What books are you reading? - Page 2

johnnaryry · 12-29-2004, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francesco

(I did read a short essay about Mishima, though). So, I'll give him a try, for sure.

Ah, Mishima!

--ryan

johnnaryry · 12-29-2004, 04:58 PM

On the 'digital side' I'm currently reading Michael Connelly's "City of Bones", Lynn Hightower's "Fortunes of the Dead" and Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." For my job I'm reading the clinical case file of the Parker-Hume Murder (the real-life case the film "Heavenly Creatures" was based on). In the 'anolog format' (paper books) I'm reading "Black Dahlia Avenger" by Steve Hodel.

--ryan

lasseelady · 01-05-2005, 10:07 PM

Hello I am new on this message board. I am a internet assistant to Mark Raney, a virtually unknown author. Mark has an ebook website, www.markraney.com and he needs a tester. He needs someone that has a handheld reader to go to his site and download his short story (FREE) DREAM - He needs to see if it is possible to read this
story on a handheld. We do not own a handheld and are not sure of their capabilities.
Could you please try this for us. Lasseelady lasseelady@yahoo.com

lasseelady · 01-05-2005, 10:31 PM

I would like to invite everyone here to visit www.markraney.com
for a great selection of instant download e-books written by author Mark Raney.
Mark is a native North Carolinian and has a history and love of sea adventures.
Two of his novels are available now for FREE DOWNLOAD, the novels are
SHELLCASTLE and SMILE FOR ME, I'M CRYING.

We would love for you to stop by his website and download your copy today. Then please share this info with your friends. Mark needs the publicity badly and I am running out of places to go. I was so excited to see that people here actually read ebooks. That is music to my ears.

Lasseelady
Writers Assistant to Mark Raney
lasseelady@yahoo.com

Zire · 01-05-2005, 10:44 PM

Hey All,

Right now I'm reading The Cobra Event by Richard Preston. Just started and so far so good. Have only been reading it for two days. My next book will be The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. By the way doing this all on my zire71...

Bob Russell · 01-05-2005, 10:57 PM

I just recently finished Numbered Account by Christopher Reich. It was wonderful as were all of the books I've read by him. (I got the eReader version, which was very nice, and not very expensive in a Reich bundle. Actually, it might have even come with the Pro Bundle.. can't remember.)

I'm now reading Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens. I am a Dickens fan, but every time I pick up one of his books (Great Expectations, David Copperfield, etc.) I hate the first part. It's so slow and hard to keep track of the characters. There doesn't seem to be much happening and it's just boring. I ask myself "why am I reading this?" And then at some point I start to get into it and it turns into one of the best books I've ever read. Martin Chuzzlewit is starting out the same way. Slow, but getting a little interesting now already. Knowing Dickens, I'm counting on it becoming a masterpiece if I give it time. We'll see.

Francesco · 01-05-2005, 10:59 PM

I'm reading "No plot, no problem", by the nanowrimo inventor, Chris Baty. I'm eager to participate in nanowrimo next November!

Alistair · 02-12-2005, 11:32 PM

I am reading "Dragonsblood" at the moment.

Zire · 02-13-2005, 12:06 PM

I am reading The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket it's great!

TadW · 02-13-2005, 12:10 PM

I've heard (from reading the movie review) that Lemony Snicket is similar to Harry Potter, just darker?

Ebooksread · 05-21-2005, 11:56 AM

http://www.ebookslist.org/index.php?...=For%20Dummies
http://www.ebookslist.org/index.php?...c&ebookid=2660

Gatton · 05-23-2005, 03:38 PM

Currently reading Titan a new Star Trek novel at the moment. The book picks up after the events of the last Trek movie and follows Riker on his first command. The book is holding my interest so far.

Brad · 05-24-2005, 10:05 AM

My tastes run from spy to mysteries to science fiction, fantasy and horror.

I just finished 'Bangkok Tattoo' by John Burdett which is a murder mystery set in Bangkok's exotic red-light district. The novel takes a very circuitous route in solving the crime but this is very much what the author wants to do: illustrait the difference between the Western mind and the Eastern mind. I found it very entertaining.

Ret · 08-02-2005, 10:09 AM

I'm reading "Le rouge et le noir" (The red and the black) by Stendhal, classic french literature. (I'm learning french, that's why I'm reading it in original language.)
So far it's a little bit boring but it's still interesting. (Men... it's a long book!)
After watching Spielberg's "War of the worlds" (Which is not THAT bad) I want to read HG Well's original book to see how they differ.

PS: I'm searching for The emperor of scent" on the net. Anyone has a link?

dwig · 08-02-2005, 10:58 AM

I just finished "Anti-Grav Unlimited" by Duncan Long; some interesting ideas but, on-balance, only a so-so piece of SF (available from Baen Books). I recently read a few more issues of Planet Magazine (good stuff).

I'm currently in the middle of O Henry's short story collection "The Voice of the City". O Henry is one of my favorite writers and this collection hasn't let me down; highly recommended. His stories are based so much on human nature and not specific surroundings, that they seem current a century after they were written and not "distant", despite being set in the NYC of ~1900 and I'm reading them from my porch in Key West.

