Entertainment Books? What are you reading? What's your favorite?

[Gothic 307]

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. 

[Indra 4]

Currently reading The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima.

[Guest BETA BLUE]

Currently Les Miserables 

[Huskerdust 625]

Candide by Voltaire, for a class. 

I thought it would be hella pretentious but there are some humorous parts.

[Indio 11]

I have a couple favorites: After the First Death, Blood and Chocolate, and my newest favorite is Ugly Love.

Currently I'm reading the Matchmaker's Playbook. It's mostly decent lol

[Sketchy Unicorn 22]

Dawnflight, by Kim Iverseon Headlee. It's about King Arthur and Guenevere, though in a more historical-based setting rather then a fantasy one. l enjoy Arthurian lore and have wanted to get my hands one on a copy for years now. So far I like it!

 

My favorite books? I'd have to give that one some thought.

[ReDRidingHood 30]

 

I'm working on finishing up Modern Loss! I actually picked this up by mistake. There's a book with a similar title I needed for a class. This is good and relatable, but I would have rather have picked it up from the library instead of paying for it. 

[Kraken 8]

All time favourite - Cujo by Stephen King. Just always freaks me out knowing that the story isn't so far fetched... A dog catches rabies and goes on a rampage. Sounds legit. 

[Red Robin 5]

Favorite book of all time: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. 

Currently reading: Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Edited April 18, 2018 by Red Robin

[Jacob 58]

I'll hopefully be reading The Royal Descents of 970 Immigrants by genealogist Gary Roberts.  I've been scouring both Dad's and Mum's sides, yet I  can't find a solid connection thus far.

 

As for my favorite novel, it's  Oliver Twist by author Charles Dickens.  The titular character's personality and background inspire all of my creations.  For me, boys are the easiest to write.

Edited April 18, 2018 by Jacob

[Huskerdust 625]

Favorites are hard to pick so I tend to choose authors instead of books... But I love The Anne of Green Gables series, The Raven Cycle series, and pretty much everything Diana Wynne Jones has written. <3

 

Currently, however, I'm reading a book on queer theory (an analytical approach to critical reading) because I'm writing an essay using that theory. It's interesting reading. I'm learning things I didn't know before. 

[Guest Lo Fidelity]

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark, because I do like Muriel Spark but mostly I like Muriel Spark's title here. Lo "you CAN judge a book by its fancy title" Fi. After this though, I gotta try Exit Ghost because, yanno, because he died and all? 

[dusk 106]

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, The Broken Earth book 3

 

I think these are some of the best books I've ever read. Otherwise, my top picks are the Kushiel Legacy books by Jacqueline Carey. Or really, anything by her.

[Huskerdust 625]

I just finished More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera. It was aight. It's about a boy trying to forget he's gay so that the rest of the people in his life can be happy. 

[Celestina 0]

I've read many books and fallen in love with many series. Harry Potter has always been a favorite but currently I'm loving ASOIAF series more. It gives me the complexity and morally grey 'whose good and whose not' that I didn't really get from HP with all the things I also liked. If only it didn't break my heart constantly.