Literature

[Serpent Eye]

I started reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, but I'm not really getting into it. :???:

[Harakiri]

I started reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, but I'm not really getting into it. :???:

 

I liked that book. It started really slow but I thought the plot twists toward the end were great. I couldn't get into the rest of the series though.

[ElkNight]

I started reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, but I'm not really getting into it. :???:

I really liked it.

But Enders Shadow was better.

[ThurinEthir]

I started reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, but I'm not really getting into it. :???:

 

I liked that book. It started really slow but I thought the plot twists toward the end were great. I couldn't get into the rest of the series though.

Ender's Game is one of my favorite books of all time, but I didn't really like the other 3 books in the Ender saga either. I thought the entire Shadow saga (Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant) was pretty awesome though. Orson Scott Card also wrote a book called Empire, which I found to be alright.

I finished A Game of Thrones a few days ago, and it was pretty good, but I haven't read good epic fantasy in a while. I'm finding that I don't have time to read A Clash of Kings (the next book in the series) because I'm slaving away at my summer homework...I want to strangle my Latin book... <_<

[PoorLepRecon]

I just came from Amazon after purchasing Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Ender in Exile. :thumbsup: I've read all the other books. The Ender's Shadow series is pretty cool. I liked it a lot better than Speaker for the Dead. Speaker was slow to start, but I've really liked it so far (just about done with it). If you do end up enjoying Ender's Game, read Ender in Exile next. It gives you a slightly different perspective of some of the events that happened during Ender's Game, then it moves on to being a direct sequel to Ender's Game.

 

 

My whole summer was reading the Shadow Puppet series and then starting Speaker for the dead. I'll be set on books until atleast Christmas with my next 3 Ender books coming in. :thumbup:

[Serpent Eye]

Well, based on everyone's comments, I guess I'll read Ender's Game, but it'll have to wait :P

 

In my period of hesitation, I started reading Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth instead, and I'm really enjoying it so far. :) I'll read Ender's next. :P

[Dupin]

In my period of hesitation, I started reading Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth instead, and I'm really enjoying it so far. :)

I'm about halfway through 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I actually find it a bit wordy, especially when it comes to descriptions of scientific wonders. The plot itself is enjoyable, and I'm interested in seeing how Nemo will develop, but at times it seems Verne just opened a dictionary of scientific words and copied the interesting ones into the novel.

 

I have about four days to read Mountains Beyond Mountains and A Walk in the Woods for school. I expect them both to be boring and full of messages about the godliness of charity.

[Satenza]

I do NOT look forward to reading The Great Gatsby though.

 

Have fun! :twss: Such an entertaining book!

 

/sarcasm

 

The Great Gatsby is a great book! It is only short too, I think I read it in one sitting.

 

<3: F. Scott Fitzgerald

[ElkNight]

I was so bored. I just sparknotes that [cabbage].

[Harakiri]

Moved on to The Tomb Of Hercules by Andy McDermott. Tried some Clive Cussler since I assumed he was in the same vein as McDemott, but I ultimately didn't like it at all. McDermott's books are fast paced and have a cinema quality, Cussler is kinda sloggy.

 

Got three new books yesterday to add to my part of the bookshelf dedicated to books I need to read (now contains 17 books).

-The Lions Game-Nelson DeMille

-Night Fall- Nelson DeMille

-Neuromancer-William Gibson

[nine naked men]

Just read The Gone-Away World.

 

Really great. When the reveal came around I was like 'O:'.

[Poppet]

I've been reading "Your no one in Hollywood unless someone wants you dead, Where did I go right" by Bernie Brillstein with David Rensin.

 

Also been reading the Bible.

 

 

Has anyone read Percy Jackson and/or Pendragon?

[tripsis]

Has anyone read Percy Jackson and/or Pendragon?

I've read Percy Jackson. Love all of them :) Especially a fun read for people who are fond of Greek Mythology.

[Serpent Eye]

Has anyone read Percy Jackson and/or Pendragon?

