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[The Uncanny]

[mousestalker]

[venom7196]

jeff lindsay: dexter (omnibus edition 1-3)

 

[Serenity87HUN]

Suzanne Collins's  Mockingjay, and The Hobbit by Tolkien.

[Ren Roche]

[Kimosabe]

[Nefte]

[karushna5]

The Plague by Albert Camus, the thread that talked about disease being good drama made me want to read it

[OdanUrr]

 

You should quit while you're ahead. While the first one's a good enough read, the second one is utterly depressing and non-sensical.

[CrazyRah]

[Naughty Bear]

So I am considering becoming a big boy and reading these:

 

Atlas Shrugged

 

Beyond Good and Evil

 

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

 

Anyone recommend these books? I see they always get mentioned somewhere. The two books by Nietzsche are about morality right? About what is good and what is bad?

[karushna5]

I actually do not reccomend atlas Shrugged. I mean I could write a paper how the author makes each character to precisely illustrate her views in a highly unrealistic way. Reading that book turned me off of reading for 2 years, but that is just me others swear by it.

[TheChris92]

 

Amazing transgressive satire -- With reverse narrative structure as it starts on page 289. Enjoying it.

[King KvT I]

[Raizo]

I'm between books at the moment. I just finished reading "The Kane Chronicles" trilogy ( The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire and The Serpents Shadow ) by Rick Riordan ( the same guy who wrote the Percy Jackson books ). I highly recommend the series of books if you have not read them. Technically they are aimed more at teens but I kind of ran out of books to read and did not know what else I could buy that I would like, that's when I saw Percy Jackson on tv, I became intrigued, got all the books because I love Greek mythology, when I finished the Percy Jackson books I moved on to the "Kane Chronicles" series which deals with Egyption mythology.

[karushna5]

I read Percy Jackson! I like to alternate between "serious books" and "fun books" or I stop reading for a while. I tried to read the Red Pyramid but just couldnt get into it, should I give another go?

[Raizo]

I read Percy Jackson! I like to alternate between "serious books" and "fun books" or I stop reading for a while. I tried to read the Red Pyramid but just couldnt get into it, should I give another go?

I would. I had a lot of trouble getting into it at first as well. It was very difficult for me to wrap my head around the fact that 'this' series and the Percy Jackson series take place in the same universe so that means you have Greek Gods and Egyption Gods in the same Universe at the same time. The narrative style also takes a while to adapt to with Carter Kane and Sadie Kane taking turns narrating the story by speaking into a tape recorder. A lot of the Egyption words and terminology were very foreign to me so that did not help things much but I eventually adapted. In truth I did not feel comfortable with these characters until the Egyption Goddess Bast was introduced and it took a bit longer than that to truly fall in love with series, ( around about the time where Carter learns he has been possessed by the God Horus and Sadie's learns that she has been possessed by Isis ). In particular the Sadie Kane chapters in the series are brilliant, that girl is flipping mental, the stuff that comes out of her mouth as the series progresses has to read to be believed.

[karushna5]

I just had a hard time getting into the characters to the same extent. Compared to Piper, Hazel, Leo, or Percy they seemed more flat? But i will definitely try again!

[Captain Obvious]

Just finished Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding by Husain Haqqani.

 

Here's the cover:

 

[Kimosabe]

You should quit while you're ahead. While the first one's a good enough read, the second one is utterly depressing and non-sensical.

I am not really that far into it yet but I am starting to see what you mean.

Still, I hate it to leave a book unfinished..

[C9316]

A Traveler's History of England. I'm going there as part of a study abroad trip this summer. 

[mousestalker]

[Riverdaleswhiteflash]

I'm trying to get motivated to read Caballero by Jovita Gonzalez, but I'm having trouble with that. I really wish I still had that drive where homework is concerned.

 

Edit: One thing I have no trouble with is a collection of short Dragon Age fanfics called "Dragonsteeth" by Arsinoe de Blassenville.