Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 265859 times)

Sigz · « **Reply #35 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:13:26 PM »

Quote from: PlaysLikeMyung on April 30, 2009, 09:46:08 PM

Quote from: Dimitrius on April 30, 2009, 09:36:29 PM
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I finally got curious enough to read it.

Fantastic read. Dan Brown is supposed to be working on a sequel..... it will be one of the most anticipated books of all time

Yep, its called The Lost Key, and comes out Sept 15th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol

Gwii · « **Reply #36 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:37:34 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on April 30, 2009, 10:13:26 PM

Quote from: PlaysLikeMyung on April 30, 2009, 09:46:08 PM
Quote from: Dimitrius on April 30, 2009, 09:36:29 PM
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I finally got curious enough to read it.

Fantastic read. Dan Brown is supposed to be working on a sequel..... it will be one of the most anticipated books of all time

Yep, its called The Lost Key, and comes out Sept 15th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol

plz no more movies with tom hanks

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #37 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:51:10 PM »

That sounds awesome. I haven't worked at Borders in a while, so I'm not as up-to-date on my books as I used to be.

And I actually enjoyed the DaVinci Code movie and I plan on going to see Angels and Demons when it's released.

LeeHarveyKennedy · « **Reply #38 on:** May 01, 2009, 01:41:24 AM »

Quote from: PlaysLikeMyung on April 30, 2009, 09:38:17 AM

I was thinking of reading some Chuck Pahlaniuk. Anyone read his work before?

Palahniuk's my favorite author. Try Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, or Diary. You can't go wrong with any of those.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 01, 2009, 06:08:31 AM »

Quote from: Dimitrius on April 30, 2009, 09:36:29 PM

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I finally got curious enough to read it.

Well, don't get your hopes up too high.

I cannot stress enough the importance of reading the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child.

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #40 on:** May 03, 2009, 01:16:21 PM »

Quote from: In The Wake Of Poseidon on April 30, 2009, 07:13:22 PM

Lord of the Flies, absolutely amazing, one of my favorites.

veronica · « **Reply #41 on:** May 03, 2009, 01:45:47 PM »

Reading three books at the time, but that's just because I have to read on my iPhone when in bed to not disturb husband with too many lights, and I borrowed a book on friday from a friend of a friend. So:

On the phone: Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet (First Holmes book)
Borrowed: Neil Gaiman - Coraline
Stephen R Donaldson - The Man Who Risked His Partner

all in English, too

zerogravityfat · « **Reply #42 on:** May 03, 2009, 02:21:08 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on May 01, 2009, 06:08:31 AM

Quote from: Dimitrius on April 30, 2009, 09:36:29 PM
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

I finally got curious enough to read it.
Well, don't get your hopes up too high.

I cannot stress enough the importance of reading the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child.

better yet read umberto eco's books for the real da vinci code without cheese.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #43 on:** May 03, 2009, 02:50:31 PM »

On the lighter side , I'm reading Little Jimmy Norton's, Happy Endings. Just started today.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #44 on:** May 03, 2009, 03:27:37 PM »

I've read all Ayn Rand except for The Fountainhead. I'm wondering if I should get it

orcus116 · « **Reply #45 on:** May 03, 2009, 03:32:03 PM »

It's very good. Highly recommended.

Logical Nightmare · « **Reply #46 on:** May 03, 2009, 03:37:08 PM »

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Good so far, but I believe it will be much better since I really liked A Thousand Splendid Suns.

emindead · « **Reply #47 on:** May 03, 2009, 04:37:12 PM »

The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov

bout to crash · « **Reply #48 on:** May 03, 2009, 09:50:07 PM »

Nothing at the moment, but recently finished Watchmen, which I loved.

I need to dedicate this summer to reading since my semester was pretty free of it. I finished my English and Women's and Gender Studies minors, so usually I'm constantly reading really cool books for class but this semester it was all law cases, textbook chapters and psych articles. Boooring.

orcus116 · « **Reply #49 on:** May 04, 2009, 01:18:37 AM »

I'd also suggest The Fountainhead but there is one scene in the book that your Woman's Studies would throw a fit at. Atlas Shrugged also contains a really good law case scene towards the beginning that was actually based on a real case. Not to pimp Ayn Rand since most liberals seem to hate the crap out her stuff but if anything it's really good literature if you've got some spare time.

tri.ad · « **Reply #50 on:** May 04, 2009, 02:10:36 AM »

The White Lioness by Henning Mankell.

monk · « **Reply #51 on:** May 04, 2009, 02:27:48 AM »

Pilgrims Regress - C.S. Lewis

staveoffzombies · « **Reply #52 on:** May 04, 2009, 02:32:02 AM »

I'm now up to 'Moonraker' in the Fleming Bond novels. It's nothing at all like the film.

veronica · « **Reply #53 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:06:37 AM »

Quote from: tri.ad on May 04, 2009, 02:10:36 AM

The White Lioness by Henning Mankell.

Hey, cool! I had all the books in the Wallander series (I gave some of them to a friend since she loved them). I like.

