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What are you reading?
on: December 30, 2012, 03:25:49 AM
I like reading but don't have much time do do so. I don't like reading a few pages every day or during breaks as I like to sink in the world of the book and that takes time. When I read, I READ. That means five+ hours at least without break. That's why I like to limit my reading to when I'm on holiday like now. I decided to do a bit of reading in German this time and a friend recommended me "Die Zwerge" by Markus Heitz. I'm half way in after two days. Not a bad read if you like fantasy books.


So what are you reading right now? What's the last book you read? How did you like it. Which genre do you prefer. Do you have a favorite book? I know we have a few bookworms here. Come in and share. :pok:
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 03:30:43 AM
I've been reading Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files", currently on Proven Guilty.  Good light read with a nice sense of humour. :)
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 04:43:48 AM
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 05:08:50 AM
I'm still reading Arnold's book.

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 07:52:53 PM
I'm on the school books again, so no fiction at the moment :)

The works of F.M. Alexander and various other things on the subject.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 08:00:24 PM




Its interesting, in its own way.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 08:09:48 PM
Quote from: nuphoria on December 30, 2012, 07:52:53 PM
I'm on the school books again, so no fiction at the moment :)

The works of F.M. Alexander and various other things on the subject.

How's it been? Kids behaving? ;)
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 10:51:48 PM
Quote from: enki_ck on December 30, 2012, 08:09:48 PM
Quote from: nuphoria on December 30, 2012, 07:52:53 PM
I'm on the school books again, so no fiction at the moment :)

The works of F.M. Alexander and various other things on the subject.

How's it been? Kids behaving? ;)

The "kids" I hang out with every month are totally awesome! :D
The age range is about 18-80, and there's some really interesting and intelligent folk to bounce ideas off. Best education experience of my life bar none :tu:
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #8 on: December 30, 2012, 11:59:19 PM
Currently reading Krondor: The Assassins, by Raymond E. Feist. Part of a quite lengthy series, but, by showing many sides of the story, or actually, by creating many different stories, all about the same world, he keeps it very interesting, still liking it after a book or 7.  :)

Can't say the same about, for example, the 'sword of truth' series, by Terry Goodkind. After I had read 5 of the books, I could predict the general plot of the next book flawlessly  :facepalm:
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 02:24:45 AM
Right now I'm reading The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James Hornfischer.  It's about the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944.  The main Japanese fleet, including the largest battleship ever built, was outfought and outbluffed by a small group of very small US Navy warships, the combined weight of who was less than the Japanese flagship alone.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar  Military history has always been fascinating to me.  I've been reading less and less fiction lately, but my favorite writers include Stephen King and Ernest Hemingway.  I'm like enki - when I start reading, I'll do it for hours at a time if I have the chance.  I'm a pretty fast reader, and go through books pretty quickly.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #10 on: December 31, 2012, 03:27:43 AM
A friend bought me the entire collection of Inspector Morse novels in paperback for Christmas, so I've just started the first of those


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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #11 on: December 31, 2012, 06:10:52 AM
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I'm still reading Arnold's book.

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #12 on: December 31, 2012, 06:31:47 AM
This weird forum at this whacky website called Multitool.org, it's full of kooks.  :D

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Reply #13 on: January 01, 2013, 06:25:34 AM
South,The story of Earnest Shackletons Expedition, I love all about Shackleton, he is one of my favorite people.
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Reply #14 on: January 01, 2013, 12:40:13 PM
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South,The story of Earnest Shackletons Expedition, I love all about Shackleton, he is one of my favorite people.

If you like all things Shackleton then you should read Ice Captain; The life of J.R Stenhouse.  Not quite as stirring a story as that of Shackleton's, but an interesting life none-the-less.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #15 on: January 01, 2013, 12:52:16 PM
I'm reading Back to Bologna by Michael Dibdin.
I loved the tv series with Rufus Sewell, and I decided to read the books that inspired it.
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Reply #16 on: January 01, 2013, 02:48:44 PM
I have just finished " A Higher Call, an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of world war II" by  Adam Makos with Larry Alexander.

Its basicly a war biography about the German Fighter Ace Franz Stigler and the USAF bomber pilot Charlie Brown before and after their increible meeting high above Germany in 1943.

I liked it a lot, especially since it paints a pretty good picture of how the Germans experienced the madness of the Nazi party and how it gradually turned Germany into a nightmare.
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Reply #17 on: January 01, 2013, 02:49:18 PM
Quote from: Gareth on January 01, 2013, 12:40:13 PM
Quote from: kmanct3 on January 01, 2013, 06:25:34 AM
South,The story of Earnest Shackletons Expedition, I love all about Shackleton, he is one of my favorite people.

