What are you reading right now!

heat · 24 Apr 2003, 10:48

Just wondering what we are all reading? And please don't say 'this message'

I admit to being a bit of a bookworm, and have over 5,000 books at home - hubbs thinks i'm demented...he could be right

At the moment, i'm into Alex Kava, Tami Hoag, Stephen King, Cathy Reichs, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell,Harlen Coben,James Herbert and John Connolly.

My fave book of all time hasta be between

Pet Sematary - Stephen King

Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs

IT - Stephen King

The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans

ANd there are so many more.....

Heat
xxx

sherrie87 · 24 Apr 2003, 15:52

Hi Heat,

OK, I'm a librarian and a book reviewer for a magazine, so this is a topic I can sink my teeth into!

Right now I'm re-reading all the books in Stephen King's Dark Tower series in preperation for the release of the latest book in November. I finished "The Gunslinger" and I'm getting ready to start "The Drawing of the Three", which is my favorite book in the series.

The best book I've reviewed lately is "After" by Francine Prose. It's about "school safety" measures gone horribly wrong following a school shooting- all rights are taken away and the school becomes a dictatorship. It's an interesting exploration of weighing safety vs. personal freedom. It will be released in June, I think.

My favorite books ever are:
Fiction: "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Bag of Bones" by Stephen King
Nonfiction : "Mankind: Have A Nice Day- A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks" by Mick Foley (an American wrestler)
and of course....
"To Hell and Back" by Meat Loaf
(Actually the Mankind book is very similar in tone to the Meat Loaf book, though it's about wrestling rather than rock and roll.) Both have a concussion count and very engaging narrators.

Sherrie

Louise · 24 Apr 2003, 16:09

I'm currently reading "Dubliners" by James Joyce because it's a set text for my part time degree, so it's only because I have to! :)

dottie · 24 Apr 2003, 17:11

Not without my daughter - Betty Mahmoody
Clive Cussler
Graham Masterton
Robin Cook
Andy Mcnab
Chris Ryan
Shakespeare
Well actually anything - as I am an avid bookworm

Renegade Angel · 24 Apr 2003, 17:15

Im more into biographies - usually Music and sport ones.
Im not reading anything at the moment although I have just finished reading 'The Dirt - Motley Crue', which I have to say was one of the best books I've read.
I don't think I've ever even heard a Motley Crue album but the stories are great, especially Nikki Sixx's Tales!

**The Flying Mouse** · 24 Apr 2003, 18:32

I'm not reading anything at the moment,but my favourite two aurthors are Stephen King (I see a lot of people here like him also

) and Bernard Cornwell,who writes the Sharpe novels.
The first S.K. book I read was Misery,but I would say my favourite of his books is Salem's Lot.
I think they did quite a good job of turning Misery into a film,although a lot of elements where missing,but that can only be expected

.The film of Salem's Lot didn't do the book justice at all.A lot of characters had their names changed for no reason and some characters were a "compilation" of characters from the book.The worst thing of all was Barlow himself.In the book he is a very clever,devious character,and those who meet him have little or no idea he's a vampire until he it's too late.In the film,he's just a seven foot purple b-movie monster without a word of diologue.
I like the Sharpe novels because apart from being great stories,they are very well researched.As a person who is interested in military history,I apreciate the way that B.C. includes a few pages of historical notes at the end of his novels to explain the difference between his story and what actually happened.
I think the Sharpe films were good.Not always 100% true to the books,but still well done.Althogh the character Richard Sharpe was originaly a dark haired Londoner,Sean Bean did such a good job playing him that even B.C. paid tribute to him,saying Sean wiped the original from my mind,and I think he's terrific.

The worst book ive read would have to be Jaws.It has the odd lively moment,but most of it is very boring.How they made such a great film from it is beyond me

.

The best book ever has got to be To Hell And Back.But maybe i'm biased

.

Chris · 24 Apr 2003, 22:28

Well I have to confess to being a serious bookworm. Recently moving out of the parents into my own place and used the boxes from computer monitors to move my books. Took 17 boxes!!!!!!!

I very rarely only have 1 book on the go at once. I usually have 1 at work to read over lunch, 1 for in bed and a couple for when i am bored or ahving tea etc.

At the moment I am rereading the series of Dr. Delaware novels by jonathon Kellerman and am currently on "Over The Edge"

Also the author Gervase Phinn who writes about his time as a yorkshire school inspector. Absolutely hilarious and well worth reading.

Steven Kings "Everything Eventual"

Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch"

Tom Clancy "Red Rabbit"

& Stephen Coontz "Saucer"

I tend to latch on to an author and work my way through their entire back catalogue before starting on another. hence I have the complete works of Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson, Tom Clancy, Jeffrey Archer, John Grisham, Geoffrey Deaver, Issac Asimov, Tom Holt, Jasper Fforde, Deric Longden and many many many more!!!

