Read any good books lately???

rellwood · Post by **rellwood** » Nov Sat 20, 2004 12:54 pm

I really like sci-fi myself. I'm a fan if Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke particurally. I recommend "Rendezvous with Rama" and "Childhood's End" !! They're wonderful!

Halvogirl · Post by **Halvogirl** » Jan Wed 12, 2005 1:08 pm

Reading would have to be my favorite thing!!! Call me bookworm, my freinds do. right now i mostly read Fantasy and Classics. Some of my resent reads have been Gullivers travels, The Three Musketeers (I had to read it because i bought the Mickey version

), and Eragon. I thought it was really good for being writen by a kid like me. It kinda gives me hope because i've been kicking around some fantasy ideas since i was 14.

Post by **subsonic** » Jan Sat 15, 2005 2:41 pm

I read Eragon recently. I found it above average but not epic. You can tell it was written by a teenager and that's what all the hype was about. I have to agree. For a 15 year old to write that is amazing and is great for that age.

I43taffy · Post by **I43taffy** » Apr Sat 16, 2005 11:48 pm

I also really like sci-fi. I read the anita-blake vampire hunter series and the merry gentry faerie series both by laurell k hamilton. The newest installment for the faerie series was just released a couple days ago. I cant wait to get it!

Post by **js3901** » Apr Sat 16, 2005 11:57 pm

If you like Star Wars, the New Jedi Order series is pretty good. The end of the series was a bit of a let-down, though.

Also, can't wait until the new Harry Potter book comes out. less than 90 days left..

For the time being, though, I'm reading Howard Stern's Private Parts (The book the movie is based on). Not a bad read...

Post by **subsonic** » Apr Wed 20, 2005 11:13 am

I'm reading The Da Vinci Code right now. It's very interesting.

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Apr Wed 20, 2005 1:36 pm

subsonic wrote:I'm reading The Da Vinci Code right now. It's very interesting.

Oooh - very good choice! That is a heck of a book - quite the page turner...

Mike Pinocchio · Post by **Mike Pinocchio** » Apr Wed 20, 2005 3:05 pm

All the books I've read lately have been my textbooks. But of those, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood was good, if a bit of a downer. All Quiet on the Western Front was awesome of course, but even more of a downer.

bigboodah71 · Post by **bigboodah71** » Apr Thu 21, 2005 10:11 am

I just finished reading The Davinci Code, Angels and Demons, and Deception Point by Dan Brown.

I also like the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books.

My favorite series of all time though is The Dragonlance Chronicles.

Currently I am reading the entire Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.

bigboodah71

knedeau · Post by **knedeau** » May Sat 13, 2006 5:32 pm

Ender's Game RULES! I just finished "Memoirs Of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden. VERY good book! (The Da Vinci code was a great book too!) Anything by Stephen King is also worth reading.. He has the gift, but I HIGHLY recommend the Dark Tower Series! (and have your tissues ready for book #7)

I've also read Dune. LOVED IT! Now if only we could somehow combine the costumes, voiceover and acting of the 80's movie (the one w/ Sting) with the mini-series version the SciFi channel did. Ah...... the best of all worlds!

Oh, we can't forget J.K. Rowling!

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » May Sat 13, 2006 6:26 pm

I can't live without reading, so I'm always reading something, but my favorite and most inspirational book I've ever read is Mitch Albom's "the five people you meet in heaven". It's a great book and I think every person should read it, it will give you a brand new look at life...plus it's fairly short for those that don't like to read a lot

Post by **js3901** » May Sat 13, 2006 7:08 pm

I just recently finished reading Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code (both by Dan Brown). I'm now gonna start the Harry Potter series from the beginning in preperations for the W.O.M.B.A.T.s on JKR's website

jumboshrmp · Post by **jumboshrmp** » May Sat 13, 2006 8:42 pm

I used to love reading. Now the only reading i ever seem to do is Harry Potter every so often.
The terrible stories they make us read at school and during the summer definitely discourage me from reading anything else.

Anyone ever notice that everything they assign for you to read at school is terrible?

Gizmata · Post by **Gizmata** » May Sun 14, 2006 12:45 am

John Grisham - The Broker

I read that on a recent business trip and didn't want to put it down. I have liked all the Grisham books I have read and love his style. I am able to keep everyone straight unlike Steven King books.

I also read SSN by Tom Clancy, though I was not as impressed with it as it was written like a video game (which it said on the back or foreward I think). Anyways it had a few cool things about sub's and underwater stuff but the quantity of vessels which were destroyed was excessive but fit a video game plot.

swarlock · Post by **swarlock** » May Sun 14, 2006 6:19 am

I usually read fantasy books such as The Hobbit but this time I read one about a very important relationship that transformed a loner to a more sociable person on and off the screen.

it was written by Actor Jack Klugman of Odd Couple and Quincy fame and in it he shares his memories about his long time Actor partner Tony Randall.

Usually you get celebrities dishing out the dirt with lies and a load of nonsense on ego tripping. But this book had a very important message to offer that a lot of people seem to forget.

You can find out more if you go to http://www.tonyandme.com