What Book(s) Are You Reading Now? (2010 version)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Continuing the proud tradition set by Atreyu: http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?t=19398

What are you reading right now? What have you just finished? Share your recommendations and reviews :)

[Crusader]

I started reading A Song of Ice and Fire.
The German version splits each book into 2 so right now I am reading the "Lords of Winterfell" that is actually the first half of "A Game of Thrones". I am amazed how much I enjoy reading this book.

[Ilias Nytrau]

Right now I'm reading the first two books of Patricia Briggs' 'Mercy Thompson' series. S'about a coyote (skinwalker) and a bunch of werewolves. I like them so far.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I started The Picture of Dorian Grey a few days ago, and I'm discovering that I absolutely LOVE Wilde's style of writing.

I recently finished Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness and his Supernatural Horrors in Literature essay. Wonderful essay by the way. I recommend everyone check it out at some point.

[Droo]

I started The Picture of Dorian Grey a few days ago, and I'm discovering that I absolutely LOVE Wilde's style of writing.

Completely agree but a word to the wise: just swerve Chapter 11, even though the writing is gorgeous, it's such a waste and reads like a elaborate catalogue of Dorian's belongings.

I was given a book called Zoli for Christmas, that will be the first thing I read this year.

[Aurelias Kazaar]

Here's a list of the books I've read in the last month:

The Fourth Man (http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Man-K-O-Dahl/dp/0312540574/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262408943&sr=8-2) by KO Dahl. Just ordered another book by him.

'The Redbreast' and 'Nemesis' by Jo Nesbo (http://www.amazon.com/Jo-Nesb%C3%B8/e/B001JOJT6C/ref=sr_tc_2_0). Both are highly recommended. The Redbreast for those interested in Norway's involvement in WWII (and Tom Clancy fans). Nemesis is just awesome (read it!). It's like a Raymond Chandler novel.

Borkmann's Point (http://www.amazon.com/Borkmanns-Point-Inspector-Veeteren-Mystery/dp/1400030323/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262409023&sr=1-3) by Hakan Nesser. Good but formulaic (finished in 24 hours).

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Vintage/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262409311&sr=1-1) by Stieg Larsson. I did not want to believe the hype of this but it's FANTASTIC. Worth reading for sure.

The Girl Who Played With Fire (http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Played-Fire/dp/0307269981/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262409311&sr=1-3) by Stieg Larsson. Just as good as previous book.

Out of the six I read in December, I'd say read Stieg Larsson first (for availability), then Jo Nesbo.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I started reading A Song of Ice Wind and Fire.
The German version splits each book into 2 so right now I am reading the "Lords of Winterfell" that is actually the first half of "A Game of Thrones". I am amazed how much I enjoy reading this book.
You mean "A Song of Ice and Fire" right? Its not Earth, Wind, and Fire like the musical group. ;)

Read slowly. After book four you will cry because the series is never going to be finished. BUT - the books are awesome! :D

I'm reading Relentless by Dean Koontz. Well, I will be tomorrow. Just finished Breathless... Not his best work.

[Estelle Russard]

You mean "A Song of Ice and Fire" right? Its not Earth, Wind, and Fire like the musical group. ;)

Read slowly. After book four you will cry because the series is never going to be finished. BUT - the books are awesome! :D

I'm reading Relentless by Dean Koontz. Well, I will be tomorrow. Just finished Breathless... Not his best work.

I agree with Hollie. I am happy for you that you have discovered the George R R Martin series! Long live Tyrion!

I Am currently reading "The Red Fox" by Anthony Hyde and just finished "Hood" (Book 1 of the King Raven triology) by Stephen Lawhead

My favorite books this year were by far:

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

2. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (who also wrote About a Boy).

ps) thankyou bookclub!

[Callista]

I'm reading the whole "True Blood" series, but for the life of me I can't recall what the actual first book title is called xD and I'm too lazy to look it up....

