Rate the last book you read

[thedamndest]

In honor of the movies/tv forum name change, here is the first official thread on the subject of "books." Talk about the last book you read and rate it using any type of rating system you feel would be best suited for your purposes.

[Jeritron]

I'm in favor of having "Lit" added to the title of the forum, since we can discuss novels/comic books/etc. in here and it's not really movies/tv

[DaveWadding]

movies/tv/"books" forum

[Jeritron]

woah, it's already there. When did that happen?

[Jeritron]

It -7.5/10

[thedamndest]

Triple A granted the forum Name Change Request I made in Casual. I thought about "Lit" but I thought that could sound pretentious. I also didn't want people to think it was a forum about the band Lit.

[McLegend]

Good thing to because when Jeritron mentioned Lit. The band was the first thing I thought about.

[Jeritron]

Yea I could see how people would find it pretentious. I tend to just use it as a blanket term, but that's probably because I was an english major. If you asked me a few years ago I probably would have scoffed at it

[Jeritron]

My Own Worst Enemy

[Jeritron]

Also, if Triple A made a typo and forgot the "L" in "Lit", people may have thought it was the It forum, and their confusion would be further fueled by the first book rating in this threads.
A plethora of Pennywise related threads and posts would probably begin to pop up, and Zeeboe would run wild

[thedamndest]

If he left out the "i" we'd be getting the google hits from Lawrence Taylor's alleged rape.

[thedamndest]

The "Li" forum would be too mellow for me.

[Jeritron]

I have a feeling this thread will be dominated by a handful of posters. Perhaps it could evolve into the first ever TPWW Book Club

[McLegend]

Are we old women now?

[thedamndest]

Hopefully it will go better than Jura's movie club, but I would be in for that.

[thedamndest]

Do you want in the Book Club or not, McLegend?

[Jeritron]

Our first read will be The Five People You Meet In The Tech Forum

[McLegend]

Of course I want in.

It just might be a little effeminate that's all.

[thedamndest]

Divine Comedy: Inferno - 10/10 - I had the Penguin Classics edition and it was helpful because it tells you who all of the guys Dante meets are and draws your attention to connections between Cantos as well as between the Inferno and the later books.

This isn't the version I read, but here is one if you want to look at it:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy/Inferno

[Jeritron]

I am going to tackle The Dark Tower series this week. I've been reading Stephen King books for a couple months now. I will probably take a long break from them after I read the DT series.

[Jeritron]

I want to get around to reading a bunch of classics that I only read, or was supposed to read, in high school.
Most of them I either skimmed or cleverly got around reading, and I think I would enjoy going back and actually giving them my time.
Animal Farm, 1984, Catch 22, Faranheit 451.

Also, The Hobbit.

[Lock Jaw]

Double Indemnity 9/10

It was short and fun.

[Downunder]

Stephen King - UR

6/10 standard King fare

[Splaya]

How to become a Famous journalist by Steve Hely- 10/10

[Skippord]

Slaughterhousefive - 8/10

[FakeLaser]

Tropic of Cancer
9/10

[FakeLaser]

Other recent reads:

Chuck Klosterman - Downtown Owl - 6.5
Douglas Coupland - Microserfs - 7

[thedamndest]

I read JPod and Microserfs back to back. They are fairly similar and I think I have merged their plots together in my head. I think I ended up thinking JPod was the better book, but I think it's because I read it first.

[FakeLaser]

I read Generation X and I hated it but I gave this one a chance and it was ok.

[thedamndest]

I haven't read that, but I have read Hey Nostradamus! which was good. More serious than the other ones I have read by D. Coupland.

[LuigiD]

Unfortunately, I do not have time to read books for personal reasons anymore. The last book I read was a monograph on Medieval brewers for a seminar. Not a bad read if you are interested in the history of beer.

[Seth82]

Christopher Rice's Blind Fall - 7/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Mark Twain - The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

10/10

Great book. I want more of Twain's books.

[OssMan]

Why the fuck can't you just say literature instead of "lit"

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Stephen King - UR

6/10 standard King fare

Nunder reads books!?!? Who knew.

[thedamndest]

The World Without Us -Alan Weisman - N/A -10

I didn't finish this book. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly what I anticipated. It takes a few divergences that were not fitting with what I was promised by the book jacket. I would have finished it, it wasn't unreadable, but I'm in the middle of another book that I would rather read.

[CSL]

I've been reading Bret Hart's book for over a year now. I will post my thoughts in here when done.

[PorkSoda]

Green Eggs and Ham - 7/10. Very inspirational.

[Cool King]

A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex by Chris Jericho - 10/10

[mitch_h]

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 9/10

Really liked that the science fiction elements of the story were left in the background and that some of the specifics were left unexplained. Hard novel to talk about without revealing the "plot" but I highly recommend it.

[El Tigre]

I like these types of threads as it gives an insight into a persons personality.
http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/projects/hesse/publications/journey-west.jpg

Very good eastern epic, I had a little bit of everything: joy, love, action, even toilet humor. 10/10

[Skippord]

The Last Templar: 6/10

[Jeritron]

Can I rate the last short story I read for the first time, or do I have to finish the whole anthology and rate that?
I need to operate on rules.

[thedamndest]

You can do whatever you want. Just as long as you don't rate any magazines.

[Jeritron]

Especially the ones with those new glossy pages that leave fingerprints on them

[Lock Jaw]

Can I rate the FIRST book I read?

I don't remember the title, or what it was about, but the pictures were fairly entertaining.

5/10.

[El Fangel]

The Bruins - McFarlane - 8/10

[El Fangel]

100 Years of Glory - Jenish - 9.5/10

Both bookd had an indepth behind the scences look at NHL clubs, The Canadiens one was an exceptional read.

[KYR]

Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising 7/10

First read it about 15 years ago. Although now dated to a degree (technologically speaking) it is still quite current (politically) even though the Communist Union is now defunct. Probably my favourite Clancy read.

Now reading Michael Crichton - Congo. About a third of the way through. Have read all of Crichton's books except this one. Again, one of his earlier works and has dated somewhat however not a bad 'adventure' read at the moment.

[thedamndest]

Loved Congo. Shame what happened with the movie.

[KYR]

What rating would you give Congo? (no spoilers please).

[thedamndest]

I would put it just under Jurassic Park and maybe tied with Sphere. I can't really numerically assign it because it was like ten years ago that I read it. Liked it more than Terminal Man and Rising Sun.

