What are you reading? Book discussions and reviews
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I need to finish off anvil gate...coalition's end shipped out today
I am reading a new series by Dan wells, about a 16 year old with Dexter like serial killer feelings......book 2 in the series 'Mr Monster' is pretty good
Series does involve paranormal type story
Series does involve paranormal type story
Darth Cruel
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I have begun my bi-anual (no, I did not say bi-____...'cause I know there's gonna be jokes!) pilgrimage through the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. I was thinking of waiting until the Hobbit movie was closer...but I said screw it, I'll just re-read The Hobbit when it does get closer to the time.
The Hobbit is "in the books" so to speak and Fellowship of the Ring is currently on the table.
The Hobbit is "in the books" so to speak and Fellowship of the Ring is currently on the table.
I just finished A Game of Thrones.
What an amazing book! Definitely one of the best, if not the best, book I have ever read.
The story is great and very compelling and the characters are all so extremely well written. Love the whole setup of a chapter being centered around one character.
Luckily I got the part 1-4 boxset, so I can continue with A Clash of Kings rightaway!
What an amazing book! Definitely one of the best, if not the best, book I have ever read.
The story is great and very compelling and the characters are all so extremely well written. Love the whole setup of a chapter being centered around one character.
Luckily I got the part 1-4 boxset, so I can continue with A Clash of Kings rightaway!
VASith
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I just finished A Game of Thrones.
What an amazing book! Definitely one of the best, if not the best, book I have ever read.
The story is great and very compelling and the characters are all so extremely well written. Love the whole setup of a chapter being centered around one character.
Luckily I got the part 1-4 boxset, so I can continue with A Clash of Kings rightaway!
Just started book 1 this afternoon...about 30 pages in. So far so good...
Nuka Cola Kidd
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Reading Department 19 by Will Hill. It's about an secret English agency that hunts down Vampires. Its very graphic especially for a YA book. Some chapters are just chilling.
"Jamie Carpenter's life will never be the same. His father is dead, his mother is missing, and he was just rescued by an enormous man named Frankenstein. Jamie is brought to Department 19, where he is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula. Aided by Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful vampire girl with her own agenda, and the members of the agency, Jamie must attempt to save his mother from a terrifyingly powerful vampire.
Department 19 takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, it's packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy."
And on top of that . . . It wins the coolest dust jacket award.
"Jamie Carpenter's life will never be the same. His father is dead, his mother is missing, and he was just rescued by an enormous man named Frankenstein. Jamie is brought to Department 19, where he is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula. Aided by Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful vampire girl with her own agenda, and the members of the agency, Jamie must attempt to save his mother from a terrifyingly powerful vampire.
Department 19 takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, it's packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy."
And on top of that . . . It wins the coolest dust jacket award.
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Reading Department 19 by Will Hill. It's about an secret English agency that hunts down Vampires. Its very graphic especially for a YA book. Some chapters are just chilling.
"Jamie Carpenter's life will never be the same. His father is dead, his mother is missing, and he was just rescued by an enormous man named Frankenstein. Jamie is brought to Department 19, where he is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing and the other survivors of Dracula. Aided by Frankenstein's monster, a beautiful vampire girl with her own agenda, and the members of the agency, Jamie must attempt to save his mother from a terrifyingly powerful vampire.
Department 19 takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, it's packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy."
And on top of that . . . It wins the coolest dust jacket award.
That sounds interesting. I like that it uses classic horror literature.
I'm about to start reading The Hunger Games Trilogy.
Phil Sierra
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I'm in the middle of reading Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
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Pharmacology
Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
Clinical Calculations
Medical Terminology
Mosbys Drug Guide
Mosbys Physical Examination
Notes
Power points
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The most recent books I read were:
1 - The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
2 - The Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
3 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
4 - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Comments:
1 - The Dragons of Eden is about the evolution of the brain and of human intelligence. It's from 1978, so parts of it are somewhat outdated. However, due to Carl Sagan's cautious and methodical mind, the text never makes any assumptions regarding subjects that were still in early stages of scientific analysis. If you're a fan of Carl Sagan, this is a great read and is somewhat different from his other non-fictional works.
2 - The Childhood's End is a great piece of sci-fi by the legendary Arthur C. Clarke. It deals with the invasion and consequent occupation of Earth by a benevolent alien species called the Overlords. They bring humanity to a golden age and after some generations, their intentions are finally revealed. Arthur C. Clarke's writings are almost prophetical, and this book is no different. It was written in the late 50's, but is still very fresh and the scientific bits never become silly or nonsensical. This book, as almost everything else he's written, aged very well!
3 - The Animal Farm is a short story by George Orwell about a revolution that takes place in a British farm, initiated by none other than a bunch of farm animals. It's a very interesting satire of the Russian Revolution and of all revolutions. I won't spoil any of the plot, and, as this is a very short story, I'll stop my mini-review right here.
4 - The Metamorphosis is perhaps Kafa's most famous and celebrated story. I've read it countless times in Portuguese, but this is the first time I read it in English. The edition I own doesn't have any notes regarding the translation, so I believe this is the "Definitive" text. I need to improve my German quickly, because so many German texts can't be properly translated and in almost all of Kafka's texts most of the symbolism and imagery get severely distorted when translated - The Metamorphosis being one of the most explicit examples of this
Currently reading:
1 - The Trial by Franz Kafka
2 - 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke.
1 - The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
2 - The Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
3 - Animal Farm by George Orwell
4 - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
Comments:
1 - The Dragons of Eden is about the evolution of the brain and of human intelligence. It's from 1978, so parts of it are somewhat outdated. However, due to Carl Sagan's cautious and methodical mind, the text never makes any assumptions regarding subjects that were still in early stages of scientific analysis. If you're a fan of Carl Sagan, this is a great read and is somewhat different from his other non-fictional works.
2 - The Childhood's End is a great piece of sci-fi by the legendary Arthur C. Clarke. It deals with the invasion and consequent occupation of Earth by a benevolent alien species called the Overlords. They bring humanity to a golden age and after some generations, their intentions are finally revealed. Arthur C. Clarke's writings are almost prophetical, and this book is no different. It was written in the late 50's, but is still very fresh and the scientific bits never become silly or nonsensical. This book, as almost everything else he's written, aged very well!
3 - The Animal Farm is a short story by George Orwell about a revolution that takes place in a British farm, initiated by none other than a bunch of farm animals. It's a very interesting satire of the Russian Revolution and of all revolutions. I won't spoil any of the plot, and, as this is a very short story, I'll stop my mini-review right here.
4 - The Metamorphosis is perhaps Kafa's most famous and celebrated story. I've read it countless times in Portuguese, but this is the first time I read it in English. The edition I own doesn't have any notes regarding the translation, so I believe this is the "Definitive" text. I need to improve my German quickly, because so many German texts can't be properly translated and in almost all of Kafka's texts most of the symbolism and imagery get severely distorted when translated - The Metamorphosis being one of the most explicit examples of this
Currently reading:
1 - The Trial by Franz Kafka
2 - 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke.
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I'm hoping to finally get through it...it's got mighty big words
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