What Book Are You Currently Reading? - Page 163

**Frizzo the Clown** · 10-29-2009, 11:07 PM

Yeah, I'm diggin' it so far.

**JBond** · 11-02-2009, 03:10 PM

I have finished "Shadow Puppets" by Orson Scott Card.

I will now be reading "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Justin · 11-02-2009, 03:18 PM

"Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. I'm still working on "A Game of Thrones", though.

Diablo · 11-03-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin

I'm still working on "A Game of Thrones", though.

About to finish this myself. I'm loving it, and can't wait to pick up the 2nd one.

kangas · 11-05-2009, 01:14 AM

The Game of Thrones books are great but they take forever to come out(and the last book that came out pretty much ignored the existing characters you want to know more about).

I'm reading The Terror by Dan Simmons, which is a pretty great horror book written in a true history context(I was gonna try to explain, but I'll let the Amazon blurb do it for me:

Hugo-winner Simmons (Olympos) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Sir John Franklin, the leader of the expedition and captain of the Erebus, is an aging fool. Francis Crozier, his second in command and captain of the Terror, is a competent sailor, but embittered after years of seeing lesser men with better connections given preferment over him. With their two ships quickly trapped in pack ice, their voyage is a disaster from start to finish. Some men perish from disease, others from the cold, still others from botulism traced to tinned food purchased from the lowest bidder. Madness, mutiny and cannibalism follow. And then there's the monstrous creature from the ice, the thing like a polar bear but many times larger, possessed of a dark and vicious intelligence. This complex tale should find many devoted readers and add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation.

The weirdest thing is that it seems authentic. If they weren't being attacked by what appears to be some super-Yeti, you'd swear the book was non-fiction.

Angelixx · 11-05-2009, 01:48 AM

Just finished "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. One of the most disturbing novels I have read in a while. It's not outright creepy and "oh dear god WHY" kind of disturbing, it's just very subtly creepy. From the characters, to the plot, to the twist, I just very unnerved by this novel in a very good way.

It's definitely one of my favourite books to date and I would recommend it to just about anyone (it's a short book and a very quick read) but especially for fans of the horror genre.

**JBond** · 11-05-2009, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kangas

The Game of Thrones books are great but they take forever to come out(and the last book that came out pretty much ignored the existing characters you want to know more about).

I'm reading The Terror by Dan Simmons, which is a pretty great horror book written in a true history context(I was gonna try to explain, but I'll let the Amazon blurb do it for me:

Hugo-winner Simmons (Olympos) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Sir John Franklin, the leader of the expedition and captain of the Erebus, is an aging fool. Francis Crozier, his second in command and captain of the Terror, is a competent sailor, but embittered after years of seeing lesser men with better connections given preferment over him. With their two ships quickly trapped in pack ice, their voyage is a disaster from start to finish. Some men perish from disease, others from the cold, still others from botulism traced to tinned food purchased from the lowest bidder. Madness, mutiny and cannibalism follow. And then there's the monstrous creature from the ice, the thing like a polar bear but many times larger, possessed of a dark and vicious intelligence. This complex tale should find many devoted readers and add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation.

The weirdest thing is that it seems authentic. If they weren't being attacked by what appears to be some super-Yeti, you'd swear the book was non-fiction.

Dan Simmons has this great book called Hyperion, if you haven't read it. It has a few horror elements in it...and comedy, mystery, sci-fi, drama, action, etc., but not neccesarly in that order.

Justin · 11-06-2009, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kangas

The Game of Thrones books are great but they take forever to come out(and the last book that came out pretty much ignored the existing characters you want to know more about).

I'm reading The Terror by Dan Simmons, which is a pretty great horror book written in a true history context(I was gonna try to explain, but I'll let the Amazon blurb do it for me:

Hugo-winner Simmons (Olympos) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Sir John Franklin, the leader of the expedition and captain of the Erebus, is an aging fool. Francis Crozier, his second in command and captain of the Terror, is a competent sailor, but embittered after years of seeing lesser men with better connections given preferment over him. With their two ships quickly trapped in pack ice, their voyage is a disaster from start to finish. Some men perish from disease, others from the cold, still others from botulism traced to tinned food purchased from the lowest bidder. Madness, mutiny and cannibalism follow. And then there's the monstrous creature from the ice, the thing like a polar bear but many times larger, possessed of a dark and vicious intelligence. This complex tale should find many devoted readers and add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation.

The weirdest thing is that it seems authentic. If they weren't being attacked by what appears to be some super-Yeti, you'd swear the book was non-fiction.

