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do something different. LoL....Lets discuss some books you might be reading. I know, im a book junkie, i guess some would call that a nerd, But i love to read. So lets maybe make a list of books, we can get some ideas from each other, and maybe, start a book reading club. I know i am always looking for new series to start, even though, i have more than enough already.

So i am currently, and yes, at the same time, reading
The Greek Myths 1 by Robert Graves
Guilty Pleasures: The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Wicked: A Vampire Huntress Series: By L. A. Banks
The Dream Hunter: The Dark Hunter Series By Sherrion Keryion ( I think thats how you spell her name)

I am always looking at reading things on Greek Mythology, Altansis Mythology and the Mayan Culture, along with Juicy, Vampire/Love Series, and anything i can get my hands on.

Another Good little series is
Always the Bridesmaid Never the Bride by Whitney Lyles
Here Comes the Bride by Whitney Lyles
First comes love than comes by Whitney Lyles

So come on ladies lets share.
 
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Thank you for this post.

DunDunDun.. twilight series but ive read them like 50 million times and they're getting old.

If you like funny books, chelsie handler books are awesome, and I hope They Serve Beer in Hell, tucker max (totally on the inappropriate side, but also very true stories. ) I read a lot of Nicholas Sparks and Forensic Books (stiff, maggots murder and men etc) I am a forensic student and i am interning at a local coroners office assisting in autopsies so this stuff is fascinating to me!) i actually read a bit of everything. Its one of my favorite things to do!

And no, im not a person that lives on the dark side. By looking at me you would never know i enjoy opening dead bodies (and finding out what happened of course!!)
 
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I will ahve to look at the funny peoples you mentioned Nicole. Its okay about not knowing if you live on the dark side, i work at a funeral home, and even though my position calls for me to work with the living, i always find myself draw back into the prep room, to at least do that makeup, and try to firgure out how they died. Its just cool.
 
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yea i assist in autopsies and take scene calls as they come in. Its so very interesting.. and the people i work with are amazing at what they do!! My masters degree in september that i will receive is a masters in Forensic Medicine which im at a medical school for.

Yes, those books are very blunt, i guess you should say. But funny. :) Enjoy.
 
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First, I need to say that I love the irony of the bibliophile with the comedy and tragedy masks for an icon calling for less drama. :-)

Second: yay books. I don't share my taste in books with very many people, but I'll gladly share what I'm reading now:

Origins of Human Communication, by Michael Tomasello. Awesome stuff. I'm a linguistics nerd, but Tomasello's stuff is great for anyone with an interest in human cognition, I think. Here, he explain exactly why [he thinks] humans evolved language, as distinct from animal communication. What makes us different as a species? I saw this guy lecture last year, and he's fantastic.

The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. This is my summer relax-the-brain reading. It's...not very good. Actually it's horrible. But I keep turning the pages, for some reason.

Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter. This is NOT relaxing reading. This is my boyfriend's favorite book, so I am reading it, because I'd like to know what the heck he's talking about. He's been talking about it since our first date! I can see the appeal. It’s about…everything. It also relates back to human cognition. It discusses how patterns and self-referencing in various contexts create meaning out of meaningless parts, I guess. But it is long, dense, and at times very technical (other times very philosophical). There’s a lot of logic, which I have never studied. I suspect I will like the parts of about language, art and music more, but I’m not there yet. It’s a loooooooong book.

I guess I tend to alternate between dense nonfiction (usually linguistics, cognition, or education) and really bad easy fiction. My guilty pleasure is definitely Harry Potter. Sometimes I read Harry Potter in other languages so I can pretend it's an academic exercise (it's really not, but it's fun!).
 
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blacksand, if you dont mind me asking, how many languages can you speak or understand? Thats amazing! Ive always wanted to learn new languages. I can understand a tad bit spanish and when i was in spain, i totally understood what most people were saying when speaking in spanish. Rosetta Stone is amazing!
 
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I'm reading my physics book and "contemporary Mormonism" by Claudia L. Bushman for Mormonism is America, which I thought was a cop-out class online.. yeah I was wrong.

On the other side my "light" reading is <<Revalations>>, the French version of "Breaking Dawn" in the Twilight series.
 
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blacksand said:
First, I need to say that I love the irony of the bibliophile with the comedy and tragedy masks for an icon calling for less drama. :-)

Second: yay books. I don't share my taste in books with very many people, but I'll gladly share what I'm reading now:

Origins of Human Communication, by Michael Tomasello. Awesome stuff. I'm a linguistics nerd, but Tomasello's stuff is great for anyone with an interest in human cognition, I think. Here, he explain exactly why [he thinks] humans evolved language, as distinct from animal communication. What makes us different as a species? I saw this guy lecture last year, and he's fantastic.

