What's the last book you read?

[joseph4]

What's the last book you read? What was it about? Did you like it?

[JAG]

Well, I am currently working on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the fifth or sixth time, but the last new book I read was the novelezation of Spider-Man 3. It wasn't bad, but I doubt that it would make for a great movie. I did want to see the movie, but now I don't care. However, I can't wait for the HP and the Order of the Phoenix movie to come out.

Some books I plan on getting in the near future: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Star Wars: Republic Commando 3, Redwall: High Rhulain, Star Wars: Rise of the Dark Lord, and the latest X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man novels from Pocket Star Books.

[Juu-kuchi]

The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell. It details what constitutes people's unhappiness in the world and what constitutes a happy life, all the while not being a self-help book. I enjoyed it.

[Michael24]

Last thing I read was Volume 1 of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. I finished it about a month or so ago, and it took me about three weeks to read it. I'm hoping to find time to start in on Volume 2 soon.

[purplehairedwonder]

I just read The Atheist's Bible, which was a collection of quotes concerning religion. I'm currently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, though I'll probably put it aside to reread Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince before Deathly Hallows comes out. I also have Phantom by Terry Goodkind on hold at the library and am waiting to read that and will probably pick up God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens sometime in the near future.

[Dr.Pepper]

I read the Bean Trees. It was a good book. It was about a lady who gets a young girl.

[cayden956]

I am currently working on getting through a book

I was actually pleasantly surprised by this one. “Tales of a New York Limo Driver” by Nicky Testaforte, I am really liking this one. Sex, Excess and Stupidity on Four Wheels... glimpse some excerpt at http://www.nylimotales.com/stories.html Down to the earth, so far it has my interest.

[Master Moron]

Lolita. I'm trying to go through the list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. But, I'm going through it REALLY slowly.

[Patchwork]

I ought to check out Lilita somethime

I finished "The Book of Lost Things" earlier this week. It was beautiful, perhaps the best I've read so far this year. I highly recomend it.

Now, I'm starting "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Since, I've been meaning to read it since, well, ever.

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I haven't really read for enjoyment in while, so the last book would probbaly be 'HuckFinn' for my English Class. But I promised myself I'd start reading again and have begun 'One Of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies' last night.

[Ishtar]

Last book I read was "Big Mouth & Ugly Girl" for English. The next book I will probably read is "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows".

[DBZNarutoWarrior]

Mine was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I read it last summer on vacation in Maine.... something to pass the time.

[simpsonsfan]

Warriors: The New Propechcy #3 Dawn. It was pretty good. It was about cats living in clans and needing to save their world.:zoidberg:

[Stuckey]

I just finished Choke by Palahniuk. It was not so good. Before that I'd read Survivor (by the same author) and really enjoyed it. I picked up Joyce's Dubliners and Kafka's The Metamorphosis Saturday and I'm about halfway through the Kafka.

Lolita. I'm trying to go through the list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. But, I'm going through it REALLY slowly.

Who's list are you using? I've found three. One is Time magazine's and the others are from The Modern Library (board members and readers).

[Fresh V]

I had to read To Kill A Mockingbird for school recently. I also finished reading the first volume of Vampire Hunter D (the novel the anime film was based off of) like a month ago, and I look forward to getting the second one soon.

[The Avatar]

Books I'm Reading:
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Books I'm getting to finishing:
End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer

Books I'm going to read:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling

[Master Moron]

I just finished Choke by Palahniuk. It was not so good. Before that I'd read Survivor (by the same author) and really enjoyed it. I picked up Joyce's Dubliners and Kafka's The Metamorphosis Saturday and I'm about halfway through the Kafka.



Who's list are you using? I've found three. One is Time magazine's and the others are from The Modern Library (board members and readers).

The Modern Library one. I don't know if its the members' or readers' list. It's whichever one is on this guy's site: http://www.dougshaw.com/top100.html

[Cartoon_Kid]

It was a goosbumps that I forgot but I cant remember what it was called.

[JAG]

I just read JLA: Exterminators for the third time. It's my favorite novel in my Superhero Collection, and one of my favorite books, period.

