What books are you currently reading? [Archive]

Violent VictiM

07-14-2007, 07:39 PM

Finished "Love Walked In" by Marisa de Los Santos. Great book, definitely meant for a chick but I picked it up anyways. Wound up being a good read.

I'm about to finish "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fucking amazing read.

Psychoticninja

07-14-2007, 08:52 PM

Ruby - V.C. Andrews V.C. Andrews rocks :D

Shoesalesman

07-15-2007, 04:16 AM

I still have From A Buick 8 (Stephen King) on my nightstand collecting dust. I just don't have the time I used to have to read. I read a few pages before bed, fall asleep, then have to re-read those pages over again the next night because I don't remember what happened.

A. Remin' D.

07-15-2007, 07:56 PM

I'm reading The Shining again.

Not only is it one of the greatest horror stories, but it's a great story about parent-children relationships, problems, and second sight.

Myers, Michael

07-15-2007, 08:51 PM

Right now I'm re-reading "The Partner" by John Grisham. Read it for the first time in summer of 2000. I remember because it was my grandfather's book that I got him for his birthday when he was in the hospital in 1997 and he passes away from cancer in July of 2000 and he left all his old books to me and this was the first I read. Really helped me get my mind off of tough times.

Wheatjedi

07-15-2007, 08:54 PM

I'm still cruisin' through October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween. I just love fall/October/Halloween.

sickboy

07-16-2007, 07:51 AM

Well when I have an time to read I'm trying to burn through Stephen King's The Gunslinger. So far it's been a really enjoyable read (and let's face it, Roland is awesome).

MiMania

07-16-2007, 08:05 AM

I'm still reading The Running Man by Stephen King. I haven't really had a whole lot of time to read lately, so I'm only about 60 or 70 pages in.

Deathscythe

07-16-2007, 08:09 AM

I'm not reading anything at the moment. I did however finish the book Go Ask Alice a while ago.

FinalBeyond

07-16-2007, 07:55 PM

Been going through some of the old Target Doctor Who novels. The Hand Of Fear, The Web Of Fear (Funny coincidence, that) and The Five Doctors, thus far.

jayTL

07-17-2007, 04:54 AM

"what Dreams may come" by Matheson

CosmoBubba

07-17-2007, 05:07 AM

I finished "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane last Friday. Pretty good, though I liked the movie a little bit more.

I'm not sure what I've got lined up next. About this time last year, a friend of mine sent me eight Stephen King books and the complete works of both Edgar Allen Poe and the Brothers Grimm, and I haven't read more than a few pages of any of them yet. I could probably stand to really dig one of them.

Melanie Jarvis

07-17-2007, 05:13 AM

I am in the middle of "Lucky Man" by Michael J. Fox. It is a great book that makes me think I should appreciate life a little more.

Nancy Thompson

07-17-2007, 10:38 PM

I started to read On The Run by Iris Johansen

Skye

07-18-2007, 06:31 AM

I just got through the latest Mary Janice Davidson novel, "Undead and Uneasy" about the reluctant Queen of the Vampires, Betsy Taylor. Very funny stuff. Looking forward to the new Harry Potter on Saturday.

Germaniac

07-18-2007, 06:41 AM

I am currently reading Robert Bloch´s Psycho House. I read his Psycho and Psycho 2 just before that one.
After that one I will either read Eric Morse´s F13th: Jason´s curse or Tomas Harris´Hannibal Rising.

Skye

07-21-2007, 07:02 AM

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so don't expect to see me until at least tomorrow. :)

Darth Sinister

07-21-2007, 08:50 PM

I'm about to start some "Three Investigators" books that I either haven't read before or reading again, for the first time in years.

FreddyKR

07-23-2007, 08:01 AM

I'm reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson...pretty good I must say. I wanted to read the book before the movie comes out.

Jigsaw

07-23-2007, 08:02 AM

Darkman: The Gods Of Hell

Gringo Loco

07-24-2007, 09:41 PM

I just picked up Blaze by Richard Bachman. Some of you know him by the name of Stephen King. :D

The synopsis sounds good so far.

jayTL

07-25-2007, 06:05 AM

I'm reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson...pretty good I must say. I wanted to read the book before the movie comes out.

I'd also reccomend trying to watch "The last Man on earth" with Vincent Price. Very good movie (not as good as the book), and probably the best adaptation of the story

FreddyKR

07-25-2007, 06:21 AM

Alright, thanks. I'll look into that, prob rent it from Hollywood.

BlakeTyner

07-25-2007, 07:39 AM

I'm reading "Helter Skelter" at the moment. Well, I'm not actively reading it - it's my bathroom book. But I gotta say, damn, the Manson "family" was severely fucked up.

~Blake

Gringo Loco

07-25-2007, 07:40 AM

I'm reading "Helter Skelter" at the moment. Well, I'm not actively reading it - it's my bathroom book. But I gotta say, damn, the Manson "family" was severely fucked up.

~Blake

I think I read that book in Junior High. Saying they were nuts somehow isn't even the tip of the iceberg.

Lance Lives

07-26-2007, 04:47 AM

I'm reading the Vampire Lestat right now.

I've been thinking about reading the Harry Potter books though. Everybody was buying the new one so much at work the other day that it kinda made me interested in something I've never given a second thought to.

Gringo Loco

07-26-2007, 04:51 AM

You know what freaked me out, and maybe it's because I don't frequent hospitals that much, but a local hospital I was at had several copies of the new Harry Potter book for sale. heh I couldn't believe it.

On topic of Lestat, I read it over 10 years ago, but if memory serves correct, it's a great book. Better than Interview imo.

Nancy Thompson

07-31-2007, 04:11 PM

I start a book called The Oath by Frank Peretti Friday night and i am in 200 hunder pages in it. i got about 200 more. its pretty good way better the last book i read from him

Freddy-Fan

07-31-2007, 05:51 PM

I'm reading "Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey."

. . . you gotta love Chuck Palahniuk. :cool:

Rich

07-31-2007, 06:58 PM

I am reading two classic stories by H.G. Wells: The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.

Darth Sinister

08-04-2007, 01:43 AM

I'm reading "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Go Ask Malice", starring Faith.

Spade

08-04-2007, 08:12 AM

I'm reading "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Go Ask Malice", starring Faith.

I've read that, I liked it.

Right now I'm reading "Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Blackout". After it I think I'll read Queen of the Slayers.

Take care and God bless.

Spade

Scarecrow

08-09-2007, 10:44 PM

Reading "Necroscope II: Wampyri!" at the moment. So far an excellent sequel to a book told ina rather unique way. The author has a great attention to detail when it comes to characters, possibly more so than when it comes to plot. :P But at any rate, excellent work so far.

