The Book Discussion Thread.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

Pretty much a book version of the Movie Discussion Thread. Talk about the last book you read, or the book you're currently reading. A bit about it, if it's any good. That kind of stuff. If you want to talk about something that may spoil the book for those that haven't read it, please make it so it has to be highlighted.


At the moment, I'm reading Stephen King's "The Shining". I've barely put it down, if I'm being honest, which is reasonably unusual for me. Personally I think it's written very well, and it's nice to read the little details that the movie excludes. And I finally understand the whole "here's Johnny" thing. :P




I looked for this thread, but couldn't find one. If this happens to be a duplicate, then feel free to let me know.

[mindzmisery]

oooh, i <3 books :)
one of the best ways to get away from the current world.
and i always wanted to get my hands on that book you're currently reading! i saw that book at a book fair but was unfortunatly outta cash atm :( how is it so far?

right now im reading The Midnight Club by James Patterson. i haven't quite finished it yet, but it's bloody awsome!

[Rob1]

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. A non-fiction book about identifying bad shit about to happen. Pretty interesting read.

[mindzmisery]

The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. A non-fiction book about identifying bad shit about to happen. Pretty interesting read.

is it something like forcasting what's about to happen? O_o

[bunny_bennoda2508]

Failure to Atone
a good book
talk about wars between USA and Viet Nam

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

oooh, i <3 books :)
one of the best ways to get away from the current world.
and i always wanted to get my hands on that book you're currently reading! i saw that book at a book fair but was unfortunatly outta cash atm :( how is it so far?

right now im reading The Midnight Club by James Patterson. i haven't quite finished it yet, but it's bloody awsome!

I agree, reading is a great way to escape.
Oh, is it that hard to get a hold of it where you are? So far I'm really enjoying it, it's a really good read in my opinion.

I haven't heard of that one, what's it about? :)

[halfpunkgrl4]

has any1 read the count of monte cristo..i have to read it for my english honors class this year....
i'm re-reading twilight by stephenie meyers cuz the movie is coming out 12-12 and i want to be in tune with it...
its a really good book...i bet a lot of people have heard of it, it's about a vampire that falls in love with a mortal...but his family doesn't eat people, they eat animals...and all the usual vampire stuff (sleep in coffins, garlic, etc.) doesn't exist in this book. it's really good...the series is of 3 books, the 3rd is called Breaking Dawn and it is coming out august 1
1st book- Twilight
2nd book- New Moon
3rd book- Eclipse
4th book (coming out august 1st) Breaking Dawn
all by Stephenie Meyer.
check em out!

[mindzmisery]

I agree, reading is a great way to escape.
Oh, is it that hard to get a hold of it where you are? So far I'm really enjoying it, it's a really good read in my opinion.

I haven't heard of that one, what's it about? :)

kinda. books are a bit expencive where i live. i mostly get to borrow them and, unfortunatly, Stephen King's works are not for sale :p and my school library is in the dumps so don't ask.
i sooo wanna read that book!

well, so far it's interesting :) it's about a detective by the name of John Stefanovich who is out to get a drug dealer (who also poses as a wealthy businessman and the leader of the Midnight Club) and stop him. only that this drug dealer was killed by someone else... someone John is not aware of.
so it's up to him, a cop and a journalist to crack the code of the Midnight Club and the mysterious killer. O_o

bah, my explanation sucks

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

kinda. books are a bit expencive where i live. i mostly get to borrow them and, unfortunatly, Stephen King's works are not for sale :p and my school library is in the dumps so don't ask.
i sooo wanna read that book!

well, so far it's interesting :) it's about a detective by the name of John Stefanovich who is out to get a drug dealer (who also poses as a wealthy businessman and the leader of the Midnight Club) and stop him. only that this drug dealer was killed by someone else... someone John is not aware of.
so it's up to him, a cop and a journalist to crack the code of the Midnight Club and the mysterious killer. O_o

bah, my explanation sucks

Books can be pretty expensive here. Have you thought of trying eBay? You might be able to get a second hand copy from there, and it really shouldn't cost that much.

It sounds pretty interesting, and your explaination wasn't bad. I might look into that one at some point. :P

[mindzmisery]

Books can be pretty expensive here. Have you thought of trying eBay? You might be able to get a second hand copy from there, and it really shouldn't cost that much.

It sounds pretty interesting, and your explaination wasn't bad. I might look into that one at some point. :P

no, my dad is totally against online payment :( but im saving up some cash so i might go to some second hand bookstore and hunt for it >_>

it would be awsome if you could :p he's one of my fav fiction writers.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

no, my dad is totally against online payment :( but im saving up some cash so i might go to some second hand bookstore and hunt for it >_>

it would be awsome if you could :p he's one of my fav fiction writers.

Oh he is? That's a shame. Well hopefully you'll find it at some point. :]

His name rings a bell, but I can't think of anything else he's written. My mum might have some books by him, she used to read a lot. I'll have to ask her later. Who are your other favourite fiction writers?

[mindzmisery]

Oh he is? That's a shame. Well hopefully you'll find it at some point. :]

His name rings a bell, but I can't think of anything else he's written. My mum might have some books by him, she used to read a lot. I'll have to ask her later. Who are your other favourite fiction writers?

i hope so :)

maybe your mum might have his books then.
i am a fan of very limited fiction writers though :p once i start with one writer's work i have to finish the entire series written by that person.
anyway, here's mine-

Agatha Christie
R.L.Stine (during my younger years)
Stephen King
James Patterson
Dan Brown
Mary Higgins Clark

that's all i could think of atm. how about you?

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

i hope so :)

maybe your mum might have his books then.
i am a fan of very limited fiction writers though :p once i start with one writer's work i have to finish the entire series written by that person.
anyway, here's mine-

Agatha Christie
R.L.Stine (during my younger years)
Stephen King
James Patterson
Dan Brown
Mary Higgins Clark

that's all i could think of atm. how about you?


