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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: StrawberrySundance on January 23, 2019, 12:13:30 PM
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I don't see one of these in the first couple of pages in the Off Topic section (except for a Manga one) so I thought I'd make one :)
What's everybody reading or what book are you hoping to read?
Edit: I'm currently reading The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, I got halfway through What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge and forgot about it, I really need to finish it, I was really enjoying it.
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Currently reading the Silmarillion... or rereading, sort of, as I've read it before years ago but it was the Finnish translation.
Next up on my reading list are Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, a friend of mine recommended them and I got to borrow her copies. :)
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Watership Down currently. Might start on Lord of the Ring or Narnia next again
RIP other books in my shelf
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Currently reading the Silmarillion... or rereading, sort of, as I've read it before years ago but it was the Finnish translation.
I have the audiobook, its pretty cool!
Watership Down currently.
I love this book, read it a couple of times! <3
Recently finished a My Little Pony Comic Book (boom 5 I think).
Im currently on Warrior Cats Season 4 (The Omen of Stars), book 3 (Night Whispers), I really enjoy it, its exciting!
Will read same season book 4 (Sign of the Moon) afterwards! :D
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I finished One Taste Too Many by Debra H Goldstein recently. I really enjoyed it.
Ponyfan
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I’m re-reading Watership Down for like
The 5th time too XD
I’m also reading Outsider by Stephen King that a friend leant me.
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Unless you count my manga binge of Akatsuki no Yona over Christmas (which I don't), I haven't read a book for leisure in a very long time. So most recently I've read Lady Hyegyong's memoirs and am reading a daughter of Han for my first year teaching, and for my own research Japan's Orient and The National Myths...
I should be reading Genpei Jousuiki. But I am not motivated at the moment :/ Out of 48 books/8 volumes I am probably left with about 10 I haven't read anything of yet. But probably should.
The last book I read for leisure was a weird book I found in the laundry room of the place I used to live. I thought it was a murder mystery. In the end I'm not sure that's what it was. Don't remember the title. But that was more than a year ago. And it was the first time in a long while I'd had time to read anything not related to either my research or my teaching.
I used to read all the time. So much. But having to do so much reading for research kind of puts me off doing it for leisure as well :/ So I don't have any books I particularly want to read right now.
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Clive Barker's Weaveworld for like the 20th time.
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Currently reading the Silmarillion... or rereading, sort of, as I've read it before years ago but it was the Finnish translation.
I love Silmarillion, it has one of my favorite stories of world creation. I used to read it at least once a year when I was younger.
I am currently reading Tales from Watership Down. I got so happy when I realised there were more stories of the rabbits :heart: I didn't know until a month ago and ordered the book directly.
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Edit: I'm currently reading The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, I got halfway through What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge and forgot about it, I really need to finish it, I was really enjoying it.
I've read the Shopaholic series several times. They're books that I turn to when I need a bit of light-hearted fun.
I'm currently reading Jodi Picoult's latest novel, "A spark of light". It's very gripping, and I like the way it's told: It starts at the end and then moved backwards hour by hour, explaining how the events came to happen. I thought it would be confusing, but it's really good.
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Hunger by Alma Katsu and I love it. Though that may be because I've been to some of the areas mentioned in the book. Just started Dracul by J.D. Barker, a new take on Stoker's story as told by him. And rounding out things Annihilation, started it a few months ago and lost it in my closet. Found it today, figured I'd start reading it again, am halfway through the movie and love that. It's the spookiest movie I've seen in years and I love, love horror movies.
Had to stop watching it because I scared myself. Want to finish the movie tonight (it's almost midnight here) but know better. So maybe tomorrow, good and bright outside with a few light-hearted films lined up for afterward. Would love if there was a thread on this board to talk about it. The book is seriously, seriously trippy.
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I'm a bookaholic, I'm always reading something! At the moment I've got a pile of teen/kids books that I'm working through (some I've read before) because I've had a bit of a stressful time recently and wanted something relaxing to read. I've just read the first book in The Princess Academy series by Shannon Hale and really enjoyed it.
@StrawberrySundance, I read the What Katy Did books last year, they are just such fun! I love children's books from that era.
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Hunger by Alma Katsu and I love it. Though that may be because I've been to some of the areas mentioned in the book. Just started Dracul by J.D. Barker, a new take on Stoker's story as told by him. And rounding out things Annihilation, started it a few months ago and lost it in my closet. Found it today, figured I'd start reading it again, am halfway through the movie and love that. It's the spookiest movie I've seen in years and I love, love horror movies.
Had to stop watching it because I scared myself. Want to finish the movie tonight (it's almost midnight here) but know better. So maybe tomorrow, good and bright outside with a few light-hearted films lined up for afterward. Would love if there was a thread on this board to talk about it. The book is seriously, seriously trippy.
You could always start one.