(God, this message makes me sound like a nerd!, Product of ebing a librarians son!!!)

Tim · 25 Apr 2003, 13:30

I'm reading a lot of books at the same time at the moment!!

Some Art Books (allways very intresting)
Homerus - Ilias
Boudewijn Buch - Islands
3D Max - computer book

ANd offcourse some other great books but forgot the names.

jcmoorehead · 25 Apr 2003, 13:41

ARGH! 3D Studio Max! The evil one! Ok maybe I overdone it. I havn't got many books but heres what i'm reading at the moment

Championship Manager 4 Strategy Guide - Its an addictive game!
Inside Lightwave 7 - 3D Modelling book
Only Fools and Horses Bible of Peckham Volume 3 - All the scripts from 1986 to 1996

I also have many favs

Only Fools and Horses: Bible of Peckham Volume 1,2 & 3
Mankinds Autobiography - Pretty good Book. Interesting to read
Star Trek Encyclopedia - Yeah I'm a big fan of star trek
Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War - Yet another good Trek Book

And probably more.

Tim · 25 Apr 2003, 14:36

3D max is very cool. Made my own book, for the school i was on, it was about Quark XPress, and now they use it. hheheheeheh

jcmoorehead · 25 Apr 2003, 15:00

I prefer Lightwave i just find it easier

Renegade Angel · 25 Apr 2003, 18:17

Im trying to install Champ Manager 4 but it won't install for some reason, so im gonna have to get my friend the pc wizard to come and help me out.
Hope it's as good as Champ Manager 3!

Shadows On The Wall · 25 Apr 2003, 20:17

Im currently reading Dante's Inferno - anyone have htoughs on this book.
I like a good Tom Clancy Novel mind

jcmoorehead · 25 Apr 2003, 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Renegade Angel

Im trying to install Champ Manager 4 but it won't install for some reason, so im gonna have to get my friend the pc wizard to come and help me out.
Hope it's as good as Champ Manager 3!

Its a hell of a lot better

Jen · 26 Apr 2003, 01:46

I'm not really reading many books right now (I'm kinda hooked on fanfiction at the mo).

I've started the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I'll try and finish before the next film comes out *lol* and I'm planning on reading the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales (guess I should read the Hobbit too).

And I think I'll have to read The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux again sometime (great book by the way).

Hope I'll have time between reading all these boards. :)

Jen

dottie · 26 Apr 2003, 15:35

Macromedia Flash- god this is hard going - but if I-can learn to use a-computer at my age nothings impossible

jcmoorehead · 26 Apr 2003, 16:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by dottie

Macromedia Flash- god this is hard going - but if I-can learn to use a-computer at my age nothings impossible

lol thats one hell of a hard tool to use. I can only use Swish. Its a good tool though. good luck on Learning it

dottie · 26 Apr 2003, 16:43

Yep! I'm gonna need it

White of High · 26 Apr 2003, 18:28

My fav is Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand cause he's me!!!
I don't like the literature but E. rostand is fantastic. I love Shakespeare too. And I love the books about God and faith and religion...

Wild Honey!
I know ou like the angels. Here is a good filozophie book by Don Cupitt. The title is: "Hot on the scent of lost gods" - think! Very good minds about God and angels...

Kat · 24 May 2003, 22:59

Ok so we got a what are you listening to but what are you reading!
Obviously right now you are reading this but in general....oike this week or whatever!

I just started on "catch 22"

original sin · 24 May 2003, 23:01

Working my way back through LOTR

Asha · 24 May 2003, 23:01

Sword of truth novel, it's a fantasy concisting of 8 books now, if I'm correct.

Just started the 3th novel, long way to go yet, but it's well writing en entertaining.

Asha

Kat · 24 May 2003, 23:05

Is LOTR any good? I've never read it or seen the film...

original sin · 24 May 2003, 23:13

all i can say is I read it every year or so - from the Silmarillion then the Hobbit then LOTR I very rarely revisit a book but enjoy this each time.
Have only seen the first one of the films and was not disappointed!

Asha · 24 May 2003, 23:14

It is,
especially if you're into hobbits, wizards, talking trees and some downright nasty orcs :)

Well, I love it anyway...
All I can say is, try it, because else you'll not know.

