What are you reading? - Page 7

Golden Teapot · 3rd June 2007, 06:49

Just finsihed "Brothers in Arms" and have moved onto "Memory". Several of the authors books have been re-released in audiobook format (my preference to drown out the otherwise grim reality of the Northern Express) and they've all been pretty good.

Lat1n0 · 3rd June 2007, 09:22

Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

For more about it http://archive.salon.com/news/featur...den/index.html

Mabd · 4th June 2007, 09:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by drac0s

Anyway reading Glen Cook the Black Company series at the moment, i dunno rubbish writing that sorta skips around a little bit etc... wouldn't recommend but still sorta enjoying it.

yeh, until you get to the 5th or 6th book or summat and it changes competely.

I didn't mind the first few though. Easy read.

[Malks] Pixie · 5th June 2007, 10:34

Just about to start reading Nightwatch - will be a bit of a shift from my last book. My partner just finished it and went out and brought Daywatch straight away... I am a bit more sceptical though myself...

Pixie

Kryten · 5th June 2007, 10:41

Nightwatch / Daywatch are great books, just be warned that if you've seen the movies, the second movie is more like Nightwatch Part II.

Just started on Steven Levitt's "Freakonomics", enjoying it very much so far.

[Malks] Pixie · 5th June 2007, 10:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

Nightwatch / Daywatch are great books, just be warned that if you've seen the movies, the second movie is more like Nightwatch Part II.

Just started on Steven Levitt's "Freakonomics", enjoying it very much so far.

Hmmm I've seen Nightwatch but don't remember bugger all about it so don't think that should be too much of a worry... Haven't seen Daywatch film as yet (my partner wants to wait until she's finished the book - but sounds like it doesn't really matter that much).

I'm just wondering if I'll be able to get into it as my recent reading list has been a bit more classical.

Pixie

[BT]Monza · 5th June 2007, 11:34

Just started Constant Gardener, mainly for a complete change from what I usually read. Very sloooow paced so far...

Hemebond · 5th June 2007, 19:21

Just finished reading The Player Of Games by Iain M Banks. I dismissed it when I first saw it; it's smaller than his other books and all the blurb mentioned was that the main character plays games. Holy crap I was wrong to. Really enjoyed it.

chiQ · 5th June 2007, 20:03

More Agatha Christie. I'm on a roll.

xor · 5th June 2007, 20:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lat1n0

Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

For more about it http://archive.salon.com/news/featur...den/index.html

I read that book a while ago. It's fucken awesome. He's a man of the people!

_Incubus_ · 6th June 2007, 00:29

I just finished reading the Alexander books by Valerio Manfredi..awesome trilogy..

[Malks] Pixie · 6th June 2007, 09:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemebond

Just finished reading The Player Of Games by Iain M Banks. I dismissed it when I first saw it; it's smaller than his other books and all the blurb mentioned was that the main character plays games. Holy crap I was wrong to. Really enjoyed it.

Yep - my favorite Iain M Banks book!

Pixie

Kryten · 6th June 2007, 09:21

Freakonomics is really really good. If you've heard of it, read it now. My only problem with it is that it's too damn short, it could easily be twice as big.

[BT]Monza · 6th June 2007, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemebond

Just finished reading The Player Of Games by Iain M Banks. I dismissed it when I first saw it; it's smaller than his other books and all the blurb mentioned was that the main character plays games. Holy crap I was wrong to. Really enjoyed it.

Picked it up the other day, just couldn't get into it. Will give it another go soon...

Rince · 6th June 2007, 12:19

onto book 2 of the Blood Jewels trilogy by Anne Bishop....

spent $50 at J'ville Rotary's book fair a few weekends ago & got a heap of Lee Child from Riccarton market last weekend, so will be busy

cyc · 9th June 2007, 22:24

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky.

I normally hate novels and probably wouldn't have started reading this were it not for this being a gift from my best friend. Man, how bloody superb it is.

dead goon · 5th July 2007, 10:27

Just bought The Basic Writings of Nietzsche

StN · 5th July 2007, 10:30

The Peter Jackson biography. Picked it up marked down from $49.95 to $12 and thought I had a bargain until I saw it for $5 the next day.

Strange to read that as he was filming in Queenstown he envied the Vertical Limit shoot because they had all the facilities and were shootng "a real film". And the contiuing potential for Bad Taste II.