I've read Percy Jackson. Love all of them :) Especially a fun read for people who are fond of Greek Mythology.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is such an awesome series! :thumbup:

 

Also, Rick Riordan recently released the first novel in his The Kane Chronicles series. The book is titled Red Pyramid. It is very similar to his Percy novels, except it focuses on Ancient Egypt instead of Greece. I really enjoyed reading it. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[tripsis]

Has anyone read Percy Jackson and/or Pendragon?

I've read Percy Jackson. Love all of them :) Especially a fun read for people who are fond of Greek Mythology.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is such an awesome series! :thumbup:

 

Also, Rick Riordan recently released the first novel in his The Kane Chronicles series. The book is titled Red Pyramid. It is very similar to his Percy novels, except it focuses on Ancient Egypt instead of Greece. I really enjoyed reading it. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I bought Red Pyramid and am looking forward to reading it :) So I'm glad to hear that you liked it! I'm a huge fan of Ancient Egypt!

[Harakiri]

Has anyone read Percy Jackson and/or Pendragon?

 

I read Percy Jackson and was actually surprised to find that they were enjoyable. As a person who has never been excited by anything the kids are reading, these actually surprised me. I never read the last one though, and I read the fourth book when it first came out, what, two or three years ago? So I don't remember a lot about them, but I do remember that they were very enjoyable. His new books about Egypt look to be fun too.

 

My brother and myself are the same basically. We didn't read much as kids because we found kids books to suck. I believe I only read the Deltora Quest books, and the Star War books starring Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan as a kid. And beyond those two I never read much. It was once I started reading adult books that I found myself reading a lot more. Now my brother is not the fastest reader and takes five minutes to read a page, but he hates reading in general. He got a Harry Turtledove book, Guns of the South I believe, and now he is reading pretty diligently.

I think that's why so few kids read as much anymore, there are not a lot of appealing childrens books in my opinion. You have Harry Potter and that kind of stuff, but I was not the only kid who didn't find those boring. What I'm trying to say I guess, is that when it comes to childrens books you can't find a lot of really engrossing stuff that makes you want to read more. Once I got into adult books, then I found that there was a lot more going on in literature. I learned that there were no censors on books. And I also learned that Star Wars books could get epicer.

And to tell the truth, the four kids books I can suggest, and will always suggest are:

-Alex Rider

-Star Wars (Can't remember the name of the series, but Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are in them)

-Percy Jackson

-Deltora Quest

Some other kids books I liked were the Young Bond series, though I thought that they were pretty stupid story-wise and didn't follow Fleming at all.

And the Bartimaeus trilogy I thought was very good.

I mean, as a kid you have a lot of good options, but spreading them out over four or five years, it runs thin very quick. The whole list an eleven year old could probably read in a year.

 

I wish Deltora had been more popular and Bartimaeus though. Those both deserved a lot more respect than they got.

 

 

EDIT: How could I forget His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? I mean, I would never tell a kid to read them because they got so religious and became more a book with themes only an adult could understand. Great books, but I never understood why they were not marketed as adult books. I know very few people growing up who even read one of the books because they were complicated.

[Serpent Eye]

I bought Red Pyramid and am looking forward to reading it :) So I'm glad to hear that you liked it! I'm a huge fan of Ancient Egypt!

Ancient Egypt raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwr! /rage mode

 

[hide=Mebeh Spoilers? idk]While Percy tended to focus on the relationship between Percy and Annabeth, Red Pyramid focuses on the relationship between two siblings, the book's main characters. So while the book reads and feels a lot like Percy did, it was really nice to get into the heads of the brother and sister. :) It seemed a lot more powerful than the teen-angst romance between Percy and Annabeth.[/hide]

[Harakiri]

I bought Red Pyramid and am looking forward to reading it :) So I'm glad to hear that you liked it! I'm a huge fan of Ancient Egypt!