That's a longer list than mine, I haven't been much of a reader until recently. :P
I used to love R.L. Stine when I was younger, I still have a heap of Goosebumps books buried away somewhere haha

I'd have to say Stephen King, and Nick Hornby for "High Fidelity". Also, Koushun Takami, who wrote the Battle Royale novel - that was brilliant. I've just realised that most the things I've read have been turned into movies.. Oops. :P

[mindzmisery]

That's a longer list than mine, I haven't been much of a reader until recently. :P
I used to love R.L. Stine when I was younger, I still have a heap of Goosebumps books buried away somewhere haha

I'd have to say Stephen King, and Nick Hornby for "High Fidelity". Also, Koushun Takami, who wrote the Battle Royale novel - that was brilliant. I've just realised that most the things I've read have been turned into movies.. Oops. :P

lol :p don't worry, im sure your interests will soon vary and you'll have a larger collection than me.
R.L.Stine will always be on my list of top writers. his works are the ones that got my into reading and the horror/fiction side.
and i forgot to add the classic J.K.Rowling, Christopher Paolini and C.S.Lewis as well.

and High Fidelity was actually a book? O_o wasn't that a movie as well? correct me if im wrong.
i never heard of Koushum Takami before. are his works good?
yeah, i've noticed that most books are eventually turned into movies :p how queer.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

lol :p don't worry, im sure your interests will soon vary and you'll have a larger collection than me.
R.L.Stine will always be on my list of top writers. his works are the ones that got my into reading and the horror/fiction side.
and i forgot to add the classic J.K.Rowling, Christopher Paolini and C.S.Lewis as well.

and High Fidelity was actually a book? O_o wasn't that a movie as well? correct me if im wrong.
i never heard of Koushum Takami before. are his works good?
yeah, i've noticed that most books are eventually turned into movies :p how queer.

I have a fair few books so far, but I haven't got around to reading a lot of them yet. :o
Yeah, I remember his stories being brilliant when I read them. Don't think I'd have the same view now though haha.
I'm not fond of Harry Potter. I don't want to like it.. so I refuse to read it. :P I am asuming that's all J.K.Rowling has written?

I loved High Fidelity, absolutely and completely. It said so many things that made so much sense to me, and it too was well written in my opinion. And yes, it was a film. A very bloody good film. hehe
Koushun Takami.. well, I don't know anything other than Battle Royale by him. I don't know if anything else by him has been translated into English, but if it has I would like to read it. Battle Royale I thoroughly enjoyed reading though, and could read it again and again.

[mindzmisery]

I have a fair few books so far, but I haven't got around to reading a lot of them yet. :o
Yeah, I remember his stories being brilliant when I read them. Don't think I'd have the same view now though haha.
I'm not fond of Harry Potter. I don't want to like it.. so I refuse to read it. :P I am asuming that's all J.K.Rowling has written?

I loved High Fidelity, absolutely and completely. It said so many things that made so much sense to me, and it too was well written in my opinion. And yes, it was a film. A very bloody good film. hehe
Koushun Takami.. well, I don't know anything other than Battle Royale by him. I don't know if anything else by him has been translated into English, but if it has I would like to read it. Battle Royale I thoroughly enjoyed reading though, and could read it again and again.

ah, don't worry :) you'll soon get the hang of them. especially since your mum owns books at home, so its a bonus. all i own are stupid encyclopedias :mad:
same here. he was a good writer while it lasted.
yeah, Harry Potter is all she has written, lol. i read the first book and got sucked into it, so i had to finish all 7 books. but since you don't like them i'll stop my comments on them :p

i never got around to watching High Fidelity, or reading it. and since that author is not quite known i'd be having a hard time tracking down his book. i'll go rent the movie instead.
is Battle Royale a non-fiction book?

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

ah, don't worry :) you'll soon get the hang of them. especially since your mum owns books at home, so its a bonus. all i own are stupid encyclopedias :mad:
same here. he was a good writer while it lasted.
yeah, Harry Potter is all she has written, lol. i read the first book and got sucked into it, so i had to finish all 7 books. but since you don't like them i'll stop my comments on them :p

i never got around to watching High Fidelity, or reading it. and since that author is not quite known i'd be having a hard time tracking down his book. i'll go rent the movie instead.
is Battle Royale a non-fiction book?

I'm hoping to, I enjoy reading.. but I tend to have a short attention span. I've got half way into a few books, and then just forgotten I was reading them for some reason. And I'm a slow read, so they take me a while to get through.
It's 7 now? Wow, that's a lot. But I don't want to get started on that, I have very bad views of J.K.Rowling, so yes, let's move on. :P

You should watch it, I'm not going to insist that you'll love it because it might not be your thing. But it's one of my all-time favourite films.
No, no. Battle Royale is fiction. It's about a fictional law created in Japan to cope with over-population and mass unemployment. "The B.R. Act". Once a year, as a part of this Act, a class from a randomly selected Japanese school are taken against their will to an island where they are told that they have to kill each other off until only one remains.

[mindzmisery]

I'm hoping to, I enjoy reading.. but I tend to have a short attention span. I've got half way into a few books, and then just forgotten I was reading them for some reason. And I'm a slow read, so they take me a while to get through.
It's 7 now? Wow, that's a lot. But I don't want to get started on that, I have very bad views of J.K.Rowling, so yes, let's move on. :P

You should watch it, I'm not going to insist that you'll love it because it might not be your thing. But it's one of my all-time favourite films.
No, no. Battle Royale is fiction. It's about a fictional law created in Japan to cope with over-population and mass unemployment. "The B.R. Act". Once a year, as a part of this Act, a class from a randomly selected Japanese school are taken against their will to an island where they are told that they have to kill each other off until only one remains.

LMAO, same here :D i tend to lose my concentration if the start of the book is boring, which leads to me taking a couple of weeks to finish a thick 200+ page book. but of course, when your done with it we'll all feel like reading it once again, right? ;)
yeah, it IS quite a lot, considering some of those books are really thick. hehe.

i'll try checking out the nearest rental DVD store for that movie. they should have it, coz i remember seeing the poster of that movie somehwere.
Battle Royale sounds awsome! just the kind of book i enjoy reading. i'll have to hunt a lot to find such a book written by that author though. Japanese (am i right?) writers arn't that famous over here, im afraid.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

LMAO, same here :D i tend to lose my concentration if the start of the book is boring, which leads to me taking a couple of weeks to finish a thick 200+ page book. but of course, when your done with it we'll all feel like reading it once again, right? ;)
yeah, it IS quite a lot, considering some of those books are really thick. hehe.

i'll try checking out the nearest rental DVD store for that movie. they should have it, coz i remember seeing the poster of that movie somehwere.
Battle Royale sounds awsome! just the kind of book i enjoy reading. i'll have to hunt a lot to find such a book written by that author though. Japanese (am i right?) writers arn't that famous over here, im afraid.

Oh tell me about it. This one is close to 500 though, I've nearly hit 200 in about 2 or 3 days.. which is good for me. :P And I suppose we do.

I have to buy my movies now, the town I'm in doesn't have a rental store. >.<
hehe, well I hope you can find that one too then. Failing that, it's also a movie. *points to signature* :P (Yeah it is Japanese)

[mindzmisery]

Oh tell me about it. This one is close to 500 though, I've nearly hit 200 in about 2 or 3 days.. which is good for me. :P And I suppose we do.

I have to buy my movies now, the town I'm in doesn't have a rental store. >.<
hehe, well I hope you can find that one too then. Failing that, it's also a movie. *points to signature* :P (Yeah it is Japanese)

yeah, totally :p

really? that's too bad :( but atleast you did watch it.
you mean, that bit in your sig is from the movie? sounds awsome :cool: i really have to check out the DVD store.
finally! some decent movies to watch besides the usual blood and guts horror movies that they show all day.

