The Last Book You Read

[jay_stewart]

so what was the last book you read or currently reading?

At the moment I'm reading The Nightwatch by Sergei Litvinenko (not the russian spy who died from radiation here in the UK a while ago)

Really good book about the world of vampires/mage's/shapshifters etc

[Maluro]

oo wow that sounds interesting

the last book i read was... mmm.. Tristán e Iseo.. a medieval book about love
and well.. in my english class we usually read essay once or twice a week written by a famous writer (Short Prose Reader)

the last book i read in english was ... probably catcher in a rye

[uhrisuh]

Right now Im reading a book called Suicide Casanova by Arthur Nersesian. He can be mildly compared to Chuck Palahniuk. I like Nersesian better though.

[PlasmaP]

Well, my reading teacher is forcing us to read about a BAMILLION books. So right now, I'm reading Johnny Tremain and Rangers Apprentice

[Brainstrained]

At the moment I'm reading The Nightwatch

Is that the same as the movie Nightwatch ? (http://imdb.com/title/tt0403358/)
They sound pretty similar. I love that movie.

Anyways, I just finished reading No Country for Old Men By Cormac McCarthy. Can't wait for the movie, the Coens are so perfect for this story.

Now I'm reading Blade Runner. Pretty cool stuff.

[orientalpuzzleboxproductions]

The book that I am currently reading is The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice, she has such a way with details.
Before that I read Space Oddesey;2001 By. Arthur C. Clarke
That title is probably spelled wrong but you guys get the idea!

[CreepyClownpro]

I reading Clockwork Orange right now (10 more pages)

after that i'm starting Wise Guys!

[darkhelmetmovies]

Right now I'm reading Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, before this I read Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

[spicysmoke]

Solomons song by bryce courtenay, not as good as the previous two. Oh and also blink, its a pretty interesting one, check it out.

[Leatherfeet]

The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb. Fantastic books, very well written, and the characters are all very original and interesting. Definately worth picking up.

Other good books I have read recently -

Attila - William Napier
Emperor, The Gates of Rome - Conn Igulden
Harlequin - Bernard Cornwell

Thinking about it actually.. I have read historical fiction and fantasy for ages.... I cant think of the last time I read a book not set in the past.. Heh..

[jay_stewart]

Is that the same as the movie Nightwatch ? (http://imdb.com/title/tt0403358/)
They sound pretty similar. I love that movie.

Yeah the film was based from the first part of the book :)

[gcubedproductions]

I'm sick of relying on NY Times reviews. I want to read reviews from people with similar interests. So post your book/author/series recommendations here.

[gcubedproductions]

I'll start.
Any book by Harry Turtledove

[New Spark Films]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Took me a while to get through but it left me thinking.

1984 by George Orwell.

Needs no real explanation.

[Crosius]

Good choice! (Turtledove)

James P. Hogan and Neal Stephenson are also good, if you like SF.
L. Sprague de Camp for Fantasy fans.

[vega.]

World War Z. (Book kicks proverbial ass)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (bad ass book as well)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series - douglas adams (These books are the dank nugz)

All of those.

[BackyardProductions]

the outsiders by s.e. hinton it is the greatest book ever written

[17thletterfilms]

Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) is indeed a good book!
I also reccomend Life of Pi. I forget the author, but the book one a Manbrooker award.

[Spleg]

Any of Ian Fleming's 007 books. Fantastic to read, a lot better than the films.

'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' Philip K. Dick - brilliant science fiction book with a deep story

I'm currently reading Neuromancer by William Gibson. Seems to be a good book, but it makes less and less sense the more I read it!

[SyxxGage]

The Monster at the End of this Book

[...thinkaboutwhatyoujustsaid]

the death gate cycle by Margret weiss.

its kinda rough to get into but you cant stop reading no matter how bad it seems at first and even after you get into like the thrid book, you get more and more confused. until you hit around book 4 or 5 you begin to see the big picture and you like O My God! They were all very good though

[katz]

Candide: or Optimism by Voltaire

It's a quick and funny read.

[gcubedproductions]

Come on people! Keep 'em coming!

[punkandska66]

The Last Book In The Universe. thats actually whats its called. i forget who who its by, but its a good book.

[daydreamer1]

Hmmm,I'm not the biggest fan of books,but here is my short list.

The Cirque Du Freak series by Darren Shan (I've read all of them up to the ninth or tenth book of the thirteen,if anyone has read them all,can you fill me in on the others)

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

The Giver by Lois Lowry (I read this in 5th grade and it was probably one of the most confusing books I read in school.Looking back,it was fairly good)


There was a short two part book series (I think it was two) that I also liked,but I can't find the title of the books.If I find it,I'll add it on.All I'll say for a tip on finding it is,that it's pretty much like Animorphs in a way.

[17thletterfilms]

I've heard that Battle Royale (a Japanese book, but it's translated) and The Perks of Being a Wallflower are good, but I haven't read them myself.

[katz]

Is the book and movie, Battle Royal, the same story?

And, that reminds me, anything by Haruki Murakami, another Japanese author, is worth looking at. Norwegian Wood for example.

[ciwi286]

The riftwar saga(magician, silverthorn & darkness at senathon) by Raymond E. Feist are some of the best books ive read.

[katz]

I read Feist's "Talon of the Silver Hawk". It was pretty good, not fantastic though.

