What Do you Read

Not really the place for this BUT we don't have an all about books thread so I think this will do.

Something I've not read since I was in school was the old Enid Blyton books , I was thinking about it then when someone mentioned yesterday was her birthday or something had she of been alive. (it mentioned it on the news and my mate told me)


Things like Secret Seven series , Faraway Tree , Wishing-Chair. These books when I was a kid were great stories (Not saying they are not still but I've not read any for years) I honestly think Enid Blyton has to be the best children's book writer ever. Or at very least the best one to come of England.


These stories actually had a nice feeling behind them but were also adventurous , Magical and fun. Not going to go on to much about them but just thinking back to when I was a child.
 
I gave up on the Keys to the Kingdom series halfway through Grim Tuesday because it was BORING. If a book is not entertaining me every page, then it's not worth my time. :)
 
ProjectX2 said:
I gave up on the Keys to the Kingdom series halfway through Grim Tuesday because it was BORING. If a book is not entertaining me every page, then it's not worth my time. :)
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every Page? Books don't have pages silly Project they come on cd or mp3 . What is this Page of which you speak? :lol:
 
The Time Traveler's Wife. It was really good--I literally couldn't put it down and I stayed up late finishing it. It reminded me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, because they were both using a scifi twist to explore familiar themes of relationships and love in an unconventional way.
 
I have to read Dracula and Interview With a Vampire, for one of my classes this semester but I'm looking forward to it.
 
Nightlife by Rob Thurman

A novel that is competely in the view of the main character, and amazing for it. The main character's name is Caliban. He's a half human and half...something. It goes through several name changes throughout the book and I don't want to ruin it. His best friend and big brother's name is Niko, whose a blond beauty, martial artist, weapon extraordinarre. This guy takes on everything and everyone. He's insane, and I loved it. The story picks up at a beginning, you get several flashbacks to flesh out the story, then non stop action till the end. It focues on the fact of why Caliban was made, what his purpose in life is, and how can one escape his destiny. Several old time legends are re imagined for this story, like what does the troll under Brooklyn bridge look like, and he car salesman/Puck fae that runs the joint, and finally, Caliban's other half. It also introduces several unresolved plot points for further books, including Caliban's love interest, a psychic who loves ice cream, and Niko's love interest, a vampire with an addiction for iron pills. The story does a good job, giving great reasons for why some of the characters are on this journey, and at the end, it touches upon a dog playing frisbee and how it's the most magical thing this world has to offer.

A good book, check it out. If you like Dresden Files, you'll like this
 
I can't stress enough how awesome Book Mooch is. You can get all kinds of books you want for free, presuming somebody wants to give them away, you could get rid of all the books you don't want anymore.

You earn points by putting books up for people to mooch from you and for sending them to people who want them, and you can cash in those points to get books from other people. You just have to keep a 5-1 books received to sent ratio, so for every five books you receive you have to send one out. No big deal, I just sent a book to someone, the envelope and postage cost under four bucks and now I can get five books for that.

Anyway, it rocks hard.
 
Joe Kalicki said:
I can't stress enough how awesome Book Mooch is. You can get all kinds of books you want for free, presuming somebody wants to give them away, you could get rid of all the books you don't want anymore.

You earn points by putting books up for people to mooch from you and for sending them to people who want them, and you can cash in those points to get books from other people. You just have to keep a 5-1 books received to sent ratio, so for every five books you receive you have to send one out. No big deal, I just sent a book to someone, the envelope and postage cost under four bucks and now I can get five books for that.

Anyway, it rocks hard.
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They don't have any Star Wars books that I haven't already read. I'm losing interest in this site.
 
I started reading Ulysses.

Very, very slowly. I've had it since Thursday night and I'm still only twenty pages in.

Joyce writes prose like poetry. It's beautiful, but it takes a hell of a lot of concentration to sort of sink into it.
 
I find it difficult to read books without lightsabers in them.

I think that, having completed the entire New Jedi Order series, I am more intellectual than moony.
 
Planet-man said:
Admit you're only reading it so you can sound all smart and cultured to other people.;)
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It is a plus.

My copy of the book has the best cover:

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Hypothesis: James Joyce was the basis for Nick Fury.

In basing Ultimate Nick Fury off of Samuel L. Jackson, Millar and Hitch were just continuing the tradition of modeling the character off of Modernist, Irish authors.
Wade_Wilson said:
I find it difficult to read books without lightsabers in them.

I think that, having completed the entire New Jedi Order series, I am more intellectual than moony.
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I'm only thirty pages into Ulysses and so far I'm counting two lightsaber duels.

And I haven't even gotten to the part where Leopold Bloom masters his force powers and fights Darth Vectivus during the Battle of Nimmhieel.
 
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