What are you reading/recommend a book

[Trent]

Couldn't find a thread so thought I'd start one

I used to read a lot more than I do these days. Now there are too many distractions competing for my time but I still do get to read some good books every now and then. Certain authors I make time to read when they release new stuff.

At the top of my list would be the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The first book of which is The Eye of the World. A fantastic series that I started in the late 90s when book seven came out and the last book in the series was released in January this year. I have re-read the series every time a new book is released and the last book is number 15. Fantastic story that in a lot of ways is similar to Lord of the Rings but at the same time is completely different and MUCH easier reading. I started re-reading in March to refresh my memory in preparation for the last book but am so far only up to book 4 :o

Another great fantasy author is Terry Pratchett. Love his work too. Very witty and clever with some characters that make you grin whenever they appear in a chapter because you know something good is going to happen :). Any of the stories pertaining to the city's Night Watch and their antics is just pure gold!


On the Australian front I highly recommend Matthew Reilly. He writes Action/Adventure stories (think somewhere between Indiana Jones and Mission Impossible) that are some of the most intense, fast paced books I have ever read. There is quite a bit of suspension of disbelief required but I always look forward to his releases. He has been compared to Michael Crichton but I personally think he is a lot better. The Jack West Jr Trilogy, starting with Seven Ancient Wonders, is my pick although none of his books are bad.


Alastair Reynolds is a Sci-Fi space opera writer of whom I enjoy all of his work. It can be a bit dark and broody and doesn't necessarily have a happy ending but is good because he bases his stories on where he realistically sees the human race of potentially being in 200, 500 or even 10,000 years time. Very cool stuff.


Anyway, that's all I can be bothered about for now. I will add more as I think of them and would appreciate others recommendation as well. I always struggle to find something good to read when I go to the library.

[Omega Metro]

I congratulate you for reading books! I on the other hand have not read a book in probably 20 years. I can't get past the first page without being compelled to do something else.:o

[CBratron]

I read but most of it is just rereading my collection of Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibuses (Dan Abnett for those who want to know).

[NTcollectorboy]

Tell you what I'm going to be reading my receipt in horror because I see a lot of money being spent on g1 decepticons

[Kazza]

I recommend anything Chuck Palahniuk, especially Invisible Monsters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Monsters

Also recommend Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas

[Sinnertwin]

The last book i read was Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter. I purchased it on a whim from Kmart for $10. I was pleasantly surprised, i really enjoyed it. I've also been meaning to start reading the Stephen King Dark Tower series.

[fatbot]

it's funny how many conversations get started after people see the wheel of time tattoo on my arm.

I'd recommend 'Amtrak wars' by Patrick Tilley, but I don't think that's available in Australia. I know Amazon has the series for the Kindle

Fiest has just completed the Riftwar novels, there are about 20 of them for you to plow though

[The_Damned]

feist is epic. david gammel has some great books.

At the moment i am reading xenocide by orsen scott card 3rd book in the ender series, book 1 enders game is a movie coming out soon i totally recommand reading enders game awesome book.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Good on ya for starting this thread Trent :D !


Like you, I used to read a lot more than I do now. I used to get through a new book about once a fortnight, though if it was really good I would sometimes just read it all in one night. But these days between a full time job, a full time baby and a full time hobby farm, I'm lucky to sit down and read the latest MTMTE comics my mate brings me from Bendigo.

*The Discworld books are fantastic! Got the whole lot on my shelves. Sadly they have gone downhill in recent years as Terry Pratchet's sickness has progressed.

*A great Aussie author is John Birmingham (no not the 12th man dude - thats Billy Birmingham). He wrote 'Died with a Felafel in his Hand', 'The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco', 'Dopeland' and 'How to be a Man'. I'm going to get Orion a copy of the latter for his 18th birthday, the first 3 were very relatable to for me when I was an early 20's uni drama bum :p

*If you love Captian James T Kirk (and who the slag doesn't?!) Read the series of Star Trek books by William Shatner (in what has been termed the Shatnerverse). Bloody brilliant! The series of 4 or 5 books are all about Kirk alive in Picards time (The Borg brought him back after he died in Star Trek 7) and he basically kicks the entire universes arse in every single book, all while shagging most every female he meets. Lets see, he defeats the Borg, he defeats the Vulcan Sepretists, he beats the Romulans, he out-engineers Geordi, puts the smack down on Picard, gets in on with the Mirror-Universe Janeway - it's like Kirk in a point one percenter :D

*A lot of the earlier True Blood books are an easy read, later on they just spend too much time referencing themselves. Think the author got lazy when it got made into a TV show so they became rich.