I just started rereading The Swiss Family Robinson after watching the Disney movie. I had been rereading The Plains of Passage by J M Auel of her Earth Children series but lost interest.
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I'm currently reading Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron.
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And rounding out things Annihilation, started it a few months ago and lost it in my closet. Found it today, figured I'd start reading it again, am halfway through the movie and love that. It's the spookiest movie I've seen in years and I love, love horror movies.
Had to stop watching it because I scared myself. Want to finish the movie tonight (it's almost midnight here) but know better. So maybe tomorrow, good and bright outside with a few light-hearted films lined up for afterward. Would love if there was a thread on this board to talk about it. The book is seriously, seriously trippy.
That sounds like something I need to check out!
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And rounding out things Annihilation, started it a few months ago and lost it in my closet. Found it today, figured I'd start reading it again, am halfway through the movie and love that. It's the spookiest movie I've seen in years and I love, love horror movies.
Had to stop watching it because I scared myself. Want to finish the movie tonight (it's almost midnight here) but know better. So maybe tomorrow, good and bright outside with a few light-hearted films lined up for afterward. Would love if there was a thread on this board to talk about it. The book is seriously, seriously trippy.
That sounds like something I need to check out!
Motion seconded! I enjoyed the heck out of Annihilation in book form, it's on my ten-mile-long to-do list to check out the other Southern Reach books, and make some time to watch the movie as well. :D
As for what I'm reading, I'm revisiting Haunted by James Herbert. It's a good, solid ghost story, although some of his more verbose passages are... well, they're very... charming? Maybe lay off the thesaurus a bit? Just a thought. :lol: I'm gonna have to get another copy of The Ghosts of Sleath to read afterwards - my old one fell apart!
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I'm currently listening through the Charlie Bone Series (for the third or fourth time) at work and I've started the Potion Masters series at home.
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I'm currently rereading Dungeon Born, the first book in the Divine Dungeon series. I force myself to re-read a series each time a new book comes out so that I am fresh as to the facts of the series and so that I can make the magic last awhile longer.
The Divine Dungeon series most likely falls somewhere in between the Fantasy and Literary RPG genres. The main protagonist of the series is Cal, a dungeon core. As such, he controls the space of his dungeon and the minions inside. I can't make it sound exciting, but I promise it really is. The secondary protagonist is Dale, the owner of the land upon which the dungeon resides.
Besides the plot, the best part about this series is that the Audible version is read by the same narrator that read The Heartstrikers series, which may be my favorite series to date!
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I force myself to re-read a series each time a new book comes out so that I am fresh as to the facts of the series and so that I can make the magic last awhile longer.
That actually sounds like a great idea! :D I might have to borrow that idea when I purchase the What Katy Did series since I just realized I'm reading the second book without reading the first one XD
@StrawberrySundance, I read the What Katy Did books last year, they are just such fun! I love children's books from that era.
I didn't realize that there was more than one book! :dropjaw: I gotta purchase What Katy Did At School and What Katy Did ASAP!
Me too! I love classic literature, especially horror! I've got a section of my book shelf dedicated to classic horror books!
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@StrawberrySundance, enjoy the Katy books :). I think the school one was my favourite.
@Pokeyonekenobie, Charlie Bone!! I had some of those when I was younger and was recently, through the magic of Internet, able to acquire the ones I didn't have back then and finally find out what happened next! I'm just reading the last in the series.
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We had a writing conference at the library where I work today. I bought "The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society" from the author, Janet Sumner-Johnson. It looks like it'll be fun!
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I'm re-reading The WaterFire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly The 3rd book was my least favorite the first time I read it buy I don't want to skip from book 2 to book 4 so I will give it another chance.
Ponyfan
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I'm currently reading a collection of ghost stories consisting of a mix of modern and classic ones. At the moment, I'm most of the way through 'The Beckoning Fair One' by Oliver Onions, which I've quite enjoyed. It's the usual thing with me and ghost stories: enjoying the classics, not too impressed by the modern ones. I know what I like! ;)
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I finished "The Last Great Adventure of the PB&J Society" and I'm on the last book of the Charlie Bone Series at work. And I'm reading "Anne of Green Gables," "Potion Masters: The Eternity Elixir," and Fruits Basket Volume 2. Yes, I read multiple things at once because it really depends on my mood what I can focus on for the moment. :P
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Yesterday I finnished Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence, second book of a trilogy I highly recommend. Too bad I have to wait til april for the release of the last one. I also began reading Matilda by Roald Dahl.
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Im currently on Warrior Cats Season 4 (The Omen of Stars), book 3 (Night Whispers), I really enjoy it, its exciting!
Will read same season book 4 (Sign of the Moon) afterwards! :D
Finished season 4 book 3 and now im on season 4 book 4 (Sign of the Moon) :D
If youre a cat-enthusiast I can really recommend these books!!
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I'm working on Deathmarked, the penultimate book in a series. It's been really great so far! Excellent pacing, great characters, simple and efficient worldbuilding.
