What's the Last Book You Read/Finished?

[Max J Power]

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman.

I appreciated the whole scope of the book more than I enjoyed actually reading it. It's a pretty good first novel and a reasonably enjoyable one, but it doesn't offer the same level of humor, insight, and flat-out entertainment as Klosterman's great nonfiction books.

 

[LEX]

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams.

God's Final Message to His Creation had me sniffling, and even the most cynical of beings as Marvin agreed. So simple and ordinary a message, yet so deeply profound. I don't know how Mr. Adams did it, but he sure did it well and with seeming ease. The book, on the whole, was great as usual, with seemingly pointless scenes clicking together effortlessly in the near end, as usual. I dread to go on to the next, and last, Hitchhiker book, and therefore am perfectly content to put it off by starting in on Mort by teh Pratchett. And re-reading Jurassic Park at the time, for unknown reasons other than I have an urge to.

 

[Kud-Dukan]

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

It was an OK book. Nothing special. I kinda felt cheated after finishing it because I felt there wasn't much of a payoff to a lot of the mysteries in the book. But it was a good book to sit back and read. Lots of interesting ideas. If there is one thing Dan Brown does well, it's at least making an interesting book.

 

[Yodaman]

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (abridged)

 

[Kane52630]

a book on the FCC, forgot the title name
doing a research paper on the FCC, and im going to title my papaer the Freakin FCC

 

[E-Man]

I just finished Cold Fire by Dean Koontz, and I enjoyed it. It got a little predictable at the end, but it was a very engaging book.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Phantom



Starting Confessor tonight... can't believe I'm at the end. It's gonna be sad to finish it.

 

[ChickenScratch]

It doesn't really end man. I can't give anything away but Goodkind's ending to Confessor ties into his newest book "The Law Of Nines." That one takes place in our world here in the US but ties back to the SOT story and does a good job of following it up while being a stand alone story.

 

[bunk]

Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman.

I appreciated the whole scope of the book more than I enjoyed actually reading it. It's a pretty good first novel and a reasonably enjoyable one, but it doesn't offer the same level of humor, insight, and flat-out entertainment as Klosterman's great nonfiction books.

Ah, that's kind of what I was afraid of. I'll still check it out. I'm actually just finishing up Killing Yourself to Live right now, which is just great.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

Freakin' great.

 

[Yodaman]

Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Invincible

 

[Dark Victory]

The Road, for the fifth time. Still my favorite book of all time. The way McCarthy explains the wasteland of what's left of America in such a simple, calm way gets me every time.

Anyone who's a fan of the book should check out Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero.

 

[lzzy]

I like NIN, but didn't like The Road so much. Too much time spent reading tin labels and the same conversation again and again. There are masterful moments of poetry though.

 

[Dark Victory]

I like NIN, but didn't like The Road so much. Too much time spent reading tin labels and the same conversation again and again. There are masterful moments of poetry though.

Yes, at first I didn't care for its repetitive nature, but it grew on me throughout the book. I got the feeling that the excitement of finding leftover food and their bleak conversations were all they had left in life. In my opinion, the boy's enthusiastic nature really showed how much he looked up to his father.

As for Year Zero, it's one of my favorite albums of all time and in someways is a very vague, ambiguous narrative. It's marketing campaign is great, too -- websites that exist in the Year Zero world.

 

[lzzy]

Yes, at first I didn't care for its repetitive nature, but it grew on me throughout the book. I got the feeling that the excitement of finding leftover food and their bleak conversations were all they had left in life. In my opinion, the boy's enthusiastic nature really showed how much he looked up to his father.

As for Year Zero, it's one of my favorite albums of all time and in someways is a very vague, ambiguous narrative. It's marketing campaign is great, too -- websites that exist in the Year Zero world.

I always meant to pick up The Road again, but for now I'm reading The Divine Comedy, Moby Dick, Frankenstein, HP Lovecraft Necronomicon (an excellent collection), and Dr. Zhivago. So, full hands for now
As for NIN, the Broken EP is still a mini masterpiece, but as for my fave, I've always flitted between TDS or The Fragile.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Finiashed Confessor Friday night... I couldn't have hoped for a better ending. I was probably smiling the entire time I read those last 3-4 pages. I didn't want to move on just yet, but it was easy to imagine an admonition from Zedd about stalling around, so I started on The Law of Nines. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it, I thought it might somehow diminish what Richard did, but it doesn't at all. About 3/4 of the way through it now.

I think I might wait a month or two, and start over. The holidays feels like a good time for that.

 

[comicgirl]

Lee Childe; he write about this guy Jack REacher.........just read him!!!

 

[ChickenScratch]

Finiashed Confessor Friday night... I couldn't have hoped for a better ending. I was probably smiling the entire time I read those last 3-4 pages. I didn't want to move on just yet, but it was easy to imagine an admonition from Zedd about stalling around, so I started on The Law of Nines. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it, I thought it might somehow diminish what Richard did, but it doesn't at all. About 3/4 of the way through it now.

I think I might wait a month or two, and start over. The holidays feels like a good time for that.

Awesome. I can't even count the times I've read through the whole series now, including Debt Of Bones. Now I'm gonna go through again adding Law Of Nines added.

BTW, how awesome was the ending? And Jagang's end?

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

right now i am currently reading requiem for a dream...hardest.book.EVER.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Awesome. I can't even count the times I've read through the whole series now, including Debt Of Bones. Now I'm gonna go through again adding Law Of Nines added.

BTW, how awesome was the ending? And Jagang's end?

Man, tell me about it. I read the entire ending part like 3 times... I love how Jagang was denied being a martyr for the Order.

I never thought I'd ever say this, but the SoT series easily ties if not surpasses Star Wars, and I've been a fan since I was 11 years old... it's just that awesome. I really like how everything came back around towards the end, with the Mud People's village, and Scarlet's son.

Has Goodkind said whether he's turning Law of Nines into a series? I ended up really liking Jax and Alex...

Spoiler

he's worthy of the Rahl standard Richard set.

 

[ChickenScratch]

I'm not sure of his plans for the future, it's a topic of much speculation over on Terry's forum.

 

[katie_girl09]

Pamela by Samuel Richardson.
Worst. Book. Ever.

 

[Kane52630]

reading Batman: Death and the city right now

 

[NightBeetle]

Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne

 

[ComicChick]

i finished Digital Fortress by Dan Brown for the second time last night. i read it years ago and for some reason i felt like reading it again. it may actually be my fave dan brown book, but i can't really explain why.

it's one if done right, i would like to see on film, i just kinda wanna see TRANSLTR on screen haha