Books

[alicina]

This is a thread in which we discuss about books. Recommend books, comment on them and so on...tell us what you have read. Like I've read the Twilight Series, The Truth About Forever, The Uglies Trilogy, Harry Potter, Elswhere, Airhead and so on...:)

[alicina]

Okay, nevermind, just delete this thread, no use of it. -.-

[zues8844]

In your sig, it's spelled "venomous". Just fyi, though I think that word was in Harry Potter 2. Yeah.

[spart5]

No keep it open, a book I love is "The Sisters Grimm" it is so cool and so original in its own way, you'll never read a book like this ever.

So we all know fairytale creatures, cinderella, beauty and the beast, pinokio, rumplestilkskin, etc etc.. I would love to explain the book but its really detailing so its hard to. Anyway in the 3rd book red riding hood is one of those crazy people who are put in asylums and this time she's escaped and now shes looking for her family which went missing long ago because of the big bad wolf. It was really erie and gory because her family consisted of a gramma, dad, mom and she had a baby brother that had all gone missing, it upset her so much she started losing it and went crazy so then they put her into an asylum. The book in one of the chapters also has a medical file written down, red riding hood is diagnosed with physcosis, chicken little is diagnosed with something...that makes him paranoid, the white rabbit is diagnosed with something...and makes him keep track of time all the time.

[radjah]

I want to it to be open :)

Anyone reading Sophie Kinsella? Sher wrote: can you keep a secret? shopaholic, remember me and a few more. I had a smile on my face almost the enteire book, soo funny

[grummin]

Oh, let's see here...

Lawrence Watt-Evans' "Legends of Ethshar" novels are some fun fantasy. He plays with ideas about what happens when fairly standard fantasy storylines go wrong, and how the characters handle the resulting situation.

The Misenchanted Sword
With a Single Spell
The Unwilling Warlord
The Blood of a Dragon
Taking Flight
The Spell of the Black Dagger

And anything by Dan Simmons is "pretty good" at the worst. For horror fans, try

Song of Kali
Carrion Comfort
Children of the Night
Summer of Night

For just basically interesting, there's

The Hollow Man

And for Science Fiction types, his

Hyperion
Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Rise of Endymion

are good- but be careful if you get halfway through Hyperion and like it- Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion were written as one massive novel called The Hyperion Cantos, and split between two chapters to produce two books. There is no warning of the split- Hyperion ends on the last page of a chapter, and Fall of Hyperion begins with the first page of the next chapter. Endymion and Rise of Endymion were written separately, but they break the same way and are a continuation of the Hyperion story.


And for another good fantasy that's got some gut-busting humor, there's Grunts by Mary Gentle. Sort of your standard epic battle of good versus evil- with everything exaggerated beyond all reason. Early on, Orc general Ashnak is sent to raid the hoard of a dragon known for traveling time, space, and even to other dimensions collecting loot. His band of orcs find and raid the treasure trove...including strange weapons with crossbow-like grips, on which appear what are described as "strange, unknown sigils whose symbols look like 'Kalashnikov AK-47'"

My favorite scene from Grunts? One of the profoundly good paladins of the "good side" army finds an injured Orc on the battlfield, places his sword at its throat, and demands it renounce evil. It does- he then skewers it, and explains to a fellow paladin "Being a creature of evil, it would have undoubtedly fallen again into sin. I did it a favor by allowing its soul to pass into the hereafter untainted by evil. Shall we go have lunch?"

And don't even get me started on the female orcs running the torture chamber- being into bondage, they take turns whipping prisoners then letting the prisoners whip them. Or the halfling bandit brothers always trying some scheme that involves disguises- and one of them has a strange attraction to always being disguised as a nun.

[alicina]

First of all, I'd like to thank you guys for keeping it open. :)


I want to it to be open :)

Anyone reading Sophie Kinsella? Sher wrote: can you keep a secret? shopaholic, remember me and a few more. I had a smile on my face almost the enteire book, soo funny


I loved Shopaholic, really good book, I'll read Can You Keep A Secret?

The Sisters Grimm sounds like such a good book! I'll be sure to read that. ;)

I assure you Grummin, I will read all of those books, they sound fascinating.

