I actually came in looking for you Potholer. How you doin? Did you ever find a copy of 'Cross Stitch ' to read?

I would love to hear from any-one else who has read it.

right now im reading the boggart its this award winning book about a ghost from scotland its kinda creepey

We are doing Summer of the sevententh doll at school for my english literature class so Im reading that!

Yeah, it's pretty interesting and brings up some pretty interesting thoughts, like the kalam argument.


I'm doing great . Well, school has gotten monstrously busy and my friends are being pretty angsty lately(there's been a lot of hugs and comforting as of late, heh) but it's my birthday and, really, they all rock so it's pretty darned good overall.

Still haven't got a copy . It appears to be a very popular book, plus I've been a tad bit busy. Each time I go to the library I check for it and it still hasn't been there...

And it seems that Angels and Demons is due back at my brother's school's library and he has to write lines if he takes it back llate so I'll have to get it out another time and finish it later :S

Great to hear from you Kis, you've been fairly quiet for a while. I'll PM you instead of being a schmuck and chatting on the forum, heh.



Potholer

im reading this lol

I`ve now moved onto State of fear by Micheal Crichton!

I'am right now reading "How To Survive In The Woods"

It's a really cool book if your into the whole survival think if you are i also recomend checking out the T.V show on OLN(outdoor life network) called survivor man it's a bout a guy and they drop him in the remote wilderness of swap of desert and he has to survive for 7 days alone fimling himself he can either wait for rescue by his crew or find his own way out.


Both the book and T.V show r good

I've just started Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. It is brilliant. It's bascily a non-fiction book explaining how to properly use punctuation but it is a very entertaining read and Truss has a good sense of humour.

Also, it turns out I'm a bit of a stickler for punctuation. Examples of bad punctuation such as "I'ts a party!" had me gasping... haha.

It's a really enjoyable read and I'd defiatnely recommend it

Now I'm reading In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, for journalism class. Its pretty good so far heh ohhh the gory details

Book Two of Sir David Attenboroughs award winning trilogy 'Life on Earth'.

The first delt entirely with the evolution of life on the planet, starting from the first forms of life to todays and talking about everything we know about all the life past and present, from what the first life ate to what trees do to reproduce to how we can retrace the steps of todays organisms back hundreds of millions of years to the roots.

The second, what i'm reading now, is entitled 'The Living Planet' and deals with all life today on earth in several chapters based on the environments, from the Tundras to Forests to Jungles to Deserts to Deep sea and urban centers.

Marvelous books.

i am reading several books right now. 2 of them are mangas, one called Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, Angel Reborn. and the other one is Battle Royale. theyre both really good. also, in english i am about to start reading Warriors Dont Cry, which i am not looking forward to, because people have told me its a terrible boring book. anyone else read this?

you must see the Battle Royal movie. the first one, not the second. the second one sucked anywho, there is so much blood in it! ohhh maannn! one of my favorite movies of all time

theres 2 movies? i thought there was only 1. o well. i plan on seeing the first one, hopefully soon. i enjoy blood and gore very much. if you wanna see a REALLY gory movie tho, then see Flesh for the Beast, which is also a manga, but that is based on the movie, which is a live action movie. i have read a little of the book. its split into separate stories, and its quite weird, but all of the stories are basically about the setting of the movie, except for the first story which is like a promo for the movie. its strange, but very interesting.

Yup! but the second one wasnt very good ohhhh I like gore I'll check it out thanks

just finished angels and demons and the da vinci code, gonna try digital fortress now

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury. Pretty entertaining so far.

I'm reading

"Invisible hands of healing: My Journey into Trans-dimensional Medicine"

I have just finished Frankenstien, book 1 Prodigal son by Dean Koontz and Kevin.J.anderson. Now I am reading The Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler!

I'm reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. Really really fascinating read but every-so-often it loses me. I can't remember what a light cone is or a what a naked singularity is and I feel like I should know in order to understand what is beign talked about in it right now....ah well.

Brilliant book, I'm loving it.

Yeah, that book's awesome, Potholer. I want to read that again sometime soon.

I saw at the beginning that Naveed was reading "I Am Legend" -fantastic! one of my favorite stories of all time, especially at the end:
*SPOILER* I loved how at the end of the story I felt sorry for the vampires not the human!

For those who like or think they like those kinds of stories I recommend "Childhoods End" by Aurthur C Clarke. Its pretty short, and a little bizarre but good none the less.
The last book I finished was "The Forest House" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. It's the prequel to "The Lady of Avalon" and "The Mists of Avalon", of which I have read neither. Even if you are like me and you haven't read the other stories this is still a good stand-alone story, I even cried a little at the end!

Wow, that must be a good book if it makes you cry.

Anyway, i'm reading a short, not to long book named 'Siddartha'. I'm gonna read either 'Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith' or 'The Da Vinci Code' after that.