*Read most of the Stephen King books, always great until the ending, for some reason the endings almost always suck in his books (look at 'IT' where at the end for no damn reason IT turns into a giant spider - WTF?!)

*The Painted Man & its sequels by Peter. V Brett are very good. Currently waiting for my wife to finish with the latest one (The Daylight War) so I can have a go at it.

*If I'd have to reccomend a book to read it would be 'Good Omens' cowritten by Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman. READ THIS BOOK! GO! DO IT NOW! I DON'T CARE IF YOU GET IN TROUBLE FOR LEAVING WORK - GO FRIGGIN DO IT!


*And of course, I have every Footrot Flats ever (Murray Ball) - love the comic strip of a Farmer and his Dog! Awesome movie too!

[UltraMarginal]

I haven't read much more than comics for quite a while now but I can highly recommend the Battleaxe Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleaxe_(novel))and its successor by Australian uthor Sara Douglass.

I read it while I was at uni and it's one of few series of books where every waking hour has been spent reading it. not so good when you're supposed to be studying. :o

I recommend books by Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke, very well written science fiction, if starting to date a little. the Foundation series is excellent.

[fatbot]

I haven't read much more than comics for quite a while now but I can highly recommend the Battleaxe Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleaxe_(novel))and its successor by Australian uthor Sara Douglass.



Be careful what order you read her books in. The Darkglass Mountain Trilogy tied everything in together, The Axis series, Beyond the Hanging Wall, Threshold, Serpent Mountain series.

Also try the Nightside & Deathstalker books from Simon R green,about 20 books all up, bloody good reading there!

[Paulbot]

I'll agree with BigTransformerTrve on the "Shatnerverse" Star Trek books, but mostly because they are co-written (well mostly written I would say) by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens my favourite Trek writers. They are Star Trek fans and you can always tell that when you read their stuff (like James Roberts in MTMTE) that they've thought about, care about and have interesting thoughts about these characters and universe. Their "Federation" is the TOS/TNG crossover that the movie couldn't be and is highly recommended (although canonically inaccurate now).

The last book I read was actually a non-Trek book by the pair called "The Search" which was good but a little bit too "Da Vinci Code"-esque. Their earlier action/adventure books all pretty great though too though (Icefire, it's sequel Freefall; and Quicksilver). If you like Matthew Reilly's stuff they'd appeal.

I haven't read Birmingham's serious novels, but his trilogy of Alternate History ("Weapons of Choice" is book 1) was quite enjoyable: International battleships from the near future accidentally get sent back in time to World War 2 just days before the attack on Pearl Harbour.

My favourite Alternate History books though are Harry Turtledove's World War four part series (and the Colonisation sequel trilogy). Basic setup: An alien reptilian species (The Race), come to earth to claim it for their Holy Emperor and expect to easily conquer the knights on horseback their scouting probes filmed. Instead they find that in the 1000 years they spent planning, mankind's technology has evolved much quicker than their's ever did (apart from better space-travel the aliens have the same level of technology as we did in the year 2000). And what's worse the major world powers are not only prepared for war, they are in the early days of World War 2! There's a mix of real life and fictional characters from many different cultures and perspective (America, German, British, Russian, Chinese) and there's fair share of story told from the invaders perspective too so they are not just generic bad guys.

I also agree with Kazza and have enjoyed Chuck Palahniuk's books but the most recent two or three weren't great. Definitely agree that "Invisible Monsters" is one of his best.

I have a few favourite books on my shelf that have been turned to movies, but I like the books so much I refuse to see the films. "The Time Traveller's Wife" is a timey-wimey romance, "Life of Pi" was a real pageturner, and "World War Z" is first person accounts of a zombie outbreak are scarily realistic. None of the movies could live up to these books IMO.

[UltraMarginal]

Be careful what order you read her books in. The Darkglass Mountain Trilogy tied everything in together, The Axis series, Beyond the Hanging Wall, Threshold, Serpent Mountain series.


Thank you, I'll keep that in mind, I've read the Battleaxe Trilogy and the following Trilogy but that's all so I'll have to be careful which I eventually read next. I have a couple more of her books from the Troy Game series but I haven't actually cracked any of them yet.