The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. This is my summer relax-the-brain reading. It's...not very good. Actually it's horrible. But I keep turning the pages, for some reason.

Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter. This is NOT relaxing reading. This is my boyfriend's favorite book, so I am reading it, because I'd like to know what the heck he's talking about. He's been talking about it since our first date! I can see the appeal. It’s about…everything. It also relates back to human cognition. It discusses how patterns and self-referencing in various contexts create meaning out of meaningless parts, I guess. But it is long, dense, and at times very technical (other times very philosophical). There’s a lot of logic, which I have never studied. I suspect I will like the parts of about language, art and music more, but I’m not there yet. It’s a loooooooong book.

I guess I tend to alternate between dense nonfiction (usually linguistics, cognition, or education) and really bad easy fiction. My guilty pleasure is definitely Harry Potter. Sometimes I read Harry Potter in other languages so I can pretend it's an academic exercise (it's really not, but it's fun!).
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Blacksand, I read Godel, Escher, Bach in college and I loved it. Granted, my favorite areas of Philosophy were Logic and Metaphysics so maybe that's why!
 
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Any romantic novels.

Anything by Sophie Kinsella and Nicholas Spark. I have ALL their books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily Griffin too.
 
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blacksand said:
First, I need to say that I love the irony of the bibliophile with the comedy and tragedy masks for an icon calling for less drama. :-)

Second: yay books. I don't share my taste in books with very many people, but I'll gladly share what I'm reading now:

Origins of Human Communication, by Michael Tomasello. Awesome stuff. I'm a linguistics nerd, but Tomasello's stuff is great for anyone with an interest in human cognition, I think. Here, he explain exactly why [he thinks] humans evolved language, as distinct from animal communication. What makes us different as a species? I saw this guy lecture last year, and he's fantastic.

The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. This is my summer relax-the-brain reading. It's...not very good. Actually it's horrible. But I keep turning the pages, for some reason.

Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter. This is NOT relaxing reading. This is my boyfriend's favorite book, so I am reading it, because I'd like to know what the heck he's talking about. He's been talking about it since our first date! I can see the appeal. It’s about…everything. It also relates back to human cognition. It discusses how patterns and self-referencing in various contexts create meaning out of meaningless parts, I guess. But it is long, dense, and at times very technical (other times very philosophical). There’s a lot of logic, which I have never studied. I suspect I will like the parts of about language, art and music more, but I’m not there yet. It’s a loooooooong book.

I guess I tend to alternate between dense nonfiction (usually linguistics, cognition, or education) and really bad easy fiction. My guilty pleasure is definitely Harry Potter. Sometimes I read Harry Potter in other languages so I can pretend it's an academic exercise (it's really not, but it's fun!).
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Man, Harry Potter in other languages is no joke! When I was living in Spain I figured kids books would be a good way to get into reading Spanish but Harry Potter was definitely something I had to work up to.

As far as what I'm reading now...oh boy.

October Suite, Nudge (for work), Brisingr, What The Dog Saw, a few books on NLP, and another one that I'm forgetting. I like having a mix of books that I switch between.
 
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Oh!

I'm reading "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. I loved the Time Traveler's Wife, also by Niffenegger and this book is turning out to be just as strange and just as good (which is saying something, as the Time Traveler's Wife might be my favorite book ever

I do have an interesting suggestion the kagordo reminded me of though. "Saints" by Orson Scott Card (who wrote "ender's game", a great sci-fi novel). It's about a women in the early Mormon church as is very good. Who knew one writer could write equally as well about Sci-fi and religious women.


As for Harry Potter in other Languages. It's been a while but I did read the first one in German. It was tough because germans love to make words out of squished together words, and there was only one word for "magic" so it got a bit repetitive. "magic-broom" "magic-hat" "magic-plant". Again, this is just from my memory, but it was definitely tough!
 
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OOOOhhhh I LOVE to read!!!!! It's my biggest hobby!

I'm probably more of a nerd than you guys in the sense that I love fantasy and sci-fi lol.

If anyone likes fantasy and you haven't read it yet, The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicles) is one of my favorite books ever. It's amazing! Another really great series that I can't recommend enough is The Hunger Games trilogy, WOW, so awesome.

Now for something really dorky my favorite series of all time, and I don't care what you say about me lol, is Harry Potter. Nothing will ever top it :bigsmile:

Now I want to go read...
 