[Malks] Pixie · 5th July 2007, 10:38

Still reading Nightwatch - promised my partner I'd finish it but am really having to force myself to pick it up - needless to say will probably not continue with the rest of the series (another 3 books ontop!)... Having said that I do understand that the English translation is a bit of a shambles compared with the original...

Pixie

Painty · 5th July 2007, 11:03

Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man who Led the Band of Brothers.

Really good biography. Also just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, interesting to see what changes were made to enable a screen play.

Larno · 5th July 2007, 13:04

Just read 'The Kingdom Of Thorn & Bone'

'The Briar King'
'The Charnel Prince'
'The Blood Knight'

Were really really enjoyable, top fantasy.

Rocket · 5th July 2007, 13:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Painty

Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man who Led the Band of Brothers.

Really good biography. Also just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, interesting to see what changes were made to enable a screen play.

omg its a book? awesome i have to read it.

Kryten · 5th July 2007, 13:12

Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, by Richard Knaak.

Hanging out for the new Robin Hobb, hurry up and get here dammit.

chiquelet · 5th July 2007, 13:23

We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates. She's an amazing novelist, kind of like a female John Updike (only much, much better imo). I think this is the 5th novel of hers that I've read, and all have been absolutely superb. My favourite so far would have to be You Must Remember This. That is the only book I've almost stopped reading half-way through, because the content was so provocative and challenging and emotionally draining. So glad I continued though, because I now have a love affair with her work.

Charles · 6th July 2007, 00:06

Halfway into Peter F. Hamilton's - The Reality Dysfunction. Good space opera, keeps getting better with every page.

Mabd · 6th July 2007, 22:05

Just finished Mindstar Rising again.

Love them.

_Incubus_ · 6th July 2007, 23:29

Call me a sadist but I have just finished reading "Hunters of Dune"...I loved the original Dune novels so much that I have endured Frank's son and his pal fucking Franks corpse and read every "New" Dune...I kinda see now what they were working towards with the prequel novels (as badly written as they are) if Franks outline for Dune 7 is to be understood..

Foggerty · 7th July 2007, 01:16

'Chaos' by James Gleick - I'm learning about Mandelbrot and his discoveries, and can now use the phrase "symmetries of scale " with confidence

Also slowly going back through Sandman (in order this time) as my GF and I buy the series between us. (i.e. spend an evening every few weeks or so when one of us buys a new issue. Think its my turn next....)

Toksin · 7th July 2007, 01:27

Killing Pablo was awesome.

Just finished The Best of HP Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre.

Fear Cthulhu and the Elder Ones.

Might get hold of My Tank is Fight next.

StN · 10th July 2007, 20:30

The making of Star Wars - this is spooge worthy. Big hard covered book filled with production photos, original script scribblings and musings from the seventies. I consider myself a bit of a fanboy, but was completely ignorant to the fact that Camie (You know, Luke's mate from Toshi station where he wastes time with his friends) was played by soft porn star and royal rooter Koo Stark.

And there is an awesome pic of Hamil and Guinness sitting in his hovel with Luke looking straight down the hilt of his fathers light sabre.

Painty · 11th July 2007, 10:32

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memories of Major Richard Winters
by Major Richard Winters.

Good read so far

eff tee · 12th July 2007, 20:30

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, written from POV of a 15 year old boy with Aspergers which is on the autistic spectrum.

Interesting.

Heresy · 12th July 2007, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by eff tee

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, written from POV of a 15 year old boy with Aspergers which is on the autistic spectrum.

Interesting.

That is a fucking brilliant book. My favourite.

Currently reading Box 132 by Alex Shearer. A good laugh. Just finished Hemingway's Chair by Michael Palin, was pretty good as well.

LordP · 13th July 2007, 08:23

Into A Dark Realm - Raymond E Feist

Second book for the Darkwar trilogy, the first being Flight Of The Nighthawks.

After that, it'll be Renegade's Magic, by Robin Hobb

Yoda · 15th August 2007, 10:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles

Halfway into Peter F. Hamilton's - The Reality Dysfunction. Good space opera, keeps getting better with every page.

Apparently his latest, "The Dreaming Void", the first of the "Void Trilogy" is out - will be hunting today for it if I get a chance.

untouchable · 15th August 2007, 10:40

Im not much of a reader. But have started re reading A song of Ice and Fire.
I got about half way through the second book a year or 2 ago, and then stopped, so am starting again from the first book. I had almost forgotten how awesome it was.