I can say I like it, but I can't speak for you.....
Asha

24 Apr 2003, 10:48	#1
heat Rampant Loafer... Join Date: 29.07.2002 Location: welshy wales Posts: 5,706	What Are We All Reading???? Just wondering what we are all reading? And please don't say 'this message' I admit to being a bit of a bookworm, and have over 5,000 books at home - hubbs thinks i'm demented...he could be right At the moment, i'm into Alex Kava, Tami Hoag, Stephen King, Cathy Reichs, Michael Connelly, Patricia Cornwell,Harlen Coben,James Herbert and John Connolly. My fave book of all time hasta be between Pet Sematary - Stephen King Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs IT - Stephen King The Horse Whisperer - Nicholas Evans ANd there are so many more..... Heat xxx

26 Apr 2003, 15:35	#16
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	what are you reading Macromedia Flash- god this is hard going - but if I-can learn to use a-computer at my age nothings impossible

26 Apr 2003, 16:43	#18
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	what are you reading Yep! I'm gonna need it

24 May 2003, 22:59	#20
Kat Senior Loafer Join Date: 28.04.2003 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 148	What are you reading right now! Ok so we got a what are you listening to but what are you reading! Obviously right now you are reading this but in general....oike this week or whatever! I just started on "catch 22"

24 Apr 2003, 15:52	#2
sherrie87 Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.02.2003 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 1,262	Hi Heat, OK, I'm a librarian and a book reviewer for a magazine, so this is a topic I can sink my teeth into! Right now I'm re-reading all the books in Stephen King's Dark Tower series in preperation for the release of the latest book in November. I finished "The Gunslinger" and I'm getting ready to start "The Drawing of the Three", which is my favorite book in the series. The best book I've reviewed lately is "After" by Francine Prose. It's about "school safety" measures gone horribly wrong following a school shooting- all rights are taken away and the school becomes a dictatorship. It's an interesting exploration of weighing safety vs. personal freedom. It will be released in June, I think. My favorite books ever are: Fiction: "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King Nonfiction : "Mankind: Have A Nice Day- A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks" by Mick Foley (an American wrestler) and of course.... "To Hell and Back" by Meat Loaf (Actually the Mankind book is very similar in tone to the Meat Loaf book, though it's about wrestling rather than rock and roll.) Both have a concussion count and very engaging narrators. Sherrie

24 Apr 2003, 16:09	#3
Louise Super Loafer Join Date: 23.04.2003 Location: East Yorkshire, UK Posts: 235	I'm currently reading "Dubliners" by James Joyce because it's a set text for my part time degree, so it's only because I have to! :)

24 Apr 2003, 17:11	#4
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Not without my daughter - Betty Mahmoody Clive Cussler Graham Masterton Robin Cook Andy Mcnab Chris Ryan Shakespeare Well actually anything - as I am an avid bookworm

24 Apr 2003, 17:15	#5
Renegade Angel Super Loafer Join Date: 20.04.2003 Location: UK Posts: 551	Im more into biographies - usually Music and sport ones. Im not reading anything at the moment although I have just finished reading 'The Dirt - Motley Crue', which I have to say was one of the best books I've read. I don't think I've ever even heard a Motley Crue album but the stories are great, especially Nikki Sixx's Tales!

24 Apr 2003, 18:32	#6
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I'm not reading anything at the moment,but my favourite two aurthors are Stephen King (I see a lot of people here like him also ) and Bernard Cornwell,who writes the Sharpe novels. The first S.K. book I read was Misery,but I would say my favourite of his books is Salem's Lot. I think they did quite a good job of turning Misery into a film,although a lot of elements where missing,but that can only be expected .The film of Salem's Lot didn't do the book justice at all.A lot of characters had their names changed for no reason and some characters were a "compilation" of characters from the book.The worst thing of all was Barlow himself.In the book he is a very clever,devious character,and those who meet him have little or no idea he's a vampire until he it's too late.In the film,he's just a seven foot purple b-movie monster without a word of diologue. I like the Sharpe novels because apart from being great stories,they are very well researched.As a person who is interested in military history,I apreciate the way that B.C. includes a few pages of historical notes at the end of his novels to explain the difference between his story and what actually happened. I think the Sharpe films were good.Not always 100% true to the books,but still well done.Althogh the character Richard Sharpe was originaly a dark haired Londoner,Sean Bean did such a good job playing him that even B.C. paid tribute to him,saying Sean wiped the original from my mind,and I think he's terrific. The worst book ive read would have to be Jaws.It has the odd lively moment,but most of it is very boring.How they made such a great film from it is beyond me . The best book ever has got to be To Hell And Back.But maybe i'm biased .