[Crosius]

The book "Battle Royale" is the same story as the Japanese film of the same name - the book came first.

It's a very good, fairly long book. - Good to take on a trip.

"American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis was a good book, but some would definitely consider it "hard to stomach."

[ThreeOnAMeathook]

Mister B. Gone (Clive Barker) was pretty good...Cell (Stephen King) was too. Those are the last two books I read. I work at a library too, but don't read too much fiction unless its a standout.

Any/all Kinky Friedman books are good. He was gonna be the governor of Texas for a while, but I doubt if he made it in.

[edwardlavender]

I just read Nothing Lasts Forever, the book that spawned Die Hard and it was good, different. Bleak as fuck is all I'll say.

and Now I'm reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter which as you might have guessed spawned the Showtime series of the same name (minus darkly dreaming)

I'm almost done with it and its different but equally as good as the show...but we'll see if the ending holds up and then I'll tell you if it's still recommended for a read.

-zac

[SteveNelson'sEvilTwin]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Also Everything is Illuminated by the same, but personally, I enjoyed the first more.

[New Spark Films]

Everything is Illuminated is hilarious.

[Airey88]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Very involved, but very powerful. The 1970s film with Rob Redford as Gatsby is very good as well.

[Eight Legged Freak]

"Ice Station", "Area 7" and "Scarecrow" (in that order) by Matthew Reilly.

An amazing author who writes novels not unlike major budget Hollywood action films. They're also rather intelligent, with technothriller aspects (inspired heavily by Crichton).

[bass.shocker91]

fear and loathing in Las Vegas~ Hunter S. Thomson
Fight Club~ Chuck Palanuik
Hostage~ Robert Crais, the movie stars Bruce Willis, but the book is better
Da Vinci Dode~ Dan Brown

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

For some of the funniest books ever made read:

The Secret Diary Of Adirian Mole Aged 13 3/4
All the Adrian Mole books are good but the first is the best. It's not a wussy teenage book. It makes fun of teenage life and loads of other stuff. Think Alan Partridge with acne.

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Hilariously random as is the whole series but I don't think the first one can be beaten. Don't let the movie put you off, it's completly superior and different. It's my all time fave.

But for something serious...

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
A great book about a kid with Asberger's syndrome and his effects on his family. Really insightful, clever and sometimes funny. It is truly a modern classic.

Some autobiographys:

Rotten
John Lydon of The Sex Pistols autobiography its really funny and you don't need a good attention span as it has a jumpy writting style. If you like punk you'll love it.

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson's autobiography. It is not so much about him than about 1950s America. I thought it was great.

A dancing cactus:

:dance:

[next-tarantino]

"The Stand" - Stephen King


That was one of the best books I've ever read.

[Roel]

A delusion of Satan - about the salem witch trials

We always lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson, best horror novel i ever read even if i can't realy tell you why its horror

The man in the high castle - Philip k Dick

The Guin books by Kurimoto Kaoru

the plays by Euripides (especialy medea)

just to name a few

[SteveNelson'sEvilTwin]

I have to agree with Flamingo that Hitchhiker's Guide is great. Also amazing is the Series of Unfortunate Events by Snicket, so much better than the movies. Really really funny, but also very captivating story after it takes off. Catch Me If You Can was a great book and movie. Also, Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose, great movie and book.

[b-smitty323]

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Very involved, but very powerful. The 1970s film with Rob Redford as Gatsby is very good as well.

I was gonna say that! Another one is I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert. It's really funny. If you like Colbert, you'll like this book.

[bridboyross]

Rebel Without A Crew - very inspiring
The Guerilla Film Makers Guide - excellent, really helpful if you wanna make a movie
DV Rebels Guide - good, but excellent if you have after effects

Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - very affecting and harrowing, but extremely hard to put down
Truckers - Great book, it may look like a kids book but its a great read, also its by terry pratchett: nuff said.

[Serial Chiller]

Philip K dick is good , it made me change my mind about SF

[Citrus]

The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King
If Chins Could Kill:Confessions of a B-movie actor - Bruce Campbell
Shopgirl - Steve Martin

[...thinkaboutwhatyoujustsaid]

lord of the flies - Golding (i cant remember the first name)

angels and demons - The same author as the divinchi code (spelling?)

[Citrus]

This is basically like the "The Last Movie You Watched" thread. Say what book you just read and add a little review if you want.

Last few books I remember reading...

Misery By Stephen King - 9/10
I thought this was a wonderful book, the plot was great and I really felt sorry for Paul. King did a great job with this one, describing Annie's evilness so well. But the pacing was a little off and I didn't really like the "Misery Returns" story. This was MUCH better than the movie.

Choke By Chuck Palahniuk - 9.5/10
This was hilarious, one of the few books at which I have laughed out loud! The satire and wit was in full force in this one. Had a great story, with a few dramatic parts in it. Chuck is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

The Gunslinger - The Dark Tower Part I By Stephen King - 7.5/10
This was a definite change of pace for King. He used A LOT of descriptions in this, a bit too much for me. The story was great, the action (of what there was) was good, and Roland leaves a lot of questions to be answered. It was a little slow for me and the starts of series's are usually not the best...

I'm hopefully going to finish my current book tonight.

[Ladri.]

Damn. I was going to make this thread a long time ago but never got around to it.

Brisingr - 8/10
Best of the Inheritance Cycle, so far. I felt some parts were over descriptive but it kept my attention very well. Extremely easy read.