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nicoleben: Well, languages and linguistics are my thing. So I do speak/read/understand quite a few languages! I don't think this is any more impressive than a person being good at basketball or wood carving, though! It's just my hobby. I have also traveled a lot and lived abroad (France for a year, Brazil for two), so that definitely helps. It's an awesome feeling when you can, as you said, travel to Spain and understand what the locals are talking about! That's the best, and the most fun, way to learn. Rosetta Stone is a decent alternative for when you can't do that. It's good to be immersed in the language completely. I work for a chain of language schools that teaches using a similar approach. Anyway, I speak pretty fluent French and Portuguese, decent Spanish, maybe intermediate Persian and a very little bit of Arabic and Hindi. I totally have the first Harry Potter book in all of those languages, and it's good practice, because I already pretty much know the story and the dialogue, so I can understand a lot.

Brown.Eyed.Girl: How cool! That gives me hope. I'm finding it a little difficult at the moment, but I'm thinking I'll enjoy it more in the later sections. Art, music, and language I can do. Logic isn't especially hard, but I've never studied it and don't know all the notations, so I feel like I have to read every page six times just to understand. Also, I have to say, I hated the author's introduction. It seemed like he was insulting his readers for not "getting it." Pompous and self-congratulatory. I have been pleased, so far, to find that the writing in the rest of the book is a bit more down-to-earth. Still, I might come to you for a logic tutorial at some point!
 
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o wow...yay. Im glad im not the only who reads a few books at a time. The SO tries to make me seem like a nerd because i do. LoL...

Black, how many different languages do you speak. Ive always wanted to learn Spanish, French, Italian and anciet greek. I have such a obbession with anciet greek and altansis....i secretly pary that someone finds it, and im there.

Nicole, that so cool about your Masters and Medical school. Medicall school is way too long for me.

Okay...seriously, Harry Potter in different languages, thats a bit much for me. HeHe. I havent read any of the book in that series in a few years. I have this thing with reading things that our popular. I try to read them before they are popular, stupid i know.

I will have to check out that book " The Saints" and things that you ladies listed. YAY..im so happy new books to explore.

Also, i tend to reaad a lot of scripts and Monologue books and plays. Im always looking for new material to add to my audition files.
 
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maebelle said:
Oh!

I'm reading "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. I loved the Time Traveler's Wife, also by Niffenegger and this book is turning out to be just as strange and just as good (which is saying something, as the Time Traveler's Wife might be my favorite book ever

I do have an interesting suggestion the kagordo reminded me of though. "Saints" by Orson Scott Card (who wrote "ender's game", a great sci-fi novel). It's about a women in the early Mormon church as is very good. Who knew one writer could write equally as well about Sci-fi and religious women
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I really didn't like "Her Fearful Symmetry" - I loved the TTW, but HFS really doesn't do it for me. I only found one character to cheer for, and I found the focus on obsession got to be a little much for me. Okay, I get it, you are fascinated by obsession, but to include that one emotion SO MANY TIMES in one book was just smacking readers in the face with it. I would have liked a little more subtlety. I thought the characters in TTW were more complex and the relationships had way more layers than in HFS.
 
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Yay books!

The last book I read was "John Adams" - I'm a history buff and I loved it. I also read "1776" this year.

Other recently read books are "Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed" (I can't help it, I have a degree in political science, and Jared Diamond is fascinating) and "The Housekeeper and the Professor."

I need to go to the library to pick up some new reading material.

Oh and P.S. I liked "TTW" too and have been wanting to read "Her Fearful Symmetry."
 
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Time Travelers Wife- LOVED IT!!

Emily Griffen- I have also read a few of hers and enjoyed them!

Yes, travel is my thing to. Ive been all around Europe and spent about 3 months the first time i went, and 3 weeks the last time i went, and i plan on going there for my honeymoon, whenever that will be! lol.
 
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Orson Scott Card...I haven't thought about him in a loooooong time. I remember reading Seventh Son and Red Prophet, maybe in middle school? Not sure. A long time ago, definitely. But I loved them. Maybe I'll check out Saints.

Re. Harry Potter in other languages...I really just do it so I don't have to feel as guilty about my guilty pleasure. It's like eating chocolate with raisins and counting it as a serving of fruit.
 
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I'm also a book junkie :bigsmile: Currently I'm reading:

Wheel of Time (book 11 of 12) - Best series known to man!

The Great Gatsby - Always loved this book, and wanted to re-read it

Rebecca - I recommend everyone read this book. It's one of my favorites, and I just picked it up again, only 100pgs in.

Side note: Orson Scott Cards Enders Game is AMAZING!
 
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blacksand said:
Orson Scott Card...I haven't thought about him in a loooooong time. I remember reading Seventh Son and Red Prophet, maybe in middle school? Not sure. A long time ago, definitely. But I loved them. Maybe I'll check out Saints.

Re. Harry Potter in other languages...I really just do it so I don't have to feel as guilty about my guilty pleasure. It's like eating chocolate with raisins and counting it as a serving of fruit.
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I just saw the post you made right before mine : P

i just finished the Harry Potter series in French, now I'm chugging through Twilight. No matter how fluent I become in the language, I still can't seem to read as quickly as I do in English, which is a total bummer because I can read "Half Blood Prince" in a day, however in French.. it takes a few more. : P
 
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merilenda said:
Yay books!