I'll agree with BigTransformerTrve on the "Shatnerverse" Star Trek books, but mostly because they are co-written (well mostly written I would say) by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens my favourite Trek writers. They are Star Trek fans and you can always tell that when you read their stuff (like James Roberts in MTMTE) that they've thought about, care about and have interesting thoughts about these characters and universe. Their "Federation" is the TOS/TNG crossover that the movie couldn't be and is highly recommended (although canonically inaccurate now).



I totally missed BTT's post, I know, how could I.

I've read some of those Trek books and they were great. I've found many of the un-numbered star Trek books to be great reads. Peter David always does a good job.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Finished reading the latest Discworld book: Raising Steam

It was responsible for me being hungover all yesterday as I got it late Friday night and I tend to sit and read them in one go, so sat up reading and not paying attention to how many drinks I was consuming. Went to bed at 1am leaving a finished book and a stupid amount of empty bottles behind me :o:p


I hate to say it, but in the end this was as dissapointing as the last two Discworld books (Snuff & The Science of Discworld 4). Since Pratchett has developed whichever particular brand of Altzimers he has, poor bugger, his writing has gone downhill. In fact now he dictates to someone who types it down for him as he is no longer physcially capable.

The Discworld books would have to be about my favorite long-running series of books ever, and I have certainly had to replace many paperback copies with hardback ones as I wear them out with multiple reads. But the last three books have been reading more like a David Eddings book. By this I mean that all the heroes are too competent. No matter the situation the heroes are always about 3 moves ahead of the bad guys, you never feel like there is any peril or a real danger of anything going wrong and that the whole time the situation is completely in hand. Also the brilliant humor that characterized all Pratchetts earlier works is practically non-existent now. If you were to read an earlier Discworld book like The Last Continent or Thudd, you would swear that the author of the current works is a pale imitator of the author that came before.

With Raising Steam, it focuses on the Discworld getting its first train and the hero is Moist Von Lipwig, who was the central character in Going Postal and Making Money. Going Postal was a brilliant book and Making Money wasn't bad. In this they could have used most any other character, the Von Lipwig character never has any real need to call upon his street smarts or his old criminal skills that served him well in the last two. Most of the characters are becoming more one-dimensional and they are all too proficient at what they do. I don't want to delve into the plot much in case others read it, but lets just say its not particularly riveting.


If you are a massive Discworld fan, then you can probably not resist picking up this book. If you are not, then sadly don't bother - you are not missing much.

[Trent]

Finished reading the latest Discworld book: Raising Steam

It was responsible for me being hungover all yesterday as I got it late Friday night and I tend to sit and read them in one go, so sat up reading and not paying attention to how many drinks I was consuming. Went to bed at 1am leaving a finished book and a stupid amount of empty bottles behind me :o:p


I hate to say it, but in the end this was as dissapointing as the last two Discworld books (Snuff & The Science of Discworld 4). Since Pratchett has developed whichever particular brand of Altzimers he has, poor bugger, his writing has gone downhill. In fact now he dictates to someone who types it down for him as he is no longer physcially capable.

The Discworld books would have to be about my favorite long-running series of books ever, and I have certainly had to replace many paperback copies with hardback ones as I wear them out with multiple reads. But the last three books have been reading more like a David Eddings book. By this I mean that all the heroes are too competent. No matter the situation the heroes are always about 3 moves ahead of the bad guys, you never feel like there is any peril or a real danger of anything going wrong and that the whole time the situation is completely in hand. Also the brilliant humor that characterized all Pratchetts earlier works is practically non-existent now. If you were to read an earlier Discworld book like The Last Continent or Thudd, you would swear that the author of the current works is a pale imitator of the author that came before.

With Raising Steam, it focuses on the Discworld getting its first train and the hero is Moist Von Lipwig, who was the central character in Going Postal and Making Money. Going Postal was a brilliant book and Making Money wasn't bad. In this they could have used most any other character, the Von Lipwig character never has any real need to call upon his street smarts or his old criminal skills that served him well in the last two. Most of the characters are becoming more one-dimensional and they are all too proficient at what they do. I don't want to delve into the plot much in case others read it, but lets just say its not particularly riveting.


If you are a massive Discworld fan, then you can probably not resist picking up this book. If you are not, then sadly don't bother - you are not missing much.
It's a shame. I noticed it with Snuff too. While it was a pretty good book, it didn't really do Vimes justice, which was a bit disappointing as he is my favourite Discworld character (with Moist a close second).

I have just got back into readin actually. I stopped forms while but have got back into the Wheel of Time. As of last night I have 6 down, 9 to go :o

[Deonasis]

The Thomas Harris Silence of the Lambs trilogy is fantastically well written.