Scarlet Letter - 6/10
I had to read this for school and did not like it. My English Teacher calls it genius, I call it boring. Some people have trouble understanding it. It is extremely hard to understand. Luckily, I got it but I just didn't enjoy it.

I'm currently reading The Wanting Seed and The Princess Bride.

[anomalie]

I'm almost finished Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith). It's fantasticly written, and I like stuff Soviet Russia and sneaking around. :D

Before that was The Late Night Caller (Micheal Hetherington). It's a series of short stories that are all a little metaphysical. I really enjoyed it.

Most of the stuff before that is probably play scripts. :| But I could recommend a few books.

[PreviewOfThePast]

Watchmen by Alan Moore: 10/10
I first read this book about 7 or 8 years ago, and since then I've read it at least 5 times. It's flawless.

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max: 9.5/10
This has to be the most perverted, offensive, and disgusting book I have ever read, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

[CB2001]

The last books I've read, from the most recent on back:

1. "The Rules of Attraction" by Bret Easton Ellis - Premise: Teenagers at a college have relationships in a land of confusion filled with drugs, sex and rock and roll.

2. "I Am Legend and Other Stories of Horror and Supernatural" by Richard Matheson - Premise: The last human alive on Earth hunts vampires by day, and fears for his life by night. Also includes a variety of horror/supernatural based short stories (Note: Do not confuse the novel with the film, which is loosely based on the novel. I recommend you read the novel. After you do, you'll ask yourself, "Why the hell didn't Hollywood do the story exactly like this?")

3. "Duel and Other Tales of Thrills and Suspense" by Richard Matheson. - Consists of many classic tales by Matheson, including "Duel", "Third from the Sun", "Little Girl Lost", "Steel" and "Trespasser".

4. "Infants of the Spring" by Wallace Thurman (I had to read this for my African-American literature class) - Premise: A white man moves into an apartment building occupied by African-Americans in Harlem during the 1920s' Harlem Renaissance.

5. "Dolan's Cadillac" by Stephen King (from the "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" story collection) - Premise: This Novella follows a school teacher as he plots revenge against a mobster who killed his wife. While he keeps hearing his wife's voice in his head, he comes up with the perfect plan that involves the mobster's Cadillac that would make Edgar Allan Poe proud.

[Todd]

Tom Robbins | Another Roadside Attraction

[Indymoguler]

Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury

dont care what anyone else says. i love this book.
so much symbolism. its also ironic about how he predicted the way people would act in the future

[Todd]

^ One of my top 15 or so fav authors, and that is my fav book by him.

[xsanmdanx]

A Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodrigues
I don't read that much anymore. But I am a fan of Robert Rodriguez, so I thought why not. And I liked it. It also had the original screenplay for El Mariachi.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Man. It was just like the film, but better!

[Citrus]

Just finished
Clapton By Eric Clapton - 7/10
He has definitely lived an interesting life. But it's not displayed in the best way. The writing wasn't the best and was uneven in what he talked about. Like he never even mentioned the death of John Lennon but he talked about how they became closer over the years. I was a little put-off with his slight streak of snobbishness through out the first half of the book. But it was a great book though just not one that I would probably read again...

[thorni52]

Choke
Fight club
survivor
invisible monsters
lullaby
Rant
Snuff

Yea I have been reading palahniuk over the past couple weeks. He's pretty genius.

Survivor and Rant were my favorites. I want them to be all made into films so bad

[instantkult]

its also ironic about how he predicted the way people would act in the future

Not so much how people would act in the future, just how people in large numbers tend to act, and not sure what's ironic about it.

[Marc-OS]

The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley - This book was amazing, it was just like a really long Lovecraft story and I loved it.

[freakonaleash223]

Of Mice and Men- 9/10. I loved this book soo much. The author did a great job setting up the characters so you actually gave a shit if something happened to them. I cried like a bitch. I'm not gonna lie.

[Ladri.]

Of Mice and Men- 9/10. I loved this book soo much. The author did a great job setting up the characters so you actually gave a shit if something happened to them. I cried like a bitch. I'm not gonna lie.

I must agree, that was a great book.

Funny story pertaining to this book. My media tech class at school had an assignment where a movie trailer had to be made. My friends decided on "Of Mice and Men 2: Weekend At Lenny's" It was hilarious.

[Sacman]

Hood - Stephen Lawhead
Great re-telling of the Robin Hood Story. This is book one of 3.

The Lies of Locke Lamora and its sequel Red Seas under Red Skies - Scott Lynch
Some of the best new fantasy on the market. Not high fantasy.

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
Again some of the best new fantasy on the market. Not high fantasy.

Winterbirth - Brian Ruckley
Yet again great new fantasy but not quite as good as the two above.

Devices and Desires - K.J. Parker
Good read but very slow. Tough to get through to the end. I will put off the two sequels.

The Blood King - Gail Martin
SUCKED. Couldn't finish it and that very seldom happens.

These are all in the last month.


^^^ Brian Lumley Rocks. I read quite a few of the Vampire stories many moons ago and intend to get back to them one day.

[Vaughn Whynot]

The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Cook Book
it rocked

[D.M.I-Productions]

green eggs and ham

[Maluro]

1984 by George Orwell
Is so shocking but the guy is so smart. I think the things he predicted could have become true and some did... kind of.