[Pierce Tondry]

Super Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

[Crusader]

Read slowly. After book four you will cry because the series is never going to be finished. BUT - the books are awesome! :D

Well as long as George R R Martin is still alive I can still hope for an ending...
...like I still hope that Frank Herbert's son will one day end the dune series.

Imagine what would have happened if J.R.R Tolkin died after writting the LOTR until they eventualy end up at the gates of Mordoor...

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Mastering the Art of French Cooking I: By Julia Child
The Annals of Imperial Rome: By Tacitus
Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon: By Claudia Roden
The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York: By Claudia Roden
The Jungle: By Upton Sinclair



The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg

You can cover-to-cover the book, but it's mostly reference. Read the first few sections throughout, then page-flip and start cooking amazing things! You will love that book so much!

[Rossos Atrapes]

I got Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn for Christmas. Great book so far, though it started a bit dull.

[Mandy with an I]

I've finished 3 books in the past month, and I need to buy a new one :3

The Road by Cormac McCarthy - loved it, love the style it's written in.

Day By Day Armageddon by JL Bourne - a zombie novel written diary style by a Us Naval officer. I think it actually started as a blog/online story. The sequel is coming out this year :D

Generation Kill by Evan Wright - I loved the HBO mini series, and the book is just as good.

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

Generation Kill by Evan Wright - I loved the HBO mini series, and the book is just as good.

The series was a very faithful adaptation to the book so you'll love every bit of it.

[Mandy with an I]

^ I did. :D I finished it while I was at my mums for Christmas. I have a couple books I want to get, but I'll have to order them off of Amazon since the book store here doesn't have them.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Still plodding my way through The Great Gatsby

This is the fourth or fifth time I've read this book.

Makes me want to dig out some Hemingway, for some reason.

[General Dan]

Gatsby and Hemingway both rule. I really need to re-read TGG and I guess probably the Old Man and the Sea.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The Sun Also Rises is my fav Hemingway. Incredibly written book.

[Mitch]

At the moment, I'm doing a lot more writing than reading. About halfway done with N'duk the Hunter, volume V.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Just finished The Gathering Storm, book 12 in the Wheel of Time.

REALLY GOOD!

Looks like the conclusion to this most epic of series will actually be satisfying!

[Dasquian Belargic]

The 'quiet reading area' in my office has basically just become another tea room, so my daily reading has dropped significantly. As a consequence, I'm still plugging throuh I Jedi.

[Carré Inirial]

Just finished "Flirt" this morning, and am re-reading "Skin Trade", both by Laurell K. Hamilton from her Anita Blake series.

[Atreyu]

The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton.

Pretty much 'Philosophy 101 for Dummies' - I'm enjoying it. :)

[Travis North]

I recently picked up The Art of War, and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Finished Dorian Gray. I did slog through chapter 11 though ^_^; You weren't kidding Droo!

Gonna start Siddhartha next.

[Carré Inirial]

I have an Ancient Greek & English lexicon, and I am determined to re-read 'The Iliad' in the original Greek again.

Without asking for so much help this time.

[Charlotte Tur'enne]

On to The Ruby Knight by David Eddings...

because clearly there was not enough Sparhawk in my life. ...or any of Eddings' snarky wonderful antiheroes for that matter.

[Darth Gravis]

The Wrecker by Clive Cussler

[Quietus]

I just finished "Wicked" by Gregory Mcguire and bought "Son of a Witch" and "A Lion Among Men" today. Can't wait to get started on them. :)

If you haven't read the series, "Wicked" is a sort of re-write of Wizard of Oz, only from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West. It tells the origins of the three witches and explains the significance behind the ruby slippers. Doesn't follow the original Oz to a T, but it does follow the same basic storyline. It's really quite good!

[Alexia Preston]

The whole series is good, Quietus.

I am reading (and laughing through) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I enjoyed Wicked, and found Son of a Witch to be... bizarre. Haven't bothered with the Lion one, was too turned off by Son of a Witch. O_o

[Quietus]

My friend Amanda said that Son of a Witch is a bit ...offputting. Her comment was:

"You know how Wicked had parts where the plot slowed and it could be painful to read at times? Well, Son of a Witch is pretty much all like that."

