What Are You Reading?

Reading the Half-Blood Prince.

Its FUN!

Eve wrote:Reading the Half-Blood Prince.

Its FUN!

i used to frown upon adults reading harry potter, then one day i gave it a try to see what all the fuss is about. i was pleasantly surprised. now i can see why they're so popular. :thumbsup:

Finished "the wind up bird chronicles" by Haruki Murakami a little while ago, very good book, would recommend him to anyone, even if they had no interest in everything japanese, and as im guessing that most of you do, then all the better!
Been going through a few comics lately, read the politzer (sp?) prize winning 'maus' which is a great story about the holocaust.

ahochaude wrote:

Now it ain't so bad, huh?! :hehe:



Btw, what is that book "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" about anyway? I've seen it mentioned on other message boards before and now I see it here, not to mention I'm seeing it as a movie preview now. :crazy:

The Hitchhikers Guide is a must for all intergalactic space travelers, full of helpful tips, like never forgetting your towel, and provides much more useful information than the Encyclopedia Galactica. It also has printed on the cover in large friendly letters: DONT PANIC!!

Anyway the book is brilliantly funny. It is an enormous shame that the author Douglas Adams died so young. The movie cant compare. Give yourself a treat and read the first in the series.

ayalight wrote:Adventures of Spellsinger by Allan Dean :metaldevil:

Are you enjoying it? I really liked the Spellsinger series.

Eve wrote:Reading the Half-Blood Prince.
Its FUN!

cool, how was it? im disappointed with the outcome :(

i used to frown upon adults reading harry potter, then one day i gave it a try to see what all the fuss is about. i was pleasantly surprised. now i can see why they're so popular.

its kinda the same with adults watching animes or cartoons, do you look down on us on that too? :sweat: heh but glad u saw the light, theyre really great book series. this reminds me, one of my parents' loan mortgage employee came over to our house and i think shes in her late 50s, and she saw me reading it in the living room, she was so giddy to talk to me bout the book :mrgreen:

Just got it ..

The Book of 5 rings - by Miyamoto Musashi ....

it is Musashi's compilation of his swordsmanship ... which is being related to various things in life today like business etc also ..

interesting book, although u need to decipher the hidden message carefully

Consumer Reports, October 2005. ;)

Maybe it's more like, "What Should You Be Reading?" ><

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
The Book of Job by... The Bible?
Biology by Campbell Reese Mitchell
Economics by McConnell Brue
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

School = Bane of Existence

mrmacca wrote:Finished "the wind up bird chronicles" by Haruki Murakami a little while ago, very good book, would recommend him to anyone, even if they had no interest in everything japanese, and as im guessing that most of you do, then all the better!
Been going through a few comics lately, read the politzer (sp?) prize winning 'maus' which is a great story about the holocaust.

i read 'norwegian wood' by him. i thought it was fantastic. very touching.

violomana wrote:Maybe it's more like, "What Should You Be Reading?" ><

That's too fascist. ;)

School = Bane of Existence

That's a given.

But I'm done with school, so no worries. :hehe:

*sits down to read through a 19 page Bio lab*
:banghead:
Damn you, bmwracer. *shakes fist*

violomana wrote:*sits down to read through a 19 page Bio lab*
:banghead:
Damn you, bmwracer. *shakes fist*

What'd I do?? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
What'd I do?? :sweat:

Nothing you did, just what you are - in freedom.
[ne, did you see my post in the Gokusen thread?]

And to stay on topic, am I the only one that can't focus while reading Crime and Punishment? I swear, everytime I crack open that book I just end up staring off into space. I need to finish it by the end of the month.... :argh:

violomana wrote:Nothing you did, just what you are - in freedom.

Been that way for 20+ years. :hehe:

violomana wrote:
And to stay on topic, am I the only one that can't focus while reading Crime and Punishment? I swear, everytime I crack open that book I just end up staring off into space. I need to finish it by the end of the month.... :argh:

there is nothing on this earth that kills a good book faster than having to read it for a class :hehe:

Reading Battle Royale (novel) and Fever Pitch right now. I really like Fever Pitch, but then again my fav football team is the gunners, so its kinda preaching to the choir :rofl: Oh and i keep hearing from people to read Murakami, but the three books of his i've read i couldn't stand (Norweign Wood, South of the Border, Underground), am I reading his dregs, or is the best he's got to offer?

-g

Some smutty romance novel...which just cracks me up :rofl:.

Maison Ikkoku vol. 13 :woot:

The Kaplan MCAT and GRE review books which are both whipping my ass :whipped:

and a collection of "true" ghost stories :shocked:

im reading Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia, while im on jury duty today.. and i find it VERY boring, i shoulda brought something else :shakehead:

Ill be starting Lolita this weekend, probably, in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

I'm still reading that book, "The Pocket Mortgage Guide".

Great book, just wish I had the time to finish it.