Last book I read was "Path of the Warrior" by Gav Thorpe. I am currently waiting for the sixth book in the reign of fire series by E.E. Knight
www.shadowsoftheapt.com series by Adrian Tchaikovsky, book 6 out of (7 come October?). The guy has one of the most vivid imaginations... The thing that really grasps me about this series is how, for a fantasy series, it's astoundingly unique
I'm always reading Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei by Koji Kumeta. I bought volumes 5 and 6 almost a month ago. Some of the books I finished recently were Catch 22 by Joseph Heller and Invincible by Troy Denning. Both were good, but one caters to a more specific demographic. Early this past Summer, I read the "Lost Years of Merlin" series for the second time, as I had forgotten what happened. I still love all the references to Celtic mythology that T. A. Barron chose to sprinkle in those books. <3
I tried to read Catch 22 over the summer and could only get 100 pages or so into it. It seemed to be going nowhere. Does it get better? I've been thinking about picking it up again.
I can't recall what the last book I read was, as I was breezing through a bunch of books some friends loaned me. Then college hit, and I haven't had a lot of time to read. Most likely it was a large compilation of scifi stories from various authors. I think one of them had to do with synesthesia, and it was really fascinating. For now, I'm reading The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. It's a fascinating futuristic scifi postcyberpunk kind of story. I think it's very well written, and one part very nearly made me cry. Here is a quick summary: "Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life, and the entire future of humanity, is about to be decoded and reprogrammed..."
The E-book "King Kong rescues the Titanic" a blattant mishmash of fiction treated as reality, bad characterization, zero knowledge of matters involved, lack of consistancy, kindergarten mistakes (and attack characters get from 'Flying Fish' alternates with 'Flying Birds' (sic) so, or is a mistake, or whe can erase ostrichs from attackers list.
THAT sounds interesting! I might need to hunt that down! I just finished The Trial by Kafka. It was long and tedious, but it got me thinking of the concept of guilt and justice. NOW I'm reading a book called to the End of the World. It's about a French priest who wants to be a monk, or at least that's what I've gathered thus far.
Wow, I didn't even know that existed. I must look into that sometime. I'm currently reading 'Jurassic Park' by Michael Crichton. I'm a big fan of the movie franchise, but this is my first time reading the novel. I'm really enjoying it, Nedry's death is pretty graphic compared to the movie version.
Last read: Garth Nix - Keys to the Kingdom book one. tis' awesome. ...not currently reading anything much though, unless a college-level social studies book I got for free counts. It's called "Global Forces of the Twentieth Century". :3
I'm currently about halfway through The Once and Future King by T.H. White. It's actually a really good book (but then again, it is THE Arthurian legend), and it has some subtle undertones about politics, which would normally annoy me, but White actually manages to work them in pretty well.
I last read "Dark Summit" by Nick Heil. If you find mountaineering fascinating, this is a good one. I haven't read such a good one since Ed Viesturs "No Shortcuts to the Top" I'm now reading "Face Down in the Marrow Bone Pie" a fun Renaissance themed mystery featuring a Gentlewoman sleuth.
I finished reading Jurassic Park last night, and damn, it was really tense. A lot was cut in the movie, which makes it a better read because you didn't know what to expect next. I'm not sure if i'm going to read 'The Lost World', because it creates a big plot hole: Spoiler: Spoiler Ian Malcolm died but is the main character?!
Michael Crichton is the man, I remember that plot hole but I forgot how it was handled. However, I'm sure it was handled gracefully, considering the author.
