Any Book readers?

[John Marston]

This may seem like a stretch but anyone out there read books? I personally love to read Fantasy Genre books, I also love Sci-Fi books but I mostly read fantasy. And all of the books I read usually have lots of action in them I mean I hate books that drag on and on. I also love adventure type books where the main character goes on a journey. Well I'm not sure how many of you potheads read lol j/k.... but I know some of you do.... >_>

[Nikita]

i read, whenever i feel like it...and so far, i've been working on this one book for over 4 months now..i got it as a christmas present, and i'm not even done with it...;_; it's kinda pathetic...

i try to read it, but i just can't seem too..it's a great book, don't get me wrong, but i just have to be in the mood to read...

i love any kinds of book actually....the book i'm reading is 'P.S. I Love You'...its a great book, the movie is no where near as great as the book...

i also, whenever i can, read manga's too..yeah, i think it's the asian in me to read them! ^_^...i have Devil May Cry manga's..and pretty soon, i'm gonna try to get all of the Bleach mangas too...don't know when though, i guess whenever i get the money! lol...

[Kratos]

I would have to say I love reading Sci-Fi books. I have been reading Seeker by Jack McDevitt for the last 2wks and I'd say it's pretty good so far.

Also love reading Action/Adventure books.Havn't read too many of them, but I'm trying to get into reading more.

Can't forget manga's.Mostly on what catches my eye.

[Miss_Diva]

Cool thread, while I'm a college student and history major and I love to write :) I also like to read I'm into the sci-fi/horror genre and I have a thing for any kind of literature that has to do with the Paranormal or Ancient History. I normally finish about a book every two to three weeks. It depends how interesting it is :)

[Ikusa]

I am currently reading "Homer's Odyssey"

Great book so far. I really have a thing for Greek Mythology.

[Mr. Blue]

I read sometimes....I don't read often all the time lol I do got lots of books to read lol

[DarkBlaze]

I've never had a deep passion to read (which may seem odd considering I like to write). But I did however get into this book called, "Chasing Yesterday". It's a book series by Robin Wasserman. I highly suggest all you mystery lovers to read that book.

[Contessa dei Cattanei]

I'm a history major as well, and I'm constantly reading books about my concentrations, Colonial America and Tudor/Stuart/Hanoverian English history. Currently, I'm reading "The Children of Henry VIII" by Allison Weir, and "A History of Britain Vol II" by Simon Schama (aka history GOD).

Also reading "The Scroll of Seduction" by Gioconda Belli, about the life of Juana the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.

[Urza Planeswalker]

I read but I read well you can look at my avatar and figure it out. Yeah that's right people I'm a Stephen King fan and I have read enough King to last too many lives XD. Anyways I read other stuff and I hate to admit this but I even like some Koontz stuff and I loved The Bourne Identity but I never could read the others so yeah I really like to read. And I may have a lot of friends that are pot heads but no I am not one course I have been mistaken for one several times...

[Morbid Little Angel]

I am in the mist of the reading the 7th Harry Potter book. I figured that I read the 1st book might as well read them all. :rolleyes: So far I am stuck in the middle. It is sooo boring! :eek: I am debating whether or not I want to even finish reading it. :( I've been reading it off & on for almost a year now. :o

[Urza Planeswalker]

Ya gotta finish it. It's a great book. I'm rereading the Half Blood Prince right now. Yeah I admit it I read Harry Potter books people.

[Morbid Little Angel]

Nice to hear that I'm not the only one. *lol* :rolleyes:

[Urza Planeswalker]

Well just finished Half Blood Prince for the second time think I might reread Deathly Hallows but still yeah how could you not love the Harry Potter books? My second favorite series you can look at my avatar and see my first XD.

[Fallout]

I love to read. I spend the majority of my time reading textbooks for school (History/Sociology double major in University) and one of my textbooks has actually made it onto my favourites list. Although, I do prefer to read pleasure novels in my spare time... I'm huge into Chick Lit (Shopaholic Series, etc) but I really do like the Action/Adventure books as well (Give me anything by Robert Ludlum and I'm sold lol)

[Urza Planeswalker]

Hmm since I've had nothing to do but read when my brother opens at work I got some new books to talk about. I read Peter Straub's Shadowland which was terrific. He's really good for fiction that seems to be grounded in mostly reality. Also been reading a series by an author named Karen Chance that really doesn't get awesome till the second book.

[heeroyuy236]

I love reading, I just can't seem to be able to sit down and read it without interuption. I mostly like books that's well blend of action, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure with some drama and romance thrown in. My favorite books at the moment are the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate and the Five Ancestors by Jeff Stone.
Just yesterday I read and finished the book 21: Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. It's a fun read and so much different from the movie 21. After reading it, I concluded yes it makes me want to play blackjack, but I'm not that big of a risk taker to count cards at casinos so I play, I play for fun.
My next series read project is going to be The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The movies look promising and thus why I decided to pick it up. I hope its good, =).

[Contessa dei Cattanei]

Just finished Alison Weir's latest novel, The Lady Elizabeth. It was...alright, to say the least. It was based on historical fact, but the huge romantic distortions she made with Elizabeth I's relationship with her stepfather Thomas Seymour closely resembled another author's distorting history for the purpose of entertainment *cough* Phillipa Gregory *cough*.

I have just started Eric Ives' The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn. I am very excited to read this, and I'm only a quarter of the way through the book, and the detail and speculation are sheer genius.

[Abare Killer]

:abakill >_> Why is it that I never saw this thread before?

