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I just finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. God, it was depressing. :cry:

I'm gonna read The Ghost next, possibly alongside The Eye of the World.

Tell us what you're reading and what you think of it!

I just finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. God, it was depressing. :cry:

I'm gonna read The Ghost next, possibly alongside The Eye of the World.

Theokhoth

Of Mice and Men is a very sad book :(.. It brought me to tears the first time I ever read it. Currently I'm re-reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

I just finished Goddess by Fiona McIntosh.

Was the end to the trilogy and I enjoyed it except the ending left me a little unsatisfied.

I am now about to start King's Shield by Sherwood Smith.

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Tell us what you're reading and what you think of it!

I just finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. God, it was depressing. :cry:

I'm gonna read The Ghost next, possibly alongside The Eye of the World.

MystikFollower

Of Mice and Men is a very sad book :(.. It brought me to tears the first time I ever read it. Currently I'm re-reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Rereading The Rainmaker by John Grisham. I read it about a decade ago, Never really looked at insurance companies the same way again.

Still reading A Clockwork Orange.

Dune. Very slow going and I'm having a hard time getting finished with it fastesttruck

I didn't find Of Mice and Men to be that depressing, honestly. A great book regardless. As for me, I'm reading To Kill A Mockingbird for school. Nothing on my own as of right now.LZ71

[QUOTE="LZ71"]I didn't find Of Mice and Men to be that depressing, honestly. A great book regardless. As for me, I'm reading To Kill A Mockingbird for school. Nothing on my own as of right now.Theokhoth

I had to read Of Mice and Men for my English GCSE. I think Im currently on Thief of Time, by Pratchett (as usual)Big_Bad_Sad

[QUOTE="fastesttruck"]Dune. Very slow going and I'm having a hard time getting finished with it Theokhoth

[QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"]I had to read Of Mice and Men for my English GCSE. I think Im currently on Thief of Time, by Pratchett (as usual)MissLibrarian

It, its pretty good. Also i was reading Of Mice and Men at my schools library, i need to finish that as well.

Finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" last week and plan to start reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966" tonight.SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="MissLibrarian"][QUOTE="Big_Bad_Sad"]I had to read Of Mice and Men for my English GCSE. I think Im currently on Thief of Time, by Pratchett (as usual)Big_Bad_Sad

Has anyone here read House of Leaves? It was recommended to me by my English teacher, but I'm not too sure about it.LZ71

I am currently reading:

Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Same. It comes pretty highly recommended by a couple of my friends.

Bio_Spark

From what I've looked at of the book, it looks like a psychological mind**** - very interesting looking stuff indeed.

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Same. It comes pretty highly recommended by a couple of my friends.

jalexbrown

From what I've looked at of the book, it looks like a psychological mind**** - very interesting looking stuff indeed.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]Finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" last week and plan to start reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966" tonight.jalexbrown

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]Finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" last week and plan to start reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966" tonight.SaintLeonidas

I'm just beginning Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Is anyone familiar with this highly-experimental piece of fiction?

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]Finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" last week and plan to start reading "The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966" tonight.jalexbrown

I just finished "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" also. Very good read. If there is any doubt look up the trailer on youtube. I would post a link but I am at work and don't have access. Just starting on "World War Z" Not sure how I feel yet.

Has anyone here read House of Leaves? It was recommended to me by my English teacher, but I'm not too sure about it.LZ71

I loved it. I've read Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, a bit of Edgar Allen Poe, and House of Leaves is the only book that's ever creeped me out. Definitely worth a read.

Right now I'm reading three books.

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card-Interesting read and Card definately knows how to keep you interested.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams-I'm still waiting for this book to pick up, unlike The Hitchikers Guide for the Galaxy which was excellent from the get go.

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang-Depressing and horrifying, yet compelling. There are pictures in the middle which are pure nightmare fuel and one of them was particularly gruesome and I can still perfectly metally picture that image which just makes the whole thing worse.

Tell us what you're reading and what you think of it!

I just finished Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. God, it was depressing. :cry:

I'm gonna read The Ghost next, possibly alongside The Eye of the World.

Theokhoth

I just started reading Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. 3rd book in the Ender series. So far, it is good. I am only about 80 pages in, but I expect I will like it since I liked Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead.

Anyone else read it and have thoughts on it though? After I am done that, I am hoping to read I, Robot, I am Legend, Dune, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Not sure which yet.

Black Hawk Down, though I have read it before. After I guess I will probably read Willie Apiata VC.

One of my mates told me about Night Watch. Im looking forward to it. I love the Watch.Big_Bad_Sad

I Am A Cat by Natsume Soseki. It's ok so far.

ESV study Bible. It has cross references, notes, maps, introductions and much more. It's taught me some cool things; I now know that "Isaac" means "he laughs" in hebrew. That's ironic because when Abraham was told that his wife would give birth to a child at the ripe age of 90, he laughed hysterically. Rainbows are a symbol of the covenant that Noah made. There's also a possibility that Ham had sex with his father, Noah. It says that Noah was passed out while naked and Ham "dishonored" him.

I finished up the A Song of Ice and Fire series the other day and I started The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Its great so far. I'm not sure what to read next.

I'm just beginning Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Is anyone familiar with this highly-experimental piece of fiction?

ShuLordLiuPei