What are you currently reading?, what's keeping you up at night? Options

[estel]

Ok, not so much as a Harry Potter topic just in general.
People can just post what they are currently reading ..

Currently Reading

David Morrell - Burnt Sienna

Quite a 'simple' book, easy going, not too bad. It's about a painter (ex Soldier :o!, not a likely combination) who is payed to paint an Arms Dealers' wife. Is roped into it by a CIA buddy of his and it's up to him to 'save' her and find as much info on the Dealer while he's there.
Not too bad.

Also, re-reading OotP, really starting to grow on me .. more so with each reading.

Just Finished

Nelson Demille - Up Country

Amazing, about a Vietnam vetran who is now in the 'police' side of the military. Goes back to vietnam to solve a murder inquiry.

I've pretty much read all of Nelson Demille's books and i don't think that there has been any that i've not liked although i didn't enjoy the Talbott Oddessy as much as the others. Excellant author, reccomened. Has quite a bit of history in his books though .. i still like it even though i'm more of a geographer myself.

So, what is everyone else reading??

[ronweasleyrocks]

actually im reading OotP at the moment.....im about halfway through.....its my moment of rest between revising...... <_< but when i revise for my english lit gcses i have to re-read of mice and men, educating rita and a bunch of war poems - should keep me going.....luckily im quite a fast reader

[MELIMUSH]

im reading HP PS/SS at night, and HP OotP during the day! well... im really translating it to spanish, keep me entretained :P im almost done im in page 490 :D

before PS i read How to be a Canadian (dont remember the authors name), b4 that one FBAWTFT and QTTA, and b4 that i re-read Anne's Frank Diary (love that book), and b4 Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, great book, i loved it! Oh, and Macbeth for school!

[Tanwen Weasley]

way to go Melimush! I'd never be able to do that...

Reading Dune and POA alternating when I feel like it. I am also rereading all my Class civ plays for revision purposes.... honest! :unsure:

[WickedWitchOfThe...]

I'm reading Stephen King's Dreamcatcher now. I bought the book a while ago, saw the movie and now started reading the book. It's a long one though and i'm only 1/4 of the way done. Good so far though! :)

[loonygrl90]

i read one or two non-Harry Potter books a month.......... but when i am, i always make sure i get in at least an hour or two of HP a day........ :rolleyes:
Neways, i'm reading The Divide right now........... and i finished Coraline about 2 days ago...............

Just to let you guys know, i've started sleeping with my Ootp book.................wait that sounded sick............. WHY THE HECK AM I TELLING YOU THIS? SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*an evil voice starts coming from the book*
I warned you, Loony...... Now you must pay........ MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!


(I had WAY too much caffine this morning........)

[crazy4orli]

i am reading GOF on my little cycle! and also reading feeling sorry for celia, cant rememberr who its by.

[Nina79]

Im reading OotP for the second time, and are reading some Harlequin-books between (humm...love-books. Sorry mods, I had to explain what they are!) also.

[theconfuddled1]

Reading OoTP (at school, I forgot to put it in the car with me!) this weekend I am reading PoA again since it is my only Harry Potter book here.

The most recent book I finished was The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland, this is a GREAT book, I even chose it to write a paper on. Other than that I am reading Catcher in the Rye for my American Lit class.

[hadley123456]

Haven't posted here in a while, but as good of a subject as any.

I have finished reading

Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code, which I found to be not nearly as good as the reviews have been. Not that big of a fan to be honest. But a really interesting concept none the less. Probably not a complete waste of my time.

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I also took a big step back, considering my age, and have read a few of the CS Lewis Narnia books

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

have been as far as I could get... after that the children's writing have made me loose all interest. (there are 4 more books I could read, if I wanted to, but wont)

I find it funny that Harry Potter is compared to CS Lewis, while Lewis's works are soooooo much more childish, both in language and plot. I see no resemblance what so ever. Anyone disagree?

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I have also read a few of the Hitchiker Trilogy books, and have found they get exponentially worse.