- Scarecrow

Violent VictiM

08-10-2007, 06:34 AM

I'm actually halfway through this gripping tale called, "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish". It's an amazing story. I had to read it after I read "Fox in Sox". Just beautiful poetry beginning to end; I read it in one sitting.

But in seriousness, the last book I read was "The Beautiful and Damned" by Fitzgerald. I've been meaning to pick up a new book but I've been strapped for cash these few weeks. I might just take some of the books you guys are reading for suggestions. Some of them seem badass.

Just Jeans

08-10-2007, 08:07 PM

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. My sister got so tired of me pestering her to find her copy that she went and purchased me one of my own. I read 50 pages last night. :X

I'm also reading Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island, and Doctor Who - The New Adventures: Sanctuary.

Has anyone here heard of the Prey series? It's a detective series, and each book has 'Prey' in the title. I've read Silent Prey. I hear the series is up to, like, book 17. I need to read them.

BlakeTyner

08-10-2007, 09:27 PM

I'm presently a few stories into an anthology of multicultural literature, starting with Native American stuff. So far it's pretty good.

~Blake

The Taff

08-10-2007, 09:29 PM

I'm currently reading Splinter Cell: CHeckmate. I'm near the end.

I'm thinking of going back and reading all 14 volumes of Love Hina again...

Just Jeans

08-11-2007, 02:03 AM

I need to read Love Hina. Come to think of it, I need to finish watching the animated series as well. I've gotten to the last disc, but I've not watched it.

MaDMaNMaRz

08-11-2007, 02:12 AM

Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City.......It's written by Ursula Bielski. She's a local historian, ghost hunter, and parapsychology enthusiast. :)

It's a very well written book......very detailed as well.

The Taff

08-11-2007, 03:40 AM

I need to read Love Hina. Come to think of it, I need to finish watching the animated series as well. I've gotten to the last disc, but I've not watched it.

I love the animated series, but the books are SO much better.

Shoesalesman

08-12-2007, 05:51 PM

I'm reading "Helter Skelter" at the moment. Well, I'm not actively reading it - it's my bathroom book. But I gotta say, damn, the Manson "family" was severely fucked up.

~Blake

I read that one about two years ago. A good read!!!

I'm finally picking up steam with From A Buick 8. A quarter of the way through and now I can read 20-30 pages at a time. :funky:

Darth Sinister

08-14-2007, 02:59 AM

I'm about to read "Three Investigators & The Mystery Of The Moaning Cave". Love being able to read the books of my youth.

Nancy Thompson

08-14-2007, 03:50 AM

About to start reading The Anniversary by Amy Gutman

Lance Lives

08-15-2007, 03:33 AM

I just read Fight Club. It was really good. I'm gonna try to find some more Palahniuk stuff. I'm currently starting American Psycho. I heard it is really crazy, like even more so than the movie.

Special Killa B

08-22-2007, 06:03 PM

Just finished Stephen King's Christine.

I went to the book store and bought Supernatural:Nevermore, Dog the Bounty Hunter's Biography and The Rise and Fall of ECW.

So I should have a busy few months of reading.

Geddy Peart

08-22-2007, 11:56 PM

I'm reading Harlan Ellsion's original teleplay for "City o the Edge of Forever" as well as "Earth Bound" and "Hell House"; both by Richard Matheson.

The Dream Master

08-23-2007, 01:00 AM

I'm still chugging away at the materials I have to read for my oral examinations, which should be happening in October (at the earliest) or November (at the latest). I just finished "Everyman," a 15th-century morality play with an anonymous author.

Darth Sinister

08-25-2007, 08:53 PM

I'm about to start "Legacy Of The Force: Inferno".

Just Jeans

08-26-2007, 02:03 AM

I'm still reading The Chamber of Secrets and two Doctor Who books at the same time. Not fun. I think I'll finish all three before I start my next book, which will probably be Steve Alten's MEG.

BlakeTyner

08-26-2007, 07:05 AM

I just finished the NOES novel "Suffer the Children" (which Jeansie let me borrow, along with the F13th "Hate - Kill - Repeat" which I'll start soon.)

Wow.

What a complete piece of shit. I hung in until the end, but this was romance novel kind of bad. Eesh, I hope that dude has a good day job.

~Blake

Spade

08-26-2007, 08:06 AM

The Dream Master

08-26-2007, 08:15 AM

I'm now up to The Faerie Queen in my studies. Only about 400+ years of literature to go and I'm finished studying.

Just Jeans

08-26-2007, 11:40 PM

LOL I own that. I haven't read it yet, and now I'm glad I didn't.

The one I loaned to Blake is actually the one you sent me through the mail. :lol:

I hope Blake likes Hate-Kill-Repeat. I actually thought it was pretty good (by the standards that you can hold tie-in novels to, at least).

MaDMaNMaRz

08-28-2007, 03:49 AM

I actually didn't start reading it yet, but I bought Clive Barker's classic The Hellbound Heart. :) Seeing as how it inspired Hellraiser, I know i'll love it.

The Dream Master

08-28-2007, 03:55 AM

I'm now at the Shakespeare portion of my studies. I've been studying Henry IV, Part One and Hamlet. Up next: The Tempest, King Lear, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Spade

08-28-2007, 11:49 AM

I actually didn't start reading it yet, but I bought Clive Barker's classic The Hellbound Heart. :) Seeing as how it inspired Hellraiser, I know i'll love it.

I have that book, but it's the book on tape version :p. Haven't listened to it yet though.

Nancy Thompson

08-29-2007, 12:09 PM

Gonna start Most Likely To Die By Lisa Jackson, Wendy Corsi Staub & Beverly Barton Lady who work at my public library said it was a good book.

The Dream Master

08-29-2007, 10:18 PM

Works plowed through recently:

Henry IV, Part One
Hamlet
King Lear
The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus
Six sonnets by Shakespeare
Six poems by John Donne

BlakeTyner

08-30-2007, 04:38 AM

Which sonnets? Tell me you got some good dark lady ones squeezed in.

I've started the F13 novel Hate-Kill-Repeat and it's pretty good so far - a lot better than that shitty NOES one I read. ;) The only thing that grinds my gears a bit is the obvious British-isms in a book set in the USA. Sorry, guy, but not everyone in the story is going to refer to an intersection as a "junction" or a hood as a "bonnet." There may be one crazy fuck like Jeansie, but not all of them.

~Blake

The Dream Master

08-30-2007, 04:53 AM

BlakeTyner

08-30-2007, 05:02 AM

Sonnets 18, 29...and I can't remember any of the rest. Whichever number "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" is was another one I studied. And yeah, I did do one form the "dark lady/dark mistress sequence."

How'd I know that 18 would be one of them? :)

If you're working from the Norton Shakespeare, do you find it a bit odd that the sonnets are smack dab in the middle of the book, rather than at the beginning or end?

