Dupin Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 What is everyone's favorite Stephen King book? I've read The Shining and It, and I'm not sure which I'd like to read when I next get the chance. I've only read The Dark Tower series by King. It was good overall, but it definitely had its low points. 1st book good, 2nd great, 3rd meh, 4th backstory, 5th pretty boring, 6th meh, 7th pretty good. Hell of an ending, as well. My mom (a big reader) recommends The Stand. Whenever Stephen King comes up, she always avidly suggests that one.Yeah, The Stand tends to be the one that comes up the most from people who've read much of his stuff. I'm surprised The Shining doesn't come up more, I thought it was very good. I've also been planning on getting Dark Tower 1 for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonewall337 Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Fantasy mood, so percy jackson ATM. Finish them each in like a half day. Just re-read harry potter. Also reading the walking drum by l lamour for the 4 or 5th time. As for king, I read The Dome. It was decent. Prob won't read again. [hide=Drops]Araxxor Eye x1 Leg pieces x2GWD: 5000 Addy bar Steam B Staff x3 Z Spear x6 Sara. Hilt x2 Bandos Hilt x2 (LS, Solo)SS x6 (1 LS)Tormented Demons: Shard x6 Slice x5 Claws x9 Limbs x3DKS: Archer x21 Warrior x31 Berserker x30 Axe x51[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished HP3 today.. now onto Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This used to be my favourite one :P Probably up until the sixth book came out. - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished HP3 today.. now onto Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This used to be my favourite one :P Probably up until the sixth book came out.Sixth book was too dark for me. Didn't like the fifth either, seemed like Rowling lost her touch. Was disappointed in the third when ... forget it. No more spoilers here. Anyhow, fourth and first seemed the most magical. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just started the first again today. Haven't read it in YEARS, and I needed to kill 10 minutes before class. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished HP3 today.. now onto Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This used to be my favourite one :P Probably up until the sixth book came out.Sixth book was too dark for me. Didn't like the fifth either, seemed like Rowling lost her touch. Was disappointed in the third when ... forget it. No more spoilers here. Anyhow, fourth and first seemed the most magical.I think the dark, intense aspects of the book are why I did like it :P Rereading 1-3 they just seem so much like childrens' books. Maybe they are more magical but the fact that they seemed to be directed at a much younger audience made them less interesting to me. - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished HP3 today.. now onto Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This used to be my favourite one :P Probably up until the sixth book came out.Sixth book was too dark for me. Didn't like the fifth either, seemed like Rowling lost her touch. Was disappointed in the third when ... forget it. No more spoilers here. Anyhow, fourth and first seemed the most magical.I think the dark, intense aspects of the book are why I did like it :P Rereading 1-3 they just seem so much like childrens' books. Maybe they are more magical but the fact that they seemed to be directed at a much younger audience made them less interesting to me.Its like she's tossing my childhood out the window with 5-7. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandorf61 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just finished reading Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex. The Artemis Fowl series is an easy read but the characters just work so well together it makes the books really enjoyable. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an eighth book! Its like she's tossing my childhood out the window with 5-7.Well that's essentially what happens to Harry. [spoiler=Spoilers!]Voldemort returns, taking away his childhood and replacing it with increasingly darker times. I actually thought the books got better as the series progressed with OotP being one of my favourites due to it being the turning point between a "lighter" and "darker" world. Pyramid Plunder Guide Tip.it Forum Rules Adventurer's LogThanks to Cowboy14 for the awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Just finished reading Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex. The Artemis Fowl series is an easy read but the characters just work so well together it makes the books really enjoyable. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an eighth book! Its like she's tossing my childhood out the window with 5-7.Well that's essentially what happens to Harry. [spoiler=Spoilers!]Voldemort returns, taking away his childhood and replacing it with increasingly darker times. I actually thought the books got better as the series progressed with OotP being one of my favourites due to it being the turning point between a "lighter" and "darker" world. Basically this - the innocence in the first ones deserts the stage quickly - although the first couple are hardly violence free. "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Midsummer Night's Dream for AP Lit, picked up Zombies vs. Unicorns and have read a couple of the short stories in it (is anthology of epic authors writing about zombies or unicorns or zombies and unicorns; is epic :thumbsup: ). sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I picked up An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin today, I plan to read it during the two weeks I'll be home during break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpent Eye Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I picked up An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin today, I plan to read it during the two weeks I'll be home during break.I was looking through this at the bookstore the other day. I never knew he was such an accomplished author! Let us know how it is? :smile: - - - Still reading Memoirs of a Geisha, but I also started reading Prince Caspian after watching the newest Narnia film at work. :3 Really liking it so far, excited to finish it and start reading the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 HP5 is probably my least favourite of the series too. Its movie adaptation wasn't particularly exciting either. I just finished We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka. Was funny and enjoyable. Now I'm reading 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. Certainly not for the faint of mind :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Currently reading The Eye of the World. Seems a good start to a series, even if it gets confusing at some points. Youtube account: Earthgragonsage; currently uploading not an effing thing.[hide=Memorable Crossroads Quotes.]Reigan: NO MOOSE CAN SAVE US NOW; ...Had that been taken out of context, it would have been comical... Right now, it's terrifying.[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Reading the last two Harry Potter books, for the first time in about three years...Still feels like I know them by heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dupin Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Catch 22. Absofruitly lovin' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wongtong Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I started reading 'A Widow for One Year' by John Irving about two weeks ago. I was almost finished but had to return the book before leaving for China. (I issued it from a library in Hong Kong) I'm glad that I'll be able to start reading it again once I get back to Hong Kong. What I've read so far is quite interesting. Before that, I read 'The Handmaid's Tale', which I thought was pretty good. I don't think I've ever read a dystopian novel before (well, none that was memorable). 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Three Potter books down, four to go. Did that in like two days or so. I did start HP1 on the fifth, but I got a hundred pages into it and didn't pick it up again until two or three hours before that lunar eclipse. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpent Eye Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Rereading Disclosure by Michael Crichton. I swear I'll read a new book soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyd17 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Island by Aldous Huxley. Trying to see how it compares to Brave New World and Antic Hay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Finally finished HP5 today. It took me ages because I got distracted/interrupted by becoming addicted to Fringe. I'll start book 6 later tonight. - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dupin Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Finished Catch-22, it was great. Planning on starting Cat's Cradle tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Finally getting around to reading the Da Vinci Code. Read the beginning so far. Trying to see what all this fuss was about first hand. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Finally getting around to reading the Da Vinci Code. Read the beginning so far. Trying to see what all this fuss was about first hand. :PThe Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and The Lost Symbol are all epic, imo :P Let us know how you like it. - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Finally getting around to reading the Da Vinci Code. Read the beginning so far. Trying to see what all this fuss was about first hand. :PThe Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and The Lost Symbol are all epic, imo :P Let us know how you like it. I'll be sure to. Starting it slowly so far. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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