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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Darkstar » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:34 pm

Lord of Snow and Shadows down. Much better than the last book that I read. I went and picked up the second book in the series called "Prisoner of the Iron Tower" and finished that the day before yesterday. Now I've started "Forbidden Magic" can't really say how good it is yet but it has a very basic main plot, just have to watch and see how it twists as I go.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Elle » Thu May 06, 2010 2:32 am

The Dragon Age books by David Gaider.

Shut up. I know I'm addicted. lol
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby ka-panda! » Thu May 06, 2010 2:39 pm

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones..... again. This will be the fourth time I've read it! I love it so much! (The movie..... not so much.)
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby crumejack » Mon May 10, 2010 2:22 am

I usually read several at a time. But right now I am concentrating on The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for my book club.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Elle » Mon May 10, 2010 11:26 pm

First Dragon Age book stunk. I'm currently reading the second and so far it's much better :)
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Hawkeye » Fri May 14, 2010 6:56 pm

Well, last time I posted on this thread I said I was reading the old Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm. I guess I quit reading that, since I haven't picked it up in a while, though, lol. I just got The Affinity Bridge by George Mann a few days ago and I'm about 40 pages in. It's good so far, supposedly it's got a steampunk theme, but I'm not far enough in to have seen any of it yet. It's pretty intelligently written as far as I can tell.

crumejack wrote:I usually read several at a time. But right now I am concentrating on The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for my book club.


Haha, yep, I usually have a couple going at once too. I got another book by the same guy the other day along with the one I'm reading now, but I'm going to try not to start it until I finish this one.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Fallen Elegy » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:28 pm

Lately I've been reading more since me and my boyfriend started a book blog.

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I've read Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, Anthem by Ayn Rand, and am currently reading Dark Secrets 2 by Elizabeth Chandler which has two seperate books in it. "No time to die" and "The Deep End of Fear."
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The coldness that’s consumed me
Piercing until my heart is sore
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Spreading to engulf the world~

I cannot see the future
This I know for sure

So I’ll sit,
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Led Zeppelin » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:17 am

I picked up three books yesterday:
I Am America(And So Can You), Stephen Colbert's book,
a book called 100 Tyrants, Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin graced the cover, and it was only 7 dollars.
And I also bought the Marvel Ultimate Encyclopedia. Cost me $40, but it is well worth it.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby David » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:20 pm

Led Zeppelin wrote:And I also bought the Marvel Ultimate Encyclopedia. Cost me $40, but it is well worth it.

Is that the one with Spider-Man and Hulk on the cover or the one with a bunch of characters on it?
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Led Zeppelin » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:24 am

Its got probably 30 characters on the cover.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby David » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:36 pm

Huh, that's neither of the ones I'm thinking of then. Guess I'm not familiar with it. Sure are a lot of Marvel Encyclopedias.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Katanaboy » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:30 pm

I've been trying to read Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space. I'm like 120 pages in and the story has gone basically nowhere, and I don't give a crap about anyone or thing in it. I think that may be the author's fault, not mine.

Teach me to pay $23 for a book based solely on unanimous rave-reviews...
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Led Zeppelin » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:27 am

David wrote:Huh, that's neither of the ones I'm thinking of then. Guess I'm not familiar with it. Sure are a lot of Marvel Encyclopedias.


It's got a bunch of heroes battling their adversaries, Captain America is fighting the Red Skull, Spider-Man is fighting Venom, and for some reason Magneto is shooting blue fire at Jean Grey....
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby wanegilly » Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:07 am

I just finished Jonathan Kellerman's When the Bough Breaks and found it to be a pretty solid mystery. I'll probably be picking up his other books from time-to-time.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Led Zeppelin » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:36 am

I bought a book from Chapter for like $9.99 called History's Greatest Hits. It's got a bunch of important history stuff in it, like the execution of Joan of Arc, and the October Revolution, to name 2.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Darkstar » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:36 pm

Haven't read anything in a good while now. I've only finished 15ish books this year. I'm about to read a couple of books about starting businesses though.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Elle » Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:11 am

Re-reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Katanaboy » Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:30 am

Currently reading the Guards line of Discworld books. Up to Jingo. I'm loving them.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby ginyjhon » Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:52 am

Just finished Midnight At The Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates. Its for a Diasporic Literatures class. and now i am reading Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets...
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