What are you reading/have you just read? Vol. 2

[DaveWadding]

last book I read was After the Death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields cause my eighth graders were reading it. Pretty sad.[/i]

[Scarred4life]

I finally finished Notre Dame de Paris, and I loved it. It is an amazing powerful book. Although, I did see Esmeralda finding her mother coming. It was pretty obvious.

[dvdjunkie]

In the middle of reading a great autobiography of one of the leaders of the Garage Punk bands of the sixties - Beyond the Garage by Sean Bonniwell.

Sean Bonniwell was the lead singer of The Music Machine who hit the charts big and hard with Talk Talk in the middle sixties.

A great combo with the book is the opportunity to buy the CD Bonniwell Music Machine - Garage Sale which contains all 31 recordings of their material. Great accompaniment to reading the book.

[Margos]

Reading Columbine right now. My gosh, what a depressing book. Just so blooming depressing. It reminds me of In Cold Blood, though.

I just finished reading The Tale of Genji. It's the world's first novel. I gotta say, though, it gets a little tedious at times. First of all, the author continually references poetry, some of which hasn't survived and so some of the jokes make no sense at all. And the plot is a little odd. Basically, it's about a son of a king who tries to get laid. And does it again. And does it again. And adopts a little girl with the hopes of raising her as his own and then getting in her pants when she's old enough. And he does! And then he's politically exiled, and gets laid some more. And then he comes back, more politics happens, and the book ends basically like "And then he decided to be a good dad to his kids and live the rest of his boring life! Yay!" So..... yeah, I don't really know. I liked it sometimes, though. It had its moments. I would recommend reading it just for historical significance, really.

[littlefuzzy]

I finished all of the Midnight Louie mysteries and the Irene Adler mysteries from Carole Nelson Douglas.

Now I'm in the middle of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques...

Someone mentioned they were starting them (maybe on another forum), and I realized I haven't read them in a while... I'm about 6 in, getting ready to start Mariel of Redwall.

[Scarred4life]

I just started the Artemis Fowl series, nothing like what I expected. An easy read, but a good read.

[PeterPanfan]

I just finished Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coehlo. It was my first book by that author, and I absolutely loved it. I would even call it one of my favorites. I'm eagerly anticipating the movie, coming to DVD in August, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar!

[littlefuzzy]

I just started the Artemis Fowl series, nothing like what I expected. An easy read, but a good read.

They are interesting... The Wish List is pretty interesting as well.

[littlefuzzy]

I finished up Redwall, and I read 3 of the Artemis Fowl books this morning...

[Scarred4life]

Read a book called Tweaked, about a drug addict. It was very short, but very powerful. I read the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy, and I can't decide which one I like better.

[tsom]

About to re-read LA Candy, then reading the sequel, Sweet Little Lies. Haven't read the first book since last summer, so I gotta refresh my memory.

Hey, it's summer! It's okay to read mindless books

[Kossage]

I recently finished reading Luova mieli (A Creative Mind) by Claes Andersson, and I'm currently reading through Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino.

[PixarFan2006]

I started reading The Shining a couple nights ago. So far, it's kind of slow, but I intend on reading the whole book.

[TheSequelOfDisney]

I'm currently reading This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper. It's good so far (I'm only about 40 or so pages in). I'm also getting Chronic City from the library yet (I forget who wrote it). I really just wanted to read since I've been off school but I've kind of had no motivation to do so. I'm sure I'll get to them eventually...

[Margos]

Just finished Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. I liked it a lot better than I liked Slaughterhouse Five. Still, the pacing felt a little odd to me. Oh well, the plot was very engaging, and the concept of Bokononism quite interesting.

[Scarred4life]

Who Stole My Cheese?!!. A lovely, lovely parody about money and corporate management.

[littlefuzzy]

Ive been reading various Eoin Colfer books (Artemis Fowl), including an interesting one called Click that was by him and 9 other authors, each one with a chapter.

I've only read 4 of the Artemis Fowl books so far, I need to pick up some reserves at the library for the rest.

I've also read The Supernaturalist, The Wishlist, Half-Moon Detective Agency, and even a couple of his younger readers' books The Legend of Spuds Murphy and The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World.

While I was waiting for those reserves, I started reading the original Star Trek episode adaptions by James Blish, I've read 4 of the books today (5-6 episodes each) .

[SmartAleck25]

I recently finished Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. It was very moving, unpredictable, and touching (for example, Beck surviving despite his disabilities). It did get rather off-topic at some points, but not often. The fateful day also came rather quickly, and almost felt rushed and confused (though this may have been what he himself was experiencing). I though Doug Hansen's death was the worse. After all he went through, he simply falls off the mountain due to his fatigue and lack oxygen/willpower. Same with Yasuko and Rob. It's still a great read, and I highly recommend it.

[supertalies]

Just started reading Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte. I have to read it next year for school, but I wanted to read it before the teacher said it, so I can read it at my own pace.

I don't really know what to think about the book. I starts really good, but I don't really know where the characters are heading...

[Widdi]

I'm reading Book 2 in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I really didn't expect to like these books after the previews for the movie, but they are pretty decent. A little juvenile, but decent nonetheless. I'll probably finish the series.