[KYR]

Sphere - now that brings back memories of the first time I read that.

I remember sitting up in my lounge room reading it at about 3:00am. Thunderstorm raging outside.

Just as I got to the exciting/scary bit (don't want to spoil anything here) I heard a noise outside the window. I gingerly walked over to the curtains and pulled them aside quickly just as a bolt of lightning struck. I saw a 'man' looking at me from the other side of the window and screamed like a girl...until I realised it was my reflection. :$

[thedamndest]

Another great Crichton that was made into a "meh" movie.

[KYR]

Yeah, movie promised so much but delivered so little.

[thedamndest]

Was Tazz Dan based on a Michael Crichton book?

[KYR]

The Abyss was both an enjoyable movie and book. Probably because the book was written after the movie and simply extended the personal story lines of the movie.

[KYR]

Was Tazz Dan based on a Michael Crichton book?

Tazz Dan is a work of fiction. Similar to the Amtrak timetable.

[thedamndest]

I don't think I read anything beyond Airframe because at that point it started to get not so good. But someone told me that one of the newer books was good. I cannot confirm this, nor do I know which one.

[KYR]

Timeline was a good book. Again, the movie didn't do it justice.

I can recommend Prey - I think you would appreciate the science.

[thedamndest]

Those both sound like they could have been the one actually. Maybe both were mentioned at different points. Will check out.

[KYR]

The only others after Airframe were State of Fear and Next I think.

Neither of those I would rate above the previous two.

[thedamndest]

Light in August - William Faulkner - 9/10

[Skippord]

I'm about to start reading The Satanic Verses

stay tuned

[KIRA]

Atlas Shrugged

9/10

[Downunder]

Under The Dome - Stephen King

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg/200px-Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg

If you like The Stand you will love this, more of the same. Without giving too much away, as with a lot of Kings novels, the build up was far better than the pay off, but 7/10 from me

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/hayhurst-bookcover.jpg

One of the best books I've read in a while. Burned through it ever so quickly. If you're a baseball fan, pick it up.

[Seth82]

re-read Edmund White's Forgetting Elena

not one of his better books but it was alright

the main character spends most of the book struggling with amnesia

[Kapoutman]

Finally finished 1984 by George Orwell. Can't believe I didn't read it before that. Definitely one of the best book I have ever read. 10/10

[KYR]

...the main character spends most of the book struggling with amnesia

I don't remember that bit.

[FakeLaser]

And The Hippos Were Buried In Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs

9/10, amazing book.

Reading God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut now as I have not read a Vonnegut in like 3 years now.

[thedamndest]

I have that. We could do a mini-book club with it.

[El Fangel]

The Leafs - McFarlane

Never realize just how goddamn fucking stupid the Leafs organization was and continues to be until you read this book.

[Kane Knight]

The Golden Compass/Northern Lights - 7/10. Not exactly epic, but I would definitely read again. It was fun and mostly well-paced, and despite the hype around the movie the Church is nowhere near the mustache twirling villains I expected/people claimed. Nearing the end, however, I couldn't help but feel it could be so much more. Maybe the rest of the series is, though. I've got other shit to read before I buy the next, however.

[FakeLaser]

I have that. We could do a mini-book club with it.
Do it up

[KYR]

Finished Congo - it was OK 7/10. Probably if I had read it 25 years ago I would have been more impressed. I find it humourous when they talk about this fantastic computer they have with a 256K memory.

Am now about half-way through another Michael Crichton book - The Terminal Man.

[Skippord]

The Satanic Verses - 10/10

probably the best written book I've ever read

[mitch_h]

The Satanic Verses - 10/10

probably the best written book I've ever read

Yeah great book, meant to reccomend it when you made that thread earlier, but I have this thing where I don't post. Have you read Midnight's Childen Skippord?

[Skippord]

I haven't, but I can pretty much guarantee that I'll read all of Salman Rushdi's books now

[Triple A]

And The Hippos Were Buried In Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs

9/10, amazing book.

Damn, I have been wanting to read both a Kerouac and Burroughs book, so this seems good. Should I read this first or do you recommend any other books of theirs to read before? Kinda want to read "On the Road." Was just reading about how he took a "shit load" of amphetamines and just wrote it all on one gigantic scroll in a few days.

ne1 else also please feel free to answer/suggest

[Buzzkill]

Just finished 1984 finally, obviously loved it.

[Buzzkill]

Starting Golden Compass

[Skippord]

The Road - 8/10

Really good story, but the kid kind of annoyed me and I don't like the way Cormac McCarthy formats his books

[FakeLaser]

Damn, I have been wanting to read both a Kerouac and Burroughs book, so this seems good. Should I read this first or do you recommend any other books of theirs to read before? Kinda want to read "On the Road." Was just reading about how he took a "shit load" of amphetamines and just wrote it all on one gigantic scroll in a few days.

ne1 else also please feel free to answer/suggest
It's a good one to start because it is mad accessible. I feel like you would like Naked Lunch though. Just a complete clusterfuck of ridiculous imagery with no cohesive plot.

On The Road is a good starting place too, everyone loves that book. I think it's slightly overrated but I do enjoy.

[Jeritron]

I haven't read anything in a few months now. I feel like a piece of shit everytime I see this thread because I am used to reading so much and have so much time/things I want to read.
Just haven't been motivated lately. Need to do something about this

[FakeLaser]

naked mr. america, burning frantic with self bone love, screams out: "my asshole confounds the louvre! i fart ambrosia and shit pure gold turds! my cocks spurts soft diamonds in the morning sunlight!"

[Seth82]

I've currently been reading Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

so far I rate it 6/10

[Danny Electric]

Under The Dome - Stephen King

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg/200px-Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg

If you like The Stand you will love this, more of the same. Without giving too much away, as with a lot of Kings novels, the build up was far better than the pay off, but 7/10 from me

I agree with what you said completely, would also give it 7/10.

[Triple A]

"Eeeee Eee Eeee" by Tao Lin - 9.8/10

This book was amazing to me. Read the entire thing in one sitting last night, feeling really good after each page.

Seems like a book that if someone else who knew me read it, they would say to me, "damn, you definitely should read this book. You would definitely like it."

Kinda Holden Caulfield/"Kafka-esque," to describe it in a cliched way.

<3 this.

[RoXer]

I thought you've never read Catcher In The Rye??

