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Post by Zeke on Aug 6, 2017 2:28:21 GMT -5
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Post by snugzdougz on Aug 8, 2017 12:26:10 GMT -5
 This is great so far. Pretty interesting read, and easy to digest Nose mythos in Neil Gaiman form. |
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Post by marisolmurderface on Aug 11, 2017 21:40:53 GMT -5
Currently reading: A Lions Tale by Chris Jericho
Last book read: Best in The World by Chris Jericho
...and I still have a few more Chris Jericho books to read. I read them out of order not realizing how many he actually had. I also have The Outsiders to start.
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Post by tao on Aug 24, 2017 21:38:56 GMT -5
Finished "Man In The High Castle" by Philip K. Dick, and moving on to "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King and "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury.
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Post by poembie on Aug 24, 2017 22:21:48 GMT -5
I recently finished 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage' by Murakami (which Essien gifted me a few years back btw). I'd brought it back to China with me and finally read it!
Mixed feelings about this book. I finished it in three days and was on the edge of my seat during the whole book. It's well written and addresses some topics that I can relate to all too well, but on the other hand, I was also disappointed with the plot driver (the reason why Tazaki's friends dumped him)...
Score: 3/5
Have any of you read this book, what did you think?
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Post by Calvinball on Aug 25, 2017 21:48:08 GMT -5
I loved this book, easily my favorite thing work by Stephen King. Until the last page of course the last page was bullshit. |
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Post by Zeke on Aug 26, 2017 2:39:02 GMT -5
I loved this book, easily my favorite thing work by Stephen King. Until the last page of course the last page was bullshit. It left me very confused. I am currently reading The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609433-the-power-of-habit |
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Post by Calvinball on Aug 26, 2017 15:56:30 GMT -5
Just getting dug into the 3rd and final book of the Final Law series (Last Argument of Kings). I'm at about 100 or so pages so far and I'm already completely invested in it. If anyone here is a fan of fantasy or sci-fi type books, I've been reading a bunch of amazing series over the past few years that I can totally recommend! I absolutely adored this series, even if it's actually called The First Law series  . I loved how Abercrombie was able to give us this very grim and dark and gritty series yet whilst doing so the entire time he is not so subtly making fun of the entire genre of fantasy in one fowl swoop, it's hysterical. Plus you have to love a series that introduces a brief plotline of "And today our hero suffers from premature ejaculation", absolutely brilliant. I say hero but realistically every single character in that series is just a varying degree of bad guy. |
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Post by windsofdismay on Aug 29, 2017 10:32:19 GMT -5
finished more than this by patrick ness a few minutes ago. i liked it, though all that's to come gets a little obvious once you've read 50% of the book. still, i'd recommend it.
also do y'all read paper books or ebooks? i used to only read "real books" out of protest but now that i'm not going to be home for a year i started reading on my tablet and it's not too bad actually.
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Post by tao on Aug 31, 2017 0:49:49 GMT -5
also do y'all read paper books or ebooks? i used to only read "real books" out of protest but now that i'm not going to be home for a year i started reading on my tablet and it's not too bad actually. I prefer hardcover, "real" books over ebooks. Just my preference, it's what I grew up with, and I never found an interest in ebooks in general. |
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Post by Zeke on Aug 31, 2017 0:56:10 GMT -5
finished more than this by patrick ness a few minutes ago. i liked it, though all that's to come gets a little obvious once you've read 50% of the book. still, i'd recommend it. also do y'all read paper books or ebooks? i used to only read "real books" out of protest but now that i'm not going to be home for a year i started reading on my tablet and it's not too bad actually. I have a Kindle. No way I'm gonna carry around 500 page books fam. |
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Post by Calvinball on Sept 1, 2017 8:41:36 GMT -5
finished more than this by patrick ness a few minutes ago. i liked it, though all that's to come gets a little obvious once you've read 50% of the book. still, i'd recommend it. also do y'all read paper books or ebooks? i used to only read "real books" out of protest but now that i'm not going to be home for a year i started reading on my tablet and it's not too bad actually. I used to only real paperback, until I got my kindle, the convenience of a kindle is simply undeniable. Although about once a year I find myself missing the feel and smell of a good ol stack of papers and I buy something in paperback. |
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Post by SHIRT on Sept 7, 2017 12:59:38 GMT -5
finished more than this by patrick ness a few minutes ago. i liked it, though all that's to come gets a little obvious once you've read 50% of the book. still, i'd recommend it. also do y'all read paper books or ebooks? i used to only read "real books" out of protest but now that i'm not going to be home for a year i started reading on my tablet and it's not too bad actually. i love grabbing real books for cheap. they feel more natural and i love the smell of the pages because im a weirdo. but i do also have a Kindle Fire that i hate so much, i wish i had a kindle paperwhite. you know eReaders that are specifically for reading and not for other things like apps or movies. lots of wasted space there. plus the battery life is horrible. i use to have this really amazing Sony one, but i lost it in a fire. all in all i love the digital format as equally as real life but more so when traveling and how cheap (or free) you can get books. i end up buying physical copies of books i liked anyway just to have them. i dont have enough bookshelves. |
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Post by SHIRT on Sept 7, 2017 13:05:37 GMT -5
i just started reading Prince Lestat And The Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice. so far im halfway through it and its pretty neat.
its her newest addition to the vampire chronicles. idk if anyone is into this series but if you havent read them, theyre really fascinating. i know vampires have a really bad rep now days. interview with the vampire up to queen of the damned are my favorite. the movies however are very nostalgic for me.
i also picked up the dark tower after years of my manager suggesting it to me. figured id read it one day to see what all the fuss is about and why people were excited for that movie.
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Post by Calvinball on Sept 7, 2017 18:52:30 GMT -5
i also picked up the dark tower after years of my manager suggesting it to me. figured id read it one day to see what all the fuss is about and why people were excited for that movie. I've said it before, it's kind of a polairizing series. I absolutely loved the first two books and really enjoyed 3&4, but the last three books left a really sour taste in my mouth. It just got weird, like really really really weird and it didn't sit well for me. That being said don't let my opinion defer you from this too much because I know several people who consider The Dark Tower the finest thing they've ever read. I guess what I'm trying to say is if you feel like you aren't enjoying it don't be afraid to walk away. |
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. I loved how Abercrombie was able to give us this very grim and dark and gritty series yet whilst doing so the entire time he is not so subtly making fun of the entire genre of fantasy in one fowl swoop, it's hysterical. Plus you have to love a series that introduces a brief plotline of "And today our hero suffers from premature ejaculation", absolutely brilliant.