~Blake

ADDED:

I always thought the first part of Sonnet 27 could have been a quote at the beginning of a NOES movie.

"Weary with toil I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head -
To work my mind when body's work's expired"

The Dream Master

08-30-2007, 05:04 AM

I'm actually working from a Norton Anthology that covers everything from Beowulf to the Romantics, but I do know what you're talking about. I never thought that made much sense, either. I have another Shakespeare anthology (Bedford, maybe?) that has all the sonnets at the end, I think.

Denzil

08-30-2007, 11:38 PM

I'm currently reading:

Ric Flair - To Be the Man

The Dream Master

08-31-2007, 01:22 AM

Read/studied Volopone today.

BlakeTyner

09-02-2007, 07:14 AM

I hope Blake likes Hate-Kill-Repeat. I actually thought it was pretty good (by the standards that you can hold tie-in novels to, at least).

I did, actually. I'll forgive the British-isms, and say that it was about 100% more well-written than the NOES book. Although, for what it's worth, after finishing the NOES book, I was a bit wigged out by Freddy for a couple of days. I'm not feeling that about Jason.

Really, though I enjoy the latter flicks, zombie/unkillable Jason just doesn't provoke any fear in me. The concept of it is a lot scarier than the execution. But that's just splitting hairs. The final pages in the hotel were over-the-top, but fuck it. The thing that brought me out of the book the most is the fact that there's a fucking near-skyrise hotel in a town that's obviously hickville. That and a police helicopter. Imagine if Jefferson or Ore City had a hotel like that, lol.

~Blake

Nancy Thompson

09-02-2007, 04:49 PM

I am about to start reading Summer of Storms By Judith Kelman

I got done reading Most Likely To Die By Lisa Jackson, Wendy Corsi Staub & Beverly Barton It was very good book I could not believe who the killer was though. That shock the hell out of me LOL!

Shoesalesman

09-05-2007, 02:35 AM

Star Wars: Dark Apprentice (Volume 2 in the Jedi Academy Trilogy).
Written by Kevin J. Anderson

The Dark Vampire

09-05-2007, 03:03 AM

http://www.onlineonslaught.com/images/d047scd.jpg

I've read other wrestling autobiographies from wrestlers who were in WCW and worked for Eric and while I'm unsure what version of events to believe it's good to see things from Eric's side of the fence

The Dream Master

09-05-2007, 03:24 AM

Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism and Essay on Man.

Studying all this stuff is killing me. :(

Sketch Sanchez

09-07-2007, 05:06 PM

I love noir, I love detective stuff, so its any wonder I've never read Raymond Chandler books before.

Well I took the plunge and bought his first novel "The Big Sleep" and I'm hooked. I'm almost done too.

Nancy Thompson

09-09-2007, 07:06 PM

I just started to read Desperation by Stephen King got alot to read since its about 700 pages

Denzil

09-09-2007, 09:34 PM

I've finished Ric Flair's autobiography "To Be the Man" and i've moved onto:

"Bovver" by Chris Brown. It is about Chris' experiences as a notorious football (soccer) hooligan group that supported Bristol Rovers. It takes you from the late 1960's all the way to 1979, detailing the football matches, fights, music and clothing from that era.

MaDMaNMaRz

09-12-2007, 07:37 AM

I picked up a copy of Dean Koontz's Tick Tock today. I didn't start reading it yet. This one sounded very interesting. The plot synopsis definitely sounds great:

Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist, living the American Dream in southern California. One evening he comes to find a small rag doll on his doorstep. It's a simple doll, covered entirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyes and mouth, and another pair forming an X over the heart. Curious, he brings it inside.

That night, Tommy hears an odd popping sound and looks up to see the stitches breaking over the doll's heart. And in minutes the fabric of Tommy Phan's reality will be torn apart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth, something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something that he can't destroy. It wants Tommy's life and he doesn't know why. He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress he meets by chance - or by a design far beyond his comprehension. He has too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Because the vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning on Tommy's computer screen:

The deadline is dawn.

TICKTOCK

Time is running out.

BlakeTyner

09-12-2007, 08:37 AM

Sir Walter Scott - Waverly

~Blake

kain4521

09-13-2007, 01:14 AM

Star Wars Specter of the past ~ Timothy Zahn

ChoKo

09-13-2007, 10:23 AM

I'm re-reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan. I really love it. I've read it three times already.

CanadianFonzie

09-16-2007, 05:16 AM

Stephen King's Christine

Denzil

09-16-2007, 08:10 PM

The Hidden Face of Shyness - Understanding and Overcoming Social Anxiety by Franklin Schneier and Lawrence Welkowitz.

Scarecrow

09-17-2007, 07:53 AM

Finally finished "Necroscope II: Wampyri!" an insane cold-war, vampire tale. Going to start on a book a friend leant me called "Bitten" next.

- Scarecrow

ChoKo

09-18-2007, 09:20 AM

I finished Cosmos, and I'm now reading Don Quixote again.

The Dream Master

09-19-2007, 04:57 AM

In the past week, I read "She Stoops to Conquer," "Robinson Crusoe," "Don Juan," "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," and am now working on "Wuthering Heights."

I also read some selected poetry by the big four (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley), Tennyson, the Brownings, and Arnold.

BlakeTyner

09-19-2007, 04:59 AM

Frankenstein.

~Blake

The Dream Master

09-19-2007, 05:00 AM

<---Wonders why Frankenstein isn't on the list of books for his exam.

BlakeTyner

09-19-2007, 05:53 AM

Are they screwing you out of Gothic literature, Brett?

Oddly enough, this is one of the classics that I've never had to read, so this is my first time through it. I'm really enjoying it, particularly after the dense prose of Walter Scott.

~Blake

The Dream Master

09-19-2007, 01:41 PM

Wuthering Heights has some gothic elements, but that's about the closest thing to Gothic literature on my whole list.

Just Jeans

09-19-2007, 09:47 PM

Going to start on a book a friend leant me called "Bitten" next.

If it's the book I'm thinking about (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitten_%28novel%29), then get ready for a ton of soap-opera quality stand-offs between the lead character (Elena) and her ex-lover. :pull:

Mind you, I didn't think the book was horrible. I plan on reading the next one (Stolen), but the mellow-dramatic romance between Elena and Clayton is a bit grating.

Erik

09-19-2007, 09:54 PM

I'm re-reading Frankenstein since it's on the curriculum for school. It's still like the best book ever.

Jigsaw

09-20-2007, 09:14 AM

Darkman: In The Face Of Death

Shoesalesman

09-24-2007, 06:34 PM

Star Wars: Champions Of The Force (Volume 3 of The Jedi Academy Trilogy)
Written by Kevin J. Anderson

Special Killa B

09-25-2007, 12:30 AM

I'm halfway through "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" Dog the Bounty Hunter's Autobiography

Gringo Loco

09-25-2007, 02:11 AM

I just picked up Carrie by Stephen King. I'm about halfway done with that. Hopefully, as soon as I'm finished, I will be starting Stephen King's It.