[Triple A]

I have.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Star Wars The Thrawn Trilogy 90/100.

[Skippord]

someone lone me some money to buy books so I can post in this thread

[Juan]

loan*

[Jeritron]

Someone loan Skippord a library card

[Skippord]

boy was that imbarrassing

[The Gold Standard]

Bret Hart Book 8/10

Very good book. Very well written. However, there were some moments in the book I really didn't care about and Bret did not make me care about.

[Confused]

Without Fail by Lee Child.

Love the Jack Reacher series and this one didn't disappoint.

[Razzamajazz]

dynamite kid's autobiography

3/10

poorly written and half the time i had no idea what the hell he was talking about

[KYR]

Steig Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - 9/10.

Was recommended to me by a work colleague. Had never heard of him before but thoroughly enjoyed this book. Cleverly intertwines two underlying themes in the storyline and delivers a good mix of crime/suspense/mystery. Seriously had trouble putting this book down at times.

A very good translation into English by Reg Keeland. Quite often I have been disappointed with poor translations but this version was excellent. If anyone decides to read this book make sure you get the Keeland version.

Have now begun reading the next book in the trilogy The Girl Who Played With Fire.

[thedamndest]

I keep seeing these books prominently displayed at Barnes and Noble. I have been meaning to see what they are all about. The KYR recommendation has sealed the deal for me.

[Triple A]

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth - 10/10

Oh my god. I feel like as a whole, this is literally the best thing I have ever looked at/read/whatever in my entire life.

Felt like crying @ how good it was about 50-100 times during reading it.

Jesus. Was just like "beautiful." Every page was drawn/designed so incredibly. "Breathtaking."

Seemed like it was written/drawn by some guy who had completely lost his mind making this.

Went and read like 15 interviews with the creator, Chris Ware. Feel like I am "in love" with him.

This was amazing.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

The Golden Compass/Northern Lights - 7/10. Not exactly epic, but I would definitely read again. It was fun and mostly well-paced, and despite the hype around the movie the Church is nowhere near the mustache twirling villains I expected/people claimed. Nearing the end, however, I couldn't help but feel it could be so much more. Maybe the rest of the series is, though. I've got other shit to read before I buy the next, however.

It becomes much more epic in scope. I read those books when I was a teenager as they came out, I've read them again since, and I think they're brilliant. They do go to town on the blasphemy, attacking the concept of God moreso than the church itself really.

Last book I read was Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, borrowed from someone who highly recommended it. I loved it. It's about an unnamed guy who dreams that a girl he loved is calling him, and he must go back to a seedy old hotel to find her, only the hotel has been replaced by a super big Western modern luxury hotel with the same name. The story then follows as he almost passively tries to figure out where this girl may have gone, encountering various characters along the way. Strange, funny book. I've since learned it's like a loose continuation of an earlier trilogy of books. I'm going to get some more Murakami books after this 9/10

Reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gael Garcia Marquez now. It's very strange indeed.

[FakeLaser]

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater 8/10

Finally finished this. Pretty atypical Vonnegut... pretty funny and a decent story. Not one of his best but still very good. Punchline after punchline.

[thedamndest]

For Whom the Bell Tolls -10/10

I liked this more than The Sun Also Rises and that is the only other non-short story Hemingway I have read.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I should hopefully finish Crime and Punishment and Divine Comedy this week, with two eight-hour train trips on Thursday and Saturday. Then i'll be reading William Thackeray's Vanity Fair.

[Splaya]

Under The Dome - Stephen King

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg/200px-Under_the_Dome_Final.jpg

If you like The Stand you will love this, more of the same. Without giving too much away, as with a lot of Kings novels, the build up was far better than the pay off, but 7/10 from me

Just bought this today. Hoping it will be a good read

[ImpactPlayer365]

Brets book a 7/10. Some boring parts brought it down a bit but very readable towards the end.

Jericho's book a 9/10. Good read, definitely seemed like he had a hand in the writing more than they let on. Had Jericho humor throughout.

[KYR]

Steig Larsson - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - 9/10.

Was recommended to me by a work colleague. Had never heard of him before but thoroughly enjoyed this book. Cleverly intertwines two underlying themes in the storyline and delivers a good mix of crime/suspense/mystery. Seriously had trouble putting this book down at times.

A very good translation into English by Reg Keeland. Quite often I have been disappointed with poor translations but this version was excellent. If anyone decides to read this book make sure you get the Keeland version.

Have now begun reading the next book in the trilogy The Girl Who Played With Fire.

Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire - 10/10.

Book 2 of the Millenium Trilogy and even better than the first. Could not put this book down.

Now reading Book 3 - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.

[Rev. Hallowell]

The No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon 0/10

Easily the most gods-awful piece of shit I ever read, and I only did so because Work forced me to. Compared to this, that pile of shit in book form called Battlefield Earth is a 9.5/10. I need to read the Hitchhiker's Trilogy again just to get the sour taste out of my brain.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Dante - The Divine Comedy 7.5/10

Definitely a book that I will read again at some point. But to appreciate it more, a number of classical works need to be read first.

[thedamndest]

Oliver Twist - 7/10 - I don't really like Dickens but I hadn't read a Dickens novel in a few years so I thought I'd try again. I felt better about it than I did others but he's still not one of my favorites. Maybe in another few years.

[Sixx]

Stieg Larsson - Men Who Hate Women

7.5/10 - Pretty cool.

EDIT: Uhm, apparently it was also released under the title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

[FakeLaser]

Been reading some short stories by Irvine Welsh that have been pretty good. Particularly enjoyed one entitled "Eurotrash"

Not done with the whole book yet though sirs

[Seth82]

Been reading Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire

not one usually for vampire books but I recently watched the movie adaptation so I was interested in the book

definitely much better then the movie

I'll give it a 7/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Been reading Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire

not one usually for vampire books but I recently watched the movie adaptation so I was interested in the book

definitely much better then the movie

I'll give it a 7/10

The second book, The Vampire Lestat, is far better.

