What are you reading?

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 5/19/2006, 6:55 pm

oooh. i didn't know that. thank you again.

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 5/21/2006, 10:48 pm

Hope wrote:
clumsychild_ wrote:The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

how is it? i have multiple copies (in different languages) that's been sitting on my shelf since the earth cooled.

It's entertaining whilst being kinda pretentious. :mrgreen:

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 5/22/2006, 1:42 pm

I thought it was good but it dragged a bit in places. Its like it should have been a short story or novella but was never edited down or something.

I'm reading State of Fear again (Michael Crichton). I thought it was a really good book.

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 5/22/2006, 1:44 pm

Just reread Lolita again for the third or fourth time, and yet still discovered new things on every page. The absolute most perfect book ever. Pure beauty. :drool:

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 5/22/2006, 2:07 pm

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 5/22/2006, 5:17 pm

GetBent · Post by **GetBent** » 5/22/2006, 7:28 pm

Hope wrote::GASP: you work at chapters!!!

*wants your job*

You can have it, I'm quitting.

Working as a cashier there blows. It's SO boring, and we're not allowed to read. So I never get to look at books, except for the 2 seconds in which I ring them through.

But there is wandering time during breaks. Which is how my money goes away so quickly.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 5/22/2006, 7:47 pm

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Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie (This book is BEAUTIFUL. I adore Rushdie.)

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First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain (This is also a great book. I loved the first one, and the third one is due out this year WHEE)

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The Dragon Revenant by Katharine Kerr (she is my favorite author - tied with Dan Simmons - and this is like my fourth or fifth re-read of this book. Her new one is due out next month!)

I am also reading Litany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe, and so many other books I can't even be arsed to name them all.

...I'm a bookworm.

AlyssWonders · Post by **AlyssWonders** » 5/23/2006, 12:00 pm

The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey My favourite book EVER!!!!!

Under the Bridge - the true murder or Reena Virk another great book by the same writer

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 5/23/2006, 12:02 pm

Since I just finished rereading Lolita, now I'm rereading (for the umpteenth time) my other favorite book!

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reza · Post by **reza** » 5/23/2006, 7:24 pm

Ender's Game is awesome. i don't like the other books in the series though.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 5/23/2006, 7:44 pm

I got about halfway through that before I decided I didn't like it and didn't finish it.
I've been pondering a finishing lately though.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 5/23/2006, 7:55 pm

I've never stopped reading a book, even if I didn't like it. I don't know what it is, I just feel the need to finish the whole thing :freak:

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 5/23/2006, 7:58 pm

I tortured myself by finishing off The 5th Horseman by James Patterson this year - a couple days before it came out I decided I wanted to see what all of the hype was about, so I sat behind the counter at work for a day and read it.

I couldn't stop laughing. It was absolutely terrible. One of the most poorly-written books I've ever read in my life. It amazes me that such garbage has made the man a millionaire. He writes absolute drivel, and half of it is plagiarized anyway!

But I finished it, just because I had to after getting so far. Even when it became so utterly ridiculous I just kept plodding on. And laughing my ass off of course.

laurel · Post by **laurel** » 5/23/2006, 8:38 pm

a uk cosmo.

oh, and dragon tears by stephen king. definitely not enjoying it...i like horror king, not fantasy dragon/prince/magician king. aside from the dark tower. and this book ties into the dark tower series, which i want to read again, after rereading all his other books. so..uh..yes. long explanation of why i'm reading this book that doesn't terribly interest me.

I AM ME · Post by **I AM ME** » 5/23/2006, 11:47 pm

The Second Messiah

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 5/25/2006, 4:23 pm

"picture this" joseph heller

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 5/25/2006, 5:41 pm

Ooh Joseph Heller is awesome. I've only read Catch-22 though. But that is a damn good book.

lora · Post by **lora** » 5/25/2006, 7:04 pm