Dracula by Bram Stoker

Industrial Magic- Kelley Armstrong

has anyone read "The Great Gatsby"? I'm starting to read it for a class, and it seems like a good story. we read "Winter Dreams" before, which is a supposed rough draft on the other book. If the Great Gatsby is anything like winter dreams, then im sure it will be a good read.

[EDIT] what are your thoughts on the book, if you've read it?

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It's an awesome book.

I should read more then seven pages though...

Finished The Da Vinci Code, and now I'm starting Angels & Demons

I read "To Kill A Mockingbird" last week and this week I am re-reading "Black House" ( not be confused with "Bleak House" By Dickens ) by Peter Shruab and Stephen King, it's the follow-up to "The Talisman" by the same two authors.

Read to page 14 'cause that's the best part, then for the love of God, DON'T READ ANY MORE!!!! I just finished it over Christmas break, and was very disappointed in the ending (sorry, but I thought you'd like a warning...). I loved the three or four other books I read by him, and this one was entertaining enough for the most part. The ending was just bad, though, really really bad, and it ruined the whole book for me .

Thanks for the warning.

That means for me to read seven more pages.

7+7=14....

Why do I procrastinate?!

isn't there a poltergeist, or a ghost of some sort, in "Bleak House"?

I believe there is more than one...but it has been awhile since I read it.....

I just finished A Child Called "It" by David Pelzer. Its one of the most depressing books you will ever read

My wife and I read it to each other when we were going through our foster parent training years ago.

That is required reading for folks that are considering adoption. Wow it is incredibly sad to see what happens to kids that have been treated so poorly. It is a good book, but something that you have to prepare yourself for.

The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks.

Complete protection from the living dead.

dude...you are just the complete boyscout; completely prepared for any eventuality...

Did you like it? I have not read it yet, but love anything zombie...

No harm in being prepared.
It's pretty good. Written from the perspective that countless zombie outbreaks have happened in the past, and we've learned from them. It covers a variety of subjects not just related to ghouls which is actually really informative. There's entire sections devoted to terrain types, melee weapons and firearms, vehicles, fortifying your home, on the run, etc etc as well as hunting zombies, the genetic makeup of zombies, and best tactics for battling and escaping them.
I recommend it, but it's more like a factual survival guide with zombies than abit of lighthearted bedtime reading.

Right now I'm reading "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote. Really good book

I think that it sounds like fun, I will have to check amazon and see if I can get a hold of a cheap copy...

One of the funny jokes that my wife and I have going back and forth is that when we were out looking to purchase our first home together we were looking at a few houses up in the mountains up above Los Angeles. One of the houses that we were looking at was on a hillside that was fairly steep so the only access to the house was via a walkway that went from the driveway, around the side of the house and to the front door. The house was situated such that all of the other winders were at least 20 feet off of the ground. The door was the only access point and by securing it; the house was safe from being broken into.

Commenting on that fact, i told my wife that I like the configuration because it was nice and secure and would be easy to protect from home break ins; I added jokingly; and the hoards of zombies trying to get into the house.

Ever since then the "protectability factor" of the houses we have looked at has been referred to as the "Zombie Factor", just an little inside joke between the two of us.

More times than I can count we have used that term in front of Realtors when looking at homes to buy...it gets the oddest looks...we have to explain what we mean by it so that people don't think we are kooks...

hahaha that's awesome! 'hrrmm.. nice place, spacious, nice neighbourhood.. dunno about the zombie factor tho..'

i'll have to tell dis that one.

oh, and the book would have said that the place would have been an ideal zombie fortress for sure.

I've read the other two books as well. But I think the first one really hit the hardest


my teacher let me borrow that its an exelent book!

It most certainly is. Ah, i was gonna say something else but i got busy and now i've lost my train of thought.

The Algerbraist by Iain.M Banks, very good indeed!

The Epic of Gilgamesh

haha thats awesome

Next time T-virus gets loose, Im comin to your place



I just started the Screwtape Letters... dont really have an opinion on it yet lol

I thought the Screwtape Letters were interesting. Not dying to re-read it, but liked the idea of it.

I caught the mini-series 'IT' on TV this weekend, so I have dug the novel out and am re-reading it. I used to be a huge Stephen King fan back in my angsty teen years, and get in the horror novel mood sometimes.

Who Killed the Canadian Military?

J.L. Granatstein

Very very good

Life on Earth: The History of Nature
David Attenborough

I love his documentaries and his books are absolutely stunning with incredible images of the natural world. This is the first of three books he wroye based on his documentaires which go back from the very first steps of evolution through to the world we now live in.

Wicca "sweep" series by Cate Tiernan. great series has good real facts in there too

it protrays both sides of "the story" that good and evil is in everything adn remains the choice of the holder

Right now, I'm reading this thread...

haha niice stewey nice

A book that has all Nirvana lyrics in it.... some great stuff in here lol

Beowulf

I just finished Saucer: Total Conquest by Stephen Coonts!

XXLMAG new issue

Doloras Claiborned... by Stephen King, and I think its one of the most boring books by him,

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I think it's a helluva lot better than the Da Vinci Code

Jughead's Digeast, I give it a

Lies My Teacher Told Me

-Very good read

VIBE magazine with Game on the cover.

Yes, that's right. Queen of the Damned by Ann Rice.

And this other book.



Cut by Patricia Mccormick.


And yes, I am reading two books.

The last books I've read have been:

-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. AWESOME, definitely a must-read

-The Catcher in the Rye. A must-read too

-Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. Not a jewel but a really funny book. In fact, I liked this book more than The DaVinci Code.


Right now I'm reading "Portraits" by Truman Capote. It contains, amongst other things, the portrait he made of Marlon Brandon when he visited him during the filming of Sayonara and some of the portraits he wrote in a book with Richard Avendon (if I'm right). Just starting though

Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler.

It is my 19th cussler novel!

Reading " The first immortal "
by james L. halperin

I just got done readomg XXL mag. You can post comments in the magazine about music and like always I got in the magazine. haha



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Yay! That book is awesome, the movie sucks, though

I am Reading Desperation by Stephen King

I tried to read that one Janiel, I couldn't get past chapter 10. I couldn't believe that Stephen King really needed to use so much of the book introducing the charecters.

Did it end well?

Kismit!

Gosh, I haven't seen you in a while.

I'm reading

Angels and Demons - pretty good. I haven't gotten far but I've decided (after also reading Da Vinci Code) that he comes up with great stories but he really isn't much of a writer.

Elvenborn - 3rd in a series that I'm really enjoying. A good fantasy that I'd recommend.

A Case for a Creator - bit of non fiction that I'm reading for a thread here. Not getting very far seeing as I'm trying to read the other two plus a friend has lent me another (Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrel) to read. Anyone read Jonathon Strange? Is it good?

Just finished the Da Vinci Code,I enjoyed it but found the end a bit rushed and obvious.
Im also reading The Face by Koontz,which is very good.

I'm reading "Alien Intrusion," by Gary Bates. It pokes holes in the theory of aliens, UFOs, evolution, etc. It's quite an interesting book to read.

"A Case for a Creator." Is that by Lee Strobel? Is it any good?

I just started reading 1984. Interesting novel....

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, needs no introduction. Very litte description (the Japanese believe more in plot), it really works somehow.

The Iron Maiden biography, because I can

And if graphic novels count: Battle Vixens and DearS, just finished Remote (excellent graphic novel!)