[mitch_h]

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

Seems like every great contemporary novelist is from the UK. I loved this-- 6 stories connected in various ways, each story has it's own unique style... it starts with a Mellville inspired story set in the 19th century and moves all the way to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. 10/10

[Mizsoris]

Day By Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile - 9/10

Another great work of art from JL Bourne. Having read his entire DBD Armageddon (first book) in an entire work day, I was eager to read the 2nd one. While he does go just a bit fast with the story, it's understandable and is written so that you never want to put it down. The only reason for not being 10/10 is that I know that there's another book coming by the ending, and that I'm not looking forward to another couple years wait.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell

Seems like every great contemporary novelist is from the UK. I loved this-- 6 stories connected in various ways, each story has it's own unique style... it starts with a Mellville inspired story set in the 19th century and moves all the way to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. 10/10

Cloud Atlas is a brilliant book. You should check out Mitchell's other books if you haven't already. Ghostwritten is similar in scope and style, with several interweaving stories. number9dream and Black Swan Green are somewhat different but still brilliant.

[Kapoutman]

Reading "Pillars of the Earth" right now. It's about a thousand pages long, and I'm at 300. This is a great book up to now. If it keeps up the pace for the remaining 700, this could be one of the best book I've ever read.

[thedamndest]

Someone recommended that to me. The Kapoutman nod seals the deal.

[BigDaddyCool]

I've been rereading the Harry Potter books. Also I've been reading trades of Y: The Last Man. Next up I believe is Lord of the Ring. But I'm open to suggestions.

[Johnny McNasty]

Just reread the Dark Tower series. Like some people say it is more enjoyable the second time around.

Thinking about rereading House of the Scorpion as it has been a while since I read it, and I noticed it collecting dust at the bottom of my bookshelf yesterday. Open for suggestion though for something new. Keep in mind that I live in a small town with a not so well stocked library.

[Splaya]

Just about to finish Under the Dome. Have really enjoyed it

[Exyle]

Just about to finish Under the Dome. Have really enjoyed it

Every time I go to the bookstore, I stare longingly at Under the Dome and never pick it up. The epic scale of it makes me think it'll be like the second coming of The Stand. Was kind of waiting for it to come out in paperback because I'm a cheap bastard.

[Confused]

Reread The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. 9/10.

I've ordered the Absolute editions of Sandman by Neil Gaiman to read next.

[Fignuts]

Just reread the Dark Tower series. Like some people say it is more enjoyable the second time around.



I'm on the second book. I absolutely love surreal stuff like this, that blurs different genres. Does it stay consistently good, throughout most of it?

There is another series of books similar to The Dark Tower, called The Dungeon. VERRRRRY obscure, but the first two books are fantastic. Problem is that each book is written by a different author, and it goes downhill fast because of it. Didn't even bother reading the 5th and 6th books.

[PorkSoda]

Chris Jericho's Auto Biography - 6/10. Kind of dragged at times.

I gave The Green Mile a shot today, and I read 50 pages and 30 of them, to me, were just filler and BS. There were times where I skipped an entire chapter because there was nothing to further the plot. Maybe I don't like reading or I was reading it at work, but it did not interest me. I'ma go watch the movie sometime. If I read the book again from the start I might have to electrocute myself.

[Johnny McNasty]

I'm on the second book. I absolutely love surreal stuff like this, that blurs different genres. Does it stay consistently good, throughout most of it?

There is another series of books similar to The Dark Tower, called The Dungeon. VERRRRRY obscure, but the first two books are fantastic. Problem is that each book is written by a different author, and it goes downhill fast because of it. Didn't even bother reading the 5th and 6th books.

Yeah it stays consistently good for the most part. They get increasingly better up until the very last book, which tends to drag at certain points. But within the story it is understandable why King wrote it that way. The ending always gets mixed reviews. I found it bitter sweet myself, but probably more sweet than bitter.

Have you read Hearts In Atlantis or Insomnia? I would recommend reading through both of those before you get to far into the series.

I've just picked up a book of three novels in one type deal of his at the library. It includes the Shining, Salems Lot, and Carrie. Never read any of these three, but I've seen the movies at one point or the other.

[mitch_h]

Hithcock by Francois Truffaut - A series of interviews between Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffault, interesting seeing Hitchcock earnest and sensitive, I was expecting him to be a prick to Truffault the way John Ford was to Bondonovich. Seeing as i'm a huge Hithcock fan I enjoyed this book.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment 9/10

[The Mask]

daniel defoe - robinson crusoe 8.5/10

really loved it, the ending didn't do much for me though. it's pretty awesome that a book that is almost 300 years old can still be that amazing to me though. i suppose the fact it's about a guy stranded without the technology of the day helps keep it fairly timeless though.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Eye of the World - Book 1 of the Wheel of Time Series

5/5

It was everything I want from a book. 500+ pages, well written, interesting characters, good pacing, action...

I'm almost sad I didn't read this 10 years ago when I saw the books at the library.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Eye of the World - Book 1 of the Wheel of Time Series

5/5

It was everything I want from a book. 500+ pages, well written, interesting characters, good pacing, action...

I'm almost sad I didn't read this 10 years ago when I saw the books at the library.

My dad reads that series. I haven't, but when I get through my backlog I might give them a try.

[Johnny McNasty]

I've been rereading the Harry Potter series and watching the movies afterwards. Just finished Chamber of Secrets(9/10) which is definitely one of my favorites of the series, and the movie is really great.

Also read through Michael Crichton's Timeline(7/10). Not my favorite Crichton novel at all(Prey), but was overall enjoyable.

Wish the assholes who use my library would return their books on time. Have been waiting pick up a copy of Under the Dome for 2 months now. :rant:

[thedamndest]

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10

Very good, but is the kind of book that should be read multiple times in order to really take it all in due to the writing style.

[Johnny McNasty]

I've been going through novels like crazy this last month or so. Just went and picked up World War Z and Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Plus I'm still working my way through The Shining. Go me!

[Eklipse]

The Regulators by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)

Read this one after reading Desperation...
good story, but not as good as aforementioned book.
8/10

currently reading 'under the dome'....good so far.

[Seth82]

just finished an amazing memoir called Borrowed Time by Paul Monette that came out during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the late 80's

details what it was like living with AIDS in those scary times circa 1985 thru 1986 when eventually Monette's partner Roger Horwitz dies from it

I give it a 9/10

[thedamndest]

The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck - 9/10

[Skippord]

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy - 8/10

Very good, but is the kind of book that should be read multiple times in order to really take it all in due to the writing style.
is it written like his other books? Or is there something different in it?

[FakeLaser]

Reading "Amerika" by Franz Kafka right now. It is pretty good. Will get black to you when I have completed

[thedamndest]

is it written like his other books? Or is there something different in it?