That's a great book. I read it a few years ago.

Ramplate · 11-09-2009, 11:09 AM

The Tangle Box the 4th book in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks.

Been a good series so far

Justin · 11-09-2009, 11:27 AM

Books I picked up:

"I Drink for a Reason" by David Cross
"The Amnesiac" by Sam Taylor

I'm currently reading "I Drink for a Reason" right along with "A Game of Thrones" - still!

**JBond** · 11-09-2009, 04:19 PM

Such similiar books, I'd imagine.

Tzarinna · 11-10-2009, 02:54 PM

Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Angelixx · 11-11-2009, 12:45 AM

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. I never learn. I cannot read books just for fun or pleasure during the school year because I can't stop at one. And now my mind is going to be preoccupied by this book for weeks and nothing is going to get done. I need to get myself banned from Indigo for a few weeks.

laurencn106 · 11-11-2009, 02:23 AM

I am reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman this week.

sonoranreptile · 11-11-2009, 06:46 PM

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

IanTheCool · 11-12-2009, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laurencn106

I am reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman this week.

nice. enjoy.

**JBond** · 11-13-2009, 08:02 PM

I have finished "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Bringing my Hugo count to 34.

I have now started "And Another Thing..." by Eoin Colfer. (Part Six of Three of the Hitchhiker's series)

ArkymReader · 11-15-2009, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evenstar

Ive just finished The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, someone said it was a sustitute for HP, its not but still good.
Im reading all my Shakespear notes though now.

Well I don't know about comparisons but I've just finished Twilight-Eclipse and now just started reading DREAM RAIDER-A johnny Marsh Adventure. Looks more like a HP for me.

Ramplate · 11-15-2009, 09:23 AM

for a change of pace I'm going back to The Dark Tower series.
Listening to book five Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

**JBond** · 11-18-2009, 09:13 PM

I have finished "And Another Thing..." by Eoin Colfer. Dissapointing, to say the least.

I will now be reading "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr.

IanTheCool · 11-18-2009, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBond

I have finished "And Another Thing..." by Eoin Colfer. Dissapointing, to say the least.

Good to know. I won't bother then.

**JBond** · 11-18-2009, 11:18 PM

It's too self-indulgent. It spends a lot of time saying "Hey, you remember this stuff from the other books?" It's funny at times, but it's about twice as long as the other books and it mostly drags with juvenile, instead of awkwardly witty, humor. (The guy who wrote this writes books for teens)

IanTheCool · 11-18-2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBond

It's too self-indulgent. It spends a lot of time saying "Hey, you remember this stuff from the other books?" It's funny at times, but it's about twice as long as the other books and it mostly drags with juvenile, instead of awkwardly witty, humor. (The guy who wrote this writes books for teens)

Yeah, that's the problem with taking over another writer when its a series like this. How are you supposed to emulate someone's sense of humour?

**JBond** · 11-19-2009, 05:08 AM

There are some funny and amusing parts, no doubt, but it doesn't compare with the best of H2G2.

Angelixx · 11-21-2009, 01:38 AM

"Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje

11-02-2009, 03:10 PM	#4052
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	I have finished "Shadow Puppets" by Orson Scott Card. I will now be reading "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin. __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-02-2009, 03:18 PM	#4053
Justin Executive Producer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 7,804	"Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane. I'm still working on "A Game of Thrones", though. __________________ “Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” - Bertrand Russell

11-05-2009, 01:14 AM	#4055
kangas Key Grip Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 37	The Game of Thrones books are great but they take forever to come out(and the last book that came out pretty much ignored the existing characters you want to know more about). I'm reading The Terror by Dan Simmons, which is a pretty great horror book written in a true history context(I was gonna try to explain, but I'll let the Amazon blurb do it for me: Hugo-winner Simmons (Olympos) brings the horrific trials and tribulations of arctic exploration vividly to life in this beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage. Sir John Franklin, the leader of the expedition and captain of the Erebus, is an aging fool. Francis Crozier, his second in command and captain of the Terror, is a competent sailor, but embittered after years of seeing lesser men with better connections given preferment over him. With their two ships quickly trapped in pack ice, their voyage is a disaster from start to finish. Some men perish from disease, others from the cold, still others from botulism traced to tinned food purchased from the lowest bidder. Madness, mutiny and cannibalism follow. And then there's the monstrous creature from the ice, the thing like a polar bear but many times larger, possessed of a dark and vicious intelligence. This complex tale should find many devoted readers and add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation. The weirdest thing is that it seems authentic. If they weren't being attacked by what appears to be some super-Yeti, you'd swear the book was non-fiction. __________________ --Kangas http://www.kangaskahnfilms.com/blogs.htm

