The Book Thread

[staceylala]

Ok me and Aria got very off topic in the 'pissed off' thread so, heres a book thread for us all... Post about your favourate books, authors, poems, poets..ect ect.
I would now, but I must sleep, so I'll leave you to it and return tomorrow.

[Boba]

I'm currently reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

I love it.

I also just finished The Third Lynx by Timopthy Zahn which was amazing, and Bill The Intergalactic Hero Volume II: The Planet Of The Bottled Brains. not so amazing. Really stupid... but hilarious.


Eh, I feel cheated now lol. We were tought about Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson ect ect at school and they don't teach about English Lit. over there? Dayum lol.

Sure we do... it's pretty standard to cover English literature in high school. Most fo my friend in their senior year are doing 20th century English lit, and they have to read all those poppycock Dickinson novels. I'm in community college now, though, so I get to read COOL English lit like Frankenstein and CS Lewis's Space Trilogy.

[spamwichx]

I get really bored of some books by the end of the first chapter. It have be something non-fiction or murder book to get me hooked.
I read a non-fiction book about some 14 year old girl that got killed by her babysitter because the babysitter wanted to be her.
That book was freaky but really cool. Can't remember the name.
Only book collection I have are a few Harry Potters (That were given to me, he sucks goat. Lol).
Read a chapter of a few Austens, got bored.
1984, not for me.
Lord Of The Flies, Creepy children.
To Kill A Mockingbird, ok.
Shakespeare, good, but I don't like that he put some other bit of plays he did into another. Like Much Ado About Nothing, That had a bit of Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth in it.
Next year we get to read Frankenstien. Somewhat I'm excited for that. I hope I don't get dissapointed.

[staceylala]

Woo, back from work lol. I can tell you all about my fave books WHOOP! lol
So.. As a given... Anything by Jeremy Clarkson... I know a lot of people dislike him and think he's rude/arrogant/racist/sexist/whatever, but he is a funny man and I think he's brill. His new book is out, I neeeeeeed to get it lol.

Also, I love the CSI books (written by various Authors)
Watchmen, thats a book, it counts lol. Trainspotting is one of my fave books (and films) of all time, Yet to read Porno though.

And my face childhood books are The very hungry caterpiller and Green eggs and ham <3

[Alex]

The last book i've read was There's No Such Place As Far Away by Richard Bach, for an oral presentation.

Its incredibly short (it only has like 7 pages of actual text, and each page only has 4 or 5 lines), but its very deep. Makes you think.

Speaking of which, i need to choose one for the presentation in a few months.

[tohis]

One of my most favorite books ever is And Then There Were None (originally Ten Little Niggers...) by Agatha Christie. Read it when I was about ten years old, thanks to my mom being a hugeass fan of detective stories, and was totally amazed at how awesome a book can be. After that, Agatha Christie was my most favorite author for quite some time, haha.

Then there's the usual classics such as Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Animal Farm by George Orwell*, both of which I recommend you to read (if schools haven't made you read them yet :P), The Lord of The Rings, etc etc. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx!!!

*Speaking of George Orwell, I still haven't read 1984. Shame on me, eh?

As for more recent, non-fiction books, I recommend e.g. Naomi Klein's books (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine...), The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs, and Gomorrah (orig. Gomorra, in Italian) by Roberto Saviano. Also, for lovers of economy (esp. stock trading), and for others too, Binge Trading - The Real Inside Story of Cash, Cocaine and Corruption in the City by Seth Freedman. And for all of us lovers of electronic music, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton.

And now I shall read Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries and Jack Trout, because if I read it well, I get OVER 9000 points from my boss. And then he'll lend me another book about marketing, yay!

[JPML014]

I'm currently reading Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov. I love all of his works. They are pretty awesome.

I have a lot of favorite writers, but I think the ones I like the most are Isaac Asimov, Michael Crichton and Jack London.

Also, my favorite book ever is The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. A bit slow, but it IS epic.

[DJ_Sam_909]

I'm actually more of a horror person. I like books by authors like Darren Shan and Anthony Horowitz. I only read the twilight series because it had vampires in it lol, they weren't bad I quite liked them but the film was absolutely crap in comparison!

I haven't really read many books that didn't have fantasy in them but I actually quite liked 'of mice and men' which I had to read for my english literature exam.

[R0B0T]

I'm reading right now Neil Gaiman's American Gods and I love it so far. I recommend.

The best book I've read so far is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Read it.

[spamwichx]

And my face childhood books are The very hungry caterpiller and Green eggs and ham <3

WIN! message a little too short :P

[Toxic Kitty]

Does anybody read the Warriors series by Erin Hunter? :3

[staceylala]

GUYS!!! Does anyone remember the Goosebump books?!

[Toxic Kitty]

GUYS!!! Does anyone remember the Goosebump books?!


ahh I used to be obsessed with those books as a child xD

[R0B0T]

GUYS!!! Does anyone remember the Goosebump books?!

I remember, but I didn't read much of them as a kid. I liked Animorphs better.

[staceylala]

Holy **** I collected like all of them I loved them lol. And they made TV show too... Good times lol

[Toxic Kitty]

Holy **** I collected like all of them I loved them lol. And they made TV show too... Good times lol

haha, me too. I actually still have all the books in my closet xD

[R0B0T]

Holy **** I collected like all of them I loved them lol. And they made TV show too... Good times lol

WHAT. TV show?? I didn't know that! I had Animorphs game for Nintendo color.

