Which book are you currently reading?

I very recently finished this audiobook:

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Very funny, and perfectly narrated by Samuel L Jackson.

And I just started on this audiobook:

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A married lady no longer carries a sword and does not kill zombies.

Language!

Sorry, does not kill the zed word.

But this was a special case where we were surrounded by those dreadful unmentionables.



I just started Chapter 6 and this is already full of win.
 
FoolKiller
I very recently finished this audiobook:

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Very funny, and perfectly narrated by Samuel L Jackson.
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Isn't it like ten minutes long? I remember listening to it a while ago on Youtube. Or was that just a part of it? Anyway, it's pretty funny.
 
Currently working on Foundations of GTK+ Development and Gulliver's Travels. Also trying to decide which Heinlein to re-re-re-reread.
 
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Isn't it like ten minutes long? I remember listening to it a while ago on Youtube. Or was that just a part of it? Anyway, it's pretty funny.
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Of course it is. It's a children's book. You know, for kids.
 
FoolKiller
Of course it is. It's a children's book. You know, for kids.
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C'mon... If kids can sit through over 90mins of full lenght kid-movies, they can listen to audio-books longer than 10mins (if they're good)...
 
Beerz
C'mon... If kids can sit through over 90mins of full lenght kid-movies, they can listen to audio-books longer than 10mins (if they're good)...
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It's a bedtime story. No parent wants that longer than 10 minutes.


Seriously, though, if you have kids this is a must read/listen. It blatantly makes fun of all those things they try and do to avoid going to bed. "No you can't have a drink of water! That's a lie! You aren't thirsty! Now shut up and go the 🤬 to sleep."
 
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On my iPod Touch a few pages every night before sleeping.
Really good so far! 27/457 pages in :nervous:
Too bad I can't read more of it ... busy GT5-ing! :sly:
 
I just started the Harry Potter series two weeks ago. They're fun and super easy to read - that's kind of a must for me because I mainly do my reading at work and it's hard to delve into a serious novel when you know you can get called to help someone out at any second.

So far I'm about halfway through the 4th book (Goblet of Fire).
 
That's the best one, other than the last one, Villain. You're starting to get into the really deep, prophetical stuff, it's what really made those my favorite books. Also totally disregard the fact that I had a Harry Potter avatar for a month earlier in the summer :lol:.
 
I just finish reading at work on my iPad2
Chariots of the Gods
By Erich von Daniken

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Very interesting book. Opens a lot of questions. Very controversial, read it with open mind as I did.
 
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was awesome. I'm really looking forward to read the rest of the Millenium trilogy, although first I want to see the movie (Swedish version).


Anyway, I'm back to the Dark Passenger...:

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Jeff Lindsay - Dexter Is Delicious​

I missed this. :mischievous:
 
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Villain
Awwww yeah... Season 5 (or is it 6 now?) is coming!!!
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Yup, it is indeed Season 6. And I haven't even seen #5... Must fix that.

Interesting thing is, the books and the TV Shows are soooo different. And yet both pretty cool. 👍
 
Michael Freeman - The All-Time Biggest Sports Jerks [I/]And Other Goofballs, Cads, Miscreants, Reprobates, and Weirdos (Plus a Few Good Guys)[/I]
 
Just finished, Ender's Game, thought it was pretty amazing. Is the rest of the series as good?
 
My first AP class books. Bio is actually interesting, Psych is confusing as all get out. Think I aced my Psych test today, though 👍.

Campbell-Reece Biology 6th Edition.

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Myers Psychology 8th Edition.

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F1GTR
Just finished, Ender's Game, thought it was pretty amazing. Is the rest of the series as good?
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It is less action-oriented and more socio-political drama...in space. The rest of the series (with a few exceptions of side stories during the Ender's Game time frame) takes place following Ender, thousands of years later (yay relativistic travel speeds) as an adult and dealing with the outcome of his actions in Ender's Game. Card has even said he wrote Ender's Game as just a short story and then when he wanted to write Speaker for the Dead realized that he had to tell the fuller story of Ender's Game first. The Shadow stories follow the story of Bean through Battle School and after.

If you wish to read the story in chronological order read Ender in Exile next. However, if you read them in the order they were written then you sometimes see similar scenes from different perspectives and the impact on the reader is far greater as a scene that appeared one way from Ender's POV seems completely different when you see it from the POV of other characters.

Anyway, the key to guessing if you will like the rest of the stories is if the social commentary and philosophical aspects of Ender's war strategy is what drew you in or the action of the Battle School competitions. If you want the action then there is little of it going forward. But if the deeper discussions of political and social systems is what you enjoy then you will love the rest. Of course, the only sure way to tell is to read Speaker for the Dead. You either finish that story saying, "What the hell?" or going, "Oh my god, I can't believe that is what was happening. Must read more."
 
FoolKiller
It is less action-oriented and more socio-political drama...in space. The rest of the series (with a few exceptions of side stories during the Ender's Game time frame) takes place following Ender, thousands of years later (yay relativistic travel speeds) as an adult and dealing with the outcome of his actions in Ender's Game. Card has even said he wrote Ender's Game as just a short story and then when he wanted to write Speaker for the Dead realized that he had to tell the fuller story of Ender's Game first. The Shadow stories follow the story of Bean through Battle School and after.

If you wish to read the story in chronological order read Ender in Exile next. However, if you read them in the order they were written then you sometimes see similar scenes from different perspectives and the impact on the reader is far greater as a scene that appeared one way from Ender's POV seems completely different when you see it from the POV of other characters.

Anyway, the key to guessing if you will like the rest of the stories is if the social commentary and philosophical aspects of Ender's war strategy is what drew you in or the action of the Battle School competitions. If you want the action then there is little of it going forward. But if the deeper discussions of political and social systems is what you enjoy then you will love the rest. Of course, the only sure way to tell is to read Speaker for the Dead. You either finish that story saying, "What the hell?" or going, "Oh my god, I can't believe that is what was happening. Must read more."
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👍 Awesome post FK, I do prefer all the social commentary over the battle scenes, which while enjoyable were quite predictable with Ender being portrayed as the perfect strategist, so the tension that usually arises from battle scenes, i.e whether the 'good guys' win or not, is pretty much gone, so what was interesting was how Ender got around such stacked odds. I'll pick up Speaker for the Dead once I order all my uni books, reading them in the order in which they were published sounds much more fun.
 
F1GTR
👍 Awesome post FK, I do prefer all the social commentary over the battle scenes, which while enjoyable were quite predictable with Ender being portrayed as the perfect strategist, so the tension that usually arises from battle scenes, i.e whether the 'good guys' win or not, is pretty much gone, so what was interesting was how Ender got around such stacked odds. I'll pick up Speaker for the Dead once I order all my uni books, reading them in the order in which they were published sounds much more fun.
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I'm currently working my way through Speaker for the Dead as we speak, actually. I read Ender's Game in school 4 years ago and have been meaning to continue the series ever since...but my book-lazy self has gotten in the way.
 
F1GTR
👍 Awesome post FK, I do prefer all the social commentary over the battle scenes, which while enjoyable were quite predictable with Ender being portrayed as the perfect strategist, so the tension that usually arises from battle scenes, i.e whether the 'good guys' win or not, is pretty much gone, so what was interesting was how Ender got around such stacked odds. I'll pick up Speaker for the Dead once I order all my uni books, reading them in the order in which they were published sounds much more fun.
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If you don't mind used books, I use thriftbooks.com. I don't know if they ship out of the US or not.
 

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