant so far. Love non-fiction. Thinking of reading Rebecca next.

Difference is this came first and had a worse opening post.

[Hexx]

I've only ever started book one of DDC.

I bought a cheap ass copy though, so the notes/translations/etc are really poor. Which can make it a huge slog to get through.

Do like it though.

I'm reading "The Martin Beck Mysteries" (I forget which book in the series) and something else for my Crime Book group.

[Loire]

I havnt even read less than zero yet >_< cant find it anywhere, ive realized that Bret is writing a sequel to it aswell. So im gonna need to pick em both up.
Rules of attraction was alright.

Sequel? NO WAY! Less Than Zero is the book I never wanted to end !

[Pell]

I'm reading The Wingless Boy at the moment after a coworker handed me a copy. It's pretty good actually; it's a kids' book in the same way that Golden Compass is, but I'd say it's much easier to read than Pullman's books.

[Memento Mori]

I bought the new Artemis Fowl when I was in America the other week. It was in the young readers section.

[Sarge]

Has anyone read The Road?

A friend's been reading this recently & he hasn't stopped telling how good it is.

[Pred]

Has anyone read The Road?

A friend's been reading this recently & he hasn't stopped telling how good it is.

I've read it recently, but I didn't really get on with it, partly because I didn't like the writing style. Just ignore me though as I'm probably not getting it.

[Slartibartfast]

I'm half way through Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain. Great read and essential if you have any vague interest in politics.

Then I've Devil May Care, Catch 22 and 2051 (the third Space Odyssey book) to get through, woo!

[Commander Jameson]

Gonna start reading American psycho again or maybe even Lunar Park

i would read Dantes Devine Comedy again, but that book is a monster.

Just in the middle of The Rules Of Attraction, and not finding it quite as gripping as Less Than Zero, but great never the less!

I loved Less Than Zero - Ellis's best work in my opinion.

Anyway, just finished Infected, by Scott Sigler. Its a truly excellent pulp SF/Horror novel. Well written and screaming out for a big screen adaption. It reads a little like Evil Dead.

[mitch]

Started 'The Book Thief' last night. Had bought it months ago but had totally forgotten about it. 80 or so pages in I feel it's going to a saddening read.

[Rex Kramer]

Recently finished Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Wonderful book, some little things which made me yearn for my university days again. Funny how his story is set in the sixties and I was at uni in the nineties but so little had actually changed. Currently reading What if?, a collection of history essays on how history could have been very different if certain events (usually very small) hadn't happened. Recommended on the old GR thread by someone.

I'd alway recommend any Murakami books. Also, Stone Junction by Jim Dodge is just about my most favourite book in the whole wide world.