Draco T Bastard · 15th August 2007, 11:45

Business political activity in New Zealand from 1990 to 2005

LordP · 15th August 2007, 13:59

War of the Souls trilogy by Weiss and Hickman, almost finished the second book (Dragons of the Lost Star).

[Malks] Pixie · 15th August 2007, 14:23

ERMA Decision Document - Reassessment of Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080)

http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/news-event...0_%20FINAL.pdf

It's work related but I'm also interested in the outcome seeing as I was involved in helping organise the submission process.

Pixie

chiQ · 15th August 2007, 19:10

Rereading the HP series, now I've read the last book. I'm noticing heaps of new detail now I've read Deathly Hallows, so I recommend a revisit

5th June 2007, 20:03	#249
chiQ Frag-muff	More Agatha Christie. I'm on a roll. __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

6th June 2007, 12:19	#255
Rince SLUTS!!!!!!!	onto book 2 of the Blood Jewels trilogy by Anne Bishop.... spent $50 at J'ville Rotary's book fair a few weekends ago & got a heap of Lee Child from Riccarton market last weekend, so will be busy __________________ Slow internet is worse than no internet. It's like putting your penis in once and then being required to make out for 2 hours --Matt "The Oatmeal" Inman

10th July 2007, 20:30	#270
StN I have detailed files	The making of Star Wars - this is spooge worthy. Big hard covered book filled with production photos, original script scribblings and musings from the seventies. I consider myself a bit of a fanboy, but was completely ignorant to the fact that Camie (You know, Luke's mate from Toshi station where he wastes time with his friends) was played by soft porn star and royal rooter Koo Stark. And there is an awesome pic of Hamil and Guinness sitting in his hovel with Luke looking straight down the hilt of his fathers light sabre. Last edited by StN : 10th July 2007 at 20:32.

15th August 2007, 19:10	#280
chiQ Frag-muff	Rereading the HP series, now I've read the last book. I'm noticing heaps of new detail now I've read Deathly Hallows, so I recommend a revisit __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

3rd June 2007, 06:49	#241
Golden Teapot Love, Actuary	Just finsihed "Brothers in Arms" and have moved onto "Memory". Several of the authors books have been re-released in audiobook format (my preference to drown out the otherwise grim reality of the Northern Express) and they've all been pretty good.

3rd June 2007, 09:22	#242
Lat1n0	Killing Pablo The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw For more about it http://archive.salon.com/news/featur...den/index.html __________________ SPANGLISH - ABSOBLOODYLUTELY Last edited by Lat1n0 : 3rd June 2007 at 09:24.

5th June 2007, 10:34	#244
[Malks] Pixie	Just about to start reading Nightwatch - will be a bit of a shift from my last book. My partner just finished it and went out and brought Daywatch straight away... I am a bit more sceptical though myself... Pixie __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.

5th June 2007, 10:41	#245
Kryten	Nightwatch / Daywatch are great books, just be warned that if you've seen the movies, the second movie is more like Nightwatch Part II. Just started on Steven Levitt's "Freakonomics", enjoying it very much so far.

5th June 2007, 11:34	#247
[BT]Monza	Just started Constant Gardener, mainly for a complete change from what I usually read. Very sloooow paced so far...

5th June 2007, 19:21	#248
Hemebond	Just finished reading The Player Of Games by Iain M Banks. I dismissed it when I first saw it; it's smaller than his other books and all the blurb mentioned was that the main character plays games. Holy crap I was wrong to. Really enjoyed it.

6th June 2007, 00:29	#251
_Incubus_	I just finished reading the Alexander books by Valerio Manfredi..awesome trilogy..

6th June 2007, 09:21	#253
Kryten	Freakonomics is really really good. If you've heard of it, read it now. My only problem with it is that it's too damn short, it could easily be twice as big.

9th June 2007, 22:24	#256
cyc Objection!	Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. I normally hate novels and probably wouldn't have started reading this were it not for this being a gift from my best friend. Man, how bloody superb it is.

5th July 2007, 10:27	#257
dead goon	Just bought The Basic Writings of Nietzsche

5th July 2007, 10:30	#258
StN I have detailed files	The Peter Jackson biography. Picked it up marked down from $49.95 to $12 and thought I had a bargain until I saw it for $5 the next day. Strange to read that as he was filming in Queenstown he envied the Vertical Limit shoot because they had all the facilities and were shootng "a real film". And the contiuing potential for Bad Taste II.

