what are you reading now?

[levi]

i recently started reading a graphic novel..Sandman by Neil Gaiman. just wondered what everyone else was reading..you can recommend bks here to.

recommend: the clan of the cave bears by Jean M. Auel

[ashley]

i'm reading a sc-fi called "Infinity Concerto" by Greg Bear. It has all those imaginary realms/worlds and its different inhabitants. Reminds me a lot of LOTR but this is about human beings being transported into another world by music. However, in that new world, which is not on Earth, the inhabitants dislike music. So the humans actually suffer bcos thay are not allowed to play music.

[greenskies]

I just read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris ( I think ) anyway its the prequel to Silence of the Lambs, well I watched the movie last year so decided to find out if there was anything I missed out on in the movie. They didnt specify why the guy went nuts. Well. Good book. I'm like hlf-way through from a Buick 8 by Stephen King, its rather slow and a bit gross. Bah..
I recommend: The Beach by herm, I forgot who but it was the basis for the film by L. dicaprio..

[Quiet Boy]

im reading pride and prejudice by jane austen... but thats cos its required for school :p

[cloUdsuRFer]

lol...i just read Fantastic Mr Fox......great book that one....a must read for all :D ;)

[xoxo]

Interview with the Vampire. i've started reading it, but halfway through, schoolwork got in the way, so now im rereading it from the start

[munchi_75]

i'm half way thru Cosmo! it's great! educational too! :p

[campino]

emma by jane austen for skool
suppose to have read it at the beginning of the year but i kinda got lazy and didnt read it

but i only have another 3 chapters to go :)

[Sparkling_Jade]

hai.... im reading catcher in the rye for school... it´s kinda boring tho :p
hafta read it by wednesday(gotta write an esay bout it :wink: ), but im only halfway through, guess ill just read some reviews bout it from internet :twisted: LOL

[grasshow]

Interview with the Vampire. i've started reading it, but halfway through, schoolwork got in the way, so now im rereading it from the start

hey, what a coincidence! i'm almost finished reading Blackwood Farm..the latest of the Vampire Chronicles..i'm an Anne Rice freak..i've read ALL of her books..even those written under another name..

[Aeris]

I'm reading "The Shining". Only recently I started to read Stephen King's book and I love them :D So I've been reading his books most of (my) summer.

Carol I liked Interview with the vampire a lot! I finished it like one month ago too.

[satanrina]

Currently alternating between:

Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar (required reading material)
Roald Dahl - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (to cheer me up)
Enid Blyton - The Magic Faraway Tree (to cheer me up somemore)
Vogue (I'm a girl, nuff said)

Btw, lots of ppl here seem to like Anne Rice huh?
I happen to think she writes too fancifully, too much purple prose.
Nonetheless, I finished her Vampire Chronicles up to Pandora.
How's the ones after that, let me know if I shouold follow up.

Sparkling_Jade:
Hey, Catcher in the Rye isn't too bad. I've still got an essay on that, let me know if you need my help. Alternatively, you can go get the movie version of the book. It always helps when you are in a hurry and can't be bothered to read it.

[babyxv]

right now i'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for lit class. it gets boring at some parts but it's interesting for the most part. if you're into reading about life in the early 1900s and racism, i guess you'll like it

[Torrid Ice]

I've just finished Romeo and Juliet for English class and I'm starting Dragonflight by Anne McCaffery for my Outside Reading Project for English.

I've only read Interview with the Vampire and Monarch the Devil of the Vampire Chronicles series, but I plan to read the whole series sonner or later this year. Anne Rice is a pretty good writer. I like Stephen King and Michael Crichton too. I've only recently begin to read Stephen King books, but I've liked Crichton for a long time.

[Jo]

i'm reading Sense and Sensibility

its actually pretty interesting ^ ^;;

it's not school require though...i just like her writing style

-Jo

[fantasiekisz]

harry potter :p! haha what can i say i get bored easily..read the whole series and on number 4...
and teen people and cosmo!

[aDrena]

i love Harry Potter! i cant usually stand fantasy, so with Harry Potter i'm able to say that i read all genres, from autobiographies to fantasy :shifty:

anyways, i havent been able to do much reading recently, due to the humongous pile of schoolwork that i'm dealt with. feeling very deprived, cos i used to read an awful lot as i work in a bookstore.

the last book i read was "The Devil and Ms Prym" by Paulo Coelho. it is not as easy to understand as his other books, but a good read nonetheless. the book that i cannot finish reading is Sophie's world, by Jostein Gaarder. I know its an awesome book and all, but i just cant bring myself to finish it. same case with Hong Lou Meng (Dreams of the Red Chambers?), been reading it for 2 yrs and i'm still at the first book :cry:

[xoxo]

oh geesh! i cant wait for the latest Harry Potter book...sometime in July, right? about the same time as our guy's album. oh happy month!

grasshow-- is Blackwood Farm any good? coz i've always heard tha the Vampire Chronicles are only good up to the third book.

[beach gurl]

i'm reading Sense and Sensibility
-Jo I'd recommend the film as well, it's by Ang Lee, beautiful, one of my all time fav.

Lovely Bones (sorry forgot the writer, it's a debut novel) - beautiful, poignant, sad. I start reading it in public place - almost cry openly from the first chapter !.

[satanrina]

oh geesh! i cant wait for the latest Harry Potter book...sometime in July, right? about the same time as our guy's album. oh happy month!

Carol:
It's the 21st of June.

Note: If I sound like a loser who does nothing but to count down the days to the next Harry Potter sequel, I am. So sue me!! Sue me!!

beach gurl:
"Lovely Bones" is good but really depressing. I hate books that are depressing but can't seem to stop reading them.
Btw, I love all of Jane Austen's books. Sad that when I mention Jane Austen, first thing that comes to (most) guys' minds are the words "spinster"and "feminist"

[Quiet Boy]

what? so long to the next hp? :(

[cici bebe]

It's been so long since Harry Potter I've fallen out of that phase. I used to be obsessed.. I read each book 4+ times.. all in total maybe 20 times.. o_O

Now I don't even read.. just magazines. My sis has Cosmopolitian and I read that but I reckon (Ron's word) it's a bit too mature in the sense of erh.. sex and all for me. But oh well I skip. :angel:

[grasshow]

grasshow-- is Blackwood Farm any good? coz i've always heard tha the Vampire Chronicles are only good up to the third book.

hmmm..you're right the first 3 are definitely the best, but then if you're a lestat fan you really have to read 'Memnoch the Devil', where he gets entangled between God and the Devil and all that..it's brilliant...but the rest are probably wouldn't be as exciting if you're not too much into the Chronicles...

Blackwood Farm...as far as i've read it's pretty slow moving, like, you really don't care for the chapters where there's no lestat, louis or the other vampire gang...but once they're in there it's worth a read...plus lestat's up to his old mischief again and i love that! he's a hero of mine hehehe

[~sugarcookie~]

Diamond Of The Rockies series...Sweet Boundless by Kristen Heitzmann

[ShenLoYe]

Manga , Samurai Deeper Kyo #8

[xoxo]

grasshow - Lestat's the best, isn't he?

and satanrina, thanks for the update! really cant wait.

does anybody here read Meg Cabot's novels?

[levi]

oh geesh! i cant wait for the latest Harry Potter book...sometime in July, right? about the same time as our guy's album. oh happy month!

Carol:
It's the 21st of June.



i heard that you can actually book it online?

[xoxo]

yeah. at amazon and i think barnes too.

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

hey!! i'm a HUGE HP fan! i already pre-ordered my book.. sort of.. I went to the book store like months ago and i "pre-ordered" but their definition of pre-order is to write down my name and address.. o___O;; but im supposed to get 20% off. blah i think im going to pre-order again at b&n later on.


i just finished the book The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. And it's alright..gives you something to think about. I also just finished the book Shopaholic: Ties The Knot. I just LOVED the first two... the title caught my eye originally because I'm a shopaholic myself.. and so I bought the two books right away when they 2nd one had just came out... I saw the third one a little while ago and I bought it.. but I was a bit disappointed... I think throughout the whole thing... she doesn't shop~! Not really shop.. =T Not before. If you know what I'm talking about and like the series too.. There's going to be a new series next year about a girl that has a lot of secrets lol.
And I just finished my Japanese Seventeen mag. lol because they SOLD OUT of my fave mag... ViVi.. -____-;; those jerks!

I like Anne Rice too! Well I'm not a big fan.. but I've read a few of her books... Starting with the Vampire Chronicles. Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned and also Vittorio the Vampire. I haven't read some of her books lately because I got tired of vampires and Vittorio the vampire sorta depressed me because I didn't want Vittorio to become a vampire lol. Plus when her books come out.. they're always in hard cover! So yeah... expensive. =P


As for Stephen King... I actually started reading his books when I was in the 4th grade.... Yea.. I had a high reading level.. :geek: along with Agatha Christie. Alas, I found their books not suitable to my tastes and stopped reading them and didn't pick them up again til I had matured. But I'm a chicken and reading King makes me scared so I don't like to read em anymore lol. ^^;;


There are some books I've started but haven't finished... The World According to Garp by John Irving and The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I'm open to all genres of writing...except for Biographies. I'm alright with non-fiction.. if the subject is interesting.... but I still haven't found anyone's life worth reading about yet. =T

[satanrina]

Carol:
You're welcome!

levi:
Sure you can pre-order. But then you'll lose the thrill of hair-grabbing and balls-kicking of the HP mad ppl who are trying to lunge for the last book on sale.

jAy is a s h y_ b o i:
Shopaholic!! Really?? Must read!!!

For all deprived HP fans:
You can try these books too, the genres are rather similar:
Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer
Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman

I'm now onto Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Shall dig out my Anne Rice later

[Quiet Boy]

pffft, there is no substitute for harry potter!

[levi]

levi:
Sure you can pre-order. But then you'll lose the thrill of hair-grabbing and balls-kicking of the HP mad ppl who are trying to lunge for the last book on sale.

haha..that's why i think pre-ordering is safer!

[beach gurl]

Patricia Cornwell books are good, if you like this "profiler" kind of things. All other crime novel seems petty afterwards ( use to read Mary Higgins Clark b4).

Bcos of Patricia, I also read "Profiler" - think that's the title, uf sorry, again forget the writer's name, real story of FBI's profiler.
Get ready to the dark - dark side of human mind - chilling !.