I'm gonna trudge through anyways.

I've got Song of Ice and Fire series sitting in my bookcase waiting to be started. Also have the Chronicles of Amber to finish. I'm about halfway through that (ten books in all, I think) but I had to take a break.

[Ettagar Veir]

I have an Ancient Greek & English lexicon, and I am determined to re-read 'The Iliad' in the original Greek again.

Without asking for so much help this time.

The original classical Greek, or the modern translation? I'm assuming the orginal classical, since I remember you saying you speak fluent Greek. I've only done some koine (biblical) Greek, and can fumble my way through a few letters and the Greek bible.

I finished Mere Christianity and The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time, and am at a bit of a loose end as to what now.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

My friend Amanda said that Son of a Witch is a bit ...offputting. Her comment was:

"You know how Wicked had parts where the plot slowed and it could be painful to read at times? Well, Son of a Witch is pretty much all like that."

I'm gonna trudge through anyways.

I've got Song of Ice and Fire series sitting in my bookcase waiting to be started. Also have the Chronicles of Amber to finish. I'm about halfway through that (ten books in all, I think) but I had to take a break.

I agree with Amanda. Very offputting.

And I urge you to read A Song of Ice and Fire! SO GOOD! But you'll also have to resign yourself to the fact that the series may never be finished. But you should read it anyway, its that good. :thumbup

[Dante Richter]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[Dasquian Belargic]

^ Good choice. I still need to pick up Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters.

[Dante Richter]

I haven't be able to find it here at the bookstore I frequent. I heard there's a book with The Beatles as zombies; that looks rather interesting, lol

[Droo]

Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter is where it's at!

"She loved her country. She hated zombies." :cool:

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Finished Siddhartha. It was rather different, in terms of Hesse's writing, but it was also very inspiring at the same time.

Not sure what to go to next. Maybe a reread of Sarum.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I got an audiobook of 'The Left Hand of God' after reading a preview, seems like a pretty interesting book so far.


"Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary."

The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the One True Faith.

In one of the Sanctuary's vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone else. He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Thomas Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or die.

His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt.

But the Redeemers want Cale back at any price… not because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does not.

[Irridia Solensis]

Ooohhh....that looks fabulous...may have to pick that up.

[Travis North]

Starting to read the Republic Commando series. Figure its about time I read another Star Wars series.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Ooohhh....that looks fabulous...may have to pick that up.

I think you would like it! And if you are into audiobooks, the version they have on iTunes is read very well.

[Sudoku]

I picked up this book (http://www.amazon.ca/ZOO-Novel-Otsuichi/dp/1421525879/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266999922&sr=8-6)today and I'm half way done. Pretty good, but really really weird. >_>

It makes me want to read more and more short stories though!

[Ilias Nytrau]

Recently I've read 'Personal Demon', 'No Humans Involved' and 'Living with the Dead' by Kelley Armstrong, 'The Wedding' by Nicholas Sparks and I've been working my way through Laurell K. Hamilton's 'Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter' series. Right now, I'm reading 'Micah'.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I got an audiobook of 'The Left Hand of God' after reading a preview, seems like a pretty interesting book so far.

And I'm done with this one. When it comes to audiobooks, I think the narrator can either make or break the story and whoever they had narrating this did an excellent job of varying the voices of all the characters without getting farcical. I was a little surprised at how abruptly the story seemed to come to an end - I suppose I should have been expecting a sequel, especially what with them not explaining what it was (that pebble-looking thing) that Cale took out of the mutilated girls body in the Sanctuary... - but on the whole I found it an enjoyable listen/read. Thomas Cale is just the kind of heartless monster I can't help but love :3

I've downloaded Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings onto my iPhone now, which is seeming a little more like traditional fantasy fare. Not that I mind that - at least you get value for your money, in terms of how many hours the audiobook goes on for :lol

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Started on The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. I'm not too far into it, and already some of the descriptions are cringeworthy. To think people worked in such horrid conditions :\

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just picked up:

* Brent Weeks - Shadow's Edge
* Adrian Tchaikovsky - Empire in Black and Gold
* Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
* Steven Erikson - Memories of Ice

Epic fantasyyyy ftw.