It' similar to his other books in that punctuation is different and he will cover a lot in a few sentences. There was just a lot going on and I had to go back a few times to figure out who was talking or who somebody was.

[Lui Kang]

"Theories and Conspiracies of The Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money" ~ Robert Kiyosaki.

9.5 / 10.

Very useful and shocking information that will help anyone that is interested.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck - 9/10

They made me read that in Middle School. :| I would probably have given it negative numbers had I just read it.

[Skippord]

It' similar to his other books in that punctuation is different and he will cover a lot in a few sentences. There was just a lot going on and I had to go back a few times to figure out who was talking or who somebody was.
oh I see. I can't decide if I like or hate the punctuation in his books.

[thedamndest]

They made me read that in Middle School. :| I would probably have given it negative numbers had I just read it.

I never had to read it in school but I would imagine I wouldn't have been into it at all at that age. I have reread a lot of books I was assigned and found them to be much more enjoyable now. I don't know if that means I had bad teachers or just wasn't "ready" for them.

[Seth82]

Currently reading the Andy Warhol Diaries

they show a daily account of his private life from 1976 til his death in 1987

Warhol was quite the interesting individual and I woulda loved partying at Studio 54 with him, Halston and Capote

8/10

[MoFo]

Has Mickey Rourke got an autobiog? If so, is it any good?

[Seth82]

just finished Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

one of the best books I've read this year and is really short so it's a quick read

Baldwin's descriptions of Paris are amazing

9/10

[thedamndest]

No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy 10/10

The movie is very close to the source so read this if you like Cormac McCarthy or liked the movie. We get a bit more insight into Chigurgh and a lot more into Sheriff Bell.

[Indifferent Clox]

Best American nonrequired reading

[Seth82]

just finished Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

the book that inspired the movie

was a pretty good book

8/10

basically a book version of the movie but with more details and information

[thedamndest]

Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway - 7/10 - Supposed to be his comeback novel but he killed himself before it was published. It was okay. Not my favorite Hemingway at all but a fairly quick read.

[Exyle]

Under the Dome by Stephen King. Finally got through that beast, and enjoyed it from cover to cover. As I thought it might be, this was reminiscent of The Stand in its scale. I'm not sure if this is quite as good as The Stand, but it's close. Definitely a "return to form" for Stephen King even though it's not exactly horror (more like a thriller/suspense king of thing).

Anyway, highly recommended. :)

[Swiss Ultimate]

WOT: Lord of Chaos 5/5

[FakeLaser]

Forgot about this

Amerika by Franz Kafka - 6/10. I liked it a lot at first and started to fucking hate it at the end

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 8/10. Good, not great.

[FakeLaser]

A Coney Island of The Mind - 10/10

Finally something incredible again

[Fox]

Forgot about this

Amerika by Franz Kafka - 6/10. I liked it a lot at first and started to fucking hate it at the end

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 8/10. Good, not great.

:-\ I love Siddhartha. What didn't you like about it? Also, have you read any of Hesse's other works? "Narcissus and Goldmund" is amazing.

[Fox]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu: 9/10

I've heard so much about this book from tons of cultural references and what not, but when I saw it in B&N a couple weeks ago for $5 I had to pick it up. It's pretty awesome. Very simply put but ingenious. I've been trying to apply his teachings to my every day life in terms of dealing with confrontations and relationships with people, and I've actually found some of them to be very effective in a positive way.

My only complaint is that it might be TOO simply put. I thought that his methods and ideas would be delved into a bit deeper - each chapter is only 4-5 pages long.

[ron the dial]

ham on rye - charles bukowski
9/10

after hearing all about bukowski for years but not making the effort to read any, i picked this up at borders last night. read the whole thing in 4 hours. his writing style is so succint but packed with more truth than most people could hope to write with. sure, it's a bit bleak, but i'm looking forward to reading more. probably moving to factotum next.

[FakeLaser]

:-\ I love Siddhartha. What didn't you like about it? Also, have you read any of Hesse's other works? "Narcissus and Goldmund" is amazing.
It's not that I didn't like it, but I can't just be throwing down 9's and 10's to everything. Have to "Fucking Love" something to give it a 9 or a 10. 8 is for things that are really good but I don't put them in my upper echelon.

Also, WeX, read Post Office. Factotum is pretty good too. Women is up there for me too. Pretty much all of Bukowski's books are the same exact thing though. I'd recommend checking out his poetry too, if you get a chance.

[Jeritron]

You still need to take up my suggestion of I Have The Right To Destroy Myself, Peter

[ron the dial]

factotum - charles bukowski
7/10

it's ok. it just felt like reading a different version of ham on rye that focused on work exclusively. i can relate to a lot of what's being talked about, but it just didn't engage me the same way as ham on rye. gonna give post office a shot after i'm done reading a farewell to arms.

[FakeLaser]

You still need to take up my suggestion of I Have The Right To Destroy Myself, Peter
Keep forgetting about this unit

Need to purchase it. MAYBE someone should buy it for me off of my Amazon Wish List :kiss::kiss::kiss::kiss::kiss::kiss::wave::rofl:

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Harper Lee - To kill a mocking bird 10/10

A fantastic book. It is one of those that after you've read a chapter you feel compelled to read another chapter and so on. Well, I did anyway.

[Confused]

Morrison / Quitely -Absolute All-Star Superman - 10/10

Read this when it came out as a series, and my brother is such a fan of Morrison and Quitely that I decided to buy this as his Christmas present.

Brilliant stuff. Great story and art, that, especially in this format, is absolutely magnificent.

And that issue with Pa Kent! Jesus. Great stuff.

[SammyG]

Basketball Diaries-Jim Carroll

8-10

[Nark Order]

In Fifty Year We'll All Be Chicks- Adam Carolla

I've been listening to the guy on radio and podcasts forever but this is really all of his best material in a neat manageable package. Some really brilliant stuff in here. Started reading it again last night.

Also reading Patton Oswalt's book right now. Let you know when I finish.

[Kapoutman]

Reading "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. Very interesting so far.

Also finished the first novel in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. Awesome book.

[cardsharkrob]

James Patterson "Cross Fire" 5/5 another excellent book in the Alex Cross series. I can't wait till the next one which I believe will be a crossover book.

[Kapoutman]

American Gods was an amazing read. One of the best book I have ever read. 10/10

[Skippord]

The Sirens Of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut: 10/10

I love Kurt Vonnegut and very much enjoyed this.

