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Jaded, one of our wonderful front page writers and all around huge necessity here at the Dreamin Demon has come up with a brilliant idea. Let's talk about what you're currently reading. What book is keeping you up half the night with cookie crumbs and potato chips surrounding you? What book can't you get your nose out of that is causing your sink to fill with dirty dishes and that ever present stinking laundry pile to just grow higher...and higher... Or hey...maybe you are reading something shitty as hell and want to tell us about that too. I'll take it all. Give it to me Demonites. Tell me what your currently reading. Tell me what you think of the book. Rate the thing if you want. (I like using the 1-5 star rating) Any and all information about your book will be appreciated, and I will work my magic and give your book a link to Amazon. :lollypop:
 
I just reread all of the Southern Vampire Mysteries last week... I'm still waiting to read the newest one since it hasn't been released on Kindle yet and I don't buy paper books anymore. Those are all excellent... 4-5 stars

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Until-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441008534/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-2"]Amazon.com: Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 1) (9780441008537): Charlaine Harris: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Dallas-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441009239/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-4"]Amazon.com: Living Dead in Dallas (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 2) (9780441009237):…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Club-Dead-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441010512/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-3"]Amazon.com: Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3)…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-World-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441012183/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-7"]Amazon.com: Dead to the World (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4) (9780441012183): Charlaine Harris: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Doornail-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441013333/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-10"]Amazon.com: Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5)…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Definitely-Dead-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441014917/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-11"]Amazon.com: Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Together-Dead-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441015816/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-6"]Amazon.com: All Together Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 7)…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Worse-Southern-Vampire-Mysteries/dp/0441017010/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720725&sr=1-9"]Amazon.com: From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8) (9780441017010): Charlaine Harris: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Gone-Sookie-Stackhouse-Novel/dp/0441018513/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274721418&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Family-Sookie-Stackhouse-Book/dp/0441018645/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274721418&sr=1-3"]Amazon.com: Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10)…[/ame]

I also read Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon yesterday since it was free on Kindle... surprisingly good for an '80s book obviously written to eventually hit the made for TV movie/mini-series circuit but the ending was NMS. The book in general 4 stars, the ending... 2 stars.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Angels-Sidney-Sheldon/dp/0446356611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274720517&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Rage of Angels (9780446356619): Sidney Sheldon: Books[/ame]

(Yes, I read a lot especially considering I basically read for a living too and everything I read on here as well.)
 
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Ann Rule ( I LOVE HER)

Too Late To Say Goodbye.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Too-Late-Say-Goodbye-Betrayal/dp/0743460510/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274721086&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal (9780743460514): Ann Rule: Books[/ame]

It was soo good! It's about the case of Jennifer Corbin who was murdered by her Dentist husband Bart Corbin in Georgia. The interesting thing is he murdered Jennifer and staged it as a suicide...his ex girlfriend in dental school died the same way 14 years earlier.

Ann Rules crime books are impossible to put down. Her covers are way cheesy but whats inside is always fascinating.
 
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[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/006099505X/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books"]Amazon.com: The Joke (Definitive Version) (9780060995058): Milan Kundera: Books[/ame]
 
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Pete Bondurant said:
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Amazon.com: The Joke (Definitive Version) (9780060995058): Milan Kundera: Books
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Well, thank you, Peter. Do you have any comments regarding the book? I got this information from Amazon.

"All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favor of valuing the book (and all Kundera 's work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.

The present edition provides English-language readers an important further means toward revaluation of The Joke. For reasons he describes in his Author's Note, Milan Kundera devoted much time to creating (with the assistance of his American publisher-editor) a completely revised translation that reflects his original as closely as any translation possibly can: reflects it in its fidelity not only to the words and syntax but also to the characteristic dictions and tonalities of the novel's narrators. The result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic. "
 
I saw all those amazon links and thought to myself? Ah hell no, I'm too lazy for that shite... then I saw that I don't have to put them in... so here I am.