Anyways, I LOVE reading. In high school, I read every spare minute of the day. Now, I don't read as often, but whenever I have nothing to do, it's just great to curl up with a good book. I've read most of the books I own at least twice, but it's always fun to find new books.

The most recent one I finished is "Southland" by Nina Revoyr. It's a really good story that talks a lot about the history of California. It covers subjects of racism, sexuality, and the bond between people. I really enjoyed it.

Usually I read fantasy books, thrillers, mysteries, and some science fiction. A lot of times I like stories that are really out there and far from reality, because then I can escape from this world for a while and live in another.

To be honest, I like reading better than watching movies or TV shows. When I read, I picture the setting, characters, voices, action, everything. It gets my imagination going. Reading takes me to another world, and sometimes I forget that I'm reading and not watching what's going on. Does anyone else get as into it as that? :abakill

[Urza Planeswalker]

I just got a new book today ^^. It's the novel of Star Wars The Force Unleashed and the whole first chapter was the start of the demo so can't wait to see this story play out.

[Nikita]

my best friend got me into the Anita Blake series written by Laura K. Hamilton. It's about a vampire hunter/necromancer. She has so many books in the series and my best friend has every single book. So at the moment, once i'm done with school, i'm gonna start reading them again. She also now have her own comic book drawn by the artists of Marvel Comics. So far, 2 comic books are out and they are amazing. The story has alot of blood so be warn. Parental Advisory. It's an action series and it's totally amazing!! I hope they make her books into movies. that would be sweet.

Speaking of books into movies, all the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer are becoming into movies now. My friend loves the series. She wants me to get into it too, but at the moment, i have to finish reading the Anita Blake series. so i have alot of reading to do. but once i'm done with school of course!

[Urza Planeswalker]

Anita Blake eh? A friend of mine has a few of those books but meh. I have fulfilled my reading of vampire books for the next hundred years XD. Anyways currently reading "The Taking" by Dean Koontz and I gotta say it's good but it's typical Koontz. "Everything was normal...UNTIL SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL HAPPENED*cue dramatic music*." Still waiting on my new Star Wars books. The Thrawn Trilogy.

[☼TameMySoul☼]

I love to read, action adventure, fantasy, mystery, anything with a good plot and good characters. I mostly like the teen book serise and novels, love novels. I like certian movie/TV books, (most the time the book is better) Like Blood and Chocolete, I so like the ending to the book better than the movie version. But yeah me a reader, try to read when I can and when I don't read I'm writing lol.

[chronotia archzenom]

I do! I love reading Medical Books and of course my most favorite book in the whole world, THE BIBLE OF GOD ALMIGHTY.

[Stefani]

I read a lot of books! My personal favorites are anything fantasy/fictional... i love escaping the realms of reality. I've read all the Harry Potters several times, The entire Animorphs series several times, The Twilight Saga, Goosebumps are fun, I have the original Hardy Boys books which I love... I read a lot of the Gossip Girl books, but I would never recommend them. They really suck >.<. Anything by Nicholas Sparks is a must for me.

I also enjoy reading celebrity books such as sTori Telling & Miles to Go... Jonas Brothers, Amped Up: Aly & AJ... you know the usual thing from me.

I also like reading stories based on historical events though I rarely read the non-ficional ones. I used to enjoy reading those fictional stories based on the events that are usually assigned to you in high school.

I just like books. lol

[Umemori Genta]

right now i am reading star trek and star wars books and whatever novel length fanfictions i can find and put into a word document that is good plus i have read all the harry potter books

[Urza Planeswalker]

WHOO THIS THREAD LIVES! Star Wars eh? Read the Thrawn trilogy? Best Star Wars books I've read in awhile xD

[Admiral Acksident]

I'm currently reading the Shatnerverse Trek books.

[Kamen Rider Tams]

I have ready many books over the years. Books have been my constant companions. Here are a few that I have read(This list only touches the surface of the books I have read) :
The Grapes of Wrath
Gods and Generals
The Giver
The Crystal Cave and The Hollow Hills(My favorite version of the King Arthur Legend)
All Quiet On the Western Front
The books above were introduced to me by the way of being History Major in one point of my life.
Many, many romance novels. My sister buys a them by the load so I just pick them up and read them too. :nod:
Trinity Blood the graphic Novels.
When I was younger Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, Bobbsey Twins, Babysitters Club, Teen Love Stories Series, Sweet Valley High, and the Anne of Green Gables Series.

[Dee Ariss]

I read a lot. I mean a lot, and right now I'm flitting between Sergei Lukyanenko's The Night Watch and Aleister Crowley's Moonchild, with plans to start on Wilbur Smith's Assegai afterwards, and I finished Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels a few weeks ago.

[Nikita]

wow....whoever found this deserves a cookie! lol...

*throws cookies all over the place*

tho i have started up a new series besides the Anita Blake...but i have read Skin Trade and it was pretty gosh darn good!

The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward....its a romance series and i mean "romance" and i'm loving it..i'm already on book 4 and i started it about last week...and i'm almost done...theres 7 as of right now so i'm over half way done...

besides the BDB series, i've read the Twilight Series and i'm also working the Dresden Files series...i might start reading the Meredith Gentry series by the same author who writes the Anita Blake series; Laurell K. Hamilton...but meh, who knows if i will...

[Contessa dei Cattanei]

I'm currently reading the summer reading for my college's freshmen (I'm a TA for them, so I have to read it, too); the book is entitled "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell, and I have to tell you guys...it's phenomenal. It delves into real life examples of individuals or group of people who are particularly successful and those who are not. The author explains how and why this happens, and it is quite fascinating.