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I have the same dilemma as Jack; essays and other school stuff among other things take a lot of time, particularly when you have to read novels for all those literature classes. I only tend to read for leisure in the summer or during Christmas break.
I read all kinds of stuff ranging from fantasy to postmodern novels, and the authors I read come from all around the world. Unfortunately I don't have much time to read thanks to a busy schedule, so I've had to narrow things down to books that my friends have recommended. The most recent novels I've read are Mikko Karppi's Väinämöisen vyö (The Belt of Väinämöinen), Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, Isabel Allende's Zorro, Lauren Weisberger's The Devil Wears Prada, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's The River Between. :p
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Charles Bukowski - Ham On Rye
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card - Speaker for the Dead
Victor Hugo - Les Miserables
Anthony Kiedis - Scar Tissue
Chuck Palahniuk - Choke
Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters
Anne Rice - Interview With The Vampire
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughter-house Five
Ender's Game is my favorite book ever, with Speaker for the Dead as a close second, but I can't stand reading any other books written by Card. He does not strike me as a good author, and I think he only had breakthroughs with these two books.
I'm currently reading When Rabbit Howls. I've never been a fan of biographies, but this one is definitely different. I don't know what to think of it.
Also, I'm a huge fan of Palahniuk.
There's a lot of books I should read that I just haven't. I have a giant list, but I procrastinate.
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When Rabbit Howls looks fantastic, it's on my list to buy.
I just purchased The End, but it hasn't been delivered to me yet. ;;
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The way its written confuses me a little bit. I really don't know if I love it or if I hate it. I want to read about the personalities, but its weird. I'm halfway through and I want to quit. :(
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Hurry Down Sunshine is a bit like that. It's about a father's experience with his daughter suddenly becoming insane. It's really hard for me to read, and I keep quitting, but the writing is incredible and I know it's worth reading if I can just break through.
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Anything by Stephen King, JK Rowling, Derek Landy, Brian Jacques, Chris Paolini, ARR Robers, Michael Gerber, Karen Travis or Tolkein and im away
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There's some books on your list I've been wanting to read. I've heard World War Z is great, but that's just because my boyfriend and his friends love zombies.
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Yeah, I like reading. Just finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and now I'm gonna read Wuthering Heights.. which is gonna be interesting.
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I do less reading for leisure than I'd like.
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I am currently reading Angels and Demons. Before that I read the Dexter series, before that I read World War Z, before that the Hannibal Series, before that I don't remember.
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I read quite a lot, mainly fantasy, but I'll read just about anything really. Katharine Kerr is my favourite author.
Unfortunately, I've been reading less and less lately. It's so sad.:(
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I've been reading a lot more recently having read about a book a month since June. Which to some that probably isn't much, but to others that might be a lot.
2008 Reads:
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah by Stephen King
Current Read:
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Up Next:
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
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By no means did I enjoy all these books, but here are my recent reads of new books:
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy
Towelhead by Alicia Erian
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Twilight "Saga" By Stephanie Meyer
I also just finished up reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for like the 20th time.
Out of the books I listed, I loved The Road the best. Gruesome, but so powerful.
My tastes in books kinda range all over the place for me. More than genre, I have to like the writing style. And there has to be some sort of connection with the book. It doesn't have to be right away, but books I have an instant liking of, I usually end up loving. I love David Sedaris, but I dislike Augusten Burroughs. I'm in love with The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion, but I can't stand The Wheel of Time series. I generally dislike classics and I'm more of a fan of contemporary work, but Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors ever. I read everything from fantasy to post-apocalyptic to chick lit. The only genre I really avoid is thrillers and mystery. Can't stand that stuff. That's why I won't go anywhere near Stephen King.
The latest book I'm reading is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I'm 2 pages into it and I know I'm gonna love it. The writing is very... fluid. My eyes just drink them in.
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I don't read as much as I would like to and have only finished about five or six books in the last couple of months. It's sad, really, considering how much I used to read.
I'm currently reading Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer to see what the big deal about it is. I'm actually sort of enjoying it, but I won't admit that anywhere but in this thread. There is a lot of potential in the series as a whole but the author does tend to make a lot of 'mistakes' that I don't approve of.
I'm also a big fan of R.A. Salvatore and I'm working on The Lone Drow simultaneously to Eclipse.
I tend to read more high fantasy or dark fantasy rather than sci-fi or non-fiction, although I have read my fair share of both. I'm also waiting for the second book of the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. Other than that, I don't really have anything else on my list of planned reading.
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I read a fai bit. Mostly Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaiman. With other bits of crap thrown in for good measure.
