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Anyone reading any good books lately? I don't ever see any novel threads around here, so I decided to start one.

I'm currently reading "The Catcher in the Rye". It's SOOO good. I think I may read up all of the classic novels. The other day in the book store, I bought "The Grapes of Wrath", and "The Adventures of Tom Sawer". I'm not sure which one to read after "Rye".

So, is anyone reading anything? (and no, God damnit, porno is not reading).

i read catcher in teh rye in school, it was good. im not much of a reader though, too time consuming. i plan on reading the lord of the rings books soon when i get them for my birthday.

I haven't read Catcher in the Rye yet....and I don't know if I ever will....as for my own personal reading..well I've been reading TTT for at least the last month

Ahh. . . read some of the classics.

hmmm which ones....I have plenty I want to read and so little time...I did read a few of the classics....Eventually I want to read King Lear and some other Shakespeare plays....

the last book i read was one flew over the cuckoos nest. twas a great read, still enjoyed the movie more.

I haven't heard of either the book or the movie...was it a long book?
I don't read too much these days b/c I talk to you folks too long

you've never heard of one flew over the cuckoos nest? its one of the best movies ever made

really....when was it made...and do they have it at blockbuster?

I am reading "The Summons" by John Grisham, I like his books, they are usually good, this one is hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

yeah cuckoos nest can be found at almost every video store in the world, its known as a classic by most and is a very famous movie.

I started a thread about a book series I'm reading but queeq closed it.
I'm reading Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott, and I'm on the third volume, The Burning Stone, nearly finished actually!

STILL LOTR

I'm currently reading:
Real Estate Finance 7thed.
Real Estate Development 5thed.
Business & Corporate Finance.
Money & Banking

So as you can see, with all this school crap I have to read, the last thing I want is so dumb novel to start

Right now I'm reading 'Catholic Customs and Traditions'.

If magazines count, I get Cooking Light and Yankee. And my mom just got me a subscription to Oprah's magazine, "O".

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Very good, dear. Now tomorrow we'll learn P and Q.

Yes, I too am reading a book! (round of applause thank you very much!)

Its by Dean Koontz, sure most ahve heard of him, the FIRST EVER Dean Koontz I've actually put interest in... Its called "Lightening"

I started yesterday on the train on my way to uni, now i'm halfway through already!!

Me, I'm reading Video Girl Ai. Gotta love the manga GFX novels.

hmm..i've almost finished 'God emperor of dune' and i'll be starting on 'heretics of dune' soon.....longest bloody things i've read.
8 volumes ya hear..8!!

I'm reading the classics too Tomacco, I've been reading The Count of Monte Cristo lately and I read Crime & Punishment before that.

I have some Dickens books to read also but I'll grab a copy of your book if you say its that good.

don't read any books at the moment. too friggin many magazines. plus I'm reading Love HIna manga vol.3

dean koontz is good, ive read quite a few of his books. midnight is great.

I recently finished PREY by Michael Crichton which I very much enjoyed. Right now I'm reading Force Heretic I from the NJO, but I don't like it that much.

Am currently reading the new book by Terry Pratchett - Night Watch. TP is brilliant and I have read ALL of his discworld novels.

next stop after CoS is some TP's stuff, highly recommended by a college friend, who I knew at school!

It's all brilliant, you can borrow mine if you want, although I only have his discworld books and nothing else he has done yet, must give them a go actually.

I've gone back and begun to reread the LOTR trilogy. I've forgotten most of the real stuff...

What a coinky-dink, To. We are reading 'Tom Sawyer' in literature class.

Wow Corran, my mom loves TP's Discworld stuff. She keeps trying to get me to read it but I just don't have the time. Mrs.MM read Morris and his Amazing Mice and said it was funny for a kids book.

At Xmas TP was doing a book signing in B'ham so Mrs.MM (who works in the city centre) went and bought his new book and got it signed for my mom.

He wrote in it, "Happy Hogwatch", a reference to the Hogfather I believe?

Dexx, is that related to the Dune series by any chance ?
If so, think I could borrow them too ?

Mech, that is so cool. Happy Hogwatch is indeed a reference to the hogfather, who is loosely based on Father Christmas but death takes the role, I cannot actually express how cool that is. I extend my offer of lending my books to you also, I could drop them off sometime when I am passing through. I got Morris and his Amazing Mice for my daughter to read and she thought is was great, I may read it myself.

I'm still reading "The Catcher in the Rye".

"The Grapes of Wrath" is next, followed by "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

After that, I think I might read "The Chronicles of Narnia". Anyone ever heard of these books?

I thought Tom Sawyer was a great book and i thought Catcher and the Rye was pretty good. I've also read Franny and Zoey by Salinger which was also pretty good.
One Flew Over teh Cuckoos nest was a great book
The Lion, the Witch ,and the Wardrobe was a great book
the next book i have to read is for one of my classes its called Ishmael, i've heard its a really good book by a lot of people. Then i'm gonna read Hell's Angels, its about the biker gang and its written by Hunter S. Thompson who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Wow, I don't know if I could handle a Hunter S Thompson novel.

I've read the Chronicles of Narnia, To. It's been 4 years, but I remember most of it. The Last Battle (book 7) was the weirdest, and The Boy and His Horse (book 3) was the boringest, and The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe (book 2) was the best.

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were friends, and both have written adventures involving magic, swords, war, and really detailed and confusing maps.

I'm thinking about picking up the Dune books after I finish LOTR (read the Hobbit, reading FOTR, ending it with either ROTK or Silmarillion), and maybe read the Chronicles of Narnia again (it's been 4 years since I read them). My friend also suggests the Left Behind books.

But first I have to read the Adventures of Tom Sawyer for school and write two stupid essays on it.

Ha! I bought that book for pleasure!

corran, have you read tp's Hogfather?

Yep, read em all.

my brothers got the Hogfather and I'm aiming to get around to reading it AT SOME POINT!

If I were you I would read some of the earlier ones first. I know you are supposed to be able to read then in any order, but to get a better feel read the first 5 in order. Any involving Death are cool.

Ok - here's another thing in another thread that you might all verbally bash me on!

I've read nearly all of Jackie Collins books.

Puhahahahaha!!!

AND! I enjoyed them!!!!
I hope that doesn't make you feel

But... BUT! I'm being converted into Dean Koontz now, so it makes up for trashy novels right!

try some science fiction, that should sort out the problem!

Listen to Dr Lara.

funnily enough I'm actually wearign my glasses!, I can remember the last time I wore them!

i just got the lord of the rings books, i started the hobbit last night. i dont have good reading endurance, i just read 15 pages before stopping.

LOTR is more interesting than the hobbit

Not the start of FOTR, though. That is NOT thrill-a-minute reading.

so i should start with fellowship rather then the hobbit?

nah..when you've first started with the hobbit you might as well finish it

I thought it didnt matter what order you had to read the books in?

If you read the Hobbit first it is better.

Yup.

Ergh... Its about 11.23am, I stayed up til 4am reading my book.. now I've gotta drag myself into see my consultant cos I've been a bad guy.

BOOKS! So addictive!

I loved the Hobbit, I may read that again soon.

I loved it too, but I doubt I'll be reading it anytime soon.

I've got the hobbit at home, but I dont think I've EVER read it!

Then do so.

Indeed, and don't come back here until you have.

I can do that too, see!

And it's much prettier when you do it

I'm sure it is!

Please stop now.

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