View Full Version : The 'What're you currently reading?' Thread
Shaun
07-10-2010, 06:07 PM
There's probably been one but...well who cares.
'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy. This is going to take weeks :(
Booky wook 1, surprising good sofar :)
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:11 PM
'Dying Light' by Stuart McBride.
If you like crime/detective/thriller novels then I'd really recommend him as an author.
Niamh.
07-10-2010, 06:12 PM
nothing right now but I've just finished Fever of the Bone by Val McDermit
InOne
07-10-2010, 06:13 PM
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Seen as the films out soon thought i'd read the last 2 books. Forgot how good The Half Blood Prince is :love:
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:14 PM
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Seen as the films out soon thought i'd read the last 2 books. Forgot how good The Half Blood Prince is :love:
That's my favourite book of the series!
I'm going to reread the Dealthy Hallows once I've finished this book, in time for the film :)
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:15 PM
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer :D
Claymores
07-10-2010, 06:20 PM
The Ladybird book of Big Trains :thumbs:
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway, reading it for my English coursework.
InOne
07-10-2010, 06:23 PM
That's my favourite book of the series!
I'm going to reread the Dealthy Hallows once I've finished this book, in time for the film :)
Yep, I love how dark it is. And I kinda prefer where the death eaters are talking and stuff. We know all about Harry and the rest, so it's interesting to see their characters develop and learn about their pasts.
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:24 PM
That's my favourite book of the series!
I'm going to reread the Dealthy Hallows once I've finished this book, in time for the film :)
I started to read the Deathly Hallows but when my Dad was cleaning he moved my copy and my bookmark fell out. I was so annoyed. I cba to go back and find where I got too....tbh I think I've forgotten O.o
Beastie
07-10-2010, 06:32 PM
Harry Potter and the deathly hollows when I have chance. I have read past when Ron pissed off and it is now just Harry and Hermionie searching for the horcruxes!!! :hugesmile:
Beastie
07-10-2010, 06:34 PM
I started to read the Deathly Hallows but when my Dad was cleaning he moved my copy and my bookmark fell out. I was so annoyed. I cba to go back and find where I got too....tbh I think I've forgotten O.o
Bless you. I just checked. My bookmark is on chapter 17. I hope to read it all in time before the film comes out. I need to be in the zone to read though..
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:38 PM
Bless you. I just checked. My bookmark is on chapter 17. I hope to read it all in time before the film comes out. I need to be in the zone to read though..
Yeah I know. I wouldn't be able to finish Twilight then read the rest of Deathly Hallows (I think I was 8 chapters in? :conf2:) and revise for my mocks all in time for the film in November lmao.
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:39 PM
I started to read the Deathly Hallows but when my Dad was cleaning he moved my copy and my bookmark fell out. I was so annoyed. I cba to go back and find where I got too....tbh I think I've forgotten O.o
Well you've got time to go back and read it all again from the beginning before the film comes out :hugesmile:
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:42 PM
Well you've got time to go back and read it all again from the beginning before the film comes out :hugesmile:
*Points to previous post* :hugesmile: lol!
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:42 PM
Yep, I love how dark it is. And I kinda prefer where the death eaters are talking and stuff. We know all about Harry and the rest, so it's interesting to see their characters develop and learn about their pasts.
That and the Prisoner of Azkaban are my favourites for that reason, they start getting progressively darker and you learn more about Voldemort's past etc, fleshes out the whole story away from just being about Harry and his pals at Hogwarts.
Smithy
07-10-2010, 06:42 PM
this thread :p
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:43 PM
this thread :p
Harharhar ( ;) )
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MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:44 PM
*Points to previous post* :hugesmile: lol!
