The Good Books Thread/ATARnotes Book Club!

[funkyducky]

This thread should be moved to OGD/water cooler. (or merged w/the good books thread?)

On topic, I'm currently reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and just read the Hunger Games.

Eh how good is Sherlock Holmes.. Btw are you reading the thick as book with 9 books in one volume?

So good, but sometimes predictable (although I kind of like figuring things out before Sherlock explains to Watson) I'm reading the orange penguin one that's just "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" with 12 short stories/chapters in it. Not super-thick one.

Joining abd123 and trinh as the boys...
i must admit i only read something if it really interests me...
at the moment, its The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
can't wait for the movie coming out in march!!!

My favourite recent kid's book. Such a good read. Can't wait for the movie either

My favourite one is the Red-Headed League one.  Can't remember the exact title, but it should be fairly obvious.  :p

It's called "the Red-Headed League" That one was nice, really clever.

Yeah finished Sherlock Holmes about 2 weeks ago....they were epic! Might start reading Agatha Christie next....not Miss Marple coz Poirot is the BOSS!!!!!

My mum has the HUGEST collection of Agatha Christie books. She loves that stuff. Poirot is awesome

[nacho]

I'm giving The power of one another read, it's probably my favourite book

got half way through frankenstein and got bored

anyone know books similar to the power of one? drama, inspiration etc? perhaps some others by Bryce Courtenay

[pi]

got half way through frankenstein and got bored

+1, tried to read that once and failed miserably.


Other classics that bored me include To Kill a Mockingbird (maybe because we studied it in school) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (urgh...)

Enjoyed The Three Musketeers though!

[nacho]

got half way through frankenstein and got bored

+1, tried to read that once and failed miserably.


Other classics that bored me include To Kill a Mockingbird (maybe because we studied it in school) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (urgh...)

Enjoyed The Three Musketeers though!

probably the school part, i thought mocking bird was a fantastic read (read it ages ago though, like yr9)

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[funkyducky]

 Hmm I personally liked mockingbird (studying for school does kind of take away the fun though) and tom sawyer/huck finn. Then again, I enjoyed A tale of two cities, whereas a lot of people seem to find it dead boring (it's fairly slow). My least favourite classic is Wuthering Heights. That book = death by boredom.

[pi]

I ALSO DESPISE BRAVE NEW WORLD.

Worst novel ever. I think ch4 is probably the worst literature I've ever read in my entire life. I despise the novel with a passion.

[ShortBlackChick]

I've just started a Matthew Reilly book. I think it's the Six sacred stones or something like that.... Anything written by this man is just fantastic to read

yeah he's a beast, love all his books, sadly his wife passed away just recently so he couldn't do the 6 scared stones book promotion tour

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Are you serious? Natalie passed away? WHAT. I did not know this, but I knew the tours got cancelled because I checked on his site for when he was in my area. Poor guy! WTF
I cant believe that. WTF Holy shit. fsjdkfihasdklhf

Andy456 you should have read Seven Ancient Wonders because its the first in the series. I'm more of a Scarecrow fan than a Jack West so I was stoked when Army of Thieves came out though, but still WTF

I'm trying to get through Great Expectations and I'm struggling

[aabattery]

got half way through frankenstein and got bored

+1, tried to read that once and failed miserably.


Other classics that bored me include To Kill a Mockingbird (maybe because we studied it in school) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (urgh...)

Enjoyed The Three Musketeers though!

probably the school part, i thought mocking bird was a fantastic read (read it ages ago though, like yr9)

+1
TKAM is simply awesome... one of all time favorites...

I've just started a Matthew Reilly book. I think it's the Six sacred stones or something like that.... Anything written by this man is just fantastic to read

yeah he's a beast, love all his books, sadly his wife passed away just recently so he couldn't do the 6 scared stones book promotion tour

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Are you serious? Natalie passed away? WHAT. I did not know this, but I knew the tours got cancelled because I checked on his site for when he was in my area. Poor guy! WTF
I cant believe that. WTF Holy shit. fsjdkfihasdklhf

Andy456 you should have read Seven Ancient Wonders because its the first in the series. I'm more of a Scarecrow fan than a Jack West so I was stoked when Army of Thieves came out though, but still WTF

I'm trying to get through Great Expectations and I'm struggling

Great Expectations isn't too bad... try 'Hard Times' - seriously the title is what you get...
David Copperfield, although biographical and monotonous, is one of the better dickens imo... anyone seen the bbc david copperfield series with Daniel Radcliffe as david?

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[nacho]

I ALSO DESPISE BRAVE NEW WORLD.

Worst novel ever. I think ch4 is probably the worst literature I've ever read in my entire life. I despise the novel with a passion.

LOL!
a bunch of stoners were debating with me as to whether marajuana should be legalised, and they told me to read it and i'd understand hahaha

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[TrueTears]

I've just started a Matthew Reilly book. I think it's the Six sacred stones or something like that.... Anything written by this man is just fantastic to read

yeah he's a beast, love all his books, sadly his wife passed away just recently so he couldn't do the 6 scared stones book promotion tour

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Are you serious? Natalie passed away? WHAT. I did not know this, but I knew the tours got cancelled because I checked on his site for when he was in my area. Poor guy! WTF
I cant believe that. WTF Holy shit. fsjdkfihasdklhf

Andy456 you should have read Seven Ancient Wonders because its the first in the series. I'm more of a Scarecrow fan than a Jack West so I was stoked when Army of Thieves came out though, but still WTF

I'm trying to get through Great Expectations and I'm struggling

yeah sigh, poor guy, feel so sorry for him, it was on his website:

Dear all

A few of you have noticed that my website, Facebook and Twitter pages have all gone silent over the past month. I also cancelled the last eight signings of my Australian book tour.

The reason is that in early December, my beloved wife Natalie died. She was 36.

I am devastated and trying to come to terms with this awful event.

I am not sure when I will resume public book duties, but I am sure you will all understand if I take a break from online communications for a while.

Thank you.

Matthew Reilly
Sydney, Australia

[ShortBlackChick]

(((((((((((((((((((( I'm shattered. They didnt deserve that.

[Reckoner]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything
A very interesting read, although the geology section was a bit difficult to get through.

Bryson's travel books are also good, such as 'Down Under' and 'Notes From a Small Island'. They literally made me lol, which rarely happens with books.

[Phy124]

Reading books... for enjoyment?



I don't think I've read a book for enjoyment since primary school so let's just go with where's wally - if that doesn't count then go with the "just series"

[Menang]

Atonement, Hunger Games, TKAM? You AN-ers have such good taste.

Currently reading "Never Let Me Go" - Kazuo Ishiguro, and it's really, really good.

Recently finished "Perfume", as recommended by another AN thread and that was also brilliant. I couldn't put it down, and read it for about 12 hours straight.

[fuzzylogic]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything
A very interesting read, although the geology section was a bit difficult to get through.

Bryson's travel books are also good, such as 'Down Under' and 'Notes From a Small Island'. They literally made me lol, which rarely happens with books.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is also a really good, entertaining Bill Bryson read!