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Which is better? & Do you like to read?
Books  30%  [ 1044 ]
Books - Manga/Comics  25%  [ 881 ]
Movies  4%  [ 145 ]
TV Shows  4%  [ 138 ]
Other  3%  [ 99 ]
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Yes, I like to read x3  26%  [ 911 ]
No, reading is boring  4%  [ 155 ]
Total votes : 3487
 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 8th, '14, 01:31    


chasen

Joined: Oct 27th, '11, 23:54
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"The Goldfinch" I started reading yesterday.

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 8th, '14, 16:27    


REMandtheIRS

Joined: Apr 18th, '14, 19:05
Posts: 219
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Location: Kirkwall, the Free Marches
Currently switching back and forth between Midnight Tides by Steve Erickson and The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (in preperation for the Maze Runner movie later this year. I am Excite.).

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 9th, '14, 11:57    


LadyMorwen

Joined: Sep 15th, '11, 01:09
Posts: 67
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Location: My own little corner
Just about to start The Sorcerer in the North (Ranger's Apprentice, #5).
Almost half through the series now, the books are short though, only about 200 pages each.

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 11th, '14, 15:10    


sweetdeily

Joined: Nov 19th, '08, 13:29
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Mood: looking for artsu
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Location: Oz
Currently reading the third Honour Harrington book, short victorious war, by David Webber. I don't normally like sci-fi, but these books are great and not like the normal info-dump I associate with the genre. Really worth the read if you like tactical combat, a strong female lead and the napelonic wars in space!

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 13th, '14, 00:07    


K-tice

Joined: Jan 9th, '09, 20:16
Posts: 34
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Location: The City of a Hundred Towers
Re-reading Game of Thrones right now, and the book is every bit as brilliant on the re-read as I remember it to be. Also, I need Winds of Winter now!

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 13th, '14, 00:20    


chasen

Joined: Oct 27th, '11, 23:54
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"Lover at Last" by J.R. Ward, finally finished Goldfinch.

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 13th, '14, 05:03    


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Joined: Feb 15th, '12, 04:32
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"Nightmares and Dreamscapes" by Stephen King.

It's a collection of short horror stories~
(The book itself though is like...700 some odd pages, I think.)

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 13th, '14, 22:37    


savage_rose

Joined: Feb 4th, '13, 19:59
Posts: 177
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Just finished Cleaving (by the same author of Julie and Julia). Aside from some good passages and some thought/discussion creating themes, it was pretty bad and hard to get through. I ended up having to skim through most of the passages on butchery, but I loved the part where she went to Africa.

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 16th, '14, 12:47    


Shizuku

Joined: Sep 2nd, '12, 13:32
Posts: 150
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Mood: Holiday
reading Higlander Unchained by Monica McCarty :qh:

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 Post subject: Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
Posted: Aug 17th, '14, 05:15    


K-tice

Joined: Jan 9th, '09, 20:16
Posts: 34
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Location: The City of a Hundred Towers
Just gone back to reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. It's a cyberpunk novel from kind of a dystopian future, where USA split up into several hundred city-states that are basically privately owned by various groups from churches to corporations to crime syndicates. In the beginning, the protagonist (who's name is actually Hiro Protagonist) gets into some trouble in regards to his job (which happens to be delivering pizza for a mafia-owned restaurant chain) and, while trying to fix them, manages to get involved (partially by his friend and ex-girlfriend) with a new drug called "Snow Crash", that also doubles as a computer virus and turns out to be a much bigger problem than it seemed at first. Of course, Hiro is the one who is eventually forced to try to solve it.

I'm only one third into the book at the moment, but I already love it. The world it takes place in is really weird, but at the same time incredibly interesting, imaginative, detailed and unique, and so is the writing style. The story itself is moving forward a bit slowly, but I don't really mind, because firstly, there is still lot of stuff happening, and secondly, the way the book is written is an artistic experience in itself. Also, the characters are really likeable and there is a noticable amount of inspiration by East-Asian popculture, which makes the book a perfect candidate for an anime/manga adaptation. Think Cowboy Bebop meets Ghost in the Shell. It also reminds me of Galaxy Quest a bit, probably because of it's dry humour and being a straight example of a genre and it's deconstruction at the same time.
TL;DR: Excellent science-fiction novel with a unique style, world and premise, absolutely worth reading.

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