[en_en]

I was reading Pride and Prejudice, but it got too hard... I couldn't really understand it, and I was half-way through it too...*sigh*

[kayelle]

just finished reading Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist.. excellent book..it's actually the 3rd book of the riftwar saga by the same author.. i strongly recommend his books for those who like fantasy/adventure..
riftwar saga : 1. magician
2. silverthorn
3. darkness at sethanon
there are other books (continuation) like
prince of the blood
shards of a broken crown..etc.
most are series so you should get the first book first and continue on..
erm..i like books by tamora pierce too..anyone read her song of the lioness series:
1. alanna
2. in the hand of the goddess
3. the woman who rides like a man
4. lioness rampant

i read a lot....all kinds of genre..read lots of mills and boon, stephen king (still like misery), danielle steel, julie garwood, judith mcnaught etc.

[seth_seth]

I see that most of you liked English Lit. I am an avid reader myself..but I prefer more contemporary sort of compositions. I used to read Jane Austen, Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl...nowadays I prefer to read about the Chinese Revolution....WW2...stuff like that.....
I will like to recommend a personal favourite which is Angela Ashes by Frank McCourt. The book it's about the author's life...on how he was a poor Irish-American living in the lanes of Limerick.

Happy reading!

[fieryred]

right now im reading "an unquiet mind" by kay redfield jamison. its for my ap psychology class in which we are required to read a nonfiction book on a psychological disorder. this is an autobiography of a psychologist who has manic-depressive disorder, and its really interesting and good.

[xiaoli]

i read the handmaid's tale for english last year, i found that so boring. but once we had to analyse it and stuff, it was okay i *guess*. at first, it just doesn't really seem to make sense and i didn't know what the hell it was going on about.

one of my fave books is Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah. It's a true story and it's really sad =( it's about a little Chinese girl [the author]growing up during the war and she's unloved and unwanted. it's pretty much a straightforward book

i wanna read lord of the rings when i can be bothered

[lotus087]

I usually indulge myself in trashy fantasy novels that never end [I've read em all-- Tolkien,Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, the list goes on forever], but I think listing those would be kinda pointless. I used to have a niche for negative utopian novels [ya i'm in the pessimistic, depressing Silence Alliance so what haha] like 1984, Fahrenheit 451, A Brave New World, and the No Exit plays.

Right now, I am reading This Side of Paradise by F.Scott Fitzgerald because I just finished reading The Great Gatsby in english class. It surely beats reading Faulkner... god I hate that guy ^_^.

[satanrina]

I'm now reading "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol"by Andy Warhol because I have a sudden interest in taking art and he's one of the quirkier artist in recent history. The book is really witty, something really rare for an autobiographical.

My fave lines:
"Looking at store windows is great entertainment because you can see all these things and be really glad it's not home filling up your closets and drawers."

"I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic."

"The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and I'll repeat them after him."

Lotus:
"The Great Gatsby" is lovely. I admire the way that Gatsby goes all out in his quest for wealth and the love of his life. Not the ending though. Do let me know if "This Side of Paradise" is as good.

[lotus087]

well i'm reading it through right now, and it's different. I think the Great Gatsby has something enchanting about it. I just fall in love with all of Gatsby's romantic hope, his devotion. Daisy and Tom, don't get me started... I hate those careless people. Just too cruel. I won't say anymore as not to spoil the ending for anyone who hasn't read it. But I don't know the protagonist of This Side of Paradise, Amory, while he is above everythng human, there is an undertone to him that annoys me soooo much. I don't admire him at all, but he's like that annoying, smart kid in your class that once in a while has to take a hit to his ego and you see just how human everyone is. Well Amory is a stuck up, prep school kid with good looks, so take it from there... Gatsby was always shrouded in mystery, and he had such humility and care. I'll finish the book and then let you know ^_^.

[xoxo]

i've finished the Interview, and i'm now going through The Vampire Lestat. it's captivating, i'll tell you guys that. for those who havent read yet the Vampire Chronicles, its really good especially if you like supernatural stuff. these vampires are just too romantically described. :sigh:. :D

does anybody remember the Love Stories series?

[xiaoli]

yes they were good! haha my favourite one was my best friend's girlfriend by wendy loggia. I read that like 5 or 6 years ago though, but I remember I really liked that one. Before them, I read the series Sweet Dreams.. that was a love stories series as well but the books were simpler and shorter.
i still like reading a lot of childish books.. haha.

[xoxo]

i loved those short paperbacks! i always look first in the kid's section in the bookstore. :D. remember Sweet Valley? i have loads of them.

i think i read my best friend's girlfriend too. it was gooood. too bad the later ones werent as good as the earlier ones, and i've stopped reading them.

[t0kg0nG]

haha... i haf finished reading Harry Potter la... i tink im goin 2 pre orde dis bk at Borders lo... cuz i quened up 4 d last bk release n i nearli went mad... all d kids dere were screaming n shouting...

[myo_infarc]

I see that most of you liked English Lit. I am an avid reader myself..but I prefer more contemporary sort of compositions. I used to read Jane Austen, Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl...nowadays I prefer to read about the Chinese Revolution....WW2...stuff like that.....
I will like to recommend a personal favourite which is Angela Ashes by Frank McCourt. The book it's about the author's life...on how he was a poor Irish-American living in the lanes of Limerick.



I liked Angela's Ashes too! Have you read 'Tis? It's also by Frank McCourt and it picks up from where he left in A Ashes...

If you like Jane Austen's novels, you might like The Bronte sisters works too..Personal favourite is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte...:)

And I agree with u, Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton are the best memories from my chilhood days.....

Matilda rocks!

I'm currently reading Shirley, also by Charlotte Bronte..

[cloUdsuRFer]

I was reading Pride and Prejudice, but it got too hard... I couldn't really understand it, and I was half-way through it too...*sigh*

lol


i love that.......but i love the telemovie more....

sigh.....mr darcy :D

[dabsky]

me reading "7 highly effective habits for TEENS" :) it's a great book for youngsters, i highly recommend it

[satanrina]

I think Mr Darcy is hot too!!
Speaking of Jane Eyre, I'm reading this new book called "The Eyre Affair" by Jaspar Fforde. It seems rather interesting, shall review when done.

Lotus:
Thank you so much. I was so influenced by your review of "The Great Gatbsy" that I went and read it again. And I still love it. I agree with you that Daisy and Tom were utterly heartless. Arrgh. It helps too when the main character and one of my fave singers share the same first name. Ah, Jay :love:
Anyway, I got "This Side of Paradise" at the same time and I think that Blaine is rather detestable. But I hated Holden Caulfield at first too, so I shall give him another chance. Ah, shall go back to my reading now.

[aDrena]

myo_infarc, i find your reading preferences fascinating.

I liked Angela's Ashes too! Have you read 'Tis? It's also by Frank McCourt and it picks up from where he left in A Ashes...

If you like Jane Austen's novels, you might like The Bronte sisters works too..Personal favourite is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte...:)

And I agree with u, Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton are the best memories from my chilhood days.....

Matilda rocks!

I'm currently reading Shirley, also by Charlotte Bronte..

i liked Angeles Ashes for the first half of the book, but after that it just repeats itself, how impoverished the McCourts were, how terrible the living conditions were then...I dont know, i just got bored of it i guess.

and Jane Eyre, my compulsory text for English at A levels. *shudders* there was no possibility of taking a walk that day. (something like that?) it was way too long for me, and the style of writing takes alot of getting used to :squint: and i never got to the end of the story, even when i took my A level papers :shifty:

i'm a novel fanatic, not a big fan of anything else....oh, except for criminology!! :excited:

[LiLxAmMiE]

i'm reading Brian Jac's new series of the Flying Dutchman. they're pretty good... should try them!! :D

i'm not such a reader, but if i have absolutely nothing to do, i read! :p

[myo_infarc]

myo_infarc, i find your reading preferences fascinating.


Thanks! :p Each to her own I say!

I read pretty much anything...even my kid sisters' books...

Has anyone read The Lovely Bones?
Care 4 a review?

[kayelle]

anyone read christian jacq's books? loved reading his ramses series and the stone of light series... brings ancient egypt to life..

[beach gurl]

Has anyone read The Lovely Bones?
Care 4 a review?

Hi myo_infarc, yes if you scroll up me and satanrina has read that.
thanks for the review offer, i wonder more abt her autobiography (?) "Lucky". in the short review it was mentioned abt her got raped at 19
* shudder ...*, so i decided not to search for it yet. have u read that ?
(is it comparable to " a boy called it/the lost boys/the man name dave series ?? " )

[myo_infarc]

Hi myo_infarc, yes if you scroll up me and satanrina has read that.
thanks for the review offer, i wonder more abt her autobiography (?) "Lucky". in the short review it was mentioned abt her got raped at 19
* shudder ...*, so i decided not to search for it yet. have u read that ?
(is it comparable to " a boy called it/the lost boys/the man name dave series ?? " )

Hey, sorry, I get really excited when talking bout books, so I guess I missed reading your post. :wacko: Actually, I haven't read The Lovely Bones, I wanted a review from you ppl so I can judge whether I should pick it up.

Thanks 4 opening my eyes, I still cannot believe I missed your + santarina's posts. Sorry!
~am going to read the book~ :D

Well, about the autobiography, sorry I can't help you with that. I haven't read it!

Thanks again..

[satanrina]

myo_infarc:
No problem. I did read it quite a while ago really, so my review might be a little off. Here goes:

First off, it has a rather gory premise of the rape and murder of a young girl, Susie (probably inspired by the author's own experiences?). She's the narrator of the story, and she was already dead at the beginning of the story. She's in heaven, and her version of heaven is a setting somewhat resembling her school, only they read fashion mags there. There's even counsellors to help them adjust to the new place.
But Susie can't let go. From heaven, she examines how her family, friends and the killer go about their daily duties. Because her body is never found, Susie watches her family go through emotions ranging from hope to despair before finally coming to terms with her death. She also describes how her killer tries to cover his tracks and resume his droll demeanor as a normal guy from a normal neighbourhood.

You'll have to read the book yourself to find out what happens in the end. From a tragic opening, the author manages to convey some hope and humour. The end result is rather bittersweet. Highly recommended!!

