Whatcha readin' part II

[Zeldy]

It's took a while, but I'm finally near the end of American Psycho. I can only truly focus on reading on trains, I was reading it on the way back home the other day with a permanent ':O' on my face at how truly disgusting and.. explicit the book is. You almost feel a bit dirty reading it.

I started reading Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronicle the other week too. I plan to focus on it after American Psycho.

My housemate recommended me a book I was unheard of, Grow Up written by Ben Brooks and this book didn't require a train journey; I didn't move from my seat and completed the book first thing the next morning. I very very very much recommend it if you're a fan of Catcher in the Rye especially.

[CimminyCricket]

I'm rereading R.A. Salvatore's Sell Swords series. I love the way that he writes and this particular series was awesome.

[krissy]

i finally
after a decade of attempts
finished sophie's world

i really liked it
but it doesn't get interesting plot wise until half way through.
i got tired of taking notes though. maybe i'll go through it again and take some quick ones now that i know how to do it efficiently (letters and dialogues and skipping the plot)

[Jinx]

NOW THAT I HAVE INTERNET

AND FINISHED SON OF NEPTUNE (again)

I AM GOING TO BUY MARK OF ATHENA OMGGGGG

[Heath]

I started reading Haruki Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronicle the other week too. I plan to focus on it after American Psycho.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a fantastic book, as are all of Murakami's that I've read. I think Norwegian Wood is my favourite, as it's the one I read first, but I think Wind Up Bird is his best book. I keep meaning to re-read it.

I finished The Pursuit of Italy over the weekend and really enjoyed the ending. I think when you know the last section of the book is going to cover the trials and tribulations of the colourful Mr. Berlusconi, you can't help but look forward to finishing it.

I've started reading The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith today. Partly because I'm obviously a pretentious jerk, partly because I was recommended it ages ago and have been meaning to read it for a while, and partly because I quite enjoyed The Great Crash when I read it a few years back.

[Shoeberto]

Finished Brave New World the other day. I didn't much care for the ending, but that's not uncommon for me with novels. Loved it otherwise. The narrative itself is fairly weak but the philosophy is fascinating.

Started Slaughterhouse Five yesterday. Been looking forward to this since I started reading about Vonnegut recently (I'm woefully ignorant about a lot of important literature, sadly). I didn't get far - spent more time finagling the Kindle edition on to my girlfriend's reader - but I'm already entranced by his writing style.

[Bolivar]

I recently finished The Hobbit, and now a few chapters into The Lord of the Rings, after having only read Fellowship when I was around 11 or 12. I'm really amazed at the jump from more a children's novel (a really good and deep one, mind you) to a big boy fantasy story. Also, Tolkien really packs a punch into every sentence.

I was thinking of going into The Prince of Nothing series or the Malazan Book of the Fallen novels and was wondering if any of you into fantasy have heard of them...

[Miriel]

Started Slaughterhouse Five yesterday. Been looking forward to this since I started reading about Vonnegut recently (I'm woefully ignorant about a lot of important literature, sadly). I didn't get far - spent more time finagling the Kindle edition on to my girlfriend's reader - but I'm already entranced by his writing style.

Vonnegut is one of my favs. Although I didn't love Slaughterhouse Five. If you like his stuff, try Sirens of Titen next.

I finished the Sparrow. It was smurfing depressing.

[krissy]

yeah it was. i think there's a sequel, isn't there? i'm in no rush to find out about it.

[Miriel]

Is there? I would have no interest in reading it.

I thought The Sparrow was really well written with amazing characters. But the whole time I'm reading it, there's just this incredible dread. And it was a longer book than I anticipated. So it took ages and ages of creepy build up to actually get to the bad stuff and by the time I got there, I just did not want to deal with any of it.

[krissy]

yeah i agree with the writing and the characters and the build up
i was a bit more lenient to the length i think, i felt the end and revelations portion was done really quickly compared to the rest of the story (the rest of the build up haha)

i think it wouldn't have been such a strong book for me if the time line was just linear. i kind of liked having the axe hang over everything from the beginning.

Children of God (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

that's the sequel
i'm tempted to read the plot summary, but the rating on goodreads was actually pretty good too...like 0.10 less than the original. maybe i'll leave it for some future time.

[Flaming Ice]

I was thinking of going into The Prince of Nothing series or the Malazan Book of the Fallen novels and was wondering if any of you into fantasy have heard of them...

I have a few of the Malazan books...the first one then a few others that aren't in the first part of the series (my brother bought me the first one but some of the books are a bit more expensive)

It wasn't too bad actually but you don't really get background information so you have to read into the book to understand more of it.

[Depression Moon]

Patternmaster right now.

[Jowy]

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.

[Laddy]

Jowy's post.