What are you reading?

rhombus · **Reply #300 on:** August 07, 2014, 09:50:29 PM

'The Horse, the Wheel, and Language' by David W. Anthony

Serris · **Reply #301 on:** September 02, 2014, 09:15:53 AM

The Road to Damascus by John Ringo

Justin1993 · **Reply #302 on:** September 02, 2014, 07:11:57 PM

I have several series of books waiting to be read. I've started with Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Still only on the first book but I haven't had much time, or motivation, to read much. I'll probably jump into the Remants series afterwards, or maybe A Song of Ice and Fire. I don't know. We'll see.

rhombus · **Reply #303 on:** September 03, 2014, 11:08:19 PM

"Human, All Too Human" by Friedrich Nietzsche

Ducky123 · **Reply #304 on:** November 16, 2014, 06:32:54 AM

Read these books during my holiday:

Stephen King - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (a lovely novel. Try to write a story with only one character in it and you know what I'm getting at)

Sebastian Fitzek - NOAH (pretty cool thriller ^^)

Glenn Meade - Axis of Evil (deals with a possible gas attack of Al-Qaida. Very exciting yet horrifying to imagine this could happen any day anywhere :unsure: )

Gayle Forman - If I Stay (HIGHLY recommended! Maybe you've seen the movie already? Well, it's a VERY emotional book. I warned you!)

Ptyra · **Reply #305 on:** February 12, 2015, 11:59:42 PM

I just got three non-fiction books from my college library.
One is "Autism's False Prophets", which focuses on the bad science and hysteria to "cure" Autism. I like how the author has compared the present freakout and horribly dangerous attempts for cures to the same panic as Polio at the start of the 1930's. The other is a maternity prenatal guide for natural pregnancy. No, guys, I swear to you, I am not pregnant

. But I like learning about these things way ahead of time, because that's the way I intend to go.

Also, a book about cats and cat behavior to better improve coexistence with household cats.

The Lone Dragon · **Reply #306 on:** February 27, 2015, 11:38:38 PM

At the moment I'm in the process of reading Anne McCafferey's The White Dragon for the hundredth. The third instalment of The Dragon Riders of Pern series.

Coyote_A · **Reply #307 on:** February 28, 2015, 05:33:36 AM

I'm currently reading the first novel in the "Hyperion" series by Dan Simmons, who happens to be my dad's favourite science fiction author. I like it alright so far.

Quote from: Serris,Sep 2 2014 on 05:15 PM

The Road to Damascus by John Ringo

So, how did you like it? I had a bad experince with Ringo, I'm afraid. Picked up a book of his at Dubai airport - "The Hot Gate" - and to this day it's one of the worst Sci-Fi works I had read.

The Anonymous Person · **Reply #308 on:** April 02, 2015, 08:29:59 PM

Reading two books over my spring break:

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (James Patterson)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #309 on:** April 02, 2015, 10:55:14 PM

I'm currently reading Stephen King's "From a Buick 8".

jansenov · **Reply #310 on:** April 03, 2015, 04:34:10 AM

Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman

fanciful_flyer · **Reply #311 on:** April 04, 2015, 12:42:14 PM

Lately I've been re-reading some Dinotopia books - the ones not written by James Gurney. There are still a few more I want to get, but some of them are surprisingly hard to find (I've had the most luck on Amazon.) I love Dinotopia so much; I just wish it got more attention. -_-

Malte279 · **Reply #312 on:** April 04, 2015, 01:40:15 PM

Did you read the ones written by Alan Dean Foster ("Dinotopia Lost" and "Hand of Dinotopia") Rachel? Those who are really good.
There are many others which I found to be of somewhat mixed quality (none really bad, but I don't recall having been utterly taken with one of them either).

fanciful_flyer · **Reply #313 on:** April 04, 2015, 02:25:23 PM

Quote from: Malte279,Apr 4 2015 on 12:40 PM

Did you read the ones written by Alan Dean Foster ("Dinotopia Lost" and "Hand of Dinotopia") Rachel? Those who are really good.
There are many others which I found to be of somewhat mixed quality (none really bad, but I don't recall having been utterly taken with one of them either).

I have!

Outside of Gurney's own work, those two are my favorite Dinotopia books. They're very well-written, for being that they were done by a fan, and not Gurney himself.
Not to say that the stories can't be well-written if you're not the author, but I was pleasantly surprised that Mr. Foster had contributed so much to the world of Dinotopia without it seeming non-canon.
Alan Dean Foster does this remarkably well, imo. Sometimes I go back and re-read both the first and second book.

As far as the other, smaller stories, I'd have to agree with you on that one. Some of them stand out, and then again some of them just don't. I've always been fascinated by the fact that Gurney allows others to publish books based on the world he created (as long as he read and approves it, which I think he does...) But some of the things that authors write about in the books are hard for me to consider canon. And I have to admit, when I read something that I don't think would ever happen in the Dinotopia world, I secretly choose not to consider it canon - even if Gurney himself did approve of the book being published. XD

Mr Wonk · **Reply #314 on:** April 10, 2015, 05:54:25 PM

Gillian Flynn's - Gone Girl

Fyn16 · **Reply #315 on:** January 02, 2017, 01:22:06 AM

Currently reading Stephen King's "Doctor Sleep," a sequel to "The Shining" set a few decades into the future. I was initially a little hesitant, as I felt King's writing has become a tad... lazier(?) than it used to be, but thus far I've been pleasantly surprised. This book feels great, with the writing style hearkening back to King's older works (which I love!). It's an outstanding return to form, and I'm not even a quarter of the way through it yet. Obviously I can't judge it completely yet, but it's been a good read so far.

Pterano · **Reply #316 on:** September 02, 2018, 10:53:36 PM

Higher by Neal Bascomb. Very excellent book about the race to build the world's tallest skyscraper in Manhattan in 1929 to the 30s between 40 Wall Street, the Chrysler Building, and the Empire State Building.

rhombus · **Reply #317 on:** September 02, 2018, 11:47:55 PM

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

Pterano · **Reply #318 on:** December 22, 2018, 06:53:50 PM

SS Atlantic: The White Star Line's First Disaster at Sea.

Very good read on a very obscure topic about the sinking of the SS Atlantic off Nova Scotia's coast. Tragic but engrossing as well.

jassy · **Reply #319 on:** December 23, 2018, 12:34:18 PM

Watership Down, for like the ten thousandth time. Never gets old