What Book are you reading?

**Harmonizer** · 13-06-2007, 09:41 PM

Inspired by all the other "what are you doing now threads", I thought I might start one for people to tell us what they're reading at the moment.

I'm reading the Basic Writings of Nietzche, or at least, I will be starting to read it in about 5 mins.

So, what are you reading?

**mishap** · 13-06-2007, 09:46 PM

Currently reading Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

**dj_horse** · 13-06-2007, 09:48 PM

at the minute...

the dice man - luke rhinehart :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man

around the world in 80 days - jules verne

high fidelity - nick hornby

**stevie_** · 13-06-2007, 09:50 PM

Holy mother of gawd. I was literally just about to make 1 of these threads hahaha. I was actually gonna make a suggest books thread, but this is close enough.

I pretty much have always read fantasy books. I've read the Raymond E Fiest series (starting from Magician all the way to the books prior to his newest releases (13 all up)) 3 times. Magician by Raymond E Fiest is my all time favourite book. The way it's written, the way it hooks you in....

I'm reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time book 1 atm. Enjoying it a fair bit....

Once I get through this series though, I'm pretty much looking on wanting to expand my horizons.

Anyone got any suggestions on books that REALLY stand out to them?

**geisha** · 13-06-2007, 09:51 PM

a book called healing with the angels.

i realise some people may find the subject matter flighty or amusing but it's very interesting.

**mishap** · 13-06-2007, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by geisha

a book called healing with the angels.

i realise some people may find the subject matter flighty or amusing but it's very interesting.

Is that by Doreen Virtue by any chance?

**swarbs** · 13-06-2007, 09:53 PM

For whom the bell tolls by ernest hemingway
Good but overrated

**heist** · 13-06-2007, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by stevo_86

Anyone got any suggestions on books that REALLY stand out to them?

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Patrick Bateman calls it "a truly wonderous experience"

**geisha** · 13-06-2007, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by mishap

Is that by Doreen Virtue by any chance?

it is

**mishap** · 13-06-2007, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by geisha

it is

Ah cool, I've got the oracle cards of hers for healing with the angels. Really lovely stuff

**mishap** · 13-06-2007, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by heist

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Patrick Bateman calls it "a truly wonderous experience"

It sure is. definitely in my top 5

**stevie_** · 13-06-2007, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by heist

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Patrick Bateman calls it "a truly wonderous experience"

What's it about? Obviously don't ruin the story but what sort of setting are we looking at here? While my Bateman knows what he's talking about (clearly!) a rough sorta background on the book would be good.

In other words I don't want to be reading romance novels. Not my thing

**mishap** · 13-06-2007, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by stevo_86

What's it about? Obviously don't ruin the story but what sort of setting are we looking at here? While my Bateman knows what he's talking about (clearly!) a rough sorta background on the book would be good.

In other words I don't want to be reading romance novels. Not my thing

Neil Gaiman is hardly 'romance'. LOL

**ice_olde'** · 13-06-2007, 10:10 PM

Just finished Women by Bukowski. Incredibly rude, brutally honest, absolutely beautiful.

**kaylie** · 13-06-2007, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by heist

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Re-reading this for the umpteenth time at the moment! I haven't met a single person who hasn't loved it. Neil Gaiman is brilliant.

Also re-reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Not sure how long that will last - enough time has passed that I'd forgotten how badly that book does my head in!

Time for some new reading material methinks.

**swarbs** · 13-06-2007, 10:17 PM

just to reiterate what has been established for 50 years, lord of the rings is the best book ever except for the part where frodo and sam trudge through the marshes, and the movies are shithouse

**Vilandra** · 13-06-2007, 10:23 PM

on the road - jack kerouac

**stevie_** · 13-06-2007, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by mishap

Neil Gaiman is hardly 'romance'. LOL

Oh he's not? LOL.

Guess I'll just go out and buy the book and find out for myself with the reaction towards it!