[On_My_Own]

The last book I did read was My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson. It was very good :)

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

yeah, totally :p

really? that's too bad :( but atleast you did watch it.
you mean, that bit in your sig is from the movie? sounds awsome :cool: i really have to check out the DVD store.
finally! some decent movies to watch besides the usual blood and guts horror movies that they show all day.

I don't know why I'm complaining, I prefer to own them anyway.. but having the option to rent means you don't end up buying really crap films. :P
Yeah my sig and my avatar are from the movie. My username is a character from it. haha
I hope you enjoy them both. :]

[mindzmisery]

I don't know why I'm complaining, I prefer to own them anyway.. but having the option to rent means you don't end up buying really crap films. :P
Yeah my sig and my avatar are from the movie. My username is a character from it. haha
I hope you enjoy them both. :]

yeah, that's kinda the problem when you don't have the option of renting it. sometime you regret owning it.
i hope so too :p that's only IF i can find that movie or book. it sounds really good that i gotta give it a try.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

yeah, that's kinda the problem when you don't have the option of renting it. sometime you regret owning it.
i hope so too :p that's only IF i can find that movie or book. it sounds really good that i gotta give it a try.

I don't think I own many I regret though, thankfully I've been rather lucky with my guesses. :P
I hope you find them too then haha.

[Fake]

Ah man I have not read a decent book in ages! I like biographies and read Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, and started to read Heroin Diaries by Nikki Six.

[Bunnyfish]

I love reading too! I read all the time. I love James Patterson and loads of other crime writers! My husband and I have so many books it's scary! I am really sorry some of you guys can't get books easily, but if you keep searching I am sure you will find all the ones you want. Stephen King is also one of my favourites! At the moment I am reading a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books - The latest is one called Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley. It's 'cause the next one is out, so I have to re-read the first one to get back into the story, I think my sucky memory is helpful because I forget things I have read so when I re-read them it is like reading them for the first time! Lol! ;)

[On_My_Own]

I adore Darran Shan and his Demon Saga!

[halfpunkgrl4]

i love david levithan, and nancy garden, they write a lot of gay/lesbian romance books that are really good.

[Rob1]

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis

Awesome book.

[mindzmisery]

i'm re-reading twilight by stephenie meyers cuz the movie is coming out 12-12 and i want to be in tune with it...
its a really good book...i bet a lot of people have heard of it, it's about a vampire that falls in love with a mortal...but his family doesn't eat people, they eat animals...and all the usual vampire stuff (sleep in coffins, garlic, etc.) doesn't exist in this book. it's really good...the series is of 3 books, the 3rd is called Breaking Dawn and it is coming out august 1
1st book- Twilight
2nd book- New Moon
3rd book- Eclipse
4th book (coming out august 1st) Breaking Dawn
all by Stephenie Meyer.
check em out!

it's been a while since i read a good vampire book :) i'll have to check out her works when i get the time.

I love reading too! I read all the time. I love James Patterson and loads of other crime writers! My husband and I have so many books it's scary! I am really sorry some of you guys can't get books easily, but if you keep searching I am sure you will find all the ones you want. Stephen King is also one of my favourites! At the moment I am reading a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books - The latest is one called Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley. It's 'cause the next one is out, so I have to re-read the first one to get back into the story, I think my sucky memory is helpful because I forget things I have read so when I re-read them it is like reading them for the first time! Lol! ;)

aww cool! i've been trying to get my hands on James Patterson's Women's Murder Club (which is also a tv serial) for a looong time. have you read them? who are your other fav crime writers?
is Winterbirth a good book? what's it about?

[crystalrussianla]

the last book i read was (stained) it was a great book
it realy didnt say the year witch the book took place in
but from reading it i think it took place in the 70's

but i dont want to give away what the book was about but
it was realy good i liked it alot i will tell you a little bit

it's about this girl witch she the one telling the story in the book she has this friend that lived rite next door to her one day
he turn's up missing and the hole town is looking for him

well i cant tell you why he's missing cuz that's the hole story
and through the hole book she also tell's story's about there chiledhood it's realy good and you guy's should give it a chanch
the ending will shock you it's cool

[mindzmisery]

the last book i read was (stained) it was a great book
it realy didnt say the year witch the book took place in
but from reading it i think it took place in the 70's

but i dont want to give away what the book was about but
it was realy good i liked it alot i will tell you a little bit

it's about this girl witch she the one telling the story in the book she has this friend that lived rite next door to her one day
he turn's up missing and the hole town is looking for him

well i cant tell you why he's missing cuz that's the hole story
and through the hole book she also tell's story's about there chiledhood it's realy good and you guy's should give it a chanch
the ending will shock you it's cool

sounds interesting enough. i love surprise endings. who wrote it?

[crystalrussianla]

sounds interesting enough. i love surprise endings. who wrote it?

omg i cant remember when i find out i'll let you no
it was a girl who wrote it that's all i no here
give a minute and i'll find it for you

[crystalrussianla]

here it is

http://www.amazon.com/Stained-Richard-Jackson-Books-Simon/dp/1416913378/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215761512&sr=1-1

[mindzmisery]

here it is

http://www.amazon.com/Stained-Richard-Jackson-Books-Simon/dp/1416913378/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215761512&sr=1-1

nice. thankx for the info :) i read the synopsis and it sounds pretty good. i've gotta look out for that one too >_>

[crystalrussianla]

nice. thankx for the info :) i read the synopsis and it sounds pretty good. i've gotta look out for that one too >_>

hey your welcome

[ms_shock]

I'm reading a book.....Dostoevskii-"the Crime and the punishment" and after that I'll be reading Tolstoi-"the war and the peace" - the russian classical literature. *makes clever face* xD

[Reem]

nice thread Ash.Well done.
I love reading books,but school is taking over me.
Last book i read,which was finished not so long ago,about a week or so,is a book we're doing at school,Unfortunatly.

It is Called Montana 1948.This book started out as a boring book but the last about say..20 pages? changed my mind.It's an okay book,nothing special.
But not a good book to do at school.It's too disturbing,it's about this younge man that grows up in a little country town.It talks about things like,what he thought about seeing his baby sitter naked and such,this is why i thought it was disturbing to read at school.The last pages were of him all old and married,which seemed okay as the way he thought about his life kind of changed,which was written in a clever way,pitty the good bits were at the end making it a rather bad book.
3/10

One of the books i read before that was memorise of a geisha,which i read in my own language,Arabic.i thught it was just well written and full of exciting events.
6/10

[Reem]

has any1 read the count of monte cristo..i have to read it for my english honors class this year....
i'm re-reading twilight by stephenie meyers cuz the movie is coming out 12-12 and i want to be in tune with it...
its a really good book...i bet a lot of people have heard of it, it's about a vampire that falls in love with a mortal...but his family doesn't eat people, they eat animals...and all the usual vampire stuff (sleep in coffins, garlic, etc.) doesn't exist in this book. it's really good...the series is of 3 books, the 3rd is called Breaking Dawn and it is coming out august 1
1st book- Twilight
2nd book- New Moon
3rd book- Eclipse
4th book (coming out august 1st) Breaking Dawn
all by Stephenie Meyer.
check em out!
ta.i will check em out,cant wait for a good vampy book.

