What are you reading these days?

[Quenners]

I have the duel language edition.

[Revan/anakinjmt]

Who knew it would be so hard to secure one copy of a book? FROM A LIBRARY?

Heh...you think that's bad, you shoulda tried to get a copy of Order of the Phoenix for the first...oh...14 months AFTER it came out. I'm not kidding here either. I had to wait 14 MONTHS to read the book. Guess the HP fans went loco at the idea of a new book after 3 years. 'Course, now that I've joined them, I understand what they were going through.

C'mon, Jo, finish 7 already!

[Quenners]

I read in a newspaper that there was this girl who wanted the 6th HP book really badly but she couldn't get it, so she borowed a copy from one of her friends overseas, and copied it down longhand in approximately nine spiral notebooks. Now that's what I call obsessive.

[stix]

I have the duel language edition.

Ah, nothin' beats two languages locked in an epic duel for the freedom of mankind.

[Sister_Bad]

I forgot to but Beowulf on my reading list... Anyway I'm in the final climacting chapters of Oliver Twist. I'm just now realising why some people call Dickens dark. *SPOILER ALERT!!!*
*SPOILER ALERT!!!*
*SPOILER ALERT!!!*

Poor Nancy... Sikes disgusts me for what he did... I miss Dodger. I don't know why but I loved every scene with him in it. I think I liked that he was young but still daring. I don't know...


Anyway I have a reading list I made myself (not for school) of classic books I want to read.

[Alexisonfire]

Just finished reading the Da Vinci Code. And I have to say, it was the best book i have read in the 4 months (which coincidentally is the last time I read a book). It was pretty good. Not perfect but good. But the thing that truly makes a novel great is that inability you get to set it down. When that happens, you know you've stumbled upon a good book.

[Sister_Bad]

I know what you mean. My favorite book ever was probably Full Tilt. I literally could NOT put it down. I started it in the morning and finished it at about noon still in my pajamas with my hair unbrushed. I also read the 2nd Max Ride book in one day. And that one was around 400-500 pages long.

[Conner]

I just read Animal Farm, it was interesting, but I don't like unhappy books, so I didn't really like it too much.

[The Red Dragon]

I just read Animal Farm, it was interesting, but I don't like unhappy books, so I didn't really like it too much.

Those Soviet dogs. (and pigs)

I also read the 2nd Max Ride book in one day. And that one was around 400-500 pages long.

If you mean Maximum Ride, I'd just like to point out that the chapters average around four pages or so, meaning you get a lot of empty space at the end of a chapter (sometimes up to three-quarters of a page!) and a bit at the beginning of a chapter (a bit less then a quarter of the page, above the huge chapter number). Not that they aren't good books, they're just really short and inflated good books.

[Sister_Bad]

True. I've finished Oliver Twist now and loved the ending. Although the last 5 or so chapters clued me in to why Charles Dickens is considered dark and gory. I'm going to read The Pearl as soon as my request comes in at the library... I'll let you know how good that book is.

[that_lufis]

I just finished reading The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green.

It was pretty good, a bit too much cursing, but eh, c'est la vie. What I really don't get is the reviews on the back cover calling it humerous when it's obviously not. I don't think I laughed once.

I'm now reading Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, but I think I'll probably return it to the library. It turning out to be a bit too philosophical for my taste.

[ACPigeon]

Right now, I'm reading Ghosts And Other Grisly Things, a collection of short stories by Ramsey Campbell, who is pretty much the British Stephen King. Sometimes it's pretty hard to figure out what he's talking about, but once you do, they're really good stories.

[Sister_Bad]

Okay I read The PEarl, The King of Creeps, Quiver and (don't laugh) Peter Pan.

I LOVED The Pearl although is was very sad.
The King of Creeps was a fairly new book. It was by the writer of Spongebob so it was pretty funny. It didn't take me long to read but it was pretty good. I noticed a plot hole or two but it was his first book so I didn't abandon the author completely. I might read his next book.
Quiver was a great book. It was one where they take greek myths and make a novel out of it. This was a story of Atalanta and her suitors. There was 'cut-scenes' of Apollo talking to Artemis, Apollo talking to Eros, and Eros talking to Aphrodite, scattered throughout the book. I very nice book overall. It didn't take me long to read.
Okay Peter Pan, took me longer than I thought it would. What can I say it's a classic! I loved it!

Okay I'm waiting for some books from the library which are, Tuck Everlasting, Treasure Island, and Big Fish. I'll log back on in a few days and tell you how I liked those.

[tape-leg]

Treasure Island

I did a book report on Treasure Island in sixth grade.  It was really boring.  I was probably too young to appreciate it, but from what I remember, I doubt I'd like it any more now.

Two days ago I finished The Partner by John Grisham.  Long story short: an unhappy lawyer faked his death so he could run away, and stole $90 million dollars shortly after.  Four years later he gets caught, gives back the money, and pretty much gets away with it unpunnished.  I could not conceive any moral or message of any kind in this book.

[Deputy Laser Action]

Ew, Treasure Island. I did a seventh grade book report on it. I couldn't understand a word of it, so I found a summary online and did my report from that. Got an A. I'm not really interested in any books right, just waiting for the last Series of Unfortunate Events.