SuperTues Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Reading is my favourite pastime in the world. I love curling up with a good book, especially if it's the kind that you just can't put down!So I thought I'd ask what everyone's reading / what their fave book(s) is, just you now, because. Well I am currently reading "I Did A Bad Thing" by Linda Green.My fave books are (in no particular order):The Harry Potter seriesHis Dark Materials seriesRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryHow to Kill A Mocking BirdCan You Keep A Secret?and any book my Marian Keyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinmyself Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Right now i am reading josh's book 'no one knows' and on the last chapterI like to read memoirs includingA child called it and his follow up books by Dave Pelzer.The boy with no shoes by William horwood.Deliver me from evil by Alloma Gilbert.Ugly by Constance Briscoe Amongst many others in the same genre,Being a survivor myself i am drawn to these kind of books because i guess i can relate to them and i know that i am not alone, i have started to write my own story but just can't seem to finish it, lol just like every other thing i start.Angela x x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenmind Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 currently reading prozac nation: young and depressed in america- a memoir by elizabeth wurtzel.fave books include:girl, interrupted - susanna kaysenone child- torey hayden (love all her books though)escape- carrolyn jessopa million little peices- james fraythe bell jar- sylvia plathdamaged- cathy glass.the dave pelzer books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I am reading "Now Wait for Last Year" by Philip K. Dick, I'm a big fan of his stuff. He also wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "A Scanner Darkly", "Minority Report", and that one with Sean Young and Harrison Ford I can never remember the name of.I'm also a fan of Terry Pratchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamfrostold Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 if you like reading you might like the website http://www.goodreads.com/ it basically means you add books you have read, are reading and want to read and can meet new people who read same things as you. Bit like a global book club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharcoalKiss Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 if you like reading you might like the website http://www.goodreads.com/ it basically means you add books you have read, are reading and want to read and can meet new people who read same things as you. Bit like a global book club.Thanks Beam - Aunty Beam - that's great info! I'm re-reading 1984 by george orwell at the moment. and intent to re-read brave new world as soon as i can get hold of a copy of it. I read them as part of my English Lit A Level and absolutely loved them.I love stephen king books, and some james herbert. I won't read anything that resembles mills and boon - mum reads them and i think they're dull (sorry to anyone who likes them, just myu opinion)I like stories in which the character journeys - and i feel like i'm taking that journey with them through the writing of the author.As a general rule, i simply love reading. i will read pretty much anything just for the sake of reading it. I just finished Memoirs of a Geisha, and having never seen the film, i loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 im currently reading the talisman by peter straub and stephen kingi love horror books especially stephen king and james herbertthe necroscope series by brian lumleyanne ricetolkein's booksi love terry pratchettand i love reading poetry especially ann sexton and sylvia plathi also love readin factual psychology, philosophical and mythological books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saharah Blue Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I am currently reading:1. Forunata and Jacinta (this is 800 pages, so I have been reading it for a long time now, lol)2. The Complete Artist's Way (doing the workbook as well)3. Girl Interrupted (Reading this together with my bf, he is loving it)that is plenty for me to tackle.Sah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebabe Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 A Child called IT By Dave PelzerThe Lost Boy by Dave PelzerCurrently reading Girl In The Cellar by Allan Hall and Michael Leidig. This is about the girl, Natascha Kampusch, who escaped from Wolfgang Priklopil who held her captive for 8 years.Sharonx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripper Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have read the Dave Pelzer books aussiebabe, they are heartbreaking stories. Did you know his brother Richard Pelzer has also written A Teenager's Journey? I am re-reading Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. Its my fav book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebabe Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I'll look out for that oneThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmithy Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 am reading of a boy by sonya hartnett.pretty good so far, written in a weird little way. good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel_31_uk Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 erm i am reading this thread! does that count i am not into reading much at the mobut have read Dave Pelzers books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eman Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Right now = The Shipping NewsI loooooove to read. Some of my favourite writers whose books I tend to read over and over again are: Welsh, Ondatje, Forster, Waugh, Oates, Dostoevsky, Hesse, Mann, Robbins, Oates, Davies, Atwood, and Coetzee.But, I will read almost anything whether it is a children's book, a self help book or one explaining how to build airplanes, if it is in print, it is intrigues me until I've had a chance to devour it. (unless it is scary, then, not so much - I'm a big coward!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTues Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 currently reading prozac nation: young and depressed in america- a memoir by elizabeth wurtzel.I have never managed to read that book - I get bored of her whining about how depressing her life is and how nothing happens. Kettle. Pot. Black. I know I am reading "Now Wait for Last Year" by Philip K. Dick, I'm a big fan of his stuff. He also wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", "A Scanner Darkly", "Minority Report", and that one with Sean Young and Harrison Ford I can never remember the name of.I've always meant to give his books a look although the film version of "A Scanner Darkly," I own but I just can't watch it. I get up to a certain point and have to turn it off because my brain starts to melt!if you like reading you might like the website http://www.goodreads.com/ it basically means you add books you have read, are reading and want to read and can meet new people who read same things as you. Bit like a global book club.Thanks beam!!I'm re-reading 1984 by george orwell at the moment. and intent to re-read brave new world as soon as i can get hold of a copy of it. I read them as part of my English Lit A Level and absolutely loved them.I love 1984!!!erm i am reading this thread! does that count No I also love books by Jeff Abbott and Simon Kernick if you like crime thrillers. And Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs for forensic thrillers. And everyone should read Heartsick by Chelsea Cain - it's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenmind Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 tues. i only read first 3 chapters so far lol. i havent been in the mood to read recently! ive just bought cathy glass's second book called erm i forgot lol. has anyone read of cathy glass's books? damaged it so good albeit rather upsetting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine_bear Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I am currantly reading bone garden by tess gerritsen who is an awesome author. sunshinex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nina of the Light Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 re reading GET ME OUT OF HERE by rachel reiland.based on real life BPD. her story fascinates me.since this is the second time i'm reading it, means i'm in the highlighter phase. i always highlight the passages that pertain to my struggle, my experience or just make me drop my jaw. all my books are very personal to me this way.---nina.ps: for anyone who hasn't read this book, it really is a good one that helped me a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19ellie Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I read true books like those mentioned and also Torey Hayden. Waiting for Silent Boy to come out in paperback. Am very particular about books!I also love anything to do with true crime. I am also reading Executioner: Chronicles of James Berry, Victorian Hangman by Geoffery Abbot Fiction wise - SuperTues I LOVE To Kill A Mockingbird too!I also collect childrens books such as Elinor M Brent-Dyer (Chalet School), Enid Blyton, and Lucy M Montgomery and others.Helenx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19ellie Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 if you like reading you might like the website http://www.goodreads.com/ it basically means you add books you have read, are reading and want to read and can meet new people who read same things as you. Bit like a global book club.I joined that tonight!!Thank you beam!xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamfrostold Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I am currantly reading bone garden by tess gerritsen who is an awesome author. sunshinexbeen a while since i read one of hers but i agree she is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'm reading the third book of a Triology by Philip Pullman - the Northern lights - fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmithy Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 starter for ten by david nicholls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kib0ne Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I'm reading The Heroin Diaries; A Year In The Life of A Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamfrostold Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 starter for ten by david nichollsi read that recently was quite good. Then i bought the film and it ruined the book for me. So my advice, do not watch the film lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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