I am currently reading/listening to Turn Coat, the 11th book of The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. (One of the previous books in the series is titled "Proven Guilty" and everytime I see/hear it I think Proven Quilty instead")

It centers on a wizard named Harry Dresden who works as a P.I. out of modern day Chicago. It feels like a mix between a film noir style, and Southern Vampire Mysteries(eg, both main characters have more power than they understand, both are strangely attractive to all members of the opposite sex, both are entangled in drama involving high ranking supernatural beings, every character is stunningly beautiful. On the bright side, no one sparkles and there are no vegan vamps.)

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Turn-Coat-Novel-Dresden-Files/dp/0451462815/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1274815550&sr=8-1-fkmr1"]Amazon.com: Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files (9780451462817): Jim Butcher: Books[/ame]
 
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The Joke is a solid novel, but I wouldn't recommend it if you know little of Czech politics. It can be a heavy read otherwise.

I am currently reading Shakespeare, found an old binder full of notes so I am revisiting Timon of Athens.


[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Timon-Athens-Folger-Shakespeare-Library/dp/0671479555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274815626&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Timon of Athens (Folger Shakespeare Library)…[/ame]
 
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Stieg Larsson's trilogy...well only just finishing the first one, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Would recommend if you have lots of time to just read because you will not want to put it down. I don't have that kinda time and it is taking way too long to finish.

***** 5 star rating

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307594777/ref=s9_al_bw_t2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=03Q7W60M0D69S18BPDM1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1263890082&pf_rd_i=283155"]Amazon.com: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Bundle: The Girl with the Dragon…[/ame]
 
I'm reading Life of Pi. Well, re-reading would be more appropriate. It's about a boy in India who's family owns a zoo and are traveling to live in Canada. The ship sinks and the boy is stuck in a lifeboat with half the animals, including a fully grown Bengal Tiger. It's a pretty interesting read.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274820573&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Life of Pi (9780156027328): Yann Martel: Books[/ame]

I just finished the Otherland series from Tad Williams, that one definitely warranted a re-read, just to understand it. Science fiction, futuristic story mostly taking place in VR. Four big books about a sister trying to save her brother.

Honestly, I can't even describe it properly. It's a great, unique story. Interesting characters that could practically walk off the page. It's a big build up at first, and slow going, but it you give it a chance, it's a wonderful series.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Otherland-Complete-Golden-Shadow-Mountain/dp/B001PODOLW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274820796&sr=1-6"]Amazon.com: Otherland: Complete 4 Volume Set: City of Golden Shadow; River of Blue Fire;…[/ame]
 
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I love Life of Pi. It's labeled as a young adult novel, but it's very complex. I assume you've reached the ending before then? What did you think of it?
 
I just read Olive Kitteridge. I enjoyed it and the only reason I can't give it 5 stars is because of my own short-comings. I swear I have ADD or ADHD or something, so to throw so many characters into a book was a freaking nightmare for me.

Basically it is a bunch of short stories revolving around one woman and how she affects the lives of everyone in her town. In some of the stories, she plays a large part, some a very small part. It is a nice, somewhat light read.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Kitteridge-Fiction-Elizabeth-Strout/dp/0812971833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274787397&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (9780812971835): Elizabeth Strout: Books[/ame]
 
Yes! Anyone else with a Kindle... Amazon has split the top 100 bestsellers list into Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free. That is a fantastic help to me!
 
claddaghgirl said:
Stieg Larsson's trilogy...well only just finishing the first one, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Would recommend if you have lots of time to just read because you will not want to put it down. I don't have that kinda time and it is taking way too long to finish.

