What are you reading?

[bacon]

That book is actually very good. I love the overall writing style of it. It never really took itself extremely seriously even though it was a somewhat serious topic, which is what I loved about it. :D

 

[Mundane]

Yeah. And I have to write a serious essay on it for a test on Monday. It's almost too funny to make it's point, even though several extremely serious themes are present.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

I'm reading Boneshaker by Cherie Priest right now. It's pretty good so far, I guess, although at times the writing seems amateur-ish. It's an alternative history book set in Civil War-era Seattle, with a steampunk twist. During the Gold Rush, a scientist built an enormous drilling machine called the Boneshaker. But a test run went awry and destroyed half of downtown Seattle, as well as releasing a deadly gas into the city called the Blight. The book is set a few years later, after an enormous wall is built up around the ruined Seattle, and tells the story of a woman and her son. If you're into steampunk it's a good read.

 

[Daxis]

salt

 

[bacon]

Catcher in the Rye

 

[e]

If you like it, wait until you're in your twenties, then read Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Both had the same effect on me, except at very different ages.

 

[Daxis]

finally got american gods by nail gaiman in my library. God, this shit is good.

also a crapload of others.

 

[candle]

The Dwarves by Marcus Heitz

 

[Ellie]

I've started Nation, by Terry Pratchett. It's interesting so far but I haven't got very deep into it yet.

Good Omens and Only You Can Save Mankind were good (two of his other non-Discworld novels). I haven't read the Johnny series yet.

 

[Daxis]

terry pratchett's a very good author, the mass produced but still good type. The better ones of his discworld series at the money/stamps guy, from going postal, the wizard guy, and the watch. The other ones didn't interest me that much, though I tried.

Nation was moderately alright. Didn't have the humour I liked, and was the slow to start kind.

 

[regi]

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It's a fine detective novel (supposedly the very first written) if you're interested in mystery. The beginning starts off slow, but things pick up after a few tens of pages.

 

[Spoo]

Finally got my hands on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It's different but I like it quite a bit.

 

[Perihelion]

Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

 

[bacon]

The Road. I just started but so far its somewhat intriguing. o:

 

[action]

Catch 22 by someone Heller

 

[Daxis]

my god i hate ellen hopkins. there was only one good thing about identical, and it isn't even original.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

I'm reading Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld. Haven't gotten very far into it yet, but it's an alternative history steampunk version of World War I, kinda. The writing itself is alright so far but the illustrations by Keith Thompson are incredible and are pretty much half the reason I'm reading it. Check this out:

:heart: :heart: :heart:

 

[bacon]

That is one of the coolest things ever o:

I found this on my shelf and was like, what the hell how can you not be somewhat intrigued.

 

[Thula]

Not as cheap as the cover hints.
I found myself quite immersed in the plot.

 

[theGoldenMoon]

READ LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel, it's amazing, especially the ending.