Lover of books, rats, and things that are nifty. Atheist, liberal, historian, scientist.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Ohhhhhh…wow. Having read the books um….everyone lives happily ever after?Yeeaaaaaahhh, something tells me you’re lying your arse off. ;)
I really need to stop looking up spoilers, but, dammit, I want Arya to be happy, dammit!
Dammit!!
Best one in the series IMOSo far it’s my favorite too. :) I’m on page 705, right after VERY BIG EVENT, and, well…
So I’m reading A Storm of Swords, aka WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED.
When If I win the lottery, my first purchases will be pretty versions of all my favorite books. I already have this one (thank you, Barnes & Noble bargain section). Only 5423589034 more to go.
Reading now. Had no idea it was 900 pages long when I ordered it. Will be reading it for a very long while.
Reading now: The Hunger Games and Philosophy
Saw it at the library and it looked interesting. I’ve never really been into philosophy, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. So far, there hasn’t been any astonishing revelations, and a lot of it seems like he’s digging for meaning that isn’t really there (read: how I wrote all my English essays in high school), but it’s interesting enough.
I have a Goodreads account…
… and I decided to look up a coworker of mine (name withheld because I’m not a total asshole) who has written quite a few books. She’s not very well known, but her books are pretty highly rated. I clicked through to look at the reviews, and, well, there aren’t that many. What there are are five-star ratings given by the author.
She rated herself. Highly. Even when she was the only reviewer.
Am I weird in thinking this is tacky as hell? Or does she think that she’s rating anonymously? I’m not actually going to ask her, since I rarely see her and hardly ever talk to her. In fact, I don’t think I’ve had a single conversation of significant length with her. So, how do I know she’s an author? She sends out company-wide emails whenever she releases another book.
Went to the bookstore for Lord of the Rings, ended up browsing the bargain books section. All this after picking up a load of books at the library, too.
Just finished Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
The next book in the series had better get published pretty damn quick, dammit.
I just started reading this book. The prologue made me cry, and here I am trying to recover from Les Miserables…
Reading now: No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
I saw the movie last year and enjoyed it quite a bit, so I put the book on my list. On Saturday I went to the library book sale, and lo and behold there was the book for $1.
So far it’s good, but then I’m only on page 10.
Reading this right now, and holy Crow is it good. I remember liking it when I read it back in high school, but now I’m completely immersed in the story. It’s like watching a movie in my head, and Sean Bean is Beowulf. Remember kids, English class exists only to fuck up your enjoyment of literature.
I need help finding the title of a book!
I read a book a few years back about a college student whose final thesis was a translation and examination of a cryptic old text. Of course, it held a secret and people were killed to hush up the student. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was published around the time The Da Vinci Code was popular.
Favorite books (in no particular order): Night Watch, by Sir Terry Pratchett
Two things:
- I am currently reading three books and have about 100 books on my bookcases, twice that on my Kindle (almost entirely classics because free = good), and almost a thousand on my to-read list on Goodreads. So what do I do when I’m itching to read? Open up Night Watch for the third time.
- I could put 90% of Terry Pratchett’s novels on my list of favorite books
Also, Vimes is a badass.