[Bidoofdude]

I finished reading 'Doppelganger', by Michael Parker, the school novel for this year for me. It's kind of boring at the start, but it does get pretty good towards the middle and end. I like the seperate universes concept. Short book, but it's pretty good all in all.

I also read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, which is a REALLY good book IMO. Good insight into other people's minds.

[The_Damned]

But the last three books have been reading more like a David Eddings book. By this I mean that all the heroes are too competent. No matter the situation the heroes are always about 3 moves ahead of the bad guys, you never feel like there is any peril or a real danger of anything going wrong and that the whole time the situation is completely in hand.

yup davids eddings last series he did was a big disappointment for me.

[1AZRAEL1]

Currently reading Bonehunters, book 6 in The Tale of the Malazan Empire by Steve Erikson. It's great if you like a bit of violence, fantasy and sorcery. There are 10 books in this series. One of the things I love about this series is you should read it more than once because some things that you read early on make more sense the later in the series of books you get. Like a puzzle. Or how like in Futurama season 4, you find out Nibbler pushes Fry into the tube, then going right back to the first episode you see Nibbler's shadow. And subsequent episode of that fateful moment you see references to Nibbler lol.

But I digress. Bonehunters has really got me hooked that I don't want to put it down.

I'd also recommend a series by Markus Heitz called Dwarves. 4 books but one of the best series I've read.

[christalcase]

Used to read heaps of books back when I was still in school and while I'm reading less now, I haven't "grown" away from fantasy books that are aimed at 7-14 year olds. My absolute favourite books are:

- Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan: funny, clever and entertaining. The author perfectly mixes Greek myths into a contemporary setting, and the series gets better as it gets along. You have to read the last book, The Last Olympian, to see how well the author had planned the whole series together, as everything fits perfectly and there are so many minor details that are significant to the plot as a whole. Forget about the movies and the follow up series, Heroes of Olympus, they're nowhere near the same level.
- Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer: once again, clever and funny. The earlier books are better in that they have sophisticated plans that play out throughout the story.
- The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud: the level of sarcasm from the main character's narration is hilarious. Once again, in the third book, everything fits together so well and resonates with you.
- Deltora Quest 3 by Emily Rodda: a classic epic fantasy, the final book is the highlight and creates a perfect ending.
- Last Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill is amazing in it's intense struggle of a young ruler against the might of an invading country. The good part is that you see the journey of house the ruler create alliances with surrounding countries who were originally enemies and the strategy/tactics that come with warfare.

[iamirondude]

i love reading but not novels tho. the last novel i read was the pillars of the earth. it's a really good book. i usually read books of warplanes, naval ships and tanks.

[Jay-Tron]

If you're into the Chili Peppers I recommend the book Scar Tissue by the lead singer Anthony Kiedis. For Guns n' Roses fans I recommend W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose by Mick Wall (yeah that's the guy mentioned in Get in the ring).

[Trent]

If you're into the Chili Peppers I recommend the book Scar Tissue by the lead singer Anthony Kiedis.

Quite a few people have recommended that book to me. I must get around to reading it.

[Spiritprime]

I want to so badly recommend fanfics, but I'll refrain from saying so.

Instead, I've got some good books that are extremely worth reading on my Kindle. If these books still exist, then definitely The Animals of Farthing Wood, The Silver Brumby, The Wings of Fire series, and the Whalesong Trilogy.

Fantastic books! Although my favourite has to be the Penrose series by Tony Ballantyne. Actual books include: Twisted Metal and Blood and Iron. Science fiction with actual sentient robots on another planet called Penrose. It's a little difficult to read, but it's gorgeous!

[Hursticon]

Currently bouncing between R.L. Stine's - "The Curse of The Mummy's Tomb (http://goosebumps.wikia.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb)" :D and H.P. Lovecraft's - "The Necronomicon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon:_The_Best_Weird_Tales_of_H._P._Lovecr aft:_Commemorative_Edition)" :cool:, whenever I actually sit down and read that is. :p
(I'm one of these people who need a comfortable seat and 100% peace & quiet before I can read a book :o - Surgery & glasses helped out too ;))

[Sam]

Currently bouncing between R.L. Stine's - "The Curse of The Mummy's Tomb (http://goosebumps.wikia.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb)" :D and H.P. Lovecraft's - "The Necronomicon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon:_The_Best_Weird_Tales_of_H._P._Lovecr aft:_Commemorative_Edition)" :cool:, whenever I actually sit down and read that is. :p
(I'm one of these people who need a comfortable seat and 100% peace & quiet before I can read a book :o - Surgery & glasses helped out too ;))

Oh I enjoy Lovecraft's stuff, but haven't read much except for The Colour Out of Space, and At the Mountains of Madness (I think those are the titles anyway).

