After getting done with The Hunger Games Trilogy, I'm now re-reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.  My goal is to make it through the entire series this time.

Quote from: Maya Zimmerman on April 09, 2012, 04:21:21 PM
Hey, I'm actually just now reading A Wild Sheep Chase!  It was my introduction to Murakami, as it was the book on my uncle's coffee table, but I haven't read it through yet.  Did you manage to get it checked out?

Um, kinda. No. I put it on hold and they emailed when it came in and I left it on the holdshelf for 3 days and someone else got it. I'm lazily reading about north american sex and pair-bonding in the 17 and 1800s, and it's pretty dry stuff so it's taking longer than I expected. Also I just feel a little sheepish about putting another hold on the book I want. I'll get to it. I'm seriously overdue for a bit of actual storytelling.

Quote from: Felix on April 10, 2012, 03:14:47 AMAlso I just feel a little sheepish about putting another hold on the book I want.

Sheepish, eh? 

Also, a dry sex book sounds pretty rough.

Okay.  I'm going to stop with the puns now.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
next:  We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Quote from: Lynn Gabriel on April 09, 2012, 09:43:51 PM
After getting done with The Hunger Games Trilogy, I'm now re-reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.  My goal is to make it through the entire series this time.

Good choice! Although it really loses its way in the middle. Unfortunately Jordan himself died before the final book was published but they've brought in a substitute to finish his final book (split into 3 volumes, with the first 2 out already). Its a shame he didn't get to finish his works, but the new author (Brandon Sanderson) has added fresh impetus, listened to fans and changed the annoying repetitive parts and also cranked up the action so things actually happen! 

I've been reading a lot of the twentieth-century classics recently; I finished Mailer's 'The Naked and the Dead' and have just begun 'Catch 22' (which i'm embarrassed to admit never having read before  )

One of the helpful side effects of my recovery period - I've start reading at a reasonable rate again for the first time in a couple years. The last six weeks:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Young in One Another's Arms by Jane Rule
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Ash by Malinda Lo
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

Now I'm reading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying... and remembering what a pain it is to read Faulkner.

Quote from: Bexi on April 13, 2012, 06:28:43 PM
'Catch 22' (which i'm embarrassed to admit never having read before  )

Love that book. And my list of shame is 8 or 9 miles long now. Too much to read, too little time.

Quote from: Sarah7 on April 13, 2012, 06:38:23 PM
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson

I'm not into detective, whodunnit type books but I read the Millenium trilogy and thought they were outstanding, although I got the feeling that there were a few loose ends in the final book that paved the way for another book(s) ifnot for Larsson's unfortunate death.

Quote from: Sarah7 on April 13, 2012, 06:38:23 PM
Now I'm reading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying... and remembering what a pain it is to read Faulkner.

Faulkner to you must be what Cormac MacCarthy is to me  I've read most of his work, and they're all good books, but ->-bleeped-<--me its an arduous slog through Old West vistas, American colloquialisms interspersed with smatterings of spanish! Not much to relate to for someone across the pond!

Quote from: Sarah7 on April 13, 2012, 06:38:23 PM
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

If you get a chance, Freedom also by Frantzen is an extremely good read!

short story: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charolette P Stetson

Quote from: Andy8715 on January 03, 2012, 12:05:25 AM
11/22/63 by Stephen King.

It's really good so far, I'm a little over halfway through.

Can you tell I like Stephen King a little?

Just started this one as well.



Also, on a totally unrelated note:


http://eachvoicepub.com/PaintedPonies.php

Quote from: Lynn Gabriel on April 09, 2012, 09:43:51 PM
After getting done with The Hunger Games Trilogy, I'm now re-reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.  My goal is to make it through the entire series this time.

I want to buy The Hunger Games trilogy as well. Box set is pricey, though XD

Quote from: Bexi on April 13, 2012, 06:52:07 PM
If you get a chance, Freedom also by Frantzen is an extremely good read!

It's the one after next. Finished As I Lay Dying, currently reading All Quiet on the Western Front (translated - I don't speak German), then James Joyce's Dubliners, then Freedom.

I liked The Corrections a lot more than I expected. I think I was predisposed against Franzen due to the press storm that surrounds him. That and I tend to look a bit sceptically at any book that breaches 500 pages. But he's actually rather good. I really wasn't expecting Denise, she kind of won me over.

"The Witching Hour" by Anne Rice

"The Magical Household:  Spells and Rituals for the Home" by Scott Cunningham and David Harrington

Quote from: Sarah7 on April 15, 2012, 11:38:40 PM
It's the one after next. Finished As I Lay Dying, currently reading All Quiet on the Western Front (translated - I don't speak German), then James Joyce's Dubliners, then Freedom.

I liked The Corrections a lot more than I expected. I think I was predisposed against Franzen due to the press storm that surrounds him. That and I tend to look a bit sceptically at any book that breaches 500 pages. But he's actually rather good. I really wasn't expecting Denise, she kind of won me over.

I had to read AQOTWF as part of my German class at university and it was a nightmare! As soon as I'd finished, I watched the film and reread the english translation as soon as possible!

I agree about the media storm aspect of some authors being offputting. Sometimes if the thing doesn't live up to its reputation it can leave you a bit underwhelmed (like a few years ago, ALL my friends kept telling me "'Inception' is the best film EVER". I watched it and kept on expecting mind->blown but that never really happened. It was a good film but imho not worth the buzz). I've never tried to be one who follows the crowd but some things are really worth the hype.

Understanding Objectivism: A Guide to Learning Ayn Rand's Philosophy

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Currently on book two, A Clash of Kings.

At the moment, I am between a couple books.

Breathers: A Zombie Romance Story

Cinder (a retelling of Cinderella... set in the future... with robots. Oh yes)

Let the Right One In (I love the movie, the Swedish movie, and I wanted to read the book it was based off of).

Quote from: Maya Zimmerman on April 10, 2012, 09:44:50 AM
Sheepish, eh? 

Also, a dry sex book sounds pretty rough.

Okay.  I'm going to stop with the puns now.

Bahaha this is the first I've checked this thread in ages. I lol'd.

Gonna buck up and put in another hold. Finally finished the colonial american sexuality book a week ago and I've been reading dollar comics since.

Quote from: bballshorty on April 13, 2012, 09:13:03 PM
short story: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charolette P Stetson

I love that story.

'An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber' - poor man, he felt he had to write a book apologising for his life.

I'm reading "L'anglais correct Pour les nuls" (The correct english For dummies) and "Le jour des fourmis" the second book of the trilogy by Bernard Werber my favorite author ever.
After reading the trilogy of The Ants you will never want to walk on an ant ever again.