24 Apr 2003, 22:28	#7
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	Well I have to confess to being a serious bookworm. Recently moving out of the parents into my own place and used the boxes from computer monitors to move my books. Took 17 boxes!!!!!!! I very rarely only have 1 book on the go at once. I usually have 1 at work to read over lunch, 1 for in bed and a couple for when i am bored or ahving tea etc. At the moment I am rereading the series of Dr. Delaware novels by jonathon Kellerman and am currently on "Over The Edge" Also the author Gervase Phinn who writes about his time as a yorkshire school inspector. Absolutely hilarious and well worth reading. Steven Kings "Everything Eventual" Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" Tom Clancy "Red Rabbit" & Stephen Coontz "Saucer" I tend to latch on to an author and work my way through their entire back catalogue before starting on another. hence I have the complete works of Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson, Tom Clancy, Jeffrey Archer, John Grisham, Geoffrey Deaver, Issac Asimov, Tom Holt, Jasper Fforde, Deric Longden and many many many more!!! (God, this message makes me sound like a nerd!, Product of ebing a librarians son!!!)

25 Apr 2003, 13:30	#8
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	I'm reading a lot of books at the same time at the moment!! Some Art Books (allways very intresting) Homerus - Ilias Boudewijn Buch - Islands 3D Max - computer book ANd offcourse some other great books but forgot the names.

25 Apr 2003, 13:41	#9
jcmoorehead Super Loafer Join Date: 09.04.2003 Location: Edinburgh, formerly Teesside Posts: 672	ARGH! 3D Studio Max! The evil one! Ok maybe I overdone it. I havn't got many books but heres what i'm reading at the moment Championship Manager 4 Strategy Guide - Its an addictive game! Inside Lightwave 7 - 3D Modelling book Only Fools and Horses Bible of Peckham Volume 3 - All the scripts from 1986 to 1996 I also have many favs Only Fools and Horses: Bible of Peckham Volume 1,2 & 3 Mankinds Autobiography - Pretty good Book. Interesting to read Star Trek Encyclopedia - Yeah I'm a big fan of star trek Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War - Yet another good Trek Book And probably more.

25 Apr 2003, 14:36	#10
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	3D max is very cool. Made my own book, for the school i was on, it was about Quark XPress, and now they use it. hheheheeheh

25 Apr 2003, 15:00	#11
jcmoorehead Super Loafer Join Date: 09.04.2003 Location: Edinburgh, formerly Teesside Posts: 672	I prefer Lightwave i just find it easier

25 Apr 2003, 18:17	#12
Renegade Angel Super Loafer Join Date: 20.04.2003 Location: UK Posts: 551	Im trying to install Champ Manager 4 but it won't install for some reason, so im gonna have to get my friend the pc wizard to come and help me out. Hope it's as good as Champ Manager 3!

25 Apr 2003, 20:17	#13
Shadows On The Wall Super Loafer Join Date: 17.03.2003 Location: Wales Posts: 278	Im currently reading Dante's Inferno - anyone have htoughs on this book. I like a good Tom Clancy Novel mind

26 Apr 2003, 01:46	#15
Jen Arrrgh! Join Date: 01.03.2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,938	I'm not really reading many books right now (I'm kinda hooked on fanfiction at the mo). I've started the Lord Of The Rings trilogy which I'll try and finish before the next film comes out lol and I'm planning on reading the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales (guess I should read the Hobbit too). And I think I'll have to read The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux again sometime (great book by the way). Hope I'll have time between reading all these boards. :) Jen

26 Apr 2003, 18:28	#19
White of High Nature's Siegfried Join Date: 27.05.2002 Location: Budapest, Hungary Posts: 2,930	My fav is Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand cause he's me!!! I don't like the literature but E. rostand is fantastic. I love Shakespeare too. And I love the books about God and faith and religion... Wild Honey! I know ou like the angels. Here is a good filozophie book by Don Cupitt. The title is: "Hot on the scent of lost gods" - think! Very good minds about God and angels...

24 May 2003, 23:01	#21
original sin Sinner Join Date: 15.04.2003 Location: cyber space Posts: 2,457	Working my way back through LOTR

24 May 2003, 23:01	#22
Asha Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.05.2003 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 1,356	Sword of truth novel, it's a fantasy concisting of 8 books now, if I'm correct. Just started the 3th novel, long way to go yet, but it's well writing en entertaining. Asha

24 May 2003, 23:05	#23
Kat Senior Loafer Join Date: 28.04.2003 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 148	Is LOTR any good? I've never read it or seen the film...

24 May 2003, 23:13	#24
original sin Sinner Join Date: 15.04.2003 Location: cyber space Posts: 2,457	all i can say is I read it every year or so - from the Silmarillion then the Hobbit then LOTR I very rarely revisit a book but enjoy this each time. Have only seen the first one of the films and was not disappointed!

24 May 2003, 23:14	#25
Asha Mega Loafer Join Date: 05.05.2003 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 1,356	It is, especially if you're into hobbits, wizards, talking trees and some downright nasty orcs :) Well, I love it anyway... All I can say is, try it, because else you'll not know. I can say I like it, but I can't speak for you..... Asha