What are you reading now?

mrpookles · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:09 pm�� Post subject:

A Feast for Crows (4th A Song of Ice and Fire book). Get on these if you haven't.

Gizmocreative · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:29 pm�� Post subject:

unseen academicals by terry pratchett. I think its quite a good return to form for terry, some of his latest books have gone beyond surreal and have become a bit of too much hard work to get through, this one is easier to get through and is another fantastic wizard based novel.
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grim-one · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:56 pm�� Post subject:

Beyond surreal? I thought a few of them were a little too mundane, basically being revisionist history (plus wizards and monsters) from the industrial revolution era.

Not that I didn't like them. I'm a huge Discworld fan.
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Gizmocreative · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:56 pm�� Post subject:

i found some of the books he was writing around the time he released science of the discworld and was dabbling more in quantum physics, to be clever books, but just a but tougher to get through and i think became a bit less amusing because they were trying to be clever.

books like thief of time, hogfather, night watch, while being great books, just got a bit too much on the technical side for me as opposed to the simpler concepts of stuff like soul music, moving pictures and men at arms.

im a massive fan also i think it is the only thing that rivals my final fantasy collection, i have every discworld novel except a couple of recent ones, the science, short stories, games on pc & ps1, all the maps, the cd, the board game and met the guy a few times and what a great guy he is. it will be a shame when he cant write anymore.
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Gamesta · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:16 pm�� Post subject:

*gasp* I am actually reading a proper book. That must mean the world is ending soon or pigs have learned to fly.

Anyway I'm reading The Hardcore Diaries by Mick Foley.

It's a surpisingly funny book.
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grim-one · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:29 pm�� Post subject:

sobriquet835 · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:57 pm�� Post subject:

So, it's bump time.

I started reading Game of Thrones. Awesome book is awesome. I can't get enough!

Karai Pantsu · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 3:06 pm�� Post subject:

Just about finished Hells Angels (Hunter S. Thompson) on my second pass at it, after picking it up and then putting it down for something else a while back.

Glad that I found this again and stuck with it, the subject matter is fascinating and Hunter peppers it with his offbeat wit and trademark gonzo flair.
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qwas · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 3:09 pm�� Post subject:

I'm reading these two beastly books.

American Tabloid is my first experience with James Ellroy and thus far (357p in) I've really enjoyed the ride. The story is interesting enough on its own, but the style of his prose makes the experience much more enjoyable.

Gonzo Papers is really three books in one. It contains the Great Shark Hunt, Generation of Swine and Songs of the Doomed which are all collections of his non-fiction works written for various magazines and newspapers. The subject matter is dated, but Hunter's gonzo style of writing is amazing.

FeralOni · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 4:35 pm�� Post subject:

currently re-reading bits of 'Silent Bob Speaks' by Kevin Smith; but i'm planning to start 'Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days' - book 4 of a series my house-mate got me to read, which i've been REALLY enjoying
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XtremeXfactor · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:10 pm�� Post subject:

Last read: Tina Fey - Bossypants

Next up: Craig Ferguson - American on purpose

Gizmocreative · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:47 pm�� Post subject:

Karai Pantsu · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:06 pm�� Post subject:

They stuck quite close to the source material with the film, thankfully, although there were some key differences.

But yeah, you should totally pick up Hells Angels if you're interested - it's a worthy read.
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Exodus · Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:41 pm�� Post subject:

World War Z.
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myzz · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:39 pm�� Post subject:

MvC3 guide!
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Benza · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:43 pm�� Post subject:

admeister · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:52 pm�� Post subject:

That, and a large illustation of Dante next to it.
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Gizmocreative · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:07 pm�� Post subject:

oh mn, i have been looking through the list of books i have *cough* acquired for my kindle. i dont think there's enough days in my life to read so many amazing novels.

im about 91% through unseen academicals with the name of the wind by patrick rothfuss next, but beyond that, there are so many damn good books to bit through.

its been over a month since the kindle arrived in my hot little hands and it is still almost 50% battery power since my firat charge when i got it! that thing is amazing!
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Gizmocreative · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:08 pm�� Post subject:

im currently sitting at 70% of the way through the name of the wind. the book is an amazing read. its very easy to digest like harry potter books, but the content is aimed at an older audience. i'd liken the way the story grips me to watching the shield or sons of anarchy, but in a slightly more medieval/fantasy context. although there is very little fantasy involved in it at all and more the regular lifestyle of the main character.

truly a great read.
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qwas · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:12 pm�� Post subject:

I'm reading The Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy. It's the second in a trilogy, American Tabloid being the first. I loved American Tabloid, and although I'm enjoying this one I think he's taken the prose style a bit too far. Some chapters feel like a parody of Ellroy's style. The storyline is, as it was with American Tabloid, the most engaging. This one starts after JFK has been assassinated and it deals with the fallout briefly and now I'm up to the part where Howard Hughes is trying to buy up Las Vegas while the Mob scheme to pinch millions from him.

Benza · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:13 pm�� Post subject:

I'm up to the Fourth Bear in my progress reading through all of Jasper Ffordes novels. Just finished The Big Over Easy.

Big over easy was fantastic, the first in the nursery crime series that is basically detective stories based around nursery rhymes (Big over Easy was about if humpty dumpty fell off the wall, who pushed him?)

I love that it's basically a detective story but he goes out of his way to subvert the typical detective story tropes (The main detective is happily married with 5 kids etc)
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qwas · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:17 pm�� Post subject:

Always been meaning to check out Jasper Fforde. What novel would you recommend as a starting point?

KT · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:36 pm�� Post subject:

I just finished 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by Toole. It was excellent.

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