Holy cow! This topic should've been closed already!

 

This will be the new and obligatory "what are you reading now or lately?" thread.

 

At the behest of a good friend I am reading Through the Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland. Not too far yet... we'll see.

 

 

[ January 21, 2005, 12:37 PM: Message edited by: Nathan ]

personally, I don't see a problem with LONG topics...

Hey, my computer's up to speed now, but it ain't been all that long since it weren't, bruthuh!

 

I'll never forget what a pain in the ass multiple page threads are for a slow computer!

 

:cool:

I was gonna stop it at 10 pages, but it jumped to 11 while I wasn't looking!

Finally finished Wizard and Glass,but i also reread King's "Thinner" and gave James Patterson [The Lake House]a try.

 

I think i'm going to try Repair Jack,"The Tomb" i believe is the first one.

 

Right now i'm reading some "House of Cthulhu" stories, then on with DT,"Wolves of the Calla

the first "repairman jack" is indeed the tomb. Which is part of a larger story arc... but read the tomb first as it's a good way in.

 

Currently I'm still reading cryptonomicon by neal stephenson. very good.

 

Then I have a couple of FPWs and another neal stephenson.

I'm giving Patterson another try [The Jester]before i move on with DT.

Me and Red have just finished Koji Suzuki's Ring and Spiral, now they just need to finish translating Loop and I'll be very happy

heehee, yet another author i've hooked him on, the books are very very good and quite different to the films. Nearly bought the loop in german and translated it myself with a little german-english dictionary i got for GCSE! Must be patient...

I might be royaly chastised for this but I just started Ship of Dreams. I had read Hero a few years back but havn't continued until now. I'll take it to the end this time though.

finished Patterson "The Jester" not to bad,fast pace,set during the first crusade with a lot of action,carnage,even some romance,much better then "The Lake House" the only other book i read by him.

now on with DT

Got The DaVinci Code to read once I'm done with the Whispereer and other voices, heard nowt but good things about this one...

Finished the Davinci Code ... readable, interesting ideas but terrible writing .....

 

Just finished Murakamis latest 'Kafka on the Shore' - great author, great book ....

 

About to start 'Saturday' by Ian McEwan

Alright one bad thing

I've heard good and bad things about the Davinci Code... I've heard it's a quick toilet read... I have it on the list!

Might follow Red's lead and get my hands on those Koji Suzuki books... love the films, so the books might keep me quiet for a while (as I got through my latest Laurell K Hamilton books in record time!)

They're practically giving the Davinci code Hardback away up here, might have to give it a try..

the so called "limited" one?

i just finished angels and demons, a couple of forgotten realms, the beatles anthology, and the manual for my digital camera. haven't been to the bookstore yet, so have nothing new to read. i'll make the trek on friday.

Re-reading some of Karl Wagner's Kane books... A man who starts wars because he's bored... Cracking stuff...

Due to a degree course I started last year, for the past twelve months I have been reading loads of political and historical books

It looks like I may be changing jobs soon, so the degree course will have to be put on hold, which means...a bit more time to re-read some of Brians works and I might even be able to finish reading some of my Jack Vance books.

Finished the latest Ian McEwan book Saturday - a great novelist who always gets under my skin.

 

Enjoying the Japanese translations myself at the minute -Murakami especially. Just got a paperback of Ring that both Red and GG have mentioned, but I've just picked up Strangers by Taichi Yamada that I've heard good things about....

Just finished reading some Lovecraft, now reading A Coven of Vampires.

 

Joanne says The Jester is a good book by James Patterson but The Lakehouse is much better, she recommends Third Degree if you like James Patterson.

 

(I'm in the process of convincing her to get in here herself so I won't have to relay messages anymore!)

now i though Jester was better, could it be the difference between a man and women point of view, as i read lake house i kept thinking that this is something my wife would like.

they were the only two JP books i've read, one right after the other and i almost felt like they were written by two difference writers,lake house more romanic, jester more action/adventure.

Finished Strangers, which was an excellent ghost story ...eerie and sad. Much in keeping with other Japanese stories I've read...

 

I've picked up Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke ...a meaty tomb of a read, set around York.