[halfpunkgrl4]

ta.i will check em out,cant wait for a good vampy book.
their wicked good....it's like harry potter cept better. it's fucken addicting man

[LP_Fan101]

I read all the time but an actualy good book I read was Eldest. It's the second book that carries on from Eragon and it's amazing. Now there's a third but I can't find it anywhere.
I've also recently read The Shining and Bec, the fourth book of Darran Shan's Demon Saga.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

One of the books i read before that was memorise of a geisha,which i read in my own language,Arabic.i thught it was just well written and full of exciting events.
6/10

I really, really want to read that one. :(

I've also recently read The Shining.

Oh you did? Did you like it? I'm nearly 2/3 in now. <3

[Reem]

I really, really want to read that one. :(



Oh you did? Did you like it? I'm nearly 2/3 in now. <3
ahh you do that,its really good.Better than the movie,which is mostly always the case.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

ahh you do that,its really good.Better than the movie,which is mostly always the case.

Yeah, books do tend to be much better than the movies adapted from them. It sounds like I'll love that one, since I loved the movie. :o

[Reem]

Yeah, books do tend to be much better than the movies adapted from them. It sounds like I'll love that one, since I loved the movie. :o
true that.Books just go behind the story better,they have more details,and you read them and swallolw events differently.Most movies with books start out with the book's inspiration behind them.
I guess you will like it if you liked the movie,you might end up not liking the movie cus the book is too good,for me at least.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

true that.Books just go behind the story better,they have more details,and you read them and swallolw events differently.Most movies with books start out with the book's inspiration behind them.
I guess you will like it if you liked the movie,you might end up not liking the movie cus the book is too good,for me at least.

Yeah, definitely. They describe things and bring out emotion and reaction like a movie adaptation couldn't.
I doubt I'll hate the movie when I've read the book, the movie is one that I watch a lot because it's that good, in my opinion of course. :P

[Reem]

Yeah, definitely. They describe things and bring out emotion and reaction like a movie adaptation couldn't.
I doubt I'll hate the movie when I've read the book, the movie is one that I watch a lot because it's that good, in my opinion of course. :P
ye i did say not like it,or at least not as much.not hate it tho,i really like it myself,i jus find the book alot better.

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

ye i did say not like it,or at least not as much.not hate it tho,i really like it myself,i jus find the book alot better.

So you did. Sorry, I misread. My head is a bit like mush at the moment.

[Reem]

So you did. Sorry, I misread. My head is a bit like mush at the moment.
dont be silly,no need to be sorry what so ever.we all have that at times ay? hope things go the way you need it to soon.

[PippinTook]

their wicked good....it's like harry potter cept better. it's fucken addicting man

I think the Twilight series is more aimed for nmiddle school through high school students, although I must admit I've fallen in love with Edward Cullen *sigh*

I've been reading a book about WWII but from a Nazi point of view, it's intersting but I wish I remembered the title for it.

[Reem]

their wicked good....it's like harry potter cept better. it's fucken addicting man
is that a good thing? im not all that into potter.

[halfpunkgrl4]

is that a good thing? im not all that into potter.
yes it is a good thing...i was just referring how harry potter is addicting and obsessive. so is twilight.
soon you'll be wanting a boyfriend like the main character! and you'll be looking for vampires and such
i call my bf my edward (main vampire) cuz he likes blood and is very white...you'll just have to read the book to find out;)

[Oresama_Shikou]

I strongly recommend books by Chuck Palahniuk such as 'Diary', 'Lullaby', 'Choke', 'Fight Club', 'Invisible Monsters' and 'Survivor'.

I just bought 'Rant' today, yet to read it, but it sounds very good. My favourite at the moment is 'Invisible Monsters'.

She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.

Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from being a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better, and that salvation hides in the last place you'll ever want to look.

The narrator must exact revenge upon Evie, her best friend and fellow model; kidnap Manus, her two-timing ex-boyfriend; and hit the road with Brandy in search of a brand-new past, present and future.

Tickled your fancy?

[Reem]

yes it is a good thing...i was just referring how harry potter is addicting and obsessive. so is twilight.
soon you'll be wanting a boyfriend like the main character! and you'll be looking for vampires and such
i call my bf my edward (main vampire) cuz he likes blood and is very white...you'll just have to read the book to find out;)
lol i see.cheers for sharing:p

[halfpunkgrl4]

anytime
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[LP_Fan101]

^^Lmao xD
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[lproxn]

PAOLO COELHO -the zahir

<3.

the zahir is an awesome book..it is about the life of a famour author whose loving wife for ten years suddenly dissapears but leaves him enough clues to find her..he goes through all that life has to give ..happiness, fear ,adventure, anger, joy to prepare himself for the search of his wife...does he find her?

well read the book!


as usual awesome lines of paolo coelho ..great sentences and thoughts that will i am sure influence your life and make you beleive in certain things that you never thought you would have otherwise


i recommend this book to anyone who feels a little LOST

[Reem]

PAOLO COELHO -the zahir

<3.

the zahir is an awesome book..it is about the life of a famour author whose loving wife for ten years suddenly dissapears but leaves him enough clues to find her..he goes through all that life has to give ..happiness, fear ,adventure, anger, joy to prepare himself for the search of his wife...does he find her?

well read the book!


as usual awesome lines of paolo coelho ..great sentences and thoughts that will i am sure influence your life and make you beleive in certain things that you never thought you would have otherwise


i recommend this book to anyone who feels a little LOST
real story? whats the main charechters's background?

[sarah_223]

i just finished the kite runner by Khalid Hosseini and omg i just didnt want to end it

im now looking 4 the other book by Khalid Hosseini wich is called A Thousand Splendid Suns i hope its as good as his other book cuz i realy realy enjoyed it

[Snowy_Lesbian]

I strongly recommend books by Chuck Palahniuk such as 'Diary', 'Lullaby', 'Choke', 'Fight Club', 'Invisible Monsters' and 'Survivor'.

I just bought 'Rant' today, yet to read it, but it sounds very good. My favourite at the moment is 'Invisible Monsters'.

Tickled your fancy?