Ancient Egypt raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwr! /rage mode

 

[hide=Mebeh Spoilers? idk]While Percy tended to focus on the relationship between Percy and Annabeth, Red Pyramid focuses on the relationship between two siblings, the book's main characters. So while the book reads and feels a lot like Percy did, it was really nice to get into the heads of the brother and sister. :) It seemed a lot more powerful than the teen-angst romance between Percy and Annabeth.[/hide]

I love ancient Egypt. I just want to know if Red Pyramid is worth a read.

[Serpent Eye]

I love ancient Egypt. I just want to know if Red Pyramid is worth a read.

IMO it is. :thumbup: The second book in the series comes out in the spring of 2011, and I'm most certainly going to buy it.

[Harakiri]

[hide=Books On My List]

- The Tomb Of Hercules

-The Secret Of Excaliber

-The Covenant Of Genesis

-The Pyramid Of Doom

-It

-Koko

-The Sword Of Shanarra

-Otherland

-Memories Of Ice

-Chain Of Dogs

-Midnight Tides

-The Bonehunters

-Vampire Hunter D 14

-Wicked City Black Guard

-Wicked City The Other Side

-The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

-Neuromancer

-Night Fall

-Wild Fire

-The Lions Game

-Golden Lion

-Red Pyramid

 

Plus the new Bartimaeus book coming in November and the new Dresden Files book in October. And all the crap I have to read in school.

Typically I don't have anything to read.

Now I have too much...

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[MonkeyChee]

I've just started reading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. I've seen very mixed responses to it (including on this forum) and it should certainly be interesting to read it and see what I think :razz:

[Mr_Adam]

I've just started reading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. I've seen very mixed responses to it (including on this forum) and it should certainly be interesting to read it and see what I think :razz:

 

Isn't that like, 2 billion pages >_> I have a friend who's read it at least twice.

 

Just finished A Clockwork Orange. I liked it a lot, more than I thought I would. I should probably see the movie now...

[Dupin]

And to tell the truth, the four kids books I can suggest, and will always suggest are:

-Alex Rider

-Star Wars (Can't remember the name of the series, but Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are in them)

-Deltora Quest

I read all of these when I was younger. Alex Rider was probably my favorite. The Deltora books didn't really stand out that much.

 

EDIT: How could I forget His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? I mean, I would never tell a kid to read them because they got so religious and became more a book with themes only an adult could understand. Great books, but I never understood why they were not marketed as adult books. I know very few people growing up who even read one of the books because they were complicated.

Is this the Golden Compass/Subtle Knife series? I read these when I was younger too, but I don't remember anything religious. These are excellent reads, and I would reccommend them to anyone who hasn't read them. I remember finishing the third (final?) book and just sitting there thinking, "When was the last time I actually felt emotional about a book?". They were very powerful.

 

I've just started reading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. I've seen very mixed responses to it (including on this forum) and it should certainly be interesting to read it and see what I think :razz:

RAAAGH. I hated it and once you read it you have to come back to this thread so I can flame it and you can nod and pretend to be sympathetic.

[tripsis]

EDIT: How could I forget His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman? I mean, I would never tell a kid to read them because they got so religious and became more a book with themes only an adult could understand. Great books, but I never understood why they were not marketed as adult books. I know very few people growing up who even read one of the books because they were complicated.

Is this the Golden Compass/Subtle Knife series? I read these when I was younger too, but I don't remember anything religious. These are excellent reads, and I would reccommend them to anyone who hasn't read them. I remember finishing the third (final?) book and just sitting there thinking, "When was the last time I actually felt emotional about a book?". They were very powerful.

They are extremely religious. But as previously stated, you probably wouldn't pick up on all those religious themes until you're older. But they are incredible books - probably my all time favourites :) And yeah, I definitely got emotional during the third one!

[Ambler]

I really reccomend 'The Hunger Games' trilogy (The hunger games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay) I'd say these outclass most of the famous series' I know, CHERUB is still my favorite!