Anyone here like to read?

I do! XD

Mostly Tolkien, Lovecraft and Wells, but I also pick up a Tom Clancy or Zane Grey book if my father recommends it to me. :P

I am also, sooner or later, going to buy and read the Warcraft books (starting with the War of the Ancients trilogy).

The only books (besides Japanese) I read is Harry Potter.

How are the Harry Potter books compared to the movies? Would it be interesting for someone who is generally more interested in mature literature? I thought the movies were rather childish and boring.

I read books occasionally.

But I love anything and everything by Chuck Palahniuk and Miyuki Miyabe. My two favorite writers. :)

I've read many books, but mostly manga... for some strange reason, I've stopped all together. Maybe I just haven't found any books that catch my interest.

I read Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa.

"If a bird doesn't sing, kill it" Nobunaga Oda
"If a bird doesn't sing, make it want to sing" Hideyoshi Toyotomi
"If a bird doesn't sing, wait" Ieyasu Tokugawa

I love this ^^

few indonesian novel, dan brown`s davinci code, cs lewis book (narnia stuff), christopher paolini (eragon), harry potter, 3 book klan otori (still not read the last one).
many of them actually from my little brother collection, just to kill some time hehehe :)

Reading:
Harry Potter series
Artemis Fowl series

Read:
The Martian Chronicles
Tuesdays with Morrie
Lord Of The Rings
The Hobbit
There's more I forgot XD

Wanna read:
Fahrenheit 451
Brave New World
The Davinchi Code
An Isolated Incident

XD
I try and keep reading books XD
yea I'm a nerd XDD

Tagalog...books.....only??....^^D....i think few people here already know this::
"ABNKKBSNPLAko??"
"Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ang mga Pilipino??"
"Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas"
"Stainless Longganisa"
and
"Alamat ng Gubat"
all of them are writen by Bob Ong which is the books are soo funny but getting serious sometimes..

I also read other Novels from my Mom...(but i dont have interest reading those english novels) :lol: ^_^

I like reading, but I've no time to read .... :swt :huhuhu

But the books I' loved was : "Azteca" by Gary Jennings. I read it 5 years ago, but It still my favourite one ^^ !

I read Harry Potter, Dan Brown's books, Jane Austen's books, The Chronicles of Narnia, and I want to read The Lord of The Rings.

In my opinion, the films (the "philosopher's stone" and "the chamber of secrets" mainly) are quite childish compare to the books, which are darker, because we exploit more and more the psychology of the main character Harry (his doubts, his fear...teenager's feelings in general) so it's really interesting.
I think you should try to read it at least once... in the first book it's possible that you feel "far" of the characters (because the principal characters are about 10 years old^^) but you become attached to them ! There's also existential questions, humour, and it's really nice to read.
Of course, I'm not the better person to tell my opinion because I'm a total HP addict, but if I can help you... :)

So, my readings :
All the Harry Potter
Da Vinci Code, Deception Point
A Serie of Unfortunate Events
His Dark Materials
Everworld
All the Chronicles of Narnia
Artemis Fowl
Eragon
Bridget Jones
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

and certainly more but I don't remember^^ These are my favorites.

books all about History or origin of something.

Reading Book Is very interesting and fun and very calm :thumbsup:

my readings :
all the Harry Potter, Da Vinci code, first the chronicles of Narnia, Eragon and Eldest, The lord of the rings, Grimpow, Kalixti (I and II), and a lot of them!!!!! :wink

I've read the Da Vinci Code and Lord of the Rings.

However, I love books by Matthew Reilly (action writer), Laura J.Rohland (who writes about a detective in feudal Japan) and Sidney Sheldon (exciting thriller writer).

See Book are really Interesting and fun and little Calm but Yui is cute and cool :thumbsup:

hmm i dont really like reading books but i have read da vinci code and angels and demons...

err...same with me..but..manga is exceptional (if it counts as book)...any book about YUI may cure my allergic to book haha...

I don't like reading books that much, because I lack imagination thanks to years of television watching. I would read books like Lord of the Rings and the DaVinci Code, but they look so long so I've been too lazy to even start XD . However, books that are written in very casual styles and/or in a diary format have always interested me :D.

Recently Read :
Velocity
Time Travelers Wife
Chin Peng, My Side of History


lol, started reading a series of unfortunate events years back, only one book to go, can't wait

I like the books of Robert Schuller, C.S Lewis, Meg Cabot and Filipino Writer BOB Ong. Their books are very nice and worth reading. :thumbsup:

I like reading a bit of books but not the DaVinci code i hate that book :damnpc .i like the Guiness book of records and the atlas and i like manga of my friend :D :D .I also like abit the book memoire of a gashia :) :) .

I count shonen jump as a book...how can you not like the Da Vinci Code? :o

Da Vinci Code is controvertial I guess.

I just think that I dun read many books lately...hmm..must read a book this term holiday I guess..

I love books!

By the way, Angels & Demons is much better than The Da Vinci Code.

Here are other books that I loved:
Harry Potter series
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit
The Silmarillion
The Little Prince
The Gift of Acabar
Artemis Fowl
The Sword of Shanarra

I am currently into Ayn Rand's novels namely:
The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged (I haven't finished)

I also enjoyed Paulo Coelho:
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Eleven Minutes
The Zahir (haven't finished)

When I was a kid, I read R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series. They make me laugh now though. :lol:

One of my books for summer reading is Othello. I thought it would be boring, but it's actually quite entertaining.

LoL the same case with me here :lol:

I dont really like the Davinci code coz to confusing.

Hey, anyone here who reads or who have read Homer's Iliad? I've finished it already but I just want to ask why is it entitled Iliad? :)

The poem concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks (See Trojan War). The word "Iliad" means "pertaining to Ilion" (in Latin, Ilium), the city proper, as opposed to Troy (in Greek, Τροία, Troía; in Latin, Troia), the state centered around Ilium, over which Priam reigned. The names "Ilium" and "Troy" are often used interchangeably.

(from Wikipedia, i haven't read it myself :D )

I am currently reading the Wheel of Time series (up to book 7). It is quite enjoyabe, though it's a fantasy epic so it is quite long.

Books I've read previously:
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Several books by Anne Rice