Book Thread Continued

[DM Kyle E. Miller]

Tooks, can you tell me a bit more about Chronicles of Amber? Is it pulpy, character driven, meaningful, etc.?

[Tooker]

Gosh... it's pretty character-driven.  It starts out with the classic "protagonist with amnesia" trope, but I liked the way it developed from there.  You get into the deeper conflict between the titular princes, but not always how you'd expect.

[CastNuri]

Starting on "Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins.

Quite enjoyed "The Moonstone" and I heard that this is even better so I'm looking forward to the experience!

[Azrael]

Just finished "The Moon and the Bonfires."  Took longer than I expected since it's such a short book, but I guess I've been busy.  Very good book, but I think I will need to reread it at some point.

Starting up "Dharma Bums" by Jack Kerouac.  I've read "On The Road" and enjoyed it but I've been told "Dharma Bums" is his best books so I'm going to give it a go.

[CastNuri]

Fell ill recently. Unable to choke down Collins' Woman in White yet but managed to consume "The Hunger Games", a young adult Dystopian novel in the vein of Battle Royale.

[Starmongoose]

I found my copies of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Phillip Pullman and plan on giving them a good read. I do love these books.

[CastNuri]

Been slowly making my way through "It" by Stephen King this week. I admit, any negative impressions I got from King's collaboration with Straub (The Talisman) have been eradicated. This is looking to be a really interesting story.

[Tooker]

You didn't like The Talisman?  :(  I love that book.  I was just thinking about reading it again, and I have SO many things on my plate to read and play right now...

[FlamingR1ft]

I'm ashamed to say I haven't read a book in two years. I used to read all the time. I'd read at night, at school, as I sat around at home. I just don't do it any more for some reason. I think I get my reading pleasure from visual novels now. The dialogue is usually not as good as a printed novel, but the pretty pictures make up for it. Haha.

Having said that, maybe it's time to find something new to read...

[GrimReality]

Finished the third Temeraire book. To put it plainly, it sucked. I am SO done with this series. The writing is poor, the plotting is poor, and the author sucks at writing any type of action scene. To top it all off, the endings of all three books are anti-climactic and feel horribly rushed. It's like someone told her she had two pages to wrap up what should have taken 30 pages.
Time to start reading the Elric stories. I've been looking forward to this for awhile.

[Dincrest]

I have so much other stuff happening that I'm still not finished with When True Night Falls (book 2 in the Coldfire trilogy.)  It's quite good, even if the pacing's uneven in spots, but I haven't had time to sit down for a while and read.  RPGFan, my creative pursuits (2 bands and a solo act), and cycling/fitness are quite time consuming hobbies, but I love to partake in them. 

[Esper_Crusader]

I just finished "Under The Dome" by Stephen King and it was pretty epic.  His best work in a while.

[Daggerstrike]

Currently reading Stormlord Rising. It is interesting.

[CDFN]

Did anyone here get "the art of resident evil 5"? Destructoid review says it's fantastic, http://www.destructoid.com/book-review-the-art-of-resident-evil-5-182218.phtml

[Jotacon]

Just about to start The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro. I'm not too sure about it, but I like Del Toro's movies so it's worth a try.