***** 5 star rating

Amazon.com: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Bundle: The Girl with the Dragon…
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I just finished that one too...awesome book...the beginning was a bit hard to get into it but by the time i finished the first few chapters, couldnt put it down.
 
brokenandtwisted said:
I love Life of Pi. It's labeled as a young adult novel, but it's very complex. I assume you've reached the ending before then? What did you think of it?
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i just read that too, last month. LOVED it. Its very complex, wonderful book for sure. I liked the ending was a bit sad that they didnt add some sort of "tiger sighting"
 
DamagedGoods said:
I saw all those amazon links and thought to myself? Ah hell no, I'm too lazy for that shite... then I saw that I don't have to put them in... so here I am.

I am currently reading/listening to Turn Coat, the 11th book of The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. (One of the previous books in the series is titled "Proven Guilty" and everytime I see/hear it I think Proven Quilty instead")

It centers on a wizard named Harry Dresden who works as a P.I. out of modern day Chicago. It feels like a mix between a film noir style, and Southern Vampire Mysteries(eg, both main characters have more power than they understand, both are strangely attractive to all members of the opposite sex, both are entangled in drama involving high ranking supernatural beings, every character is stunningly beautiful. On the bright side, no one sparkles and there are no vegan vamps.)

Amazon.com: Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files (9780451462817): Jim Butcher: Books
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I am going to have to dig in these. I started watching the "Dresden Files" on DVD and have been enjoying the fuck out of them.
 
sheevaa said:
I'm reading Life of Pi. Well, re-reading would be more appropriate. It's about a boy in India who's family owns a zoo and are traveling to live in Canada. The ship sinks and the boy is stuck in a lifeboat with half the animals, including a fully grown Bengal Tiger. It's a pretty interesting read.

Amazon.com: Life of Pi (9780156027328): Yann Martel: Books
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This book sounds really good. Thank you for recommending it....and thank you to all who have added their thoughts on Life of Pi

Here is an Amazon product description:

"The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.

The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?"
 
koochie said:
I just finished that one too...awesome book...the beginning was a bit hard to get into it but by the time i finished the first few chapters, couldnt put it down.
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Thank you1 I thought I was the only one. Started reading The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. Can't really get into it. I'm only on the first chapter. I guess I'll give it anothor two chapters and see what happens.
 
I finished Timon this morning, so I have Death with Interruptions in my cross-hairs. It's probably my favourite metaphysical novel arguing death is of necessity. People become immortal, everyone delights in their new-found immortality...however religious institutions begin to collapse and medical systems implode among other things; society enters a state of systematic decline. Death finds immortality to be cruel, so she starts killing again...only to give one week's notice to everyone before their 'death date' in the mail. Chaos ensues.

Info from Amazon:

Publisher's Weekly said:
Saramago's philosophical page-turner hinges on death taking a holiday. And, Saramago being Saramago, he turns what could be the stuff of late-night stoner debate into a lucid, playful and politically edgy novel of ideas. For reasons initially unclear, people stop dying in an unnamed country on New Year's Day. Shortly after death begins her break (death is a woman here), there's a catastrophic collapse in the funeral industry; disruption in hospitals of the usual rotational process of patients coming in, getting better or dying; and general havoc. There's much debate and discussion on the link between death, resurrection and the church, and while the clandestine traffic of the terminally ill into bordering countries leads to government collusion with the criminal self-styled maphia, death falls in love with a terminally ill cellist. Saramago adds two satisfying cliffhangers—how far can he go with the concept, and will death succumb to human love? The package is profound, resonant and—bonus—entertaining.
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[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Interruptions-Jose-Saramago/dp/B0029LHWK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274821721&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Death with Interruptions: Jose Saramago, Margaret Jull…[/ame]

The sad thing is Saramago has a unique narrative mode and a lot of people can't read it...because either they're uneducated in form, criticism or have no idea what stream-of-consciousness is. If you read the reviews on Amazon you'll see that all of the low ratings are comments on the book's structure and how it ignores grammatical conventions. It's the style of writing, people...it's definitely a five-star novel and I've read many books...I have high standards.
 
I'm reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King..Again!

"The man in black fled across the desert.And the gunslinger followed."

