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The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by LifeDeathRebirth » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:41 pm

So the title says it all: what are you currently reading?

I'm reading Virginia Woolf's Night and Day.
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Post by LittlePinkFaery » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:47 pm

I could never get on with Woolf- after being forced to read to the lighthouse at uni...Room with a view is not too bad though.

Ihave two on the go, the first Sooki Stackhouse book and Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen- bit of a mix there!

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Post by harlequin » Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:53 pm

The Day of the Triffids.

its the 3rd time ive read it.

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Post by Lilinth » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:11 pm

St. Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertines by Rose Graham
dissertation research :roll:

but i have a nice ellis peters book to finish soon, City of Gold and Shadows
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Post by Little Miss Vivica » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:43 pm

I currently have two books on the go...

With Nails by Richard E. Grant, and Return Of The Black Death by Susan Scott and Chris Duncan.
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Post by <<Miss_Sami>> » Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:51 pm

The American Boy by Andrew Taylor - although I've not really got all that into it.
Possibly because the books I was reading before (Pillars of the Earth/World Without End - Ken Follett) were damn good and I couldn't put them down.
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Post by Bomber » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:47 pm

I keep meaning to start A Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin, and putting it off.

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Post by Twiggy » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:47 pm

im reading the 6th book in the Demonata series by darren shan <3
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Post by EmsyHammer » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:53 pm

pride and prejudice and zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

AWESOME!
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Post by runningwithlola » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:24 am

Not so interesting-sounding, I guess, but A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn. And Louder Than Bombs, but (I think?) David Barsamian? I don't have it handy.

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Post by mourningpoetic » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:05 am

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Post by mourningpoetic » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:05 am

Twiggy wrote:im reading the 6th book in the Demonata series by darren shan <3
OMG
Death's Shadow is a mind blow!
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Post by Hotmess » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:34 am

The Book Seller of Kabul.
Its such an interesting book on the life of afghan families. I recommend!

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Post by Twiggy » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:46 am

mourningpoetic wrote:
Twiggy wrote:im reading the 6th book in the Demonata series by darren shan <3
OMG
Death's Shadow is a mind blow!
really? im almost done with the demon apocalypse and that threw my a loop lol if u read demonata did u read cirque du freak??
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Re: The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by Thayria » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:03 am

Currently reading these:

- Harry Harrison: Deathworld 2
- Stephen King: The Dark Tower IV: The Wizard and the Glass (love the Dark Tower -series, this is probably the 5th time I'm reading through it.)
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Post by Lorny » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:35 am

I love reading, but I tend to always go for the 'kid has a nasty upbringing and then happiness conquers all' type of books. Not that I'm terribly morbid or anything, I just like to read of a happy ending.

I am terrible for fiction though, cuz I judge a book by its cover. If I don't know what the book is about just by the front I won't bother picking it up. Which is pretty bad, I know.

I quite like 'White Teeth' by Zadie Smith, but I read that when I was 13 and it got a bit confusing for me. It was about where I used to live in London, so that's what attracted me to it.
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Re: The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by hellsbells » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:50 am

The Judging Eye, R. Scott Bakker.

His command of the English language is awe inspiring, he literally weaves images in my head. The previous three books of his were also pure perfection.

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Post by Miss Liberty » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:51 pm

EmsyHammer wrote:pride and prejudice and zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

AWESOME!

I was battling thru James Joyce's Ulysses for months! After getting about a third the way thru, I decided I deserved a break and something fun, so I started Pride and Prejudice and Zombies two days ago!

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Post by Gemstone » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:14 pm

I've currently got my nose firmly stuck in Last Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis it's book 6 in her Falco series and I've been reading them for the last week and a half... they're kind of a detective novel set in ancient Rome and is really funny at times.

I've also been reading Steve Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, I've just started to read the second book Deadhouse Gates - very very good...

The best thing about reading all these books is that I get through a bag of apples in less than 3 hours (thus will do my diet some good!)
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Post by fustmuffin » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:17 pm

Hotmess wrote:The Book Seller of Kabul.
Its such an interesting book on the life of afghan families. I recommend!
Have you read The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini?
Both fantastic

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Post by Twiggy » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:19 pm

my boyfreind keeps mentioning the necronomican or something? he says its a crazy book and now i am curious anyone read it?
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Re: The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by [[Violet.Nightmare]] » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:13 pm

Lolita again! i love that book.

also The shock of the new by Robert Hughes (college reading *yawn*)
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Post by candyspooky » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:42 am

[[Violet.Nightmare]] wrote:Lolita again! i love that book.

also The shock of the new by Robert Hughes (college reading *yawn*)
Arrgh I too am reading Lolita.
I'm a first timer though and so far I am thoroughly disturbed.

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Re: The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by Twiggy » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:50 am

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov? i haven't read it yet but i have it on reserve at the library and just wanted to see if it was the same?
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Re: The "What are you currently reading?" thread

Post by Miss Asphyxia » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:48 pm

Bomber wrote:I keep meaning to start A Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin, and putting it off.
PICK IT UP. DO IT RIGHT NOW. SERIOUSLY.

I just finished the Song Of Ice And Fire series (I doubt A Dance With Dragons will EVER see completion) and it's great. There are A LOT of characters but you don't get confused if you remember who belongs to what house. I lost many nights of sleep to those books.

And now that I'm done with A Song Of Ice And Fire I'm having a hard time picking up anything again. I'm currently reading Neuromancer by William Gibson and the first Wheel Of Time book.
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