This. i wanted to change my habits and stop reading only fantasy/sf. Huge huge mistake. The only book that bored me like that was the Dead Souls (by Gogol).

I might go for the last book of the wheel of time if i happen to find it here

SweeTLemonS[TPR]

11739 Posts

May 19 2010 14:47 GMT

#143

I just read Prey my Michael Chrichton... EXCELLENT book. Starts off a little slow, then it sucks you in by about page 70 or so.

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

May 19 2010 14:55 GMT

#144

On May 19 2010 23:47 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:
I just read Prey my Michael Chrichton... EXCELLENT book. Starts off a little slow, then it sucks you in by about page 70 or so.

Yea Prey starts very slow but after a certain point you won't put the book down. I really enjoyed it.

Currently starting on book one of the Dresden Files...should have read it long ago but never started it. If all the books are like Book 1 I'll like it.

NonY

8751 Posts

May 19 2010 15:02 GMT

#145

Don Quixote lolol gr9 book

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

May 19 2010 15:09 GMT

#146

On May 19 2010 23:55 Jayme wrote:

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Made a deal with a friend to read Dresden Files if she'd read what I shove at her, now for me to borrow the books and finally complete the transaction

Care to elaborate on how Dresden Files are? Looking for ways to make a deal to force her into actually finishing up the rest of A Song of Ice and Fire, finding things to nitpick at with Dresden might help

Let's see, Japanese wise a bunch of light novels, no one cares about that. A dry spell for Chinese, don't feel like I have seen anything worth reading for the longest time. English wise I haven't been reading much since I finished A Feast of Crows other than some Bradbury short story collections.

On May 20 2010 00:02 Liquid`NonY wrote:
Don Quixote lolol gr9 book

Only in parts...some of the parodies seem to be completely beyond me. But I do love the parts where I don't need to be a Spaniard of that age to understand.

XeliN

United Kingdom1755 Posts

May 19 2010 15:09 GMT

#147

And

Can't say too much about either yet, although I love the way Neitzsche writes, and Greatest Show is looking to be very interesting.

shiftY803

200 Posts

May 19 2010 15:15 GMT

#148

Fantasy:

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Best new fantasy book I've read in a long while.

Rereading the Malazan series by Steven Erikson. Excellent writing, complex plots. Right now on the second book.

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

Historical:

Details the life and rise of Hideyoshi, the peasant man who would become the ruler of all Japan. In the age of the samurai, such a thing is nearly unthinkable, yet he did it.

Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa

Caesar needs no introduction. One of the most towering figures in all of history.

Caesar: Life of a Collosus by Adrian Goldsworthy

Sorry for lack of cover shots, but I'm rather limited here at work.

CandleJack

United States104 Posts

May 19 2010 15:16 GMT

#149

Reading this^, really interesting if you like math and its history.

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Listening to the audio version of this^, it's really good. best fantasy i've read since George R R Martin. May even turn out to be better depending on how the next book in the series turns out.

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

May 19 2010 15:36 GMT

#150

On May 20 2010 00:09 Ecael wrote:

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Made a deal with a friend to read Dresden Files if she'd read what I shove at her, now for me to borrow the books and finally complete the transaction

Dresden files has 12 books currently

Storm Front is the 1st one. Changes is the last one.

The most simple way I can look at it is really... it's somewhat like Harry Potter but with a target audience directed towards adults.

Obviously it's a bit more complex than that but the main character is not a fool pushover and the plots Jim Butcher comes up with are very very good.

Corrupt

Bulgaria1312 Posts

May 19 2010 15:38 GMT

#151

Paolo Coelho - Warrior of Light: A Manual
Ain't planning the read the whole thing, altho there are plenty of awesome stuff.

Groslouser

France337 Posts

May 19 2010 16:58 GMT

#152

i forgot, i read the Millenium trilogy by stieg larson (here is the first one) some time ago.

they are definitely worth reading.
Too bad the author died after finishing the trilogy he had talent.

88 Posts

May 19 2010 17:01 GMT

#153

Just started, but I hear it's really interesting if you're into small business.

ChApFoU

France2983 Posts

May 19 2010 17:10 GMT

#154

On April 20 2010 21:06 Not_A_Notion wrote:
This thread reminded me to actually take these out of the library
So cheers for that (obviously I am only reading the English translation of the first book, unfortunately I am too stupid and lazy to ever be bi-lingual)
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Good luck with Wittgenstein's, I honestly couldn't get past the 10th page. The style and structure of his writing is really messy, very diffent from the Tractatus (which I can't stand either but it's because I massively suck at formal logic).

HunterStarcraft

Canada249 Posts

May 19 2010 17:14 GMT

#155

Yay for readinggggg

ChApFoU

France2983 Posts

May 19 2010 17:21 GMT

#156

On May 19 2010 23:41 Groslouser wrote:
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Oh really ? I read it a few years ago and I thought it delivered. I guess it's a matter of taste since the book is very introspective.

If you're into fantasy and haven't read the first few Elrics by M.Moorcock you should. It's a must read for any fantasy fan. The storyline kinda runs out of steam in the later volumes but it's entertaining nonetheless.

I'm currently reading Proud Beggars (mendiants et orgueilleux) by Albert Cossery. It takes place in Cairo Egypt in the 40's. Pretty fucked up but interesting story and nicely written. Characters are highly couloured.