On a side note, I found an original first edition? of It at a bookstore near my house. I might pick it up after the first.

BlakeTyner

09-27-2007, 01:35 AM

ChildrenoftheDamned

09-28-2007, 07:26 PM

"THE HEROIN DIARIES" by Nikki Sixx.

The Dream Master

10-01-2007, 03:44 AM

Thomas De Quincy - "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"

(Brett, put this on your reading list for when you get done with studying for comps. It's pretty short (80 pages or so) and available at Project Gutenberg if you don't want to lay down the cash. It's very good (surprisingly good, actually.)

~Blake

Will do, good sir.

I'm currently reading Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children." It's a long-ass read (530 pages), but I'm almost 2/5ths of the way, through.

Kat

10-01-2007, 04:54 AM

The Dirt by Motley Crue
Metallica: This Monster Lives

Dave Dunwoody

10-04-2007, 06:36 PM

Just finished the anthology The Children of Cthulhu (http://www.amazon.com/Children-Cthulhu-John-Pelan/dp/0345441087/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8155953-9131144?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191519298&sr=1-1). It was a good collection of Lovecraftian stories, although some of them didn't do anything new with the mythos, which was the anthology's aim. Still, that's not a bad thing when you're a huge Lovecraft fan.

Nancy Thompson

10-05-2007, 07:33 PM

I am bout to start reading Light of Day by Christopher Rice I bough it yesterday at a book sell at my local Library And then I will be reading Sleeping Beauty by Phillip Margolin

BlakeTyner

10-07-2007, 05:19 AM

Since I have about a month of free time between classes, I'm re-reading "Clear and Present Danger" by Tom Clancy.

~Blake

sickboy

10-07-2007, 10:15 PM

Just started "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", and got a re-read of Dracula lined up after that. Then onto The Wastelands by Stephen King. I'm nothing if not organised.

Nancy Thompson

10-09-2007, 01:55 AM

About to start reading Copy Cats by Erica Spindler I heard this book is good and i have read her book called See Jane Die and i like that book. Then after i read this i will read Skin by Ted Dekker

Darth Sinister

10-15-2007, 08:49 PM

"Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Dark Congress" by Christopher Golden.

Spade

10-16-2007, 07:31 AM

"Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Dark Congress" by Christopher Golden.

So how are you liking it?

Shoesalesman

10-16-2007, 06:42 PM

MARIO by Lawrence Martin.

It's an older paperback autobiography of Mario Lemieux

Rich

10-18-2007, 01:35 AM

The invisible Man by HG Wells
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Just Jeans

10-19-2007, 12:20 AM

Denzil

10-21-2007, 09:25 PM

Financial Accounting and Reporting (12th Edition) - Barry Elliott and Jamie Elliott

Just Jeans

10-25-2007, 10:04 AM

I just finished reading The Feast of the Drowned (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Drowned), now I'm moving on to The Resurrection Casket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrection_Casket).

nottidelterrore

10-28-2007, 01:11 AM

I'm reading Resident Evil: Caliban Cove. I've read all of the books about the videogames by SD Perry when I was a teenager. I've never read the original books that take place between the games, however. A friend let me borrow both Caliban Cove & Underworld. With both of them read, I'll hopefully be moving onto The Making of Friday the 13th...whenever it arrives in the mail.

Spade

10-28-2007, 01:18 AM

I just finished reading The Stealers of Dreams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stealers_of_Dreams), and I'm about to start The Feast of the Drowned (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Drowned).

I just finished reading The Feast of the Drowned (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Drowned), now I'm moving on to The Resurrection Casket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrection_Casket).

Having a little Who-fest my friend?
ADDED:
I'm reading Resident Evil: Caliban Cove. I've read all of the books about the videogames by SD Perry when I was a teenager. I've never read the original books that take place between the games, however. A friend let me borrow both Caliban Cove & Underworld. With both of them read, I'll hopefully be moving onto The Making of Friday the 13th...whenever it arrives in the mail.

Shows how goofy I am, I didn't even know there was Resident Evil books.

sCabbOy

10-28-2007, 01:24 AM

The Gentle Swastika: Reclaiming The Innocence by Manwoman

MaDMaNMaRz

10-28-2007, 02:45 AM

Shows how goofy I am, I didn't even know there was Resident Evil books.

Yeah, they've been around for quite a while. I have a couple of them. The very first book (The Umbrella Chronicles) is basically an adaption of the original RE game. I also have the book based off RE2. If you like the games, you'd definitely like the books. :)

nottidelterrore

10-28-2007, 02:49 AM

Having a little Who-fest my friend?
ADDED:

Shows how goofy I am, I didn't even know there was Resident Evil books.

They're pretty good reads. Some continuity errors but that mainly has to do with the books coming out in '98 & '99 with Resident Evil 2 & 3. They're pretty short too. Around 250 pages each sans the novelization of RE 2, which is around 340 pages.

Just Jeans

10-28-2007, 02:51 AM

Having a little Who-fest my friend?

Yeah, I'm trying to power through the New Series Adventures. I realized after I got the books you sent me that I had fallen four books behind. After I finish The Resurrection Casket, I've got two more to read. :)

Shows how goofy I am, I didn't even know there was Resident Evil books.

They've released several by now. Let's see if I can remember them...

The Umbrella Conspiracy (RE1), Caliban Cove (starring that lusty lesbian Rebecca Chambers), City of the Dead (RE2), Underworld, Nemesis, Code: Veronica and Zero Hour.

S.D. Perry hasn't done any more as yet, and she's only written two originals. I've been waiting to see if she even attempts to adapt Resident Evil 4, because the way she's developed the story, Umbrella has become a huge power house, which is obviously not the case as seen in the fourth game.

On the plus side, she made Rebecca a nubile little lesbian.

Spade

10-28-2007, 02:54 AM

Yeah, they've been around for quite a while. I have a couple of them. The very first book (The Umbrella Chronicles) is basically an adaption of the original RE game. I also have the book based off RE2. If you like the games, you'd definitely like the books. :)

They're pretty good reads. Some continuity errors but that mainly has to do with the books coming out in '98 & '99 with Resident Evil 2 & 3. They're pretty short too. Around 250 pages each sans the novelization of RE 2, which is around 340 pages.

They've released several by now. Let's see if I can remember them...

The Umbrella Conspiracy (RE1), Caliban Cove (starring that lusty lesbian Rebecca Chambers), City of the Dead (RE2), Underworld, Nemesis, Code: Veronica and Zero Hour.