[Celtic_Princess]

For Historical Fiction fans I would recommend any of the Phillipa Gregory books, my favorite being The Other Boleyn Girl. Her Wideacre series is fairly interesting as well.

For non-fiction historical I would recommend The Jesus Mysteries although I do feel the need to mention that the books topic is controversial and may not be the best for everyone.

There's another series that I'm trying to think of, I can't remember the author but the first book is titled A Great and Terrible Beauty. Its a mystery/thriller that I would recommend more for girls. :)

I'll add more later when I'm at home and have access to my library ^^

[grummin]

First of all, I'd like to thank you guys for keeping it open. :)

No problem at all. Although, while marginally off-topic, I have to say it- am I the only who detects a bit of irony in that here, an internet forum, where all communication is done via reading, one of the threads slowest to start is one about reading? :)

I assure you Grummin, I will read all of those books, they sound fascinating.

Feel free, and enjoy- and if anything there's not your cup of tea, no sweat. I'm beyond voracious when it comes to reading. My requirements? Is it written text? Yes? Then I can get interested in it. Yup, even the year-old copy of "Dental Hygiene Times" in the dentist's waiting room.

I'll nose around here and update my post, too...those were off the top of my head, I know there are at least 2 more Legends of Ethshar novels by Watt-Evans and three more recent ones by Dan Simmons that I just couldn't recall the titles of accurately.

[Hemmes]

We are talking about books and no one mentioned Robert Jordan's: Wheel of Time series yet. Its an outrage! Everyone who even remotly likes fantasy and is not affraid to read over 10.000 pages MUST read it. Its brilliant, this mans brain must have been friggin huge to store all the stories of the world he created.

Plus, my Fiesta character names will make sence to you ^_^


And yesh, plz keep this thread open so I know there are still people out there reading books instead of MSN messages :p

[.Honor]

woot msn ^-^

Right now I'm reading The Woman Who Can't Forget. Pretty cool so far, I'll let you know how it good it gets.

[grummin]

Another of my all-time favorites, in the general science fiction genre but really more a study of humanity, would be one called Armor by John Steakley.

Earth is involved in a war against an insect-like species native to a hostile planet with a methane atmosphere. Soldiers are equipped with environment-sealed armor that is nearly impervious to damage, fighting what amounts to a near-infinite number of 8-foot-tall upright-walking ants. Kill a thousand, five thousand more come. And on it goes. And on. And on. And on.

The story follows an army Scout named Felix. Now, Scout armor is as tough as Infantry armor- but made for mobility, it lacks more than basic defensive armaments. By army statistics and estimates, a Scout has an expected combat lifespan of two missions. Felix learns this just before going on his 12th mission. Later, he tells a new Scout about this life expectancy- as he's preparing for his 30th mission.

Much later, an army hopsital medic refuses to believe Felix's medical records- because around 20 missions is when one is discharged. Felix's medical records suggest he has been on over 100 missions- and he's in the hopsital to be rehabiltated so he can be sent back out on another.

The real story isn't about the missions, or the fighting- it's about Felix, what he endures, and its effects on him. Hence the cover blurb: "What price impregnable armor against an implacable foe?"

Tastes differ, but I can't reccommend this one highly enough- there's a reason why I've read it about 7 times now.

[FatalLace]

R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt series :)

Currently on book VIII Starless Night

being that you're here, playing a game like this, i'd assume you're into fantasy (elves, dwarves, and the like). i would HIGHLY recommend anyone to pick up this series.

wiki Drizzt Do'Urden and u can read some back story, tho be warned, it's full of spoilers.

there is also a comic book series based on the novels. i haven't read through these, but here's a sample page:

http://lavendereyes.rivkashome.com/albums/album454/aac.jpg

[alicina]

Yes, I'm going to the library tomorrow, I wrote down everybodys suggestion. I'll read them over the winter break, thanks guys. Oh and feel free to suggest more books. Thanks guys.

[laady]

Here's what I've read that I can remember:

The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Belladonna by Karen Moline
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Who Killed My Daughter? by Lois Duncan
The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I've read others but don't feel comfortable listing them given the rate at which they were read for a literature class my Freshman year of college that nearly drove my desire to read for pleasure right out of me entirely. :(