The "What Are You Reading?" thread.

[quote name='wubb']Historical fiction? Gates of Fire really has me in the mood for more of the same so I think I'm going to check this one out.[/quote]

Yes. I like it but then again I'm really into stories of slavery and the south (although this is set in the Carribean) in the 1800s. My two biggest complaints so far is the over use of French or voodoo terms/language where at some points its not even defined whats being said. And the other is that with each chapter the story cycles through a stable of about 4 different people but its not always clear what character you're reading about until a page or two in.
 
The Professor, The Banker, and the Suicide King. By Micheal Craig.

I really like real life poker books and memoir type poker books, interesting shit.
 
[quote name='hohez']Last week I read I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I absolutely loved it.[/quote]

They're making a movie out of this one with Will Smith. I'm going to have to pick up the book to read as well.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Stardust can be read in an afternoon, and is a pretty good indicator of his writing. It's not as satirical as Good Omens is, but I think the humor is more Pratchett than Gaiman. I may be wrong, however. There's also a film of Stardust coming out this summer, so you can buy into the hype by reading the book ahead of time.[/quote]

If you get Stardust, get the illustrated version. I have no idea if it's hard to find, but it's totally worth it.

Most of Gaiman's stuff is self-contained. Good Omens is standalone and is a good place to start. It's one of my favorite books, and I often find myself picking it up to read one little bit and end up rereading the whole thing. I'm not sure where Pratchett ends and Gaiman begins (though I have some ideas) but it is a terrific collaboration.

Neverwhere is also stand alone and a good choice. American Gods is a bit darker/more serious, but probably my favorite novel of his. I was a little disappointed with Anansi Boys -- it's kind of a sequel to American Gods in that it uses some of the same ideas and characters, but it's a totally different feel and lighter and wasn't what I was expecting.
 
[quote name='Mr. Anderson']American Hardcore by Steven Blush. Great book.[/quote]

Vastly better than the movie. Blush shows himself to be a true punk rocker, since he goes out of his way to make mention of his involvement in various scenes during the book (the paranoia of whether or not he is "authentic" is a true staple of most punk rockers :lol:). More than that, however, the book is very well organized by chronology and region, and Blush often serves as a narrator, setting up scenes and letting block quotes from those involved tell the story.

Accidental ethnography, if I do say so myself.

The same publisher also publishes "Lords of Chaos," about the European Black Metal scene. While interesting, I am highly suspect of the first author (Michael Moynihan), who often sculpts acts of arson and murder without placing responsibility on those who comitted those crimes. He also consistently skirts the issue on whether or not he's a white supremacist in interviews, and his other published works involve a compilation of "Siege" articles (an American National Socialist journal by James Mason).

Stick with the Blush book, as Lords of Chaos, while informative, is very slanted and biased.
 
[quote name='shieryda']"Game Informer" - July issue[/QUOTE]
xD

I think I'll add "back of cereal box" to my list. :lol:
 
I HATE THIS THREAD!

It reminded me about my summer reading list...

Let's See, I have to pick 2 books from this list (Or three if I decide on Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You meet in heaven)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
*Tuesdays with Morrie & The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom *N.B. These two books will count as one option.

I'll change my topic in to, "Soon to be reading"

I will Probably soon be reading:
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Dracula by Bram Stoker
 
[quote name='delicious']Have you read them all yet?? I was angry....but wanted to start over.[/quote]

No, I just finished The Gunslinger a couple weeks ago, and just started the second book here recently.
 
I haven't read many books since I got out of school, but I'm thinking of doing it again. I remembered how fun it was to imagine the world in your own way, as you were reading. To not have it foisted upon you by a movie, or changed, dumbed down, anything of the sort.

So I felt like asking what are some good books that you might recommend to me or in general?

I am looking for books that are thinkers, fantasy, dark, humorous, sci-fi, futuristic, things of that sort. I'd also like the story to be set in either modern, current times, or in the future. I am not in the mood for the old West, or the Victorian period, or the Crusades.

The last books I remember reading were:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Fight Club
The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy

I was recommended earlier today Dan Brown and JG Ballard by a good friend of mine.
 
Friday Night Lights - fantastic!
Monster: An Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member - ruthless!

These were during school actually. Who reads at home? :lol:
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']Congratulations, you can post links to other threads instead of commenting.[/QUOTE]

Today's advice to a CAG newbie: search for a thread to see if it exists before making the exact same thread.

Also, don't get smart with me BOY I have a beatin' stick with your name on it.
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']Congratulations, you can post links to other threads instead of commenting.[/QUOTE]

Its the "What Are You Reading?" thread. So he's saying you've made this thread. But we already have a thread about what everyone is reading. It already has a few pages that you could read.
 
[quote name='Pancake Rabbit']Today's advice to a CAG newbie: search for a thread to see if it exists before making the exact same thread.

Also, don't get smart with me BOY I have a beatin' stick with your name on it.[/quote]

This is a thread I made to get recommendations for me, personally. I did not know that having two threads with similar subjects was a sin against humanity. Please forgive me, for believing that I might get answers... I will go ahead and ask people who actually aren't stuck up jerks from now on. Thanks.
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']This is a thread I made to get recommendations for me, personally. I did not know that having two threads with similar subjects was a sin against humanity. Please forgive me, for believing that I might get answers... I will go ahead and ask people who actually aren't stuck up jerks from now on. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

He's not being a "stuck up jerk" if you would slow your role, and listen to people. Go over to the other thread he linked to. People discuss what they're reading, and make recommendations.

