Book: What Book Are You Reading?

[SK]

I'm currently reading Candide by Voltaire and also the ongoing study of The Republic by Plato (Bloom translation).

[Sasori]

Has anyone here heard of Stephenie Meyer? She's written and writing a few books. My favourite out of all of them being Twilight. They're really for young adults such as myself. It's a love story about a girl named bella, and a vampire named Edward. I know it seems generic, but it's really worth it!

Also, Life of Pi I don't know if it has been posted yet, but for now I don't have the time to read through fifteen pages. I'll read through them when I get home and edit my post if it's already been posted.

[Winged Dancer]

Also, Life of Pi I don't know if it has been posted yet, but for now I don't have the time to read through fifteen pages. I'll read through them when I get home and edit my post if it's already been posted.

Oh, oh, oh, I haven't read it, but the author visited my university last semester, and he was so young and handsome and dreamy and everything a young male author should look like!!!! </fangirl rant>

I guess I should get around to reading his book, though :P

And gr3atfull, nope, truth to be told, the only modern Arthurian literature I've read is "The Once and Future King", by T.S. White, and I stopped reading when Lancelot appeared (Gods I hate Lancelot)... but I'll search for it next time I order something from amazon.com...

..which I should do today. Oh God, I don't have three of the books I need and they're due soon.....! *runs to amazon*

[Mae]

I recently read World War Z by Max Brooks. Surprisingly well thought out book about what would happen in today's world if there was a sudden massive outbreak of zombies. Told as a series of interviews with various survivors of the war it's a quick and fun read.

For more classic sci-fi/fantasy stuff, I recently went on a Lois Bujold kick. She has some nice space adventure stuff with her Vorkosigan series. Looked cheesy as hell, but when I got into the books I really enjoyed them. Some nice newer fantasy stuff too, particularly The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls. P. C. Hodgell also recently came out with her latest book. Not a prolific author to say the least, but I like her protagonist Jame and the series is worth a look (Kitkat you might like it).

[SK]

Symposium, Phaedrus, and other Dialogues by Plato.

[Winged Dancer]

If I remember correctly, the Phaedrus is simply lovely. But it's been a while since I read Plato...

I recently read World War Z by Max Brooks. Surprisingly well thought out book about what would happen in today's world if there was a sudden massive outbreak of zombies. Told as a series of interviews with various survivors of the war it's a quick and fun read.

I've been wanting to read that book, since "The Zombie Survival Guide" was pretty entretaining and worked for those hours in which the brain is dead. But the only version amazon.com carries is the hard-cover one, and I'm not buying a hardcover zombie novel, so I'll have to wait until september, I think, when the mass paperback comes out.

Right now (literally) I'm reading Look Back In Anger, a play by John Osborne. What can I say? I'm really enjoying it. It's mainly about working-class British youth after the second World War, and the shifting of political classes... very interesting, very well written and due for Monday =P

*reads*

[Death BOO Z]

I recently read World War Z by Max Brooks. Surprisingly well thought out book about what would happen in today's world if there was a sudden massive outbreak of zombies. Told as a series of interviews with various survivors of the war it's a quick and fun read.

finally got around to read it. it's a real easy book, and some 'stories' have a really good punch to them.

and then it got me thinking that my house isn't zombie-proof. I need a big hammer.