11-05-2009, 01:48 AM	#4056
Angelixx . Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 19,843	Just finished "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. One of the most disturbing novels I have read in a while. It's not outright creepy and "oh dear god WHY" kind of disturbing, it's just very subtly creepy. From the characters, to the plot, to the twist, I just very unnerved by this novel in a very good way. It's definitely one of my favourite books to date and I would recommend it to just about anyone (it's a short book and a very quick read) but especially for fans of the horror genre. __________________ "...and don't go surfing for porn, that's not the kinda whackin' i mean." - Dean Winchester, Supernatural The Basement Blog

11-09-2009, 11:09 AM	#4059
Ramplate Professional Bubble Burster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14,270	The Tangle Box the 4th book in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks. Been a good series so far __________________ HEADLINE: Congrats DaRkKnIgHtDeTeCtIvE GOTHAM BATMEN! Champions of CS Fantasy Baseball 2009! - Thanks everyone

10-29-2009, 11:07 PM	#4051
Frizzo the Clown Tastes Like Chicken! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mining for nose goblins Posts: 35,831	Yeah, I'm diggin' it so far.

11-09-2009, 11:27 AM	#4060
Justin Executive Producer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 7,804	Books I picked up: "I Drink for a Reason" by David Cross "The Amnesiac" by Sam Taylor I'm currently reading "I Drink for a Reason" right along with "A Game of Thrones" - still! __________________ “Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” - Bertrand Russell

11-09-2009, 04:19 PM	#4061
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	Such similiar books, I'd imagine. __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-10-2009, 02:54 PM	#4062
Tzarinna Prepare for glory! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Prague Posts: 4,048	Oil! by Upton Sinclair __________________ King Leonidas: Then what must a king do to save his world when the very laws he has sworn to protect force him to do nothing? Queen Gorgo: It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do, nor a husband, nor a king. Instead, ask yourself, my dearest love, what would a free man do? http://tzarinna.dvdaf.com/owned

11-11-2009, 12:45 AM	#4063
Angelixx . Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 19,843	Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. I never learn. I cannot read books just for fun or pleasure during the school year because I can't stop at one. And now my mind is going to be preoccupied by this book for weeks and nothing is going to get done. I need to get myself banned from Indigo for a few weeks. __________________ "...and don't go surfing for porn, that's not the kinda whackin' i mean." - Dean Winchester, Supernatural The Basement Blog

11-11-2009, 02:23 AM	#4064
laurencn106 Grip Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 18	I am reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman this week.

11-11-2009, 06:46 PM	#4065
sonoranreptile Key Grip Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Desert Southwest Posts: 36	The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

11-13-2009, 08:02 PM	#4067
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	I have finished "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Bringing my Hugo count to 34. I have now started "And Another Thing..." by Eoin Colfer. (Part Six of Three of the Hitchhiker's series) __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-15-2009, 09:23 AM	#4069
Ramplate Professional Bubble Burster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 14,270	for a change of pace I'm going back to The Dark Tower series. Listening to book five Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King __________________ HEADLINE: Congrats DaRkKnIgHtDeTeCtIvE GOTHAM BATMEN! Champions of CS Fantasy Baseball 2009! - Thanks everyone

11-18-2009, 09:13 PM	#4070
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	I have finished "And Another Thing..." by Eoin Colfer. Dissapointing, to say the least. I will now be reading "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr. __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-18-2009, 11:18 PM	#4072
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	It's too self-indulgent. It spends a lot of time saying "Hey, you remember this stuff from the other books?" It's funny at times, but it's about twice as long as the other books and it mostly drags with juvenile, instead of awkwardly witty, humor. (The guy who wrote this writes books for teens) __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-19-2009, 05:08 AM	#4074
JBond Stop exploding, you cowards! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Nimbus 1729 Posts: 54,664	There are some funny and amusing parts, no doubt, but it doesn't compare with the best of H2G2. __________________ The due date for Round 62 of the CS Film Club is Monday, December 7th, 2009. 34 out of 60 Hugo Award winners completed. Let's start over again Why can't we start it over again Just let us start it over again And we'll be good This time we'll get it, get it right It's our last chance to forgive ourselves

11-21-2009, 01:38 AM	#4075
Angelixx . Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 19,843	"Anil's Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje __________________ "...and don't go surfing for porn, that's not the kinda whackin' i mean." - Dean Winchester, Supernatural The Basement Blog