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 Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:41 am
Has anyone heard of the Irish author John Connolly? He writes incredibly dark private detective stories with supernatural streaks going through them. If you liked Sin City, you will love his books! Especially the later ones.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:09 pm
I'm reading Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, as is required for my Japanese history class... but it is actually a really good book. Despite the fact it being written in 1914 and originally not published in english, the culture gap is hardly noticable, and the feelings conveyed are quite powerful. I'd reccomend it.
Another good read I finished recently (well, about a few months ago) that I would seriously reccomend is House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Pick up a copy.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:29 pm
Count of Monte Cristo(SP?)
Yeah, and a couple of mangas. What I really waiting for is MegaTokyo vol. 4!
Far as books go, I made my quota, I've read Memiors Of a Geisha by (can't remeber first name) Golden =D
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:41 am
I just picked up, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa today...it's been laying around...suprisingly, I haven't been reading much lately...just picking up stuff thats been lying around...I have so many books I don't even know were they all are...some promise to this though...if you are into philosophy.
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Kimgar Ignaceous Darkwolf
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:25 pm
Am reading "The Guardian Cycle" by Julia Gray. 5 Books in the series
The Dark Moon
The Jasper Forest
The Crystal Desert
The Red Glacier
Alyssa's Ring
Excellent quintology following the travels of a crippled hero, Terrel, as he quests to save his home and the lands around. He gets support from his girlfriend, who is in a coma, of a sort, Alyssa, and three ghosts.
An exceptionally good read. At least in my opinion. Great writing of the fantasy genre.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:30 am
AgentSteel Has anyone heard of the Irish author John Connolly? He writes incredibly dark private detective stories with supernatural streaks going through them. If you liked Sin City, you will love his books! Especially the later ones. I am going to recommend him to my bf. He likes stuff like that. Craig I will have to check those out. If I ever get any time. I love fantasy.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:22 pm
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, my new literary hero. He's up there with Palahniuk when it comes to humour.
If anyone doesn't know Sedaris, he's the brother of Amy Sedaris, from MTV's old show Strangers with Candy [she was Candy]. He's an amazing literary talent. biggrin
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:47 pm
Okay, who knew that a bibliophile like me wouldn't be able to resist reading instead of around studying? *raises hand* I picked up Lirael by Garth Nix last week. Got hooked. Went to Barnes and Noble yesterday. Bought Abhorsen, the next book in the series. Am currently a mere chapter into it. And as soon as I get off of here, I'm heading straight for it. Studying can wait, right? *coughs*(two finals tomorrow...both of which I need to study for...)
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:29 am
umaeril I am going to recommend him to my bf. He likes stuff like that. Cool! Tell him to start with The Black Angel.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:50 am
AgentSteel umaeril I am going to recommend him to my bf. He likes stuff like that. Cool! Tell him to start with The Black Angel. Oh good I will. He wrote down the author's name and said that private detectives and the supernatural were his 2 favorite genre's mixed into one. GR - What types of books are those?
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 7:30 am
ROYA! I LOVE THOSE BOOKS! *really excited*
But did you read Sabriel? Because that's actually the first book in the series. I read that one when I was in the 8th grade, and I bought Lirael and Abhorsen within days of their coming out in hardcover. biggrin They're soooo brilliantly written. Nix is a genius.
Uma, they're fantasy books, set in a world that Garth Nix invented. Sabriel is about a young necromancer, except she puts the walking dead back into death instead of raising them, using seven bells as her aid. Lirael is set about 14 years after Sabriel, and it's the story of a young girl who is hoping to be a daughter of the Clayr, who are women who foresee things in ice, and her journey. Abhorsen is about Sabriel, who has become the Abhorsen, and her family....and stuff. It's been a while since I read them.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 9:52 am
Dee, yeah, I read Sabriel a bit ago, after reading Lirael for the first time. VERY good series; I usually don't reread books less than a month apart, but, well *shrugs* What can I say, they're good. mrgreen
Lirael is actually nearly 20 years after Sabriel, and it deals with a girl whose mother was a member of the Clayr, a family of seeresses who see the future in the ice of their glacier home. Abhorsen is the story of Lirael as she tries to take on her new heritage and defeat a monstrous evil that is bent on the destruction of all life, using a massive army of the Dead. Nix is a genius, all right. I'm hooked.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 9:57 am
I will agree, the Sabriel series is a pretty good one. Normally I'm not much into fantasy and all that, but upon finishing Abhorson I was just in awe by how well Nix managed to create such a thing. It left me in tears, no lie.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:41 pm
I love the Sabriel books as well. I picked up the first years ago, and have been hooked since. Have any of you read Shade's Children by Garth Nix as well? It was really good, kinda on the dark side, but highly enjoyable. I reccomend that one as well.
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:28 pm
Shade's Children was excellent
Well, GR, I was trying not to give away all the fun secrets, but oh well razz
14 years, 20 years, okay okay okay it's been a while....
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