[jessica]

well, i'm kind of reading "the witching hour"... ppl who saw that book will also know that it is as thick as a dictionary and it is taking me a verrry long time to read it, since i don't have time lately... i think i'm close to the middle of the book... hopefully i can finish this book by the end of this year :D
i love reading about the supernatural... ppl who love this kind of genre should read books written by laurell k. hamilton... i've read all her books and i'll be getting her new book soon.

[hongdou]

i think i had not been touching a proper storybook for a few months, still remembered the time when i was in Primary School, i am always busy reading all those classics to do book reviews to impressed my teachers(of cos the abridged versions) and in Secondary School, i was crazy over Danielle Steel's books.

Eversince going into college, i stopped reading English books and picked up Chinese novels instead. I like Zhang Xiao Xian;s books and after my exams next month, i am going to get a couple of her new books. Strongly recommend her books to all those who can read Chinese out there.

As for now, me had been reading my own textbooks but dun seems to be making much progress. Haha.. inching at a few pages per day....

[Angels on clouds]

I've been reading Matthew Reilly's bks...its really action packed. right from the front, unlike normal books, which have an intro, and buildup to the climax. so if u're looking for a super exciting, and interesting bk, go read Ice Station. i couldn't put it down once i started. Temple's not bad too.

hmm...dun really read Anne Rice's vampire chronicles, though i thought Violin was superb....different but interesting...

[kewlpiggy88]

I was reading Pride and Prejudice, but it got too hard... I couldn't really understand it, and I was half-way through it too...*sigh*

lol


i love that.......but i love the telemovie more....

sigh.....mr darcy :D

OMGOSH! me and my friend LOVE colin firth! he plays mr. darcy so well! the PERFECT mr. darcy. hehe, just this past weekend, i went to her house and watched the first 1/3 of the miniseries. so good..i recommend it to everyone! even though it's set like around 200 years ago, it's really interesting. i liked it even as an elementary-school student!

right now, i'm reading john grisham's "the summons". his books are usually pretty good - very suspenseful. i really recommend "the firm". it's really good!

kewlpiggy88

[girl_next_door]

what am i reading? loads of media text books - its sooooo depressing all this uni work! :wacko: :( i use to read quite a lot but now i just don't have the time! soooo annoying!

the best book i've ever read though is prob 'memoirs of a geisha' (anyone else read it?) - v touching story!

[petheads]

I'm reading Prey by Michael Crichton and Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult.

Prey is about some science experiment (nanotchnolgy) thingy. His books are usually quite disturbing as they touch on science developing way faster than our brain cells can grasp. The book's a bit too technical though, so it's been a slow read for me.

Perfect Match is about a couple dealing with the fact that their 5 year old son was sexually abused. Totally heart-wrenching. Had to secretly wipe my tears on the train today and I'm only at chapter 2! looks like i'm going to lose lots more saltwater...

I totally recommend Jodi Picoult's Harvesting the Heart if you like the family story type. Love Story by Erich Seagal is also a great book.

Eh...I also recommend Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series. It's a thriller series about this quadriplegic criminalist. really good, especially the latest one, The Vanished Man.

[snail]

for more advanced readers, crime and punishment by dostoevsky is excellent! if u have ever wanted a book that really paints a picture of humanity, this is the book.
it explores the human soul, the good and the evil, and the mind of a criminal....and his beautiful, humanistic side... it is suspenseful, romantic, exciting!
crime and punishment has themes of love, morality, family, self awareness, repentance in it...it is beautiful! so descriptive and it is my FAVOURITE BOOK Of all times.

for readers who want to be entertained, all gordon korman novels are excellent. he is a canadian author who writes humourous novels.... they always make me laugh out loud even tho i've read them many times already :)

lastly, i recommend little prince (esp the original french version) moving, touching, makes u reflect on what really is important in life

[Bunny]

Right now, I'm reading this novel 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte for my English course. It's supposed to be, quote, "the BEST love story ever" and the "classic of classics" according to my English marker.
I'm always up for a good romance, but 10 pages later, I'm beginning to seriously doubt my choice, becuase it's taking me like, 5 minutes to read one page... :roll: I have to read each sentence over at least a second time to fully grasp the meaning... Darn those 1800's authors.
Is that sad, or does Bronte give anyone else a migrain?

Oh well... I'll just swim through it, and maybe survive just to look back and see that I actually enjoyed it! :D

[aznboi08]

right now I'm reading my chinse study book, bio, photoshop book, and this forum =D

[iron_box]

im reading VANDREAD manga in Indonesian translation..

[Angels on clouds]

hey after reading all your reviews and recommendations on "The Lovely Bones", i went to the library to borrow it, and i finished it in a day. its really touching....and nice. so err...i'm recommending it now! hehe

[ninjabeast]

Hey to all:

Just wondering if anybody here loves reading autobiographies. Personally i really loves reading autobiographies. I am currently reading the Robbie Williams one, which is quite good. Anybody have the same thoughts??

[Gwen910]

How did I miss this thread?!

I liked the Lovely Bones, but I was thoroughly disturbed afterwards. I scare easily and she the little girl's mruder could have really happened, I was just bothered.

I'm a big Jane Austen geek too.:) The A&E version of Pride and Prejudice was awesome. Last year, I read a book called Pride, Prejudice, and Jasmine Field. It was great! The premise is that this famous actor is trying to get this other celebrities to participate in a theatrical stage version of P&P for charity. The lead ends up going to Jasmine Field who is a writer...elements of the original story are weaved all around. There's also a great fight scene to corrolates with the scene where Darcy tells Elizabeth that he likes her but she's beneath him.:D

I'm currently reading Cotillion by Georgette Heyer who is a Regency Romance writer and was really historically accurate. She's like Jane Austen...only more funny.:D Convenient Marriage was great.

Shopaholic...a read for all girls.:D The first was too much like Bridget Jones but the second made up for it.

Megan Cabot...wrote Princess Diaries and actually recently published her first non-kiddie book..The Guy Next Door...it was cute and pretty funny. The whole book is written in email format which was kinda cool.

*whew!*

[xoxo]

i love Meg Cabot's novels. though i usually find them in the kid's section, there's nothing childish about them, coz i'm 16 and there are so many instances that i can relate with. the Guy Next Door should be a great read

[sauerkraut]

right now, i'm reading the chinese translation of a korean book... i think it's based on a korean drama (or the other way round, i'm not sure)... winter sonata? :? dunno... however, it's called "lan se sheng si lian". very very sad. :( um, and other than that... a german novel, and in english it's "villette" by charlotte bronte right now.

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

shopaholic.. i got the book when it first came out and recommended it to all the girls.


isn't it sad? or is isn't it scary? the main character is quite like me, except i don't have money problems. but i'm quite the shopping fiend. :p


i would like to have some good reads, i read all genres except for autobiographies/biographies. =P just can't bring myself to em.

a few days ago i was feeling bored and sorta felt like reading but didn't have anything i want to read.

[satanrina]

Shopaholic eh. I'll have an uncontrollable urge to go shopping even reading about shopping. In fact, I shopped myself so broke I even decided to pick on html skills an built myself an pan-handling site a la Karyn. But just looking at the content page of the "Html for Dummies" alone is enough to make me comatose.

Back on track, you must read “Wiseguy”, by Nicholas Pileggi. It's a terrific book which has been made into an even more terrific movie. Now, does anyone know if "Reservior Dogs" was ever published?

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

yep shopaholic.
i skipped class yesterday to go shopping.
in the course of 2 days i spent over USD$200.
and it's only wednesday too.
did i mention i don't work either? lol

but i want the new pink coach bags... gonna get me one and a bag from either coach or dooney and burke for my mom for mother's day. if i get myself a coach bag and nothing for her she will get pissed. and so i'm forced to buy her one.
darn her! she doesn't like to spend too much money on things, but i guess if the money is spent for *her* then it's "ok". -_____-;;


right-o, back on track. could you tell me what "wiseguy" is about please? thanx.

[satanrina]

Pink coach bags, I think I know which ones you're talking about. That's the extent of my shopaholic madness. I try to lock myself in but I will end up shopping online instead. Argghs. And I don't have a proper job either.

Anyways, I forgot to mention the "Wiseguy" was made into "Goodfellas".
You. have. to. watch. the. movie.

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

yes! the pink coach bags! tres cute right? they're sold out at the coach store near where i live. what a poo. so i'll have to hit the malls =T
you know, it's so annoying how people that work in the stores judge you by the way you dress and stuff. i encountered a lot of that while shopping last night.
i didn't want to be dressed too nice since i was supposed to be in class.. so i just wore whatevers.
i walk into BCBG and the girls at the counter just looked at us and looked away and continued their convo. no "hi~~ how are you doing?" or whatever. none of that. they continue to ignore our existence (my friend and I) until i started taking things off the racks. THEn they come over and ask if i needed a room. and being annoyed at their snotty behavior i just bought said "No, I don't need to try these on. I'll just take em". well, i don't usually like to try on clothes anyway but i felt like acting like a snob since i felt they were rude.


you still haven't told me what "wiseguy" is about. err but im guessing it has to do with gangsters?

[satanrina]

Yup, they are. I saw them on mags and online but they're not out in Singapore yet. Which is lucky, because I'll go on to something newer by the time they're so so I won't get them. I have to control my buying habit.
Salesppl everywhere are like that. Especially if they are girls. I just try not to buy from them so they don't get the comission. Speaking of BCBG, I just got a lovely wrap dress, too expensive so now I'm in denial.

On to "Wiseguys", it's about gangsters yes. But it's really funny too. Sorta like a modern take on "Godfather". It's written in dialouge, so the book is pretty short, like a screenplay. It's basically about the life of Henry Hill, from the time he was young and wanted to join the mafia, to the time he ended up in police protection towards the end of his mafia career. Even if you don't read the book, you must get the movie. Must. I got the dvd a few years back and it's one of the movies I watch and watch again.

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

how does your dress look like? I saw a nice, pale yellow dress at BCBG too. With some embroidery on the front, just a bit of beads and stuff. Very cute but I didn't bother to try it on because I don't wear dresses too often.


Ah... "Godfather" I just finished watching that in my classic film class and we started "The Godfather II" today. Very cool.

Maybe I'll just watch the movie. :p

[fobgirl29]

Salt: A World History.....and it's not for school. It's actually a really good read and very informative.

