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What 📔book are you reading right now?

I am reading Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter. Also, 1984 by George Orwell (again.)
 
I loved 1984. The only part that I really had to push myself to read was the excerpts from the book. Booorrrrriiiiiinnnnggg.....Very much so. The rest of it was freaking awesome.
 
Bethelarien said:
I loved 1984. The only part that I really had to push myself to read was the excerpts from the book. Booorrrrriiiiiinnnnggg.....Very much so. The rest of it was freaking awesome.
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I think 1984 was prophetic really. Scary, too.
 
I am currently reading Shadow Puppets and loving every bit of it! I'm already addicted to Ender's universe--the only other world other than Middle Earth that I have found entertaining enough to be addicted to.

Love it to bits!!
 
I'm currently reading several books, but am really into The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. Very good book. About the battle of Gettysburg. Fairly easy read too, just sad.
 
When Dragons Rage by that Michael A. Stackpole person. After yet another disheartening visit into the newer bookses of the Star Wars universe, I decided to branch out a bit, without straying too far into the unfamiliar. That Michael A. Stackpole wrote one of my favorite Star Wars books, so I decided to try out some of his fantasy. Not too bad. Suitably entertaining, but nothing achingly mind-blowing. I forget the name of the series, but his newest one is more interesting. A Secret Atlas and Cartomancy. I am waiting on the next one in that series.

Anyways, I was apparently bored to come in here. Yes, I know that I should read those Tolkien bookses again. Whoops. But then, some nurse has offered to let me borrow some long series of books by someone called R. A. Salvatore. I am not looking forward to it, mostly because that person wrote something in the Star Wars universe that I wasn't a large fan of, and because the only thing I heard about the series that I will be receiving is that it features dark elves. Sounds like some anaesthesia, to myself.
 
I am now reading the prequel to The Killer Angels. A book called Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara (Michael Shaara's son). Did y'all that not only did Michael Shaara's Killer Angels make it to the silver screen, but also a short story as well. Any of you know it? It's called For Love of the Game.
 
I'm reading Voyage of the Dawn Treader...well I'm about to...I just finished Prince Caspian...if you couldn't tell I'm reading the Narnia series from beginning to end.
 
LWW is my favorite because my dad kind of read it to me when I was 9 or 10.
 
I have just finished Tunnels, by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. I was attracted by its odd history and the publisher's claims. Under it's original self-published title "The Highfield Mole", the book is fetching huge sums at auction. It was discovered by Chicken House Publishers, who I believe made some editorial changes. If it does take off big time, owning the original could be as lucrative as a 1st Edn Hobbit.

I have to say, it took me a while to get into with its troglodite theme and, for my taste, somewhat over-flowery descriptive language at the beginning; but it was a good read and I'll buy the sequel.
 
I am currently (mind you very slowly) reading The Day of the Jackal by Fredrick Forsyth.

It's a great book, I'm just so busy these days it's idiotic. I hate not have time to read.
 
I am currently reading Arthur and the Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland. It's the first in a series of three about a boy whose life has many parallels to the life of King Arthur. Quite a good read actually, it should be made compulsory to study I reckon.
 
I'm reading a Jeremy Clarkson book that my uncle gave me to read. Started it last night and its good. He hates Australia, its all the same apparently.
 
I'm reading a bit of light-hearted banter known as The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. I recently finished watching the documentary "The War" on PBS and got to wondering how mankind got itself into such a conflagration.

So far I am up to about 1930 and I have a mixture of horror and amazement that such a bunch of misfits got as far as they did...
 


HEY! Amazing read. I love those books. Stumbled upon book 1 years ago and then later found book 2, and I have yet to find book 3. Gosh. I need to re-read that and then get moving on the rest.
 
Hey that's great I just finished the first again. The third is amazing. My favourite would be the second, then third and finally first, but by no means any inferior to the others. I was lucky enough to receive all three as presents over a year. I try and read them every year if I can.
 
Reading 'The Assassin's Apprentice' by Robin Hobb, first fantasy book I've read in years if you discount Prachett. Enjoying it very muchly...
 
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