Author Topic: Books (Read 2816 times)

R1885 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:07:26 PM »

I don't read em, I make my own.

Sage · « **Reply #41 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:39:18 PM »

Share a few with us ribbs!

R1885 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:42:59 PM »

I have one in the works, but I need more time. Damn writers block.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #43 on:** July 29, 2009, 12:56:46 PM »

I read pretty much anything fantasy. Forgotten Realms the Inheritance Cycle, Lord of The Rings. I've read it all. I've recently finished the last book in The Faerie Wars Chronicles by Herbie Brennan. I've also read Artemis Fowl and Alex Rider. Oh, and the Pendragon series by DJ Mchale is awesome too.

G.K. · « **Reply #44 on:** June 06, 2010, 03:14:21 AM »

BUMP

I will happily read anything, but whatever it is, I'll read it very quickly. I'm the fastest reader I know, I've read four 300 page books in one day, various Harry Potter books in one day each, LotR in one day and once I read 100 pages of an Artemis Fowl book in 15 minutes.

My personal favourite series is T.R.A.C.E.S. by Malcolm Rose (Currently re-reading the series for the umpeenth time, backwards). I also enjoy Harry Potter, Antonoy Horovitz's books, The Inheritance Cycle, Alex Shearer's books, Eoin Colfer's, the Young Bond books, Doctor Who books, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and football (soccer) autobiographies.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 06, 2010, 03:17:11 AM »

Gardians of Ga'hoole FTW

I'm also a fan of The westing game
and freak the mighty, shilo, waggits tale, ect.

Velocity EVO · « **Reply #46 on:** June 06, 2010, 04:43:59 AM »

My fave books are

all lord of the rings books
Septimus Heap series
many others that i cant be bothered to say, including instruction manuals

lloopp D lloopp · « **Reply #47 on:** June 06, 2010, 07:24:06 AM »

SPUD FTW

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #48 on:** June 06, 2010, 11:34:59 AM »

I'm currently reading "Myths of the Norsemen" by Roger Lancelyn Green

Awesome stuff! I had no idea that Odin, Thor, and Loki were such colorful mythological characters.

Pwnator · « **Reply #49 on:** June 07, 2010, 12:29:33 AM »

Halfway past Chuck Palahniuk's "Lullaby". Finished Fight Club, Survivor, Diary, Rant, and Pygmy before reading this.

090901 · « **Reply #50 on:** June 08, 2010, 10:52:07 PM »

Just finished reading "The Catcher In The Rye"

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #51 on:** June 08, 2010, 10:53:23 PM »

^read that last month.

Zog · « **Reply #52 on:** June 09, 2010, 01:51:04 AM »

CHERUB. Nuff said.

G.K. · « **Reply #53 on:** June 09, 2010, 11:56:16 AM »

They suck.

nicsan2009 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 09, 2010, 11:57:46 AM »

Harry potter was a pretty good series

Zog · « **Reply #55 on:** June 09, 2010, 12:52:23 PM »

Absolutely.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 09, 2010, 12:57:44 PM »

I know a thing or two about books and that's a book.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #57 on:** June 10, 2010, 01:34:40 AM »

How did I miss this post?

Quote from: R1885 on July 26, 2009, 10:07:26 PM

I don't read em, I make my own.

I know that sounds cool, but good writers also do a lot of reading... also helps with inspiration.

I don't think I've mentioned this here yet but I also like to write, in fact I'm about halfway through a novel and it's coming along nicely, no sign of writer's block yet

I also have a couple of short stories I wrote for classes which turned out quite good, and a finished novel I did a long time ago and is basically crap compared to my current writing skill level (though the plot was still decent and I re-used several elements in my current novel).

Maybe we ought to have a writing thread here.

As for books I've read... I've recently gotten into Stephen R. Lawhead; I just got through the third book in his Pendragon cycle and it's quite good, though the ending of book 3 confused me a bit. Planning on getting Hood next. Right now I'm on A Song in Stone by Walter Hunt... not normally the type of book I would pick up, but I really liked his Dark Wing series so I thought I'd give it a try. So far, I'm not disappointed.

My favorite is still Tad Williams' Otherland though... if you like sci-fi/fantasy and don't mind massive 1,000-page tomes you really need to read that.

Pwnator · « **Reply #58 on:** June 10, 2010, 01:37:11 AM »

Done with Lullaby. Just bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Yay.

Naryar · « **Reply #59 on:** June 10, 2010, 04:34:33 AM »

Quote from: Clickbeetle on June 10, 2010, 01:34:40 AM

I don't think I've mentioned this here yet but I also like to write, in fact I'm about halfway through a novel and it's coming along nicely,

You did... you mentioned something in the lines of "I'm working on my fantasy epic" a long while ago.