[Snowden]

The Sirens Of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut: 10/10

I love Kurt Vonnegut and very much enjoyed this.

FANTASTIC read, loved it myself.

"Catching Fire" by Richard Wrangham - 8/10

Really interesting book on how the advent of cooking was a key catalyst in the evolution of humans from apes.

[Skippord]

Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut: 10/10 - really making me question my philosophy on life

Choke - Chuck Palahniuk: 9/10 - Enjoy Palahniuk a lot, also a bit disturbed at how much I identify with the main character

[Skippord]

Rant - Chuck Palahniuk: 9/10 - a bit confusing, but I really like the oral history format.

[thedamndest]

Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis - 8/10

[RGWhat316]

Not finished yet, but currently reading Jericho's new book. Very interesting and entertaining read so far. Especially since it seemed he couldnt do anything right his few months in the company.

[Midnight Prince]

Jesus' Son - Denis Johnson: 10/10 - switches between funny and depressing seamlessly. i had to finish it as soon as i started reading.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Frank Herbert - Dune 8/10

[Seth82]

just finished Backing Hitler by Robert Gellatelly

Haven't read nonfiction for awhile but decided to read this the other day

it was an alright book but it seemed like no one edited it and proof read it

but it was interesting as it talked about exactly what the german people knew about what was going on and what they were doing at the concentration camps

I give it a 6/10

[ron the dial]

reading atlas shrugged. damn. not done yet. but damn. woman knows how to spin a yarn.

[Skippord]

Jailbird - Kurt Vonnegut: 10/10

probably just going to rate all of his books 10/10 spectacular

[Seth82]

currently I've been reading an interesting biography on Cary Grant by Marc Eliot

it's been really good so far as I am about halfway finished with it

[Sixx]

Dean Koontz - Strangers. 8/10

Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol. 7/10

I enjoy Dan Brown's books, but as usually I expected a retarded ending and he hasn't disappointed me.

[FakeLaser]

Herman Hesse - Rosshalde: 5/10

This book pissed me off

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Mark Twain - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 7/10

I liked it. But it does not touch Huck Finn.

[seapig4]

Just read V for Vendetta, I thousand times better than that shitty film.
Also just bought Neil Gaimans American Gods anybody read it?

[Fox]

Herman Hesse - Rosshalde: 5/10

This book pissed me off

Not his best work, by any means. "Peter Camenzind", "Steppenwolf" and "Narcissus and Goldmund" are all considerably better. I still haven't made it through "The Glass Bead Game" yet. Incredibly complicated.

[Fox]

http://www.davidsheff.com/images/51w5rnobg8l._aa240__1_.jpg

"Tweak" by Nic Sheff
6/10

Found his writing style to be extremely simplistic, but I guess that's what I should've expected from a drug addicted fiend, and it also suits the material of the book as well. Some of the stories were interesting, mostly the first section when he's on the streets and living for nothing but his next shot of heroin/coke. But nothing amazing here.

[Fox]

http://bloggingexperiment.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/art-of-war.jpg
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu
8/10

Enlightening. Even though I'll never be commanding giant armies into battle, this book can help you learn how to deal with every day situations and difficult people with ease and with a higher percentage of a victorious outcome.

http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/metamorphosis_and_other_stories.large.jpg
"Metamorphosis & Other Stories" by Franz Kafka
7/10

What the fuck is all I can say about Kafka's work. It's like his stories don't make any sense, but at the same time you feel like he's written them so that they do make sense in the way that they DON'T make any sense at all... mind fuckers, to be sure, and leave you wondering what the hell you just read and what it really meant to the man who wrote it. Good stuff.


About to start Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers" tonight.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men 10/10

[mitch_h]

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace, tackled this monster and I feel pretty good about it. It's funny, sad, sprawling and difficult, but definitely worth the time.

[Fox]

Alexandre Dumas - "The Three Musketeers": 7/10

I can see why it's a classic. About mid-way through the book I started wanting to really finish it and find out what happens next. I like all the characters, even if the three musketeers all seem a lot alike to me. Sucked that D'Artagnan didn't get his girl in the end, but pretty sweet that they chopped off that bitches head.

[Skippord]

Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk: 8/10 would be a 9, but the ending kind of confused me.

[Skippord]

American Gods - Neil Gaiman: 10/10, really enjoyed it

felt like an idiot for not understanding Low Key-Lyesmith

[Skippord]

Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut: 10/10

usual Kurt Vonnegut grade

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited 9/10
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby 8/10

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

George Orwell - Animal Farm 8/10

Simple but effective.

I'm off to rock the Shakespeare now with A Midsummer Night's Dream and MacBeth, before attempting Joyce's Ullysses for a second time.

[Snowden]

The Alchemist - 9/10

Wonderful wonderful parable.

[mitch_h]

Cloud Atlas is a brilliant book. You should check out Mitchell's other books if you haven't already. Ghostwritten is similar in scope and style, with several interweaving stories. number9dream and Black Swan Green are somewhat different but still brilliant.

Still have to read number9dream, but I did just finish The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet. Don't know if you've gotten around to reading it yet but it is quite good, another departure for him and the research must have been insane. I usually feel that most contemporary novels are too long but I kinda wish this would have been 100 pages longer.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream 8.5/10
Shakespeare - Macbeth 9/10

[DrA]

Did you buy one of those ten volume classic literature collections

[DrA]

That isn't a "quiet shot" or anything. My uncle has one of those and it pretty much had every relevant work of literature known to man.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

No I just occasionally buy a play when I feel like reading Shakespeare, which I do at the moment. Currently reading Romeo and Juliet, which I read ten years ago for school, but feel the urge to read again. Going to buy Othello and Much a do about nothing next month.

[Razzamajazz]

brock lesnar's autobiography

don't waste the money

[Taker it Easy]

The Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, 5 out of 5 stars.

[Jura]

The Alchemist - 9/10

Wonderful wonderful parable.

Same, I think.

[OssMan]

The Notebook

Pretty good, a little sad. Everyone is living in the past in this book.

[Seth82]

Live Fast Die Young: My Life with James Dean by Jonathan Gilmore

really interesting bio on James Dean

Gilmore was a close friend of Dean's before he became famous

he doesn't hesitate to go into detail about Dean's sex life and about the times the two fooled around

and he really paints a portrait of Dean's personality as you really get to understand him

this book did not sit well with alot of his older fans who to this day refuse to believe he was gay

but I thought it was very good and would say it's an 8/10

[thedamndest]

Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell - 7/10

A little heavy on Lincoln but probably because it's Lincoln. Keeps the subject fairly light and is very readable.