I'm reading Breaking Dawn.. yep... big big book >.<

[speekerphone]

Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

10/10

[BackyardProductions]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

7.5/10

[Nonsensical studios]

Fight Club by Chuck Palanhiuk - 10/10 Why did I not read it sooner???

The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft - 9/10 The Call of Cthulu was a disappointment, but I really like the other short stories.

The Gunslinger by Stephen King - 5/10 The action was good, but to be honest with you, it wasn't me cup of tea, as they say.

Unfinished Tales by Christopher and J.R.R. Tolkien - I'm not going to rate it, but it was basically a compilation of essays about the unfinished works about J.R.R. Tolkien

Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien - 9/10 I really liked it. Its just a few poems and short stories, but amazing nonetheless

[Citrus]

Fight Club by Chuck Palanhiuk - 10/10 Why did I not read it sooner???

YES Why didn't you?!


The Gunslinger by Stephen King - 5/10 The action was good, but to be honest with you, it wasn't me cup of tea, as they say.

Don't just stop with that one, at least give the second one a chance, I'm reading it now and I'm liking it a WHOLE lot more than the first. And the kid that I'm borrowing the series from says that The Gunslinger is the worst in the series.

[Nonsensical studios]

Don't just stop with that one, at least give the second one a chance, I'm reading it now and I'm liking it a WHOLE lot more than the first. And the kid that I'm borrowing the series from says that The Gunslinger is the worst in the series.

Meh.

I don't quite feel like continuing the series.

Now in my sights for my next book:

Brisingr or Farenheit 451 or 1984 or The Prince.

[thorni52]

Holy Shit I just read the short story guts from Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted......Wow i am speechless... All I can say is that I was doing a lot of cringing and hair pulling lol...

[Indymoguler]

Animal Farm by George Orwell

7.5/10
hell yeah! im reading that now. for school. everyone hates it in my class. but i dont think its that bad, considering the story is represented to symbolize stalin and communism and all that

[Ladri.]

hell yeah! im reading that now. for school. everyone hates it in my class. but i dont think its that bad, considering the story is represented to symbolize stalin and communism and all that

It's actually one of the funniest books I've ever read. Definitely in my top 10.

The symbolism in Animal Farm was spot on with the Russian revolution. George Orwell is a genius.

[Nonsensical studios]

George Orwell is a genius.

You can say that again!

but I will for you.

George Orwell is a genius.

[Fisherking]

Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon.

This is not his best book. A shame, then, that it is his longest book.

[WesScog]

How long have you been reading it? I read about 20 pages earlier this year and I just had to put it aside I was like, "Damn, this is going to be a hella investment."

[Fisherking]

I'd set aside a month or so. You can probably read it quicker, but you'll likely miss a lot unless you go through it with serious care.

Though, somehow, it just seems a little... well, a little more simplistic than, say, Gravity's Rainbow or Mason & Dixon. I mean, there's lot of mathematics and physics references, but it's all been done before: The Riemann Zeta Function, Russel's Paradox, Canterian Set Theory, Quaternion v. Vectorism, Maxwellian electrodynamics, aetherism, etc. You can't help but feel that you've heard it all before, and the displays of erudition all a bit superficial and all a bit mechanical, like rattling off a list of 'smart topics.' The usual suspects, if you will (though, admittedly, the time-frame of the book pretty much dictates these will be explored). Maybe the obscurity of his earlier works is one of his strengths -- if you don't understand it, you assume it must be terribly profound.

A lot of the characters probably should have been amalgamated together, as many of them are poorly delineated, and I spent a lot of the book wondering who was who (and the Pynchonian habit of dropping characters for a couple hundred pages then returning didn't help). Many of the characters and sub-plots seemed pointless. I realise calling something 'pointless' in a Pynchon book can be a bit daft, but pointless insomuch as it neither amounted to anything nor was particularly interesting nor entertaining.

What's more, a lot of the book seems to be Pynchon idly rummaging through his toybox for ideas, many of which really fail to catch. Any fan is well used to the scatological sex practices, the one poor bastard being butchered, the mix of vulgarity and erudition.

But the real problem is this: It should have been brilliant. This book assuredly features some of Pynchon's best writing, but is let down by far too many clunky passages. An uneven monster - a huge, baggy monster of a book - and particularly dull parts will prompt an audible groan and a few days break. But assuredly the good outweighs the weak, and it is worth the effort (though I suspect it will get little re-reading). It's a testament to Pynchon's greatness that his books can be assailed for not being perfect.

I think, to bring it to standard, we'd need an great editor. Were the book 800 or so pages, it'd be the best thing ever. It's not and it's not.

[greyroompictures]

I'm currently reading The Writer's Tale - a series of in depth e-mails that give a no holds barred account of writing for a TV series (in this case, Doctor Who). It's by the Exec Producer (Russell T Davies) and it's a page turner.

It's not just full of detail on the writing process but Russell puts a lot of his personal stuff out there too - the stresses and the strains etc.

I'd recommend it to any writers out there.

[daydreamer1]

"The Xenocide Mission" by Ben Jeapes- I'm not big on science fictions,so maybe thats why I stopped at Chapter 3.I really didn't understand it that much,but then again I didn't read the whole thing.



"Full Tilt" by Neal Shusterman - Very good.It's one of my favorites now.It's a blend of the supernatural and 'horror'.

