[Kantarra]

What book have you just read?


I have recently just finished a book called "Vanish" by Tom Pawlik, and it was really interesting and intriguing. Here is an outline of the back cover in regards to what it is about. If you feel like reading it go for it...its a great book to have a perspective on certain things within our own lives.

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Three strangers each encounter the same mysterious storm and awake the next day to find that everyone else has vanished. There's Conner Hayden, a successful but unscrupulous trial lawyer who has forsaken his family for his career; Helen Krause, a middle-aged model struggling to come to grips with her fading beauty; and Mitch Kent, an enterprising young mechanic unable to escape a past that still haunts him. Afraid and desperate for answers, their paths eventually cross and they discover they are being watched. Elusive and obscured in shadows, the "observers" are apparently forcing them to relive vivid hallucinations of events from their past. They discover a mute homeless boy in tattered clothing and believe he may hold the key to the mystery, but the "observers" soon become aggressive and the four are forced to flee. When the boy disappears, the four decide to head from Chicago to Washington, D.C., in search of answers..

This post has been edited by Kantarra: 08 January 2009 - 12:36 AM

[Ashling]

OK.

The lady and the unicorn and The girl with a pearl earing both by Tracy Chevalier. I really enjoyed reading these because of the authors approach. The first one reconstitutes the story of the famous tapestries representing some noble ladies and the luring of the unicorn. The other book is about the muse of Vermeer's painting showing a girl of no rang, wearing a beautiful pearl earing. It's really interesting how the author mixed some romance and proved her detective flair whilst keeping the historical values.

Then, I read Coin Locker Babies written by Ryu Murakami, it tells the story of two abandoned boys, Kiku and Hashi, the only ones who survived in this case. When they were little proved to have a violent behavior, so the Nuns from the Orphanage took them to a psychiatrist. Without being aware,they were put under some sort of subtle therapy; the doctors gave them some pills, let them watch peaceful images on a TV screen, and put on the sound of a heart beating in order to calm them. At the beginning,the boys don't hear the sound because it was put on a low frequency, but after they were adopted and grew up, become obsessed of it, still remembering something from when they were children. Kiku becomes an athlete while trying to discover the source of the sound, while Hashi listens to all of the sounds and tries to identify it.
I liked this book because of the intensity of the moments and the very good descriptions I've never read until now.

This post has been edited by Ashling: 08 January 2009 - 07:12 AM

[PhrozenFear]

I just finished reading the Twilight series, all four books. I actually enjoyed them, partially because of my ability to relate to the various characters, depending on the circumstances.

I also just finished the other night reading Lord of Chaos, by Robert Jordan. Book six of the Wheel of Time series, and am now working through book 7 - A Crown of Swords.

[Kantarra]

I like Robert Jordon and have the whole wheel of time series you mentioned. I have only read book one at this stage as all my books are in storage until i move out at the end of the year. I find them interesting and intriguing.

[Nessa Arandur]

I'm rereading The Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. I'm onto book 3, Ship of Destiny. I don't have my book collection up here, so I'm getting antsy at my lack of choices. I'm not sure what I'll read after this one. I have a few weeks left to go before I'm able to visit my collection and make a trade-in. I'll probably reread Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld books...

[toboe059]

I just finished reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It's really good. It's this sci-fi book set some time in the future, where there are 12 Districts. Two candidates from each district (one a boy, the other a girl), from ages 12-18 have to go somewhere at an arena to participate in The Hunger Games at a fight to the death. I like it because of all the suspense, the way things are described, and how there's supposed to be a love-triangle (well...seems like it) that'll have to show up sooner or later in the next book. (Catching Fire ... comes out sept. 2009). But yeah, the book is really good... i find it very interest'n and life-like, and suggest it to anyone who well...i guess is into stuff like that or just need a good book to read.

[PhrozenFear]

Kantarra, you mean to tell me your books are in storage for the next 12 months ?!?

I'd go nuts !!!

[Kantarra]

yes tis true.. my dad wouldn't allow me to have them in the house, so hence i am borrowing books from friends and so forth to keep me sain.....

[PhrozenFear]

sane *

And yes, I know that feeling. HOWEVER. Where are they stored ? Maybe you could go there and get a few volumes at a time... such as a complete series, so you don't have to bum them from everyone ?

