What are you reading?

Kristyrat · Post by **Kristyrat** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:37 pm

Watchmen and The Ruins

Fall_Child42 · Post by **Fall_Child42** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:53 pm

Kristyrat wrote:Watchmen and The Ruins

Watchmen is sweet times

I'm actually reading through DiscWorld - The rincewind trilogies right now. (by Terry Pratchett

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:37 am

In theory I should be reading Three Kingdoms, but video games keep me distracting from finishing the book (romance? gigantic pile of paper?).

I'm also gonna have to review my statistics textbook for next semester. :(

Nessephanie · Post by **Nessephanie** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:43 am

this thread?

The Origonal Head Hunter wrote:and Piers Anthony's Bearing an Hourglass, which should be interesting if On a Pale Horse is any indication of the rest of the series.

Personally I loved the Incarnations of Immortality series. I haven't read the last three though (Evil, Good and Night) cause for the longest time, I never knew that there were more then the first five books >_>

I'm in the middle of the Enders Shadow books. I've read the first two, but the others are in Chicago, so right now I'm not reading anything ;_;

Ileia · Post by **Ileia** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:15 am

With the exception of one or two books a year, I only read Star Wars books. Currently reading Jedi Trial, a Clone Wars Novel.

I've sort of run out of Star Wars books (having read about 140 of them so far), so I'm re-reading a lot. I buy a book every two weeks or so. Luckily, I get a significant discount, working at a book store. I still have a couple dozen that I wasn't all /that/ interested in, but I may work my way towards them, given that I picked up a couple that I didnt think I'd like (Namely, MedStar) and they turned out to be pretty good! I've been avoiding the X-wing series, but I might pick them up. For Corran's sake

Yok/0 · Post by **Yok/0** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:38 am

Ileia wrote:I've been avoiding the X-wing series

X-Wing: One of my fav series.*but not my most fav.
Was New Jedi Order any good?

Mithroch · Post by **Mithroch** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:49 am

Nessephanie wrote:this thread?

Damnit... that was my first thought.

I'm in the middle of the Enders Shadow books. I've read the first two, but the others are in Chicago, so right now I'm not reading anything ;_;

I really don't know how I feel about the Bean books. Ender's Shadow was awesome... but a lot of that was a retelling of Ender's Game. I probably should reread these... but I seemed to recall questioning some of Orson Scott Card's character and situational choices.

Right now... I'm patiently waiting for George R R Martin to finish the next installment of A Song of Ice and Fire.

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godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:06 am

Otohiko wrote:I used to hate poetry all the way through high school, and didn't get it at all until a couple of years ago in fact. I used to think it was a retarded and unnatural way of sticking words together and contriving metaphors for when you could just SAY IT, in a normal and human way. I have since discovered several Russian poets whose work I read over and over, and even memorize on occasion. That's totally changed my mind.

I have noticed crap poets use a a hundred lines to say 'flowers are pretty' while a good poet can sum up the transience of human achievement in fourteen lines. I still don't like poems in general but after finding out not all of them are faggots sniffing flowers I enjoy some of them. The movie Dead Poets Society is what eventually made me decide some poets are decent even though oddly enough I hate almost every poem used in the movie.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:02 am

krzT wrote:Fundamentals of Corporate Finance: 8th Edition

If you don't want to read it, I'd gladly take if off your hands. It sounds quite (droll) informative for a primer.

My reading has fallen quite a bit recently I'd say, instead of any real books lately it's been science mags and The Economist.

As for finding places to buy books cheap, I've gotten good service from www.abebooks.com and many old books I'd never find elsewhere for a dollar.

Ileia · Post by **Ileia** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:02 am

Yoko+ wrote:
Ileia wrote:I've been avoiding the X-wing series
X-Wing: One of my fav series.*but not my most fav.
Was New Jedi Order any good?

I felt like it was too drawn out. They were obviously milking it with that one. Plus the end was really disappointing and anticlimactic. Vital reading, though, to get the story. If you decide to read it, I hope you have a nearby library. What you really want to read is Legacy of the Force. Fucking kickass right there. Unfortunately, the authors chose to rely heavily upon a lot of the story from The New Jedi Order and The Dark Nest Trilogy (which were ridiculous), so if you haven't read them you might get a little bit lost.