MPM Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 After the first book, there are hardly any similarities between the show and the book. And the ones that are there are only vaguely similar. ~M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpent Eye Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Finished reading Claymore: Volume #20. Not sure what to read next. :c Currently reading three other books, but I'm not very motivated to continue any of them at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'm currently reading Ashfall by Mike Mullin. Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don't know it's there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or satellite. It just could be overdue for an eruption, which would change the landscape and climate of our planet. Ashfall is the story of Alex, a teenage boy left alone for the weekend while his parents visit relatives. When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts unexpectedly, Alex is determined to reach his parents. He must travel over a hundred miles in a landscape transformed by a foot of ash and the destruction of every modern convenience that he has ever known, and through a new world in which disaster has brought out both the best and worst in people desperate for food, water, and warmth. With a combination of nonstop action, a little romance, and very real science, this is a story that is difficult to stop reading and even more difficult to forget. Pretty cool. I love post apocalyptic books but this one is particularly interesting since it could very very realistically happen (and most likely will some day, whether that's soon or in a few hundred/thousand years). - 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...
stevepole Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I just finished the third book of the Millennium trilogy. It's a shame Stieg Larsson had to have died, I would've loved to have read the rest of the series he had intended to write. Part of that is just me being selfish though at the fact that I now have to find a new series or one-off. :( I have a few titles in mind, but I haven't really decided what I actually want to read next. I'm thinking I might just walk into the bookstore tomorrow and just kind of surprise myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Reading more short stories by Akutagawa. Green Onions was particularly enjoyable. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Finally finished Game of Thrones and loved it, diving into A Clash of Kings later today. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'm SO EXCITED! I'm officially reading my most anticipated book of 2012! Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas! I got a signed copy too! :mrgreen: - 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...
Alg Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Finally finished Game of Thrones and loved it, diving into A Clash of Kings later today.Storm of Swords will blow your mind. That is all. I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Finished Anna Karenina. Didn't like it as much as War and Peace but it was still pretty good. Up next: Crime and Punishment. I guess I'm going to be in the "19th century russian author" vein for a while... "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...
champion Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 ^ I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now too, not very far along though. All I can say so far is that it's more accessible than I had imagined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 ^ I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now too, not very far along though. All I can say so far is that it's more accessible than I had imagined. I agree. I'm about 150 pages in and finding it very good....some of the scenes are very gripping. "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...
Hobgoblinpie Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm now reading Bel-Ami (Guy de Maupassant). A much tougher but more rewarding read than the books I've read as of late. POH Agility Course, Please Support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 ^ Please do tell me what you think of de Maupassant. For some reason, he and a few other Frenchies (Flaubert, Léon Bloy etc) are on my mental 'to read' list but are always relegated to the bottom in favour of others. Update: still reading Akutagawa, who I would recommend to anyone interest in modernist literature (not in a pretentious Ezra Pound way, either). I've moved on to his autobiographical stories, which included things such as a pathological hatred for those lucky enough to be raised on their mother's milk, rather than that of a cow (the reason being that the adolescent Akutagawa blamed his being fed cow's milk on his oversized head and scrawny body). Very entertaining and psychologically insightful, especially given that he killed himself in his mid thirties. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Paul Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I'm reading the 1000 page thriller, Excel 2010 Bible. Is it sad that I can't put it down? I'm already 200 pages in and boy, I feel like a kid in a candy shop. Definitely reading this from cover to cover, even though it's mostly a reference book haha. :geek: I thought I was pretty well versed on Excel, but it's very exciting to learn a few basics that will be very useful for work and just leisure editing. Yes, I play around in Excel as a hobby.I have around another 1,500 pages after this one as well on more Excel stuff. I look forward to diving into VBA. /nerd moment As for the last "real" book that I've read, I have no clue. Probably something from the Inheritance quadrilogy over a year ago. :sad: Working on max and completionist capes. 2435/2475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenax Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I'm currently in the middle of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's a great read so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I've just finished Flesh and Blood by Kristen Painter, and have reserved the next book in the series. Not as good as the first, imo, but still really good. Cant wait to read the third :3 Gotta Catch 'Em All!Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I think I've decided to go with another nordic crime series, after my last read. Right now I'm debating between The Bat (Harry Pole series) by Jo Nesbo or Faceless Killer (Wallander series) by Henning Mankell. I don't know if anyone here has read either book or an anything previously from these authors, but if you have any input it would be appreciated. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little merman Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Last one was "war of the worlds". Current one is tom sawyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexek Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 The Braided Path - Chris Wooding PoetryIndexed Picture 1Indexed Picture 2 Killed my maxed Zerker pure April 2010 Rebooting Runescape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaraudingRevenant Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I just finished reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Moving onto the Bible, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I have now put the final nail in the coffin of A Clash of Kings and shall be jumping into A Storm of Swords later tonight. So glad to be done with that one tbh, the kindle edition (or uk atleast) is bugggggged it says it only has 41 pages so page 41 through to 800-900 odd (dunno how long it truely is) it says all chapters start on page 41 and your always on page 41 irritated me as I'm the kind to glance ahead by chapter to see how many page it is to judge if I can read it now or need a break first. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Finished readind Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. Its pretty good, which I wasn't expecting. Reading the second book in the series now. Gotta Catch 'Em All!Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm finally able to read the books written after Robert Jordan's death in the Wheel of Time series. They're so...sloppy. The writing style is like a man writing a YA novel version of the WoT series. It's getting me so frustrated, especially when he takes "liberties" with character traits that weren't expressly noted in Jordan's dictations. It makes me sad to see it, and I can't help but wonder if maybe they shouldn't have finished it - if it gets much worse, then they certainly shouldn't have. But meh. It's an impossible task Sanderson was faced with, so I guess I shouldn't be so critical. Other similar situations (like with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana Paxson) struggled with this as well. I just don't remember it being so obvious and separate in quality. @_@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Finished Crime and Punishment. Great book.... Up next, more Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov.... "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...
Jonanananas Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I'm finally able to read the books written after Robert Jordan's death in the Wheel of Time series. They're so...sloppy. The writing style is like a man writing a YA novel version of the WoT series. It's getting me so frustrated, especially when he takes "liberties" with character traits that weren't expressly noted in Jordan's dictations. It makes me sad to see it, and I can't help but wonder if maybe they shouldn't have finished it - if it gets much worse, then they certainly shouldn't have. But meh. It's an impossible task Sanderson was faced with, so I guess I shouldn't be so critical. Other similar situations (like with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana Paxson) struggled with this as well. I just don't remember it being so obvious and separate in quality. @_@ Really? I didn't have issues with that. Yeah, I guess the writing's different and some of the characters changed, but I still loved the books. In fact, book 12 probably has my favourite scene of the whole series.Posts like yours always make me wonder if I'm a terribly uncritical reader >.> Same goes for Crossroads of Twilight, which mostly everyone I talk to finds incredibly long drawn and boring and horrible, while I still enjoyed it - maybe not as much as others, but I didn't really get the idea this book was a low point in the series after reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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