If you like all things Shackleton then you should read Ice Captain; The life of J.R Stenhouse.  Not quite as stirring a story as that of Shackleton's, but an interesting life none-the-less.
Gareth, That does look interesting,I was on that website a while ago. Lots of information.I love that kind of thing, Thanks for the recomendation!
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Reply #18 on: January 01, 2013, 11:13:36 PM
I'm reading the second of Lee Childs jack Reacher novels...not impressed too be very honest.Cant wait to finish it and get back to Arakis,for Chapter House Dune by Frank Herbert
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Reply #19 on: January 05, 2013, 04:30:27 PM
I have to admit I'd never even heard of the Jack Reacher books until the film came out.  Not my normal type of read though so I feel OK with my ignorance. :D
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Reply #20 on: January 05, 2013, 06:07:45 PM
Me either.  I may have to look them up now.  I wouldn't mind seeing how the character is supposed to be without being "Tom-ified."

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #21 on: January 07, 2013, 04:07:41 PM
I've just finished Robin Hobbs 'Assassin' trilogy - she's a brilliant US fantasy writer, and I've started 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I'm having mixed feelings about.

My favourite books are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'Grapes of Wrath' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London', but I also love William Gibson for some throw away fun.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #22 on: January 07, 2013, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: Gareth on December 30, 2012, 03:30:43 AM
I've been reading Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files", currently on Proven Guilty.  Good light read with a nice sense of humour. :)

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I ploughed through this series in near record time. I think I ploughed through the Aubrey/Maturin series (on which the movie 'Master and Commander was based) a little faster, but Dresden Files are easy, fun reads.

I'm just waiting for a friend's copy of 'Cold Days' to become available to catch up.

I just got 'Cloud Atlas' from the library, and cracked it open last night. I haven't started it in ernest yet, but even the first two pages show great promise.

And... also... I'm working on proofing a manuscript for a friend. That's going to be a tough chore, since I can't buy in to the main premise. Ugg...
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Reply #23 on: January 07, 2013, 07:34:29 PM
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I've just finished Robin Hobbs 'Assassin' trilogy - she's a brilliant US fantasy writer, and I've started 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I'm having mixed feelings about.

My favourite books are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'Grapes of Wrath' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London', but I also love William Gibson for some throw away fun.

loved the Assassin books, though it's been years since I read them now.
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Reply #24 on: January 07, 2013, 07:35:30 PM
Well the Japanese lost off Samar, hardly a surprise ending to my last book.   ::)  That's one downside to reading history, you know how it ends....  Last night I started Helmet For My Pillow by Robert Leckie, again about World War II.  If anyone saw the miniseries The Pacific on HBO, this is one of the books that it was based on. 
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #25 on: January 07, 2013, 07:57:17 PM
Quote from: Gareth on January 07, 2013, 07:34:29 PM
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I've just finished Robin Hobbs 'Assassin' trilogy - she's a brilliant US fantasy writer, and I've started 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I'm having mixed feelings about.

My favourite books are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'Grapes of Wrath' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London', but I also love William Gibson for some throw away fun.

loved the Assassin books, though it's been years since I read them now.

Did you read the 'Tawny Man' trilogy too? If so, what did you think? They're next on my list of hers to read. Loved the Liveship books too.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #26 on: January 07, 2013, 08:03:21 PM
Quote from: magentus on January 07, 2013, 07:57:17 PM
Quote from: Gareth on January 07, 2013, 07:34:29 PM
Quote from: magentus on January 07, 2013, 04:07:41 PM
I've just finished Robin Hobbs 'Assassin' trilogy - she's a brilliant US fantasy writer, and I've started 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I'm having mixed feelings about.

My favourite books are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'Grapes of Wrath' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London', but I also love William Gibson for some throw away fun.

loved the Assassin books, though it's been years since I read them now.

Did you read the 'Tawny Man' trilogy too? If so, what did you think? They're next on my list of hers to read. Loved the Liveship books too.

I did, and if you liked Fitz and the Fool then I think you'll like the Tawny Man books.  A small disclaimer though, it has been ten years since I read them. :D
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #27 on: January 07, 2013, 08:21:32 PM
Quote from: Gareth on January 07, 2013, 08:03:21 PM
Quote from: magentus on January 07, 2013, 07:57:17 PM
Quote from: Gareth on January 07, 2013, 07:34:29 PM
Quote from: magentus on January 07, 2013, 04:07:41 PM
I've just finished Robin Hobbs 'Assassin' trilogy - she's a brilliant US fantasy writer, and I've started 'Everything is Illuminated' by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I'm having mixed feelings about.

My favourite books are 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 'Grapes of Wrath' and 'Down and Out in Paris and London', but I also love William Gibson for some throw away fun.

loved the Assassin books, though it's been years since I read them now.

Did you read the 'Tawny Man' trilogy too? If so, what did you think? They're next on my list of hers to read. Loved the Liveship books too.

I did, and if you liked Fitz and the Fool then I think you'll like the Tawny Man books.  A small disclaimer though, it has been ten years since I read them. :D

Yup; Fitz the Fool, and Nighteyes too. I shan't hold you responsible if I'm not 100% delighted though Gareth. I've loved everything else I've read of hers.

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #28 on: February 08, 2013, 07:52:38 PM
Picked this up from a local dog rescue shop the other day,great read plus I like her way of thinking as it's the way I feel about how dogs work  :tu:
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Re: What are you reading?
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