I'll echo these recommendations, "Diary" is pretty good with a nice twist or two at the end.

Haven't read Invisible Monsters yet, might have to make that one of my next to read. Have you read Haunted? Completely different to everything else he's done, bit hard to follow though!

[Kazuo_Kiriyama]

I finally got round to finishing The Shining last night, was very good. I certainly recommend it.

[Synthesthesia]

Just started "My Sisters Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. It's about a 13 year old girl who was made to be a genetic match to her sister so that she could cure her sisters lukemia but hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the rights over her own body. I'll let you know how it turns out but so far I'm enjoying it.

[Oresama_Shikou]

I'll echo these recommendations, "Diary" is pretty good with a nice twist or two at the end.

Haven't read Invisible Monsters yet, might have to make that one of my next to read. Have you read Haunted? Completely different to everything else he's done, bit hard to follow though!
I have Haunted, it's in my flat in Edinburgh atm, so I can't read it til September >.< might be going up in August, so I could get it then if I go.

[sleuth_sayer]

I'm waiting on the last book of the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series to be published. It's ~40 years after Return of the Jedi, the New Republic has become too bureacratic so Jacen Solo (Han and Leia's son) decides to become a Sith in order to bring forth peace. All the original characters are still alive but just a bit older obviously. :p

I've also been reading James Rollins' books. I am currently reading The Judas Strain. It is about an ancient deadly bacteria first discovered by Marco Polo on his way home from China. Switch to modern day and a terrorist group is trying to cultivate it as a superweapon and Sigma (secret US Govt agency) must stop them!

[RachaelLP]

Just started "My Sisters Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. It's about a 13 year old girl who was made to be a genetic match to her sister so that she could cure her sisters lukemia but hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the rights over her own body. I'll let you know how it turns out but so far I'm enjoying it.

I just finished reading that for the fourth time, absoloutely brilliant book. By recommendation i got some more Jodi Picoult books and they are really good! One of my favourite authors now i have to say.

[j_rae]

Stephen King is always good. Pet Semetary is probably my favorite of his.

I think IT is the creepiest of King. And the fact that he is chasing little kids and you are reading it from a terrified little kid's viewpoint, makes it all the more creepy.

Joe Donnelly is fantastic, very underrated author. Shrike was brilliant, so was Stone.

Another 'creepy' one I will throw in is an old novel called The Dark by James Herbert. Another brilliant author and a book I really adored in a strictly 'horror' sense.

[Fulvia]

At the moment, I'm reading Stephen King's "The Shining". I've barely put it down, if I'm being honest, which is reasonably unusual for me. Personally I think it's written very well, and it's nice to read the little details that the movie excludes. And I finally understand the whole "here's Johnny" thing. :P





I LOVE Stephen King... he is one of my favourits authors... Shining was the 1st of his book I read, if u liked it u should try also "Carrie", "Insomnia", "Pet Sematary", "It","The Green Mile","Cell","The Dark Half"... I love his way of writing... now I'm reading Kafka's "Die Verwandlung" I think the english title should be the metamorphosis but I don't know... sorry. The main character is a man that one day, waking up, see he has become a huge beatle. His 1st reaction isn't of scream, but he is more worried for how to go to work with that look and also because he was in late. He can't hide his situation to his family, but they are scared an discusting by him, only his sister brings him the food. I haven't ended it yet... but I think it's a metaphor to talk of emargination, omologation of mind and scream of what's different... Sorry, it's a very good book but my enaglish sucks and I wasn't able to show u well its beauty...

[Snowy_Lesbian]

I have Haunted, it's in my flat in Edinburgh atm, so I can't read it til September >.< might be going up in August, so I could get it then if I go.

It's worth a look definitely. Bit graphic in some places and it really is written quite strangely. I believe it has a poem, character monologue/historical tale about themselves and then something current in each chapter.

I purchased Invisible Monsters recently and finished that quite quickly, pretty good and with quite a few unexpected twists along the way. Got a bit stupid in the end though with how things kept working out.

[lproxn]

if anyones feeling a bit down specially you girls..read this book : 'can you keep a secret?'
its amazingly funny!

[Snowy_Lesbian]

I've never seen a naked female body. :(

[ThunderStrike]

has anyone read any books by Jeffrey Archer or Paulo Coelho?

[utopiainwonderland]

I'm halfway finished with The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger.

It's a pretty cool book, cause the author uses informal writing and curses a lot in the book and nothing really happens (at least until the part I've reached).

So it's kind of like our life-a little ironic and not so dramatic at times.

The symbolisms are pretty cool too, but there were a lot of it, so I'm guessing that I just got 1/3 of it, or even less.

[87_Hetfield]

Eric Bishoff's autobiography is sweet.

[TheEmpress]

has anyone read any books by Jeffrey Archer or Paulo Coelho?


I've read The Alchemist and 11 Minutes by Paulo Coelho. Both good books, everybody should read 11 Minutes, in my opinion.

[Squishy_Ho]

I strongly recommend books by Chuck Palahniuk such as 'Diary', 'Lullaby', 'Choke', 'Fight Club', 'Invisible Monsters' and 'Survivor'.

I just bought 'Rant' today, yet to read it, but it sounds very good. My favourite at the moment is 'Invisible Monsters'.

She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.

Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from being a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better, and that salvation hides in the last place you'll ever want to look.

The narrator must exact revenge upon Evie, her best friend and fellow model; kidnap Manus, her two-timing ex-boyfriend; and hit the road with Brandy in search of a brand-new past, present and future.

Tickled your fancy?

it actually did tickle my fancy. hopefully i'll be able to find the books somewhere.

[qwertz]

omg, there's a book thread??

Paulo Coelho is one of my faves!
Alchemist, Veronica Decided To Die (sorry if i'm messing up the titles, i only get to read in Croatian), On the Bank of the Piedra River I Sat And Cried... read his autobiography as well, it's interesting^^

Poe, anyone? Wilde? Lovecraft?

Stephen King rocks! anyone read It? Cell (a wierd sub-concious virus transmitted via cellphones)? oh, and the one with the writer and his fetus in fetu twin... isn't it cool how it all somehow spins around Derry?
i find movie adaptations of King's books (almost) the only movies made by a book that don't actually suck.

i've recently watched a movie by a Stephen King's book, but don't know the title :( and i know it's King's cuz it's on an island near Derry^^ about this mr. Linoge who comes to the island during an awful storm and causes some nasty super-freaky 5hit :D
does anybody have a clue?

my current reading is The Marquis de Sade: A Life by Neil Schaeffer. interesting.

a must-read: Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery (sorry if i mispelled the name)

[Squishy_Ho]

i've recently watched a movie by a Stephen King's book, but don't know the title :( and i know it's King's cuz it's on an island near Derry^^ about this mr. Linoge who comes to the island during an awful storm and causes some nasty super-freaky 5hit :D
does anybody have a clue?

that's the Shinning i think. if you read back some posts in the thread, especially Ash's one (she's the thread starter), you'll get to know some more of it and stuff.

i never really read the Little Prince but i've heard a lot about it, and i thought that you should read it first as a kid. cause what interested me at first was the story, i found it magical and pretty cute and stuff. but then you grow up and learn that it has a lot of meanings and stuff. so i don't know if i should read it now. i think it's the kind of book that you read as a kid only to read again as an adult so you can fully understand what it's about.

