What are you reading right now? : Othor Games

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:44 am

Dark lover -- By J.R Ward.

A tale about a vampire race and society living on the under ground of human society fighting for survival against an ancient organisation of slayers.

Its horrible. The main characters name is "Wrath", his vampire chum's are named Rhage, Zsadist, Tohrment and something else. The main bad guys name is Mr.x, the god of his slayer organisation is named Omega. Origonal no?

But yeah.. I promised my girlfriend I'd read it

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:57 pm

:cryvaultboy:

I'd have to agree.

Hey I'm the first to admit I didn't think I'd enjoy them but I did get svcked right in...

I didn't WANT to enjoy it.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:12 am

Dark lover -- By J.R Ward.

A tale about a vampire race and society living on the under ground of human society fighting for survival against an ancient organisation of slayers.

Its horrible. The main characters name is "Wrath", his vampire chum's are named Rhage, Zsadist, Tohrment and something else. The main bad guys name is Mr.x, the god of his slayer organisation is named Omega. Origonal no?

But yeah.. I promised my girlfriend I'd read it

:rofl: With some of these crap books, I wonder if a human being, one with the intelligence to sit at a word processor and contact a publisher, could actually write such crap. Maybe all this dross is really written on 1984's novel writing machines.

In Other news, did Huxley really have to name his characters after his contemporaries? There's a Marx, a Trotsky, a Hoover,an Engels... Its as if they all rung him up and asked him if he'd put them in, as a shout out. Maybe that's why Orwell wrote 1984. "Away with you, bohemian war reporter! Write your own damn dystopia!"

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:11 pm

I am re-reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elves_of_Cintra ATM (I read it last summer, but
my reading was often distracted, so I really felt like I only skimmed the book
without my usual retention of the story).

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:32 am

I am re-reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elves_of_Cintra ATM (I read it last summer, but
my reading was often distracted, so I really felt like I only skimmed the book
without my usual retention of the story).

I misread that as The eye of Ciirta.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:13 am

Since I know there's a few Song of Ice and Fire fans here ... http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/hbo-greenlights-game-of-thrones-.html

Can we get a "woo hoo"?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:23 am

I'm currently reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:49 am

The House of Blue Mangoes, by David Davidar. I have only been able to read a few chapters each night, life is busy.
It's a historical fiction, a chronological account of an Indian family during the late 1800's up to modern times.
I am presently at the point where repeated caste system greviances and British imperialism are fuel. Very combustilble fuel.

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:24 am

I've been reading several books (And graphical novel). Currently, I'm reading a collection of short stories by H.G.Wells, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol.1 and Vol.2), Watchmen, and the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. All pretty good, even though I've read them all before. They're stories that I return to (especially TLoEG and Watchmen) because there's hidden symbolism.

I'll be picking up (hopefully) a copy of the Founding by Dan Abbnet this weekend.

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:57 pm

I finished Brave New World, it got better towards the end, though it started to feel like Swastika Night at that point, as in, "youngish guy complains about society while older guy plays devil's advocate and argues with him".

I'm now reading Der Weltkrieg: Deutsche Tr?ume (The World War: German Dreams) by August Niemann. The things one finds when trawling through Wikipedia.

Its a 1904 novel where the author essentially argues that England is bad, English global domination is bad and the French, Germans and Russians should unite in a pact to wipe them off the face of the Earth. We all know how well that turned out, but its quite an interesting view into the German propaganda and psyche at the turn of the century.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:11 pm

Frankenstein. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for years without ever having been read.

One of my all time favourites. How did enjoy it?

I'm currently reading Ian Rankin's The Complaints. It's not quite the same without DS Rebus, but it's not a bad book. I'm also reading The Pragmatic Programmer.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:10 am

I haven't read anything for recreational purposes in months... This thread suddenly reminds me that I need to read!

the last book I was reading happens to be Halo: Evolutions.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:01 am

I'm also reading The Pragmatic Programmer.

Is it worth getting?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:56 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure :bowdown:

rereading it actually.

just finished for the umpteenth time
http://www.banditobooks.com/book-store/cosmic-banditos-audio-book-p-20.html :rofl:

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:06 pm

As a constant reader, finally:

Salem's Lot.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:32 pm

Is it worth getting?

Too early into it to say for certain, though it has come highly recommended.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:43 pm

Treasure Island. Trying to get all the major classics. Also when I get book #23 and #24 (Sweden cut each book in two because bricks don't sell to well here) in the Wheel of Time series and the other two prequel books as well by the late Robert Jordan I'm gonna read that one too.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:15 am

This month's National Geographic. Interesting article about the Nasca lines.
I need new books, or conversely, a Kindle.

» Fri May 27, 2011 4:40 pm

Bought 3 new books last weekend:
Maus, which is really good. The artistic style is good, and the story telling is superb.
The Founding, by Dan Abnett. Basically an omnibus of Warhammer 40k novels. I'll read it after I finish,
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton. Truth be told, I was drawn to it purely due to the cover. :lol:

» Fri May 27, 2011 7:50 pm

The God Emperor of Didcot.

Absolutely hilarious.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:12 pm

Read "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" over the weekend. I started reading Alice months ago and I put it down in favour of some Uni' essential stuff. Well, since I quit uni' in November, I actually remembered to go back to it (what with all the adverts about the new film) and finished it.

Was ok, didn't think it was particularly amazing.

Also; gave up on Moby dike. I might try again some time, but I just find it dull.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:40 am

The new Horus Heresy book: A Thousand Sons - pretty good so far.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:05 am

I'm currently reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. I'm only a 150 pages in but so far its the worst novel I've started in many years: the text feels drawn out and padded, the setting descriptions are poorly done, and the plot itself has yet to make any real sense. Granted there are still 700 pages left so many things will make more sense as they are revealed but I think it's unlikely.

The book is a gift (from someone who should have remembered I hate vampires) so I probably need to finish it, but at the moment I'm not at all unhappy that I can't find it.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:20 am

Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov, i have to know all the plot details, characters, etc as thorough as possible to pass my exams.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:10 pm

The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Hurtgen: September 1944-January 1945 for fun.