I do this with my fiance. Wonderful past-time.

Right now I am reading "The Gnostic Gospels" by Elaine Pagels, some horror book my daughter gave me called "Blood Crazy" by Simon Clark, and "The Sign of the Beaver" to my sons because we are studying Native Americans this month.

In the electric mist with confederate dead by James Lee Burke for my English Literature class!

currently i am reading A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo. its for my English class. its actualy a very good book so far. but i love war stuff anyways.

I'm reading "Currant Events" (yes, currant - not current) by Piers Anthony. This is the latest book in the Xanth series. It's fantasy and comedy. I've read all the Xanth series. If you like funny fantasy, you'll really like this.

It is a great book Marion does a wonderful job making you feel connected to the characters.
By the way since I forgot to mention what I am reading now:
BIG FAT NOTHING. I am so sick of reading because I spend a massive amount of my time reading really boring college text books. When I dont have to read for class I like to come to this forum and get a quick read on the world of the wierd but otherwise I'll take up books again when I graduate!

Lately I've been reading The Catcher in the Rye, which is really good so far. I had been wanting to read it for a while, then found out that we were reading it for my english class. Lucky me

These are the books that I have read recently:

A couple of months ago I finished New Spring, from the Wheel of Time series. Starts off slow, but goes hella crazy after the half way mark. Shades of his earliest books coming to the fore - let's hope he continues in this vein for Book 10.
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Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Sorry, I know I'm going to stir some pots here, but I didn't like it. Great story. Great plots. Great characters. Mundane writing. I found the language very basic and unengaging.
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The Bible

Classic all the way - but I'm biased.
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Sword of Shannara

Typical fantasy novel - kid from small town saves the world with a magic artefact. Well written though, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure. Worthwhile to pass the time with, but not the greatest of all time. First in the Shannara series.
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Zombie Bums from Uranus

What can I say. All the trappings of an instant hit. Zombies. Bums. Uranus.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Read all the HP books (again). Try as i might, it's impossible to separate these books. Philosopher's stone and chamber of secrets are more family oriented, Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix are darker, and Prisoner of Azkaban, whether it meant to or not is the missing link that breaks the two styles. Brilliant.

Rating 5/5 - the messageboard won't let me put any more smieys in than I already have, so we'll just have to do the review the old fashioned way. Numbers tell the story just as well

Yay! Bringing back the rating system!

I finished The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Great classic. Full of human emotion. I loved the ending, it was so perfect.

Anyone here read "Communion?" I'm about to read it again.

^ No I haven't...

I just started to read "Slaughter House-Five" for class.

Im close to finishing Blood Of The Fold by Terry Goodkind. I think he's actually one of the greater fantasy writers today because over the years and the course of the series, he's added so much depth to all the main characters.

Books read by Whitley Strieber:
Communion - twice
Confirmation - twice
The Secret School
Communion Letters
Transformation - twice
Wolfen
The Hunger
Majestic

His ideas about how extraterrestrial are 'good' is nuts! I enjoyed reading his books, but, I don't agree with his altruistic view of ETs....

Right now I'm reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. I like it, it's just that I don't know how to explain it in an essay forn is the problem....

I couldn't agree with you more.

Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith

Its a very good book way above my vocabulary level.

call me crazy, I just spoiled myself

I'm reading "HALO: The fall of Reach"

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The book is the Prequil to the first bestselling "HALO" game
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plot

its about 500 or so years into the future, humans have inhabited many worlds and a war has been raging on for many years against a fanatical group of Aliens known as "The Covenant", The Covenant started a crusade against humanity and will stop at nothing to enhilate man-kind.

while this war has been raging on an elite group of troopers are bieng trained called The SPARTANS. The Spartans are biologically,genetically,and technologically enhanced troops. the fate of mankind rests heavilly upon their shoulders.

Just finished Dune: Battle of Corrin

Now on Medieval Combat by Hans Talhoffer

Just got done reading this months issue of XXL MAG




XXL MAG LINK

Currently reading "The Last Juror" by John Grisham.

But I've been switching between a couple other books on Native American Mythology.

So actually I'm reading three books!

Now im reading the rose that grew from concrete by tupac shakur its a poem book

Im reading " Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith"

I`m reading the Jerle Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks!

I finished "The Da Vinci Code" a while back and read a few Star Wars books

After the first death By Robert Cormier.
Check it out.
S'goooooood.

started reading my histry book for school! LOL Somehow I got a extra one and i decided to read the whole thing.

The Dragon Riders of Pern

Who's that written by, jacob?

I finally have Cross Stitch by Diana Galbalden! I haven't started it yet, but I'll let you know how it goes.

Still plowing my way through Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell. About half-way. It's alright but I don't know how to rate it. 6-7 out of 10 maybe....

my next book is "morphic resonance & the presence of the past: the habits of nature"