The Reading Thread

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:07 pm

Panfan wrote:Albert, I think the saying is: "Different stokes for different folks."

Eh, it got your attention, didn't it?

Panfan wrote:The Great Gatsby is actually my mom's favorite book!

Cool!

Panfan wrote:I'm going to check out "A Walk to Remember", and "The Notebook" tomorrow from the library. Could anyone post their thoughts on them? Even the films, since I assume they're alike.

Sparks is a love/hate kind of guy. You'll either fall in love with his sentimentally-sweet stories or hate that they're so sentimentally sweet.

The Notebook will likely always be my favorite of his (and one of two I actually own, I've simply borrowed the others but never felt compelled to actually own them.), and the movie adaptation is one of the best I've seen (for movie adaptations of books). I remember hearing about the book in '96 on "Oprah" (yeah, yeah) and getting it at Borders a couple weeks later out of curiosity.

A Walk to Remember is the other Sparks novel I own, though I can't seem see it on my bookshelf right now (Jane borrowed it a couple years ago, so it's probably in her room). The movie was nice, but I didn't really care for it. Maybe because I pictured other people Landon and Jamie, and couldn't warm up to Shane West and Mandy Moore (they're good as *a* Landon and Jamie, but they're not *my* Landon and Jamie, if that makes any sense).

albert

DaveWadding · Post by **DaveWadding** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:54 pm

I started The Princess Bride today and read the 1st 60 pages.

Chernabog_Rocks · Post by **Chernabog_Rocks** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:03 am

I finished Wheel of Time book 8, The Path of Daggers. There was one part that made me all teary eyed, I almost had to put it in the freezer

(like Joey did in Friends).

Now I'm on book 9 Winters Heart.

Disney's Divinity · Post by **Disney's Divinity** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:51 am

I'm currently re-reading the HP series (at beginning of OotP just now). Yeah, I've read it so many times before, but this is the first time since the final book was released and I thought it'd be nice to read the series as a whole for once. After that, I'm going to try reading some actual classics that I've never got around to. I haven't read anything in forever, and I was thinking about Great Expectations, Little Women or Gone With the Wind. I've seen films of all three and the books are always better.

wdwnut4life · Post by **wdwnut4life** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:53 pm

another HP fan!! I'm reading Deathly Hollows & Twilight to get me ready 2 c the movie this busy thanksgiving weekend!!

happy holidays everyone!!!!

DaveWadding · Post by **DaveWadding** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:13 pm

DaveWadding wrote:I started The Princess Bride today and read the 1st 60 pages.

Finished it last night. Have to head to the library today.

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:38 pm

Disney's Divinity wrote:and I was thinking about Great Expectations

Never, ever, ever, ever read Great Expectations!!!!! It is probably the worst book (well, it came out as a serial) ever written!

Seriously, I had to read it for English and I don't think a single person (except for my teacher) read it because it was so terrible. If you want to read a boring book, go ahead. But: beware...

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On a different not, I'm a little bit past the middle of New Moon. Now, I know that I said I would quit after Twilight but I usually like to finish a book series unless it is completely impossible. NM is definetly less interesting than Twilight but is totally predictable (for instance: I knew that Jacob was a werewolf, it was pretty much stated in the last book and is a dead give away in New Moon). Though it is getting slightly better than the last 200 pages, I heard that this book and Eclipse are the worst of the "Saga," so I'll have more boredom reading the next book. At least I already know what is going to happen in Breaking Dawn so I won't completely be bored.

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There, that's better
sorry

blackcauldron85 · Post by **blackcauldron85** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:17 pm

Sequel, you might want to edit your post- the text you made white (your spoiler) did not become white. I didn't read it, because I don't want anything spoiled, but just FYI!!!

potterrules93 · Post by **potterrules93** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:18 pm

In the midst of reading It by Stephen King it takes a while to get going. i have been reading it for about a month or so now( it has been hard finding time to read it with school and such) and am around page 500. it is very very very good and scares the sh*t out of me! i highly reccomend it. this is my 5th Stephen King book. i adore his books!
Ryn

TheSequelOfDisney · Post by **TheSequelOfDisney** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:32 pm

I just finished New Moon and my mom got Eclipse today so I'll probably start that in a little bit. My mom is still reading NM so I'll just have a head start on Eclipse

PeterPanfan · Post by **PeterPanfan** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:13 pm

Actually, Sequel, most Twilight fans love Eclipse...

