What are you currently reading?

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

Great novel.

I recently also finished 1984 by George Orwell, my mind was blown.

What bou you?

This thread. :D

Actually, I'm about 80% through a book called, 'Second World', by Jeremy Robinson. He's one of my favorite authors and this one doesn't disappoint.

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence.

Other than a few minor plot holes I haven't been able to put it down. As of typing this I have about 20 pages left in it and I went ahead and ordered the rest of the trilogy off Amazon.

It's set roughly 1100 years after a nuclear war and humanity has reverted to a Medieval level society. Magic now works because so many people died at once in the "War of a Thousand Suns" that the gates were left broken.

I hear the other 2 books outshine Prince. Highly recommended for fans of dark fantasy like ASOIAF.

Augustus by Adrian Goldsworthy

It's pretty good so about on par with his Caesar book. Reading it because I have to.

Does nobody else read?

Reading world war z.

I read that a few months ago. It's pretty good, not perfect, but presents an actually plausible solution to a zombie apocalypse. Very original.

Hmm, let's see. After I finished The Martian by Andy Weir I picked up Blowback by Brad Thor. Probably one of his better novels in the Scot Harvath series. I'm now finishing Takedown, also by Brad Thor, which is the novel right after Blowback. I also bought The Kill Switch by James Rollins and I'm going to read that after.

It was a decent series but it doesn't hold a candle to ASOIAF.

Finished Second World. Currently on 'The Everything Guide to Catholicism' by Richard Gribble. Good book. I like it because he offers a background on the history of the Church, as well as Roman Catholicism and other subject matter relevant to the religion.

Transformation by Carol Berg, it's a great book

Actually read Prince of Thorns right before Transformation. It was pretty good but I disliked Jorg for most of the book. Liked him a little better by the end though. Will probably go back and read the rest of the series soon though.

I also didn't like Jorg until the second and third book. But I think that was the author's goal.

Probably, but it did sour me a little on the first book even though I generally liked it. Have a couple things I'm probably going to read first before getting back to it.

Related question, have you read The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson?

Yes. Phenomenal book. Haven't been able to get to the second one yet.

Skin Game by Jim Butcher.

To all of the people mentioning Prince of Thorns...never heard of the book. What kind of book is it? "Dark fantasy about a teenager on a vengeance quest" doesn't say much...Also, do you recommend the trilogy?

Read what Bodd wrote about it. It's pretty much it, mixed with "Dark fantasy about a teenager seeking vengeance".

Give the first book a try. You'll never know until you read it. Like I said before, the second and third books made the main character more likable.

I'm reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King at the moment. It's all right, has a somewhat neat idea behind it, but so far it's nowhere near as good as a lot of his other books (especially his recent 11/ 22/ 63). With his best books I find that I can't stop reading them but with this one it feels like I'm reading it just because I read The Shining. I've got two books in my backlog, one that I can't remember at all and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis.

@airshocker@chessmaster1989

I'll go ahead and copy here my review of Prince of Thorns that I published on Amazon. Have you ever heard of KJ Parker? Apparently him and Mark Lawrence have a lot in common, and I was thinking of trying one of his/her trilogies next.

@korvus

I suggest trying out the book for yourself. It's short at a little over 300 pages and can be had off Amazon for like $4. I haven't read the rest of the trilogy yet, but it's supposed to arrive tomorrow. Oh, and don't read my spoiler.

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King. It's just alright so far, not too thrilling. After this I have two Dark Tower books, so I guess you could say I'm binging on King right now.

I've read a few of his books but in too many the main character was a writer. 1408, Salem's Lot, The Shining, Bag of Bones, Secret Window, Misery, Lisey's Story, and The Dark Half. I'm sure I'm missing a few of his short stories but those aren't my cup of tea.

They say write what you know, and good Lord, Stephen King obviously has. There's also a much smaller degree of psychics in his books but I can forgive him for that.

@Boddicker: Will do =)

I'm currently re-reading one of my favorite series of all time, His Dark Materials. I just started The Amber Spyglass a few nights ago.

