Books you are reading right now

[HK]

If you haven't read it before the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice are way better !

I don't know, I tried Anne Rice and couldn't get into it all, the Sookie Stackhouse books are completely different though. Very different styles I think I read all 10 in about two weeks.

Currently reading Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult for the second time.

 

[Carn]

I don't know, I tried Anne Rice and couldn't get into it all, the Sookie Stackhouse books are completely different though. Very different styles I think I read all 10 in about two weeks.

Currently reading Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult for the second time.

I don't know maybe it's because I watched the series first but I didn't find nothing really interesting in the first book of the series, so I never bothered to check the rest, do they get any better ?

 

[HK]

I don't know maybe it's because I watched the series first but I didn't find nothing really interesting in the first book of the series, so I never bothered to check the rest, do they get any better ?

I think so, the first one is never the most awesome I just finished watching series 3 so I've now read all the books and seen the series, I'm glad I read the books first though because they make a much bigger deal about some side characters like Lafayette in the show than in the books. I'd have been expecting more if I'd seen the show first.

There's a great storyline later in the books regarding Sookie and Eric that I'm patiently hopeful they'll cover in the fourth series

 

[Carn]

I think so, the first one is never the most awesome I just finished watching series 3 so I've now read all the books and seen the series, I'm glad I read the books first though because they make a much bigger deal about some side characters like Lafayette in the show than in the books.

Yeah, you're totally right there. I was really surprised that there was no Tara in the book while she was what seems like a pretty important character in the series.

To get back on topic. Right now I'm struggling with Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) kinda exceeds my French abilities as of now so I'm really struggling with it.

 

[HK]

Yeah, you're totally right there. I was really surprised that there was no Tara in the book while she was what seems like a pretty important character in the series.

To get back on topic. Right now I'm struggling with Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) kinda exceeds my French abilities as of now so I'm really struggling with it.

Tara turns up later on in the books! So I had the opposite surprise of her being there right from the start on the show she's one of the characters who is far more complex in the show than she is in the books. I think they had to develop more characters because the books are all from Sookie's point of view. All you really see is storylines that revolve around her, but a whole tv show like that might seem a bit flat.

Presumably you've read Harry Potter in english first? That's an interesting way of learning a language, makes sense though as you can probably work out what certain words are from your knowledge of the book already, right?

 

[Carn]

Presumably you've read Harry Potter in english first? That's an interesting way of learning a language, makes sense though as you can probably work out what certain words are from your knowledge of the book already, right?

Actually in Polish but other than that, my thought's exactly. I remembered the books by J.K. Rowling being fairly easy to read and I consider learning by reading a story a lot more pleasurable then working with a textbook. You know trying to cheat the system and make learning fun ; )

 

[HK]

Any reason why French particularly? I couldn't stand it at school, I preferred German

 

[JoeCool10]

I need a new book to read... any suggestions?

 

[Kyle B]

I need a new book to read... any suggestions?

Animal Farm. It's quck and fun.

 

[HK]

I need a new book to read... any suggestions?

What kind of mood are you in?

 

[JoeCool10]

A list of my favorites (in no particular order):

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
The Face - Dean Koontz
The Vision - Dean Koontz
By the Light of the Moon - Dean Koontz
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
A Time to Kill - John Grisham
The Firm - John Grisham
The Client - John Grisham
The Testament - John Grisham
The Associate - John Grisham
The Summoning - Bentley Little
All of the Harry Potter Books

A book I NEVER want to read again is Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle. Good LORD was that a long, boring book.

 

[JoeCool10]

Something a long the lines of horror or mystery.

 

[HK]

If you like Dean Koontz, have you ever tried Stephen King? I love him read Duma Key again recently and it's proper horror, you can imagine it being made into a film and scaring people shitless.

 

[JoeCool10]

If you like Dean Koontz, have you ever tried Stephen King? I love him read Duma Key again recently and it's proper horror, you can imagine it being made into a film and scaring people shitless.

I've started a few Stephen King novels, but every time, something gets in my way of finishing. Started:
The Stand
Tommy Knockers
Pet Sematary

 

[HK]

Geez, they're my least favourites I did find Pet Sematary pretty spooky but the others didn't strike me at all.

Now IT, that's a good thick book!

 

[JoeCool10]

So... Duma Key and IT. I'll have to read those. I've seen IT. Scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, watching it recently, however, it was more funny than anything. lol

 

[HK]

Don't get me started on Stephen King adaptions I love his books, but half the adaptions were made when everyone had bad hair and huge glasses, and they change the bloody endings. Trust me, completely forget the TV/film version of IT if you do decide to read the book, it's way better!

 

[JoeCool10]

I definitely will. I love a good psychological thriller. Anything that fucks with my mind while I'm reading/watching it and then continues to do so long after I've gotten through it is an A+ in my book.

 

[purpledove]

The Last Thing I Remember.........waking up in someone else's nightmare

 

[sexy.time]

Im reading the third book in the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay. Awsome HBO series based on well written books IMO.