Book Club
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Well crap... My reading mood ran out at 49 pages into Dune... So I don't enjoy reading anymore atm... Gimme a couple weeks or months, I probably should have read more instead of watching TV.
Well crap... My reading mood ran out at 49 pages into Dune... So I don't enjoy reading anymore atm... Gimme a couple weeks or months, I probably should have read more instead of watching TV.
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Yeah, by Nancy Farmer, it's really good so far.
I might pick up The Postman or Shade's Children, they seem very intriguing. :lol:
Walker;342330 said:
Yeah, by Nancy Farmer, it's really good so far.
I might pick up The Postman or Shade's Children, they seem very intriguing. :lol:
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The Weather Warden books and its spin off, Outcast Season, are outstanding. If you like the Dresden Files you'll like it.
Allow me to share a quick excerpt from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, page 14:
---A few guests who had had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted on at once. When Elizabeth stood, she saw Mrs. Long struggling to free herself from as two dreadfuls bit into her head, cracking her skull like a walnut, and sending a show of dark blood sprouting as high as the chandeliers.
---As guests fled in every direction, Mr Bennett's voice cut through the commotion. "Girls! Pentagram of Death!"
---Elizabeth immediately joined her four sisters, Jane, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia in the center of the dance floor. Each girl produced a dagger from her ankle and stood at the tip of and imaginary five-pointed star. From the center of the room, they began stepping outward in unison--each thrusting a razor sharp dagger with one hand, the other hand modestly tucked into the small of her back.
---From a corner of the room, Mr. Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went. He knew of only one other women in all of Great Britain who wielded a dagger with such skill, such grace, and deadly accuracy.
--By the time the girls reached the walls of the assembly hall, the last of the unmentionables lay still.
If that doesn't make you want to read it, nothing will. I typed that all up, straight from the book, just for you. <3
As for Haunted America, it's an anthology of true ghosts stories from all 50 states, and a few from Canada. It's by Micheal Norman and Beth Scott.
Walker;342330 said:
The Weather Warden books and its spin off, Outcast Season, are outstanding. If you like the Dresden Files you'll like it.
Allow me to share a quick excerpt from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, page 14:
---A few guests who had had the misfortune of being too near the windows, were seized and feasted on at once. When Elizabeth stood, she saw Mrs. Long struggling to free herself from as two dreadfuls bit into her head, cracking her skull like a walnut, and sending a show of dark blood sprouting as high as the chandeliers.
---As guests fled in every direction, Mr Bennett's voice cut through the commotion. "Girls! Pentagram of Death!"
---Elizabeth immediately joined her four sisters, Jane, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia in the center of the dance floor. Each girl produced a dagger from her ankle and stood at the tip of and imaginary five-pointed star. From the center of the room, they began stepping outward in unison--each thrusting a razor sharp dagger with one hand, the other hand modestly tucked into the small of her back.
---From a corner of the room, Mr. Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went. He knew of only one other women in all of Great Britain who wielded a dagger with such skill, such grace, and deadly accuracy.
--By the time the girls reached the walls of the assembly hall, the last of the unmentionables lay still.
If that doesn't make you want to read it, nothing will. I typed that all up, straight from the book, just for you. <3
As for Haunted America, it's an anthology of true ghosts stories from all 50 states, and a few from Canada. It's by Micheal Norman and Beth Scott.
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I've just recently finished reading Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy
I like Jeff Lindsay's Dexter Series (but I like the TV series more)
I've just bought Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' but I'm in a bit of a Gunk ATM and can't really be bothered reading anything right now.
Tried to read Robert Jordan, but he was trying too hard to be Tolkein when all he was doing was boring the crap out of me!!
I've just recently finished reading Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy
I like Jeff Lindsay's Dexter Series (but I like the TV series more)
I've just bought Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' but I'm in a bit of a Gunk ATM and can't really be bothered reading anything right now.
Tried to read Robert Jordan, but he was trying too hard to be Tolkein when all he was doing was boring the crap out of me!!
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Maybe. I liked Gathering Blue and Messenger, but you can't really say that anyone who liked The Giver would neccesarily like them. There were little references to The Giver, but the stories themselves weren't all that similar beyond sharing an author and some related themes.
