What's the Last Book You Read/Finished? - Part 1 Page 1 Chapter 1 Paragraph - Part 2

[JJJ's Ulcer]

'Sanshiro' by Natsume Soseki.

Soseki is Murakami's major influence, and was probably the most famous fiction writer of the Meiji era. Probably his most famous work is 'I Am Cat', which is a series of anecdotes told from the perspective of a house-cat about his owner (not only better than Garfield, but preceding it by a century). 'Sanshiro' is a coming-of-age tale about a young man attending University for the first time in Tokyo, 1907. But it's very different than the typical Western dross that has come to define modern "coming of age" tales. I read a newly translated (and very readable) copy published under the Penguin Classics label.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

 

[hammerhedd11]

Fade by Robert Cormier

 

[ComicChick]

Ignite Me - Tahereh Mafi

i'm really disappointed in how this series ended when I thought it had such a unique premise

 

[Lobo]

The Siege by Stephen White. Gripping.

 

[Arach Knight]

Shadow Blade by Seressia Glass. Currently reading Shadow Chase, the sequel to the aforementioned title. Next up will be A Wizard of Earthsea.

 

[Guts]

feast for crows - george rr martin

 

[hammerhedd11]

Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

 

[ComicChick]

i started reading the fall of troy on my kindle while killing time out of town. i think i downloaded it a long time ago when i was on a historical book kick, only to find out upon reading that it was a smut book lol it was so laughably horrible that i had to finish reading it.

 

[Silvermoon]

I completed Patricia Briggs' "Night Broken" (book #8 in the Mercy Thompson series) in just over 24 hours *lol* - I'm actually now re-reading it again and this time taking my time

 

[ComicChick]

i'm reading Five's Legacies in the I Am Number Four series

 

[hammerhedd11]

The Thomas Sowell Reader

 

[flower]

The Gathering written by Anne Enright

 

[ComicChick]

started Every Day by David Levithan last night

 

[squeekness]

Interview with the vampire ~ Anne Rice

 

[hammerhedd11]

A History of Christianity by Paul Johnson

 

[ComicChick]

started City of Fallen Angels on the treadmill tonight. it was all i had :/

 

[hammerhedd11]

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

 

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Take Me Where the Good Times Are by Robert Cormier

 

[hammerhedd11]

I Have Words To Spend by Robert Cormier

 

[Specter313]

Prince of Chaos ~ Roger Zelazny

 

[ComicChick]

reading the graphic novel Road to Marvel's The Avengers now

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Just polished off a series of Warcraft novels (Rise of the Horde, The Last Guardian, Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal) which roughly cover the events of Warcraft and Warcraft II.

Videogame tie-in novels are far from quality reading, but they can be fun when you really want to get into the lore. And I dig Warcraft lore. But after four of them it's time for a break.

So it's onto something meatier, Stephen Ambroses Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

And it's a big bastard. I'll be working on this one for awhile.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Hamlet

 

[JewishHobbit]

So I've been laboring through Bram Stoker's Dracula for months now and am thinking about dropping it. The beginning parts were decent, and Dracula's coming to London was fantastic. I've not enjoyed it since though. It's just so freaking boring! They go over the same scenerio four times before the plot finally moves forward, and there's a gigantic coincidence (a pet peeve of mine) that's taking me out of the story.

I'm between 1/2 to 2/3 through it and don't know if I can keep going. It's a hard call to drop it though because this is one of those books that I've wanted to read for years and years. It feels wrong just dropping it, but I honestly have zero interest in what happens from here on out.