What's the Last Book You Read/Finished?

[Adam3482009]

Here's a book that came out a number of years back. It's a really good fantasy novel set in England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars and is about...

Magic!

The book is very lively and is written by a person who understands how to create multidimensional characters with eccentricities.

The book's written by English Susanna Clark whose also a fan of Alan Moore's (I actually hadn't read alot of the stuff by Moore and ended up doing so after reading this book since he was one of the authors favorites).

 

[Watson]

^I could not get through that book on the first try. Maybe I should give it another go.

I'm reading a Japanese novel called After Dark by Haruki Murakami. It's pretty good so far. It's about two sisters going through one night in Tokyo. It's extremely surreal.

 

[Adam3482009]

If you ever finish it, there's a short story collection (that connects to the main book). Also I think Clarke is currently writing a sequel novel.

The book "After Dark sounds interesting. Was the story originally written in English (I only ask cause the language over there is so totally different that a translation may not flow as well)?


I'm looking for a good horror novel to read next (not a run of the mill). This can be particularly hard to find since most horror authors write cheap crap that's very predictable. Any suggestions?

 

[Watson]

^No, it was written in Japanese. I'm reading an English translation. The translation is very well done though.

I've heard the Dexter novels are quite good. Plus there's always the classic H.P. Lovecraft stories.

 

[Adam3482009]

Yeah, I'm reading a book that has a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories right now. Love "The Outsider" and "rats in the walls". Great stuff.

I don't think I've heard of any of the Dexter stories before...

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen

 

[Mrh7448]

If you ever finish it, there's a short story collection (that connects to the main book). Also I think Clarke is currently writing a sequel novel.

The book "After Dark sounds interesting. Was the story originally written in English (I only ask cause the language over there is so totally different that a translation may not flow as well)?


I'm looking for a good horror novel to read next (not a run of the mill). This can be particularly hard to find since most horror authors write cheap crap that's very predictable. Any suggestions?

RIchard Matheson there are a bunch of shorts that come with the I am Legend book, or the novel Hell House.

Yeah, I'm reading a book that has a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories right now. Love "The Outsider" and "rats in the walls". Great stuff.

I don't think I've heard of any of the Dexter stories before...

Rats in the Walls was my favourite HP story.


Finished Fluke by Christopher Moore, bizarre and hilarious.

Just about finished a Steampunk anthology called Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

A year or two ago I read a Richard Matheson short story collection... the main thing I remember is the story about a man on a flight that keeps seeing a monster on the wing. Pretty cool.

 

[Adam3482009]

A year or two ago I read a Richard Matheson short story collection... the main thing I remember is the story about a man on a flight that keeps seeing a monster on the wing. Pretty cool.

Interesting... Sounds like that episode a certain episode from "The Twilight" zone where only 1 guy on the entire plane can see this creature. This episode was in the older series as well as that Twilight Zone anthology film that came out in the '80s.

 

[sinewave]

Interesting... Sounds like that episode a certain episode from "The Twilight" zone where only 1 guy on the entire plane can see this creature. This episode was in the older series as well as that Twilight Zone anthology film that came out in the '80s.

It's the same story. A bunch of Matheson's stories were made into Twilight Zone episodes and other various TV shows and movies. IMDB him, his resume is really impressive.

 

[Adam3482009]

All right. I'm interested.

This is on my "to read" radar.

 

[The Navigator]

Lunar Park, by Bret Easton Ellis. Superb.

 

[tzarinna]

Finished Comac McCarthy's "The Road", I wish I knew when the movie was coming out.

 

[danoyse]

I just finished The Road too. I was on a bus, so I was reading the ending and trying not to cry. Great book.

I'm reading The Shining now. Haven't read that one in awhile.

 

[William_C]

 

[The Navigator]

I really need to read that. I got the Zombie Survival Guide as a birthday present and having been meaning to check this out ever since.

 

[sinewave]

the final book in the Henry Thompson trilogy. Highly recommended if you like pulp/crime/noir novels.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I really need to read that. I got the Zombie Survival Guide as a birthday present and having been meaning to check this out ever since.

WWZ is awesome. I've never seen the Zombie Survival Guide anywhere though.

 

[percoset]

The Rules of Attraction

I preferred American Psycho.

 

[adhokk7]

The Rules of Attraction

I preferred American Psycho.

Yeah, I agree that American Psycho is the better book, but I thought The Rules Of Attraction was pretty good. I mean, not everyone in Ellis's world can be Pat Bateman.

 

[percoset]

Yeah, I agree that American Psycho is the better book, but I thought The Rules Of Attraction was pretty good. I mean, not everyone in Ellis's world can be Pat Bateman.

True. I liked the book though. Just thought I would like it better.

 

[zanos]

World War Z was really boring.

 

[Mrh7448]

Just started reading this. So far I like it.

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

fricken cried

 

[michephantom]

I loved my zombie survival guide. I considered buying World War Z, but wasn't sure it would keep my attention or be worth the money.

Right now I'm reading Watership Down. Strange, it's just about rabbits, but it's very engrossing. I'm not sure if there is a deepeer meaning to it (probably, but don't care).