All of the above courtesy of my manager, who nominated me for our departments reward and recognition scheme and got me £50 of book vouchers!

[Ilias Nytrau]

Presently, I'm reading Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie. Next it will be Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. :)

[Darth Callidus]

Still plodding through Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings.

Also have been reading Traitors of the Tower by Alison Weir on my iPhone, at work :mischief

[Serrena Alcine]

Just finished The Gathering Storm, book 12 in the Wheel of Time.

REALLY GOOD!

Looks like the conclusion to this most epic of series will actually be satisfying!I wish I shared that sentiment, LD...I adored that series for the first five or six books, but Jordan is damnably long-winded and the scope of the world is so painfully large that I gave up at book nine and haven't looked back since. :(


The original classical Greek, or the modern translation? I'm assuming the orginal classical, since I remember you saying you speak fluent Greek. I've only done some koine (biblical) Greek, and can fumble my way through a few letters and the Greek bible.Indeed! You remember correctly. Reading it in modern Greek would almost be cheating, in a way, as odd as that sounds.

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I know I said I was starting the George R. R. Martin series sometime last year (or early this year), but I finally started it this past week. It's...reminiscent of the epic scope of Jordan's Wheel of Time series, but this just seems to work so much better to my mind.

[Crusader]

I've downloaded Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings onto my iPhone now, which is seeming a little more like traditional fantasy fare. Not that I mind that - at least you get value for your money, in terms of how many hours the audiobook goes on for :lol

Oh I read the Belgariad Saga as a teenager. I loved those books. No big piece of literature but very enjoyable. Silk rocks!

I am now at the beginning of the third book of a Song of Ice and Fire.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I think I am near the end of the first Belgariad book (according to how much is left of my audiobook) and... it's been decent. I don't think I will move onto the next book tho, to be honest. I can't say I am particularly invested in any one characters story.

[Cambrio Montegue]

Kerouac's On the Road (original scroll version). Again. Probably the first book that ever made me stop and suck in a breath because I got it and it articulated so much of what I at fourteen couldn't. It's my favourite of the four I take with me everywhere. <3 <3

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm eight chapters into Cherie Priest's Boneshaker, which seems to be a steampunk novel with zombies: "At the start of the Civil War, a Russian mining company commissions a great machine to pave the way from Seattle to Alaska and speed up the gold rush that is beating a path to the frozen north. Inventor Leviticus Blue creates the machine, but on its first test run it malfunctions, decimating Seattle s banking district and uncovering a vein of Blight Gas that turns everyone who breathes it into the living dead. Sixteen years later Briar, Blue's widow, lives in the poor neighborhood outside the wall that s been built around the uninhabitable city. Life is tough with a ruined reputation, but she and her teenage son Ezekiel are surviving until Zeke impetuously decides that he must reclaim his father's name from the clutches of history."

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Just read Halting State (http://www.amazon.com/Halting-State-Charles-Stross/dp/0441014984)which is a pretty good book about...

In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates, a dot-com start-up company that's just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith's expertise.

The prime suspects are a band of maurading Orcs with a dragon in tow for fire support. The bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four, and the robbery was supposed to be impossible. When word gets out, Hayek Associates and all their virtual "economies" are going to crash hard.

For Smith, the investigation seems pointless. But the deeper she digs, the bigger the case gets. there are powerful players - both real and pixelated - who are watching her every move. Because there is far more at stake than just some game-head's fantasy financial security...

This near-future world is near enough that we can just about reach out and touch it. America has fallen into bankruptcy because of its failing infrastructure? People play real time LARPs through their phones (like Spooks, in which you can play at being a spy) and everyone wears glasses that can overlay maps or other augmented reality items over your view?

