What Books Do You Read

What kind of books do you all like to read.

Myself I love anything by Terry Pratchett. The Discworld is an amazing thing and I recommend the books to anyone. He makes wonderful stories charaters that enagage your interest.

I also read the Lord of the Rings Triology at least once a year.

Lots of non-fiction. Biographys, History, Conspiracy Theorys, etc etc

Also a fan of modern classics:

Henry Miller

Anthony Burgess

Ralph Elison

JD Salinger

Graham Green

and Beat Writers

Depends on what I'm in the mood for. I do not regularly sit down with a book and read it unless I find my 'Roller Coaster' book laying around asking for attention. As for books I just read, I just finished Night (the Holocaust) and also just finished Dawn (what happened after Night, as a fiction)

I'm not big on reading, but when I do, I mainly read biographies and sports books such as the works of John Feinstein. The last book I read was Danny Weurffel's biography Tales From the Gator Swamp: Reflections of Faith and Football. I'm now working on John Feinstein's The Punch. Both are pretty good books.

Right now I'm reading David Egger's A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius (or at least trying, the book is too depressing to read too much in a single sitting) and Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation.

History and biography. i use to read Stephen King, but when he started cranking out 5 books a year, that pretty much stopped.

^ True. If there was a Stephen King Theme Park, the signature ride would be "Ghostwriter"

Another "former" King fan. Used to read a lot of him.

And I guess I have most of the "Battletech" Books. A shame they changed that universe around...

Disney Theme Park and Imagineering books.

Other then that... not so much. (unless I could count in my comics )

No book can beat Strong bad's "No two people are the same".

But in the distant world of reality, i don't read any books at all.

Trev"down with reading!"32

Trev: you are 248...

StrongBad: No two people are not on fire. awwwwwwwww. lol

i sent you a pm on it...

opps, i thought i was in the other thread... sorry

I read a lot of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Suspense/Thriller stuff. For non-fiction, I read a lot of animation and technical books. Right now I'm reading 1001 Tips & Tricks For Lightwave 3D, and The Ice Limit.

Dave "reading rules!" Thomas

I am currently reading John Grishams "The Last Juror". It is very good.

I'm reading "Brave New World" right now, and also conducting a full assault on the NCSU library's section of books on filmmakers, because I am a nerd.

I read a lot of horror, SF and fantasy. And lots of technical books, mostly animation/computer graphics stuff. I'm currently reading A Clash Of Kings by George RR Martin, which kicks complete and total ass.

dt

I am reading "Mary Mary" from James Patterson! It is his 10th book of the Alex Cross novels! It is fantastic!

--Sören

Anything where the pages aren't sticking together :shock:

Depends on what I'm in the mood for. I do not regularly sit down with a book and read it unless I find my 'Roller Coaster' book laying around asking for attention. As for books I just read, I just finished Night (the Holocaust) and also just finished Dawn (what happened after Night, as a fiction)

No way. I've got to read "Night" for English. Is it any good?

The only books I read a lot are fact books. I will sometimes read a novel, but if you look at my book shelf, you will see my fact books out number my novels 3 to 1.(or something like that)

I haven't ever been a big reading fan either, and just recently started with having something to read on the side... first was The Green Mile by Stephen King, and then I read The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, which I really liked, I started Everythings Eventual by him but it sucked and I stopped. After those I read The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz, which was OK, and now I am reading Ice Bound which isn't good at all so far. I also have to read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne for english, and its too hard to understand, thank you Sparknotes!

Honestly, I can't stand reading things that are assigned to me. I just can't be forced to read. That is where spark notes comes in handy. Got me an A on my summer reading test 8)

^Same here

I will read on my own, but when your are forced to read. I had to read Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye over the summer. They were kind of intresting, but I would have read it if I did not have to rember what they were on.

What kind of books do you all like to read.

I dont

Books that I've just recently read (In the past 2 months) and current/future reads:

The Door to December

Requiem For A Dream

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Memoirs of a Geisha (Excellent book! Can't wait for the movie)

Eragon (Currently reading)

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Kite Runner

Eldest

I heard Kite Flyer was gruesome!^ You think Kite Flyer, oh that sounds like a kid book, but NOOOO lol!

I'm halfway through "The Time Traveler's Wife" and I just started "Fargo Rock City".