read any good books lately?

[All_That_Chaz]

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While waiting for planes all weekend to and from Sprite's place I read a short book by Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence.

It was nice enough. It was based on the life of Paul Gauguin, the painter. It was short, only like 160 pages, but makes for a pleasant weekend read. It was an interesting perspective to be in. I mean this guy was just kind of a total jerk to everyone and he couldn't really paint all that well. But by the end of the novel you see his genius. It's kind of like a biography of some famous actor written by someone who went to middle school with him when and he was a pompous untalented kid just like everyone else.

I'd recommend it.

[Bricktastic]

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I just finished reading Fight Club, it's like any book much more amazing than the movie and I highly suggest reading it if you like the movie. Even if you don't, you'll like the book.

I'm gonna probably get mixed remarks on this but I am starting to read the Halo series of books. They are honestly really good so far. The guy who wrote it was a writer way before he wrote them. He also works with Bungie, so, it's accurate too.

I could ramble on about good books for ages, but I'll just stick with the most recent. XD

[Ika]

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I just finished with Eclipse. -loved it-

[I like it]

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Code orange

[faynt]

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I'm gonna probably get mixed remarks on this but I am starting to read the Halo series of books. They are honestly really good so far.

I enjoyed that series alot =D

Right now Im reading "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Its a long read and has some dry spots, but the idea behind it is pretty fascinating. It follows a handful of characters as they are reincarnated throughout an alternate history time line in which Western society was wiped out by a plague. =p

[blackbuterfly451]

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On the 18 hour flight to Japan one of the books I read was "Lolita" by Vladmir Nabokov. I would strongly suggest this book to, well.. not everyone. You'd have to have a mature mindset to take the book seriously, but it was an amazing book; one of my favorites.

[TheRapingDragon]

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Finished The Dice Man today. Read the last 120 or so pages. Definitely still recommend it.

I've managed to amass a bit of a pile too which is nice. Let's see what I have to read:

Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) - Blaze
James Herbert - Once... and The Secret of Crickley Hall
Karin Slaughter - Kisscut

[Relambrien]

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Since it just finished today, I'll recommend Ghost of the Revolution by G.V. Temple aka FishFishRevolution. The FFR references make the already-awesome story even better.

I don't know how long it would be in a physical book form, but it took me about 6 hours to read, I think, which equates to about 200-250 pages if I'm gauging my reading speed correctly.