S.D. Perry hasn't done any more as yet, and she's only written two originals. I've been waiting to see if she even attempts to adapt Resident Evil 4, because the way she's developed the story, Umbrella has become a huge power house, which is obviously not the case as seen in the fourth game.

On the plus side, she made Rebecca a nubile little lesbian.

Sounds interesting. I might have to go out and buy a couple of them.

MaDMaNMaRz

10-28-2007, 02:55 AM

I forgot....I have Caliban Cove as well. I just haven't read it yet. :eek:

Erik

10-28-2007, 08:46 PM

I finished Dracula last Sunday. I think it's my new favorite book.

Chex

10-31-2007, 12:59 AM

Eh, my reading material that I'm having to get through is stacked up too high. First there's my manga collection that I'm having to read (and for some, reread):

Negima - volumes 1-15
Boys Be - volumes 1-14
Berserke - volumes 1-19
Fushigi Yugi - volumes 1-18
Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden - volumes 1-5
The Wallflower - volumes 1-13

I've read some of the volumes already, but every time I pick up a new volume of a title, it's been some time (re: at least 2 months) since I've read the previous one. Hence, I like to go back and read through them again. Then there's that most of these titles I haven't read up to my current volume in a long time.

After those, I'll probably read the four volumes of Vampire Hunter D I have before I pick up the volumes after along with Ju-On the novel and Boogiepop Phantom.

Spade

10-31-2007, 08:01 AM

After those, I'll probably read the four volumes of Vampire Hunter D I have before I pick up the volumes after along with Ju-On the novel and Boogiepop Phantom.

I hope that Boogiepop book is better than the movie.

Chex

10-31-2007, 08:09 AM

The BoogiePop Phantom books are great. Much, much better than the films. It's interesting how most of the novel/s run around one event, but you read about each of these different characters during that time period.

They need to release more of them at a faster pace, but hey, I can be patient.

I'm also anticipating the Death Note novel next year since it has "L" in it.

Spade

10-31-2007, 08:20 AM

Chex

10-31-2007, 08:25 AM

I'll be honest, the Death Note films aren't all that great. I highly suggest the manga or in this case, even the anime (love the soundtrack to it!).

Boogiepop is one oddity that the anime actually works with the manga in that it doesn't really try to recreate or make an adaption of the novels, but stories that work with them instead.

Oh, and Vampire Hunter D novels I'll take any day over the two anime film features. There are so many good stories for them to adapt if they wanted, but I'll admit that the novels are even better than the ones they made.

Just Jeans

10-31-2007, 08:40 AM

I've just finished reading The Resurrection Casket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrection_Casket), Now I'm reading The Art of Destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Destruction).

Spade

10-31-2007, 08:56 AM

Just Jeans

10-31-2007, 09:02 AM

Patrick

10-31-2007, 10:07 AM

I am about to start reading Mommie Dearest. I got the hardback edition off of eBay.

Even though Christina Crawford seems like a bitch, I love Joan Crawford.

Chex

10-31-2007, 10:17 AM

I've never seen the Death Note anime. I've read a little bit of the manga a while back.

I'm usually skeptical of anime adaptations of manga because more often than not, the manga is leagues better.

However, this is one instance where I can say the anime is nearly even. I don't think it's better, but it's very close.

If you can, and did like what you read, I'd say read more of Death Note. The feeling of 'cat and mouse' between Light and L is such a fun read.

Spade

10-31-2007, 11:01 AM

You remember that scene in The Blob where the guy pokes the blob with a stick, and it slides up the stick and latches onto his hand? There's a moment like that in the prologue of The Art of Destruction. :eek: It gives me the shudders.

Sounds cool.
I'm usually skeptical of anime adaptations of manga because more often than not, the manga is leagues better.

However, this is one instance where I can say the anime is nearly even. I don't think it's better, but it's very close.

If you can, and did like what you read, I'd say read more of Death Note. The feeling of 'cat and mouse' between Light and L is such a fun read.

Yeah I understand about being skeptical about anime adaptations of manga. I'm that way about movie adaptations of anime or manga. Although the movie versions of some of Kazuo Umezz's manga's were alright. And the Initial D movie was better than I expected.

I might see if I can find the Death Note anime then.

Chex

11-01-2007, 01:56 AM

If you have Cartoon Network and are in the US, they just started to show it. I think they're only up to episode 3 where L has been introduced.

The Dream Master

11-01-2007, 01:58 AM

In the past couple of weeks, I have read the following:

House of Mirth
The Red Badge of Courage
Arcadia
Waiting for Godot
Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit

Spade

11-01-2007, 07:11 AM

If you have Cartoon Network and are in the US, they just started to show it. I think they're only up to episode 3 where L has been introduced.

It's being shown on cartoon network :eek:? Man I'll have to check it out.

Chex

11-01-2007, 11:13 PM

I believe it's just on Saturday nights (the anime block) around 9:30 Central time (somewhere around there).

This saturday should be the 3rd episode so it's not too far in.

Spade

11-02-2007, 03:59 AM

I believe it's just on Saturday nights (the anime block) around 9:30 Central time (somewhere around there).

This saturday should be the 3rd episode so it's not too far in.

Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to watch it this Saturday.

CanadianFonzie

11-04-2007, 03:21 AM

I'm currently reading The Dirt, which I finally bought after all these years of great things I've heard about it from others

nottidelterrore

11-04-2007, 05:56 PM

I just started reading Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood. I'm only a few chapters into the book but I love it so far.

Nancy Thompson

11-06-2007, 01:24 AM

About to start reading Black Creek Crossing by John Saul after i get done with this book i will be reading The Good Guy By Dean Koontz

Darth Sinister

11-11-2007, 10:17 PM

About to start "The Last Days Of Krypton" by Kevin J. Anderson.

Just Jeans

11-13-2007, 10:10 PM

I'm still reading The Art of Destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Destruction) -- it's been slow going -- but I'm also now reading Ranma 1/2 Volume 1 (http://forevergeek.com/images/ranma12.jpg), in anticipation for the imminent arrival of Volume 2 and Volume 3.

Deathscythe

11-14-2007, 03:24 AM

Just finished Shatterring Glass.

Natman

11-15-2007, 03:45 AM

Hm... Let's see, I guess I just finished reading Battle Royale and am currently rereading Clive Barker's The Damnation Game.

Shoesalesman

11-16-2007, 03:02 AM

Endless Night - Agatha Christie

nottidelterrore

11-17-2007, 04:22 PM

I just started reading Crystal Lake Memories last night. So far, I absolutely love it. I'm looking forward to getting into it even more. $31.50 well spent.