In this book, dozens of new metahumans appear suddenly all over the world. Nearly all of them develop their powers over a period of a few weeks. The Justice League is understandably concerned, and they begin to investigate the new metas, in an attempt to discover the origin of their powers. What they find is that all of these people were infected by a swarm of microscopic alien parasites that altered their genetic structure. Suddenly, the people begin to transform into gigantic, sea serpent-like monsters that were dubbed "Burrowers." In the space of about an hour, roughly a hundred Burrowers emerge from the ground and begin to attack cities all over the world. Severely outnumbered, the League calls in all of their reserve members, the Teen Titans, the Justice Society, Young Justice, and every other hero that they can find. What follows is a world-wide battle royale between dozens of Daikaiju and nearly every hero on earth. Eventually, the League is forced to create monsters of their own, in order to beat the Burrowers. And the upshot of all this is that the League itself was indirectly responsible for the whole crisis.

Definitely one of my favorite books, and I reccomend it to any fan of super heroes fighting giant monsters. And, while we're on the subject of giant monsters, I also strongly reccomend Marc Cerasini's Godzilla 2000. It's no longer in print, unfortunately, but can be purchaced on Amazon.com. (Note* Godzilla 2000 has nothing to do with the movie by the same name. It takes place in a different universe, not in continuity with any of the movies.)

[Kury Wagner]

Aside from all the manga I've been trying to get through, I'm currently reading Tell by Norah McClintock. Randomly grabbed it, because it's a smaller book and it looked cozy. It seems to be kind of childish, though. Kinda ruins the tone. =\

[Antiyonder]

I read the Spider-Man 3 Novelization last month. Last book I read that wasn't based off a source material last year "The Shrinking Man".

[D Dubbs]

Crime and Punishment for my European Literature class. Although long, it was very enjoyable. In fact, I might actually start reading for entertainment again because of it.

[Chad Bonin]

X-Factor #20. Meh.

[Stuckey]

The Modern Library one. I don't know if its the members' or readers' list. It's whichever one is on this guy's site: http://www.dougshaw.com/top100.html


It's the members' list. I'm probably going to try to tackle that bad boy after I finish The Dubliners. I thought I'd be more inclined to enjoy the readers' list since that would be "regular folk", but four of their top ten are by Ayn Rand and I don't think she's for me. The members, suprisingly, had no Rand on the list.

Here's both lists.

Modern Library (http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html)

Time Magazine (http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html)

[ToOn~g@l]

Trying to finish up Rebel Dawn The final book of the Han Solo Trilogy. I just don't have time right now to read it and its driving me nuts.

The book I read before that was High Ruhlain by Brian Jaques. Its that Redwall series.

[Areku]

Anime Farm xD

Now I'm reading Fahrenheit 451

[Harvey Two Face]

The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, crime fiction, it's alright but it's not brilliant.

[Antiyonder]

Also, in light of the Wayside School Cartoon, I'm looking to read the books again (including the third one which I recently got at the library).

[Baltofan]

Kurds (Threatened Cultures)

[KPTitan]

Just got done reading a book called Firestorm, author is Iris Johansen. It was about this lady named Kerry with psychic powers that she got from a coma she had after getting hit in the head by a guy that set her house on fire and her mother died in it, which all happened when she was a little girl. Kerry uses her psychic powers in her job as an arson investigator, and her and this guy named Silver, also with psychic powers try to find this guy who is trying to sell a top-secret project called Firestorm to the Koreans, and this guy has been using Firestorm to set fires everywhere. It was a pretty good book, I like the books written by Iris Johansen, and I also really like mystery books.

[JAG]

The book I read before that was High Ruhlain by Brian Jaques. Its that Redwall series.


I've been meaning to get that one. Is it any good?

[Master Moron]

It's the members' list. I'm probably going to try to tackle that bad boy after I finish The Dubliners. I thought I'd be more inclined to enjoy the readers' list since that would be "regular folk", but four of their top ten are by Ayn Rand and I don't think she's for me. The members, suprisingly, had no Rand on the list.

Here's both lists.

Modern Library (http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html)

Time Magazine (http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html)

The Time Magazine list wins, since it doesn't have Ulysses on it. I think I'll skip the Modern Library list and go with the Time list. I really don't want to attempt to read Ulysses again. I don't understand how Ulysses can make these lists when so few people actually seem to like the book.