9/10

[Producer 9]

The Magician BY (I FORGET) follow up to The Alchemist:secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel. i thought the two were amazing, and i want them to be made into movies

[Maluro]

hell yeah! im reading that now. for school. everyone hates it in my class. but i dont think its that bad, considering the story is represented to symbolize stalin and communism and all that

I read it like 2 months ago. I also liked it because it symbolizes communism else... speaking animals don't attack me much.
You should read 1984 too. Its about the same thing but like ina futurist way (he wrote it in 1948). Orwell was VERY smart.

[TheMightySeamus]

The DaVinci Code
8/10
Good enough. I've got trouble reading long books because...well, I get distracted. Good thing this one was a mystery. There were times when I guessed what was going to happen, but good overall.

[Nonsensical studios]

Farenheit 451 11/10 -One of my favorite books ever. Why did I wait until now to read it?

[klick123]

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

9/10
Very good book, now one of my favorite horror novels.

[snicket]

Bloody gosh I haven't read a book in while.... anywho:

Airframe (Michael Crichton RIP)
Really good book. I liked it! 9.641/10.00

EDIT: oh yea and:

Prey (Michael Crichton)
Ok... Not as good has Airframe. 6.341/10.00

[Citrus]

Bloody gosh I haven't read a book in while.... anywho:

Airframe (Michael Crichton RIP)
Really good book. I liked it! 9.641/10.00

EDIT: oh yea and:

Prey (Michael Crichton)
Ok... Not as good has Airframe. 6.341/10.00
lol what's up with the weird decimal ratings?

[Indymoguler]

I read it like 2 months ago. I also liked it because it symbolizes communism else... speaking animals don't attack me much.
You should read 1984 too. Its about the same thing but like ina futurist way (he wrote it in 1948). Orwell was VERY smart.

i was thinking about reading that. my dad read 1984. and i know its about cameras and how everybody is watched in the future. but you think he chose the date for the book by switching the last two numbers? he wrote the book in 1948. but it was about 1984. lol

[punkandska66]

I'm reading "My so Called Punk" by Matt Deihl. It's very interesting, although I've read many books on the subject already. Whatevs, though, it's cool.

[Fisherking]

i was thinking about reading that. my dad read 1984. and i know its about cameras and how everybody is watched in the future. but you think he chose the date for the book by switching the last two numbers? he wrote the book in 1948. but it was about 1984. lol

Maybe. As far as I understand, during the protracted writing period, it went from 1980 to 1984. But it was a toss-up between the '198x' title and The Last Man in Europe.

[Nonsensical studios]

Maybe. As far as I understand, during the protracted writing period, it went from 1980 to 1984. But it was a toss-up between the '198x' title and The Last Man in Europe.

Yeah. It was going to be 1980 originally, but his sickness slowed his progress a few years.

[ciwi286]

Last book I read was animal farm... we had to read it in school...its crap...dont bother.

[GarebearProductions]

Good, now i can express all my feelings about reading words. wonderful.

[Nonsensical studios]

Last book I read was animal farm... we had to read it in school...its crap...dont bother.

Ciwi...

I must respectfully disagree.

Good, now i can express all my feelings about reading words. wonderful.


You may not know it, but words are powerful. A book can change an individual. A book can change the world.

[BackyardProductions]

Last book I read was animal farm... we had to read it in school...its crap...dont bother.
I think its in the worldwide high school curriculum for people to read that book because so far every person that mentioned that book read it for school.

[Ladri.]

Last book I read was animal farm... we had to read it in school...its crap...dont bother.

Animal farm has got to be one of the funniest books I have ever read. Its use of satire was absolutely perfect.

What didn't you like about it?

[Nonsensical studios]

I think its in the worldwide high school curriculum for people to read that book because so far every person that mentioned that book read it for school.

Actually, I discovered it on my families book shelves while I was in Grade 3.

[Wra1th13]

Brisingr, Chris Paolini: very good but, overly descriptive 8.5/10
The Elric Saga Michael Morrock; finished the last book, my favorite book, its just so psychological 10/10 (prolly one of the few books where everyone dies)

[Wra1th13]

You may not know it, but words are powerful. A book can change an individual. A book can change the world.

Yes but not always for the best of the world.

[Indymoguler]

Last book I read was animal farm... we had to read it in school...its crap...dont bother.

how did you dislike it?
the whole book was about george orwell making fun of the russian revolution and what went wrong during that time, from the perspective of a farm! i liked it very much

[RoughSketchPictures]

Rebel Without A Crew- Robert Rodriguez 8.5/10
This one was funny and informative because it's all taken from his journal. It's funny to see what a soon-to-be-famous director thought and how he lived before fame. He talking about Tarantino and Steve Buscemi as "These neat guys I met." It's truly enjoyable read.

Make Your Own Damn Movie- Lloyd Kaufman 5.5/10
It's a funny and slight informative book, but not much else. Only some of the advice he offers is useful for beginners. He doesn't offer much advice for people without budgets, crews, or digital cameras. Very old school filmmaking.

How To Survive A Horror Movie- Seth G. Smith 8/10
This book was hilarious! It contained advice that bust every horror cliche and infuses a bit of common sense into the plots. If you want to make a horror film that's truly original, use this book as a guide.

