What book are you reading right now?

DS_Kid · **Posted:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:53 pm

iKipapa wrote:

DS_Kid wrote:

I decided to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for my summer reading, and I must say that no other book has made me read 70 pages non-stop before. So, I guess that means I like it.

70? That's it? Wow. And I though I didn't like to read. The most pages I have read in one sitting is 300 something, but that doesn't count to me. It was Harry Potter, and everyone reads insane amounts of pages per sitting with those books.

Well, I don't necessarily like reading too much--not too many books please me. So I find 70 pages in one sitting an accomplishment in my mind. I could've probably read more, but I had to go to sleep (there was also the fact that I had to reread the first ten-or-so pages a few times to understand them

).

And also, I never really enjoyed the Harry Potter books either. I tried reading the first one but I was bored with it. The same applied with the third one awhile back.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:16 pm

I'm reading "Biostrike" by Tom Clancy.

Yes, that is one old book.

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:04 pm

I went to the library and checked out two new books. Never mind that I have three books I OWN that I've yet to touch. I'll save 'em for college.

SapphireWolf · **Posted:** Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:08 am

Right now I'm reading Mechwarrior: Imminent Crisis, I'm almost done with it.

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:10 pm

A Clockwork Orange.

Craaaaazy stuff.

Cleverdan · **Posted:** Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:09 pm

Peter and the Shadowthieves. Its a more adventury with some funny version of Peter Pan.

JTHomeslice · **Joined:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:39 pm **Posts:** 1088

Cleverdan wrote:

Peter and the Shadowthieves. Its a more adventury with some funny version of Peter Pan.

I just finished reading that. It's a good book.

Jitka · **Posted:** Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:23 am

I'm currently deep, deep into George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm on book 3, A Storm of Swords. I'd heard it was a good series, but I'm always reluctant to start a series if I don't know anything about it.

Luckily, I volunteer in a library, and they had the first book, so I borrowed it, and really liked it, so I bought the next two books. I recommend them to anyone who enjoys a good, long fantasy epic story.

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:54 pm

I just finished reading Children of the Lamp - The Ahnkenaten Adventure. Fun and clever little story, but a bit awkwardly written.

I have to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for school now. Have to. I don't really want to. The book looks clever, but...

Krazed Squirell · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:27 am

JohnTheTinyCowboy wrote:

I'm currently deep, deep into George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm on book 3, A Storm of Swords. I'd heard it was a good series, but I'm always reluctant to start a series if I don't know anything about it.

I'm in the same boat, especially with A Song of Fire and Ice where each book averages about 700 pages. I cringe when I think of the Robert Jordan and Tad Williams books I have lurking in the back of my stacks somewhere. However, I strongly agree that Martin's epic is an awesome series. One of my all time favorites.

Simon Zeno · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:11 pm

Ah Robert Jordan. Only he could write a series that long, with each book being so huge. And I love it so.

Anyways, I just finished up Sophie's World, a novel on the history of philosophy. It didn't suck, like I thought it would, but it didn't really change my world outlook, either. Still, if you need to learn some philosophy rather quickly, I'd give it a read.

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:24 pm

Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:

I have to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for school now. Have to. I don't really want to. The book looks clever, but...

I hope you change your mind once you're into it. I read it a couple of years ago and I thought it was fantastic. I wrote an essay on it for a scholarship contest and placed (but didn't win). Instead of a scholarship, I got a $100 gift card for Chapters. Anyway, it's an awesome book.

I'm still reading my summer trash. :mrgreen:

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:57 pm

ModestlyHotGirl wrote:

Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:

I have to read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for school now. Have to. I don't really want to. The book looks clever, but...

I hope you change your mind once you're into it. I read it a couple of years ago and I thought it was fantastic. I wrote an essay on it for a scholarship contest and placed (but didn't win). Instead of a scholarship, I got a $100 gift card for Chapters. Anyway, it's an awesome book.

I'm still reading my summer trash. :mrgreen:

It isn't that I don't like it. I just hate being forced to read books, especially when I HAVE stuff to read.

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:58 pm

Yeah, it kind of sucks when you have to read a book for school. I find that I never enjoy them as much as I would if I had chosen to read them. But really, it's grood.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:28 pm

There is only one summer reading book I ever liked and that was Beowulf.

Code J · **Posted:** Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:29 am

I'm reading

For leisure?
My Sister's Keeper
It's really really good.

For school?
War of the Worlds
Not so much. But heck, it's short.

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:46 pm

Ooh, I had to read Beowulf for English class last year. It was kind of tough to get around the language, but an awesome story nonetheless.

I'm kinda sad that I'm not taking any more English courses. Dang that Italiano.

JTHomeslice · **Joined:** Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:39 pm **Posts:** 1088

Larry the Cable Guy's book Git-R-Done! Quite the literary masterpiece, eh?

Dusk · **Joined:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:55 am **Posts:** 34

I just finished Star Wars: Brainwashing Multimedia Project. Erm, Shadows of the Empire. It was great, and the ending was too. I'm not sure what I will next. I might get a book, but all I know about it is that 1.) It's a 007 book. 2.) It wasn't a 007 novel written by Ian Fleming. 3.) It hasn't been made into a movie yet.

ramrod · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:39 am

ModestlyHotGirl wrote:

Ooh, I had to read Beowulf for English class last year. It was kind of tough to get around the language, but an awesome story nonetheless.

I had to read that for my Senior year in High School. Let's just say that Wikipedia and Cliff Notes came in handy quite well.

Krazed Squirell · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:09 am

Beowulf is one of those stories I've been meaning to get around to for some time. Rumor has it director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to The Future) is going to do a film version penned by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, various awesome books) and Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Rules of Attraction).

If this pans out, I'll read the text because I am definitely seeing that film.

ModestlyHotGirl · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:50 pm

Beowulf is already in the works, my friend. I can't wait to see what Neil will do with it.

*sigh*

I wanna marry a rockstar British comic book writer.

Edit: Holy carp. Anthony Hopkins as Hrothgar? Man oh man.

firemarc924 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:54 pm

I finished Eragon. And its my 300th POST!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I can get back to Ptomleys Gate.

Lu Bu · **Joined:** Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:36 pm **Posts:** 1166

I'm re-re-reading the Icewind Dale trilogy cause I'm really, really, really bored.

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

Clever Danielle · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:18 pm

FireBird wrote:

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

I read that. It's good.

I've got Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and some other guy from the library. I'm waiting until I can just sit and read to start it. I'm so excited.

thefreakyblueman · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:43 pm

The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene.

Re-reading it, though--most of the crazy quantum physics/string theory poured out of my head over the summer.

Thrixman · **Posted:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:11 pm

I read the sixth and seventh Pendragon books (The Rivers of Zaada and The Quillian games) and am now reading Maximum Ride:The Angel Experiment.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:17 am

FireBird wrote:

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

That book is based on an actual rape and murder.

HHFOV · **Posted:** Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:34 am

ModestlyHotGirl wrote:

Edit: Holy carp. Anthony Hopkins as Hrothgar? Man oh man.

What the...But...the dude in Eragon is named Hrothgar. Paolini has brought his plagiarism too far! It's okay by me to have really similar character name's that are obviously ripped off of another series (i.e. Eragon= Aragon), but to copy the exact same name is just....too blatant for me, Paolini! I've had it!

Btw, I'm reading Evil Star and IT.

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