**stevie_** · 13-06-2007, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by swarbs

just to reiterate what has been established for 50 years, lord of the rings is the best book ever except for the part where frodo and sam trudge through the marshes, and the movies are shithouse

Hmmm you know LotR is 1 of those things.... In terms of the way it's written and it's descriptiveness or whatever, LotR is by far the best book I've ever read. But in terms of entertainment.... Hmmm... The "wars" in the book just seem to go too fast. Don't get me wrong, I love the book to pieces, I'm a fanboi, but entertainment wise I reckon there's books out there that are more entertaining. Ones that make me want to turn the page

**swarbs** · 13-06-2007, 10:27 PM

yeah agree

**bonnie0908** · 13-06-2007, 10:52 PM

Richard Bachman: The Bachman Books (4 stories - richard bachman = stephen king for those who dont know)

am reading the long walk atm. its quite good. 450 mile marathon walk contest, if you go below the speed limit over 3 times you get shot. no stopping for anything. 100 contestants all teenage boys.

**musika** · 13-06-2007, 11:27 PM

i cant quite finish A Walk In The Woods, Bill Bryson. only 1/5 to go.
very little brain power or time left outside of work, only enough to flick through magazines or browse TS before sleep.
i crave lighthearted junk featuring pretty pictures of shoes and boys.

**Halu** · 13-06-2007, 11:45 PM

My Story by David Pelzer, A Child Called It combined with two sequels. I don't claim to be any good with words but I have come to a point in the book where the writing is driving me nuts. Little things even in punctuation etc, like bolding a word every sentence or two when it really isn't necessary, italics, bad sentence structure, too many commas, it just doesn't read well at all. Touching story but by god, bad writer.

2/3 of the way there, I shall be glad to get it over with, frustrating.

**Plankton** · 14-06-2007, 05:36 AM

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
Jennifer Government - Max Barry
The Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell - Aldous Huxley

**syntax** · 14-06-2007, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by ice_olde'

Just finished Women by Bukowski. Incredibly rude, brutally honest, absolutely beautiful.

hah spun out, i just finished this book too, it was a tad repetitive at times, but i agree with what you said and at certain point had connection with Hank.

**dart** · 14-06-2007, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by swarbs

just to reiterate what has been established for 50 years, lord of the rings is the best book ever except for the part where frodo and sam trudge through the marshes, and the movies are shithouse

agreed that they're pretty good, but all the songs really shit me to tears.

**dart** · 14-06-2007, 07:32 AM

p.s. just started RANT by chuck palahniuk

**Todd** · 14-06-2007, 08:10 AM

"making money" by paul clitheroe

**Scotty** · 14-06-2007, 08:48 AM

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

**Halu** · 14-06-2007, 08:50 AM

Can I borrow it Cam?

**whitegoose** · 14-06-2007, 08:51 AM

I'm just about to read 'Conquest of the Incas' by John Hemmingway.

Just finished reading Scarface by Armitage Trail - the basis for both Sacrface movies, written in the 30s.

**Kevin** · 14-06-2007, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by mishap

Neil Gaiman is hardly 'romance'. LOL

Isn't that all you women read?

**sketch** · 14-06-2007, 09:21 AM

Um, i came in here to make a thread like this!

must be the weather for reading!, lol i was cranking my book last night on the lounges and at the bar of breaking point.

Currently reading

Jennifer Fallon, an australian lady from alice springs.
Medalon: Book one of the demon child Trilogy

fuck its good

i'm probably going to read every one of her books too, they are extremely complex and winding, all of her trilogies are set in the same world intertwining like vines on a wall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Fallon

**Moe** · 14-06-2007, 09:30 AM

just finished anthony bourdain's The Nasty Bits

wikkid, but not as good as kitchen confidential

**Harmonizer** · 14-06-2007, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by stevo_86

I pretty much have always read fantasy books. I've read the Raymond E Fiest series (starting from Magician all the way to the books prior to his newest releases (13 all up)) 3 times. Magician by Raymond E Fiest is my all time favourite book. The way it's written, the way it hooks you in....

He's my favourite fantasy writer too by far, I've read them all more times then I can count on my hands, except the latest stuff, but pretty much everything written up to the Krondor series.

**little dead gracey** · 14-06-2007, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Vilandra

on the road - jack kerouac

me too!

cam + sarah; women is my faaaaavourite bukowski book.
next i am going to read waves by virginia woolf

**sketch** · 14-06-2007, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by stevo_86

I pretty much have always read fantasy books. I've read the Raymond E Fiest series (starting from Magician all the way to the books prior to his newest releases (13 all up)) 3 times. Magician by Raymond E Fiest is my all time favourite book. The way it's written, the way it hooks you in....

