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cloud493 · 08-01-2012 09:20PM

I'm quite tempted to try house of night/ hunger games, cept I'm not sure what either of them is about.

LoonyLovegood · 08-01-2012 09:30PM

I love House of Night, on the eighth now, really don't want it to end. Once I finish it Im onto Hunger Games. Determined to read a book a week this year.

WhiskeyGoblin · 08-01-2012 10:56PM

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm quite tempted to try house of night/ hunger games, cept I'm not sure what either of them is about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Night

Problem solved.

cynder · 09-01-2012 06:00PM

Read 'maze runner' and 'the scorch trials', cant get my hands on the death cure...

may have to be an amazon job unless i wait till april and get my hands on a paperback.

Half way through karlology.

cynder · 09-01-2012 06:03PM

Loved hunger games, not read house of night yet, not sure if i could get into game of thrones, not my thing. Anyone else read Game of Thrones?

cheesefiend · 09-01-2012 11:36PM

Just finished The Night Circus which was very good. It was a really easy read and so heartwarming. I really enjoyed it. Moving on to The Periodic Table by Primo Levi now.

09-01-2012 11:52PM

cloud493 wrote: »

I'm quite tempted to try hunger games, cept I'm not sure what either of them is about.

Battle Royale.

leemurta · 10-01-2012 05:43PM

Yeah I just read The first and second hunger games thought they were really good but according to my friend the 3rd book isnt great but Im starting it tonight anyway :pac:

cloud493 · 10-01-2012 06:16PM

I shall pop into chapters on the weekend, see which one pricks my fancy. I was in chapters this weekend, bought a book on Force H, a British naval fleet deployed in the meditarren in the second world war written by a chap who served on the crews of the fleet. its pretty good so far.

Seren_ · 10-01-2012 06:54PM

grindelwald wrote: »

Loved hunger games, not read house of night yet, not sure if i could get into game of thrones, not my thing. Anyone else read Game of Thrones?

I'm on the third book of the series now - they're really, really good. I wouldn't be hugely into fantasy novels so I didn't know if I'd like it, but I do

Have you seen the TV show? Maybe watch an episode or two of it to see if you'd like the books; it's pretty much word for word the exact same.

Grindylow · 10-01-2012 07:01PM

Just finished "Untamed" in the House Of Night series! Waiting on Hunted from the library.

Been reading The Book Thief for the past 2 weeks or so, about 300 pages in now and I'm not loving it too much.. Might just give up on it. >_<

RedMelody · 10-01-2012 08:15PM

Just started reading the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. Loved the first two books!

Can't wait for when the movie comes out in March! I'll drag all of my friends along to see it...

Lawliet · 10-01-2012 09:57PM

I'm finding Game of Thrones quite hard to get into, I'm only a few chapters in and it's doing the two things I hate most; having loads of characters straight away and constantly switching perspective and setting. As a result I kind of know what's going on so far but I haven't a clue who it's happening to or where they're suppose to be! I want to keep reading but I can't keep track of it all

RolandIRL · 11-01-2012 12:29AM

Lawliet wrote: »

I'm finding Game of Thrones quite hard to get into, I'm only a few chapters in and it's doing the two things I hate most; having loads of characters straight away and constantly switching perspective and setting. As a result I kind of know what's going on so far but I haven't a clue who it's happening to or where they're suppose to be! I want to keep reading but I can't keep track of it all

Have you watched the TV show first? Really helped me get to know the characters first and even the different words they use (Ser, Maester etc).
I was the same when reading the LOTR books. If i hadn't watched the films first, i'd have been totally lost.

shadowninty · 11-01-2012 06:04PM

Lawliet wrote: »

I'm finding Game of Thrones quite hard to get into, I'm only a few chapters in and it's doing the two things I hate most; having loads of characters straight away and constantly switching perspective and setting. As a result I kind of know what's going on so far but I haven't a clue who it's happening to or where they're suppose to be! I want to keep reading but I can't keep track of it all

I found the first hundred and fifty pages a real drag - As you said, so many characters, each with like a biography D; After that though you get quite drawn into it, but the books are for the long haul. Its quite confusing but you do catch on soon enough.