[qwertz]

... the Stephen King book/movie i mentioned was Storm of the Century. it was originally a screenplay for a mini-series (no wonder it lasted so long!), but was later published as a book.

i think it's the kind of book that you read as a kid only to read again as an adult so you can fully understand what it's about.

exactly! that's why i think people should read it every now and then, kinda like Catcher In the Rye^^

it's funny how, when you read some books for school, they kinda suck, but when you re-read them outside the school obligations, it actually seems cool

[Squishy_Ho]

... the Stephen King book/movie i mentioned was Storm of the Century. it was originally a screenplay for a mini-series (no wonder it lasted so long!), but was later published as a book.



exactly! that's why i think people should read it every now and then, kinda like Catcher In the Rye^^

it's funny how, when you read some books for school, they kinda suck, but when you re-read them outside the school obligations, it actually seems cool

oh ok sorry =)

i've liked most of the books proposed by my teachers, if not nearly all. so that really doesn't apply to me lol

[qwertz]

hm? there was nothing to be sorry for in the begining

it doesn't apply to me either, but some of my friends totally get that feeling and it makes me sad :(
some really cool poets go unappreciated by students because they're too tough to be read as a school obligation... but are quite amazing if you have the time to let it take you over (Childe Harold by Lord Byron suffers gravely from that...)

okay! pop-quiz! the first one to post the correct answer without googling or wikiing it will get a cookie :D (and, if wishes so, continue the pop-quiz by posting a question of his/her own!)

what was the first vampire novel ever?

[TheEmpress]

Dracula? ...

[qwertz]

nope :D

vamp buff, anyone? i loooove vampire books... there's this really cool writer i'd love to recommend, but she's Croatian and i doubt her works were translated into english DX

[Kimmerly]

I only read romance books nowadays.

I started reading the Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning on Tuesday, and I am gonna be starting the seventh book soon, haha.

[qwertz]

niiiice
have you read anything from Danielle Steele? i hear she's awesome in the genre ;)

[RubyRedlips]

The last book I did read was My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson. It was very good :)
have you read her book "the chocolate run"? that was excellent, brill chick lit :) i read it in about 2 days lol

[RubyRedlips]

their wicked good....it's like harry potter cept better. it's fucken addicting man

i found "twilight" a bit like reading published fanfiction :S too fluffy and i got bored really quickly, i think the only similarity with harry potter is the fact theyre from the fantasy genre

[Squishy_Ho]

hm? there was nothing to be sorry for in the begining

it doesn't apply to me either, but some of my friends totally get that feeling and it makes me sad :(
some really cool poets go unappreciated by students because they're too tough to be read as a school obligation... but are quite amazing if you have the time to let it take you over (Childe Harold by Lord Byron suffers gravely from that...)

okay! pop-quiz! the first one to post the correct answer without googling or wikiing it will get a cookie :D (and, if wishes so, continue the pop-quiz by posting a question of his/her own!)

what was the first vampire novel ever?
i jsut gave you the wrong info lol

isn't it an Anne Rice novel? like interview with a vampire or something?

[qwertz]

hah
if it hadn't sounded false, i wouldn't muster the effort (XD) to wiki it^^
so, in a way
thanks :P

noooo....
the first vampire novel was dr. Polidori's Vampire. till then, there were lots of folk legends about blood-sucking beings (even the Japanese have a vamp!). Polidori was the first to write an actual work of literature
Polidori was a friend of Shelley and Byron.

ok, pop-quiz no2: who wrote Frankenstein? no googling nor wikiing

[TheEmpress]

i dont know and i wanna answer a question correctly :(
can you ask something bout 'more modern books/literature' next time, pretty please? =)

[qwertz]

hey, who said you couldn't answer with a counter-question?
heh, we could make a whole game out of this :D

[Rinaldi]

Well apart from my textbooks for uni, I am currently reading Passage to Dawn by R.A. Salvatore. I <3 Salvatore's books. Drizzt Do'Urden FTW!

[Squishy_Ho]

hah
if it hadn't sounded false, i wouldn't muster the effort (XD) to wiki it^^
so, in a way
thanks :P

noooo....
the first vampire novel was dr. Polidori's Vampire. till then, there were lots of folk legends about blood-sucking beings (even the Japanese have a vamp!). Polidori was the first to write an actual work of literature
Polidori was a friend of Shelley and Byron.

ok, pop-quiz no2: who wrote Frankenstein? no googling nor wikiing
didn't know about it until now

Mary Shelley wrote frankenstein if i'm not mistaking.

[courtney12]

i have seen the shining. it has jack nicholsin in it.

[Kimmerly]

niiiice
have you read anything from Danielle Steele? i hear she's awesome in the genre ;)

lol... not really interested in her kind of romance books. I prefer paranormal/scifi/fantasy... and SEXY TIEMS. Mmm.

[qwertz]

didn't know about it until now

Mary Shelley wrote frankenstein if i'm not mistaking.

correct^^
the wife of Shelley the Engislh romanticism poet

Dan Brown published two bestsellers. one of them was The Da Vinci Code, and the other...?

i'm not really into love novels other than the ones involving vampires who do not fucking glow in the light (!)
i just love reading about vamps seducing innocent virgins and corrupting them to their doom :D
i love Anne Rice's Exit To Paradise, it's soooo romantic... and involves SM :D

yaay for paranormal/sci/fantasy/horror!!

[Squishy_Ho]

correct^^
the wife of Shelley the Engislh romanticism poet

Dan Brown published two bestsellers. one of them was The Da Vinci Code, and the other...?

i'm not really into love novels other than the ones involving vampires who do not fucking glow in the light (!)
i just love reading about vamps seducing innocent virgins and corrupting them to their doom :D
i love Anne Rice's Exit To Paradise, it's soooo romantic... and involves SM :D

yaay for paranormal/sci/fantasy/horror!!
isn't it some book including the word "angels" ? i know this one, i just can't remember it right now...

[qwertz]

teehee, close, close, very close^^

angels and...

[Squishy_Ho]

angels and demons =) now i remember!

[qwertz]

correct! :D

This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds. <--now that's wierd o.O

[Squishy_Ho]

anyone here knows about an english author (more recently established in the US) called Neil Gaiman?

