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Actually I have some sort of "reader's block" (looong story, indeed), anyway I've got a giant pile of books to read for the upcoming months when I should finally have my own house (in rent).
Oh, and I'm talking about books of every kind, from "Inside MS-DOS 6.22" by Mark Minasi to "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" by Scott Mueller (I'll get this from Amazon asap) to H.P. Lovecraft complete works to Stefano Benni's new books.
I do read dead-tree-based media, strange as it sounds, though there haven't been much of that activity recently. I like Salavatore's stories in the Forgotten Realms, and am slowly trying to collect those I don't yet have (most of them). I'm also waiting for the final trilogy of The Wheel of Time to be released in paperback (from Orbit, not Tor, as I'd like the whole series to be from the same publisher and have similar covers).
I'm usually in the middle of a book at any given moment, but I tend to be picky. Right now I'm reading In Defense of Lost Causes by Slavoj Zizek, and sort of picking up The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton, which I've been meaning to get into for a while.
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Guacamole: hmm perhaps you could recommend me some not so dramatic fantasy books?
I have read "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, but didn't enoyjed the way the story went

I just started Clash of King, next in the songs of fire and Ice series.
I too didn't liked how the story goes, but to me it's refreshing tale cause not everything is coated in sugar and pillows. With Game of Thrones I actually stopped reading it twice cause someone who I liked died. Then weeks later I just returned to see if the "bad" guys would get their due. It's a funny feeling that few books manage.
Recently read Dawkings Greatest show on Earth and Sean B. Carrols The Making of the Fittest.
And for those who like some action packed futurewar I recommend Gaunt's Ghost novels from Dan Abnett
I bought a few books of the market at a pound each.
Most noteworthy book of the lot is Armageddon: The Musical (the other two were discworld books).
I KNOW I am going to have so much fun reading that, (the first book I read by him The Witches of Chiswick was really great.
I also like Ben Elton as well. The best book I have read by him so far is Blind Faith.
It is an absolutely fantastic book, that managed to evoke emotions from both sides of the spectrum, (which for me is rare in any book).
Apart from that I'm not much of a reader.
I'm a gamer, true and true! :D
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KingofGnG: ...to Stefano Benni's new books.

The only book of his I've read is Terra!, but I enjoyed that immensely.
If anything, I would say that reading has always been and still remains my number one hobby. I can't think of a single week of my life since I was child that I haven't been reading a book. In fact, for the past few years I am usually reading a couple of books at the same time due to ever broadening interests.
For example, I am currently reading The Painted Man by Peter Brett and also Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett. Last week it was an historical account of the Peloponnesian War.
At the other end of the scale my brother who, at 28 years old, is a couple of years younger than myself reckons he has read maybe ten books in his entire life. Some people just don't seem to appreciate books when they can get all their entertainment via the TV or DVD player, which is fair enough as it takes all sorts.
I will say, however, that I do notice the vocabulary and general knowledge of teens and early twenties to be quite shockingly under-developed in many cases. Such is the way of the world, I guess. :)
I read a lot for fun when I was a kid; my best-loved books were Bridge to Terabithia and the underrated Chronicles of Prydain.
But that was when I was a kid. My middle and high school English classes turned me off of books. Nowadays, the thought of picking up a novel repulses me.
After the dreaded school period where pretty much whatever you read is because your teacher asked (and is generally a literature classic and very often something boring) I began reading for leisure.
I've read a lot until now (nowhere as much as my little sister, though. She's a freaking reading machine!) and currently I'm reading Second Foundation.
But I still have some other books waiting, like: The Godfather, Dune Legends trilogy, Heart of Darkness and The Duellists.
I'll also get A Princess of Mars soon.
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Guacamole: hmm perhaps you could recommend me some not so dramatic fantasy books?
I have read "Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, but didn't enoyjed the way the story went
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AndrewC: Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore. If you're a Baldur's Gate fan and Drizzt Do'Urden says anything to you then it's a must read :D

Nooooooooo! *shudders*
(Sorry, I just really dislike his writing style...to each their own and all that.) :)
"To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last" by Connie Wills. Imagine if P.G. Wodehouse and Jerome K. Jerome decided to write a novel about time travel....
My next will be "Boneshaker," recommended by someone on the Arcanum forum, and I'll probably reread some other things in-between.
Post edited May 13, 2010 by Luned
I am illiterate but I've "read" many books in past years. But recently my reading dog lost his voice to smoking so I don't read anymore. :(
Post edited May 13, 2010 by Vitek
I've recently finished reading "nineteen eighty-four", by the great George Orwell, and I HIGHLY recommend it, it was brilliant.
I also read a collection of his essays in a book called 'Inside the whale and other essays". That too was excellent and you should also read it, it's very well written and enlightening.
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captfitz: Snip

Yea, the first one was a little below average and I stopped 30 pages in on the second one.
Post edited May 13, 2010 by ovoon
I used to read quite a lot of fantasy books back in the day, nowadays I prefer science fiction whenever I read, which, unfortunately, isn't too often. Not that I've ever really read a lot, but I used to read about one book each month, not anymore. Right now I'm working my way through Halo Evolutions, the newest Halo book (Halo is awesome, shut up) and I'm enjoying it so far (it's a collection of short stories in case you didn't know). I sure like reading, I just should find more time for it.
Post edited May 13, 2010 by El_Double
Currently reading: "Beleg" by Tom Naegels. Next up: "Dit is van mij" by Saskia de Coster. Also reading some Kafka on gutenberg in my "dead" time at work.