What Do you Read

[Pandrio]

I haven't read it. The first Pratchett I read, actually, was Good Omens.

I liked that until the ending...
Good book, but I wanted more on the characters...

 

[Joe Kalicki]

I recently finished Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way it was pretty funny, and I am currently in the middle of A Confederacy of Dunces which is one of the most funny books that I have read in a while.

Ignatious J. Reilly FTW!!

 

[Friday]

I haven't read it. The first Pratchett I read, actually, was Good Omens.

Same here, so of course I had to hunt down all the others. And I read it long before I got into comics seriously, so when I saw Neil Gaiman was writing them...

I recently finished Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way it was pretty funny, and I am currently in the middle of A Confederacy of Dunces which is one of the most funny books that I have read in a while.

I've had Make Love sitting at the foot of my bed for close to a year and still haven't read it. When If Chins Could Kill came out me and a buddy lucked into a signing ten minutes from where we live. It was awesome.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

I'm currently reading the second Spenser novel God Save the Child, the Star Wars New Jedi Order Book Destiny's Way and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

And, just so my brain doesn't turn into complete mush, the first volume of Shelby Foote's Civil War: A Narrative.

And eventually I'll finish that James Monroe biography. Note to anyone attemtping it: if you want to read biographies of all the presidents, don't do it in order. Sooooo much boring overlap.

 

[Friday]

I'm currently reading the second Spenser novel God Save the Child, the Star Wars New Jedi Order Book Destiny's Way and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

How are the Spencer novels?

 

[Joe Kalicki]

How are the Spencer novels?

Great, until Hawk shows up and ruins everything.

(this is my second time through)

 

[Iceshadow]

Ignatious J. Reilly FTW!!

:lol: :lol:

He's such a fat bastard, I loved when he was talking about how he wished he was black so that he could scare white people.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

:lol: :lol:

He's such a fat bastard, I loved when he was talking about how he wished he was black so that he could scare white people.

That book's been on my to-re-read pile for some time. I actually have it in my car right now. I even read On the Consolation of Philosophy just because of it.

 

[Frapalino]

I just finished Tarzan of the Apes the other day. It is unbelievably racist, sexist, and awesome.

 

[Gothamite]

As a seasoned, sophisticated reader, I'm reading "Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six" right now.

It's a novel...

 

[Iceshadow]

That book's been on my to-re-read pile for some time. I actually have it in my car right now. I even read On the Consolation of Philosophy just because of it.

So are you more content with your lot in life?

 

[Joe Kalicki]

So are you more content with your lot in life?

I'm working on a sequel: On the Consolation of Money.

 

[Planet-man]

As a seasoned, sophisticated reader, I'm reading "Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six" right now.

It's a novel...

I read a lot of those back in Grade 7 and 8. They were great. The best to my memory were Goblin Moon and Diane Duane's trilogy of Spidey novels: The Venom Factor, The Lizard Sanction, and The Octopus Agenda.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

I got a Generation X book from a dollar store that I haven't read yet.

I remember a couple Batman short story collections from around the time of the first Burton movie that I read around then.

And of course The Ultimates - The Tomorrow Men.

 

[marvelman]

i read books about zzzzzzzzzz.

*ive fallen asleep*

 

[Iceshadow]

I'm working on a sequel: On the Consolation of Money.

:lol: :lol:

I read a lot of those back in Grade 7 and 8. They were great. The best to my memory were Goblin Moon and Diane Duane's trilogy of Spidey novels: The Venom Factor, The Lizard Sanction, and The Octopus Agenda.

Geez I remember The Lizard Sanction. Did anyone read the X-Men/Avengers Gamma Quest trilogy? It was actually a fun read.

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

Here are my top ten favorite books, because I like top ten lists.

1. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
3. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
4. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
5. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
6. Bird By Bird - Anne Lamott
7. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
8. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
9. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut
10. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

The next five would inevitably include Hitchiker's Guide, Cat's Cradle, and the entire His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass [known Britishly as Northern Lights], The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass)

Harry Potter... I love the world and the books of Harry Potter, but the writing isn't on the same level of these other guys... but here is my HP ranking:

1. Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Order of the Pheonix
3. Goblet of Fire
4. Half-Blood Prince
5. Chamber of Secrets
6. Sorceror's Stone

They're all pretty close, and Order of the Pheonix's position tends to slide down the list depending on how I'm feeling.

I also highly reccomend The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's not the best book but its a great thing for a high schooler to read, especially if you're sick of the unrealistic portrayal of high schoolers in modern fiction.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

I also highly reccomend The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's not the best book but its a great thing for a high schooler to read, especially if you're sick of the unrealistic portrayal of high schoolers in modern fiction.

I haven't read this, but I know it was published by MTV (what? why?) because I read a bunch of books they published a long time ago for some reason. The best were by Arthur Nersisian, of which I read dogrun and The ****-Up.

I'd recommend them both, paricularly to Chuck Palahniuk fans.

 

[ProjectX2]

I got halfway through The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and never finished it. I need to do so. The same thing happened with Northern Lights and many other books.

I'm reading American Gods at the moment and it's pretty good.

 

[Joe Kalicki]

Adventures of Kavalier and Clay does rule, by Spider-Man 2 screen story writer Micahel Chabon. I haven't read any other books by him, but I have a friend who's read about all his stuff. However, the movie Wonder Boys based on his novel rocks completely.

Plus, Iron Man has sex with Spider-Man in it! And the first Rachel Dawes was there. . .