[satanrina]

Maggie:
I don't wear dresses that much either but I cannot resist anything with the word "wrap" and "black" in it. It's sorta like those DVF wrap dress but with lace in the midriff so it likes somewhat like an obi. I have a tendency to get excited when I hear "embriodery", "beads" and "cute" together too.

I feel guilty gushing about clothes in here so here's my book of the day:
"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
I haven't read it yet, but it got the Booker Prize for 2002 so I'm guessing it's pretty good.

[~sugarcookie~]

but i want the new pink coach bags... gonna get me one and a bag from either coach or dooney and burke for my mom for mother's day. if i get myself a coach bag and nothing for her she will get pissed. and so i'm forced to buy her one.
darn her! she doesn't like to spend too much money on things, but i guess if the money is spent for *her* then it's "ok". -_____-;;


you don't have to get her a bag too...just get her something that looks good, and is cheap! haha, that's what i do a lot of the time...hey, i have my needs too! :D

[fobgirl29]

Oh I read The Life of Pi! It's a pretty good book, in my opinion at least.

[kAkA]

i'm trying to read 'the hours' in swedish. really dont get a thing. am a bit panicky rite now since need to rite a paper on it.
it shld be a good book, since they made it a movie and all. maybe i shld read the english version first. or even better...just see the movie!!!
*lightbulb hovering over head lights up*

[choo min]

tuesdays with morries by mitch albom

i find it a very touching book, but it is also one about the lessons of life. it's a real story about this professor who found out he had a disease which would leave him dying slowly, so he spent his time meaningfully and had lessons with an old student of his about lessons of life. he wanted the student to publish a book about the perspective of life from someone about to die, so as to encourage people.

this is my all-time favourite, and i've cried numerous times whilst reading it. i don't think i've brought out the essence of the book with my lousy description, but i really recommend it... please give it a try

[fobgirl29]

kAKA: In Swedish??? Wow! I took Swedish once, for a quarter.....but I can't remember anything anymore.

[aDrena]

i just finished "Every Dead Thing" by John Connelly, feeling very relieved to return to the world of fiction after 15 gruelling weeks of textbooks. I just decided that I like reading thrillers best, because i like reading about psycho killers, so that i know what's going on in their minds should i ever meet one.

anyway, the book was an excellent one, with very vivid descriptions about mutiliations of varying degrees. but the storyline is rather cliched, along the same lines as "Messiah" by Boris Starling and the movie "Seven". any fellow psychological thriller fans around here, with good books to recommend??

[Gwen910]

I just finished Lost in a Good Book by Jaspar Fforde. It's the sequel to The Eyre Affair and that was great as was this one. Fforde has a great sense of humor and plays with words so well! Good stuff!

[wenhope]

I just finished two great books by my all time two fave authors. Dean Koontz and James Patterson.
The first one is the Fun House, totally creepy and exciting.
the second is 2nd Chance, it's great...a realy page turner.
I totally recommend these books and any other books by these authors.

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

everyone's recommending one.

now i don't know what to read.





as for the coach bags. that's what my mom wants. so yeah what can i do? i'll just get money from my daddy ^^

[kAkA]

kAKA: In Swedish??? Wow! I took Swedish once, for a quarter.....but I can't remember anything anymore.

yeah gotta read it for class. it's shit hard. even tho i've lived here for like 10 years my swedish is still crappy. why did u take swedish? i can't imagine how it cld be useful at all unless u'r in sweden that is. argh it's just a pain in the bum.

[fobgirl29]

kAkA: believe it or not, it was for fun. Plus the food tasting wasn't bad either! And on top of it, I wanted to go to Sweden, but I ended up going to Japan instead. No one wanted to go to Sweden with me, so we changed destinations. I still would love to go though!

[kAkA]

ugh wldn't be as fun as u prob pictured in ur mind!! v. dull and boring, bad weather...god i cld go on forever. but as surprising as it is to me there are other ppl who love it here! tho if i were u, i wld choose japan!!
hows japan? loads of shopping to do rite?? gah! i'm so jealous. plz do tell!

[fobgirl29]

really? Well, maybe you're just immune to the charms cause you live there. Japan was a lot of fun! I did a lot of shopping and we were there with my bf's best friend who is Japanese....and who's family still lives in Japan and happens to be rich! I had a really good time and we went to lots of places and it was good to be a non-touristy tourist.

[kAkA]

gah! am so jealous. saw all those pretty places on telly but it's sooooo far away!!! but must get out of sweden this summer.
i guess when u live here, u get past all the touristy views, but the weather is so depressing. all foggy and rainy. we need the sun!

[fobgirl29]

Oh right! You guys have the summers when the sun doesn't set right? Or something like that. I didn't know it was foggy and rainy over there! Hm...don't recall them ever telling me that.

[rojak]

:excited: I am reading Tolkien's Unfinished Tales right now. It has information on the history or some events that aren't told in detail in the three volumes of LOTR. Plus it is very thick.

Have anyone read the Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux?
Great book. :excited:

Another book Phantom by Susan Kay. The story of the phantom right from his birth.

[kAkA]

Oh right! You guys have the summers when the sun doesn't set right? Or something like that. I didn't know it was foggy and rainy over there! Hm...don't recall them ever telling me that.

lol yeah maybe up in the north! i remember going up to the tip of norway or something and seeing the 'sun that never sets' it just stays bright all day, but only for like one or two days in a row.

am v. happy rite now cuz finally we got some good weather! it's sunny :D. so depressing whne ur stuck in the house and got nothing to do when it's pouring outside. hows the weather where ur at?

rojak: i think i remember reading the phantom of the opera. i thought it was realy creepy, but i guess it was too deep of a book for me to read then. it was ages ago like 3rd grade or something. actually when i come to think of it, it prob was abridged!!

[rojak]

:) It was a little creepy. You should read the original version. It is very exiciting, i remember i was glued to the book because i wanted to know the ending. However, none of the movies that were based on the book was true to the original story, sigh.

[ashley]

Phantom of the Opera is a lovely, lovely, lovely play!

Andrew Lloyd Webber made it even more memorable when he made the scores so beautiful. Whenever I travel long distances in the car, I'd play the CD over and over again.

but i haven't read the original book yet. must go hunt for it. thanks for providing the author's name rojak.

[kAkA]

hey has anyone read amy tans books?? thay're all about chinese immigrants in the 40s who moved to san fransisco. it's really funny and something asians can relate to. also surprisingly educational in a sense as well! they're so much fun.

i really recommend u guys to read 'the joyluck club' and 'the bonesetters daughter' v. touching stories with historical reference and all. they also made a movie of 'the joyluck club' has anyone seen it? am i the only amy tan fan here??

[evenstar_sc]

I've finished LOTR and I think the Terry Pratchet Discworld series is so funny and it's a good read if you can't really get into the hard dark fantasy kinda stuff. Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I'm a BIG fantasy lit. fan. The Phantom Tollbooth, KLue (local mag), and Jay Chou lyrics and translations.

has anybody read Wild Swans by Jung Chang?
It's about the life of three Chinese women from different generations. A really good read. An oldie but a goody.

[linny]

Currently reading The Villa by Nora Roberts. I know romance novels aren't exactly the greatest, but I take exception for this one. It's really quite interesting...

As for recommendations, I'd say the His Dark Materials series. It's one of my favorite series. The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass are the titles of the books in that series. A very good trilogy. It's the kind of book that makes you think.

Other recommendation would be Farenheit 451 (I think I screwed up the spelling...). The book isn't exactly scary, but I got so freaked out when I read it. The realization that life could be like that scared me half to death.

[fobgirl29]

I've read the Amy Tan books. They're good, but not really my kinda thing. I loved the Phantom Tollbooth however! And I've read the His Dark Materials series as well, they were pretty good even though I don't really like sci-fi.

I do recommend The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, and if you're interested in children's books, the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.

[kAkA]

has anybody read Wild Swans by Jung Chang?
It's about the life of three Chinese women from different generations. A really good read. An oldie but a goody.

oh it took me ages to finish that! all bout the cultural revolution and stuff, gives a more clear picture of wat happened. but it probably is biased and blown out of proportion. tho still a good book i must say, v. well written. but i like the beginning more when they were talkin bout the grandma and the mom.

have u read 'to the edge of the sky' its 'tian bian' in chinese? also similar to wild swans, an autobiography. but it's completely bleurgh. i started to hate the author cuz she was so cruel to her sister and then it seemed like everything he talked about was just crap.

has anyone read 'holes'? i loved it. and they're making a movie out of it!! ahhh am so excited, must see it. but am not sure if it'll be any good.

[evenstar_sc]

Yeah i liked the beginning of Jung Chang too. My mom bought it for me when I was 12 and I could NOT put it down it was such a struggle for them back then. Even if it was biased (as all autobiographies are) the struggles must have been real and tragic.
No I haven't read 'to the edge of the sky'. I can't read chinese tho'. And what's 'holes' all about?

[greenskies]

I'm reading 2nd Chance, James Patterson, another crime and um, investigation kind of story. he wrote a whole bunch of other similiar books and haha, I like to read about murder cases. Just read finish The Summons, John Grisham, not bad, not much court action involved tho..

[jessica]

I'm reading 2nd Chance, James Patterson, another crime and um, investigation kind of story. he wrote a whole bunch of other similiar books and haha, I like to read about murder cases. Just read finish The Summons, John Grisham, not bad, not much court action involved tho..

hey, i've read 2nd Chance too! that was a good book... did you read the first book "first to die"? i like books from James Patterson... read some of them and i enjoyed it all... i love the detective/investigation plots... he always have a nice twist at the end.

John Grisham??? i heard that his books can be a little boring if you're not into the law stuff.

[fantasiekisz]

hmm i'm reading that weird series it's starts of with
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angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging
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on the bright side, i'm now the girlfriend of the sex god
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knocked out by my nunga nungas
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dancing in my nuddy-pants
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it's seriously not what you think..it's a very hilarious series in english[as in england talk haha]so theres like a glossary in the back and stuff..it's pretty weird, but good..

[jessica]

hmm i'm reading that weird series it's starts of with
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angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging
-
on the bright side, i'm now the girlfriend of the sex god
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knocked out by my nunga nungas
-
dancing in my nuddy-pants
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it's seriously not what you think..it's a very hilarious series in english[as in england talk haha]so theres like a glossary in the back and stuff..it's pretty weird, but good..

wow, it is weird!

what's the title and author... i think i'll be interested in reading it... haven't read and comedic books before... is it really hard to understand? i don't get english jokes... do you have to turn to the back of the book often? that will be kind of annoying.

i'm still reading "the witching hours"... ppl who are familiar with that book will know that it's as long as a dictionary... i still have a few hundred pages to go... the book is really good, even though i get confused with all those names and connections.

