What book are you currently reading?

[Opaline]

Yeah... no. Tom Sawyer was boring me. I finally paid my library fee (which the lady said was wrong anyway, I only owed half the amount that was on my account). Then I went to the fiction section and found the large chunk of shelf area devoted to Stephen King, and had to make the impossible decision of which couple books to take home with me.

I ended up taking The Stand, The Dead Zone, and The Shining, but the lady at the desk said The Stand was falling apart and she needed to patch it up before it could be checked out. Probably a good thing; it was so large that I couldn't have finished it and the other two before they were due, especially with classes starting soon. I'll just have to make my way slowly through Stephen King's entire collection. Next time I want Salem's Lot and The Stand.

The short version is, I really can't read anything else right now except Stephen King, because I'm hooked. I started The Shining last night.

 

[MikeyC]

Just finished this one yesterday. Pretty good book, but it definitely panders to the Facebook/Instagram/iPhone/modern movie crowd.

 

[superfluouslyme]

I'm reading about 5 books at the same time right now. None of them are really jumping out at me so far.

 

[MikeyC]

I'm reading about 5 books at the same time right now. None of them are really jumping out at me so far.

Five at once? That's really good. I can only stick to one at a time, personally. Hopefully one in that five will jump out!

 

[superfluouslyme]

Five at once? That's really good. I can only stick to one at a time, personally. Hopefully one in that five will jump out!

Eh, I start, get about 50 pages in, and drop it. It's not normally like me. I've just had a small attention span lately.

So far, this has been really good and I think a lot of people hear would relate to it. Check out the summary at Amazon.

 

[Something-Vague]

 

[MikeyC]

Eh, I start, get about 50 pages in, and drop it. It's not normally like me. I've just had a small attention span lately.

That's not good. At least that book you posted is good and you're getting into it.

 

[GraybeardGhost]

That's gotta be some dark, heavy stuff. I applaud your courage in wading in such murky waters. Watch out for the undertow.

 

[superfluouslyme]

Oh, wow. I don't think I could read that. The Bell Jar was super hard to get through. Too heavy for me.

 

[Opaline]

Oh, wow. I don't think I could read that. The Bell Jar was super hard to get through. Too heavy for me.

The Bell Jar was really that bad after all? I've been wanting to read it ever since my high school English teacher told us about it. I didn't think it would be that depressing for some reason, but I'll take your word for it! I might try it anyway, though.

 

[MikeyC]

Nearly at the end of this. Not bad, but some of the plot was hard to follow when it explains black holes, time warps, and so on. It's been a very enthralling story, though.

 

[superfluouslyme]

The Bell Jar was really that bad after all? I've been wanting to read it ever since my high school English teacher told us about it. I didn't think it would be that depressing for some reason, but I'll take your word for it! I might try it anyway, though.

It wasn't bad, just such a heavy subject matter. And knowing what Sylvia Plath did to herself not long after makes it harder to read in my opinion. But I always say read it for yourself. Everyone has their own thoughts.

 

[MikeyC]

Started reading The Hunger Games series. Still only on book one but I'm liking what I've read so far. I've seen the movie so I sort of know what's going to happen in the book, which I'm not liking (lack of surprises), but the second and third books should be nice.

 

[singing-love]

Snow Falling on Cedars. It's turning out to be better than I thought

 

[Zaki]

The Big Sea by Langston Hughes.

 

[Phoenixx]

Started reading The Hunger Games series. Still only on book one but I'm liking what I've read so far. I've seen the movie so I sort of know what's going to happen in the book, which I'm not liking (lack of surprises), but the second and third books should be nice.

^ Yes, they're fantastic! :thumbup:

[And by fantastic I mean you're going to cry by the third book and your heart will be torn out of your chest and ripped to shreds while all the feels consume you. Or at least that's what my experience was. :X]

 

[MikeyC]

^ Yes, they're fantastic! :thumbup:

[And by fantastic I mean you're going to cry by the third book and your heart will be torn out of your chest and ripped to shreds while all the feels consume you. Or at least that's what my experience was. :X]

Haha, I hope I don't cry, but the first book was really good. Onto Catching Fire!

 

[MikeyC]

Haha, I hope I don't cry, but the first book was really good. Onto Catching Fire!

I finished the whole series. What an amazing trilogy. Wow. I refused the hype at my own peril. Fantastic books!

 

[Pacific_Loner]

I usually don't read much history books, but I started reading one about the crusades and the Knights Templar. Highly interesting and depressing at the same time, how history repeats itself.

 

[GraybeardGhost]

I usually don't read much history books, but I started reading one about the crusades and the Knights Templar. Highly interesting and depressing at the same time, how history repeats itself.

Fascinating period. What's the book?