Just Jeans

11-18-2007, 04:03 AM

I just finished reading Ranma 1/2 Volume 1, and now I'm reading Volume 2.

mrniceguy

12-01-2007, 07:32 AM

Currently reading Rush to Judgement by Mark Lane , just finished reading Deathbreed by Todd Tjersland . Excellent novel ,best way to describe it is if George Romero directed Kevin Smith's Clerks , and Lloyd Kaufman wrote the screenplay .

The Dream Master

12-01-2007, 07:35 AM

You know, I haven't read anything since I passed my comps...and I'm not ashamed to admit that. When I do get around to reading for pleasure again (that sounds so weird), I'm going to read James Joyce's Ulysses again. Then I'm probably going to read Don Delillo's Libra.

Lance Lives

12-01-2007, 08:04 AM

I'm reading A Clockwork Orange. The slang really is something else. It's hard to believe he kept it up through an entire book.

Dave Dunwoody

12-01-2007, 10:46 AM

Finishing up Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-At-20-000-Feet/dp/0312878273/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196505940&sr=1-1) by Richard Matheson (need to pick up I Am Legend next) and starting History is Dead (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978970799/ref=cm_arms_pdp_dp) (plug)

driftingsun

12-02-2007, 05:11 AM

"LOTR - The Two Towers", "The October Country" (Ray Bradbury), and "Secret of the Andes".

Ron

12-02-2007, 03:11 PM

I recently read 30 days of Night..it was pretty good.

Kat

12-03-2007, 06:53 AM

Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Why I Am So Wise - by Nietzsche

MaDMaNMaRz

12-03-2007, 11:12 PM

I think i'm going to read through Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood again.

Darth Sinister

12-14-2007, 08:45 PM

"Star Wars: Death Star" by Steve Perry and Michael Reeves.

Joe Strummer

12-14-2007, 08:48 PM

Stephen King - Rose Madder. I'm about 80 pages in...it's alright so far.

sCabbOy

12-14-2007, 09:15 PM

The Third Chimpanzee

nottidelterrore

12-15-2007, 05:03 AM

I'm still reading Crystal Lake Memories. I'm halfway through the chapter on Jason Takes Manhattan. Potatoes...haha.

Geomonic

12-15-2007, 10:30 PM

I am Legend by Richard Matheson.

Very good so far.

Kat

12-16-2007, 12:21 AM

Stephen King - Rose Madder. I'm about 80 pages in...it's alright so far.

My mother is reading that book. I think I am going to read Ric Flair's bio next.

CanadianFonzie

12-19-2007, 04:07 AM

Slash, hand signed by the man himself

Just Jeans

12-19-2007, 09:58 AM

I read Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You part 1-4 last night. Today, I started reading Lisey's Story, by Stephen King (I hope to have it finished before his new book comes out).

Shoesalesman

12-28-2007, 04:43 AM

Just finished Alice Cooper's Golf Monster. Funny stories, lots of insight.

Denzil

01-03-2008, 01:42 AM

The Hardcore Diaries - Mick Foley

MaDMaNMaRz

01-05-2008, 12:50 AM

I'm currently reading Crystal Lake Memories. I'm a few pages into Part 2. I love it! :)

Lance Lives

01-05-2008, 02:48 AM

I've been making my way through King's Everything's Eventual.

Darth Sinister

01-05-2008, 07:03 AM

I'm reading "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Omnibus" volume 1 right now. Afterwards I will be reading "Star Wars: The Rise And Fall Of Darth Vader" by Ryder Windham.

Skye

01-06-2008, 05:13 PM

I just restarted the 'Undead' books again, so I'm back to 'Undead and Unwed' by Mary Janice Davidson.

Shoesalesman

01-13-2008, 07:08 PM

Care Of The Soul by Thomas Moore.

Lance Lives

01-20-2008, 06:21 PM

Read the novella Apt Pupil yesterday, it was better than the movie.

Just Jeans

01-26-2008, 06:17 PM

I think I'm finally going to power my way through Lisey's Story. It's getting interesting as hell now.

Fowlees

01-26-2008, 06:32 PM

"Be afraid, be very afraid...The book of scary urban legends."

Great Reading.

Skye

01-26-2008, 10:23 PM

I'm reading the Fruits Basket manga. Up to Vol. 4 now.

Special Killa B

01-26-2008, 11:04 PM

24 Declassified: Storm Force

It's holding me over from my 24 drought thanks to the writers strike.

nottidelterrore

02-01-2008, 01:57 AM

I finally finished reading Crystal Lake Memories. Took me forever to read but that's my fault due to me not really having the urge to read much for over a month.

Chex

02-01-2008, 02:00 AM

Ai Yori Aoshi, Negima, and Berserk.

nottidelterrore

02-02-2008, 03:29 AM

Weird Ohio

Scarecrow

02-02-2008, 08:16 AM

Doctor Who: The Last Dodo and Imagica by Clive Barker

- Scarecrow

Darth Sinister

02-03-2008, 08:50 PM

About to start "Star Wars-Darth Bane: Rule Of Two" by Drew Karpyshyn.

Skye

02-03-2008, 08:59 PM

Princess Diaries Vol. 9: Princess Mia

MaDMaNMaRz

02-10-2008, 02:48 AM

I'm going to start reading Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore again. It was a great read. :)

ZPowers

02-10-2008, 04:11 AM

The Stand (Unabridged Edition) by Stephen King.

After that (I've only got around 200 pages left, which is about 1/6th of the extremely hefty book, and King's longest), I plan to read Blood Meridian (or The Evening Redness in the West) by Cormac McCarthy or maybe a David Sedaris book.

Lance Lives

03-01-2008, 07:07 PM

I'm going to start reading Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore again. It was a great read. :)

That was a great read, I need to check it out again myself.

I finally finished reading King's Different Seasons. It took me forever to get through "The Body". I just wasn't feeling that one.

SlasherFreak

03-01-2008, 07:37 PM

Im currently reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King...

I've read it a few times already, my first time being in junior high, but, this is an excellent novel, and never gets boring, even on re-reads
ADDED:

I finally finished reading King's Different Seasons. It took me forever to get through "The Body". I just wasn't feeling that one.

Wow. I LOVED The Body...and Stand By Me is definitely in my top 5 movies

Lance Lives

03-01-2008, 07:41 PM

I enjoy Stand by Me a good bit, but I don't know...King's writing in that one just felt forced to me.

SlasherFreak

03-01-2008, 08:32 PM

I enjoy Stand by Me a good bit, but I don't know...King's writing in that one just felt forced to me.

my personal favorite in different seasons is "Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption"

Lance Lives

03-05-2008, 12:47 AM

Skye

03-05-2008, 03:01 AM

Im currently reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King...

I've read it a few times already, my first time being in junior high, but, this is an excellent novel, and never gets boring, even on re-reads
ADDED:

Wow. I LOVED The Body...and Stand By Me is definitely in my top 5 movies

If you like Stephen King, he has a new one: Duma Key.