Jurrassic Park- Micheal Crichton 10/10
This book was perfect! Not a dull moment at all! Crichton's a genius when it comes to sci-fi, he makes books so real, you'd swear he saw it all happen. And as great as the movie was, the book kicks its ass in a million ways! This is hands down, my favorite book as of right now. It's a shame Crichton passed away a couple weeks ago...he was soooo talented. RIP Micheal

[Citrus]

Huck Finn By: Mark Twain - 7/10
Enjoyable story but I didn't like the way it was written. Had to read it for English.

[snicket]

lol what's up with the weird decimal ratings?
hehe.... Just for fun. I like to be precise.

[ciwi286]

Animal farm... I had to read it for english class. I will now avoid it like the plague...I hated the book.

I need to ask... does anyone here have a copy of a book called "The usborne guide to the supernatural world" or "Supernatural World: "Mysterious Powers and Strange Forces", "Haunted Houses, Ghosts and Spectres" and "Vampires, Werewolves and Demons" (Supernatural Guides)"

Its a black paperback with a picture of a skull on it.

[loosechange]

I read alot of books at the same time scattered so bare with me.

I've just started Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. Addictive stuff so far, I'm really liking it.

I'm near the end of The Rape of Nanking:The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang. This is a book you should definetley read if you like history. Looks at the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in the then capital of China.

A bit of time ago I finished both No Country For Old Men, The Godfather and American Psycho. I enjoy reading books that were turned into movies and seeing how they turned out on screen.

Anyone got a link to a trailer for Choke? The book says its a motion picture but I have not seen or heard anything about this film.

[thorni52]

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk - 6.5/10 it was okay. There were a few good short stories and the infamous 'GUTS" but overall it was not to entertaining. I just finished all his book and I gotta say I love them all to death except maybe this one and diary they were just okay.


I am reading a book called Company by Max Barry right now. So far it is extreamly funny. I will let you know how it is when i finish it.

[thorni52]

Anyone got a link to a trailer for Choke? The book says its a motion picture but I have not seen or heard anything about this film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMZ3Mi1vT-w

Here it is. I saw it the night it came out. It was okay but it is not as good as the book and NOTHING compared to fight club which is what people were comparing it to (Although it should not) There is a redband trailer at...

Chokeonthis.net

[Citrus]

I've just started Chuck Palahniuk's Choke. Addictive stuff so far, I'm really liking it.


Anyone got a link to a trailer for Choke? The book says its a motion picture but I have not seen or heard anything about this film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMZ3Mi1vT-w


EDIT: DANG IT THORNI! WHY DIDN'T I READ THE NEXT PAGE!!!

[Nonsensical studios]

The Eye of the World - 10/10 The first book in the wheel of time series. I would highly recommend this book and the series to anyone who likes fantasy novels.

[1MrPink1]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

This is probably my favorite book. Its also one of the saddest books i've read in a long time. the story is deep and it keeps you at an emotional state-of-mind that sort of disturbs you past belief. I'd read it.

[Vaughn Whynot]

Booby Traps Of WW1 & 2

[daydreamer1]

As of now,it's about to be 'Human Monsters'.

I might read 'Helter Sketler' next,if I can get ahold of it.

[Johnny_Cool]

"Cheap Scares! - Lowbudget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets" by Greg Lamberson... a must-read for every aspiring filmmaker. A very entertaining and highly inspiring book.

[CB2001]

Currently reading, "Somewhere in Time" (otherwise known as "Bid Time Return") by Richard Matheson

[Citrus]

Halloween by: Jerry Seinfeld - 8/10
It was a funny little childrens book. The drawings were pretty sweet. You could tell it was by Seinfeld without knowing it for a fact.

[ericslovechild]

Dragonlance trilogy: Dragon/Dragon

[thorni52]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

This is probably my favorite book. Its also one of the saddest books i've read in a long time. the story is deep and it keeps you at an emotional state-of-mind that sort of disturbs you past belief. I'd read it.

I am reading that book now too. I am almost half way through it. So far it is pretty good. The writing took a little while to get used to because it is almost like poetry and I have never read anything like it before. I must say though it is pretty sweet what the father does for the son. I mean the book is kind of a apocolytic horror but it is more about a fathers love for is son. I will post my review when I finish it.

[Citrus]

I bought The Road today along with The Zombie Survivor Guide!

[TreasureBox Films]

I bought The Road today along with The Zombie Survivor Guide!
is this the same as the zombie survival guide?

[Citrus]

is this the same as the zombie survival guide?
Psh no. Mine is better. Since it's SURVIVOR guide it's co-written by Chuck Palahniuk and it's written for you personally while you shop by the two authors.

[TreasureBox Films]

oh-nos! It dosn't come up on google!

[Citrus]

oh-nos! It dosn't come up on google!
It's VERY underground and VERY independent...

[TreasureBox Films]

Mysterious....:eek:

[Citrus]

The Drawing of The Three - The Dark Tower II By: Stephen King - 9/10
MUCH better than the first volume, the way King wrote the scenes when Roland was in the head of the three others was great. The suspense was nerve wrecking and overall just a great book! To be perfectly honest you don't even NEED to read the first volume since it's summarized at the beginning of this one, but you may want to for some of the interesting parts.