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12-29-2004, 04:58 PM	#17
johnnaryry Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 194 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lexington KY, USA Device: 64GB Apple iPad 3 WiFi, 32GB Apple iPhone 4S	On the 'digital side' I'm currently reading Michael Connelly's "City of Bones", Lynn Hightower's "Fortunes of the Dead" and Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." For my job I'm reading the clinical case file of the Parker-Hume Murder (the real-life case the film "Heavenly Creatures" was based on). In the 'anolog format' (paper books) I'm reading "Black Dahlia Avenger" by Steve Hodel. --ryan

01-05-2005, 10:07 PM	#18
lasseelady Banned Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005	Hello I am new on this message board. I am a internet assistant to Mark Raney, a virtually unknown author. Mark has an ebook website, www.markraney.com and he needs a tester. He needs someone that has a handheld reader to go to his site and download his short story (FREE) DREAM - He needs to see if it is possible to read this story on a handheld. We do not own a handheld and are not sure of their capabilities. Could you please try this for us. Lasseelady lasseelady@yahoo.com

01-05-2005, 10:31 PM	#19
lasseelady Banned Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2005	I would like to invite everyone here to visit www.markraney.com for a great selection of instant download e-books written by author Mark Raney. Mark is a native North Carolinian and has a history and love of sea adventures. Two of his novels are available now for FREE DOWNLOAD, the novels are SHELLCASTLE and SMILE FOR ME, I'M CRYING. We would love for you to stop by his website and download your copy today. Then please share this info with your friends. Mark needs the publicity badly and I am running out of places to go. I was so excited to see that people here actually read ebooks. That is music to my ears. Lasseelady Writers Assistant to Mark Raney lasseelady@yahoo.com

01-05-2005, 10:44 PM	#20
Zire Fanatic Posts: 522 Karma: 14050 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Astoria, NY Device: Zire 71	Hey All, Right now I'm reading The Cobra Event by Richard Preston. Just started and so far so good. Have only been reading it for two days. My next book will be The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. By the way doing this all on my zire71...

01-05-2005, 10:57 PM	#21
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I just recently finished Numbered Account by Christopher Reich. It was wonderful as were all of the books I've read by him. (I got the eReader version, which was very nice, and not very expensive in a Reich bundle. Actually, it might have even come with the Pro Bundle.. can't remember.) I'm now reading Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens. I am a Dickens fan, but every time I pick up one of his books (Great Expectations, David Copperfield, etc.) I hate the first part. It's so slow and hard to keep track of the characters. There doesn't seem to be much happening and it's just boring. I ask myself "why am I reading this?" And then at some point I start to get into it and it turns into one of the best books I've ever read. Martin Chuzzlewit is starting out the same way. Slow, but getting a little interesting now already. Knowing Dickens, I'm counting on it becoming a masterpiece if I give it time. We'll see.

01-05-2005, 10:59 PM	#22
Francesco Aficionado Posts: 391 Karma: 710 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Denver, CO, USA Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Touch	I'm reading "No plot, no problem", by the nanowrimo inventor, Chris Baty. I'm eager to participate in nanowrimo next November!

02-12-2005, 11:32 PM	#23
Alistair Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 26 Join Date: Feb 2005 Device: Tungsten T	I am reading "Dragonsblood" at the moment.

02-13-2005, 12:06 PM	#24
Zire Fanatic Posts: 522 Karma: 14050 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Astoria, NY Device: Zire 71	I am reading The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket it's great!

02-13-2005, 12:10 PM	#25
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	I've heard (from reading the movie review) that Lemony Snicket is similar to Harry Potter, just darker?

05-21-2005, 11:56 AM	#26
Ebooksread Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 24 Join Date: May 2005	http://www.ebookslist.org/index.php?...=For%20Dummies http://www.ebookslist.org/index.php?...c&ebookid=2660

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05-23-2005, 03:38 PM	#27
Gatton Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 368 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2021, assorted Fire tablets.	Currently reading Titan a new Star Trek novel at the moment. The book picks up after the events of the last Trek movie and follows Riker on his first command. The book is holding my interest so far.

05-24-2005, 10:05 AM	#28
Brad Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 201 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Cybook Gen3 / EB1150 /iPhone	My tastes run from spy to mysteries to science fiction, fantasy and horror. I just finished 'Bangkok Tattoo' by John Burdett which is a murder mystery set in Bangkok's exotic red-light district. The novel takes a very circuitous route in solving the crime but this is very much what the author wants to do: illustrait the difference between the Western mind and the Eastern mind. I found it very entertaining.

08-02-2005, 10:09 AM	#29
Ret Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 480 Join Date: Dec 2004	I'm reading "Le rouge et le noir" (The red and the black) by Stendhal, classic french literature. (I'm learning french, that's why I'm reading it in original language.) So far it's a little bit boring but it's still interesting. (Men... it's a long book!) After watching Spielberg's "War of the worlds" (Which is not THAT bad) I want to read HG Well's original book to see how they differ. PS: I'm searching for The emperor of scent" on the net. Anyone has a link?

08-02-2005, 10:58 AM	#30
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718479 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I just finished "Anti-Grav Unlimited" by Duncan Long; some interesting ideas but, on-balance, only a so-so piece of SF (available from Baen Books). I recently read a few more issues of Planet Magazine (good stuff). I'm currently in the middle of O Henry's short story collection "The Voice of the City". O Henry is one of my favorite writers and this collection hasn't let me down; highly recommended. His stories are based so much on human nature and not specific surroundings, that they seem current a century after they were written and not "distant", despite being set in the NYC of ~1900 and I'm reading them from my porch in Key West.