Read any good books lately?

[Shakezulah]

Read any good books lately?

If so what kind? I'm going to the library in a few weeks, and to books a million, is there any book that just wowed you?
I have one. The book is called Inkheart. Its my favorite book of all time, and its a very well written book by the author Cornelia Funke. You have to read it, its awesome.

 

[TcoWhite]

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I Like Books Which Include Adventure And Action Eg. Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter, Eragon, Eldest...

 

[Vegeta]

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I'm reading "Harris and Me" by Gary Paulson... I love his books because the main character usually acts or thinks the same way I does...

 

[blue crow]

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Cirque du freak lord of the shadows by darren shan.

 

[Hexadecimal]

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My favourite books ever would be Season of Passage by Christopher Pike and 1984 by George Orwell... and the Wheel of Time and the Sword of Truth series...
lately I've been reading Le Portrait de Dorian Grey... it's The Portrait of Dorian Grey... just in French =]

 

[TRA Rotid]

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Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was the last book I read. It`s very good I must say. But maybe if you like books like TcoWhite then its not for you, because it has very little adventure and action. By the way, is Eldest really as good as Potter?
But Deerhunter by J. F. Cooper I also like.
And maybe one of my favourite book is by Lajos Mesterházi (a Hungarian writer). Unfortunately I don`t know the English title and I can`t find it anywhere so... little help.

Oh, and Jules Verne, very good.

 

[Shakezulah]

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By the way, is Eldest really as good as Potter?

I love Eldest and Eragon, Their both really good books, but to me they don't even begin to compare with Harry Potter. Harry Potter is aesome, and so is Eldest, but it doesn't match HP.

My favourite books ever would be Season of Passage by Christopher Pike and 1984 by George Orwell... and the Wheel of Time and the Sword of Truth series...
lately I've been reading Le Portrait de Dorian Grey... it's The Portrait of Dorian Grey... just in French

Oh and, the author of the portrait of Dorien Gray is a one in a million... Look him up, you'll find some "interesting" facts about him.

And one more thing, I tried to read 1984, but I could never get into it. It reminded me of that book by Ray Bradbury Farenhiet 451, or something like that. And I hated that book. It was required reading. And books seem much worse when they're required. Although "To kill a mockinbird" was an excellent book. And I had to read that last year...

 

[Steve]

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I'd recommend reading the Bible if you haven't already - starting with the New Testament. Good stuff.

 

[Walker]

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Um.. asking a website that includes me if its members have read any good books lately. What a mistake (I'll give my opinions on those books you commented upon after):

Anything by Eric Flint and David Weber, especially the 1632 series-- very little inherent value, but as entertaining and funny as hell.

1984-- good, but not exactly the most "WHEE-HAA, DAMN THAT WAS FUN, LEMME READ IT AGAIN!" of books.

Discworld novels, by Terry Pratchett. Those have lots of "WHEE-HAA, DAMN THAT WAS FUN, LEMME READ IT AGAIN!" They're funny, fun, and very entertaining.

Garth Nix, Keys to the Kingdom (starts with Mister Monday) and Old Kingdom (starts with Sabriel) series rather amusing, if simplistic.

Star Wars New Jedi Order series I'm reading right now, but I haven't decided if I like it or not. They're entertaining, but I'm not sure I like where they fit in the series.

Ah... Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillon, and probably anything else by Tolkien.

Anything by Harry Turtledove, but if you couldn't get through 1984, then you wouldn't be able to stand him. He is really, really good, but he writes long, and his alternate histories are very vivid and detailed. People ***** that he repeats things over and over again though, like this one character who is really pale and sunburns easily-- he says so every time he goes to the character.

Ah... I'll shut up now and go to Harry Potter, Inheritance, Gary Paulsen, and Cornelia Funke.

Harry Potter: hate the author, hate the characters, hate large portions of the plot, and hate the titles. Aside from that, it's okay. Oh, and I hate her version of phoenixes.

