What book are you reading?

Started the "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" by Steven Erikson and "Gormenghast" by Mervyn Peake series. Currently I am close to finish the first book of each series, so far I prefer "The Malazan Book of the Fallen".

Just finished "Fulgrim" book six of the Horus Heresy, the series started off strong but the last few books haven't really furthered the narrative much so i decided to move onto reading the Malazan book of the dead series, just started book one in fact, im on chapter 7 and it seems pretty good.

For two nights only by Tom Holt.

"Neuromancer" by William Gibson and "The Book of Five Rings" by Miyamoto Musashi. They're both quite good so far, albeit for different reasons.

@PulledaBrad: Here be spoilers for Cold Days, the most recent book of the Dresden Files.

While the book contains plot elements from other books in the series, we learn so much about the way the world works--Demonreach is a prison for supernatural villains made by Merlin, the outsiders have been corrupting key players in the world for years, Mab's-daughter-I-can't-spell has been lying since almost the beginning of the series, Mab was human once, Molly's the new winter lady and Harry was unconsciously manipulating her during her training, and those are just the plot ideas that come to mind off the top of my head. Edit: Oh, and I forgot that Harry's "parasite" will kill him if he leaves the island. Weird thing to forget, really.

Sorry I can't figure out the fancy spoiler blocks you people use.

@DarthOrange said:

I haven't read a book for fun in years. Just finished up Law in America recently.

If you want something fun that still pertains to law, may I recommend The Law of Superheroes? It's really funny, and informative, at least from a layman's perspective.

Stock and Watson Econometrics textbook, for the 100th time. exams coming up :(.

@Artof_War said:

@Dietomaha said:

I just finished up the Wind Through the Keyhole. Now I'm trying to read House of Leaves again. Such an interesting book, written in such a wildly obtuse way.

I also listen to the Harry Potter audiobooks about once a year, I'm about finished up with those again. The English version of course, Stephen Fry does the voices so goddamn well. These really are fantastic books.

I've had House of Leaves on my to-read for a long time. A friend of mine had to stop (at least indefinitely), which didn't help me overcome my pessimism. Not sure if I could read a book in front of the bathroom mirror! What made you stop? And would it be worth it if you could overcome the style?

It's hard to point to any one thing, it's just a bit of an endeavor to read through. Maybe the main thing would be how it jumps from narrative to full blown foot note story written by the guy 'editing' the book and back again every few pages. Plus of course the book itself is part of it, since some pages are upside down, spiraled, parts missing, etc.

I'm doing better this time around. I've already gotten past where I stopped last time. Maybe because I know what to expect this time I'm powering through it.

"Break Into Screenwriting" by Ray Frensham.

@skrutop said:

I just finished John Dies at the End by David Wong. It was funny, but not what I expected at all. It reads more like a horror novel with funny bits. Overall, I liked it, and I'll probably pick up the followup, This Book Is Full of Spiders at some point.

I picked up Anathem by Neal Stephenson, but I haven't started it yet.

will you be seeing the movie? Paul Giamatti! i read This Book Is Full of Spiders before i read John Dies at the End...were you expecting a straight (?) horror?

Just finished Red Country by Joe Abercrombie. It was great but it felt like a lot of the book was setting up big plot points for his next trilogy. Which is exciting stuff but y'know, c'mon man.

The Hobbit for, I guess like, the 6th or 7th time. I don't read a whole lot because I get impatient when reading and lack the concentration required, but I always seem to be able to read The Hobbit with ease.

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I'm a big Murakami fan, and this one's more of the most excellent same from him that I have come to expect and love.

A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin).

After the second season of GoT I just couldn't wait to see what happens, so I started AGOT a few days later. Highly recommended even if you've seen the show because of all the details that are left out in the show as well as the insight you get from reading the POV character's thoughts (and more.)

@JamesShell said:

A Dance With Dragons (George R.R. Martin).

After the second season of GoT I just couldn't wait to see what happens, so I started AGOT a few days later. Highly recommended even if you've seen the show because of all the details that are left out in the show as well as the insight you get from reading the POV character's thoughts (and more.)

You chose wisely.

I'm reading World War Z: An oral history of the zombie war

I would go as far as to say it's an ok book. Quite an interesting take on the zombie genre since it's faux-documentary about a past "zombie" crisis told through interviews with some people who survived it. For this reason, it jumps around a bit too much for my taste. But I'm only half way through so this might change. If nothing else, it's pretty damn believable.

Not too long ago I've read Prince of the Mist - Carlos Ruiz Zafon, couple days ago I finished Sir Terry Pratchett's The Truth and Reaper Man which were really fantastic. Today I started Interesting Times Sir Pratchett. I'm still waiting for English version of Prisoner of Heaven C.R Zafon, which is really hard to get where I live.

Just finished All Quiet on the Western Front...pretty brutal and depressing, but a very good read over all. About to crack open Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk which I'm told is pretty insane.

Just started reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm about a quarter the way through A Clash of Kings.

@Godlyawesomeguy said:

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky, and The Sun Also Rises by Fitzgerald (obvs.). I love the former and the latter is growing on me but eh.

I'm confused. Is this an inside joke for Hemingway dislikers or something?

Trying to remember to finish Escape from Camp 14. Quite the story.