[ker_ai_teresa]

LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!! for the 3rd time actually...simply cannot wait for THE RETURN OF THE KING to come out in the cinemas...anybody a LOTR fan?

[janicehui9]

I'm currently reading the novel, A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. I know that there's a movie, and i saw it too, but to be honest, the book is WAY better than the movie. The movie had left out a lot of vital parts of the story!! But this be my opinion. I think that this is one of the best books that i've read!! I highly recommend this book!!

[cici bebe]

Yeah "A Walk to Remember" was beautifully written.. In the book, Nicholas Sparks purposely didn't put whether she died or not but the movie said she died.. >_< I'd like to think that she lived.

[linny]

... OMG. I love that book. I bought it at Sam's Club just to try it out, and I ended up staying up all night to finish it. I was sucked into it, and by the end, I was balling. I don't often cry when reading books, but that was such a sad story.

:cry:

[SuperHyperGirl]

im reading pride and prejudice by jane austen... but thats cos its required for school :p
OMG! i love Pride and Prejudice! ppl are probably gonna think i'm crazy, but its like my favorite book! :D
now i'm reading the Rainmaker by John Chirsham and re-reading GOne with the Wind. not a lot of good English books here. :P so sad... i love reading.

[girl_next_door]

hmm i'm reading that weird series it's starts of with
-
angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging
-
on the bright side, i'm now the girlfriend of the sex god
-
knocked out by my nunga nungas
-
dancing in my nuddy-pants
-
it's seriously not what you think..it's a very hilarious series in english[as in england talk haha]so theres like a glossary in the back and stuff..it's pretty weird, but good..

haha i've read 'angus, thongs and full frontal snogging' - it was hilarious!!!! def one of the funniest books i've ever read. what are the others like?

i've just finished 'Bridget Jones : The edge of reason' (which I highly reccommed) and have just started 'the tale of murasaki' - anyone else read this book?

[Torrid Ice]

I just finished reading Brave New World. Nice book though pretty disturbing as with any other book that talks about technology going wrong.

[jessica]

I'm currently reading the novel, A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. I know that there's a movie, and i saw it too, but to be honest, the book is WAY better than the movie. The movie had left out a lot of vital parts of the story!! But this be my opinion. I think that this is one of the best books that i've read!! I highly recommend this book!!

really??? i've saw the movie a while ago, but didn't read the book... i guess i'll have to read the book also and find out the missing parts... the movie isn't that bad... too bad the story has a sad ending.

[kAkA]

hmm i'm reading that weird series it's starts of with
-
angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging
-
on the bright side, i'm now the girlfriend of the sex god
-
knocked out by my nunga nungas
-
dancing in my nuddy-pants
-
it's seriously not what you think..it's a very hilarious series in english[as in england talk haha]so theres like a glossary in the back and stuff..it's pretty weird, but good..

wow looks like a bunch of peoples read angus thongs!!! my god it's so hard getting hold of them since i lie in sweden, they dont sell them here! am so fustrated cuz really want to read the fourth one. but i have to admit that it's getting a little too predictable. in the beginning it was so orgininal and v. fun to read since theres all those british slang that i haven't gotten a clue bout and the glossary!! hahaha

[Gwen910]

Pride and Prejudice is an awesome book! I need to find me a Mr. Darcy! And I like Edge of Reason better than Bridget Jones. They're supposed to make a movie for that too, but what are they going to do about the Colin Firth scene?! He's already in it!:D

I'm reading JD Salinger's 9 Stories right now and am about to read The Devil Wears Prada which I heard was awesome.

[aDrena]

LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!! for the 3rd time actually...simply cannot wait for THE RETURN OF THE KING to come out in the cinemas...anybody a LOTR fan?

I bought the trilogy when "Fellowship of the Ring" first came out in the movies. It's been 2 yrs since, and I haven't read past the first 3 pages. :tomato: It really is hard reading!! I read the first three pages, flipped to the appendix because I didn't understand a single word, and promptly gave up when i saw the, what, 500? paged Appendix :crazy: I'll give it another go this hols :hmm:

[mUShy]

greenskies: how does 2nd chance compares to the other James Patterson works?

i've finished reading The Hours last wk.
i had to read it cos i din get half of what the characters were trying to portray.
the actresses sure had a hard time trying to act out the many complicated feelings in them...
and the cinema version has been softened (parts on lesbians, bisexuals, childhood abused etc)

[evenstar_sc]

LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!! for the 3rd time actually...simply cannot wait for THE RETURN OF THE KING to come out in the cinemas...anybody a LOTR fan?

*raises hand and waves frantically* Yep right here! I loved reading LOTR(2nd time) and The Hobbit, that was really good. I can't wait for ROTK either. Anybody read Diana Wynn Jones books? I liked her sort of children/young adult books. Especially love her book covers. I admit I'm one of those people who judges a book by it's cover. Literally! Then I'll read the summary...and if I like what I read then I'll get it. Her stories have a sort of detachment from reality but at the same time her characters, through their emotions and actions are very human. Sort of real and unreal at the same time. I don't really know how to explain...*work brain work!*

[fantasiekisz]

ohh since you guys wanted to know the author to the angus thongs and FFS series..it's louise rennison..

uhh girl_next_door wanted to know what the other ones are about..

err the 2nd one is about errr georgia finally gets together with robbie and then they break up and so she goes out with dave the laugh and than they break up and i guess she's back with robbie..haha u have to read it..

i guess i'm not good at describing..just buy the boook i guess..and if u can't get a hold of it in your local bookstore try www.amazon.com haha but i derno if they'll deliever to sweden

oh and what this topics really about..what i just finished reading was

the sisterhood of the traveling pants
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and the sequel
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the second summer of the sisterhood of the traveling pants

the booooks are reallly good very NOT predictable haha so if you want something like that..they're really good and i dunno i just like it alot, the first one made me cry at the end..i dunno it's good try it!

[sam123]

I've recently finished reading Troublemaker and Other Saints and am now starting Hotel du Lac. The first one was a pretty good book, I could totally relate to some of the Asian families.

[GuArDiAn AnGeL]

last nite i finished a book...."Thoroughly Kissed"...by Kristine Grayson...its a great book to read if u like fairy tales..and more fiction type things..its nto that hard to read..but the author has a very good voice and uses very good choice of words...its not that long either....351pages total..not that much :happy:

[ddooll]

i had to read "The Great Gatsby" for independent reading... instead of really reading it, i faked it...
ha... that's the most boring book ever...
i then read "Ellen Foster" for another english class... it was good... but the conflicts was awkward...

[dudett09]

girl next door: never read tale of murasaki, but i did 'start' the tale of gengi--- its her novel. it got so boring i dropped out in the middle. maybe it was because of the jap to eng translations. or maybe it was because i was only in 5th grade. {had to research her}

has anyone ever read the royal diaries series? princess elizabeth, marie antoinette, cleopatra, etc

[illusionanqel]

I'm reading Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui. It's an amazing book, I really suggest it to everybody. It has a tad bit of sexual content so... yeah. just a bit of caution ^^;;

[Serendipity]

Wondering if you girls have a thing for thrashy romance novels. They are quite a luxury to indulge in sometimes!
I'm reading The Princess by Jude Devereux now.
I recommend Perfect by Judith MacNaught.

[cici bebe]

Trashy romance novels? :glug: How are they like?


Currently reading Message In A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks. I like him as an author but this book, in my opinion, is poorly written. It doesn't flow very well as in the sentence structures don't link together as one piece and I can't feel what the characters in there are feeling. Kind of a cold story in that sense, if you know what I mean.

[evenstar_sc]

Wondering if you girls have a thing for thrashy romance novels. They are quite a luxury to indulge in sometimes!
I'm reading The Princess by Jude Devereux now.
I recommend Perfect by Judith MacNaught.

Yeah I think I've read quite a few of those...I'm not sure how to explain what they are.
I think It's a kind of romance novel thats people usually don't read again after reading it once they have explicit details of lovemaking and cheesy dialogues between the hero and heroine. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

Currently reading Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves pretty heart wrenching. But not as good as Yung Chang's Wild Swans. Probably cause her writing style is too factual and practical for my taste. But still very good.

[aDrena]

Serendipity> :clink: I'm a trashy novel fan too! wahahaahahhaa...You must read Dara Joy, she writes fantasy trashy novels, with hunky aliens with extreme...uh-huh prowress :shifty:

ok, i need some help here, guys. Has anybody read Anne Rice's Memnoch the Devil? It explores this idea that Satan is not really evil bad, he just prefers indulgence in the flesh to suffering, any kind of suffering. The book portrays God as a wrathful one, who sees suffering as the only way to enlightenment (correct me if I got it wrong, but that's the impression i got). I accepted all this, its fiction after all, but in the end where Lestat suddenly went ballastic, I totally lost it. Can anybody enlighten me?

[Jess]

aDrena> sorry, I haven't read that book.. can't help you there :?

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix right now... because it came out today. I hope to finish it by tonight.. (or early tomorrow.. as in.. staying up all night reading it) because once I start a book, I can't usually put it down. And this book probably classifies as one of them, from the responses I'm getting from my friends.

[nickie]

I'm reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix right now... because it came out today. I hope to finish it by tonight.. (or early tomorrow.. as in.. staying up all night reading it) because once I start a book, I can't usually put it down. And this book probably classifies as one of them, from the responses I'm getting from my friends.

i'm too reading harry potter, hope i can finish it in a few days coz my reading pace is slowing down (hav to go to class and stuff).

[xiAoJie]

HARRY POTTER!!! woot!! the fifth one, just got it yesterday, its pretty good so far. hopefully i wont have so much work to do this week so that i can keep reading it.

[Quiet Boy]

yay! hp5!!! order of the phoenix for me as well! :)
It'll take me quite a while though to decipher that all that British slang and magical terms and jargon, and Im a slow reader as well :cry:

[jAy is a s h y_ b o i]

yup yup me too. halfway through with harry potter now.

the british slang isn't that bad. i've read other brit books with slang much more confusing lol.

