What are you reading?

[The Legonater]

Outbound Flight- Timothy Zahn. Man this guy's a good author

[Sisco]

Lies by Michael Grant.

Good book so far, it's book three of the Gone series.

[buddy]

I am currently reading Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Within the last 2 or 3 weeks I have read the previous three Harry Potter books.

Earlier today I finished The Goblet Of Fire and I am now reading Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix. The Goblet Of Fire was a good read.

~buddy~

[Stegoceras]

Star Wars Republic Commando - True Colors by Karen Traviss

Loving every page of it so far, I would certainly hope (though very unlikely) that Karen returns to writing the series cause she is really did an ace job. Luckily I'm still catching up and have got 2 more of this series when I'm trough with this one.

Outbound Flight- Timothy Zahn. Man this guy's a good author

Sounds interesting, loved the Thrawn trilogy by Zahn (must have read it a dozen times), how is Outbound flight compared to that one if I may ask?

[The Legonater]

Star Wars Republic Commando - True Colors by Karen Traviss

Loving every page of it so far, I would certainly hope (though very unlikely) that Karen returns to writing the series cause she is really did an ace job. Luckily I'm still catching up and have got 2 more of this series when I'm trough with this one.

Sounds interesting, loved the Thrawn trilogy by Zahn (must have read it a dozen times), how is Outbound flight compared to that one if I may ask?

The RC series is great- I love it.

I'm not too far into Outbound Flight yet, though it does the have the same nature as the trilogy. It's really hard to put iin words, you'll have to ask Brickdocter, who's read the whole thing.

[The Soup Nazi]

I just finished Mockingjay by Susane Collins! I am having very mixed feelings about the book...

I just finished that recently. The end is sort of weird though...

when Katniss and Peeta's kids were running around, WTF?!

[Sam Vimes]

Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett

Don Quixote - Cervantes

[buddy]

Earlier today I finished The Goblet Of Fire and I am now reading Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix. The Goblet Of Fire was a good read.

I've now finished the Order Of The Phoenix and I am now reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Order Of The Phoenix was a great read.

~buddy~

[Sam Vimes]

Exile _ R A Salvatore

[def]

The other day I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, a character study on Savannah Georgia in the 1980s. I know there was a move made of it, but I haven't seen it, and I hear it isn't so good. The book though, it quite enjoyable. The narrative's trajectory isn't so strong, but the writing is crisp and clear. A friend lent it to me, and I'm glad I read it.

I started in on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I've never read any Mark Twain (it's not on the school reading list in Canada) but he's always been an interesting character. I expected it to be good, and it's better than I expected so far. He's a sophisticated writer.

[Peppermint_M]

Well, I am re-reading a lot of books:

Terran Trade Authority Handbook Shipwrecks and Derelicrs of space: Unlike the first book, this one is a mixed bag of short SF stories somewhat like an encyclopedia or a report. The art is taken from several SF book covers and is as always amazing. I love these books, I have only one more to get in the collection, currently trying to find one in good condition.

Lirael, book two in the Old Kingdom series. I love this book, it is my favourite of the series and I read it often.

I am also reading Justice, the DC comics miniseries I still have to buy book 1... Awesome artwork by Alex Ross (as I can't read books 2 and 3 proplerly, what with the missing vol. 1)just looking at the pictures for now

[Corvus]

Currently reading Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish. It's a great book, as he discusses the various evidence to show how we were descended from fish. He also gave a talk a little while ago on finding Tiktaalik. It was fascinating. I also got my copy autographed! Woo!

I'm also reading Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac. It's really a great book, and very touching. Anyone interested in wildlife conservation should read it.

I am reading "The Greatest Show on Earth - The Evidence for Evolution" by Richard Dawkins.

Next on my list are "The Extended Phenotype - The Long Reach of the Gene" by the same author and, for the odd reason I never read it before, the classic "On the Origin of Species" by, uhm, that bearded guy, keep forgetting his name ...

I need to read his other books. TGSOE was great.

As for Origin of the Species, I've read segments. The one that comes to mind is the paragraph on the eye- mostly because it's misquoted so much.