Oh **** sorry! :hugesmile: It is quite a beast of a book, maybe watch the first film (it looks like they aren't going to miss much out from the book this time) then read the book up to the point where the first film ends, then watch the second part, and then go back and finish the book :laugh: That way you don't spoil anything, or am I just getting too complicated? :joker:
InOne
07-10-2010, 06:44 PM
That and the Prisoner of Azkaban are my favourites for that reason, they start getting progressively darker and you learn more about Voldemort's past etc, fleshes out the whole story away from just being about Harry and his pals at Hogwarts.
I'm exactly the same, The Prisoner of Azkaban is probably my fave out the series. You have good HP taste Michelle :love: I'm always suprised when I re-read the books how little I remember of them
Niall
07-10-2010, 06:46 PM
Oh **** sorry! :hugesmile: It is quite a beast of a book, maybe watch the first film (it looks like they aren't going to miss much out from the book this time) then read the book up to the point where the first film ends, then watch the second part, and then go back and finish the book :laugh: That way you don't spoil anything, or am I just getting too complicated? :joker:
Lool thats cool, I'm doing stuff like that all the time too :/
And no that isn't complicated, I think I'm gonna do that you know! Cheers for the idea lol! :spin:
I'm exactly the same, The Prisoner of Azkaban is probably my fave out the series. You have good HP taste Michelle :love: I'm always suprised when I re-read the books how little I remember of them
Really :shocked: That was my least favourite lol. The Goblet of Fire was probably my favourite although I really enjoyed Chamber of Secrets. For some reason I cant really remember how much I liked the more recent ones lol.
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:49 PM
I'm exactly the same, The Prisoner of Azkaban is probably my fave out the series. You have good HP taste Michelle :love: I'm always suprised when I re-read the books how little I remember of them
For me it was a lot to do with Sirius, I loved his character (and having Gary Oldman play the part in the film just made him come to life perfectly), I loved the way the film seemed to get all of a sudden darker as well to match the impending sense of doom and the final battle that was sure to come between Harry and Voldemort. The first two books were great at setting the scene and getting to know the 'goodies' lol but the baddies are a lot more interesting I think!
InOne
07-10-2010, 06:52 PM
Really :shocked: That was my least favourite lol. The Goblet of Fire was probably my favourite although I really enjoyed Chamber of Secrets. For some reason I cant really remember how much I liked the more recent ones lol.
Love The Goblet Of Fire as well. Really loved the twist as well. Well few twists that ended up happening
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:54 PM
Lool thats cool, I'm doing stuff like that all the time too :/
And no that isn't complicated, I think I'm gonna do that you know! Cheers for the idea lol! :spin:
Haha you're welcome :)
This thread has been well and truly raped by HP talk :laugh:
InOne
07-10-2010, 06:55 PM
For me it was a lot to do with Sirius, I loved his character (and having Gary Oldman play the part in the film just made him come to life perfectly), I loved the way the film seemed to get all of a sudden darker as well to match the impending sense of doom and the final battle that was sure to come between Harry and Voldemort. The first two books were great at setting the scene and getting to know the 'goodies' lol but the baddies are a lot more interesting I think!
Yeah, loved Sirius. And I'm glad he did end up being good really. Don't like The Order Of The Pheonix that much but it was good to find out more about Sirius and his beginnings. And yeah, Oldman got him spot on.Tthe baddies always have bit more interest for me too as well :D
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 06:58 PM
Yeah, loved Sirius. And I'm glad he did end up being good really. Don't like The Order Of The Pheonix that much but it was good to find out more about Sirius and his beginnings. And yeah, Oldman got him spot on.Tthe baddies always have bit more interest for me too as well :D
The Order of the Pheonix got a bit longwinded in the middle for me and I didn't like the film very much at all, missed too many important bits out of the book. That's the problem I guess with them making the films mainly for kids, they have to cut them down to a reasonable length for them to sit through lol. That's why I'm SO glad they've split the last book into two films, plus it means we've got another 6 months after November before it's all over for good :bawling:
Zippy
07-10-2010, 06:59 PM
The Ladybird book of Big Trains :thumbs:
Choo choo!