[ankh]

i'm reading the first 4 books of harry potter to prepare myself for the 5th book when my fren lends me.
stupid question but juz wanna know is the 5th book nice? heard someone died but dun say who k?

[jessica]

what's up with harry potter?... is it really that good?... i just finished reading "cerulean sins"... that book was good, but not as good as the previous ones... it would be better if there was more detective work, like in the previous books... i've waited 2 years for this book to come out... too bad i read it so quickly.

[Mike]

I finished HP in 2 days... (i'm sucha nerd)

and right now i'm reading James Bond Doubleshot.

Doubleshot is also a Starbucks drink that they don't sell at Starbucks... XD

[sabriel]

if like detective stories then you'll really like harry potter.
its really good. i've only read 2 books.
only 3 more to go
you should read howl's moving castle if you like harry potter
and its gonna be the next studio ghibli movie by miyazaki (the man who created princess mononoke and sprited away)

i'm goin to attempt to read middlemarch now.

[~sugarcookie~]

The memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George. it's pretty good...thick, but good. i'll definately recommend her other book to, Mary called Magdalene. and as you can probably already tell from the title, it's about the apostle Mary Magdalene.

[dudett09]

artemis fowl series are good- only 3. by Eoin Cohen

harry potter #5- half way through

and uh.. Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori. i'm 95% sure satanrina would love this book. easy reading but really good. her type of subject

[une_topaze]

still halfway on HP becoz my sis n bro read it b4 me. somehow, i don't get charged up reading it bcoz it's too much detail. starts to bore me. i prefer the other 4 HP books.

im also reading Ramses: Lady of Abu Simbel by Christian Jacq in between HP.

[linny]

I'm TRYING to read [u]My Antonia[/b], which is a required book for English. I can't seem to get very far. :oops:

When I'm not reading My Antonia, I'm reading my World History book to do my homework. :D So sad. I recently finished reading Harry Potter 5, and I want to read that book.. The title was something like "Tales of a Geisha". MY friend told me that book is really good.

[lladee]

to me, reading isn't excatly the funnest thing on Earth to do..but i'm currently reading harry potter bk 4. first time i'm reading it though i read the first 3 books ages ago. .bought the fifth bk already but haven't started yet. teehee..think i'm getting a new obsession. i just dreamt bout Harry Potter two nites in a row..:D

[GuArDiAn AnGeL]

right now im reading about abigail adams....lol....girl of the colonial days....i don't think its all that interesting...cuz its about her childhood and y she was an important person in american history...^^;;; but i'll read it neways..it might help me understand more about other things .....especially wut we're going to learn next year! i don't think reading is the funnest thing in the world to do either :laughing: ...im a slow reader...so it usually takes me a while to read something that other pple can do quickly :dry: .....i literally read out every word in my heart so i can understand...no wonder it takes long :?

[LiTobLuEsTaR724]

sweet valley high! go twinz! hehe, i really enjoy their lives of gossip and moralz that involve ethics! omg they get into a lot of trouble!

[nickie]

sweet valley high! go twinz! hehe, i really enjoy their lives of gossip and moralz that involve ethics! omg they get into a lot of trouble!

i used to be fans of sweet valley series but i slow down after a few year. i still read occasionally. but i don't like the junior high and senior year series. it's just not the same anymore.

[mUShy]

Sweet Valley High! Those were the days lol...
I used to like them too!

Am currently reading Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.
It takes about being in the face of death, how do we handle it, how should we look at life etc...
Will provide more details after i've finished reading it :)

[greenskies]

Hmmm Ive just read Bridget jones diary and tony parsons's man and boy
I like the male perspective in man and boy.
reading nick earl's bachelor kisses now..:D

[bluebuzzybug]

currently i'm readin "souls the gods had forsaken" by ralph modder ( a singaporean writer)
it's talks about the lives of 3 women back in the older days where they were treated as slaves.......

it's pretty sad to know how woman were treated back in the old days!

[GuArDiAn AnGeL]

im actually reading a really sad book...."the rape of nanking"....for next year....i just wanted to have an earlier start....so i'll be off further than other students in the beginning ofthe year....its so sad >"< and how pple treat each other like...THAT...!!!....chinese pple being tortured, raped, murdered, and their bodies are joked upon....its something worth learning....about humanity...

[fat_penguin]

hm..
im reading "the Da Vinci Code"

its a novel - in case it sounded techy.. :angel:

its .. very... controversial, i must say.. :glug:

[Savinee]

I'm reading a medical dictionary since I got a a part time job as an translater (weird isn't it? cause my english is suck) and I've got to translate the cosmetic ingredients. But what drives me finishes the 280 pages of boring stuff is listen to Jay's songs!

[minwoosarang]

At the moment I'm reading Jung Chang's "Wild Swans" which is quite interesting so far. Good background information about China in the 1930's and years after.

I personally like autobiographies because you learn so much about another person's suffering, time, lifestyle and basically about the life of someone who lived so different to yours.

[abra16]

i read 3 books in less than 2 weeks. the lost world, temple, terminal man. good books. exciting too.
but discovered that i didn't read chinese books recently so this week i'm reading chinese one. ha. chinese books usually takes a longer time to read.
yah, and also reading memoirs of lee kuan yew, singapore's senior minister. great man i think.

[evenstar_sc]

im actually reading a really sad book...."the rape of nanking"....for next year....i just wanted to have an earlier start....so i'll be off further than other students in the beginning ofthe year....its so sad >"< and how pple treat each other like...THAT...!!!....chinese pple being tortured, raped, murdered, and their bodies are joked upon....its something worth learning....about humanity...

the Rape of Nanking sounds interesting. It's next on my to read list. I really like autobiographies or books that reflect the hardships of people of that time.

On a lighter note, i'm reading a book: The Truth by Terry Pratchett now. Part of the Discworld series. Very funny! i like his sense of humour.

[sabriel]

The Blind Assassin by Margret Atwood.
its a good book but it make me think too hard. its a a novel within a novel within a novel. 3 stories. no, its not subplots. its acutal novels. and Atwood is known for her cynical view of the males in the worlds. she lightens up a little. just a little.

i lovebridget jones' diary 1 and 2
but i realized (at 3 am last week) that #1 is a remake of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensiblity
and #2 has a little bit of Persausion, also by Austen.
(i was going thru an Austen obssession last week, rereading her books)

[jaysgirl]

i'm reading SONG OF TROY by Colleen McCullough
it's a great book if you're intresting in greek myths n how they came about.
FALLING LEAVES and ANGELA'S ASHES are two books i strongly recommend to anyone who likes historical non fictions. :wink2:

[nickie]

i'm reading 'the tale of genji' by murasaki shikibu. the book is so long and i think i'll need more time to finish. and some times i don't really understand :p

[getsu_04]

I've been reading "The Tale of Genji" for like 2 summers now(I never have enough time to get into it!).I have two translations that i keep switching between in a feeble attempt to understand it all,lolz.Right now I'm stuck doin' summer reading for skool...Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring",it's quite depressing...

[minwoosarang]

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding.

[linny]

I am currently reading Of Mice and Men by the ever famous John Steinbeck. More required English summer reading. Joy. :dry:

But, at least it's somewhat interesting... I kind of feel bad for one of the characters. ><;;

[ker_ai_teresa]

FALLING LEAVES and ANGELA'S ASHES are two books i strongly recommend to anyone who likes historical non fictions. :wink2:

:bounce: yeah, yeah!!! me!!! i was looking for falling leaves at the library but the copies were all out on loan! how was it???

i'm really into historical non fiction right now, esp biographies, they're so interesting! i'm most into WW2 non fiction....prolly the only modern history that i'm interested in, coz i'm more of an ancient historian.

currently i'm reading a bio called Diary of a Girl in Changi by Sheila Allan. it's basically a collection of a teenager's (now an elderly woman) diary entries during WW2, and what happened to her when she was interned in Changi when the Japanese took over. quite an interesting read for anybody who wants to know more about the war and the situation in malaysia and s'pore.

another war book (fiction) i want to recommend is Snow Falling on Cedars er...can't remem the author, but most ppl should know it by the film that was made about it, a few years ago. based in the states, about a Japanese girl and an Amercan boy who grew up together in a small town, and how they had to face the pressures of not being able to let their families know about their feelings for each other, coz of the war.

[jessca]

Ive got Falling Leaves..and Chinese Cinderella, the version that focuses on her childhood. Both very good....Adeline Mah's third book is called 'Watching a tree (to catch a hare)' and its mostly about the customs in China. So its more facts than a story..but its quite interesting.

And if you like non-fictional chinese historical books (however you put it!), the Heavenly Man is great too. Although its about Christianity, there is quite a lot on the history and what people had to go through to have freedom in religion in China.

[w4t3r_lily]

still harry potter 5 cos i've just got the book yesterday..a thick book..good one..i can believe JK rowling can imagine that far..great author..

[GoNgZhu]

'An Equal Music' By Vikram Seth, dis ibook is alrite i guess!!!!!
A love story about a violinist!!!! quite interesting if u lyk classical music!!!!!

[sagara0510]

well...my fren gave me a whole box full of archie digest comics so i've been reading about 3 of them per day...usually before i go to sleep...they're really funny comix :)

[An9el**]

harry potter the 5th book ....
i know i'm abit of the 'late' ......
hehe, before this i'm kinda buzy with my exam ...

[Jess]

I'm reading POTC fanfics. I'm such a dork > <

Has anyone read Band of Brothers? I hear that's a really good war book.. my friend was reading it and he recommended it to me, just wondering if anyone else had read it.

[saint2sinner]

There's this new korean comic called an xing yu shi. It's quite good in fact. Korean translated to jap and then translated to chinese. Fun cum action. Reading harry potty's 5th book now too. Never seem to be able to finish it. Harry just isn't harry anymore.. :angel:

[fireman2a]

Quite a few Anne Rice fans here :happy:

Just started reading "The Vampire : Lestat" myself heh

[wrx'03]

I just finished up reading "Bravo Zero Two" which is a book about what the British Special Forces (specifically the SAS) did in Desert Storm. It's a pretty crazy book and makes you feel that no matter what type of hardships you are going through, they will most likely never be as tough mentally and physically as what the author (Andy McNab) went through.

For those of you that like war books, try reading "One Shot-One Kill." It's about a sniper(Carlos Hatchcock) and his exploits in the Vietnam War.