Also, some of the books were ghost written.

[staceylala]

WHAT. TV show?? I didn't know that! I had Animorphs game for Nintendo color.

Also, some of the books were ghost written.

For goosebumps they did, I dunno about Animorphs though lol

[R0B0T]

For goosebumps they did, I dunno about Animorphs though lol

Ahh. I remember the show. I want an Animorphs tv show or a movie . :<

Also, I totes meant Gameboy color and not Nintendo color.

[digital*aria]

Ahh. I remember the show. I want an Animorphs tv show or a movie . :<

Also, I totes meant Gameboy color and not Nintendo color.

Animorphs DID have a tv show. it was a series in the early 2000's.

[R0B0T]

Animorphs DID have a tv show. it was a series in the early 2000's.

WHY I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE? D: I have to dow-, I mean buy it!

[digitallove94]

I'm reading the Tom Waits Biography and it is brilliant! An insight into the world of a genius. If your a fan (which i suspect none of you have even heard of tom waits but its cool) then its a definite read.

[EarlGrey]

right now im reading earth the book by jon stewart, its hilarious

[staceylala]

Ooh yay! I'm glad this was revived.. Just so I could recommend 'Death Troopers' to you guys.. Zombie Storm Troopers... Whats not to love? lol. No but srsly, it is an AMAZING book and I highly recommend it.

[Spade]

I had to read The Giver by Lois Lowry for school. I love sci-fi, so obviously I enjoyed it, although the ending is unclear, which I didn't like...

[Daft*Muffin]

I had to read The Giver by Lois Lowry for school. I love sci-fi, so obviously I enjoyed it, although the ending is unclear, which I didn't like...

I want to read that book! My teacher is actually giving that to me after the book I am reading now. Glad to hear it's good.

Well, I am currently reading an Eric Walters book called War of the Eagles It is really great and talks a lot about racism and it the time is when the Japanese were at war with Canada. Not done yet, but it is really great.

[The Quiet One]

Just finished The Hunger Games series and currently working on The Maze Runner series, the Gone series, Cue for Treason and The Nine Lives of Travis Keating. I love books becuase they take me away from real life for awhile, same with music. I'm such a bookworm lol ^_^

[Trinoma]

I borrowed The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book from my library

[♪Musical♫]

I'm currently doing a essay on Frankenstein.

Yay me. ☻_☻

Also checked out how to DJ by Rob Wood from the library. Pretty good "how to" book.

[NNinja555]

My three favorite books, in order, are The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Little Brother, and Scott Pilgrim. Anything by Douglas Adams, I LOVE.

[Trinoma]

My three favorite in order, have to be A Clockwork Orange, Scott Pilgrim(kudos to you NNinja555), and The Outsiders.

EDIT: Oh yeah, BFG by Roald Dahl is good, too XD

[staceylala]

Oh yeh, I also Highly recommend Watchmen.

[Daft*Muffin]

Please, please, PLEASE tell me someone here has read Phantom by Susan Kay or Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux??? LOL sorry, weird obsessions...

[daft gamer2]

The Number Devil is a great book if you love mathematics, choke and haunted by palahniuk are great, the eragon books are sweet, I'm currently reading lotr and I love the vividness.

[M3311]

I adore reading. I'm the only person, apart from my English teacher, who reads for pleasure. I have read:

- The HP Series.
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy.
- The WoT series. [So far].
- Every Halo book concieved.
- Some of Garth Nix's work. [AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE FTW.]
- The Lovely Bones.
- Way too many Jacqueline Wilson books.
- Some mythological creature shtuff when I was in primary school.
- The Alchemist.
- Eragon and Eldest.

I am now re-re-re-re-re-reading the Bartimaeus Trilogy until I get the latest WoT book, or until I get 'Never Let Me Go', which my English teacher recommended to us.

[piroteki]

Never Let Me Go is good! it also kinda reminded me of the weird high school i went to, so there's that, but yeah it was good regardless. :] btw, it has a twist that i ruined for both myself and my brother by looking at the Library of Congress classifications on one of the first pages lol (idk if you guys have that sort of page over in Eire/UK. it tells you a couple categories the book would be classified under in a card catalog? it's like fine print, so it's not really something a normal person would read anyway. lol) if you do have it, though, don't look at it!!

[M3311]

Never Let Me Go is good! it also kinda reminded me of the weird high school i went to, so there's that, but yeah it was good regardless. :] btw, it has a twist that i ruined for both myself and my brother by looking at the Library of Congress classifications on one of the first pages lol (idk if you guys have that sort of page over in Eire/UK. it tells you a couple categories the book would be classified under in a card catalog? it's like fine print, so it's not really something a normal person would read anyway. lol) if you do have it, though, don't look at it!!

Oh, I heard all about the twist, and dw, I won't read about it anywhere else, I'll just buy the book and read it.

Oh, and have you heard of a book called 'The Perks of Being A Wallflower? I borrowed a friend's copy and loved it instantly, despite how it can be a little strange to read.

[Hiroko]

I just finished reading this book named Beloved for my AP English class.

I'm a reader, no doubt about it, but that book scarred me for life. ;_;

[Spade]

Right now, I'm about seven chapters into Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Another sci-fi read. It's great.


- The Lovely Bones.



I LOVE The Lovely Bones. Probably one of my favorite books.

[Daft*Muffin]

I remember reading a book in grade two called Don't Let m Die by Lindsay Caldwell. Very heavy book for grade two...It was awesome.