Yeah, read something more fun than Dune. I suggest Baen science fiction or Terry Pratchett. Pratchett has more redeeming value, but basically anything from that publisher or Pratchett is highly amusing.
Yeah, I like the Dresden Files-- they're extremely... iunno, call it lowbrow, but they're extremely fun to read, too. I'll have to look into the Weather Wardens.
Yeah, that's what I suspected-- I have a bad habit of getting books like that even though they creep the **** out of me. Lemme guess-- Maryland's entry was the Goatman? Not a ghost, but still.
And the Zombies one... [shrug.] I've been thinking about it. Absurdity is usually right up my alley.
Yeah, I like Robert Jordan, but it definitely seemed at times like he was trying to be too much of a Tolkien lookalike sometimes. And failing.
Also, I have a low opinion of Dan Brown. This is because the one thing I have ever seen involving him was a brief portion of the Da Vinci Code movie where they were gibbering about chevrons and said basically that all of the below people were ****s:
Maybe not the best examples, considering that the SEALS in the first image aren't wearing insignia, but trust me, you do not want to be calling any Chief a ****. (To explain, the scene that I saw claimed that a upward-pointing chevron represented a dick, and so military rank symbols relied on who had a bigger dick. Unfortunately, the US Coast Guard, US Navy and a lot of others all use downward-pointing chevrons. Meaning, but extension, that Dan Brown was calling them all...)
Pirate X;342472 said:
Maybe. I liked Gathering Blue and Messenger, but you can't really say that anyone who liked The Giver would neccesarily like them. There were little references to The Giver, but the stories themselves weren't all that similar beyond sharing an author and some related themes.
Firis;342473 said:
Yeah, read something more fun than Dune. I suggest Baen science fiction or Terry Pratchett. Pratchett has more redeeming value, but basically anything from that publisher or Pratchett is highly amusing.
Tyloric;342566 said:
Yeah, I like the Dresden Files-- they're extremely... iunno, call it lowbrow, but they're extremely fun to read, too. I'll have to look into the Weather Wardens.
Yeah, that's what I suspected-- I have a bad habit of getting books like that even though they creep the **** out of me. Lemme guess-- Maryland's entry was the Goatman? Not a ghost, but still.
And the Zombies one... [shrug.] I've been thinking about it. Absurdity is usually right up my alley.
Dagzey said:
Yeah, I like Robert Jordan, but it definitely seemed at times like he was trying to be too much of a Tolkien lookalike sometimes. And failing.
Also, I have a low opinion of Dan Brown. This is because the one thing I have ever seen involving him was a brief portion of the Da Vinci Code movie where they were gibbering about chevrons and said basically that all of the below people were ****s:
Maybe not the best examples, considering that the SEALS in the first image aren't wearing insignia, but trust me, you do not want to be calling any Chief a ****. (To explain, the scene that I saw claimed that a upward-pointing chevron represented a dick, and so military rank symbols relied on who had a bigger dick. Unfortunately, the US Coast Guard, US Navy and a lot of others all use downward-pointing chevrons. Meaning, but extension, that Dan Brown was calling them all...)
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i wanna read some halo books but im lazy.
so i just read
The immortal by paul stewart and chris riddel part of the edge chronicles series
Both gears of war books-Aspho fields and Jacintos remnant
they were all brilliant, but i loved immortal too much as it was the finale of the series it looks childish but its just epic.
The gears books were awesome thinking about reading the authors other books the republic commando ones look good
i wanna read some halo books but im lazy.
so i just read
The immortal by paul stewart and chris riddel part of the edge chronicles series
Both gears of war books-Aspho fields and Jacintos remnant
they were all brilliant, but i loved immortal too much as it was the finale of the series it looks childish but its just epic.
The gears books were awesome thinking about reading the authors other books the republic commando ones look good
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Have any of you guys read World War Z?
Is it any good?
I kind of want to find books with a similar story to Fallout 3; People hide down in shelters thinking a large scale war is going on, when in reality, the world is now a barren waste.
Have any of you guys read World War Z?
Is it any good?
I kind of want to find books with a similar story to Fallout 3; People hide down in shelters thinking a large scale war is going on, when in reality, the world is now a barren waste.
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I really cant read, ay..