I would rank them:

Twilight
Eclipse
New Moon
Breaking Dawn

I didn't really like Breaking Dawn because the characters were so...well, out of character. And I hated Jacob in it, although he was my favorite in the first three.

DaveWadding · Post by **DaveWadding** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:44 am

I started and finished Bones by Jonathan Kellerman yesterday.

PeterPanfan · Post by **PeterPanfan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:55 pm

I wanted to bump this to let everyone know about an amazing book I'm currentley reading.

Title: "The Lovely Bones"
Author: Alice Sebold
Page Count: 328
Summary:

In 1973, Susie Salmon is raped and murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey, a serial killer of young girls. She finds herself in Heaven, observing her family as they grieve for her. She also watches her killer who, having covered his tracks successfully, is preparing to murder again. Susie struggles to balance her desire for vengeance on Harvey and her desire to have her family recover from their loss.

I'm almost done with it, and highly reccomend it to everyone. A movie version is coming out in December with Rachel Weisz, Saorise Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Amanda Michalka, and Rose Mclver.

potterrules93 · Post by **potterrules93** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:24 pm

So since November, i have finished:
It by Stephen King
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (third time reading it)
and today, i finished
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
either later today or tomorrow I will start
A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
Ryn

Chernabog_Rocks · Post by **Chernabog_Rocks** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:48 am

Since my last post here I've finished Wheel of Time books 9, 10 and 11. Can't wait for 12 and am thinking of restaring the series just for the fun of it.

Black pearl · Post by **Black pearl** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:30 am

I want to read the Alice in wonder land book's. But there are loads out there.
witch are the original ones.
what ones would you recommend I should read?

Mason_Ireton · Post by **Mason_Ireton** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:35 am

Currently reading Peter Pan and the Secrect of Rundoon.

The story starts at Stonehenge, where Lord Ombra was seemingly destroyed in Peter and the Shadow Thieves. Though weakened he uses his power to possess others to gather himself together so that he can return to Rundoon.

Peter, wounded by the Scorpions (A tribe that invaded Mollusk Island), is kidnapped by Captain Hook along with the Lost Boys, but soon they are all captured by Lord Ombra and taken to Rundoon. There they are imprisoned in the dungeons of King Zarboff III, a cruel and vain despot in cahoots with the shadow beings.

Zarboff reveals his plan - to shoot rockets into space to make starstuff fall. The first attempt is successful, and he plans another, using the new starstuff to send the rocket even further. He does not know that the shadow beings intend the second rocket to rupture the fabric of the universe and cause it to collapse into nothingness. It falls to Peter to prevent the rocket from reaching its destination.

The Starcatchers series is a work of art very creative, gives an in depth look at Pan's backstory from a thrilling perspective and addin some reflectons to the orignal story. The tone stays in touch with Barrie's world and kepts the reader guessing of what's round the corner for the characters.

PeterPanfan · Post by **PeterPanfan** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:13 pm

Black pearl wrote:I want to read the Alice in wonder land book's. But there are loads out there.
witch are the original ones.
what ones would you recommend I should read?

There are only two Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and,

Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:12 pm

Let's see. All the books I've been reading.

The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd

Lord of the Rings trilogy-Tolkien

The Hobbit-Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales-Tolkien

Harry Potter(including the Tales of Beedle the Bard)-J.K. Rowling

Cry, the Beloved Country-Alan Paton

Inheritance Trilogy( at least Eragon and Eldest)-Christopher Pauolini

Forbidden City-William Bell

the Chocolate War-Robert Cormier

Beyond the Chocolate War-Robert Cormier

I am the Cheese-Robert Cormier

The Chronicles of Narnia(all 7 of them)-C.S. Louis

the Jungle-Upton Sinclaire

Animal Farm-George Orwell

1984-George Orwell

His Dark Materials(the Golden Compass, the Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass)-Phillip Pullman

the Catcher in the Rye-unknown

And a Hershey's cookbook I bought last time I was at the Hershey Store.

potterrules93 · Post by **potterrules93** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:25 pm

Cry, the beloved country AND Animal Farm. i feel soo bad for you!! those books were terrible! haha
just finished A Lion Among Men today. soon to start the lord of the rings! skipping the hobbit because i have tried at least 6 times to read and was bored to death each time! however i read some of fellowship and that was farr superior to the hobbit!
Ryn

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