LoonyLovegood · 13-01-2012 12:08AM

Has anyone managed to find TFiOS in Ireland?

leemurta · 13-01-2012 06:05PM

CTYIgirl wrote: »

Has anyone managed to find TFiOS in Ireland?

These guys deliver world wide for free, http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/9780525478812

cloud493 · 28-01-2012 05:49PM

I bought the bell jar entirely on impulse, but its actually really good.

Aisling(",) · 29-01-2012 01:12AM

I finished reading Breakneck by Erica Spindler,Indelible by Karin Slaughter and Pressumed Guilty by Tess Gerritsen.

All three were good and I'd recomend them.Seems like i'm reading crazy amounts of murder mysteries though.

30-01-2012 09:55PM

I'm reading Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku. So interesting and clear. If every physics professor, lecturer or teacher was that good at explaining things I'd have chosen it over maths, probably.

Hairycopper · 30-01-2012 10:47PM

Living with Evil- Cynthia Owen. Disturbing. Really disturbing, if 100% factual and truthful.

skyscraperblue · 04-02-2012 06:46PM

Just finished 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood - chilling but really, really good, would highly recommend it. It's the kind of book that you have to take your time when reading because every single sentence has connotations or a deeper meaning or something powerful to say.

This morning I started Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and I'm not too far in but so far I like it.

Davyhal · 06-02-2012 01:59PM

I went overboard in the book shop there on Saturday. I had simply intended on buy the Drivers Theory Test book... left with that, along with:

- A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
- A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
- A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
- The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
- The Member of The Wedding (Carson McCullers)

Any suggestions on which I should read first?!

WhiskeyGoblin · 06-02-2012 09:39PM

Davyhal wrote: »

I went overboard in the book shop there on Saturday. I had simply intended on buy the Drivers Theory Test book... left with that, along with:

- A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
- A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
- A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
- The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
- The Member of The Wedding (Carson McCullers)

Any suggestions on which I should read first?!

The Hunger Games is very easy reading. I'd suggest giving that a go.

Aisling(",) · 06-02-2012 10:09PM

I'm on the fourth book in the Kitty Norville Series "Kitty and the silver bullet" I'm clearly being sucked in but they're easy to read and I'm enjoying them.

Read "The Woman in Black" yesterday as I'm quite excited about the film coming out.While I enjoyed it its not something I would read again and I probably wouldn't reccomend it.

skyscraperblue · 06-02-2012 10:16PM

Davyhal wrote: »

I went overboard in the book shop there on Saturday. I had simply intended on buy the Drivers Theory Test book... left with that, along with:

- A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
- A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
- A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
- The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
- The Member of The Wedding (Carson McCullers)

Any suggestions on which I should read first?!

The Hunger Games are addictive! I loved The Book Thief too, and I'm currently halfway through Dorian Gray and loving it. Any of them get my recommendation

WhiskeyGoblin · 06-02-2012 10:21PM

skyscraperblue wrote: »

The Hunger Games are addictive!

I've yet to read the third one, is it as bad as people say?

greenbicycle · 06-02-2012 10:24PM

Davyhal wrote: »

I went overboard in the book shop there on Saturday. I had simply intended on buy the Drivers Theory Test book... left with that, along with:

- A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
- A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
- A Storm of Swords (George R.R. Martin)
- The Portrait of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
- The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
- The Member of The Wedding (Carson McCullers)

Any suggestions on which I should read first?!

I third the hunger games recommendation but would advise to get the other two books first so you can read them one after the other. . . Just makes sense to me!

skyscraperblue · 06-02-2012 10:39PM

marko93 wrote: »

I've yet to read the third one, is it as bad as people say?

I liked it. Certain things were a little bit frustrating and the epilogue seems kinda out of place, but overall I definitely would say read it rather than stopping where you are! It seems fitting to me even if maybe it isn't the ending everyone wanted.

WhiskeyGoblin · 06-02-2012 10:45PM

skyscraperblue wrote: »

I liked it. Certain things were a little bit frustrating and the epilogue seems kinda out of place, but overall I definitely would say read it rather than stopping where you are! It seems fitting to me even if maybe it isn't the ending everyone wanted.

Was going to read it, just seen such bad opinions about it and was like :eek:

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