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Beyond that, I read a lot of Non-Fictional books on engineering. More or less what ever I can get my hands on. PLC's lately

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Off topic, but good enough to note, I have been checking out some really old or unknown movies... The Seven Samurai (1954), and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

I was really surprised that I could like these older classic movies so much. Just incredible. awesome great wonderful, loved them. A++

The unknown movie I found a South Korean movie called spygirl (all in subtitles of course). But good luck trying to find that in blockbuster, because you wont. (It was more than decent)

[Bunnyc]

So far this year I've read The Hobbit and the three Lord of the Ring books about three times, The 5 Harry Potters at least twice and have started yet again.......almost finished book 2. This time I'm reading very slowly and making notes of what could be clues and I can see things a lot clearer than in previous readings. I've also just read the complete Narnia series......Hadley you should finish it.....I'd like to know what you think of the finale.

[iareaj]

last night i finished "Out of the silent planet" by c. lewis. a sc. fiction book.
in fact i read a lot, but it is too dificult to tell you, because i read in spanish, and i don't know the original english titles...
well, i read a stephen king's book, and now i am with an isaac asimov's one. i like sc. fiction very much. i also read argentinian books.

and, of course i read and re-read once and once again all the harry potter's books! :hogwarts:

[sweetsixteen]

I just reach under my bed and take out the Harry potter book i lay my hands on, its usually POA, but i need to understand OOTP a bit more, lke the last couple of chapters, some of it is still slightly mind-boggling to me!

[mollyweasley]

I am reading Grisham's The Summons. I just finished Angels and Demons, which Dan Brown wrote before DaVinci Code. I like them both, but like Angels and Demons better. Did all of you know that Harry Potter is mentioned in the DaVinci Code?
The best books other than HP I have read recentlyare The Girl with the Pearl Earring and The Secret Life of Bees.

The worst book I have read lately is Andrew Greeley's Bishop in the West Wing. I think the poor man has lost his touch altogether!

[Pigwidgeon]

er... well the only books i have really been reading for the past year is Harry Potter :D i am currently reading OotP for the fifth time, and i am almost done!! speaking of which, I wonder where DisaH is?? well like i've said, me been reading nothing but HP, other than school books that is since i have to anyways. :rolleyes: i read The Pushcart War on my own tho!! its not a very big book but i thought it was very funny... what is DaVinci about, Molly?? ooh where do they mention harry potter? also i tried to read macbeth but i got bored after page one and checked it back in... i am a library worker at my school so i can browse are the library whenever for like an hour :D i haven't read any LotR books but i have seen all the movies.. oh yeah and i tried to read Little Women also but it took me two months to get halfway through the book and i got tired of reading so i looked up what happens on the Internet.. i was so disappointed!! OOH I LOVE 'THE OUTSIDERS' THOUGH! I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE READ IT IN CLASS NEXT YEAR!

[Tanwen Weasley]

I am also halfway through, but leaving for the moment, Lord of the rings - the fellowship of the rings (I''m VERY slow, okay!), Moving Pictures, Lyra's Oxford, and a Brief History of Time (trying getting your head round THAT after a late night, my brain hurts!)

[sweetsixteen]

LYRAS OXFORD? Thats out!

I love the Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman, like the HP books they are pure genius! Its so well written!

My mum is right about something-

Since i read the HP books i rarely read anything else and this makes her upset!

[srivathsan]

i'm currently re-reading COS.
am in mudbloods and murmurs.

:gandalf:

[Guest_samarth_*]

hey ur name srivathsan that's amusing . i am not insulting ur name . what is cos? :gandalf: ?

[MELIMUSH]

im not srivathsan, but i can tell u what cos is... CoS is Chamber of Secrets

PS: PHILOSOPHER STONE
CoS: CHAMBER OF SECRETS
PoA: PRISIONER OF AZKABAN
GoF: GOBLET OF FIRE
OotP: ORDER OF THE PHOENIX :)