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Gunslinger-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0452284694/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-2"]Amazon.com: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) (9780452284692): Stephen…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Three-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0451210859/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-3"]Amazon.com: The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2) (9780451210852): Stephen King:…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Waste-Lands-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0451210867/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-4"]Amazon.com: The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) (9780451210869): Stephen…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Glass-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0451210875/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-5"]Amazon.com: Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Calla-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/141651693X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-9"]Amazon.com: Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, Book 5) (9781416516934): Stephen King, Bernie Wrightson: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-VI-Song-Susannah/dp/B0016HIOX6/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-7"]Amazon.com: The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah: Stephen King, Darrel Anderson:…[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tower-VII-King-Stephen/dp/B000V5ZYP0/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274937853&sr=1-10"]Amazon.com: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen) (v. 7): Stephen…[/ame]
 
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sodom said:
I'm reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King..Again!

"The man in black fled across the desert.And the gunslinger followed."
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One of my favorites. I think I've reread the series about 4 times now...also working on collecting the graphic novels as well. =)
 
So Sodom and Jaded, how do you feel about the final book of the Dark Tower series... I'm usually the only person around who liked it and thought that it was the only possible "true" ending to the series but most people think I'm an idiot for believing that... It's ok, I'm used to people thinking I'm an idiot.
 
Saffron said:
So Sodom and Jaded, how do you feel about the final book of the Dark Tower series... I'm usually the only person around who liked it and thought that it was the only possible "true" ending to the series but most people think I'm an idiot for believing that... It's ok, I'm used to people thinking I'm an idiot.
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Let's just say I hated it. I was pissed. I wanted to throw the entire collection into a trash compactor and never open another Stephen King book as long as I lived. Then I read the series a couple more times...and I could see why he ended it the way he did. I think it's because it leaves King an opening for a new beginning. If that makes any sense at all....

On that note - I do believe he is now working on book #8 - The Wind Through the Keyhole.
 
No idiot at all.That was the perfect ending.Roland left piles of corpses in his wake.Call it Ka tet,Karma,whatever you want.
 
Mare said:
Thank you1 I thought I was the only one. Started reading The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. Can't really get into it. I'm only on the first chapter. I guess I'll give it anothor two chapters and see what happens.
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Mare

once you get past all the financial babble etc. it does get interesting..i know its rough and i seriously considered just giving it up but i plowed through and it does get really much better...
 
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Long-Lost-Harlan-Coben/dp/0451229320/?tag=dredem-20"]Amazon.com: Long Lost (9780451229328): Harlan Coben: Books[/ame]
I'm reading "Long Lost" by Harlan Coben. It's the 9th in his Myron Bolitar series. Just started it so can't give a review of it (and I hate writing reviews).

I've enjoyed the series. Coben weaves in a great sense of humor to the adventures of the sports agent/private eye and his cast of unusual sidekicks. Nothing overly brain taxing about the series but good reads. I read everything Coben writes and he has yet to fail me.

I linked to the paperback version, but I'm reading on my Kindle because all the cool kids do it that way. :proud2:
 
The ultimate fate of the Crimson King was lame. Definitely anticlimactic. But the ending? I loved it.
 
I'm reading Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Already a fan of the region, I didn't think I would dig a Swedish crime novel that I knew was steeped in the evil doings of corporations.

I am surprised at just how sucked into the book I have gotten seeing as that if I were to describe where I am at right now it would be that a magazine editor found guilty of libel retreats to a mansion for a year to help solve the murder of an old, multimillionaire's granddaughter. If someone had told me that, I'd have never picked up the damn thing.

But since it was turned into a movie, I figured I'd read the book first. I am so glad I did.

Even with all the financial trickery, corporate background, family tree mumbo-jumbo -- I am absolutely enthralled and cannot wait to see where all this leads.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Vintage/dp/0307454541/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274935453&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) (9780307454546): Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland: Books[/ame]
 
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