CAG is about respect unlike most other forums where people act like assholes.
 
So you deserve a completely separate book thread for your own personal recommendations, yet I'm the stuck up jerk? Alright then boss. I'll just stay out of this thread I guess.
 
[quote name='Graystone']CAG is about respect.[/quote]

Sorry, I'm sorry.

Wait... wait.

Can't stop laughing...

Oh, wait are you serious?

CAG is about respect about as much as I'm about line-dancing from what I've seen.
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']Sorry, I'm sorry.

Wait... wait.

Can't stop laughing...

Oh, wait are you serious?

CAG is about respect about as much as I'm about line-dancing from what I've seen.[/quote]

we might harp/make fun of some people but we actually respect each other when you are a regular who has been posting for atleast a year. And don't annoy us or you will feel our nerdy wraith
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']
CAG is about respect about as much as I'm about line-dancing from what I've seen.[/QUOTE]

You've been the asshole. You asked for some book recommendations. Someone kindly linked you to a place that you would get answers. But yet you want to act like an asshole to those who are trying to help you.

If you would stop acting like a child, you would find tons of recommendations for books in that other thread. But yet you rather do the Internet equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears, and calling everyone poopy heads. Grow the fuck up son.
 
As I wait for God's End by Michael McBride (awesome horror/sci-fi writer) to come to me, I'm about to start The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski
 
Just started God's End by Michael McBride

Description:

The not-so-distant future...

The fledgling democratic state of Iraq is invaded by Syria, triggering a series of events leading to the brink of World War III. Unbeknownst to the recently redeployed American troops, the Middle Eastern countries have formed a secret alliance, baiting the armed forces into traps both in the Persian Gulf and the now-defenseless United States. As the world speeds toward its demise, fulfilled prophecies give rise to the physical manifestations of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who usher the earth into its next phase of evolution. Pestilence's mosquitoes and Famine's locusts spread genetic mutations that alter man and animal alike, creating War’s fearsome reptilian army, The Swarm.

Faced with imminent annihilation, those who survive mankind's own extinction agenda must find each other across a rapidly changing landscape to rally their numbers in the face of Death's legion of genocide. Will humanity prove itself worthy of surviving to usher in a new era of life on earth…or will it succumb to God's End?
Click to expand...

Bloodletting Books still has copies for $45
http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com/goendbymimcl.html
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']Sorry, I'm sorry.

Wait... wait.

Can't stop laughing...

Oh, wait are you serious?

CAG is about respect about as much as I'm about line-dancing from what I've seen.[/quote]

Stop with your douchebaggery plzkthx
 
I did a lot of reading on my vacation. Read all of Running with Scissors (Burroughs) and Battle Royale. Both were excellent. I plowed through Battle Royale, it was so awesomely good.

Halfway through A Feast for Crows. Such a great series.
 
I read "White Noise" (DeLillo) last week, started on "A Happy Death" (Camus) yesterday, which I'll finish today. Next up is "Breakfast of Champions" (Vonnegut).
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']I read "White Noise" (DeLillo) last week, started on "A Happy Death" (Camus) yesterday, which I'll finish today. Next up is "Breakfast of Champions" (Vonnegut).[/QUOTE]

I'm reading BoC right now.
 
  1. Robert Middlekauff, The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
  2. Richard D. Brown, Editor, Major Problems in the Era of the American Revolution, 1760-1791
  3. Catherine Drinker Bowen, Miracle at Philadelphia
All for the Revolutionary America college course I'm taking this summer. And I'm behind.

After I'm done, Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors as a reward. :)
 
[quote name='SithFran']Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
Choke - Chuck Palahniuk

Math textbook. yay.[/quote]

I turboed through Rant in two days and I had my hands on it on the release date, great book. I've read all of Palahniuk's books, and Choke is great too.

I finished American Psycho a couple of weeks ago, and I'm currently hooked on the Ring trilogy by Koji Suzuki. I'm currently on book #2, Spiral, and plan on finishing the last 100 pages this weekend. Then I'm off to finish the trilogy with Loop, which I'll probably order tomorrow.
 
Just started Enemy at the Gates - The Battle for Stalingrad last night. I've read it before but it's an incredible book. The movie was okay but really didn't do justice to the scale of the conflict.

Just FYI, never, never, ever try and invade Russia. Let them come out after you, going into that country is suicide on a massive scale.
 
Due to this thread and a couple others like it, today i picked up Neverwhere, A Hymn Before Battle (Posleen War #1) and i picked up the new Fangoria. Im about a third done with Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and i think its great. I might pick up American Gods this weekend.
 
[quote name='Maklershed']Just ask Napoleon[/QUOTE]

or Hitler. Hell, the US even tried after WWI, but that was a bit different.
 
I haven't read a book in way too long. I just picked up The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. I'll probably plow through it in the next couple of nights.
 
im very slowly trudging through Brave New World. It's a good book with interesting ideas, but i can't get into huxley's writing style
 
Brave New World is a great book IMO. Stick with it.

Read a few graphic novels over the past couple days:

Watchmen
The Dark Knight Returns
Marvel 1602

Watchmen is amazing. I preferred 1602 to DKR but really all 3 of those are excellent.

Also read Stardust by Gaiman (he wrote 1602) and that's a fun read.

Probably going to read Neverwhere next and I'd like to read either Band of Brothers or The Killer Angels.
 
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