What are you reading?

[Who's Wee Dug]

Garn... I have been almost memorizing the blasted thing. I am trying to stumble through Phule's Paradise by Robert Asprin. He is a good author, but I am finding some of his stuff a bit trite. I Really liked Dragons Wild, however that is only the first book in the series and I shall wait to buy it used.

I have a mess of Esther Friesner coming soon hehehe!

I bought Dragons Wild and the sequel Dragons Luck I enjoyed Dragons Wild but have still to read Dragons Luck.

 

[Straw Walker]

Finally caught up with 'Exit Music' The last (?) Rebus tale by Ian Rankin. Don't tell me, I've only just started it!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

I'm getting to Guards Guards - *sighs at pressure* :twisted:
It's not until next week though isn't it? *mutters a bit*

 

[Tonyblack]

I'm getting to Guards Guards - *sighs at pressure* :twisted:
It's not until next week though isn't it? *mutters a bit*

No pressure - you've got three or four days left.

Depends on how fast you can read.

 

[Cheery]

I've read Guards! Guards! at least three or four times and heard the audio book twice, but I still enjoy it every time.
It's like that with most Discworld books: You can read them hundreds of times and still find new things.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Cheery Guards Guards is one of my favorites .

 

[Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit]

I've read Guards! Guards! at least three or four times and heard the audio book twice, but I still enjoy it every time.
It's like that with most Discworld books: You can read them hundreds of times and still find new things.

My baby Sis has trouble with Discworld books due to the sheer volume of the humor. I am going to give her my First edition of Nation as a wedding present. She thinks she will like the difference. I am also throwing in Dave Barry's "Boogers Are My Beat" some of his articles are fall down silly.

Edit: lol Doh! Guards! Guards! ... my paperback is almost falling apart from being read so much. I got it used and it was not treated properly. Eww, does that make me an Elitist about my books? hmmm

 

[chris.ph]

brisingr by chris paolini the third book of the earagorn series

 

[MattK]

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

For some reason I've never read any of Dickens' novels before now.

 

[Tonyblack]

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

For some reason I've never read any of Dickens' novels before now.

I've only read A Christmas Carol by him.

Of course, he was the cause of several deaths in the US.

He used to write his books in installments and people would buy them every few months. Well his writing was so popular that fans used to wait on the dockside for the ship from England with the lastest installment. There were so many people in one case that the jetty they were standing on collapsed and several people were drowned.

And you thought the queues for the newest Harry Potter were daft.

 

[MattK]

Oh, the lines for Harry Potter are still insane. We're just lucky the books aren't coming by boat anymore.

I knew he released some of his stories a chapter at a time through magazines, but wow! If only my own writing could produce such fervor.

 

[Tina a.k.a.SusanSto.Helit]

Just finished "Witch way to the Mall?" edited by Esther Friesner, and am working on "If I Were an Evil Overlord" editied by Martin H. Greenburg and Russel Davis. I enjoy short stories and Esther Friesner is a Hoot with her "Chicks in Chainmail", I mean really, what does one do when your armor rides up and your bronze bustier has an uncomfortable dent.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Just going to start another Agatha Raisin book.

 

[Trish]

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
For some reason I've never read any of Dickens' novels before now.

My favorite of all Dickens's books. I get after it every couple of years.
Enjoy.

 

[Trish]

"In the Woods" by Tana French.
Her first novel that's won all sorts of awards, justifiably so.

 

[Cheery]

I've just finished Nation and I loved it. Just started to continue fighting myself through Twilight. Everyone told me, it got very good after the boring bit, but it just seems to go on and on. (and on and on and on...)

 

[superfurryandy]

Recently...

Peter Bagge - Apocalypse Nerd
Michael Marshall Smith - One of Us
Carl Hiaasen - Double Whammy
Elmore Leonard - Rum Punch
Alexei Sayle - The Weeping Women Hotel

All good.

 

[MattK]

Wasn't Jackie Brown based on Rum Punch?

 

[superfurryandy]

Yup, and a very good adaptation it was - Tarantino's best film in my opinion.

 

[WannabeAngua]

Tarantino's best film in my opinion.

I'v always had a soft spot for From dusk 'til dawn myself.....*salivates at thought of badass George Clooney*

Just finished Gone tomorrow by Lee Child. One of the better Jack Reacher stories in my opinion. Have just started Coraline, want to read it before I see it