Crossroads of Twilight

Erikson's Memories of Ice

Only thirty pages in but shit is already cray

Motherfuckers locked an incinerated continent inside a magic portal then locked that in a sword

A CONTINENT

A Game of Thrones - off and on. It's by George.R.R.Martin if you didn't already know. :)

Reading David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas... Got blown away by the movie trailer so figured I'd give the book a read.

I'm rereading the Song of Ice and Fire series (which I read for the first time in like 2006/2007), so A Clash of Kings.

Got 70 pages into The Road, but it just didn't grab me, so now I'm contemplating whether to start reading 1984 or Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.

@Meltac said:

Got 70 pages into The Road, but it just didn't grab me, so now I'm contemplating whether to start reading 1984 or Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.

Can I recommend the latter? Because if I can then I do. It's a great gateway book into the crazy world of Philip K Dick. There's a lot of fun to be had in there.

@forkboy: 'Course you can, and I think that I'm just going to dive into that one then, since it's going to be my first step into Mr. Dicks universe.

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

Just started so haven't any impression yet. This book did win the Hugo on the year of its release so expect good things.

@Meltac said:

Got 70 pages into The Road, but it just didn't grab me, so now I'm contemplating whether to start reading 1984 or Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.

Completely agree with this. I tried reading it twice, and never made it past 50 pages. I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic etc., but oh well. I've heard the movie is pretty good though. I think it's the way the dialogue flows that slows me down.

I'm reading 2666 currently. 200+ pages in, I'm still not sure how I feel. It didn't immediately grab me but there's enough of a subtle hook for be to keep going to see what all the fuss is about.

@Artof_War said:

I think it's the way the dialogue flows that slows me down.

That was definitely one of the problems I had with it. That and I just found it plain boring, which bugs me a little, because I really liked the movie.

@pleasedaddyno: I'll probably catch the movie when it comes out on Netflix or something. I'm not sure that a lot of the humor will translate to film, sort of like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I expected more humor, less horror.

I'm reading Don Quixote :) love it, left it far too long.

The first Jason Bourne book.

@Artof_War said:

@Meltac said:

Got 70 pages into The Road, but it just didn't grab me, so now I'm contemplating whether to start reading 1984 or Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?.

Completely agree with this. I tried reading it twice, and never made it past 50 pages. I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic etc., but oh well. I've heard the movie is pretty good though. I think it's the way the dialogue flows that slows me down.

Yeah, never seen the movie but I I actually finished the book and didn't much care for it. I think my problem with it is the same criticism people had of stuff like The American or Drive, where they take a well-worn story type and try to do a fancy 'artistic' version of it, but don't actually create anything substantial. I've never read any other Cormac McCarthy books, but it just seemed like he was trying way too hard but didn't have anything worthwhile to say.

I brought the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide into the can with me earlier today. I forgot how goddamn funny that is, and what a wonderful little addendum to the episodes it provides.

@MarkWahlberg said:

I've never read any other Cormac McCarthy books, but it just seemed like he was trying way too hard but didn't have anything worthwhile to say.

It really, really did, but I am still sort of interested in reading Blood Meridian by him.

Just finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? earlier, and I think that I will dive into Jack Kerouac's On The Road now.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire

Got it as a christmas gift and so far it's been a really enjoyable read

Most of the way through Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, its about cryptology as seen through multiple alternating perspectives and two different time periods, World War II and Modern Day (well modern as of its 1999 publishing anyways).

I recently read through Dracula (first time) and A Good Man is Hard to Find.

@Meltac said:

@MarkWahlberg said:

I've never read any other Cormac McCarthy books, but it just seemed like he was trying way too hard but didn't have anything worthwhile to say.

It really, really did

You got 70 pages in and determined the author had nothing to say.

@HaltIamReptar: My comment there was more directed at this part of the quote ,but it just seemed like he was trying way too hard'. Sure, McCarthy had something to say, it was just his way of saying it which I found somewhat boring and it didn't really do anything for me. I will probably try to go back to it in a year or two, but as of now I just had too many books on my shelve that I would rather read.

@Meltac said:

@HaltIamReptar: My comment there was more directed at this part of the quote ,but it just seemed like he was trying way too hard'. Sure, McCarthy had something to say, it was just his way of saying it which I found somewhat boring and it didn't really do anything for me. I will probably try to go back to it in a year or two, but as of now I just had too many books on my shelve that I would rather read.

That makes a lot of sense. His writing is very obtuse.

Starship Troopers.

Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (and other clinical tales)

A collection of stories told by Oliver Sacks, recounting various encounters with his incredibly interesting patients. A really well written, personal collection of essays by an immediately likable author. He has a wonderful and engaging talk on TED which was what inspired me to get this book.

Christopher Hitchens - Mortality

A sobering collection of essays written by Christopher Hitchens before his sad death at the hands of cancer in 2011. Good humored, though twinged with gut-wrenching sadness, and insightful.

I'm on Wheel of Time book 8, The Path of Daggers. I was trying to put a bow on the series when the last one came out but I got really distracted the past two months.

I'm not reading anything at the moment because I'm waiting for "Path of the Seer" and "Path of the Outcast" by Gav Thorpe to arrive.

Some genuinely funny and emotional moments in this. The writing style also goes places I haven't seen before, from poetic to completely frenetic, but still manages to maintain consistency and feel cohesive throughout.

Still reading The Bourne Identity.

I only read when I use the bathroom, so its taking me awhile :P