What books have you read recently?

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What books have you guys read recently? I'm sure lots of people here read books. All the people over here only read the books our teachers issue to us. I just finished reading a book called 'Fitzpatrick's War' which is a post-apocalyptic deal that's a lot like Arcanum without magic. I was pretty happy with the book and here's a link to it's Amazon profile. I thought the characters were deep and believable but the great war throughout the book I found too one-sided to actually take seriously. It's also the author's second attempt at a book I think and it shows.
 
I read a great book called "**** yes!" recently, it's a fake non-fiction book about this guy who wakes up one day and decides the correct answer to any question no matter what is, is yes. He ends up leading this cult of followers on various misadventures. Good shit. good luck finding it though.
 
Cant remember...was a long time since i read a real book...
 
Last book I read was Stephen King's The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah. Yummy.
 
Currently reading (albeit very slowly): Cities in Flight series by James Blish
 
Raising the Bar
Re-reading the Harry Potter series
Lords and Ladies from the Discworld series
 
Recently read Life of Pi, that was rly gud.

Best book ever tho - Stephen King - IT, you don't get much better than that. Everyone MUST READ IT <-- pun-ish
 
1984, and I'm reading Mystic River for English Class
 
I read Weaveworld again cause its weird and cause i mentioned it recently. And who goes there?, the short story that inspired The Thing.
 
The Dark Elf said:
And who goes there?, the short story that inspired The Thing.
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Love that movie.

My most recent book was Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
 
Most of the books I've read must have been forgettable. 'Cause I forgot them. I do remember I read 'Steel Beach' a few months ago. Definitely one of my favorite books.
 
Nicchhe bump.

I haven't read much except for Prey by Michael Crichton. Good book though.

I'm currently reading Rule of the Bone by some author dude. It seems a lot like Catcher in the Rye...
 
Two non-fiction books:

The Age of Stone Henge.
How to be a Spy - The World War II SOE Training Manual (I read this out of curiosity mostly)
 
I just finished reading "Extinction," book IV of R.A. Salvatore's "War of the Spider Queen." It's a drow book. Good stuff, I couldn't put it down.
 
We just read Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych for English class. It's my favorite literature we've read so far actually. A lot of people thought it was depressing, but I liked it, especially the last few chapters. There's some deep stuff in there. It's one of those books I think would be worth reading again.

Before that we read King Lear... and, well.. it's King Lear....
 
Read Anthem and Of Mice and Men in english

and I also read Raising the Bar if that counts as a book.
 
Counter-Strike for Beginners

i liek fr00t!111111111111111111
 
the great gatsby, because my school makes me. but I don't dislike it.
 
i just finished Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the Dead". its a damn good book

I just began reading "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (i think thats right) its pretty freakin sweet!
 
The Stand-great book
Scar Tissue- Very interesting
 
brave new world - aldous huxley
trying to read 1984
just finished some harry potter books
 
Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward is pretty much essential to anyone to read before they talk about the war in Iraq. It's just pure information, but presented so engagingly that it's almost like a novel.
It's a historical resource that's simultaneously given me to have more and less respect for the Bush administration's war plan.
Best book I've read since Against All Enemies.

I also just read State Of Fear by Michael Crichton, but despite having some quality action setpieces it was rather 'meh' compared to all his other more excellent books.
Mostly because over half the book is based on Crichton proving a point, and then re-proving that same point over and over again in a series of staged 'debates'.
Although very informative, the debate sequences are utterly devoid of drama, and the book suffers for it.

I'm now a third of the way through The 9/11 Commission Report. It really tells you a lot, being entirely relevant facts about 9/11, and it's much better written than you'd expect for a book with around thirty authors.
 
Factotum - Charles Bukowski
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
 
Like Mech, I just read State of Fear. I feel pretty much the same way about it as he so I'll refrain from repeating everything here. I also re-read the Count of Monte Cristo (I really enjoy that story) about two weeks ago as well a book entitled Where the Right Went Wrong by Pat Buchanan.
 
Ehm.. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, and Berlin by Antony Beevor, and some book called "Classic music from Vittula" or something.. Sounds stupid in english but it's a really funny book in norwegian. :)
 
Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
Re-read Contest By Matthew Reilly

(As you can see, I like Matthew Reilly)
 
Almost finished The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Trilogy of Five, and so far it's a great series. Good plot, sometimes hilarious, and generally just fun to read. Good ol' Douglas Adams. I'll have to read all his other versions sometime.

Also read The Handmaid's Tale for English class. It was a good book, but the ending was way too open-ended for me.
 
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