[ToOn~g@l]

I've been meaning to get that one. Is it any good?

I thought it was a fun read, especially for anyone who likes the otter characters in those books, they always make them fun and enjoyable. The cat villians were an interesting touch too. Its not his best work I don't think but still worth a read if you are a Redwall fan.

[SilverStCloud]

The last book I read was Sighthound by Pam Houston. I really liked it and even bought it after I returned it to the library.

[cross blues]

what are you interested in lately? what have you been reading? this doesn't have to be reserved for those with the title of philosopher. the reason i like science fiction so much is the philosophical questions it asks. so feel free to share any questions that interest you.

at the moment i'm absorbed in heidegger's stuff, particularly What is Called Thinking? just the idea that philosophy has missed the point from the beginning and has to go back and ask the question again... it does make sense to me. it intertwines with the spiritual stuff i've been reading, especially stuff like zen. the basic problem is (from what i can gather) to figure out what it means to be. what is being really? considering this questions the foundations of everything i believe. everything starts with a philosophy of life and if that has been wrong from the start... what does that say about a field like psychology?

i also like that heidegger seems to be writing to himself instead of writing for an audience. he is constantly contradicting himself and turning back in on himself in his ruthless searching. seeing that helps me to keep going. keep trying. keep asking.

another favorite of mine is philip k. dick. after i finished reading Lies, Inc. i couldn't think straight for a week. his writing has a way of shaking loose those things i think of as truths. after reading one of his books or watching a movie based on one of his books, it's impossible to feel the same about life. i feel like he is doing something similar to heidegger through science fiction. and then he leaves all the questioning up to the reader.

so what about you guys?

[Gatomon41]

In my experience, many philosophers today just keep on making the mistakes of other seevral modern (or post-modern) philosohpers: they make the wrong assumptions to base their thoughts on.

Just recently finished Muntineer's Moon by David Weber. I read it several hours straight, and loved every moment of it.

The story itself is amazing and fun. It's basically a good vs. evil space opera, but I've never read nothing like it. It has epic battles, nasty villians, and truly heroic heros, all with supertechnology and fun action sqeunces.

The novel tells of the story of Colin Maclntyre, set in a near future Earth. Like Farscape's John Chricton, our hero is accidently brought into a marvelous, yet deadly adventure. While exploring the Moon, Colin is captured by Dahak, an spaceship in Earth's orbit for 50,000 years. Dahak makes Colin it's captian so he can end an ancient mutiny. And then the fun starts.

Reading this book, I can't but compare it to the best parts of Gundam Seed. There's fun action, likable characters, super-neat technology, and a epic story. So if you got an afternoon to waste, and like space opera, I suggest geting this book. Actually, you can read it on-line. The publisher's have free on-line copies.

[Dudley]

Heffer: Read?! Nobody reads anymore!

I don't read actual novels willingly. The last book I read was Making Comics by Scott McCloud. Though I suppose Marvel's Runaways Parental Guidance chapter 3 counts too.

[True Noir]

The United States Constitution - my summer reading written by Our Forefathers.

[SilverStCloud]

Twilight by Stephanie Meyers.

[Solitude1]

I just finished Boogiepop and Others. I find it interesting how it takes place before the anime. I have it and when I watched it, their were a few items I did not get. Now I just need to rewatch it.

Currently, I just started Boogiepop VS Imaginator Part 1. Only a few pages in and it sounds awesome.:anime:

[Lord Dalek]

Bruce Chatwin - The Songlines

[Stuckey]

The Time Magazine list wins, since it doesn't have Ulysses on it. I think I'll skip the Modern Library list and go with the Time list. I really don't want to attempt to read Ulysses again. I don't understand how Ulysses can make these lists when so few people actually seem to like the book.

I'm leaning towards Time now, too. But my mom bought me a stack of books when I was visiting this weekend, so I'll have to read those first. Of course, a couple may be on the list.

[Simpler Simon]

Just finished reading Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, two books I picked up for my children's lit class last year but didn't settle into reading until now.

The Golden Compass was quite enjoyable, and I'm looking forward to how they'll adapt it for the movie. I don't get all the praise for The Subtle Knife though - it's like the literary equivalent of Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest or Matrix Reloaded: lots of people jumping around doing stuff, but it's all inconclusive and setup for part 3.