What's the Last Book You Read/Finished? - Part 1 Page 1 Chapter 1 Paragraph 1 Line 1

[andrewmac1]

I have read the christmas carol from Charles dickens.

 

[nite-owl]

The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

The Wolfman - Nicholas Pekearo

 

[Bruce Banner]

Sideways by Rex Pickett

 

[rnewbz]

The Shining by Stephen King

 

[moviedoors]

Sideways by Rex Pickett

That was one of those cases were I thought the movie was a vast improvement on the novel.

 

[scarletwonder]

Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys. It was recently made into a film "Oranges and Sunshine" and I wanted to read it before I saw it. But after reading it I dont think I can bring myself to watch it.

 

[Specter313]

The Throne of Fire ~ Rick Riordan

 

[childeroland]

SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed by Martin Nowak and Roger Highfield.

 

[RockSP]

Decoded by Jay-Z.

 

[Crockett]

Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo

It’s condensed and complexing and I felt like I require a second reading to really ‘get’ it, but I liked that it's challenging and requires attention from the reader and not something you can just delve into. DeLillo’s writing is sharp and slick, even the shortest sentences conveys much with little ado and it’s quite poetic when you least expected it. However the pacing was interminable and towards the end it gets a bit unbearable. This is my first novel from DeLillo and although it’s a short one, it’s enough for me to get interested to read his other works.

And I’m so excited to see Cronenberg’s adaptation.

 

[Yodaman]

Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers

 

[moviedoors]

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

 

[Scourge2099]

Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers

I have this book. Been a long time since I read it. I'm gonna crack it open and read it again now.

 

[redmarvel]

I've been reading a lot of stuff from the library lately and got behind on reading my magazine subscriptions. I finally started the April/May 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.

Note to Doc Savage fans (C. Lee this means you)!

You should pick up this issue of Asimov's for the story "Clockworks" by William Preston. One of the characters in the tale is referred to as the "Big Man" with a "close-shorn head", "bronze muscles" and "golden flecks" in his eyes. The similarities do not end there. Every page, almost every paragraph made me think "Doc Savage".

 

[Matt Mortem]

The Truth- Al Franken

 

[El Bastardo]

The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

 

[ComicChick]

started reading Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me while I was working the desk yesterday and was cracking up at some of it. Bet the customers thought I was crazy

 

[hammerhedd11]

The Secret Knowledge by David Mamet
8 Plus 1 by Robert Cormier
Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg

 

[Yodaman]

Red Thunder by John Varley

 

[BestGirl]

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

This has to be the strangest alternate history book I've ever read. The Allies lose WWII and Dick spends much of the novel focusing on the Japanese market for pre-war American curios. WTF? Not to mention the Nazi and Japanese societies don't make much sense.

 

[tzarinna]

Marvel's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

 

[lordnikon]

I,Alex cross
by James Patterson

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Lev Grossman's The Magicians. Despite countless good reviews, I found it lazy and derivative.