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The 15books-collection of David Eddings with Garion, Belgarath and the other people. Lovely books. Third time i read those again.




I have read only a few books with Belgarath and I liked it very much. It was the first fantasy book I read that actually had some humor and common language in it. And a bit of sex too iirc. It was refreshing contrast to the pathetic, big-talking, sexless a homoelvish Tolkien

I mean I really like everything about Arda and own most of the books but Tolkien is imho a bit overrated. Especially among the internet population.|||Quote:








The 15books-collection of David Eddings with Garion, Belgarath and the other people. Lovely books. Third time i read those again.




Reread those last year. They're aye lovely.

I work as a library assistent so currently I have to read quite a bit of childrens books (mostly picture books so that doesn't take forever) but off work I'm reading, simultanously:

One Piece part 10

Percy Jackson part 2

Harry Potter part 5|||if it helps, BRKO, like.. i tried to read Tolkien. i did not get past page five because i was like, "Are we still in the same scene? Wtf is going on?" i have no doubt that his books are quite lovely, but i just could not read them.|||Series of Unfortunate Events. Those books are surprsingly entertaining. They're short, easy reads too. If you're bored some rainy day pick one up! |||Mystery Method - How to get beautiful woman into bed|||Quote:








Mystery Method - How to get beautiful woman into bed




Rope and a sedative.



EDIT: Not necessarily in that order.|||Quote:








Rope and a sedative.



EDIT: Not necessarily in that order.




Or just chocolate.

mmm....chocolate... |||Quote:








Mystery Method - How to get beautiful woman into bed




maybe by saying, "Nice shoes. Wanna ?" then you will know if she is easy or not. XD|||A room of one's own. FML

So anyways, I heard The Name of the Wind was a good book. Should I go read it?|||Faust By Goethe ( for school )

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse ( for fun )

Differential equations - do it yourself ( for school )

Hey Bookworm, What Are You READING? - Page 2

[:1]Yeah, that was the first I read (before I knew it was a series) Now I'm checking them out from the Library in order because Barnes and Noble doesn't have them.



I read the Codex Alera in order, and own them all except First Lords Fury (gotta get it in paperback to match the others)



I like the use of magic and firearms

He's like a magical gunslinging Sherlock Holmes.

Its really entertaining.|||haha, i recently read a rant about The Inheritance Cycle (that one has Eragon in the series, yes?). the guy is not into fantasy or magic and was kinda *****ing about it and some other stuff he thought was wrong with the book. it was quite amusing. i had nothing to say really because i have not read it.

i would like to re-read all of the Harry Potter books before November, but im not sure if that is going to happen. so i might just re-read the seventh. |||I just finished up on Iain M. Banks' "Consider Phlebas," now moving on to Peter F. Hamilton's newly released "Evolutionary Void," the last book in his massive Commonwealth/Void saga. After that the rest of Banks' work will follow. I love science fiction.|||Quote:








haha, i recently read a rant about The Inheritance Cycle (that one has Eragon in the series, yes?). the guy is not into fantasy or magic and was kinda *****ing about it and some other stuff he thought was wrong with the book. it was quite amusing. i had nothing to say really because i have not read it.



i would like to re-read all of the Harry Potter books before November, but im not sure if that is going to happen. so i might just re-read the seventh.




The Inhertiance cycle books are well done (the guys writing is fairly young) I enjoy them.



I thought I would catch crap for saying I like the Harry Potter books, but... I do. I own them all. Hardcover. Arranged nicely on my bookcase. Also own all the movies. Speaking of Movies.



I hate when they make a book into movie and completely butcher it (eragon)



When they do a good job its nice though (LotR, Harry Potter) I just wish they would do The Hobbit. They were filming, then they stopped, and started again, and stopped, and I dunno whats going on there.|||how young is Paolini? (is that how you spell his last name?)|||Quote:








how young is Paolini? (is that how you spell his last name?)




Hmm... 27? I think. When Eragon came out he would've been 20-ish... Guess he's not as young as I seem to think. Most of the books I read the author on the last page has a beard, and Paolini doesn't maybe thats why I picture him as young-ish.|||no, it's cool. i saw a picture of him years ago and he looked in his twenties. but it was years ago and i was just curious to his age now. thanks.|||I just finished reading bastiat's "law" online.|||Quote:








I just finished reading bastiat's "law" online.




That looks... thrilling.



Haha, I'm kidding, is it good?|||The 15books-collection of David Eddings with Garion, Belgarath and the other people. Lovely books. Third time i read those again.

Hey Bookworm, What Are You READING?

[:1]Music, games, movies - they are all here but I kinda missed books



Following recommendation I picked

Ian McDonald - River of Gods

A review and a another one.

No intention to advertise this e-shop but I have bought a few books from them and I must appreciate they sell (often a lot) cheaper than local stores and deliver faster than local post not to mention free shipping.

I am in the middle of the book atm and I am amazed. And Im no sf regular reader. This is a bit different from sf stories I read before and took me some time to get into it. But it reminds me of my favourite authors as well. Set in India and its huge cities crowded with millions of people it reads like Rushdie. Certain parts of the story with bizzare characters and events reminds of Mieville.

Plus its full of hints and links to Indian history, religions and politics. I actually do a lot side-reading to learn something about significant stuff going on in India since Gandhi hoping to get the whole picture of the story. I am enjoying it

It is 570 pages of amazing 2047 India and though I havent finished yet I cannot but recommend .)|||Reread of "Lord Of The Rings".

'enouf said.|||lol nurman.... I just finished The Hobbit in my spare time.|||reading for school for right now. i am trying to finish Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. from what we have talked about in class, i like Jim's char. he is very much relate-able. for my other class, im having to read up on Arthurian legends. about to go read where Arthur pulls the sword from the stone. awesome. |||Quote:








lol nurman.... I just finished The Hobbit in my spare time.




The Hobbit is brilliant. I'm going to read the Silmarillion at some point|||My latest reads have been books by Jim Butcher.



He has 2 series going (maybe more, I'm just reading the two.) One series is the Dresden Files, the other is Codex Alera.



I read a lot. 1-2 books a week. I've been through many different books, but Jim Butcher has a very entertaining writing style. There are no holes in his stories, and they all flow together and make sense.

Small rant: In the Codex Alera books where he has multiple stories going (they all converge in the end) he'll stay on a story and lead up to a critical, tense point that you really want to read... then he switches to a new story. Its like cutting to commercials at the climax of a movie, and has kept me awake late into the night many times. (not necessarily a bad thing...)



If you read often I highly suggest you read these books.



Other authors that are good:

The Bartimus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (easy reading)

The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (easy reading)

Any book by Wilbur Smith

Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfus (been waiting for book 2 for over a year...)



There are so many books I would list here, but you already have the impression I'm a book nerd without a life, so I'll leave it at this



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JR Tolkien -- Best author ever.

The Hobbit -- Best book ever.|||Quote:








The Hobbit is brilliant. I'm going to read the Silmarillion at some point




The Silmarillion is a pretty tough read at first and completely different from LotR and the Hobbit, a bit like reading the Old Testament.|||I liked the hobbit, LotR was ok but the council of elrond chapter....zzz

I'm reading Charlotte Grey, or well, I just finished it. It's probably considered girly but you lot. pff.|||Yeah I tried it but I kinda lost track of it and gave up.|||Trionth, I love the Dresden Files. Have you read Changes yet?