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[Peppermint_M]

You have plenty to read through then!

At the moment I am reading lots and lots of short stories, all over the place. Mostly on a post apocalyptic theme.

[Larrynautik]

I'm reading Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, and Miyamoto Musashi, by Yoshikawa Eiji, an extraordinary novel that takes places in medieval Japan. It's a very big book (1500 pages) and I've only read 900, but it's a really interesting story.

[Fred Daniel Yam]

Private Games by James Patterson, amazing. The suspense is huge up til the end.

[Sisco]

I'm reading The Mallorean, the sequel to The Belgariad.  It's a series of five books that chronicles an epic journey across a beautiful fantasy world in search of a King's son.  I'd definitely recommend it, right after you read The Belgariad.

[just2good]

Recently I've been reading a MLP:FiM fanfiction called The Conversion Bureau. The interesting concept keeps my motivation to continue reading.

[Mr Man]

The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien. I only read the 3^rd and 4^th age stuff, with familiar characters, I just can't get into the 1^st or 2^nd age stuff.

[Thea Neotera]

I just finished an awesome 5-part series called "WOOL."  It is, by far, the best science fiction I have read in a LOOOONG time.  I highly recommend it to anyone who's a fan of dystopias, deceit, major plot twists, or just plain suspense!

[Aredhel]

I am reading "The Sword of Truth" by Terry Goodkind.
Right now book 11.

-Aredhel

[Mr Man]

Harry Potter, again .

[Legocrazy81]

Mr Man, on 02 March 2012 - 10:57 PM, said:

Harry Potter, again .

How many times will it be? I was into my third time(book 4) and I stopped to read the Hunger Games trilogy. It was so good I ended up reading it again just a few days after I finished it the first time. I'm about to start again. Gotta read the first to freshen my brain up for the movie. I definitely recommend this series(both, actually) to anyone who hasn't read them yet.

[Mr Man]

Legocrazy81, on 03 March 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

How many times will it be?

18^th for the first 4 books (which I had for ages before book 5 came out). And probably the 6^th for the rest.

I do a lot of reading .

[Studio Draven]

I'm currently reading The Woman In Black by Susan Hill.

[Legocrazy81]

Mr Man, on 03 March 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

18^th for the first 4 books (which I had for ages before book 5 came out). And probably the 6^th for the rest.

I do a lot of reading .

18th!? Shouldn't you have them memorized by now?

[Mr Man]

Legocrazy81, on 04 March 2012 - 02:15 AM, said:

18th!? Shouldn't you have them memorized by now?

Large paragraphs. I annoy my sister by looking at the first line or so she's reading then recite the paragraph before she can .

[Lothos]

Picked up the Coruscant Nights books. Pretty good take on Coruscant post jedi and force sensitive purge.

[RPGer]

Reading the LOTR for the 11th time.  
( No, I'm not joking )

[Mr Man]

RPGer, on 13 March 2012 - 01:16 PM, said:

Reading the LOTR for the 11th time.  
( No, I'm not joking )

11^th. Ha lightweight , I've read it more times than I've read Harry Potter.

[Aanchir]

I just happened to stroll to a downtown bookstore during my lunch break yesterday, and found the newest Artemis Fowl book (Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian). I was quite surprised as I hadn't realized it was out yet, but apparently it came out last week.

Having read it, I think it was a phenomenal capstone to the series, and am glad Eoin Colfer didn't take the "final book in the series" thing lightly. Rest assured that its ending isn't the kind that implies the adventures have completely come to an end, though, and I would be perfectly happy if Eoin Colfer ever decided to write more Artemis Fowl stories, perhaps not as proper installments in the series but rather as "side-stories" like those in The Artemis Fowl Files.

Spoiler time for those who have read the book:

Spoiler

As always, Mulch Diggums ranged from grotesquely disgusting to hilariously disgusting. I wonder how a movie adaptation of the series would ever handle him, as a lot of his gags would be much more distasteful visually than in writing, and there wouldn't be Eoin Colfer's humorous, euphemistic narrative to add humor other than the more juvenile potty humor inherent to those scenes.

I greatly appreciate the detail this book gives Foaly and Caballine's relationship. It really helps flesh both of them out as characters. Foaly got a lot of great scenes in this book, actually.

Opal was treated well, I think. It was very surprising how the story began, with the younger Opal a pawn of the older one. I had always expected things to work the other way around, since with her enhanced magic the younger Opal seemed like much more of a threat. What with the obvious pattern to her appearances as a villain (Every. Other. Book.) and the brief plot synopsis we learned in advance, I was worried another Opal Koboi story might feel repetitive and dull. But then again, I should have known better as I thought the same thing when I read the plot summary for The Time Paradox, since we had just had a time-travel adventure of sorts in the previous book, and that one turned out splendidly. All in all, when Opal did in fact die, it was easy to understand Artemis's reaction-- no sympathy, just a bit of sadness at the waste of life.

Artemis's death and subsequent resurrection were well-handled, IMO. Ending a series on that note could easily fall into the trap of copying other series that have followed that pattern, such as Harry Potter. But this book did it in a way that I think fits perfectly with Artemis's scheming nature. The callback to the first book at the very end felt a little tacky, but being able to emphasize with the characters' joy at Artemis's return kept me from having any bad feelings at that moment.

My biggest disappointment was the lack of much Arty/Holly romance, since I have succumbed to the temptation of shipping those two ever since I first began reading the books in more detail and picking up on the obvious ship tease starting with the UK edition of the second book (the American edition left out the shippiest passage there). There were still some passages that referred to Artemis's attraction to her, but the ending of the story didn't really imply that either was ready to think of the other as anything but a very good friend.

Overall, a really good book. I hope I will not be alone among Artemis Fowl fans in thinking this was a great end to the series.

[Leo Crimson]

Been rereading the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov; probably my favourite author ever, with the exception of maybe J.R.R. Tolkien.

[deanorth]

I'm finishing the new Song of ice and Fire (game of throne) volume actually, then, I'll move to Baxter "Destiny child" part II.

[Nightshroud99]

DUNE, book 1 at least. Very interesting book.. I'm only 70 pages in though. It's also kind of confusing, what with all the make-believe names for things. But the story starts to get a hold of you.

I finished Game of Thrones a few weeks ago so I will probably be starting a Clash of Kings soon as well.  

[Peppermint_M]

Fifty One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

Something you should read if you have not already.

[Multiverse]

Aanchir, on 24 July 2012 - 11:51 PM, said:

I just happened to stroll to a downtown bookstore during my lunch break yesterday, and found the newest Artemis Fowl book (Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian). I was quite surprised as I hadn't realized it was out yet, but apparently it came out last week.

I had much the same experience when a friend recommended it to me; I had no idea it was out already. I feel I've slightly outgrown the series by now (as I felt when The Atlantis Complex came out), but the writing is still as entertaining as ever, so I still enjoy it, even if I can't help feeling more critical about it.

I expect to finish it tomorrow or friday, at which point I'll start on Richard Dawkins' The Magic Of Reality. Next on my reading list is Adverbs by Daniel Handler. =)

Also, I recently finished The Enchantress by Michael Scott. Pretty much the same opinion as on Artemis Fowl, except I have less nostalgia for the Nicholas Flamel series, and I'd pretty much figured out the main anticlimatic plot revelation by the middle of book five.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Im reading the Marvel Civil War prose novel. Im really enjoying it

[Jimbobulus]

Just finished The Lord of The Rings. Better than the films IMO (although I do love the films).

Now going to start (again) on the James Bond books, so Casino Royale :)

Whcih leads me to think a James Bond Lego License would be awesome!