Lets talk about books!!

[PancaKe]

I'm reading this book called The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass (37 1/2 years old) and it's the funniest book in the entire world. But if your not a churchie, you probably wouldn't get it :]

[Weasel Overlord]

I finished A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro last week. It was REALLY good! Sort of a mindfuck at the end, mind. Definitely gonna pick up more of his books, though. His writing style was great!

I'm getting a fair few for christmas, hurrah! The last in Terry Brooks' latest series; The Gypsy Morph, which should be excellent. Then a rare James Barclay book, and his new Raven book, which I'm SO excited for! I never expected him to bring out another Raven novel.

Anyone who's never read James Barclay should try and seek him out. He writes fantasy, mostly, but with very realistic battles. His battle/fight svenes are the best I've ever read. So fast-paced, but you can follow them perfectly.

Ooh and Ian Irvine! You aussies might know him, but he's not very popular over here.

[Crystal Mew]

I'm back to reading Harry Potter. I'm on the second one, I've seen the movies, so its kinda boring to me right now...I think the last few are more exciting, right? hopefully?

[Houndoom_Lover]

The last book I finished was Inkdeath! Aah! It was such an ending, and yet I crave more. There was so much I needed to know but never found out- Hmm, I received the newest Artemis Fowl book in hard cover, and a 30 dollar gift card for Barns&Nobels and a gift certificant for this neat book store that sells out of print books.

I can't wait to go!

[MToolen]

The last book I finished was A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber. His thoughts on the patterns of the cosmos were very illuminating, but I don't like the New Age direction with which he took it. Oh well.

Right now I'm trying to force myself through an Erwin McManus book I started (Uprising) so I can get to the new Rob Bell book my fiancé (hehe, I can say that now) got me for Christmas.

I did read a bit of Goosebumps, Animorphs, Encyclopedia Brown; many of the classics.

[DarkTemplarZero]

Oh man Animorphs. The good old days. I think I reread every one of those books like 5 or 10 times, they were so good. I still have most of them, maybe I'll start rereading them for kicks.

I actually recently read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; both incredibly funny. Douglas Adams was a genius, may he rest in peace. I'm bringing Life, The Universe, and Everything and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (greatest book title ever by the way) with me on my new years ski trip, very psyched.

[Crystal Mew]

I just finished the 2nd harry potter book, it was pretty good I guess. I'm not going to have a chance to finish the rest of them till school is over for the semester (so not till april) since I have to read all of the lord of the ring books for my english class...gah.

I did start reading this book called Graceling by Kristen Shore though, its pretty good so far but I had to stop today to start reading lotr. its bugging me I need to finish it soon

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

I'm not reading too many books, I'm mostly into fantasy literature though even there I'm picky. The last book I read was J.R.R. Tolkien's Roverandom. A children's book about a little dog being turned into a toy and his adventures till he gets his real form back. I'm not sure how enjoyable it is for adults unless they enjoy Tolkien's works in general (which I do) but it sure makes a good read for children. You could read it to your own kids as a bedtime story.

[Drago]

Last book I finished (about a week ago or so) was Michael Holley's Patriot Reign, a definitively propaganda-styled view on the Patriots' Super Bowl season of '03. Yeah, it's not like details are changed or untrue, but the amount of Patriot-licking (which shouldn't be a surprise, considering what the book is about) is mildly cringe-worthy. And only one mention of Steve McNair, the greatest player of the era. Damnation.

[Weasel Overlord]

Lessee; I finished The Green Mile before Christmas, which was brilliant, as I expected. It didn't make me as sad as the film; I think because he described everything in such minute detail that I got lost in that, rather than the sadness.

Also got my Haruki Murakami collection finished, The Elephant Vanishes. Some of the stories in there were just weiiiiird, but the last few were really good; especially The Dwarf Dances. His writing is pretty infuriating though, since the stories seem to end before they're meant to.

After that, I started on my Christmas pile. XD Firstly, Ravensoul by James Barclay. That was probably one of the most action-packed books I've EVER read, hehe. Then I went onto The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, which was absolutely amazing. It made me cry at least fifty times, heh.

Once I'd finished that, I was free to move onto my new Ian Irvine book, which came out a few weeks after Christmas; The Destiny of the Dead. I only finished that last night, cos I was savouring every last moment of it. Once again, a TON of action, and multiple situations where you don't think the heroes will survive. Brilliant stuff. And the book's so big you could kill someone with it, lol. I couldn't have carried it around if I tried.

Next on my list I've got either; The Children of Húrin by Tolkien, Necronomicon, HP Lovecraft's mega-collection, The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks, V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, or Forest Mage by Robin Hobb.

DTZ: I read Hitchhiker's Guide myself, quite recently. Well, the whole quartet, anyway. I thought they were great! His writing style was hilarious. We also watched the film shortly after, and I was surprised at how close to the book it was in terms of a hell of a lot of the script being word-perfect from the book.

[Crystal Mew]

I finished Graceling yesterday, and I really didn't like the ending at all. Looks like there will be a sequel(I think all books need sequels now) but... I don't like the direction its going so I dunno.

I'm taking a Lord of the Ring class (I know, right? haha) and so I need to read the first Lotr book