[OldSchoolFan]

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/2609-1/%7B70E1AE23-B896-429E-89B5-6FD46180D31F%7DImg100.jpg


8/10

[Kapoutman]

Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman 8/10

Some pretty good short stories in there, but a couple of them looked almost unfinished. You should still read it just for "A Study in Emerald".

Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman 10/10

My favorite Gaiman book. In my opinion, better than American Gods. Characters are more charming, less brooding than Shadow is in AG. It's genuinely funny in a lot of parts, and scary when it gets near the end.

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman 6/10

My least favorite book by this author out of those I've read. It's good, but I didn't feel as invested in the characters, and the setting didn't really grab me either. Just not my type of story, I think.

Yeah, I was a bit on a Neil Gaiman kick lately.

[Kapoutman]

John Dies At The End - David Wong 7/10

It's both a horror novel and a comedy novel. It manages to be both very convincingly, but there's this two chapters span in the middle in which the story drags for a bit. The rest is top notch however. Legit scary, and surprisingly funny, even though there's a lot of dick jokes in there.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

W. Somerset Maugham - Of Human Bondage 9/10

[RiX1024]

The Inbetweeners Yearbook - 10/10 I love the show and the film and now I can say I love the book.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

W. Somerset Maugham - Moon and Sixpence 7.5/10

[The Gold Standard]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

10/10

The first season of Dexter was based off this book. I saw the TV series before reading the book, and the book was a little different than the series which was nice. I really liked the difference. It was a good and quick read.

I am currently in the middle of the second book, Dearly Devoted Dexter.

[Seth82]

People Like Us - Dominick Dunne

pretty interesting read

7/10

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Still have to read number9dream, but I did just finish The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet. Don't know if you've gotten around to reading it yet but it is quite good, another departure for him and the research must have been insane. I usually feel that most contemporary novels are too long but I kinda wish this would have been 100 pages longer.

Woops, didn't notice this reply. Yeah I read all about Jacob de Zoet, another great book and fascinating story. Like you I could have read a lot more of it. His style of writing is almost hypnotic at times.

I'm currently reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, on to the second book. Pretty good stuff, although not as fantastic as Dance Dance Dance, Norwegian Wood or Kafka On The Shore for me yet.

[mitch_h]

Woops, didn't notice this reply. Yeah I read all about Jacob de Zoet, another great book and fascinating story. Like you I could have read a lot more of it. His style of writing is almost hypnotic at times.

I'm currently reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, on to the second book. Pretty good stuff, although not as fantastic as Dance Dance Dance, Norwegian Wood or Kafka On The Shore for me yet.

I'm actually reading IQ84 as well, i'm about halfway through the first book and it's solid so far. I don't know how much of Murakami's oeuvre (hate this word but whatever) you've gone through, and while I love the three books you mentioned above, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle and Hard-Boiled Wonderland... are def my two favourites. So if you haven't gotten to those yet you're in for a treat.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I'll stick an order in for them now, cheers.

[DLVH84]

Everybody Wants Some - The Van Halen Saga - Van Halen 10/10
Red - My Uncensored Life in Rock - Sammy Hagar 10/10
No Regrets - Ace Frehley 10/10
Unbound - Metallica 10/10
Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal 10/10

[Kane Knight]

Skipping books I've been re-reading, and instead going with the most recent new one:

Scarlet: 7/10.

I love Stephen Lawhead's narrative retelling Robin Hood as a Welsh nobleman, but the second book still has some of the flaws of the first. Namely that the well-crafted parts are interrupted by parts that drag so much they border on painful to read.

Lawhead would benefit from better editing or maybe stronger criticism. Otherwise, this would probably be a 9/10 or possibly even 10/10 (I'm a sucker for the source material and Welsh stories).

[OssMan]

Seventh Son - Orson Scott Card

Enjoyable, interesting commentary on religion and a fictional America.

A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card

Part of the Ender's Game series which brough back a lot of nostalgia. This really is more like a short story. Also interesting religious commentary.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned 8/10

[Iop]

Back of a snapple bottle label - Snapple Beverage Corp.

9/10. Informative, fairly creative...dunno

[Outsider]

A Game of Thrones - 8/10 - Took a while to get going, and the large range of background characters makes it difficult to keep up sometimes, but fantastic read which just continues to build and build the tension throughout.

[Good News Gertie]

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

http://quarterlyconversation.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by-junot-diaz.jpg

8.5/10

[Ripper]

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman 6/10

My least favorite book by this author out of those I've read. It's good, but I didn't feel as invested in the characters, and the setting didn't really grab me either. Just not my type of story, I think.

Yeah, I was a bit on a Neil Gaiman kick lately.

It was written for the BBC as a series first then re-written into a novel, because it was done 'backwards' Gaiman has said himself he was never 100% happy with the way it turned out.

The series is pretty hit and miss although it does have Peter Capaldi in it as The Angel.

[Swiss Ultimate]

It was written for the BBC as a series first then re-written into a novel, because it was done 'backwards' Gaiman has said himself he was never 100% happy with the way it turned out.

The series is pretty hit and miss although it does have Peter Capaldi in it as The Angel.

Ripper needs to post more.

[Kane Knight]

A Game of Thrones - 8/10 - Took a while to get going, and the large range of background characters makes it difficult to keep up sometimes, but fantastic read which just continues to build and build the tension throughout.

Kinda wish the samples would go further in. I hear great things, but like you said...Slow start.

[Taker it Easy]

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 5/5

[Seth82]

recently I read Official and Confidential, The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover by Anthony Summers

8/10

and am now starting A Separate Peace by John Knowles

[Pintint]

The American Senator - Anthony Trollope.

6/10.

Started off very interesting, but quickly got diluted into an endless array of "social life" scenes, and basically, rich people and their problems. The main plot that was introduced at the beginning basically did not get adressed until the very end...

Nowhere near as good as Trollope's other works, such as Barchester Towers.

[Blitz]

Roger Ebert-Life, Itself: 7/10. Seems like less a biography than a collection of blogs with a bunch of stuff about his childhood. But he's still a fantastic author.

[Requiem]

Really couldn't tell you what happened in each individual book specifically, as the whole thing has sort of melded together into one giant story, as do most 'series' I read. So it's hard to tell exactly where I've read certain story points. However, I'll give a general statement of each.

