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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #210 on: June 08, 2015, 01:17:50 pm »

I'm reading, like, everything Pratchett wrote.
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« Reply #211 on: June 10, 2015, 02:18:05 am »

Yeah, I liked Steelheart. Currently reading Gardens of the Moon in the Malazan Books of the Fallen. So far, I am liking it.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #212 on: June 11, 2015, 11:55:11 am »

ATM, my mum's recommended some Dorothy Parker. Only read first page cuz of exams, but looks funny. Incredibly vicious, though.

Ironically, my English teacher just asked me to get involved in some glorified literary project that basically boils down to me chatting with East Asian kids and Western ones in forums about books we've read...

For which I will go to a meeting, will probably have to sign something and hear several speeches...

 ::) And what am I doing right now?
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« Reply #213 on: June 11, 2015, 12:14:52 pm »

Data Mining and Predictive Analysis, which I expect to be roughly a how-to guide on supervillainy.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #214 on: June 11, 2015, 12:26:35 pm »

Re-reading A Game of Thrones.

Re-reading all five novels in fact. But GoT so far.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #215 on: June 13, 2015, 06:13:53 pm »

Got my copy of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov in the mail. Glorious campy vintage sci-fi, with all sorts of sciency fictional vocabulary. It's good.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #216 on: June 23, 2015, 08:31:35 pm »

Now I'm on Memories of Ice, third Malazan Book of the Fallen. Despite how meh Deadhouse Gates was, this is pretty good so far. Arcvasti thinks that the return of the illustrious Kruppe has something to do with this.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #217 on: June 24, 2015, 03:35:33 am »

Re-reading Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson. Bought because I enjoy the author's other work rather than out of an interest in the Hell's Angels, but ended up really enjoying the examination of how the media, state, and public appetite made them into a modern bogey man (don't get me wrong he doesn't make them out to be saints).

Got my copy of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov in the mail. Glorious campy vintage sci-fi, with all sorts of sciency fictional vocabulary. It's good.
Not long finished it myself. Wasn't quite what I expected, but didn't end up disappointed.
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« Reply #218 on: June 24, 2015, 04:08:32 pm »

I've got The Forever War open in front of me. I'm really enjoying it. I've also been reading Tunnel in the Sky. It's like the Hunger Games without all the love sappy drama.
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« Reply #219 on: June 24, 2015, 04:29:37 pm »

Who wrote Tunnel in the Sky a decent dystopian fiction without love and shit might make a decent read.

 Anyway, I recently finished the Sultan's Eyes a book that started out pretty meh, in my opinion, but got better and was actually a pretty good read in the end. I just started Schindler's Ark which is really bloody good.
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« Reply #220 on: June 24, 2015, 05:11:31 pm »

I have to say, if anyone wants a really good book to read. Read Gideon Mack it's a modern day fiction and is absolutely amazing.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #221 on: June 24, 2015, 05:16:49 pm »

Started The Once and Future King. Now that I'm into it though, I'm considering saving it for my trip through Europe.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #222 on: June 24, 2015, 05:27:01 pm »

'cause I'm lazy, here's everything in arm's reach that I'm reading or rereading at the moment.

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« Reply #223 on: June 24, 2015, 06:02:36 pm »

Who wrote Tunnel in the Sky? A decent dystopian fiction without love and shit might make a decent read.
Robert Heinlein.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #224 on: June 24, 2015, 07:21:27 pm »

I'm behind schedule (you can blame the exam period for this) with the Wheel of Time series. I'm about to go onto book 6. I should be on book 7 by now. I average about 1 book per month.
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