What book are you reading?

vant0037

kw18

vant0037 wrote:

Oh, God. Such a good book. No spoilers, but the ending has been one that has stuck with me for a very long time.

F Me In The Brain

kw18 wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

Oh, God. Such a good book. No spoilers, but the ending has been one that has stuck with me for a very long time.

Agree. it is a very cool thing to read a book and be somewhat frightened of a normal thing...in this case, man's best friend.

JonnyPistachio

I've got three Neil Gaiman books. I think I'll start with Neverwhere on my lunch break.
I also have Anansi Boys and American Gods.

Fans of Neil, what are your thoughts on these?

F Me In The Brain

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I've got three Neil Gaiman books. I think I'll start with Neverwhere on my lunch break.
I also have Anansi Boys and American Gods.

Fans of Neil, what are your thoughts on these?

liked them all. AG is the best of them imho

intodeep

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I've got three Neil Gaiman books. I think I'll start with Neverwhere on my lunch break.
I also have Anansi Boys and American Gods.

Fans of Neil, what are your thoughts on these?

I've only read AG and Neverwhere. AB is on my list to read at some point.

American Gods is more critically acclaimed. I liked it but i did not think it was quite the bees knees everyone else did.
I liked the ambition and ideas in American Gods more, but i think i actually liked the Neverwhere story more.

My favorite work by him is and i assume most likely always will be his Sandman comics.

I think that if you read one and enjoy it there is a good chance you'll like most of his work because he has a distinct voice and many people who like it end up likeing all of his stuff.

intodeep

Sci Fi junkies or anyone who has read them....

Which should i read
Dan Simmons- Hyperion
or
Robert heinlein's- Stranger in a Strange Land

Black Diamond

Jonny Balls'n Deep or some thing like that..

JonnyPistachio

Thanks F Me and intodeep.. I am enjoying Neverwhere so far. I'll have to check out those comics too.

Black Diamond wrote:

Jonny Balls'n Deep or some thing like that..

:P

F Me In The Brain

intodeep wrote:

Sci Fi junkies or anyone who has read them....

Which should i read
Dan Simmons- Hyperion
or
Robert heinlein's- Stranger in a Strange Land

Dude, we swim in the same pool...too funny. I have both of those in my 'to read' bookcases. Look forward to hearing how you liked them.

intodeep

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

Sci Fi junkies or anyone who has read them....

Which should i read
Dan Simmons- Hyperion
or
Robert heinlein's- Stranger in a Strange Land

Dude, we swim in the same pool...too funny. I have both of those in my 'to read' bookcases. Look forward to hearing how you liked them.

That is too funny! :ugeek:
I'm leaning towards hyperion, but i heard hyperion has quite the cliff hanger so i know i'll have to read part two next if i do it.

when you say "to read" are you on the site www.goodreads.com ?

Who Princess

intodeep wrote:

when you say "to read" are you on the site http://www.goodreads.com ?

librarything.com is where I keep my "to read" list. I don't know if it's the most user friendly site. I think it was created for librarians! But I have a lengthy to read list there and I might as well keep it.

kw18

Who Princess wrote:

intodeep wrote:

when you say "to read" are you on the site http://www.goodreads.com ?

librarything.com is where I keep my "to read" list. I don't know if it's the most user friendly site. I think it was created for librarians! But I have a lengthy to read list there and I might as well keep it.

I have an Excel file with all my read and to read books. :ugeek: :fp:

intodeep

kw18 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

intodeep wrote:

when you say "to read" are you on the site http://www.goodreads.com ?

librarything.com is where I keep my "to read" list. I don't know if it's the most user friendly site. I think it was created for librarians! But I have a lengthy to read list there and I might as well keep it.

I have an Excel file with all my read and to read books. :ugeek: :fp:

I'll have to check out librarything.com

I really like goodreads a lot. You can interact with the authors and get tons of opinions/reviews on books. They have "clubs" you can join dedicated to genres and most of them have a book club that you can read along with and join the conversations. Yes i am a dork lol

You can also keep track of books you read and put them on virtual shelves like horror, zombie, fantasty or whatever you get to name them what you want. They also have a "To Read Shelf"

F Me In The Brain

intodeep wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

Sci Fi junkies or anyone who has read them....

Which should i read
Dan Simmons- Hyperion
or
Robert heinlein's- Stranger in a Strange Land

Dude, we swim in the same pool...too funny. I have both of those in my 'to read' bookcases. Look forward to hearing how you liked them.

That is too funny! :ugeek:
I'm leaning towards hyperion, but i heard hyperion has quite the cliff hanger so i know i'll have to read part two next if i do it.

when you say "to read" are you on the site http://www.goodreads.com ?

I signed up for Good Reads at the urging of my brother's gf, who is another avid reader. We don't share tastes but the love of reading.
I found, quickly, that she would ask me all sorts of questions about what I was listing there. I determined that I had no desire to interact with her any more than the 5 times a year I see her so I deleted my account. Dick move? yeah, maybe. But anyone that rains on my love for reading/escapism is voted off the island.

It is a pretty cool site.

Never heard of the library one, maybe I will check that out.

