I read it last year, it was pretty good. Not amazing, but it kept me entertained.and if we're listing books, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time is a brilliant book that everyone MUST read, right now!
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#41
Posted 11 December 2007 - 08:58 PM
No fuel left for the pilgrims
#43
Posted 11 December 2007 - 09:45 PM
My political compass
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#44
Posted 11 December 2007 - 09:46 PM
No fuel left for the pilgrims
#45
Posted 11 December 2007 - 09:51 PM
My political compass
There's a story that the grass is so green...what did I see? Where have I been?
#46
Posted 11 December 2007 - 10:28 PM
Book-wise... been pretty slow of late. Currently reading Freakonomics as well as Word on the Street, and this year I've read The Hobbit, I Know You Got Soul by Jeremy Clarkson, The Book of General Ignorance by the creators of the TV show QI, Pitch Invasion (about the Adidas/Puma feud/history) and probably something else. I'm a fan of the John Grisham books too, which my Granddad introduced to me, and Bill Bryson is great too. Books by a bloke called A Parody are great too if they can be called books.
Basically, I go for humour and sport on the whole, and business seeing as that's what my degrees about, with random other stuff too though.
Edited by mh_gollum, 11 December 2007 - 10:30 PM.
#47
Posted 11 December 2007 - 11:49 PM
#48
Posted 12 December 2007 - 12:13 AM
foundation series by isaac asimov is good for sci fi
artemis fowl isnt bad either
harry's not that bad, just kinda repetetive i really suggest bartimaeus, its a wonderful blend of fantasy, humor, and every other fun aspect of reading.
for anyone really big on humor, i would also suggest dave barry's money secrets funny book
My political compass
There's a story that the grass is so green...what did I see? Where have I been?
#49
Posted 12 December 2007 - 12:41 AM
Somebody should re-title this thread "book discusion"
Edited by lacrossman930, 12 December 2007 - 12:42 AM.
#50
Posted 12 December 2007 - 12:54 AM
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#51
Posted 12 December 2007 - 01:03 AM
My political compass
There's a story that the grass is so green...what did I see? Where have I been?
#53
Posted 12 December 2007 - 12:33 PM
That source material really really really doesn't work on an RTS, even if I had any faith in you being able to do it.
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#54
Posted 12 December 2007 - 01:35 PM
But a good book, to me, is Where the Red Fern Grows. Its a classic story of a boy and his dogs, love, tragedy, all kinds of things that are cliche, but done in a great way.
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#55
Posted 12 December 2007 - 02:05 PM
here
Anyway, finished "Last Man Standing" by David Baldacci a few days ago (it's a thriller btw, not fantasy), so now I need to get something new...
Einstein: "We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
#56
Posted 12 December 2007 - 03:59 PM
I'm reading Cochrane the Dauntless at the mo. Bought it when the author came down the national maritime museum here.. His exploits are as good as fiction
Edited by Dain Ironfoot, 12 December 2007 - 04:00 PM.
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#57
Posted 12 December 2007 - 05:21 PM
And I can't believe nobody mentioned "Children of Hurin"... You could come close to the same effect by reading both the UT and the Silmarillion together but it just isn't quite the same as the full narrative itself. My only nitpicks are that the Nargathrond chapter seemed a little, unfinished...
Then theres always the classics you are obliged to read for school, which aren't always a good experience. They are much more enjoyable when you just decide to pick them up and read them out of the blue, however there are some quite good books that I'd never have read without doing it for school... (Animal Farm, Scarlet Letter... I'm not too fond of symbolism/allegory) I read some little excerpts from classic stories I may want to read in my literature book.
I like analyzing things and criticizing areas where they could have been told better, I talk quite a bit about the procedure in movies, and that all started with reading anyways. Literature has more depth though and is more interesting to analyze, although it takes quite a bit more work. I actually feel like I've been missing out recently because I'm reading less on the side and concentrating more on the necessary stuff for school.
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J.M.J.
#58
Posted 12 December 2007 - 08:28 PM
#59
Posted 12 December 2007 - 09:16 PM
right now im reading on of my various star wars novels
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