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Currently reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Depsite many recommendations I've never read anything by him besides the ending of WoT. I was gifted this one for my birthday and it's pretty good.
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Currently reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Depsite many recommendations I've never read anything by him besides the ending of WoT. I was gifted this one for my birthday and it's pretty good.
I haven't read that one yet but I enjoyed "Alcatraz Vs the Evil Librarians."
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Eragon... maybe I'll finish it this year.
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
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:toot: The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins... before that it was The Marsh Builders by Sharon Levy... you have to be seriously fascinated by the nutrient cycle I guess to read any two books about sewage back to back for interest like I would, I know. But what can I say, in modern times nature still seems to take better care of our business than we do, meanwhile we make a bigger mess with our mess, it's like we are all a bunch of kids or something in that way... even after we grow up. :lol:
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One of my resolutions was to get back into productive reading, in the sense of doing more than reading the odd article here and there. I used to do a lot of reading when I was younger, but somewhere along the lines things changed and I fell out of it for a while. Making some headway, though:
Just finished Paddington, Here And Now during my work shift. It's definitely intended for a younger audience, but enjoyable all the same!
I was (foolishly) under the impression that Paddington was an off-brand Pooh Bear, so to speak, and was pleasantly surprised to find that was not the case. :lol:
On the other end of the literary spectrum was The Catcher In The Rye, which was... you know, it's been a few days since I read it and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. In my experience the lack of resolution was anti-climatic, the pacing was slow, and despite pitying Holden he was gratingly repetitive.
Also on the side are Treasure Island, The Neverending Story and a few odd books relating to art & agriculture.
:toot: The Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins... before that it was The Marsh Builders by Sharon Levy... you have to be seriously fascinated by the nutrient cycle I guess to read any two books about sewage back to back for interest like I would, I know. But what can I say, in modern times nature still seems to take better care of our business than we do, meanwhile we make a bigger mess with our mess, it's like we are all a bunch of kids or something in that way... even after we grow up. :lol:
Sewage & the like is actually quite fascinating - as an agriculture worker I've seen more than my fair share, lol. It's a sad irony in that trying to sanitize our impact, we often do more harm than good.
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'New Boy', by Tracy Chevalier. Love that writer (her most famous book is 'Girl with a pearl earring')
And also 'The botany of desire', by Michael Pollan. A plant's view of the world, truly interesting.
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Currently reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Depsite many recommendations I've never read anything by him besides the ending of WoT. I was gifted this one for my birthday and it's pretty good.
I haven't read that one yet but I enjoyed "Alcatraz Vs the Evil Librarians."
I thought it was uneven. It was interesting enough to continue reading but it didn't make an impact on me, I understood quite early how it would end.
I'm on a reading roll.. Do I do anything but read? Since Elantris I've finnished off: The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer, Iskalla Ögonblick (Not yet translated to English) by Viveca Sten and Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman. I am currently reading Miss you by Kate Eberlen
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Nothing because I haven;t found any books in English here.
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Now I am onto Russka, by Ernest Rutherfurd
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Currently reading the Silmarillion... or rereading, sort of, as I've read it before years ago but it was the Finnish translation.
Next up on my reading list are Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, a friend of mine recommended them and I got to borrow her copies. :)
Update, I'm still reading the Silmarillion and haven't got round to starting the Hilary Mantel books yet, but I needed something small and lightweight to read on the bus. I started with Roald Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more and really enjoyed it, some of the stories were really intense. My current book on the go is If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura. Hasn't convinced me so far but it's short and easy to read so let's see if it gets more interesting. It was an impulse purchase at the bookstore, the book reminded me of Hiro Arikawa's The Travelling Cat Chronicles which was very good, so I wanted to try this one too. The Silmarillion is my bedtime read. :D
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"Comet in Moominland"
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I had a random nostalgia spasm after seeing the books in a charity shop so have been rereading the Malory Towers books by Enid Blyton. They are so cliche. But whatever. Reading school stories like these was a huge part of my eight year old life so I don't care xD.
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Currently listening to "Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation." It's fun, but every time the reader says "Jack asked" or "Smart asked", I hear something else...
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Currently listening to "Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation." It's fun, but every time the reader says "Jack asked" or "Smart asked", I hear something else...
:lol:
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Right now I'm re-reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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I'm reading a book called Sjörök (sea smoke, a kind of heavy sea mist) by Viveca and Camilla Sten. It's a tween fantasy around the islands of the stockholm archipelago written by the author of the Sandhamn crime books and her daughter. This is book 2 in a trilogy and they're really good.
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Currently listening to "Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation." It's fun, but every time the reader says "Jack asked" or "Smart asked", I hear something else...
:haha:
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I've just started the new GRRM book 'Fire and Blood'. It's good, but it also makes me angry. Just release Winds of Winter already!!
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I'm reading "Esperanza Rising"
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