I loved it, it was great. ALSO the whole thing is written in 2nd person present, which is CRAZY. Who does that? It took a while to get used to all the yous (there are three perspectives also, and each are written in 2nd person) but in a book about a world that is almost ruled by games and gamers, it was so brilliant to make the narrative like a FPS.

[Dasquian Belargic]

That sounds really peculiar. Was it like a choose your own adventure, or was there a linear plot and it just happened to be written in 2nd person? :whaa

[Lilaena De'Ville]

The latter.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Just finished Boneshaker and I give it 4 out of 5 shambling zombies. The action and pacing was great, the supporting cast really well-written, and the over-arching plot kept you guessing right until the very end (especially about the identity of Doctor Minnericht). Heartily recommended!

[Emelie Shadowstar]

Going for a second read through of Neil Gaiman's American Gods as part of the weirdo 1 Book, 1 Twitter thing... because the concept of a twitter-based book club amused me and I already had the book sitting on my shelf.

Though their reading schedule is hellishly slow for me (three chapters a week, I think?) so I'm also reading through The Drawing of Three by Stephen King since I enjoyed the first Dark Tower book and figured I should go on there... the first chapter already made me go "uhh... wtf? o_O" so good times....

Figure if I start reading some more I might be motivated to actually write some more too.

[Crusader]

I am done with A Storm of Swords which was one of the most entertaining books which I have ever read. The book was exciting even until the last page.
A feast for crows should be arriving tomorrow morning.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Em - the Dark Tower series is a weird one. I love books 3 and 4, but I have never been able to get onto book 6. I have heard that the series kind of goes off the rails near the end, sadly.

As for Song of Ice and Fire... A Storm of Swords is split into two books in the UK. Steel and Snow / Blood and Gold I think are the titles. I haven't finished Blood and Gold, but I get the feeling I might need to read Steel and Snow again to remember what all was going on :whaa

[Lilaena De'Ville]

omg you haven't read the entire series yet!? *faints*

[Dasquian Belargic]

Which series?

[Crusader]

As for Song of Ice and Fire... A Storm of Swords is split into two books in the UK. Steel and Snow / Blood and Gold I think are the titles.

They did the same thing with the books over here. Each is split into two books. So I am reading book 7 now. Book 5 is called a Storm of Swords over here as well and book 8 is called the Queen of the Dragons.
But they should have called a Storm of Swords "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" or maybe "Four weddings and a lot more funerals" instead.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Finished The Jungle. What a thoroughly depressing book :(


So, to lift my spirits after reading about the meat packing industry I started on The Jungle Books.

[Daria Nytherciria]

I started reading Assassin's Creed: Renaissance by Oliver Bowden on holiday and I have to say... what a disappointment. I suppose that's what I get for thinking a book based on a video-game sequel might be good, but I would really be hard-pressed to recommend this to anyone.

The structure is so repetitive and linear that I am finding myself reluctant to go on reading at all. The same thing just keeps happening over and over: Ezio has an adversary to face. His allies caution him against attacking too soon and spend a couple of months training him in some assassin skill. He and his allies make an attack on the adversaries base. After some initial anxiety, they are thoroughly victorious. Ezio receives another page of the Codex which he takes to Leonardo da Vinci, and has his assassin tools/weapons upgraded. They might as well just have written "Level Complete!" at the end of each chapter |I

I am consoling myself by reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell now, which is just fantastic and a must for any lover of Tudor history :love

[Crusader]

OK I am done with a "song of ice and fire" for now. "A Feast for Crows" was not as good as a storm of swords but the cliffhangers are killing me now. I hate the fact that I will have to wait till GRR Martin finishes two books until I find out what happened to my two favorit characters Arya and Brienne

[Lilaena De'Ville]

And he finished AffC five years ago.