[TheEmpress]

anyone here knows about an english author (more recently established in the US) called Neil Gaiman?
no, haven't heard of him. what kind of stuff does he write?

[I_B_Long]

anyone here knows about an english author (more recently established in the US) called Neil Gaiman?

i read "good omens" by neil gaiman recently and i have been planning on reading neverwhere for a while. its in my pile (the to-read pile, its rather large at the moment)
and i just ordered the graveyard book.
have you read anything by him?

[Squishy_Ho]

no, haven't heard of him. what kind of stuff does he write?
fantasy-fiction. he wrote the scenario for the movie Stardust (which was adapted from a novel he wrote), there's a new movie (dunno if it's by him, but it's his story) called Coraline that's going out soon enough (it's animated and looks like the nightmare before xmas and stuff). he wrote a lot of novels and some comics, too. there's a whole series of comic book he wrote called The Sandman, and another one called Death. here's a couple of novels he wrote: Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book (more recently), Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett), and a whole other lot. he also wrote short stories, published in two (that i know of) collection: one called Smoke and Mirrors, the other called Fragile things.

and seriously, i recommend ALL of the things he wrote. he's just really that awesome. if you like comics, though, i really suggests you start by reading The Sandman. it's an amazing piece of litterature.

i read "good omens" by neil gaiman recently and i have been planning on reading neverwhere for a while. its in my pile (the to-read pile, its rather large at the moment)
and i just ordered the graveyard book.
have you read anything by him?
i bought Good Omens but still haven't read it yet lol. my friend still has it.

neverwhere is REALLY excellent, but i suggest you read the book before reading the comic, it's really different.

the graveyard book was pretty inventive and it's a good recollection of myths and legends, i really liked it.

if not, i read a lot of other things by him: i read Neverwhere, i read Smoke and Mirrors, i read Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Fragile Things, American Gods, Anansi Boys, the whole The Sandman series, Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life. and i think that's all, if i'm not mistaken. he's my favorite author, really. i love his work.

[I_B_Long]

i read american gods too. i didnt think it lived up to the hype. thats why i havent read neverwhere yet.

right now im readin douglas adams "the long dark tea-time of the soul"
its funny and very crazy. very douglas adams...lol

oh and good omens was pretty good, tho i must admit that i never finished it. not because it wasnt good tho...to be honest i dont even know why...

[Rocksquirrel]

The last book I read was "39,90" (original title: 99 Francs) by Frédéric Beigbeder. I love the sarcastic/zynical style.

Does somebody know this book?

[Squishy_Ho]

i don't sandra, sorry =/

i read american gods too. i didnt think it lived up to the hype. thats why i havent read neverwhere yet.

right now im readin douglas adams "the long dark tea-time of the soul"
its funny and very crazy. very douglas adams...lol

oh and good omens was pretty good, tho i must admit that i never finished it. not because it wasnt good tho...to be honest i dont even know why...
i read american gods in french, and badly edited, therefore i took me a lot of times to just get into the story and finishing it. but it's true that it's not the best. Neverwhere truely is worth it, though. it's an amazing piece of work.

good then i look forward to reading it =)

[I_B_Long]

i found "twilight" a bit like reading published fanfiction :S too fluffy and i got bored really quickly, i think the only similarity with harry potter is the fact theyre from the fantasy genre

you know, i have to agree with that. the twilight series surely isnt as popular as it is because of the great writing. BUT, its a great escape. i really enjoyed the books, but especially the first one was written pretty....sub-standard... still a fun read tho.

[I_B_Long]

i love Anne Rice's Exit To Paradise, it's soooo romantic... and involves SM :D


that does sound interesting. i've read pretty much all her vampire books, but i dont think ive heard of that one. might have to look into it.

[Tiernan_]

I really love Patricia Cornwell. Her main character, Kay Scarpetta, is amazing. I've read everything she's written. She has a new book out, but I'm waiting for it to be released in paperback before I buy it. She writes great forensic/crime stuff.
My hubby picked me up a few of Ann Rice's novels, after I read the Twilight series and told him it was about vampires. I still haven't read any of them yet. I keep meaning to, and as soon as I sit down to read them, something always comes up.

[I_B_Long]

I really love Patricia Cornwell. Her main character, Kay Scarpetta, is amazing. I've read everything she's written. She has a new book out, but I'm waiting for it to be released in paperback before I buy it. She writes great forensic/crime stuff.
My hubby picked me up a few of Ann Rice's novels, after I read the Twilight series and told him it was about vampires. I still haven't read any of them yet. I keep meaning to, and as soon as I sit down to read them, something always comes up.

which ones? my favs are blood and gold and pandora. well and the vampire lestat & the queen of the damned. the movie doesnt do them justice. i used to love interview with a vampire but i read it too many times when i was younger. it is the only anne rice book i have never read in english.

[qwertz]

i've never read Anne Rice in English! lucky you
so far, i've read only armand and pandora.
exit to paradise was made into a movie. never saw it, but heard it's pretty watered down.
she has other novels too, i read this one called (i think) the violin, about this ghost violin player and a woman whose husband just died of HIV.
Rice also wrote this trilogy about Sleeping Beauty, only in her version, Beauty gets woken up by being deflowered, then she's shipped out into this castle where she's educated to be an SM slave o.O

has anyone had the luck to find any books from marquise de Sade? i don't think i'll ever find him in a library :(

[Squishy_Ho]

has anyone had the luck to find any books from marquise de Sade? i don't think i'll ever find him in a library :(

do you really wanna read some Marquis de Sade? i heard he was pretty... intense...

[TheEmpress]

fantasy-fiction. he wrote the scenario for the movie Stardust (which was adapted from a novel he wrote), there's a new movie (dunno if it's by him, but it's his story) called Coraline that's going out soon enough (it's animated and looks like the nightmare before xmas and stuff). he wrote a lot of novels and some comics, too. there's a whole series of comic book he wrote called The Sandman, and another one called Death. here's a couple of novels he wrote: Neverwhere, American Gods, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book (more recently), Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett), and a whole other lot. he also wrote short stories, published in two (that i know of) collection: one called Smoke and Mirrors, the other called Fragile things.

and seriously, i recommend ALL of the things he wrote. he's just really that awesome. if you like comics, though, i really suggests you start by reading The Sandman. it's an amazing piece of litterature.

great, thanks for the list. I'll take a note and check it out sometime (I still have about 15 books to read, which I've already bought).
I've seen the trailer for Coraline ... looked pretty cool =)

[I_B_Long]

i've never read Anne Rice in English! lucky you
so far, i've read only armand and pandora.
exit to paradise was made into a movie. never saw it, but heard it's pretty watered down.
she has other novels too, i read this one called (i think) the violin, about this ghost violin player and a woman whose husband just died of HIV.
Rice also wrote this trilogy about Sleeping Beauty, only in her version, Beauty gets woken up by being deflowered, then she's shipped out into this castle where she's educated to be an SM slave o.O


ive read the first chapter of the violin in one of her other books (you know they usually add a little teaser at the end) but it seemed boring. wow, those sleeping beautly tales sound interesting, i might have to look into them. also, the vampire armand is pretty good! one i wouldnt recommend so much is vittorio the vampire, its just kinda lame and has little to do with the rest of the series. and i hated the books in whihc she tried to mix the vampires with the witches (merrick and blood....something..cant remember the name)

[Tiernan_]

I'm not even sure which Ann Rice novels he got, but I know they weren't from the vampire series.
Bia, can you recommend the best of her vampire novels? Or at least one to start with? Thanks!