:D
Niall
07-10-2010, 07:00 PM
Haha you're welcome :)
This thread has been well and truly raped by HP talk :laugh:
Lol definitely. I just wish there was someone else here to talk Twilight. :(
Oh well... (And starting a new thread is effort lmao)
MissKittyFantastico
07-10-2010, 07:01 PM
Lol definitely. I just wish there was someone else here to talk Twilight. :(
Oh well... (And starting a new thread is effort lmao)
I've read all the Twilight books! Much prefer them to the films.
InOne
07-10-2010, 07:14 PM
The Order of the Pheonix got a bit longwinded in the middle for me and I didn't like the film very much at all, missed too many important bits out of the book. That's the problem I guess with them making the films mainly for kids, they have to cut them down to a reasonable length for them to sit through lol. That's why I'm SO glad they've split the last book into two films, plus it means we've got another 6 months after November before it's all over for good :bawling:
Yep, think she intended for the audience to grow with the books, as to why there was some major gaps inbetween some, so when reading, they could appriciate the darker turn they had taken. I'm sort of sensing this with the films, at least they weren't PG, I don't think, the last few. Hopefully this last two part one will live up to the book.
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
07-10-2010, 07:17 PM
this thread :p
bitch i was gonna post that :bawling:
Claymores
07-10-2010, 07:54 PM
Choo choo!
:D
Swap yer for a Famous Five Volume Zipster - OK? I'll include lashings of Ginger Beer
this thread :p
Was about to say the same :laugh:
Claymores
07-10-2010, 07:59 PM
Was about to say the same :laugh:
A wee bit pretentious I thought but already deleted a post by me..........I thouroughly recommend the Ladybird book of Big Trains
GypsyGoth
07-10-2010, 09:23 PM
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Just finished reading this; Dark Moon by David Gemmell, it was so-so, I wouldn't recomend it. Some good ideas and characters but it felt rushed.
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At the moment I'm reading Zero Hour by SD Perry, I've been trying to get more into horror stories over the last year. Anyway this is set in the Resident Evil world, and it's good so far.
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And I'm reading this at bedtime, Runemarks by Joanne Harris. I love the first line; Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . .
Callum
07-10-2010, 09:48 PM
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, already re-read the first three.
Lol definitely. I just wish there was someone else here to talk Twilight. :(
Oh well... (And starting a new thread is effort lmao)
Meeeeee!! I'll talk Twilight! :love:
I'm reading "Meridon" by Phillipa Gregory which is the final book in the "Wideacre" trilogy.. Not my usual type of book, I prefer crime/thriller or historical fiction, but have quite enjoyed them. SHe wrote "The Other Boleyn Girl" which I loved but these aren't quite as good :(
Marsh.
08-10-2010, 12:36 AM
Halfway through The Dark Tower Vol. 1: The Gunslinger.
Not too impressed so far.
HBB1508
08-10-2010, 08:38 AM
Just finished reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace - bit hard going and dark but very funny and quite an insight into addictions of all kinds.
Princess
08-10-2010, 08:44 AM
Things I Want My Daughters To Know by Elizabeth Noble. It's good,should have it finished by today.
GypsyGoth
09-11-2010, 09:27 PM
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Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle.
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Holes by Louis Sachar.
Shaun
09-11-2010, 09:28 PM
still War and Peace LOL
I got sidetracked with this little book that came with Q - a selection of rock anecdotes from Keith Moon, Kings of Leon, Ritchie Blackmore, etc.
Lewis.
09-11-2010, 09:29 PM
Jane Eyre... Not through choice though. A.S English isn't always fun :/
Kerry
09-11-2010, 09:42 PM
The Crying Tree though I ground to a halt with it weeks ago
Working my way through ian rankins inspector rebus novels.All out of order of course..gave up figuring out which ones i've read and which ones i've not.