I also really enjoy history, so am currently reading Slaying the Dragons: Destroying Myths in the History of Science and Faith (cf. http://www.amazon.com/Slaying-Dragons-Destroying-History-Science/dp/0745955835/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395571473&sr=8-1&keywords=slaying+the+dragons)

[Bidoofdude]

If you're into the Chili Peppers I recommend the book Scar Tissue by the lead singer Anthony Kiedis. For Guns n' Roses fans I recommend W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose by Mick Wall (yeah that's the guy mentioned in Get in the ring).

I read WAR, thought it was great. I'm reading Slash's auto bio now. Also reading Life in Outer Space. It's great so far. :)

[Paulbot]

I've just finished "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" by Claire North. I loved this book, it's been ages since I found a book I couldn't put down. Would strongly recommend it.

It's kind of a time travel book. Best comparison would be the movies Groundhog Day or Edge of Tomorrow -- but with the character living his whole lifetime multiple times rather than a day or two. She's created a very interesting and mind stretching universe that has made me think about life and death and legacy. If you're looking for a scifi book to read give this one a chance.

[octopunchshotfisrt]

If you want something with magic but no ridiculous wands, read the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Everything about it just oozes style and the story is incredible. I legitimately forgot about other people in favor of reading them.
I'd also recommend the "GONE" series (like under the dome, but waaaaay cooler) and the Alex Rider series (mini James Bond, essentially).

[Jenko21]

I read alot of military stuff... bios n historic WW2 stuff.

American sniper is an awesome read along with SAS sniper, most of what i read is Australian stuff and pretty much anything SAS related.

If anyone has read any military stuff let me know.... i might not have got on to it.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I've been feeling a bit classic-y lately.

Knocked Moby Dick; or the White whale, followed by Alice in Wonderland and am currently read the Odyssey.

Very interesting reading Moby Dick, as it was written in 1851 and the first four or five pages were a bit tough. I had to use my dictionary for some words! I was a bit shocked! And very pleased. It went into incredible detail about the life of a whaling boat in those times and I was most surprised at how little time they spent chasing Moby Dick. A good, if long.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking Glass weren't quite as dark as I expected. Still very trippy though. Felt like it wasn't so well spaced out as things seemed to rush into another. Or was that the author's intent?

Finally the Odyssey is so far interesting, recounting the attempts of Odyesseus to get back home after the battle of Troy. A lot of adventure is included through Odyesseus telling stories of how he got to his current situation. Recurrent themes with characters meeting, greeting and eating. Seems to happen lot.

An honourable mention that I read often is also Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Interesting in the way it was written and for it's age. Again another book when it's very pop pop pop with little clue as to how long things take.

Since I'me here, I should recommend the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My all time Favourite and most read book(s). (at least once a year). Love it to bits.

[GoktimusPrime]

Since I'me here, I should recommend the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My all time Favourite and most read book(s). (at least once a year). Love it to bits.
And this famous reference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UERtEMVdZ_M) to Hitchhikers in Transformers Beast Wars. ;)

[BigTransformerTrev]

I've been feeling a bit classic-y lately.

Knocked Moby Dick; or the White whale, followed by Alice in Wonderland and am currently read the Odyssey.

Very interesting reading Moby Dick, as it was written in 1851 and the first four or five pages were a bit tough. I had to use my dictionary for some words! I was a bit shocked! And very pleased. It went into incredible detail about the life of a whaling boat in those times and I was most surprised at how little time they spent chasing Moby Dick. A good, if long.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking Glass weren't quite as dark as I expected. Still very trippy though. Felt like it wasn't so well spaced out as things seemed to rush into another. Or was that the author's intent?

Finally the Odyssey is so far interesting, recounting the attempts of Odyesseus to get back home after the battle of Troy. A lot of adventure is included through Odyesseus telling stories of how he got to his current situation. Recurrent themes with characters meeting, greeting and eating. Seems to happen lot.

An honourable mention that I read often is also Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Interesting in the way it was written and for it's age. Again another book when it's very pop pop pop with little clue as to how long things take.

Since I'me here, I should recommend the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My all time Favourite and most read book(s). (at least once a year). Love it to bits.