I'm reading The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot. She's got some great adult chick-lit, it's not all Princess Diaries.

SlasherFreak

03-05-2008, 12:58 PM

Yeah, I really liked that one, and The Breathing Method was good too, if a bit strange. I guess The Body was alright, but reading about little kid adventures, however macabre, isn't my cup of tea.

I started reading through Nightmares and Dreamscapes because my girlfriend wanted to read it, but left it in my car and I needed something to read at work the other day.

an excellent story in nightmares and dreamscapes is "The House On Maple Street".
ADDED:
If you like Stephen King, he has a new one: Duma Key.

Yes, I've heard....I haven't even gotten around to reading Lisey's Story yet though. Probably before June I'll have read both of them.

Im gonna read The Talisman & Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub next...

The Talisman has to be my favorite book of all time...either that or "It"....anyone ever read these before???

Rich

03-14-2008, 03:26 AM

I read It. That was an awesome book!

Just Jeans

03-17-2008, 03:36 AM

Just finished Lisey's Story -- one of King's best modern books, I feel -- and am about to start reading Shade's Children, by Garth Nix (want to do a bit of light reading before I start Giacomo Casanova's memoirs).

Duma Key is high on my list of "to read", but I don't own it yet.

Rich

03-17-2008, 03:57 AM

Right now I'm reading The Essential Incredible Hulk Vol. 1. Plus I just read the newest issue of Ghost Rider and the two newest issues of The Incredible Hulk and the introduction to The Secret Invasion.

I also reciently finnished The Essential Ghost Rider Vol. 1.

Lance Lives

03-18-2008, 08:49 PM

Anybody check out any of Uncle John's Bathroom Readers? I know it sounds cheesy but they're filled with awesome trivia and stuff. My girlfriend recently bought me Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood and it's awesome.

Skye

03-18-2008, 10:58 PM

Larry and I like "The Book of Useless Information" and "The Ultimate Book of Useless Information". They're very informative and entertaining.

Right now I'm reading "Tall, Dark, and Dead" by Tate Hallaway. Next up is "Dead Sexy" by the same author. I like those vampiric romantic comedies. If only they'd do movie versions of those instead of all the novels they DO make movies of.

Special Killa B

03-19-2008, 12:18 AM

24 Declassified: Collateral Damage

TalbotLives

03-24-2008, 01:02 AM

I recently finished Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, Stephen King's son...let me just say King's storytelling ability is apparently hereditary, because it was a hell of a great read.

FallOutGirl

04-02-2008, 03:36 PM

I am currently reading Stephen King's Rose Madder.

Rich

04-02-2008, 05:35 PM

Batman - The Long Halloween

I am having a real hard time putting it down and getting my mind off of it. It is such a suspensful page turner.

Brett H.

04-02-2008, 11:38 PM

They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema by Caleum Vatnsdal

The Dream Master

04-02-2008, 11:52 PM

Boo, have you ever seen this book (http://www.amazon.com/Official-Splatter-Movie-Guide/dp/0312029586/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207176517&sr=8-8)? It doesn't focus on Canadian flicks or anything, but I think you'd get a kick out of it. My local library had this shit back in the day. I wonder if it's still there.

ChildrenoftheDamned

04-12-2008, 02:28 AM

Cujo by Stephen King

Shoesalesman

04-13-2008, 03:28 AM

Behind Blue Eyes: The Life Of Pete Townsend

Skye

04-13-2008, 07:25 PM

Behind Blue Eyes: The Life Of Pete Townsend

Who is Pete Townsend?

ZPowers

04-14-2008, 09:26 PM

Who is Pete Townsend?

Do you actually not know, or are you noting that it's actually spelled "Townshend"?

In any case, he's the guitarist/songwriter for "The Who".

Natman

04-15-2008, 01:33 AM

Just re-read Arkham Asylum: Serious House on Serious Earth. Now finishing up Lovecraft's Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath and dabbling in some Brothers Grimm.

Skye

04-15-2008, 01:44 AM

Do you actually not know, or are you noting that it's actually spelled "Townshend"?

In any case, he's the guitarist/songwriter for "The Who".

I actually didn't know... I was trying to figure out if he's related to Larry's family.

Dave Dunwoody

04-15-2008, 04:17 AM

Just started The Mammoth Book of New Terror (http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-New-Terror/dp/0786714093/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208229383&sr=1-1). Great stuff from renowned authors and up-and-comers in the genre.

Mr. Undertaker

04-15-2008, 04:24 AM

Renzo Piano Building Workshop volume 2. _>compilation of his work
The Modern Language of architecture, Bruno Zevi

And there are three more I should be reading, but I just can't find the time... :/

FreddyKR

04-18-2008, 03:11 AM

I'm reading Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser...guy who did Fast Food Nation. Pretty interestig, it's about marijuana, illegal immigrants working for cheap labor, and porn in the black market.

ChildrenoftheDamned

04-18-2008, 06:31 AM

The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx for the second time. Awesome book!

FallOutGirl

04-20-2008, 07:23 PM

Stephen King; Hearts In Atlantis.

Decent enough but I won't lie..I skipped a bit of the third story. I didn't like the way it was written at all.

DouglasJ

04-22-2008, 11:24 AM

James Bond - The Man From Barbarossa by John Gardner

FallOutGirl

04-22-2008, 04:11 PM

Mr Perfect-Catherine Robinson.

Nothing but a typical teen "Point" story but I fancied something simple after two reletavely long S.King's.

NiteMare Shape

04-22-2008, 04:26 PM

I've been reading the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series, just finished book 4 Exile. Though, I'm taking a small break from that series to read Jurassic Park. Then I'll pick up book 5

Sharky

04-22-2008, 09:11 PM

On my second try to finish Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves."

FallOutGirl

04-24-2008, 08:52 AM

Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason.

Better than the movie.

Lance Lives

04-28-2008, 03:26 AM

I'm currently reading Hearts in Atlantis myself. So far I like the titular story the most.

Skye

04-28-2008, 04:01 AM

Fruits Basket Vol. 19, can't wait for Vol.'s 20 & 21!

FallOutGirl

04-29-2008, 02:30 PM

Stephen King-The Green Mile.

Just Jeans

05-12-2008, 08:34 AM

Just finished reading Dragonball Vol. 1 and am about to start reading The Ring #1.

Lance Lives

05-15-2008, 11:09 PM

Stephen King- The Dark Half...I just needed something to take to work with me and it had been laying in the same spot in my room for months...it's actually better than I thought it would be so far.

Just Jeans

05-20-2008, 08:09 AM

Finished The Ring #01, and now I'm reading Naruto Vol. 1.