[qwertz]

do you really wanna read some Marquis de Sade? i heard he was pretty... intense...

call it... reader's curiosity.
the more notorious a book is (by something good or something bad), the more i want to read it.
i have an appetite for the extremes in the imagination :D

the violin is kinda mellow compared to the usual blood and dangerous attractions to the unknown Rice writes, but still pretty deep. unfortunately, my library only has four books from her, exit to paradise, violin, the interview, armand and pandora. i hate 'reading' e-books cuz a book is meant to be a book, but, considering my situation, i'll just might have to resort to that :(

why, oh why did Rice had to go catholic? now that she's dennounced writing, no good vamp books are being written :(
only cheesy love novels like twilight =((

[Squishy_Ho]

so i guess you've read some Nietzsche too then?

[qwertz]

nope, i can't find the time lately :(

[Squishy_Ho]

bet you've heard of him, though?

[I_B_Long]

I'm not even sure which Ann Rice novels he got, but I know they weren't from the vampire series.
Bia, can you recommend the best of her vampire novels? Or at least one to start with? Thanks!

well, interview with a vampire is a good one to start with since its the first. however if you've seen the movie you can skip it and go straight to "the vampire lestat" and "the queen of the damned" those 2 have to be read together unless of course you enjoy reading half a story....

and like i said, "blood and gold" is a great one (must read lestat and QOTD first tho, or you wont unerstand everything) uummm...
the vampire armand of course (ties right in with the other one, tho i dont recall if they need to be in any sort of order, its been a while since ive read them)
pandora is great (again connected with blood and gold, which is the story of marius, whom you will "meet" in "the vampire lestat")
i could go on all day... if i didnt have piles and piles of books i wanna read ATM, i would re-read the vampire series. they are that good.

btw, im reading "odd hours" by dean koontz right now. i guess theres a whole bunch of books about this guy and this is supposed to be the worst, so i thought i'd start with that one so my expectations wouldnt be too high. anyone heard of him or read anything by him?

[qwertz]

nopes, sorry I_B_Long.
and yea, i heard of Nietzcshe. poor guy. spent his whole life saying one thing, then, near his end, went bananas, dennounced 'the thing' and died in madness and despair.

[Squishy_Ho]

yup. and his quotations were taken apart and used by Hitler so now people think he's bad cause he's a "faschist" when in reality, he probably wasn't one.

[qwertz]

of course he wasn't! :mad:

anyhey, has anyone read Lovecraft? just askin

[Squishy_Ho]

i haven't read Lovecraft. i should do that. only to know what Cthulu is about

[Aline_S]

At the moment, I'm reading Stephen King's "The Shining". I've barely put it down, if I'm being honest, which is reasonably unusual for me. Personally I think it's written very well, and it's nice to read the little details that the movie excludes. And I finally understand the whole "here's Johnny" thing. :P


I started to read this book, but I don't even finished. The owner got back LOL.
So, I'm reading Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club. I've just started, but I'm thinking that is so similar to the movie.

[qwertz]

yea, that's why i never read books if i saw the movie first.
but i always check out the movie if i've already read the book^^
except for harry potter, i gave up on those films after seeing the third... >.<

[Aline_S]

yea, that's why i never read books if i saw the movie first.
but i always check out the movie if i've already read the book^^
except for harry potter, i gave up on those films after seeing the third... >.<

Yes, I'm also like that, but this time, I read the book later.
And when I saw The Pricess' Diaries I read the book after too lol.

[Sandy_Serbia]

Has any1 read The Stranger by Albert Camus?

[qwertz]

whoa, we had that for reading assignment last year
it's the one where this guy kills a guy and acts all wierd and distanced about it, right?
gave me the chills

[Sandy_Serbia]

yeah...the guy is weird, but I guess that's the point...:D

[qwertz]

yea... it's kinda sad, though... being a cold human like that... god, it really makes you imagine the world with all humans being like that... brrrrr

so, Serbia, huh? i'm from Croatia (Hrvatska) :p
nice to see some neighbours here, lol
sometimes being on these boards feels like i'm the only one in the region in love with LP :D

[Sandy_Serbia]

hehhe pa pozdrav komsija :)...nikako da nam navrati LP u ove krajeve X)...

[Moridin]

If anyone's into fantasy I highly recomend The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It's epic.
Actually I recomend that to anyone.

[qwertz]

hehhe pa pozdrav komsija :)...nikako da nam navrati LP u ove krajeve X)...
ma budu, budu, nakon novog albuma (after their new album comes out, they'll set out on a huuuuge tour, and the Balkans will definitely be on their tourlist!!)

fantasy, huh? i loooove fantasy^^
thanks for the heads up ;)

[RubyRedlips]

has anyone read "before i die" by jenny downham??
i bought it yesterday and finished it this evening, it was sadder than the movie "stepmom"...i had to stop reading it on the train home from college today because i thought i was going to start blubbing in front of strangers
totally heartbreaking.

[Nordic_Storm]

Anybody know any books about aliens that eat people?, I remember somebody talking about in school and some random dvd documentary so I got semi interested. I really have not gotten into the whole sci-fi genre before.

[Pisces04]

Pretty much a book version of the Movie Discussion Thread. Talk about the last book you read, or the book you're currently reading. A bit about it, if it's any good. That kind of stuff. If you want to talk about something that may spoil the book for those that haven't read it, please make it so it has to be highlighted.


At the moment, I'm reading Stephen King's "The Shining". I've barely put it down, if I'm being honest, which is reasonably unusual for me. Personally I think it's written very well, and it's nice to read the little details that the movie excludes. And I finally understand the whole "here's Johnny" thing. :P




I looked for this thread, but couldn't find one. If this happens to be a duplicate, then feel free to let me know.

I LOVE to read! My favorite authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, James Patterson and Stephenie Meyer. I have only read the Twilight Saga by S.M. I tried to read The Host and after a few chapters, I couldn't get into it.

The last book I read is called 'Say Goodbye' it was by Lisa.. I forgot her last name. It was really good.