Also just finished the horses arse which was a good read and the boy with no shoes which was shyte.
BOOSH
10-11-2010, 11:46 AM
The Zombieland script, its awesome :)
Crimson Dynamo
10-11-2010, 01:00 PM
The Thackery T. Lambshead
Pocket Guide to
Eccentric and Discredited Diseases
Niamh.
10-11-2010, 01:01 PM
Just finished Star Struck by Val McDermit
Barbie
10-11-2010, 02:12 PM
Im reading Danni Minogue - My Story
Crimson Dynamo
10-11-2010, 02:13 PM
Im reading Danni Minogue - My Story
:hugesmile:
Tom4784
10-11-2010, 02:16 PM
I'm re-reading the HP books before Deathly Hallows comes out. I stormed through the first 3 over the weekend but now I'm on Goblet of Fire.
GypsyGoth
31-12-2010, 12:44 AM
Just finished Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
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I wanted to try read some science fiction, god I wish I hadn't, the book is the weirdest thing I have read so far. Towards the end I felt like it was brainwashing me, glad to be finished with it.
And I just started The Heart of Myrial (I got the Shadowleague Trilogy for xmas) by Maggie Furey
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I'm only a few pages in and already I'm hooked.
Patrick
31-12-2010, 12:47 AM
Just flicking through my Hollyoaks Babes 2011 Calender but apart from that nothing.
I really should take up reading again.
Patrick
31-12-2010, 12:47 AM
Just flicking through my Hollyoaks Babes 2011 Calender but apart from that nothing.
I really should take up reading again.
Shaun
31-12-2010, 12:48 AM
finished The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It + A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Have started Brave New World
Some Spike Milligan collection and Kevin Smith's 'My Boring Ass Life'.
Iceman
31-12-2010, 12:52 AM
Where The Buffalo Roam - Hunter S. Thompson.
Vicky.
31-12-2010, 12:53 AM
Breaking Dawn :D
Princess
31-12-2010, 12:53 AM
Twelve Days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley
I got loads of books for Christmas and there's loads I can't wait to read but I thought I should read a Christmas timed one while it's still Christmas. It's alright,not amazing though.
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Historical fiction :love:
Callum
31-12-2010, 01:51 AM
The Chronicles of Narnia books
Martina Cole - The Family
Barbie
31-12-2010, 07:40 AM
On to Alan Sugar now, the book is massive, going to be on this one for a while.
InOne
31-12-2010, 07:49 AM
A book about all the old pubs in my city. Sad to see how it's changed and how many have gone :(
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Historical fiction :love:
I :love: historical fiction. My mum's got a load of Bernard Cornwell books for me.. Are they as good as she says they are?
Have you read any of Conn Iggulden's books?
Kerry
02-01-2011, 01:38 AM
Neil Warnocks autobiog. My Story. Made in Sheffield
I :love: historical fiction. My mum's got a load of Bernard Cornwell books for me.. Are they as good as she says they are?
Have you read any of Conn Iggulden's books?
This is my first one actually, I hadnt realised there were a whole series on Sharpe although they're all standalone stories so I dont think it matters too much. Only a hundred pages in but so far I'm loving it
No I havent read any books of his although they do interest me, are they good?
Livia
02-01-2011, 01:15 PM
This is my first one actually, I hadnt realised there were a whole series on Sharpe although they're all standalone stories so I dont think it matters too much. Only a hundred pages in but so far I'm loving it
No I havent read any books of his although they do interest me, are they good?
The thing I love most about Bernard Cornwell is his historical accuracy. Also, when there's a really exciting exploit in the story that actually happened, he takes the time and trouble to explain it in the epilogue, giving credit to the person who actually did it. Take note, Hollywood.
At the moment I'm reading In Search Of Schroedinger's Cat, which is like an introduction to quantum theory for idiots.
Princess
02-01-2011, 02:36 PM
Just started Michael McIntyre's autobiography,it's very funny.
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