What are you reading?

[bradwnel]

I am currently reading John Greens the Fault in Our Stars, as well as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter house five. Now I have read slaughter house five before a few times and I strongly recommend it if you haven't yet read it. As for the fault in our stars I've only read a few chapters thus far. But what I have read I like it. I would also recommend the author John Green I love all of his books; Looking for Alaska, an Abundance of Katherine, and Paper Towns.

[Osiris]

I am currently reading John Greens the Fault in Our Stars, as well as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter house five. Now I have read slaughter house five before a few times and I strongly recommend it if you haven't yet read it. As for the fault in our stars I've only read a few chapters thus far. But what I have read I like it. I would also recommend the author John Green I love all of his books; Looking for Alaska, an Abundance of Katherine, and Paper Towns.

I've got a copy of Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska sittin on the shelf waiting for me to finish everything else on my current 'To Read' list.

Welcome, by the way! Be sure to drop in the Introduce Yourself thread and say hi!

[DogFromDuckhunt]

Just roughed it through Starship Troopers. Starting The Deceiver now along with Perfect Dark on the kindle.

[Hellbringer]

Just roughed it through Starship Troopers. Starting The Deceiver now along with Perfect Dark on the kindle.

Wait, is that a pun for Starship Troopers? I thoroughly enjoyed that book. In fact, that book was on several professional reading lists from what I remember. The movie, however, I despise, even with Denise Richards being in it.

[DogFromDuckhunt]

The first person POV put me off a bit. Enjoyed it, but not what I'm used to. Couldn't help wanting a larger scope. Did love the parts with Johnnie and his teachers though. Talking politics, etc. Saw the movie and tv show first so I wasn't expecting the book to be what it was. Enjoyed them both though. Heard they were remaking the movie awhile ago, but it always felt like something that needs a tv show to me. Especially after reading the book. Seems like they'd have a lot to work with if they're gonna introduce the skinnies and flesh out the bugs/world in general.

[Osiris]

Right now, I'm reading the fuck out of The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's completely enthralling. One of the best books I've read in a long, long time.

[Eviebae]

Right now, I'm reading the fuck out of The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's completely enthralling. One of the best books I've read in a long, long time.

Hey Osiris, sorry I let the group go fallow but I did a fair bit of damage to my left index finger and typing was painful (I still tried though).

I read The Passage and really liked it. I thought it needed another edit to tighten it up but it beat the pants off of The Stain Trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan which was eerily similar in some ways.

I just read Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan and have just started Fallen Angels by the same. It's a series about a guy named Takeshi Kovacs which is a hoot of a name. Again, it needs editing--he suffers from that too many words about too much information syndrome that sci fi is prone to. It's sort of a gum shoe-type cyberpunk noir. He seems to start out a tiny bit stilted, but once he heats up it gets really good. I really like his way with dialog and his subjective descriptions of physical responses.

[forgottenone]

I think it was Osiris that recommended this to me.. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. WOW.. this is a great book. I'm looking to get a hard copy so both my kids can read it. Non-fiction books can be hard reads, but this one reads like story. I recommend this book as well.

[VEE]

Recently finished this:



and now reading this:



Both on kindle for the first time, which has been a bit of a revelation to be honest as I can pick it up anywhere, from the actual kindle, to the ipad, phone, wherever I happen to be. Where previously I didn't read as much as I used to I now seem to be reading a lot more because of it.

[reaper239]

dead space: martyr. altman be praised.