I have Snugglepot and Cuddlepie somewhere from when I was a kid. Waiting until my son is a bit older then will start reading it to him.

Would you recommend Moby Dick for someone who does not have very much time to read?

I loved Hitchhikers Guide when I was in my 20's. I reread it for about the first time in a decade last year and while I still quite liked it, it didn't hold the same magic for me.


Currently working my way through The Complete Novels and Stories of Sherlock Holmes. Like Moby Dick it's interesting to read something written in the 1800's. After that I have lined up "The Presidents Desk" by Shawn Micallef and the John Cleese Autobiography "So, anyway..."

But considering I have about 10 minutes to read a day right now and a bub arriving in less than two weeks I may have to review them in a years time :p

[Trent]

So has anyone read the new Marvel Star Wars comic? Any good?

Since the little fella came along my reading has been limited to comics because that's all I get time for :( The amount of books that keep getting added to my 'to read' list is scary.

[Akky82]

My recommendation : Robin Hobb

Farseer Trilogy
Liveship Trilogy
Tawny Man Trilogy
Dragonkeeper Quadrology? (Havent finished this because I keep going back to read the first and 3rd ones i just mentioned).
New Fool's trilogy (forst book came out in september)

These series are all set in the same work, I love the writing style in the farseer, tawny man and fools trilogy, from one characters point of view. The liveship trilogy is great too, but jumps around to different characters (not a problem, just different style).

She also has another trilogy I've read a few times called the Soldier's Son trilogy, about a young cadet who gets caught up in shamanism.

Can't recommend her books enough, I'm always reading one, and met her at Supanova in brisbane and she's lovely :-)

[Hot Rodimus]

I have read the Soldiers Son trilogy, I enjoyed it alot but found some parts hard to follow. I have been meaning to read more Robin Hobb novels.

I have been re-reading Joe Abercrombie novels, he is my favourite author by far. Anyone who jumped on the George RR Martin bandwagon, read Abercrombie. Martin was an influence of his but he writes in a more succinct style and I can't get enough of his work. Start with his first trilogy, the First Law, as characters will pop up in later novels.

Guilty pleasure reading, apart from comics, has been Brian Keene horror novels. I find his style so easy to read and fly through his books in a couple of days. He has a talent for making me feel squeemish and writeslikable characters you want to survive....though most of his stuff has a grim ending.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Would you recommend Moby Dick for someone who does not have very much time to read?


Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.

[Trent]

Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.

In my younger days when I read Bram Stoker's Dracula I had the same problem. Good story, hard reading. Took me about 3 months to read. And it's not a long book.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.

Cool - if I ever get through my current backlog of books I'll definitely give it a go - thanks mate :)


In my younger days when I read Bram Stoker's Dracula I had the same problem. Good story, hard reading. Took me about 3 months to read. And it's not a long book.

I knocked it off pretty quick, but doing drama and philosophy at uni for three years meant I was reading a LOT of old texts so I found myself pretty familiar with the language from days of yore.

So it helped me understand writing from yesteryear - did those degree's help me find a job? Hells no! :p

[Bartrim]

I just finished reading for the 4th time "The Regulators" by Richard Bachman (Spoiler alert... Stephen Kings alias :eek::p) It's a sci-fi horror cross with plenty of pace to keep me wanting to turn the pages every time I read it.

[shockNwave]

I am currently reading Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline and after page 100 it then heats up and becomes gripping.:D

[Sinnertwin]

Anyone recommend a good post apocalyptic single story or series?
Think Mad Max, Fallout, Metro, The Road, Book of Eli, so on and so forth.

[Autocon]

I am currently reading Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline and after page 100 it then heats up and becomes gripping.:D

When did this come out? Are we going to get a sequel movie now

[shockNwave]

When did this come out? Are we going to get a sequel movie now

It came out November 24th and yes there'll be a sequel movie but first Armada (another Ernest Cline book) is being made into a movie.:cool:

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Finished reading the Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett and thoroughly enjoyed it. Well written and nicely philosophical. probably my favourite of the Discworld books that I've read so far, just because of the feels that I got from it.

AFter that I read through the Jungle book, mainly to see how different it is to the disney movie. TBH I wasn't expecting it to be that great and while it wasn't fantastic, it was enjoyable. The story with Mowgli was the best. The others included were OK, but nothing all that fantastic.

CUrrently reading through Witches Abroad, which is proving to be interesting. After that I'll be hitting up Pinocchio, just to see how it differs from the Disney movie as well.

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