Administrators Teeny Tiny Cat Posted January 8, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2016 Tell me about books you enjoyed and what you liked about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
λngelღмander Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I have liked most of Stephen king's books except for Cell, and I liked Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Teeny Tiny Cat Posted January 8, 2016 Author Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2016 I liked Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Oh no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utsoob Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The boy detective fails: It's nice. Year Zero: Clever book, enjoyed the humor of it. Kinda falters near the end though Hyper sphere: A new age classic for the modern age. Pick it up on Lulu books. http://www.lulu.com/shop/anonymous/hypersphere/paperback/product-22511983.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
λngelღмander Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Relax teeny, I'm not an objectionist. I just enjoyed the read xP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Lately I've been reading a lot of Historical Fiction, mostly Conn Iggulden's work I definitely recommend his conqueror and emperor series. They make reading about history a little more interesting, though you need to remember that some elements are added to improve the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Dusk Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Tale of Despereaux because it was the first real book i ever read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NewWizard Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Twilight. Yes, you read it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Tale of Despereaux because it was the first real book i ever read I loved that book when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charity Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've read the Eragon series multiple times through in my life, and it just gets better every time. I REALLY enjoy Christopher Paolini's works, the dude's a genius. Easily my favorite book series of all time. movie was shit though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've read the Eragon series multiple times through in my life, and it just gets better every time. I REALLY enjoy what Christopher Paolini did with the series. Easily my favorite book series of all time. movie was shit though I've re-read it a good 6 times probably..... though I feel like he didn't handle the last book very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazza Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Martian - Andy Weir Wild Horses - Dick Francis Straight - Dick Francis I like thrillers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woifi The Viking Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 All Tolkien books that take place in Middleearth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I enjoyed the Ender's Game and Eragon series'. Loved the amount of detail in both, and both really hit you in the feels at the end. Too bad both movies were terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charity Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've re-read it a good 6 times probably..... though I feel like he didn't handle the last book very well. I am with you there. Personally I would've enjoyed more romance between Eragon and Arya... it was so built up throughout the entire series. I did hear that another book was coming out to sum up the rest of their lives though, so that'll be something I look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I am with you there. Personally I would've enjoyed more romance between Eragon and Arya... it was so built up throughout the entire series. I did hear that another book was coming out to sum up the rest of their lives though, so that'll be something I look forward to. I think Paolini was trying to be edgy or something... I was so pissed when I first read it. If you're interested you can try reading this and its sequel https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4585314/1/Eldunari(I prefer it to the actual book, it's fanfiction but I promise there is no weird shit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gent♥ Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 The Count of Monte Cristo is a favourite of mine, make sure you get an abridged version if you don't like what was at the time cutting political analysis but is now people sitting around discussing Napoleon for 15 pages at a time. The actual story is compelling and an excellent breakdown of typical revenge tropes, and it's written by Alexander Dumas, the guy who wrote The Three Musketeers. Right now I'm reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is just the best thing. Read it. I've read the Eragon quadrilogy (or whatever), it's fun but it's a little patchy and a little predictable in areas, I found. Eragon himself is also the most self-inserty karma-free Marty Stu I've ever seen :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddingkip Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Massive fan of the A Song Of Ice And Fire series. Also really liked time and time again, which was recommended by somebody on the forums but I kinda forgot by who Read a good few of Kader Abdollah's works as well and quite liked them. And the Dan Brown mysteries are pretty cool as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0night Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller: you know when people are like 'oh my humour is really dark like; haha dead babies haha'? this book is what dark humour is actually about. WWII bomber squadron; every single character is incredible and comic, it's absurd and brilliant. Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih: sort of useless to try to describe this book because there's a couple of narrative frames and so many beautiful images and evocative moments. essentially a man taken from his homeland in sudan to be given a british education slowly reveals his life story through his dialogue with the protagonist, his actions, and a dairy. the protagonist also has a narrative of his own to tell. it's so well written. Underworld by Don Delillo: a masterpiece with hundreds of characters and lots of intertwining storylines partially centred on the baseball hit into the crowd in 'The Shot Heard Round the World'; partially a sort of social history of the cold war. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway: i've gone off hemingway a little bit because his characters are all very masturbatory self-imaginings and his archaic 'this is what it is to be a man' thing loses appeal pretty fast. all that said, his prose is so good and his plotting tempo is superb. Ubik by Philip K Dick: original and smart sci-fi, as with seemingly everything he wrote there will be a movie of this one day and it will not do the book justice. ubik is a (ubiquitous, get it) canned spray which prevents objects from degrading into older obselete versions of themselves in the world which the protagonist and others find themselves in after an explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidling Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 All Tolkien books that take place in Middleearth. Did you ever read 'The Silmarillion'? I read that when I was at a cottage over a summer ~2yrs ago, it's really good if you liked the whole setting of Middle-Earth. Basically the creation stories, and the rise of Evil in the land; top notch stuff. Adding to the discussion, I enjoyed 'A Song Of Ice And Fire', and Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhikers' Guide' series is one of my favourites as it's just so wacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy! Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 To Kill a Mockingbird is a current favourite. Private Peaceful was my first 'favourite' book, back when I was around 10, and it still touches me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Vermeer's Hat. We take for globalization for granted. This is a book about first contacts - the FIRST time the Europeans interacted with native americans, the first time a Dutch vessel got stranded on a beach in a Chinese fishing village. What did these people who knew nothing of a world outside their own think of people with different hair, skin color, tongue? Absolutely fascinating. Also the reference to Indra's web from this book is cited very frequently. Really powerful imagery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woifi The Viking Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Did you ever read 'The Silmarillion'? I read that when I was at a cottage over a summer ~2yrs ago, it's really good if you liked the whole setting of Middle-Earth. Basically the creation stories, and the rise of Evil in the land; top notch stuff. Adding to the discussion, I enjoyed 'A Song Of Ice And Fire', and Douglas Adams' 'Hitchhikers' Guide' series is one of my favourites as it's just so wacky Yes of course, and there are more books than just the silmarillion as well. Although not that completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Quixote Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Yes of course, and there are more books than just the silmarillion as well. Although not that completed. I also have The Children of Hurin and Unfinished Tales. Have you read those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin the Chicken God Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Death by Black Hole by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Dark Pools by Scott Patterson are my favorite non-fictions, they're both really fascinating I liked the Phantom Tollbooth a lot when I was a kid, as well as LOTR (and the hobbit). But I personally think my favorite book (as I remember it) is the Trolley to Yesterday by John Bellairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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