[Crusader]

A dance with Dragons is supposed to come out this year...So if he keeps writting like this we will be reading "A Dream of Spring" in 10 years from now. If we get lucky he finds back to his old rythm and we will get a new book every 2 years.
My current plan to fill the gap is first to read the English version of a dance with dragons and then I will read the German translation once it is released. Once "the Winds of Winter" come out I will have to reread "a Feast for Crows". I just hope that we will get the whole cast back in the "Winds of Winter".

[Dasquian Belargic]

Done with the first book in the X-Wing series. Short but sweet :)

I like Tycho Celchu.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

A dance with Dragons is supposed to come out this year...So if he keeps writting like this we will be reading "A Dream of Spring" in 10 years from now. If we get lucky he finds back to his old rythm and we will get a new book every 2 years.
My current plan to fill the gap is first to read the English version of a dance with dragons and then I will read the German translation once it is released. Once "the Winds of Winter" come out I will have to reread "a Feast for Crows". I just hope that we will get the whole cast back in the "Winds of Winter".
The fact that you're planning on reading Dance is just so cute. :3

;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

We went to a book fair today and I went kinda nuts.

Plato - The Republic
Cervantes - Don Quixote
Maurice Keen - The Pelican History of Medieval Europe
Alberto Moravia - Roman Tales
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Raymond Chandler - The Little Sister
Raymond Chandler - The Long Good-Bye
Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant
Isaac Asimov - Foundation
Hunter S Thompson - Hells Angels

...all for about £20 :3

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Niiiice!!! You'll have to tell me how 'Roman Tales' is!


I finished 'The Jungle Books' a few weeks ago. Was so very refreshing, and Kipling's writing is very fun to read. I'll probably start 'Arabian Nights' next :)

[MortalDanger]

Meh, I'm a big philosophy reader. But I've been going a little crazy on Nelson Demille lately. His new one, "The Lion" came out Tuesday and I went and got that right away. Woot.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I spent pretty much all day reading The Long Good-Bye by Raymond Chandler, inbetween calls from customers.

[Crusader]

A dance with Dragons is supposed to come out this year...So if he keeps writting like this we will be reading "A Dream of Spring" in 10 years from now. If we get lucky he finds back to his old rythm and we will get a new book every 2 years.
My current plan to fill the gap is first to read the English version of a dance with dragons and then I will read the German translation once it is released. Once "the Winds of Winter" come out I will have to reread "a Feast for Crows". I just hope that we will get the whole cast back in the "Winds of Winter".
The fact that you're planning on reading Dance is just so cute. :3

;)
Why do I not lose the impression that you might be right on this one:
http://grrm.livejournal.com/156885.html

George stop watching casting videos and start writting again. I want to dance with dragons this year.

[The Original BuffJedi]

Re-reading the 'Twilight' series.

[Peter McCoy]

Iain. M. Banks - Consider Phlebas

I love the wit he weaves into the dialogue and descriptive paragraphs. And his attention to detail is a lot of fun.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I spent pretty much all day reading The Long Good-Bye by Raymond Chandler, inbetween calls from customers.

Finished this now, and onto The Little Sister, again by Raymond Chandler.

Something about summer makes me always want to read Chandler or Hemmingway.

[Mandy with an I]

Just finished reading "Brains" by Robin Becker and "Empire" by David Dunwoody. Zombies = :D

[Peter McCoy]

I highly recommend World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, both by Max Brooks.

World War Z is one of my favourite novels now. I love how each chapter focuses on a different character in a different place: a doctor in China; a surgeon in South America; a rich dood in Paris; a soldier in the USA; a kotaku nerd in Japan; a blind guy in a national park (in Japan); the Israeli's response to the outbreak by walling themselves off; an artist who paints/draws castles and his tale about their use during the outbreak, a family who go up north where it's colder (zombies freeze); a private 'rich and famous' party holed up on a secure island - there's so many diverse situations. My favourite is when a pilot crashes in the middle of Zack Country which is just infested to hell.