[Indymoguler]

The Drawing of The Three - The Dark Tower II By: Stephen King - 9/10
MUCH better than the first volume, the way King wrote the scenes when Roland was in the head of the three others was great. The suspense was nerve wrecking and overall just a great book! To be perfectly honest you don't even NEED to read the first volume since it's summarized at the beginning of this one, but you may want to for some of the interesting parts.

i could never get into the Dark Tower series by stephen king. although i did love IT and The Mist

[Citrus]

i could never get into the Dark Tower series by stephen king. although i did love IT and The Mist
People usually drop out during or right after the first book in the series. But the first volume is much different than the second. My friend told me to read the series and lent me all his books, I own the first and I wasn't that interested in it. Then I read the second one and I'm very entertained by the story now.

[Fisherking]

Reading Gravity's Rainbow. Again.

[GhostOfAllie]

The Pearl by Steinbeck...not by choice.

[1MrPink1]

I am reading that book now too. I am almost half way through it. So far it is pretty good. The writing took a little while to get used to because it is almost like poetry and I have never read anything like it before. I must say though it is pretty sweet what the father does for the son. I mean the book is kind of a apocolytic horror but it is more about a fathers love for is son. I will post my review when I finish it.


yeah, McCarthy's writing style is quite interesting, their not like other books at all...

[uzi1951]

99 Coffins
Civil War vampire story

[thorni52]

yeah, McCarthy's writing style is quite interesting, their not like other books at all...

It is just different how he carries the story with hardly any diolouge.

[Jakekilgore]

The Reservoir Dogs Screenplay
got it for 5 bucks at a used book store

[loosechange]

The Reservoir Dogs Screenplay
got it for 5 bucks at a used book store

The screenplay to that movie is great.

A friend of mine sent me "The Annotated Godfather" which had the complete screenplay as well behind the scenes production notes and the screenplay for Death Proof.

At the moment I'm reading "Video Production Handbook" published by Gerald Millers circa 1992. You learn a bit about movie making from it.

Im bout halfway through that, then I'mma read From Russia With Love.

[blitzkrieg]

In the Blink of an Eye : A Perspective on Film Editing (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1879505622/filmsounddesign/) by Walter Murch. Great book on editing. Also finishing "The Sunrise Lands" by S. M. Stirling in his Emberverse series. Fun stuff!

[Nonsensical studios]

The Zombie Survival Guide - 10/10

An indespensible book

[Todd]

Slave Revolts in Antiquity (http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/11210.php) by Theresea Urbainczyk

Not the best author, but still an awesome dissertation.

[thorni52]

The Road - I finally finished it. Real good book. Some parts of it were pretty disturbing and but relationship between the father and son was real heart warming. Plus the sons charachter was so innocent. In a world that had gone to shit he still had a positive outlook on it. The ending was really touching and those final 5 pages were really sad. The ending was great though. It is going to make one hell of a movie.

9/10

An modern american classic.

[Ladri.]

The Wanting Seed - 9/10 I liked this better than A Brave New World but 1984 my favorite.

[TreasureBox Films]

The Graveyard book
10/10
I love Neil Giaman. I like when he writes movies to. MirrorMask was really good and stardust. I love how this book is like the jungle book.

[Mattageddon]

Uh-oh. What if I can't remember? Wait... does tiny instruction manual count?

[Nonsensical studios]

I forgot to mention that I read books 2 through 5 in the Wheel of Time series.

They get progressively worse. The first 3 books in the series were impossible to put down, but then...meh.

The only thing I hate is that more and more characters are added. Its getting out of hand. PLus the fact that I DO NOT CARE ABOUT HUNTING THE BLACK AJAH! It is a stupid plotline, and those chapters, I should just skip.


Just started reading The Watchmen. Amazing. Just amazing

[ericslovechild]

Homeland by R.A. Salvatore.

...Oh god I'm such a nerd...

[thorni52]

I just started reading The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger. Tell you what I think When I am done.

[Jcg64]

The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. One of the best school books I've had to read in a long time

[JD]

Karl Popper's the open society and its enemies

[Griffmo]

OK, I'm going to the book store later, and I need some recommendations. Just to give you an idea of what I like, I've created a list of my favorite books

Starship Troopers

Battle Royale

Fight Club

I'm am a HUGE Hellboy fan (It's a graphic novel, but if your a fan, you know what I'm talking about)

If anything comes to mind, feel free to say it! Thanks a ton
- Griffmo

[TreasureBox Films]

The Graveyard Book
This book was so awesome it wasn't even funny.

[Miten Soni]

Looking For Alaska by John Green
this book saved my life

[Kaygee]

A Game of Thrones: George R R Martin

Foundation: Isaac Asimov

The Forever War: Joe Haldeman

Armour: John Steakley

[Zacatac]

Anything written by Clive Cussler

[ericslovechild]

Starship Troopers

:wesscog::wesscog::wesscog::wesscog::wesscog:/:wesscog::wesscog::wesscog::wesscog::wesscog:

[Nonsensical studios]

The Riftwar Saga

Fahrenheit 451

[Wra1th13]

The Riftwar Saga



OMFG I read those books in the 6th grade, they are so good.

[Citrus]

Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, and Corman McCarthy are the main authors who have continued to impress me with each book and still write.

Oh and Bruce Campbell.

[TaseCopterStudios]

filmmaking wise, i like the DV Rebel's guide and Rebel without a crew.
as for fiction, check out the Amber series. Its pretty obscure, but a creative storyline, one I have always fantasized about making into a movie. the first book is called Nine Princes in Amber.

[Indymoguler]

The Shining - Stephen King

[Magical Monkey]

Animal Farm, by George Orwell
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
and
The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien

[Nonsensical studios]

OMFG I read those books in the 6th grade, they are so good.