The 5th Golden Girl

05-20-2008, 09:16 AM

I got these books for my "graduation" this past weekend:

A Practical Guide to Racism by C.H. Dalton
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The complete works of Shakespeare
The complete works of Edgar Allen Poe

I'll start reading through them this summer when I get a chance.

Just Jeans

05-20-2008, 11:21 AM

Fruits Basket Vol. 19, can't wait for Vol.'s 20 & 21!

What's Fruits Basket about, Skye? If I can't find the next volume of Naruto when I go to Books-A-Million next week, I might pick up Volume 1 of Fruits Basket instead.

Skye

05-23-2008, 03:53 AM

What's Fruits Basket about, Skye? If I can't find the next volume of Naruto when I go to Books-A-Million next week, I might pick up Volume 1 of Fruits Basket instead.

It's a very fluffy comedic manga about a girl named Tohru Honda who is an orphan and comes to live with these 3 guys, who are members of the Chinese Zodiac (meaning they turn into their zodiac animal when they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex, except for the other members of the zodiac).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruits_Basket

It's actually a very good manga. If you wind up liking it, I also recommend Kitchen Princess as well.

Denzil

05-26-2008, 02:30 PM

Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story

Just Jeans

05-28-2008, 01:24 PM

Skye

05-28-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks for the info, Skye. When I was at Hastings tonight, I saw they had two big Fruits Basket hardbacks, comprised of two graphic novels per hardback, for $14.99 a piece (which is about $5 cheaper than buying them one volume at a time). I'll be picking up the first hardback next week.

Edit: Amazon.com is selling these Ultimate Edition hardbacks for $10 a piece. Think I'll get them there.

You're welcome, Jeansie.

Since Amazon has the hardbacks for $10, I might start picking them up as well. The manga still has 2 or 3 volumes until the end, but by the end of the year it should be completed.

Lance Lives

05-30-2008, 09:35 PM

I'm still on a King kick...I've been having a chance to read alot at work and I've just been reading all the King books my mom has gotten me over the years. Currently on Insomnia, though I picked up Wiseguy at the bookstore the other day so King will be getting a rest it looks like.

ChildrenoftheDamned

06-02-2008, 07:05 AM

Well, I just finished Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx after reading on and off for 2 months. Now I think I might start in on Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton again. I love that book.

Denzil

06-03-2008, 12:06 AM

I just finished Eddie Guerrero's book which was quite hard to read, especially towards the end of the book as he had everything sorted out and was enjoying his life. I kept thinking about his death and it made me sad. It was great to read about how long he had been clean for and his renewed faith in God helping him through his problems. He loved his family so much too, it just broke my heart.

I've moved onto Adam Copeland On Edge by Adam Copeland.

Natman

06-03-2008, 01:57 AM

Reread The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and, again, the feeling stayed with me for days. Picked up Peter Straub's Ghost Story today and have started in on that, surprisingly it's about as chilling as everyone told me it was.

Just Jeans

06-08-2008, 03:00 AM

I'm reading a couple of things at once -- Shade's Children, Ranma 1/2 Vol. 13, Doctor Who: The Space Museum (http://www.gallifreyone.com/images/series/q-book.jpg).

The One and Only

06-08-2008, 05:45 AM

I've just started reading V-The Second Generation after ordering it from Borders. Pretty good so far.

Lance Lives

06-11-2008, 04:16 AM

I recently picked up Battle Royale: Ultimate Edition Vol. 1 and while I'm excited to read it, I think I might have trouble because I've never read a manga before and the whole "backwards" deal might throw me off. I guess I'll have to just get used to it.

Skye

06-13-2008, 07:13 PM

Mindfreak: Secret Revelations by Criss Angel

Just Jeans

06-13-2008, 07:22 PM

I guess I'll have to just get used to it.

It doesn't take long to adapt. I used to have trouble with it, but after reading a couple of volumes of Naruto and Dragonball, I was good to go.

Lance Lives

06-16-2008, 09:54 PM

Good to know. I started out reading it wrong, and I was getting decently confused. Whenever I get a chance to really dig into it, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

Just Jeans

06-17-2008, 01:49 AM

Did you actually start reading it from the last page? Most of them now have a warning at the end of the book to warn you you've started at the wrong end. :X

Skye

06-17-2008, 03:06 AM

I had a bit of trouble when I started reading manga too... I first read Dragon Ball Z. It was mostly action panels, so it helped me learn how to follow it without getting me too confused.

Just Jeans

06-17-2008, 04:55 AM

When I first started, I didn't have any trouble because the book I started with -- Ranma 1/2 -- was published back in the stone ages, meaning the book was flipped so that it read like a traditional comic book. They still haven't re-published the series in the correct right-to-left format.

However, lately I've been reading Dragonball, Naruto and Rinqu, so I'm getting better at it. I think I'm going to order that first hardback of Fruits Basket sometime this week.

Skye

06-17-2008, 01:46 PM

Jeans, is Dragonball any better than Dragonball Z? It seems like there's no plot in DBZ, just action panels.

Just Jeans

06-17-2008, 01:54 PM

I prefer Dragonball very much over Dragon Ball Z. Dragonball follows Goku when he's a young child and is mostly character and comedy driven, whereas Dragon Ball Z is about Goku's adult years and leans more in the direction of non-stop action. I think the first volume of the Dragonball graphic novel features a grand total of three fights, and they're all short and played for comedic effect.

Skye

06-17-2008, 02:08 PM

Does Goku meet Piccolo the Demon King in the first volume of Dragonball? I know they're enemies in DB, but become friends in DBZ. (Go figure)

Just Jeans

06-17-2008, 02:18 PM

Demon King Piccolo and Piccolo Junior are two different characters. Goku meets Piccolo Junior for the first time about 1/3* of the way through Dragonball.

*In Japan, Dragonball is 42 volumes long. In America, it's split into two series -- Dragonball, which runs for 16 volumes, and Dragon Ball Z, which runs for 26 volumes (they did this so people who are familiar with the two animated shows, which were both based on the same manga, wouldn't be confused). The Dragonball portion of the story ends shortly after a teenage Goku's battle with Piccolo Junior, and the Dragon Ball Z portion picks up after Goku's first son is born.

Scarecrow

06-23-2008, 08:36 AM

Just finished "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett and "Battle Royale Volume 5". Started "Doctor Who: Sick Building".

- Scarecrow

Skye

06-24-2008, 03:12 AM

Just got done reading Masquerade by Melissa De La Cruz. It's the second in a trilogy about rich teen vamps living in Manhattan. I'd recommend it & the first book, Blue Bloods if you're into vamp novels, it's just a bit tamer than some.

I just started You Slay Me by Katie McAllister. Good sci-fiish book about a woman who is Guardian to a portal to Hell and something about a dragon who takes a human form named Drake and he's really hot or something. It was recommended by a patron of mine.