5th July 2007, 10:38	#259
[Malks] Pixie	Still reading Nightwatch - promised my partner I'd finish it but am really having to force myself to pick it up - needless to say will probably not continue with the rest of the series (another 3 books ontop!)... Having said that I do understand that the English translation is a bit of a shambles compared with the original... Pixie __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.

5th July 2007, 11:03	#260
Painty	Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man who Led the Band of Brothers. Really good biography. Also just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose, interesting to see what changes were made to enable a screen play. __________________ Don't mind me, I'm sleep deprived

5th July 2007, 13:04	#261
Larno	Just read 'The Kingdom Of Thorn & Bone' 'The Briar King' 'The Charnel Prince' 'The Blood Knight' Were really really enjoyable, top fantasy. __________________ Beware The Wang-Fu!

5th July 2007, 13:12	#263
Kryten	Warcraft: Day of the Dragon, by Richard Knaak. Hanging out for the new Robin Hobb, hurry up and get here dammit.

5th July 2007, 13:23	#264
chiquelet Mrs Colin Farrell	We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates. She's an amazing novelist, kind of like a female John Updike (only much, much better imo). I think this is the 5th novel of hers that I've read, and all have been absolutely superb. My favourite so far would have to be You Must Remember This. That is the only book I've almost stopped reading half-way through, because the content was so provocative and challenging and emotionally draining. So glad I continued though, because I now have a love affair with her work.

6th July 2007, 00:06	#265
Charles	Halfway into Peter F. Hamilton's - The Reality Dysfunction. Good space opera, keeps getting better with every page.

6th July 2007, 22:05	#266
Mabd	Just finished Mindstar Rising again. Love them. __________________ Boop Boop

6th July 2007, 23:29	#267
_Incubus_	Call me a sadist but I have just finished reading "Hunters of Dune"...I loved the original Dune novels so much that I have endured Frank's son and his pal fucking Franks corpse and read every "New" Dune...I kinda see now what they were working towards with the prequel novels (as badly written as they are) if Franks outline for Dune 7 is to be understood..

7th July 2007, 01:16	#268
Foggerty	'Chaos' by James Gleick - I'm learning about Mandelbrot and his discoveries, and can now use the phrase "symmetries of scale " with confidence Also slowly going back through Sandman (in order this time) as my GF and I buy the series between us. (i.e. spend an evening every few weeks or so when one of us buys a new issue. Think its my turn next....)

7th July 2007, 01:27	#269
Toksin	Killing Pablo was awesome. Just finished The Best of HP Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre. Fear Cthulhu and the Elder Ones. Might get hold of My Tank is Fight next.

11th July 2007, 10:32	#271
Painty	Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memories of Major Richard Winters by Major Richard Winters. Good read so far __________________ Don't mind me, I'm sleep deprived

12th July 2007, 20:30	#272
eff tee	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, written from POV of a 15 year old boy with Aspergers which is on the autistic spectrum. Interesting.

13th July 2007, 08:23	#274
LordP	Into A Dark Realm - Raymond E Feist Second book for the Darkwar trilogy, the first being Flight Of The Nighthawks. After that, it'll be Renegade's Magic, by Robin Hobb __________________ "Nothing is so smiple that it can't be screwed up."

15th August 2007, 10:40	#276
untouchable	Im not much of a reader. But have started re reading A song of Ice and Fire. I got about half way through the second book a year or 2 ago, and then stopped, so am starting again from the first book. I had almost forgotten how awesome it was. __________________ Teddy Bear Junction, the worst scumhole in the galaxy.

15th August 2007, 11:45	#277
Draco T Bastard	Business political activity in New Zealand from 1990 to 2005 __________________ Cheers Draco T Bastard

15th August 2007, 13:59	#278
LordP	War of the Souls trilogy by Weiss and Hickman, almost finished the second book (Dragons of the Lost Star). __________________ "Nothing is so smiple that it can't be screwed up."

15th August 2007, 14:23	#279
[Malks] Pixie	ERMA Decision Document - Reassessment of Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080) http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/news-event...0_%20FINAL.pdf It's work related but I'm also interested in the outcome seeing as I was involved in helping organise the submission process. Pixie __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.