I know! I can't believe I discovered them now!

[1MrPink1]

The Shinning- Stephen King

The Road- Cormac McCarthy

Rumble Fish-S.E. Hinton

Silence of The Lambs- Thomas Harris

Watchmen or V for Vendetta- Alan Moore

Milkweed- Jerry Spinelli

Demonata series- Darren Shan

[ericslovechild]

Demonata series- Darren Shan
Cirque du freak is way better.

[KingNikan]

Cirque du freak is way better.
Cirque du Freak would do awesome

[ericslovechild]

Cirque du Freak would do awesome
It's happenin, son.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450405/

[Jakekilgore]

The Shinning- Stephen King

The Road- Cormac McCarthy

Rumble Fish-S.E. Hinton

Silence of The Lambs- Thomas Harris

Watchmen or V for Vendetta- Alan Moore

Milkweed- Jerry Spinelli

Demonata series- Darren Shan
?

[ericslovechild]

?
Groundskeeper Willy: You've got the Shinnin'!
Bart: Don't you mean "Shining?"
Groundskeeper Willy: Shh, boy! Do you want us to get sued?

[KingNikan]

It's happenin, son.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450405/
Sick.

Lets hope it wont turn to crap like Twilight

but then again Twilight was Crap from the start on

[kjkjkj]

Neverwhere-Neil Gaiman, an awesome book!
The Dresden Files Series-Jim Butcher

those we're some recent book I read, and I enjoyed them alot.

[operationivy5656]

I just finished one of the best books i have ever read. I finished it in 3 days and stayed up all night reading. It is the true story of the author, James Frey. It's probly one of the saddest books i have ever read, and i actually cried like 3 times while reading. It is a story about an alchoholic, drug addicted criminal and explains his life after rehab and jail. I was wondering if anyone else on the forum has read it and if they would like to discuss it. If noone has i HIGHLY recommend you read this book.

[Maluro]

I finnished Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I liked it but it's like ... "girly". Anyway today I found out it has a movie -_- So i'll try to get it soon.

[uberlite00]

I just finished one of the best books i have ever read. I finished it in 3 days and stayed up all night reading. It is the true story of the author, James Frey. It's probly one of the saddest books i have ever read, and i actually cried like 3 times while reading. It is a story about an alchoholic, drug addicted criminal and explains his life after rehab and jail. I was wondering if anyone else on the forum has read it and if they would like to discuss it. If noone has i HIGHLY recommend you read this book.

You're talking about "A Million Little Pieces", right? You do know that it was at least partially fabricated?

[Nonsensical studios]

I believe the last book I read was Don Quixote.

It is definitely one of my favorite books ever, and I cannot get over how great a piece of literature it is.

[sp00k]

I don't read books too often, but I really do love them

The last book I read was: "Gone for Good" by Harlan Coben.
An absolutely excellent book, I recommend it to everyone. The writing style is amazing and the story was really good.

[Razback]

Oh an intellectual thread...i read a lot of movies im my home i have a big library.The ,last book i have read is The magic wagon by Lansdale wich i try to make a short based on this and The abbandoned Museum

[ciwi286]

Right now I'm reading an english edition of chairman Maos red book. Its actually really interesting.

[punkandska66]

I just re-read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince because the movie is coming out.

[theSarge00]

Last first-read: 1491 - life in the americas before columbus
Last re-read: Postcards from the Edge - Carrie Fisher's inner monologues sound so much like my own...
Last comic: Baker Street compilation by Guy Davis.

[theSarge00]

filmmaking wise, i like the DV Rebel's guide and Rebel without a crew.
as for fiction, check out the Amber series. Its pretty obscure, but a creative storyline, one I have always fantasized about making into a movie. the first book is called Nine Princes in Amber.

Zelazny's become obscure?

[brandon.harw]

For my summer assignment, I'm going to read "The World Without Us" seems interesting and one of the few non fiction books I'm going to read this summer. :learn:

[TreasureBox Films]

I'm reading "American gods" by Neil Giaman currently. So far it's terrific.

[operationivy5656]

You're talking about "A Million Little Pieces", right? You do know that it was at least partially fabricated?
A Million Little Pieces is the first one.
My Friend Leonard is kinda like a sequal.
and I realize its an exagerated story of his life.
but its still a really sad ass book.
far sadder than A Million Little Pieces

[sp00k]

A Million Little Pieces is the first one.
My Friend Leonard is kinda like a sequal.
and I realize its an exagerated story of his life.
but its still a really sad ass book.
far sadder than A Million Little Pieces

Ohhhh! I was wondering if there was a book like My Friend Leonard. My friend read "A Million Little Pieces" and he raved about it. The plot just sounded so familiar when you described it and it drove me nuts wondering what book I was thinking of that was like "My Friend Leonard".

[uberlite00]

A Million Little Pieces is the first one.
My Friend Leonard is kinda like a sequal.
and I realize its an exagerated story of his life.
but its still a really sad ass book.
far sadder than A Million Little Pieces
Oh okay. I've heard that they are both really interesting stories though. Maybe I'll check it out.

[punkandska66]

I just re-read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince because the movie is coming out.

That was yesterday. But I just finished Deathly Hallows. 2 HP books in like 3 days. BAM! I surprised myself.

[Poppyl90]

uhhh. D-day witness accounts from Britain, Canadian, and America. good