For the older crowd who are interested in money management and investing, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" was an excellent book.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" was a good book as well, even though it's really really long.

[aznboi08]

I'm reading the Jay-Chou.net Forum right now
=D

[Chuci]

Dunno about now, but I am a pretty big fantasy/sci-fi fan...
Haven't read the Harry Potter books yet though...

Still in the middle of LoTR and just read Raymond E. Feist's new book, the Conclave of the Shadows series...

If you want a good book to read, I have to recommend to you a book called, "Ender's game" it is by far the best book I have ever read in my life.

[vicky@kiky]

Reading other people life

Now i'm writing a little love story
and I have to read alot of jcomics
they're really help


I spend a little bit of my time reading my text books

(i'm really busy!!! but it's my duty to come here and say something)

12th August , the Queen's BirthDay!!!

[catseyes]

There's this new korean comic called an xing yu shi. It's quite good in fact. Korean translated to jap and then translated to chinese. Fun cum action. Reading harry potty's 5th book now too. Never seem to be able to finish it. Harry just isn't harry anymore.. :angel:

Do you mean "Shin Angyo Onshi"?(Xin An Xin Yu Shi), it's very good from my point of view~ Currently waiting for Part 6 to be released. The artwork is fantastic and each story has a history (or at least, the characters are based on real ppl from the past)

I am currently starting to read DragonLance : Dragons of A Fallen Sun (The Wars of Souls, Volume I)

[en_en]

I was reading HP5 but I just finished it. Kinda disappointed though. Im now reading the Chobits manga. Its really good. Chii's the cutest.

[Sporks]

I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I haven't read it again since I first read it about a month ago (I think), and I just want to notice all the little details in it and stuff. :happy:

[Jess]

I just finished reading Flipped which is a love story about how a guy starts to like this girl right as her infatuation ends with him. It was interesting, and sad at some parts, and it had to do with family problems and money issues, having someone mentally ill as a relative, being a jerk and realizing and trying to change........ a pretty good book. I just randomly picked it up because it was in the "recommended reading" part of a bookstore =p

Now I'm just reading POTC fanfics :blush: (I'm a dork)

[Sporks]

Jess, is Flipped a really good book? Should I go and get it?

Hm..sounds interesting...:brows: <--That emoticon is funny but creepy.

I also read fanfics...many many fanfics :laughing:

[xiAoJie]

i'm reading 'the tuggerung - a tale of redwall'. i've barely started coz i have like no time for books now!!

[gr8t_gal]

Reading 'Romeo & Julia' by Annie Kimberlin.
More of a girly book. Erm... from the title- it sounds romantic... he..he... it is. :) But more to do with 'friendship'.

[JiE_LuN'z_BabE]

I'm currently reading Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. I just love that story. TT.TT My school here tells the students to read books everyday as an assignment and I enjoy reading.. For the first time.. Hahahaha.. :oops:

[panda_shine]

I am currently reading Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. We are doing it for novel studies at school :dry: So far its an alright book. It's about these boys from England who got stranded on an island and I think later on in the story they fight for power and stuff..
:angel:

[jessica]

i just finished reading 'raise the red lantern'... watched the movie also... i prefer the book (it depicts how the character is feeling elaborately)... the movie cut and changed some scenes... this book was written in chinese, but translated into english... it takes place in the 1920s (i think)... it's about these 4 concubines and how they live their lives, married into a wealthy family... it is a sad story.

[cinsin]

that sounds really interesting, i haven't read for a while that's the reason i came into this thread cause i need some ideas on what to read.
the last book i read was harry potter and the order of the phoenix which turned out to be a great disappointment.

[myo_infarc]

I'm going trough Emma again...

I'm also reading this really weird fantasia/LOTR-like book, which I bought at a real cheap price BTW :), called "Polgara, the Sorceress".

It's kinda cool , really. but she's almighty and all-beautiful, she's immortal, so it gets kinda predictable after a while...haha

[Kienai]

I am reading... "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" its for college.. My freshmen composition class... Urgh.... I don't like reading... :oops:

[fungi]

my physics notes. i've got a physics paper tomorrow. :sleeping:

[Mandy-Lee]

Right now I should be reading my Semiconductor books, plus my Process Dynamics and Control book, PLUS my Engineering design book... Exams next Monday & Tuesday, now's already thursday night. AHHHH WHAT AM I DOING HERE???? OPPS! :shock:

[roche]

Right now I should be reading my Semiconductor books, plus my Process Dynamics and Control book, PLUS my Engineering design book... Exams next Monday & Tuesday, now's already thursday night. AHHHH WHAT AM I DOING HERE???? OPPS! :shock:
haha you an electrical engineer huh....
well somehow i find myself here (on this forum) more often when i have a ton of work to do....stacks of stuff to read.....procrastination will be my downfall.... :wacko:
but good luck to you!!!

I'm also reading this really weird fantasia/LOTR-like book, which I bought at a real cheap price BTW , called "Polgara, the Sorceress"
David Eddings??? I think i've read the whole series!!! used to love it....was always amazed with the creativity...!!!!

[kahel]

i'm re-reading "unbearable lightness of being" by the great milan kundera. i feel i have missed some impt points in the book so i'm giving myself a treat re-reading it.

i just finished, neil gaiman's american gods. quite entertaining.

for anyone who likes a good read...try chuck palahniuk's "fight club". if you found the movie entertaining, you'll find the book more interesting.Ü

[aDrena]

I'm reading Paulo Coelho's "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" over and over at the moment. Its a really good book, even though I don't agree totally with what he says. Any Coelho lovers here?

[roche]

Oh i just read "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich and NOPE its got nothing to do with the movie..... :) Its a great book, about this bunch of MIT kids who were card counters and basically got away with millions from vegas casinos. cool stuff :laughing: its supposed to a an actual story....!!!

[holidays19]

right now i'm reading Lolita by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov...it's such an intense book. i don't know if a lot of you would like it. basically it's a love story...but it's so beautifully and brilliantly written. it's a classic. i recommend it to anyone up for a challenge. :wink2:

[chichirui]

I'm reading "Blood and Gold: The Story of Marius" which is part of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice.. hellla good stuff. ^_^ I highly recommend it.

[kahel]

I'm reading Paulo Coelho's "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" over and over at the moment. Its a really good book, even though I don't agree totally with what he says. Any Coelho lovers here?

i've read a few of his books, like "the alchemist", the pilgrimage" etc. i find him feel good, if you know what i mean.

[Elisya]

I'm reading G.P. Taylor book title "Shadowmancer"....quite a nice book....u guys gotta check it out....

[JianDan[Ai]]

my psycology book...i have a midterm tmr T.T

but i think i will do fine ^^

[jessica]

I'm reading G.P. Taylor book title "Shadowmancer"....quite a nice book....u guys gotta check it out....

hmmm, sounds like a pretty interesting book judging by the title.
i think i'll check it out when i'm finished with "the witching hour" (been procrastinating :dry: )

[mUShy]

Just read I Don't Know How She Does It
by Allison Pearson

It's tragically funny reading how a working mother in the beginning of the 21st century struggle to juggle between work (one of the most demanding i can imagine) and 2kids+hubby.

A must-read esp for working mothers, working mothers-to-be :thumbsup:

[en_en]

im currently reading 'please'. its...well...confusing and have a lot to do with pyschology and self-discovering and hallucinations all twisted into one book. im not sure where the setting is, since the main character is hallucinating every two seconds, so im not so sure whats real or not anymore. its interesting nevertheless.

[clarisechan]

i'm reading a book titled "When God writes Your Love Story" by Eric and Leslie Ludy. it's talking about romantic relationships...a pretty cool book. great for those who feel very discouraged cos of past relationships and realli seeking for a true love in life. very inspiring and challenges us to set a standard in looking for love.

[AndroMeda]

I'm reading The Lost World by Michael Crichton.
Just read for my English class. I think it's more descriptive than the movie..and I have a lot of fun by my imagination. :yeah:

Apart from that .. there are tons of Law text books waiting for me to read for the final exam. :sleeping: Wish me luck. It's so difficult especially Obligation and Effect . I really hate it.
Also many articles to memorize.I wish I had Doraemon to help me. :bleh:

[princess`bobo]

a bloody chemistry text book

[cici bebe]

Finished: Tuesday With Morrie by Mitchell Albom.
VERY good and touching book about the important lessons on life that most of us miss.

Reading: A Bend In The Road by Nicholas Sparks.
So far it's pretty boring. The only book of his I like is A Walk to Remember.

About to Read: Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen.
Heard it was really good and excited to start reading it.

[mUShy]

[quote="cici bebe"]Finished: Tuesday With Morrie by Mitchell Albom.
VERY good and touching book about the important lessons on life that most of us miss.

DITTO!!! Has anyone read The Five People You Meet In Heaven?

[cinsin]

At the moment I've just finished re-reading 'The Giver', I actually read this book in Yr 8 and loved, it was the first time I actually enjoyed a book that I had to read for English. It showed what kind of world we could possibly live in in the future.

I highly recommend it, I can't remeber who the author is at the moment though.

[secret_admirer]

Hei anybody ever read about kids abuse. it's a trilogi. the first one is "a child called it", the second one is"The Lost Boy", and the last is"a man called Dave". It's a very touching story. so good, you all better read.

[aDrena]

yes I have, by Dave Pelzer. I had to put off reading "A Child Called It" a couple of times, because the tortures described were too horrifying to bear. Honestly, I can't imagine how it's only the third most serious documented case of child abuse in the US. Havent read "A Man Called Dave" though.

[destined]

yes I have, by Dave Pelzer. I had to put off reading "A Child Called It" a couple of times, because the tortures described were too horrifying to bear. Honestly, I can't imagine how it's only the third most serious documented case of child abuse in the US. Havent read "A Man Called Dave" though.

ooo... i wanted to get that book "A Child Called It", is it good

[michelle_chou]

i just finished reading "angus, thongs, and full-frontal snogging" for the 2nd time!!! hehe! its sooooo funny! now im reading "the thief lord" and "on the bright side, im now the girlfriend of a sex god" soooooo funny!!! "the thief lord" is good too!

i recommend "stormbreaker" and it's sequel "point blank"!

theyr so awesome n james bondish! :)

[Sparkling_Jade]

i´m currently reading "angela´s ashes" for my english course. it´s really good and realistic, but so sad. by the time i got to the third chapter, 3 kids were already dead. i just kept thinking to myself: "if there´s gonna be more dead children, i don´t think i can go on reading this..."
it´s funny how we usually link poverty and hunger to africa or some third world countries. never knew that ireland has been that poor....

