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[Kamau]

Comic books. =D Lots and lots of comic books!

[kspr]

calvin and hobbes

[Vicious Parker]

Currently reading The Journyer by Gary Jennings, recommended by my boss. So far it is quite interesting, though filled with a lot of oddly descriptive sexuality.

As a side note, books like this are a great argument for the amazon kindle (and probably other well made e-book readers). The built in dictionaries make it really easy to look up a word, or as I have done several times in this book, look up information about a city or region I don't know a lot about. I know it's possible to be engaged in a book without a kindle, but the kindle makes it super duper easy, and lowers the possibility of distraction (for instance, if I were sitting at my computer for quick access to wikipedia, I might just be tempted to check facebook every time I clicky clicky). I don't know that I've ever been more engaged in reading.

[Kamau]

Just finished reading Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Conviction. Good book, though at one point towards the end I was tempted to put the book down and stop reading entirely, just in case something I didn't want to see happen happened. XD

Going to start on another Star Wars book because I'm on that kick again.

[Stars]

I've been having trouble actually reading books lately (aside from the Dresden books). I currently have bookmarks in The Silmarillion; The Fellowship of the Ring; Life, the Universe, and Everything; Myth-chief; The Lightning Thief; Dune: House Atreides; The Bourne Supremacy; and Lord of Souls. Why can't I finish books??? D:

EDIT: I'm gonna blame My Little Pony.

[Stars]

Gotten a few volumes into Flame of Recca. It's a bit ridiculous and in dire need of a retranslation, but I am enjoying it so far.

[Vicious Parker]

/>I'm giving The Hunger Games a try. A couple of girls I work with recommended it quite enthusiastically, so I got it cheapish at Borders. Just finished chapter 1, so I'm still forming my opinion on it, but it's off to a decent start.

I just finished this book today. In some places the writing made me cringe (I assume because it is a young adult novel narrated by a fictional 16 year old. I will just pretend that it was intentionally bad.), but overall I found it engaging. I will probably move on to the next book in a few months. Also, this may be the first time I can say that I've read the book before watching the movie, since I think I would like to see the movie when it comes out in March.

[Stars]

/>In some places the writing made me cringe (I assume because it is a young adult novel narrated by a fictional 16 year old. I will just pretend that it was intentionally bad.)

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You mean like when Katniss fires an arrow at the game makers, then goes on and on about how they'll probably give her a horrible score? I found that part disappointingly transparent.

I did enjoy it though. The second book was pretty good too, but the love triangle business is a little tiresome. I haven't read the last book yet, but I have ordered a copy to read eventually.

[Vicious Parker]

On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers.

Yea, that movie is loosely based on this book. Loosely.

[Stars]

I imagine it would be quite different without Jack Sparrow sillying up the place.

Is it pretty good from what you've read of it?

[Vicious Parker]

I don't know just yet. I had a week of vacation, but have since been crazy busy with work. I'll get in to the book in the coming week.

[Stars]

I've started on the fourth Dresden novel, Summer Knight. I'm only a short way in, and he's already made two Loony Toons references. xp

EDIT: Add to that one Star Wars reference.
EDIT 2: Two Star Wars references.

[Stars]

Finished Summer Knight and lost count of the cartoon references. I did like the one Peter Pan reference:

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As Dresden is facing a line of charging sidhe cavalry, he yells by way of a battlecry, "I don't believe in faeries!"

Started on book five, Death Masks, and one of my favorite supporting characters just showed up~

[Vicious Parker]

Reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

[Stars]

Finished up Death Masks. The next book is Blood Rites, but I might not start on that one right away, if only to give myself some time to get some drawing done.

[Stars]

Finished Blood Rites Sunday night. xp
I'm out of Dresden books for now, so I'll have to decide on what else I want to read next. Possible Yahtzee's book. Or I may resume Life, the Universe, and Everything.

[Kamau]

About to finish Star Wars: Children of the Jedi and start on book 1 of The Hunger Games...When my class is over.

[Stars]

I wasn't quite sure what to expect coming into it, but Mogworld is actually pretty excellent.

/>The Hunger Games

"Excellent life decision." :p

[kspr]

The High King Of Montival. it's the last book of The Emberverse saga by SM Stirling. it's like a contemporary lord of the rings, but in certain places is less lotr and more harry potter. it's taken about 4 years for me to get through all 7 books, and the final one came out last year.

edit: after looking it up, the series is being expanded to 10 books. ^______^

[Kamau]

Catching Fire (Hunger Games, bk 2).