What's the Last Book You Read/Finished?

[AlteredEgo]

Currently reading through American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

 

[Erundur]

Currently reading through American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

I thought that this was a well written book and the ending was quite surprising it had me guessing till the very end.

 

[Yodaman]

Star Wars: Tales of the Bounty Hunters edited by Kevin J. Anderson

 

[Dark Victory]

Lord of the Flies

 

[redmarvel]

Scatterbrain - Larry Niven, a combination of personal notes and SF short stories

 

[Tron Bonne]

Loop by Koji Suzuki

 

[Mazrim Taim]

I'm reading through the Wheel of Time series for like the 10th time in anticipation of the book coming next year.

Best books ever written.

 

[Dark Victory]

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk


While I've enjoyed all of the books by the famed author, I must admit that I find most of his work to be fairly overrated.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Wow...just...wow.

 

[Erundur]

"The Words and Inspiration of Mahatma Gandhi PEACE"

A short book that highlights Gandhi's life and a series of quotes that gave inspiration to many.

 

[LEX]

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

While very imaginatively written, lyrical even, my interest kept waning, hence my epic reader's block stretching to four-plus months. But the best thing about it was it was very easy to jump back into. Most parts seemed set to ramble for pages till the end of times, but that's where it gets its charm, I think. Or I could only be trying to justify the too-long time spent, or wasted, and seeing silver linings where there are none. Still, though, I genuinely enjoyed the majority of the book and reading about the characters, who were about as fleshed-out as they could get. It's not hard to see why it won a Pulizter.

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher.

Now, this was much quicker to get through, which I did in as little as a week. Dresden Files just gets better and better. This time, werewolves take the center stage. Exciting throughout to a very satisfying conclusion in which things resolved themselves nicely and the recurring characters promised to be more awesome in future books. Initially, I thought when they introduced not one, but four different kinds of werewolves, with all sorts of rules, debunked or otherwise, I thought the book was getting just a little too convoluted, but it all worked out okay and with no confusion in the end. Overall just a fantastic sequel to an already-fantastic book. Only minor complaint is the potion-making, a tad too simplistic and eyeroll-inducing for me, but I guess reading the Harry Potter series has influenced my expectations.

 

[VampElvis]

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher.

Now, this was much quicker to get through, which I did in as little as a week. Dresden Files just gets better and better. This time, werewolves take the center stage. Exciting throughout to a very satisfying conclusion in which things resolved themselves nicely and the recurring characters promised to be more awesome in future books. Initially, I thought when they introduced not one, but four different kinds of werewolves, with all sorts of rules, debunked or otherwise, I thought the book was getting just a little too convoluted, but it all worked out okay and with no confusion in the end. Overall just a fantastic sequel to an already-fantastic book. Only minor complaint is the potion-making, a tad too simplistic and eyeroll-inducing for me, but I guess reading the Harry Potter series has influenced my expectations.

Welcome aboard the Harry Dresden Express! I just started Turn Coat myself and all but one of the books (I leave it to you to guess which one if you read them all) I had to make an effort to stop and put them down so I didn't rush through them and miss something.

Be sure to check his website for a list of comics, short stories, and novellas he's written to fill in some of the gaps between some of the books.

One more thing. We had a puppy wander up shortly after we (the wife and I) started reading the books. It looked like her ear had been burned (it hadn't - it was torn from a fight but it looked then as it had been burned) and her blond tail, which will end up being about the length of Harry's blasting rod, has a white tip - so we named her..... FUEGO!!!

 

[LongDong]

LL Cool J's autobiography. That man has had a rough childhood and interesting life.

 

[DarkReflections]

The Last World War by Dayton Ward

 

[Yodaman]

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

 

[squeekness]

Brother Odd ~ Dean Koontz. Can't go wrong with a guy who sees dead people.

 

[ComicChick]

i finished Are You There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler.

its was a fun light-hearted read

 

[mongoose-mania]

-JtHM: The Director's Cut
-SQUEE's Big Wonderful Book of Unspeakable Horrors

Both by Jhonen Vasquez.

 

[Max J Power]

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

An excellent book, but the kind of thing I have to be in a certain mood to really want to read.

 

[LEX]

The Godfather by Mario Puzo.

Awesomeness all around. To my slight surprise, this was an easy enough book to read, despite the length, thanks to its no-nonsense yet fluid writing, a very engaging plot, and many-layered characters. Absolutely kept my attention throughout. Movie next.

 

[mongoose-mania]

-Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl: Noogies by Roman Dirge
-Night Mare by Piers Anthony

 

[Wesley Dodds]

The Yiddish policemens union. Pretty good but the ending was a little rushed.

 

[Jubilee James]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I had heard really good things about it - parents etc who were really affected by it - but I thought it was just OK

 

[Max J Power]

The Yiddish policemens union. Pretty good but the ending was a little rushed.

Initially, the ending of that book seemed really bizarre, but after thinking about it for a day or two I decided I liked it a lot.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Initially, the ending of that book seemed really bizarre, but after thinking about it for a day or two I decided I liked it a lot.

Yeah, me too. At the time it just seemed a little bit randomly thrown together compared to the rest of it. like Chabon just got bored writing the story and just sorta... Stopped.