That was a good book! He gets a little exacerbated by creationists in it, but for the most part, I can understand why. The book focuses on giving hard evidence for evolution, if only the people who should read it would.

He's definitely very vocal about it. It's easy to understand why he goes after them- seeing the poll examples he gave made me cry, just a little bit.

[def]

I need to read his other books. TGSOE was great.

I've read the God Delusion, and the Blind Watchmaker. Both cover some of the territory of TGSOE, but the Blind Watchmaker is the one that really expands on Darwin's book in the clearest terms. I've been going back into fiction for a bit now though, just as a less weighty experience.

[iamded]

Well, I read the Scott Pilgrim series. Graphic novels still count, right? Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed those books. I think a second read through is in order.

[justinkemp]

Wow, these are intense, I applaud the designers and companies willing to take big risks in their marketing. Funny, I just recently did a post on the origin of plastic sex dolls ;)

[iamded]

Wow, these are intense, I applaud the designers and companies willing to take big risks in their marketing. Funny, I just recently did a post on the origin of plastic sex dolls ;)

What are you reading?

[buddy]

I've now finished the Order Of The Phoenix and I am now reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Order Of The Phoenix was a great read.

I finished the Half-Blood Prince at the weekend and I am now reading the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Half-Blood Prince was a great read.

~buddy~

[Jargo]

Terry Pratchett - Monstrous regiment. (finding it a chore to read. his later books get a bit dry and self indulgent)

some idiot woman - Overcoming low self esteem (ridiculous self help book that seems to bypass reality)

The Cassell dictionary of slang (So many rude phrases I'm blushing)

[Enpaz]

I've just finished Animal Farm and it's . A good read I'd recommend to every single one of you! No, not you, look away IMMEDIATELY, but all of the others!

On a side note, I want to encourage you to read Robert Harris. The Cicero series (consisting of historically perfectly accurate, yet very entertaining and thrilling novels) and Vaterland (Fatherland) are really top-notch. Who of you has already been reading books by him?

[Izzy]

Isn't Animal Farm that abominably boring Orwell novel they force children to read in English Class in year 9 or 10?

I am reading Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, it is thrilling stuff. I love reading the book after I see the movie, then I have the actors faces in my head and I do not get so cross when they leave half of the book out of the movie. *CoughHarryPotterCough*.

[Sam Vimes]

Terry Pratchett - Monstrous regiment. (finding it a chore to read. his later books get a bit dry and self indulgent)

some idiot woman - Overcoming low self esteem (ridiculous self help book that seems to bypass reality)

The Cassell dictionary of slang (So many rude phrases I'm blushing)

Yes another Pratchett fan, Reading Dragons of Winter Night again.

[def]

Isn't Animal Farm that abominably boring Orwell novel they force children to read in English Class in year 9 or 10?

Depends on your country, but nobody had to read Animal Farm in my school. But, I read it on my own around university. It's a quick read (aimed at young adults) but an illuminating read about the ways that power corrupts. And the animated movie made from it is pretty good too, if different from the novel

[Enpaz]

@Cutlass: uhhhmm yes, basically I could imagine Animal Farm torturing 10-year-olds but they are too young for the content anyway. Although it's not the most thrilling or gripping book I really like it. It's not like I've got an animal fetish or something yet the message the book communicates is "valuable".

And... HEY! It's certainly not "abominably boring" whatever this should mean. I'm personally offended.

PS: If the "pupil's torturers" of England are books like Orwell's Animal Farm then you should consider yourself lucky! You cannot imagine what everyone's forced to read in Austria... now that's what I'd call abominably boring (:

[Izzy]

I said year 9 or 10, not 10 year olds. That really is too young. Don't be personally offended. I was obviously still too young at that age to have read it. I loved English class and loved reading, but that just didn't appeal to me at all.

I am from Australia too by the way! ;)

[Professor Flitwick]

Isn't Animal Farm that abominably boring Orwell novel they force children to read in English Class in year 9 or 10?

I believe the book your thinking of the John Steinbeck classic 'Of Mice and Men'. Not sure if it's in any way related to Animal Farm, but it was the book I was forced to read.

I am from Australia too by the way! ;)

Whoops, didn't see that! You've probably done a different syllabus from us the U.K, sorry.