I'm done with Coraline and Study in scarlet, starting on The Sign of the Four by A.C Doyle on my phone now...time to finally finish the Stephen Donaldson book!

tri.ad · « **Reply #54 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:59:51 AM »

Quote from: veronica on May 04, 2009, 04:06:37 AM

Quote from: tri.ad on May 04, 2009, 02:10:36 AM
The White Lioness by Henning Mankell.
Hey, cool! I had all the books in the Wallander series (I gave some of them to a friend since she loved them). I like.

Yep, I love Mankell's writing (and Swedish criminal novels in general - except for Stieg Larsson's trilogy). Its content is much more realistic than many novels' of the modern Anglo-American direction.

veronica · « **Reply #55 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:24:47 AM »

Wow. I completely agree! Even on the Stieg Larsson point.

tri.ad · « **Reply #56 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:26:07 AM »

Lynxo · « **Reply #57 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM »

Wow, cool that you guys actually read swedish novels. Yeah, Henning Mankell usually writes great books. Stieg Larsson books were WAY overhyped, even though the movie was quite good.

I'm currently re-reading The Dirt. Unfortunally, I only have the translated one, and much of the content gets lost in the translation. I'm also reading the second book in the Eragon series. Quite good, but not the best or most original fantasy I've ever read...

zerogravityfat · « **Reply #58 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:26:53 AM »

Quote from: Lynxo on May 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM

Wow, cool that you guys actually read swedish novels. Yeah, Henning Mankell usually writes great books. Stieg Larsson books were WAY overhyped, even though the movie was quite good.

I'm currently re-reading The Dirt. Unfortunally, I only have the translated one, and much of the content gets lost in the translation. I'm also reading the second book in the Eragon series. Quite good, but not the best or most original fantasy I've ever read...

avatar overlap fatal error. i was wondering how jackie knows how to read in sweedish then i realized that wasn't her.

Lynxo · « **Reply #59 on:** May 04, 2009, 08:43:28 AM »

Quote from: zerogravityfat on May 04, 2009, 08:26:53 AM

Quote from: Lynxo on May 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM
Wow, cool that you guys actually read swedish novels. Yeah, Henning Mankell usually writes great books. Stieg Larsson books were WAY overhyped, even though the movie was quite good.

I'm currently re-reading The Dirt. Unfortunally, I only have the translated one, and much of the content gets lost in the translation. I'm also reading the second book in the Eragon series. Quite good, but not the best or most original fantasy I've ever read...

avatar overlap fatal error. i was wondering how jackie knows how to read in sweedish then i realized that wasn't her.

Better now?

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #60 on:** May 04, 2009, 09:49:59 AM »

The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman

2nd time

zerogravityfat · « **Reply #61 on:** May 04, 2009, 10:04:59 AM »

Quote from: Lynxo on May 04, 2009, 08:43:28 AM

Quote from: zerogravityfat on May 04, 2009, 08:26:53 AM
Quote from: Lynxo on May 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM
Wow, cool that you guys actually read swedish novels. Yeah, Henning Mankell usually writes great books. Stieg Larsson books were WAY overhyped, even though the movie was quite good.

I'm currently re-reading The Dirt. Unfortunally, I only have the translated one, and much of the content gets lost in the translation. I'm also reading the second book in the Eragon series. Quite good, but not the best or most original fantasy I've ever read...

avatar overlap fatal error. i was wondering how jackie knows how to read in sweedish then i realized that wasn't her.

Better now?

much better, thank you. normality restored.

Bombardana · « **Reply #62 on:** May 04, 2009, 11:05:58 AM »

dream theater forums

bout to crash · « **Reply #63 on:** May 04, 2009, 01:00:08 PM »

. I only read Swedish on Thursdays.

Quote from: orcus116 on May 04, 2009, 01:18:37 AM

I'd also suggest The Fountainhead but there is one scene in the book that your Woman's Studies would throw a fit at. Atlas Shrugged also contains a really good law case scene towards the beginning that was actually based on a real case. Not to pimp Ayn Rand since most liberals seem to hate the crap out her stuff but if anything it's really good literature if you've got some spare time.

I read Anthem a long time ago, have heard a lot about her stuff...

brakkum · « **Reply #64 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:14:51 PM »

sheet music.

staveoffzombies · « **Reply #65 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:39:55 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on May 04, 2009, 09:49:59 AM

The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman

2nd time

Just looked that up...looks like an interesting read.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 04, 2009, 04:50:01 PM »

Quote from: staveoffzombies on May 04, 2009, 04:39:55 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on May 04, 2009, 09:49:59 AM
The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament by Bart D. Ehrman

2nd time

Just looked that up...looks like an interesting read.

It is, but it isn't...exciting.

MetalMike06 · « **Reply #67 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:07:14 PM »

Just bought and started reading The Bourne Identity today. (No, I haven't seen the movie, otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten it)

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 04, 2009, 05:09:58 PM »

Quote from: MetalMike06 on May 04, 2009, 05:07:14 PM

Just bought and started reading The Bourne Identity today. (No, I haven't seen the movie, otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten it)

Awesome. I read that about 12-15 years ago. Fantastic read.

austin · « **Reply #69 on:** May 04, 2009, 07:17:08 PM »

The Great Gatsby

wonderful book

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Author Topic: The "What Are You Currently Reading?" Thread (Read 265859 times)