[Adi]

I wouldn't like it either if I didn't have all my books with me. Don't worry Kantarra, you'll rejoin them soon

I decided to take a break from reading whole length novels and went in for something different. I picked up a copy of Malgudi Days written by one of my favourite author R.K.Narayan and I am still wondering why I didn't read this one before!

It's a collection of short stories written by the author and all of them are based in an imaginary south-Indian town called Malgudi. R.K.Narayan is known for is humourous and satirical representation of India, mostly British India (India before 1947). The stories are of all kinds but each one of them has a humourous touch to it.

The subject of each story is really different too. For example, in one story, a thief manages to steal a bulging purse, but when he finds a gift inside that the owner was planning to give to his child, he feels sorry for the child and tries to put back the purse in the owner's pocket and gets caught! In another, a man wins a road engine in a lottery and his life goes awry when it wrecks the town, imposing huge penalties on the owner!

Short stories are just pure fun, and this book delivers a whole lot of fun. And it portrays life in old India with a comic touch too. Like, a cup of coffee is said to sell for six pies ($0.003 ) If you get a chance, I would highly recommend this book for some good clean fun.

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[Kantarra]

They are in a storage complex and right at the back in so many boxes, which would mean i would have to move everything out to get to them. Sounds like a plan but with my lack of motivation at the moment it ain't gunna happen....

[Adi]

Oh that's too bad. Well can you depend on the world of ebooks till then? Personally I don't like ebooks but a lot of people do.

[Crest]

The day before yesterday I purchased and read a compilation of all five books in the "Rowan of Rin" series. Only hours later I was shocked when one of my friends took a look at the cover and said "Oh. I didn't expect you to be reading a kid's book." Whatever the target demographic of the books they're an imaginative, well-written series.

Admittedly, the writing may be too simplistic for some people's taste, but I find it relaxing to settle down with a book that won't have you rummaging around for the dictionary every once in a while. Besides, they were some of the first books I read when I came to develop a true passion for reading and writing, so there's a nostalgia factor!

Regardless, I certainly recommend! B)

[Adi]

Well children's books are written by adults, and if they have an imaginative mind to write them, then we can have those minds to read them too; nothing wrong in that is there?

[Crest]

Aditya, on Jan 15 2009, 02:05 AM, said:

Well children's books are written by adults, and if they have an imaginative mind to write them, then we can have those minds to read them too; nothing wrong in that is there?

True. I think that there are some junior fiction novels I've enjoyed more than those thousand page paper-weights in our local library that pass as "adult fiction". Reading fifty pages about a group setting up camp can strain the patience of even the most diligent reader.

[Kantarra]

I have Rowen of Rin and enjoyed it a lot...nothing wrong with kids books

[PhrozenFear]

For example, I really enjoy reading a younger series of books by David Eddings - they're fairly light, but have some somewhat deeper thoughts as well. They are The Belgariad series, and the sequel of The Malloreon. Good books, better than some of the heavier adult ficton stuff.

[Nessa Arandur]

I really enjoy Tamora Pierce's books, most of which are written for a teenaged audience. I read them in my first years of high school and deliberately hunted down all of them to read about a year ago. I ended up buying most of them because I enjoy them so much and reread them constantly. Sure, the writing style might be more simplistic than the other books I own, but sometimes it's helpful to read something that will help one incorporate that simplicity into one's own work. Now, because books are just awesome, let's all watch the bunny dance:

[PhrozenFear]

I swear, if you didn't have that dancing bunny, you'd be hooped, lol.


I love the Belgariad and Malloreon series' (as well as their two companion novels). A fun way to read and be entertained. I also will admit to liking the Twilight series.

[Raczimes]

I just read a non-fiction book "Busted"; basically some guy is "revealing" the facts about random topics and why they are overrated. Don't worry, EVERYONE is attacked: America, Australia, the French, I think British. He even bagged out carrots, Google, the 60's, princess, the cricket and baseball...just a list of 50 things. Interesting read, yes, true...um...let me just see his "research".
Right now however I really want to read THE SECRET OF EXCALIBUR by Andy McDermott. I'm waiting for the local bookstore to have it in stock.