Finished reading "A Raven's Shadow: Book 1: Blood Song" and am now reading book 2 "Tower Lord".

After that I will probably read "Prince of Fools".

I am awaiting the release of "The Broken Eye", and wish Brent Weeks would go back and finish his old Night Angel series.

Also waiting for Patrick Roffuss to release the final book in the Kingkiller Chronicles.

Edit: I just saw the Robin Hobbs released a new book called,"Fool's Assassin". I am tempted to start reading that as well but it's been so many years since I read the original books of the series which covers FitzChivalry's adventures that I would have to read the whole series again to know what is going on and that is at least six large books to cover before getting to the new one.

After finishing the Hobbit for the third time I finally decided to read The Fellowship of the Ring. Currently a little more than halfway through.

How are the Raven's shadow books? I heard good things about them.

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.

I actually just started reading it this morning.

That's his new on right? I have literally no clue what it's about.

Also what other books of his have you read? I've read well over half of them.

I've still haven't seen the movie but I'm reading World War Z at the moment

The sequel is also fantastic. Very highly recommended.

Stay away from the film if you're expecting a good adaptation. It has nothing to do with the book besides sharing the same title.

just finished A Game of Thrones.. finishing up the first Hunger Games book and gonna jump into A Clash of Kings

Yeah, I think it's the newest. It's about a retired detective trying to track down and stop a guy that ran people over in a Mercedes before he hurts anyone else again. It's not too bad, but it's a bit slow.

I've read: Insomnia, Dreamcatcher, The Stand: Complete, The Dark Half, and The Dark Tower 1-3; not that many, really.

I'm currently working my way through Stephen King's 'Four Past Midnight'.

Brandon Sanderson Elantris. Then I'm reading the Mistborn Trilogy.

Elantris is amazing, arguably his best work. I say arguably because The Stormlight Archives (starting with The Way of Kings) is also phenomenal. Mistborn is pretty good, but if you haven't read it yet you should definitely read The Way of Kings before Mistborn.

You're of course right (I'm halfway thru King of Thorns and haven't noticed any plotholes yet but neither has it cleared up any presented in Prince). It doesn't hold a candle to ASOIAF, but I'm not going to read unfinished series anymore. I've already forgotten more than I like after finishing Dance with Dragons early last year. I'm going to have to go over the wiki to freshen up when Wind of Winter comes out.

George RR Martin really needs to get writing or his show is going to catch up with him.

Walking Dead compendium 1

it was on sale on Google Play store

You should get on that. The Shining, IT, Cujo, 11/ 22/ 63 are all really great and so are a lot of his other books.

Currently reading Django Unchained the comic. Never watched the movie, but comic is being a fun read thus far. If your wondering what it is, it's basically an adaption of Tarantino's first draft of the movie. Which, if converted to screen time, would be 4 hours long! So being able to see QT's original full vision is cool.

I just bought it today. It's a pretty big book. I plan to read it through when I go for my 10 hour train ride with my family to LA soon. It's going to be fun reading it!

I'm still working on the Walking Dead Comics, and also reading through Steven King's Wind Through the Keyhole. Both are great.

Yes, I hear it is amazing. I am trying to read his Cosmere works in order of Publication though because I hear the Stormlight series is like the Dark Tower, and ties all his other works together and tells the bigger story of the universe. I know it's not necessary, but I'm a completionist so I really can't help it lol.

Currently reading 'America: Imagine a World Without Her' by Dinesh D'Souza. Good read so far.

I just started up on A Clash of Kings.

Been making my way through various Alan Moore comics and The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. I'm pretty new to the world of comics, but so far I've enjoyed a lot of the graphic novels that are available at my local library. I'm also about half-way through The Castle by Franz Kafka.

Midway through "The long hard road out of hell", the Marilyn Manson autobiography. It's an interesting read to say the least.

I LOVE that series! Amber Spyglass is my favorite part of it. :)

I'm currently reading the novelization of Alan Wake, rereading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as well as plowing through a bunch of Captain America. (Ed Brubaker's)