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones - 9/10
Really fucking good intro to the series. I'll say that I was somewhat spoiled by seeing the TV show first, but I picked this up after and was surprised how closely the show followed the book. Still, book was even better.

A Clash of Kings - 8/10
Really good build-up, not as good as the first book IMO, but carried the story on great. Still, most of the book seemed like a build-up to book 3. Not enough Daenerys, although there never seems to be enough of her in any of these books really. Jon Snow is a badass.

A Storm of Swords - 10/10
Third book of the series, and easily the best. One of the best fantasy fictions I've ever read. The build-up was never dull, and once the book hit its rhythm, I was on the edge of my seat. Or bed/pillow as it were. Lots of laugh out loud moments, most notably from Tyrion. Incredible book. Tyrion is genius in this book. His character is witty, clever, and is sick of being pushed around. Fantastic. You just can't help but be overjoyed when certain things happen.

A Feast for Crows - 7/10
Weakest book of the series, although it was still good. For those unaware, this book and the following are 'essentially' one book. They were going to be a single book, but the author decided it was too long and decided to split up the timeline a bit and divided characters/regions of the world between the two. This book gave a lot of insight into characters we hadn't really seen much before, and opened up new regions of the world to us. However, they weren't the characters that I'd already come to love, and so it was somewhat of a letdown. Still, lot of good storytelling. I only hesitate to give it a 6 due to the amount of a certain Lannister and how satisfying his portion of the book was. Really loved learning about his character and hearing his perspective. Also, a certain Stark character was great to read about. The part of this book I just didn't care about were the perspectives of the Iron Island characters. I just.. didn't care about them. There was too much of them in it for me to give the book an overall higher rating. We could have learned about them more indirectly and I would have been happier.

A Dance with Dragons - 7/10
Picked back up as it went back to the viewpoints of characters I loved. Still not enough Daenerys. Damn you George R.R. Martin! However, it was great seeing Tyrion again and the story set up the next fairly well and left me wanting more. The drama at the wall left me wondering where the next book is going to take us. There's just so many options that could happen.

[KayfabeMan]

Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture

9/10

Honestly, probably one of the best wrestling reads I've ever picked up. The book is SO much more than just a biography on GG - which is great in itself, because there is just so many fascinating details on his life and interesting insights from friends / family, etc. - it's really a time period piece that paints a vivid picture of the many amazing changes in our history throughout the decades that it takes place in.

Great book, with quotes and info. from John Waters, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Ali and many others - after reading this, it [his story] definitely deserves a Showtime / HBO mini-series of some nature.

[BigDaddyCool]

Fellowship of the Ring: 7/10. A masterful work in world building, but no where near as good as the hobbit. And a bit laborious to read, but still a great story.

A Game if Thrones: 9/10, It takes a few chapters for it to get rolling and man live when it does I could hardly out it down.

A Clash of Kings: 10/10. The fastest I have ever read a book of 1000+ pages.

Currently on Storm of Swords. Tell you later how I liked it.

[Good News Gertie]

Pulphead: Essays by John Jeremiah Sullivan

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

8.5-9/10

[Seth82]

finished A Seperate Peace - 8/10

am now trying to read the huge gigantic Andy Warhol Diaries again

pretty good stuff so far

[Kris P Lettus]

Something From the Nightside-Simon R Green

7.5/10

Gritty hardnosed detective novel full of horror and a bit of fantasy..

The Hobbit (for the tenth time)

10/10

Just getting pumped for the movie.. It's in my top 5 books of all time and is so much better than the LOTR or The Silmarillion..

Resolution-Robert B Parker

Not really into westerns but I picked this up at the library for $1.. It was Gritty, bloody, full of actions and all around badassedness.. Might read more westerns now..

8/10

Currently reading Magic Kingdom For Sale: SOLD!-Terry Brooks.. It is an amazing story of a lawyer who after his wife's death buys a Magic Kingdom only to find out it is in shambles and he is determined as the new king to restore the whole world..

Gonna def read more of this guy's books..

[Kris P Lettus]

Oh I also read both Inkheart and the sequel Inkspell by Cornelia Funke.. Liked the sequel better but both are easy reads and any fantasy fan should enjoy them..

(even though they are kinda kids books :$)

[Kane Knight]

The Noble Fool: The Hungering Saga. 2/10.

I might have given it a 1, but I didn't finish it. Here's a summary of the first fifth of the book:

Dude gets accosted by scary dude. Dude wakes up, nothing happens. Dude gets attacked, nothing happens. Dude wakes up in a hospital ward, nothing happens. Dude finds out he's been "chosen," exposition, nothing happens. Talk about training, nothing happens.

I tried to stick with it, hoping setup eventually gave way to something good, but no.

Other recent books:

The Academy: 6/10
The Anathema: 7/10

For the above, books of the Central series, take a shot every time there's a fair comparison to Harry Potter.

Mercury Falls: 10/10. Must read if you're a Doug Adams fan, or just like humour.
Mercury Rises: 9/10. A little bit of sequilitis, and a little less content than there could be, but almost as good as the first.

[Kane Knight]

Something From the Nightside-Simon R Green

7.5/10

Gritty hardnosed detective novel full of horror and a bit of fantasy..


Is that the first book in the series? Simon Green's work was promoted in several books I've read.

[Kris P Lettus]

I dunno.. That main character could have been a continuation but this was a self sustaining story..

I buy most of my books randomly at the library for $1 a piece..

[Blitz]

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline-9/10. Adored it :heart:

[Kane Knight]

I dunno.. That main character could have been a continuation but this was a self sustaining story..

I buy most of my books randomly at the library for $1 a piece..

Looks like it is. Most novels I read in series are self-contained anyways. Pisses people off if it doesn't work that way.

[Kris P Lettus]

Currently reading Magic Kingdom For Sale: SOLD!-Terry Brooks.. It is an amazing story of a lawyer who after his wife's death buys a Magic Kingdom only to find out it is in shambles and he is determined as the new king to restore the whole world..

Gonna def read more of this guy's books..

9/10

Any fan of fantasy should read this.. I'm gonna go get Sword of the Shannara cause it is the first book in a series that seemingly ran through his whole career..

[Kane Knight]

Ran? He's done a Shannara book in the last year. :p

(My mom looooooves Terry Brooks so I grew up on his books)