I read the Art of War, that was cool, learned a few things! But its a small book, I need a book about something awesome, some fantasy made-up think, but not like magic and stuff, just made up, and they do adventures and stuff.
That MIGHT be okay..
I really cant read, ay..
I read the Art of War, that was cool, learned a few things! But its a small book, I need a book about something awesome, some fantasy made-up think, but not like magic and stuff, just made up, and they do adventures and stuff.
That MIGHT be okay..
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I havn't read a book for months.....
I fail.
Well, actually I havn't finished reading a book in months. I've got a habit of starting them and then getting distracted and never going back to them. I'm currently in the middle of like 3 right now.
I havn't read a book for months.....
I fail.
Well, actually I havn't finished reading a book in months. I've got a habit of starting them and then getting distracted and never going back to them. I'm currently in the middle of like 3 right now.
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^ In my whole life, I have read about 3 full books.
I read 1 myself, and I Read 2 at school.. Because I had to.
^ In my whole life, I have read about 3 full books.
I read 1 myself, and I Read 2 at school.. Because I had to.
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I'm reading The Gambler, basically i'm too lazy to go my library so I just read books off the internet.
It's pretty good.
I'm reading The Gambler, basically i'm too lazy to go my library so I just read books off the internet.
It's pretty good.
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I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, and now I am currently reading "The Giver" and "The Golden Compass".
"The Giver" is a beautifully crafted book, that goes into detail about a world where there is no color, no war, no rule breaking, no memories, no nothing. It tells about a young man, who gets assigned his job [as everybody in this world does] as 'the receiver'. "The Giver", who is an old man, gives 'the receiver' [called 'Jonas'] memories of the outside world. Such as love, fun, war, hate and more. I really suggest It.
I'm pretty sure most of you, probably all of you, have heard of / seen The Golden Compass.
I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, and now I am currently reading "The Giver" and "The Golden Compass".
"The Giver" is a beautifully crafted book, that goes into detail about a world where there is no color, no war, no rule breaking, no memories, no nothing. It tells about a young man, who gets assigned his job [as everybody in this world does] as 'the receiver'. "The Giver", who is an old man, gives 'the receiver' [called 'Jonas'] memories of the outside world. Such as love, fun, war, hate and more. I really suggest It.
I'm pretty sure most of you, probably all of you, have heard of / seen The Golden Compass.
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I read it, for school, good book, i liked how the memories made him see what they did differently.
I'm reading this:
Nova Refuge
the legend of saber-scorpion, book 1
Warrior Born
Zepzune;342828 said:
I read it, for school, good book, i liked how the memories made him see what they did differently.
I'm reading this:
Nova Refuge
the legend of saber-scorpion, book 1
Warrior Born
for the second book of an author it is extremely well written.(you won't find it on retail)
http://www.saber-scorpion.com/shop/books.php
I am at about past the middle of the book, it's awesome.
http://www.saber-scorpion.com/shop/books.php
I am at about past the middle of the book, it's awesome.
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harry potter was epic, i prefer the other name for the golden compass, subtle knife. you should read all of the series for the golden compass, its awesome
Zepzune;342828 said:
harry potter was epic, i prefer the other name for the golden compass, subtle knife. you should read all of the series for the golden compass, its awesome
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if you've read harry potter, or something similar you get the general gist of it... great books, but there's no harm in waiting to read them...i read the first book and i've been putting off the second for the better part of 3 years :lol:
The Golden Compass is good, but the beauty of it is i wouldn't call it something that is a must read.Firis;342934 said:
if you've read harry potter, or something similar you get the general gist of it... great books, but there's no harm in waiting to read them...i read the first book and i've been putting off the second for the better part of 3 years :lol:
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What? Subtle Knife is the third book in the trilogy. The non-US titles for Golden Compass is Northern Lights.
Lemme guess, your parents didn't approve of Pullman's slight hate-on for Christianity?
EDIT: And yeah, the series is entertaining, somewhat original, not the greatest books ever, though.
William1193;342930 said:
What? Subtle Knife is the third book in the trilogy. The non-US titles for Golden Compass is Northern Lights.
Firis;342934 said:
Lemme guess, your parents didn't approve of Pullman's slight hate-on for Christianity?
EDIT: And yeah, the series is entertaining, somewhat original, not the greatest books ever, though.