[getsu_04]

I'm reading Paulo Coelho's "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" over and over at the moment. Its a really good book, even though I don't agree totally with what he says. Any Coelho lovers here?

Ooh,"The Alchemist" is one of my favorite books!"By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" is also really good!Coelho is a great author.

[destined]

I'm reading the lost boy by Dave Pelzer

[Janey]

I am reading Chrysalids by John Wyndham
It's borning at the begining but interesting at the end. It talk about deviation, norms, mutants, and strange things.

[vunsin]

Right now I'm reading V.C. Andrews' Midnight Flight. I love all her books. Most of them are disturbing! You gotta read them to know what I mean. Anyhow, she's one of my favorite writers. Actually, she's already passed away, but her family found a lot of her unpublished work, so there are still "new" books from her.

[cherily]

hmm just finished reading 'almost heaven' by judith macnaught a while ago..its real nice..a lov novel though.. :happy: my friends are hooked onto this author's books this year too..influenced by one of my friends who read such books..would definitely recommend it to gals :laughing:

but for guys..urm dont think most of u will like it unless u are really interested in reading all kinds of books..though i lent it to one of my guy friends and he said it was quite nice..dunno if he really meant it.. :dry:

[ker_ai_teresa]

right now i'm a bit crazy. i've been suffering from reading-for-leisure withdrawal for a long time, coz ever since i started and finished uni and then started working, i've never had time to read. so now i'm trying to read 3 books at the same time, just to make up a bit for the time lost.

Interview with the Vampire, by Anne Rice - i love gothic type novels, and vampires and the supernatural really intrigue me. i plan to rent the film after i finish reading it.

The Partner, by John Grisham - i've never read Grisham books b4 and thought i'd give it a try. it's great! the first line i read captivated me instantly!

The Return of the King, by the legendary JRR Tolkien - reading this one again, just to remind myself of the details b4 the film comes out. :)

i love reading.... :excited:

[strawberri]

ehh....i finished my second book this year....!!~
haha...i enjoyed the book..."guitar highway rose"
forgot who wrote it....but it was good....!!~

[aznkiwigal]

just finished readin "A Separate Peace" in mah eng class...OMG..itz is the gayest book ever...one of the guys in there even checks out his friend(who is also a guy)'s butt... :crazy:

[mUShy]

I'm reading Paulo Coelho's "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" over and over at the moment. Its a really good book, even though I don't agree totally with what he says. Any Coelho lovers here?

Ooh,"The Alchemist" is one of my favorite books!"By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" is also really good!Coelho is a great author.

I've just read Veronika Decides to Die and am reading The Alchemist now.
I love his stories so much i'm gonna have to get my hands on the rest of his works... :happy:

[kahel]

I'm currently reading Crime and Punishment by the great Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Hmm, but i'm looking forward to read Brothers Karamazov more.

[cici bebe]

I'm reading "Trickmaster Monkey" by Maxine Hong Kingston. Her writing style is reallly weird.. so fragmented and different.. It's unique but I have such a hard time following. So far I like it though, just very strange and quite slow.

[Phyxius]

I'm reading 鹿鼎記 (Duke of the Mt Deer)
There's 5 sets and i'm only on the 3rd chapter of the first book >.<

[Maven]

i'm reading romance of the threme kingdoms by lo kuan chung. historical fic book. hehe. lots of action and war.

[Miss_gun]

Hmmm....The Complete Sherlock Holmes at the moment. It's quite good. I admired how the way Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote it. Some parts are quite hard to understand though. :oops:

[finenergy]

I'm reading the garfield comic!
hahaz...
Garfield's really cute!
He just eats lasgna and sleeps and bullies the dumb dog all day long...:)

[junsui_angel]

hmmm..im reading 'Once Upon a Time'...@ the moment.it's a biography on Princess Grace of Monacco (Grace kelly) and prince Rainier III.

[Viv]

I'm reading The Amber Spyglass. i can't rememer who writes it but i swear its on the tip of my tongue. this is the 3rd in the series..theirs only three books. and he calls the series "his dark materials" the series is EXTREMELY good...i highly recommend it :)

[Sporks]

I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code. It was AMAZING. It's seriously the best book I've read (and that includes Harry Potter, which I was pretty obsessed with). Dan Brown is an absolute genius. He makes you think one thing, and then something completely different happens. There are so many twists and turns in this book, and I love how it made me think a lot. At the beginning of the book, I thought one way about a character, and by the end, my opinion was the opposite. I recommend that ALL of you read it! HOWEVER... If you're very religious, I'm not quite sure how you would view this book. Just a precaution.

[lilmizzaudi]

OMG :excited: i read that book over the summer! it really IS a great book. i recommend it! and it opened up alot of questions about religion i never thought of before. the plot was really good. definately one of the best books i've ever read.

currently reading "the Power of Myth" for school. Joseph Campbell has many opnions about myth and the effects that it has on the modern society. he talks about religion also. i find that he has a better grasp on religion than many others. his comments are not as biased.

[jessca]

I'm reading The Amber Spyglass. i can't rememer who writes it but i swear its on the tip of my tongue. this is the 3rd in the series..theirs only three books. and he calls the series "his dark materials" the series is EXTREMELY good...i highly recommend it :)
Hes called Phillip Pullman...my little brother and sister are absolutely obsessed with his series. Ive never actually tried reading them but they keep telling me too.

At the moment im reading a couple of books. Im re-reading one called The Heavenly Man which is about a chinese Christian living in China when Christianity was not allowed. Im re-reading it to highlight important verses which come up frequently. I was absolutely awe-struck by the blessings and the events which occured in the book. Another is abouut the role of Christian Women in the plan of God...its amazing as im learning stuff which i would have never known..like how women are part of the Devils downfall...amazing book if you are a Christian.

I really enjoy books, fact or fictional, about chinese history or Christianity...really interesting to learn more about my roots and my religion... :D

[adnam8]

hehe, im reading harry potter : the order of the phoenix. favourite one was prizoner of azkaban. cant wait for the movie to come out!! 5th books a bit slow, and harrys so friggen bratty!

anyone heard of traci harding: ancient future? great trilogy. havent gotten around to reading the next trilogy thought.

[esotericdragon]

i just finished reading joy luck club by amy tan. i've seen the movie several times before and i really wanted to read the book. i thought it was really great. it's a little confusing cuz it keeps changing characters and you have to keep track but it was an interesting book and it really shows how different and/or similar generations are.
i haven't started a new book but i've checked out books about the holocaust.

[smilepiggy]

hmm..i used to read a lot..but not recently..been too lazy..
am currently trying to read this thick chinese classic "hong luo meng" am really sorry...cos i really dont know how to translate to english. but i was kinda forced to read it cos its going to be tested. i dun recommend it man! reading for the past month and i'm still on page 4!. my chinese kinda bad..that's why.

[jay_fantasy8]

Hmm.. I'm reading Island of the blue dolphins
geez... I'm not sure who the author is and I'm just at the third chapter and this book is really nice...:happy:

[esotericdragon]

lol..yah..i used to read a lot but now i'm so picky about books..it's really hard to find a good book...one of my favorite authors is sarah dessen..she rites jr fic..mostly romance...i also love r.l. stine..i love scary bks...they get a lil gory though.. :)
oh! island of the blue dolphins..i've heard fo that..i no a lot of ppl who've read it but it didn't seem interesting to me so i never read it..

[cherily]

I just finished reading 'the joy luck club' and i guess its okay since it will be used as my textbook next yr..haha now i m currently reading harry potter :wink2: yah i know its out a million yrs ago but i only found time to start reading on it this hol..my cousin lent it to me and it has been sitting on my shelf for months. really feel bad bout keeping her book for so long but she told me to take my time to finish it before returning to her though. If i really were to take my time i think i would need at least a few months to finish the whole book at the rate i m at now :sweat:

[denise88]

i just finished reading angels and demons by dan brown. it wasn't quite as good as the DaVinci code(which is an absolute must read, btw). truth be told, angels and demons was quite a boring read actually.. :oops:

[Vicluva]

i am reading 'the virgin blue' y tracy chavelier, and i've only started and already am hooked. the main character's hair just permanently changed color! (apparently the sun touched it and it remained a copper color). wierd! tracy chavelier also wrote 'girl with a pearl earring' , which is now a movie! read it! it's gr8!

[aeisalak]

I'm reading "the Confession of Shopaholic". It's so funny. The main character (Rebecca Bloomwood)
is so crazy shopaholic girl^^

[feixuan]

currently i m addicted to reading novels of taiwanese author.I really dont know his english name, and also english title, wo long sheng ,i guess :]

[bethie_me]

I'm reading Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty. The book is really cute and all the characters are really awesome. I've been reading a lot of war related books before this and I got bored of them. This book is something that I can better relate to.

[freebird_brown]

well, i use to read until i ran out of time... but i had to read the glass menagerie by tennessee williams... for class... it's pretty dumb...
hm.. if i did have time... i'd read charles dicken's books... they're deeper and meaningful... should try ti.

[hisashiluv14]

Reading Hard Times by Charles Dickens... or rather, stopped at Chapter 13 and forgot about it. But I gotta read it for Literature so I'll finish it anyway.

Dickens is one funny dude man! Hard Times may not have a funny subject matter but man, Dickens's language is hilarious.

Well, only if you're in on the joke. :wink2:

[cinsin]

I just read Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park, it's junior book but it's really worth reading. And I also just finished reading Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay, it's a sequel to the book Saffy's Angel which was also very good. Currently reading Queen Kat, Carmel and St.Jude get a Life by Maureen Mc Carthy, it's quite good so far, it deals with teenage issues so it's a good read :happy:

[Odium: De_Vangelis]

I'm reading 'Schindler's Ark' by Thomas Keneally.

A true story of a man called Herr Oskar Schindler who lived in the period of the Nazi occupation in Poland. It is brought to the golden-screen by Steven Spielberg into an Oscar-winning film, 'Schindler's List'.

If you like history and know/learn history of that period, you won't get confused by the names of famous Nazi figures and the list of SS Army Ranks. And you'll enjoy it so much. :wink2: