Simon Says is about a boy who admired this author, then he meet him at his new school and created a complaitcated relationship, ending with the author's suicide.
Pure is about this girl from the future who was created by genetic engeering, and was rejected by society because of it.
Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Age: 67 Gender: Male Posts: 1,374
17 Mar 2008, 11:03 pm
The very last book I read was "The Brotherhood of the Rose" by David Morrel.
The two best books I have read in the last two years were "Krakatoa : The day the Earth exploded" and " A crack in the edge of the world" both by Simon Winchester.
The last book was actually listened to on my CD player in my truck going back and forth to work.
That is a good way to enjoy a book if you don't have time to read the story.
Joined: 19 May 2006 Age: 37 Gender: Male Posts: 1,342 Location: Australia
18 Mar 2008, 8:18 am
Been reading Dracula by Bram Stoker for a while now.
_________________ "They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat." - Terry Bisson
"Poczwarki Wielkiej Parady" - this title is translated as "The chrysalises of Great Parade". This is a book written in 1935 as a diary of a teen, Ala (not a real girl but a fictional character) who describes her adventures in a boarding-school. Said Great Parade is their head-master and "chrysalises" are girls themselves - Ala and her friends - who are turning into beautiful colorful butterflies - young ladies old enough to enter the world of adults.
I'm trying to read all of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. And I read two at a time, one on breaks at work(I usually finish these the fastest) and one at home.
The last two I read were The Color of Magic and Mort. The two books I'm currently reading are Pyramids and The Light Fantastic.
_________________ The world under heaven, after a long period of division, tends to unite; after a long period of union, tends to divide. This has been so since antiquity.
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Age: 47 Gender: Male Posts: 62
18 Mar 2008, 11:57 am
The Catcher in the Rye.
Now I am working on The Guns of August.
(On good days I give some time to The Critique of Pure Reason.)
_________________ The Devil he looked at the mangled Soul that prayed to feel the flame,
And he thought of Holy Charity, but he thought of his own good name: --
I just finished "Children of God" by Mary Doria Russell. Interesting book, great autistic character. I'm dying for something new to read now, but my town's library is pathetic.