When I wrote bookcases I really meant bookcases. I have 2 bookcases that are filled with books I need to read. Seems no matter how many I pull down and read I am always collecting more. Ever time I moved I gave away hundreds of books. Now that I own a house I have no idea what will happen. The thought of locking those 'friends' that I finished into a box in my garage is horrid and pretty much not going to happen. Can't be the only one with this problem!

F Me In The Brain

kw18 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

intodeep wrote:

when you say "to read" are you on the site http://www.goodreads.com ?

librarything.com is where I keep my "to read" list. I don't know if it's the most user friendly site. I think it was created for librarians! But I have a lengthy to read list there and I might as well keep it.

I have an Excel file with all my read and to read books. :ugeek: :fp:

How cool, wish I had a true listing of all of the books I have read.
(And a separate tab for the books that I killed at 100 pages for not peaking my interest enough to continue. Not a huge list but it would be cool to have.)

Who Princess

F Me In The Brain wrote:

kw18 wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

librarything.com is where I keep my "to read" list. I don't know if it's the most user friendly site. I think it was created for librarians! But I have a lengthy to read list there and I might as well keep it.

I have an Excel file with all my read and to read books. :ugeek: :fp:

How cool, wish I had a true listing of all of the books I have read.
(And a separate tab for the books that I killed at 100 pages for not peaking my interest enough to continue. Not a huge list but it would be cool to have.)

librarything allows you to make several lists, including owned, read but not owned, to read, wishlist (books you want to own). It sounds like goodreads might be more fun. librarything has a message board, I just never bother with it. I'm pretty sure they also have virtual book clubs. They will announce advance copies of books if you want to review them for the site. Also, they will suggest books based on your selections. But I kind of like the idea of grouping things according to genres at goodreads. Too lazy to switch now though.

intodeep

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

I signed up for Good Reads at the urging of my brother's gf, who is another avid reader. We don't share tastes but the love of reading.
I found, quickly, that she would ask me all sorts of questions about what I was listing there. I determined that I had no desire to interact with her any more than the 5 times a year I see her so I deleted my account. Dick move? yeah, maybe. But anyone that rains on my love for reading/escapism is voted off the island.

It is a pretty cool site.

Never heard of the library one, maybe I will check that out.

When I wrote bookcases I really meant bookcases. I have 2 bookcases that are filled with books I need to read. Seems no matter how many I pull down and read I am always collecting more. Ever time I moved I gave away hundreds of books. Now that I own a house I have no idea what will happen. The thought of locking those 'friends' that I finished into a box in my garage is horrid and pretty much not going to happen. Can't be the only one with this problem!

No one should be allowed to rain on your reading parade :nono:

I have a few books on my physical shelf that i need to read (janny wurts i promise i'll get to your book soon i know you've been there for 2 years), but i just started reading a lot 3 years ago and i got a kindle so i do most of my reading on my kindle. It has a few books in it that need to be read

kw18

intodeep wrote:

F Me In The Brain wrote:

intodeep wrote:

I signed up for Good Reads at the urging of my brother's gf, who is another avid reader. We don't share tastes but the love of reading.
I found, quickly, that she would ask me all sorts of questions about what I was listing there. I determined that I had no desire to interact with her any more than the 5 times a year I see her so I deleted my account. Dick move? yeah, maybe. But anyone that rains on my love for reading/escapism is voted off the island.

It is a pretty cool site.

Never heard of the library one, maybe I will check that out.

When I wrote bookcases I really meant bookcases. I have 2 bookcases that are filled with books I need to read. Seems no matter how many I pull down and read I am always collecting more. Ever time I moved I gave away hundreds of books. Now that I own a house I have no idea what will happen. The thought of locking those 'friends' that I finished into a box in my garage is horrid and pretty much not going to happen. Can't be the only one with this problem!

No one should be allowed to rain on your reading parade :nono:

I have a few books on my physical shelf that i need to read (janny wurts i promise i'll get to your book soon i know you've been there for 2 years), but i just started reading a lot 3 years ago and i got a kindle so i do most of my reading on my kindle. It has a few books in it that need to be read

We have about 400 books (not counting graphic novels or coffee table books), and of those a bit more than half have been read by either myself or Afro. Our goal is to have every book read by at least one of us, and my own long-term goal is to personally read everything. It's going to be a long process, especially considering all the books we keep buying! :fp:

afroannnie

kw18 wrote:

intodeep wrote:

No one should be allowed to rain on your reading parade :nono:

I have a few books on my physical shelf that i need to read (janny wurts i promise i'll get to your book soon i know you've been there for 2 years), but i just started reading a lot 3 years ago and i got a kindle so i do most of my reading on my kindle. It has a few books in it that need to be read

We have about 400 books (not counting graphic novels or coffee table books), and of those a bit more than half have been read by either myself or Afro. Our goal is to have every book read by at least one of us, and my own long-term goal is to personally read everything. It's going to be a long process, especially considering all the books we keep buying! :fp:

I blame amazon....they just make it too easy to order books...and then they send you recommendations...book pushers! And then of course, we go to huge used book emporiums, barns, and compounds...it's not like we can just walk out of there empty handed... :oops: :fp: