American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, God is not great by Christopher Hitchens and some other I read recently
and I have lots of favourites like Dune or Coldheart canyon or Professor Unrat or Emma and many more
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Not yet mentionned in the thread, Michael Crichton books (Jurassic Park, Sphere, The Terminal Man, ...)
The Eight by Katherine Neville, which is really, really great.
The Bourbon Kid series: The Book With No Name, The Eye of the Moon, The Devil's Graveyard, The Book of Death.
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I feel like Michael Crichton books are often overlooked because so many of them were turned into movies in quick succession and then he died. But they really are a great read. They're not literary masterpieces, but they're a lot of fun, much like Dean Koontz and Robert Ludlum.
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The latest book i read was "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline link,
I really liked it, I think mostpeople who play games would like it too, but I think it appeals to non gamers as well, I lent it to my mom and she read it in like 2 days. Its a fun book.
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I've never finished a single book in my life.I'm not proud of it, I tried a lot of times but I feel like my inside are coming out and have an energy burst everytime I tried.I tried every kind of books, even the Middle Earth series bored me after 20 pages and I loved the movies.I don't know if I'm not trying hard enough or I just don't like reading books.
Manga on the other hand, I have a record of reading 158 chapters in one day.I can't stop reading it once I start a new manga.And waiting 1 week for a new chapter is killing me every time, I love manga so much ...
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Last book I read was Game of Thrones. I don't read that often these days, not since I got a smart phone (only had one less than a year).
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I used to read constantly, but then my lifestyle changed and its just too easy to get distracted by modern gadgets, despite the fact that I still love to read. Eventually, I had to find a way to finagle some reading time into my schedule, so now I go out for breakfast every Saturday at a local bistro and read my Kindle. I dine alone anyways, so I might as well get some reading in!
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Well I had the same problem few years ago, while I moved to new city, went to Uni etc - but I found a new way that ended up with me reading even more than before. I simply developed a habit of reading every spare moment I have nothing else to do as well as a habit of having a book with me all the time (with your kindle it should be even easier!). You go to toilet to take a dump? Take book with you (you will still read few pages). Waiting for meal to heat? few more pages. Using public transport to get to work? ffew tens of pages. Waiting in line in store? another few pages. taking evening bath? Sit down in bathtub while water fills with a book, then read a little more before actual cleaning - next pages read. In the meantime you'd usually do nothing productive during your every day, just sitting/waiting for something etc - you can easily read 50-150 pages a day depending on your life habits and current day itself ;p
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Sounds like a great way to inject some reading into your life. A lot of those scenarios aren't really feasible for me. I take showers, drive to work, use self-checkout in the grocery stores and read magazines in the bathroom. I also do a lot of cooking from scratch, so I'm usually actively doing something, which doesn't leave time for reading.
I really want to get back into the habit of reading in bed. That was always a great way to slide in some reading time, but my sleeping schedule is brutal enough during the summer. I work graveyard shifts, which means I'm trying to sleep in the late afternoons and evenings, when its the hottest.
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I usually cook my meals myself as well - but again - you wait for water to boil? read! I just gave some examples, the most common ones, but you can basically read anywhere anytime ;p Other example of mine is that as I hate to be late I usually came to pub / restaurant that I'm arranged to meet my friends before actual meeting time - and I will always just order beer or tea and spend this 15+ minutes reading ;p
As for mentioned by you car-driving - I have a friend that always have "emergency book" in his car ;p Whenever he gets stuck in traffic jam he starts reading ;p He manages to read 2-3 extra books per year because of this ;p
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I can't remember all the books I've read this year, unfortunately. I recall reading:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - I quite enjoyed reading about Bod and his experiences in the graveyard. An interesting little read with conspiracy and adventure.
Epoch by Timothy Carter - I didn't enjoy this book too much, but I plowed through it since it was a short and light read. I can't even really pinpoint why I didn't like it. Just not my style I guess.
The Queen of the Dead by Stacy Kade - I read The Ghost and the Goth a few years ago, but the story pretty much fell right back into my memory as I picked up the sequel. This story is a lot more emotionally poignant than I can recall of the first book. And it managed to make me feel empathetic of the stereotypical cheerleader character, which is hard to do for a lifelong nerd like me.
13 to Life by Shannon Delany - An interesting and engaging book, despite my predisposition against the current werewolf/vampire story fad. I enjoyed the story of the hopeful reporter hoping to figure out the mystery of wolf attacks and how that all factored in. Some of the plot was predictable but I liked Pietr's shy demeanor and the chemistry between him and Jessie.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - This book was incredible, in my opinion. I expected a book set in Nazi Germany to be extremely serious and upsetting, but the narration and story was very well done and kept me interested the whole way through. I liked that it was a story of an individual street, and a small girl that lived there, as opposed to the tyranny of Hitler.
The Emporer of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan - This is what I'm currently reading and it is the tenth book in on of my favorite series': The Ranger's Apprentice. I love stories set in times of swords and bows and the journeys of Will, Halt and Horace always keep me engrossed. I tend to tear through these books in a short period of time, so I imagine I will be on to book 11 within a week or so.
All-time favorites: The Hunger Games, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Uglies series, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Divergent (still need to read the rest of the series), Protector of the Small, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Knightly Academy, Go Ask Alice, Ellen Hopkins' books (Crank, Glass, etc.), so many more...
Obviously I read a lot of YA fiction. I did read and enjoyed A Game of Thrones, and read through 100+ pages of A Clash of Kings, only to put it down and when I tried picking it back up a few months ago was completely lost. I'll have to try to read it again when I can set aside a couple months to read the whole series in order so that doesn't happen again.
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I'm reading sherlock holmes books and Crime and Punishment
before that I read For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Picture of Dorian Gray
thought I have a book backlog, a lot of books that I buy but haven't actually read
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If you like Crime and Punishment, I highly recommend The Idiot(hope that's how it's translated). Dostoievski's best book, in my opinion. Read my comment higher up on this page to see what it's about. It's really gonna kill your faith in humanity and make you realize being a nice person is not worth it and that ass-hole, pricks, dicks, cunts and douche-bags succeed better in life. It's about the opposite of Crime and Punishment, when I think about it.
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Thanks for the recommendation, I almost finish reading Crime and punishment and sherlock holmes is more like a casual reading, once in a while an adventure, guess I'll get The Idiot next
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No D: I wish I liked reading though, but I just cant get the idea of going through a story you just imagine and have nothing to see (I watch A LOT of movies). It'll change some day anyway.
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I just thought, since you said your problem was having to imagine it al...
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Are you reading the entire semi-connected series in order (Robot, Empire, and Foundation series)? I've always thought about doing that, but that seems like quite the commitment. Heck, just the Foundation series is a stack of books, although its mostly a great series.
The Gods Themselves was a cool stand-alone Asimov novel, in case you want another suggestion.
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Nope :( I've always liked him since I was little but never read anything seriously. A couple of years ago I went to study abroad and so I've started to read again, mostly during trips back to my hometown and viceversa. The first one I picked was Murder at the ABA (very nice!) then Nemesis (a bit boring, imho) an then the Foundation; I bought a single book in which there are Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation and Foundation's Edge. I thought it was a nice start on the series and left the others for later. Thanks, put it on my to-read list ^_^
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One of my favorite authors. I even wrote a few hundred pages on him lol. He is one of those guys that are very clear and smooth, however reading ALL his books... i did it but that's a lot. 500, including his excellent non fiction rofl. The first time i discovered him was actually trought a book about black holes. And some of them are a real chase to get hold off.
I recommend that you read his autobiography.
Be aware that the Foundation cycle is very inequal in style due to them having been written in disorder. There is a few fillers by other authors that are actually ok to read.
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Since when have books been uncommon for gamers? Back in 70's, 80's, and 90's, most gamers were also avid readers. When did that change?
I don't read nearly as much, any more, as I lack free time, but I'm considering revisiting McKillip's Riddle Master trilogy.
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I'm a big reader. I read boring stuff, if any is available. I'm some kind of a dork, either on my computer or my nose in a book. :P
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Wow, that's pretty fast reading. Then again, when I have reading materials I'll usually read it all very quickly as well.
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I'm currently reading Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman. Its pretty alright, though far form the best book that I've ever read, nor is it the best by the author (I found The Forever War to be a lot better).
As for my favourite, well, look at my screen name :P It's obviously the Illuminatus Trilogy, though I'm also quite fond of Crime & Punishment.
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I know, Books are not that common for gamers, but anyway, what books did you recently read, which are your favourites and such.
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