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If you're like me, and I know many of you are, you enjoy reading. Not only that, but you're always looking for new things to read. So I've created a place for everyone to put up what they're reading, what they've recently finished, old favorites, reviews, etc. Anything book related. The only thing I ask is that folks not knock what others may enjoy - intelligent discussions are encouraged, trashing things you don't like is not.

Threaders' Recommendations

chilecavy~guineapig
Half Magic by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
Knight's Castle by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
The Time Garden by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
Magic or Not? by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
The Well-Wishers by Edward Eager (Fantasy)
Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager (Fantasy)

fiarra
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Science Ficiton)

gryphonicwing
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Nonfiction)

Gwynnia
Zeppelins West by Joe Lansdale (Fantasy)
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Fiction)

The Intelli-Gent
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Fantasy)
This is a MUST for ALL Intelli-Threaders!

Izzat Love
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (Science Fiction)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Horror)
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Science Fiction)

Kalstolyn
A String In The Harp by Nancy Bond (Fantasy)
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card (Fantasy)
Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead
Patrick: Son of Ireland by Stephen R. Lawhead
The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen R. Lawhead (Fantasy)
The Song of Albion series by Stephen R. Lawhead (Fantasy)

Keeko1642
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

PurplePsycmoe
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Amiee Bender
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Shogun by James Clavell
The Alchemist by Paulo Cohelo
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
1984 by George Orwell
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

The Ritzy
The Hythrun Chronicles by Jennifer Fallon
The Second Sons Trilogy by Jennifer Fallon (Fantasy)
The Symphony of Ages series by Elizabeth Haydon (Fantasy)
A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin (Fantasy)

rpgamer987
The M.Y.T.H. series by Robert Asprin (Fantasy)
The Shannara series by Terry Brooks (Fantasy)
The Belgariad by David Eddings (Fantasy)
The Mallorean by David Eddings (Fantasy)
Queen of the Demonweb Pits by Paul Kidd
Book of Swords by Fred Saberhagen (Fantasy)
The Legend of Drizzt by R. A. Salvatore (Fantasy)

Skizzors
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin (Historical Fiction)

Suneagle
The Elenium and Tamuli series by David and Leigh Eddings (Fantasy)
Tales from the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson (Fantasy)
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Fiction)
Count Zero by William Gibson - the second of his trilogy (Cyberpunk)
The Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson - the third of his trilogy (Cyberpunk)
Neuromancer by William Gibson - the first of his trilogy (Cyberpunk)
Symphony of Ages by Robert A. Heinlein (Fantasy)
Well of Echoes by Ian Irvine (Steampunk)
League of Extrordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore (Steampunk graphic novel)
Otherland by Tad Williams (Cyberpunk)
The Amber series by Roger Zelazny (Fantasy)


Teh K9
Peeps by Scott Westerfield (Scientific Fantasy)
The Last Days by Scott Westerfield (Scientific Fantasy)
Teen Idol by Meg Cabot (Young Adult Fiction)
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (Fantasy)

Wizardshirosenshi
Steel City Magic series - Tinker, Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer (Cyber-Fantasy)
Mercy Thompson series - Moon Called, Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Cyber-Fantasy)

Zeggy Grockle
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
An Abundance of Katharines by John Green
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
A Sudden Wild Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
The Merlin Conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones
Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud

Tektek A Muse!

Does this have anything to do with books? No. Is it mildly entertaining? Oh yes. Plus, I like it when folk tek me. xd

Here's my inventory. I may decide to host some sort of contest, but right now it's just for people to play with if they so desire.

From Creek..Feet: From Dilandra101: From blackcat2003:


My own teks (mostly wishful thinking, and possibly goals):

Didn't like Choke? XP
I loved Palahniuk for Fight Club and still a bit after Lullaby, but after reading Choke.. I'm like, okay, dude. Time to get a new main character.

Really? I'm just getting sick of him using the same repetitive stylizations and character types. I realize it's his style, but I think he may have been better off taking the Harper Lee route and not writing anything other than Fight Club to preserve his image. xd

The last book I read, that I wouldn't say was either very good or very bad, but worth reading if you can find it at a library, was A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin.

Um. Historical fiction. Takes two mathematician/scientists, or one's one and the other's the other, whatever, takes some stuff that's known about their lives and then adds fake bits for the story. Interspersed with little bits of narration.

I have only read Invisible Monsters but I haven't read any of his others. But I really liked that book. It was something I wouldn't normally read.

Im still considering dragging a book or two more of his out of the library, but I may not.