Inheritance: Entertaining, but formulaic and often semi-plagiarised from other authors-- the dragons and dragonriders, for instance are ripped from Anne McCaffrey with magic added (not that I like the Pern books much anyomore). I also don't like Eragon himself much.

Gary Paulsen: I haven't read him much recently-- I've outgrown him a bit-- but he still kicks ***. Well, metaphorically. I used to love the Hatchet series. All the ones about Brian-boy.

Cornelia Funky: I've read a couple of her books, and her worlds interested me, but a lot of what she wrote I judged juvenile. I just don't enjoy those as much anymore.

So sorry to monopolize, by the way.

 

[Angel]

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I read too many to comment on - have no job, so I simply spend nearly all my time in the library...you'll easily recognise me - I'm the one with the backpack like a tardis that looks tiny but can fit about twenty odd books in it. Balancing afterwards is a bit tricky, but I don't know enough people to feel embarrassed about looking dumb...

Currently reading His Image My Image by some bloke called Josh something or other...and the Wounded Heart which is a psychology book of sorts to do with abuse...not exactly a light read, but my homework, if you like...

 

[Arckon]

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I've read Eldest by Christopher Paloni

 

[Shakezulah]

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I agree with you Walker. On most of the stuff anyway. Like the Inheritance trilogy... good books, but pretty much the same as anyother book.

And Angel, I'm just like you, I get a stack of books to check out, and everyone stares at me. Theres one guy at our library who always snorts when me and my mom check out books. He thinks we don't read them. I hate being in his line..

 

[Keelee.Hamomin]

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Gryffindor? *scoffs* ... just kidding ^.^;
Anywhos, I have a very bad habit of reading more than one book at a time.... so right now...
The book of Enoch
The Dark Tower by Stephen King
The Great Tree of Avalon by T.A. Barron
Excalibur by Gil Kane and John Jakes
And of course... Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Johnen Vasquez
Though I really need to start reading the 6th Harry Potter book again since the 7th will be out soon (dances the dance of purple)
I do like the Eragon books as well, however I don't have mine right now..(I let someone barrow them..) Always good to read are S.E. Hinton, Shakespeare, Poe, Lewis Carroll, and the Grimm brothers. Also, I Am Morgan le Fay: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer, Bulfinch's Mythology, anything by Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, or Anne Rice.

 

[FableFreak]

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Currently reading All Quiet On The Western Front

 

[Arseface]

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Sci Fi:
Pandora's Star, Peter F. Hamilton, 1143 pages

Judas Unchained (sequel to Pandora's Star), Peter F. Hamilton, 949 pages

^ Best books I have ever read EVER! and I have done alot of reading

Fantasy:
Anything by Raymond E. Feist, there's like 20 books in one series, but the first one is called Magician, its a part of the Riftwar Saga.

 

[Tsuyu]

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Currently reading All Quiet On The Western Front

Good choice, good choice. Was pretty much forced to read it as a school assignment, but in the end I thought it was really good.

But then again, I love WW II movies/books....

Another book that touched me deeply was A child called "it" which I also was forced by my teacher to read but also turned out to be a great, yet horrible and terrifying.

It is a true story about a child (the author of the book) who lives with his family - his mother, siblings and his father(maybe, I don't remember if his father was there). His mother is very.... disturbed and for some reason she snaps and begins treating one of her children differently. She start with doing things like forcing him to live in the cold dark basement, eating the scraps of the other children and forcing him to do pointless house chores - ending with horrible physical and psychological torture.

A Child Called "It" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Grim Reefa]

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personally i like the dr seuss collection. They're a great read. My personal favourite would have to be green eggs and ham.

 

[Tsuyu]

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Anyone read some of Lovecraft's works? I've been wanting to for a looooong time now...

 

[Angel]

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A child called it is a amazing story...the guy is awesome the way he has come through the other side and has a son of his own now...

 

[Darg]

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You've just got to stick with the classics sometimes. I've been reading the Lord of the Rings books in my spare time, though I'm only almost done with the first book. I highly recommend anyone who wants to read the series not jumping in and reading the second in the series (a very stupid random decision I made), because you will not understand any of it.