The last book I read was "John Adams" - I'm a history buff and I loved it. I also read "1776" this year.

Other recently read books are "Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed" (I can't help it, I have a degree in political science, and Jared Diamond is fascinating) and "The Housekeeper and the Professor."

I need to go to the library to pick up some new reading material.

Oh and P.S. I liked "TTW" too and have been wanting to read "Her Fearful Symmetry."
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I loved "1776" so much. And!! I'm totally into historical fictions.. Like "The Other Boylen Girl," and "Marie Antoinette: The Great Journey." Sometimes they're kind of racy. :appl:
 
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Right now I'm reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson. I love a good murder mystery!

My all-time favorite book is probably Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. It's a Western, but anyone (and I mean ANYONE) can fall in love with it. The TV mini-series starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones is just as good.

It's a toss-up between that and Lord of the Rings... :sun:
 
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Nerd alert, here: all of the books in my current rotation are technical books. Right now, I'm reading about ASP.NET, XML, and relational database design. It'll be nice to pick up a novel again.
 
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Okay, the Greek Myths by Robert Graves, is a bit of a boring read, in the format that he wrote, but if you can get through it, and like anciet greek myths and history, its a good pick!!
 
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How to be adored by Caroline Cox and Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett.

I love "how to be adored" - its a great read ladies!
 
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beezygal said:
Any romantic novels.

Anything by Sophie Kinsella and Nicholas Spark. I have ALL their books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily Griffin too.
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I tend to read a lot of fluff. Sophie Kinsella, Emily Giffin, etc.
 
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Right now I'm just re-reading all my old books because I don't want to get sucked into a new series/plot with the bar exam only a week or so away. So I'm re-reading the Vorkosigan series by Lois Bujold.

Speaking of books that sucked me in, I just finished reading the Troy trilogy by David Gemmell, which was pretty incredible. I love love love Greek mythology, but the best part about this series was that he retold the Illiad and the Odyssey without the gods, recasting how all the events happened without godly intervention. And the characters were just so well-written and fleshed out.

Mashira - Ender's Game is one of my favorite books! And Princess Natalie, I love all of the Discworld books. Terry Pratchett is my hero.

Fuzzers, I have The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but I haven't started it yet! Glad to hear you like it!
 
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Grlsbestfrnd said:
OOOOhhhh I LOVE to read!!!!! It's my biggest hobby!

I'm probably more of a nerd than you guys in the sense that I love fantasy and sci-fi lol.

If anyone likes fantasy and you haven't read it yet, The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicles) is one of my favorite books ever. It's amazing! Another really great series that I can't recommend enough is The Hunger Games trilogy, WOW, so awesome.

Now for something really dorky my favorite series of all time, and I don't care what you say about me lol, is Harry Potter. Nothing will ever top it :bigsmile:

Now I want to go read...
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OMG! I loved The Hunger Games too! I'm so into fantasy and sci-fi books. Another good fantasy book is The Host by Stephenie Meyer. I've heard some people find it difficult to follow but I really enjoyed it.

I also love Harry Potter and The Twilight Series!
 
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princesss said:
maebelle said:
Oh!

I'm reading "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. I loved the Time Traveler's Wife, also by Niffenegger and this book is turning out to be just as strange and just as good (which is saying something, as the Time Traveler's Wife might be my favorite book ever

I do have an interesting suggestion the kagordo reminded me of though. "Saints" by Orson Scott Card (who wrote "ender's game", a great sci-fi novel). It's about a women in the early Mormon church as is very good. Who knew one writer could write equally as well about Sci-fi and religious women
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I really didn't like "Her Fearful Symmetry" - I loved the TTW, but HFS really doesn't do it for me. I only found one character to cheer for, and I found the focus on obsession got to be a little much for me. Okay, I get it, you are fascinated by obsession, but to include that one emotion SO MANY TIMES in one book was just smacking readers in the face with it. I would have liked a little more subtlety. I thought the characters in TTW were more complex and the relationships had way more layers than in HFS.
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You were so right! I finished this
Morning. This book had a lot of potential... Then it just sort of... Stopped being good. I only liked Martin by the end.

Also, Mashira, I love love love the wheel of time. I need to new one now now now! Of course it's 14 books now instead of just twelve, but I've been reading these for ten years and need a conclusion.
 
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I loved The Host! I tend to re-read books that I love so I've read that one 3 times.

You should really read The Name of the Wind. The way Patrick Rothfuss writes makes you automatically fall in love with his characters. Amazing book!

oops.. meant to quote diamondbuggy's post!
 
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