Read it! Preferably before the movie comes out (it's in pre-production I hear).

[Mandy with an I]

My favorite so far would be Day By Day Armageddon by JL Bourne. It's written diary-style from the POV of a navy pilot (which the author actually is). The sequel is coming out next month :eee

"Brains" was actually really really funny. It's about a zombie that retains the ability to think, read and write. He tries to gather other zombies with similar abilities so they can work out some sort of zombie/human resolution.

"Empire" was decent, but I felt there were too many different plot threads, so you didn't really get a good feel for most of the characters. It does have Death in it (Yes, Grim Reaper, pale horse riding Death :o) and a different view on how zombies work.

[Dasquian Belargic]

This is probably a stupid question Mandy, but have you seen the movie REC?

[MortalDanger]

I've got to share this with you. You may have seen it already but I stumbled upon it the other day. My reading speed is above average but with this you can really fly, and learn to read 1000 wpm.

http://spreeder.com/app.php

It's an application that you post text into and it flys by. It starts out at 300 wpm, then asks you to double it, then back to 300 to see the difference. You can put whatever text you want in there and adjust all of the settings.

I've gone through Through the Looking Glass and Beyond the City in just a few hours. I prefer paper but this thing really lets you fly through those classics.

Find an author at literature.org and go to town.

[Callista]

I've not really read anything in the past few years, but I'm going to bed earlier so I have a bit of time to read.

My current book is "Excavation" by James Rollins. I love his books!

[Dasquian Belargic]

I've not really read anything in the past few years,

:eek really?

[Mandy with an I]

This is probably a stupid question Mandy, but have you seen the movie REC?


No.

I don't really watch a lot of movies >_>;

Edit - I've seen the English version ("Quarantine"). Super Rabies isn't zombies! XD

[Dasquian Belargic]

I would check it out if you can. It's a Spanish zombie movie (and there is now REC2, a sequel) which I think you would like.

[Callista]

I've not really read anything in the past few years,

:eek really?

Yep, sadly...bits and pieces, but haven't finished anything!

Well, okay so the past few days I did read "Y - The Last Man" comic series from start to finish...does that count? xD

[Wyl Staedtler]

Just finished reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (sososo good, couldn't put it down) and am now a few chapters into The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. I'm a total sucker for books on fundamentalists. Hello there, polygamy.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I just read Monster by A. Lee Martinez. It was really funny. :D

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Bought and read Sh*t My Dad Says. Good stuff. Great words to live by.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Magyk, which I think the first book in the Septimus Heap series.

Kinda like Harry Potter.

It was about £5 for a 12hr audiobook. woot.

[Eragon_Dushall]

I'm re-reading the Inheritance Cycle in anticipation of the release of the Fourth Book.

[Drin Kizael]

Comic: Incorruptible by Mark Waid

Book: Proven Guilty, book 8 of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

Sidebar: Butcher is a HUGE Star Wars fan (as is Harry Dresden). One wonders if he might stray from fantasy and try science fiction. Of course, we were burned rather badly by the last fantasy writer who took a vacation on our turf (Salvatore), and many of us would like to scrub the stain left by Barbara Hambley off our brains... but I think Butcher could be good for the SW EU.

[Mandy with an I]

I just ordered...more zombie books!

Ex-Heroes, which according to reviews is a mix of zombies and Watchmen. Super heroes and zombies has been done, but it sounds really interesting :3

AND! The sequel to Day By Day Armageddon is out. I had to rebuy the first book since I was a fool and loaned it to someone; I really want to reread it before I start the second one. It's written by an active Naval officer :D

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I just read Thr3e by Ted Dekker. Really good. I think I've found another 'favorite' writer to read obsessively. :p

[Mandy with an I]

Ffffffffffffffff!

In the future, all our favorite TV and movie stars will be zombies. There are way too many pop culture references in "Ex_Heroes" XD

[Dasquian Belargic]

I read Foundation by Asimov recently, for the first time.

Why did I wait this long :whaa