My favorite also,
I've completed it twice now, every time i get a new one i go back and read the preceding book beforehand.

**mishap** · 14-06-2007, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Isn't that all you women read?

yes, yes it is.

**Harmonizer** · 14-06-2007, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by sketch

My favorite also,
I've completed it twice now, every time i get a new one i go back and read the preceding book beforehand.

I used to read the whole series(eg rift war saga, serpent war saga etc., if their was one. If not, sometimes I'd just start form the beginning again

**Orchid** · 14-06-2007, 10:10 AM

Just read a Frank Zappa biography and am now starting a Pink Floyd one

**sketch** · 14-06-2007, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Harmonizer

I used to read the whole series(eg rift war saga, serpent war saga etc., if their was one. If not, sometimes I'd just start form the beginning again

i did that for a few years lol

now i know them by heart

**Petar** · 14-06-2007, 10:59 AM

Mao's Last Dancer

**Tiny_Tim** · 14-06-2007, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Harmonizer

I'm reading the Basic Writings of Nietzche, or at least, I will be starting to read it in about 5 mins.
So, what are you reading?

Oh yeah? Well I'm reading Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason', so stick that in ya pipe and smoke it.

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Philosophy/Kant/cpr/

**Halu** · 14-06-2007, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Teknoscape

Mao's Last Dancer

I really really want to read this! Let me know what you think of it

**Joey Jo Jo Junior** · 14-06-2007, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Teknoscape

Mao's Last Dancer

i read that last year..amazing!

i just finished cloud street and dirty music - already read them a while back but i have no other books to read atm. i love cloud street.

**ice_olde'** · 14-06-2007, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by little dead gracey

me too!

cam + sarah; women is my faaaaavourite bukowski book.
next i am going to read waves by virginia woolf

It's fantastic, isn't it?

On the Road is awesome. My mums new book is about the beat period in M E L B O U R N E so I have been reading up on all the legends of that time. Ginsberg's poetry is also hilariously great.

**inanna** · 14-06-2007, 12:06 PM

i always start books and then start another one...and then another one, so at the moment im reading

dharma bums - jack kerouac
the firebrand - marion zimmer bradley (my ancient history teacher gave this to me in year 12 and i like reading it every now and again)
aboriginal australians - richard broome - which traces australian history from the standpoint of indigenous australians

i should be reading uni books instead

**stevie_** · 14-06-2007, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Harmonizer

I used to read the whole series(eg rift war saga, serpent war saga etc., if their was one. If not, sometimes I'd just start form the beginning again

Hahaha that's exactly what I did! I'm the same as you. All of it up till the newer stuff. Need to get around to reading them. But before I do I'll probably go and read them all again haha. The beginning of Magician is just my favourite. Their childhood.... Man it was cool, all the stuff before their actual Journey.

Have you you or Sketch read the Princess series from the POV of the Tsuranuani on Kelewan? Daughter of Empire, etc. 3 of them. I LOVED those books. They were all the politics of that world, was so cool.

**1942** · 14-06-2007, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by stevo_86

Holy mother of gawd. I was literally just about to make 1 of these threads hahaha. I was actually gonna make a suggest books thread, but this is close enough.

I pretty much have always read fantasy books. I've read the Raymond E Fiest series (starting from Magician all the way to the books prior to his newest releases (13 all up)) 3 times. Magician by Raymond E Fiest is my all time favourite book. The way it's written, the way it hooks you in....

I'm reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time book 1 atm. Enjoying it a fair bit....

Once I get through this series though, I'm pretty much looking on wanting to expand my horizons.

Anyone got any suggestions on books that REALLY stand out to them?

I love the magician too! but there seems to be so many feist books written with the minor characters as leads in the same story- is he milking it?

just finished any human heart by william boyd, thoroughly enjoyable. need a new book.

**1942** · 14-06-2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by inanna

i always start books and then start another one...and then another one, so at the moment im reading

dharma bums - jack kerouac
the firebrand - marion zimmer bradley (my ancient history teacher gave this to me in year 12 and i like reading it every now and again)
aboriginal australians - richard broome - which traces australian history from the standpoint of indigenous australians

i should be reading uni books instead

you would like kanyini the documentary i posted about last week.

have you seen the gooked up car with the ender number plate? i enders game in top 5 all time greatest books, after journey to the east- herman hesse

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