Book Discussion Thread

Discuss books you've read, why you like them, why you hate them, yatta datta latta matta.

Books I've read, in no particular order:

Right now I'm reading this book called This Star Wont Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl.
It's essentially the true story and diaries of this girl who had thyroid cancer. She died a few years ago, sadly. I haven't finished this one yet.

The Fault in our Stars (by John Green), is the story of a girl diagnosed with lung cancer. It's by-far my favorite book of all time. It was also inspired by Esther Grace Earl's story.

An Abundance of Katherines (also by John Green), which is about this kid who dated nineteen girls named Katherine. It was pretty good.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson (another by John Green), which was about two boys named Will Grayson, and their friendship with the incredibly fat Tiny Cooper.

Paper Towns (again, by John Green), where this little boy named Quentin finds a dead body at a park, where he and his young friend Margo seek to uncover the mystery (even though it's fairly apparent what happened), and then, several years later, follows Quentin on his quest to answer his one undying question: Who is Margo Roth Spiegelman?

Looking for Alaska (by John Green. You probably know by now that I like John Green), a story about this boy who goes to a boarding school, where he meets a guy who calls himself The Colonel, a girl named Alaska, and a **********ing fox.

And right now I'm also reading Morrissey's Autobiography (aptly titled as Autobiography).

I'm going to read Orange is the New Black pretty soon, although I have a ton of stuff to get through first.
I find it really hard to read any of JD Salinger's work, although The Catcher in The Rye was infinitely good, and I couldn't really put it down until I finished it.

I've been reading through this book called Dress Your Family in Denim and Corduroy, by David Sedaris. It's really hilarious. I've also been reading his book Holidays on Ice, which is a collection of some incredibly funny Christmas stories.

I recently found a copy of Grapes of Wrath buried under a pile of various junk (it's in good condition, shut up), so I'm going to try and read that soon. I read about half of it when I was like ten, but I pretty much forgot all of it.

And don't go getting at me for not reading that many books, mkoy? This is just a list of things I've read in the not-long-ago.

So anyway, like yeah. Post what you've been reading. You can talk about comic books and manga if that's your thing, I ain't judging.

One of my favorite trilogies (technically a series because of an additional prequel released afterwards) is called the Bartimaeus Sequence. It's written from multiple perspectives, but mainly follows a wizard named Nathaniel as he grows and matures from, I believe, ages twelve to sixteen over the course of the three books, as well as a Djinni (basically a genie) named Bartimaeus. It's quite entertaining how their point of views differ, and the best parts of the book are definitely in Barteimaeus's sections, as there are hilarious footnotes on practically every single page. Another person becomes a pretty major character starting with the second book, but the first book is mostly written in Nathaniel's and Bartimaeus's points of view. Oh, and the third book gets really trippy near the end, haha. I felt like I was high just reading it.

Another highly ranked series is Harry Potter, of course. It's a genuinely exemplary set of books that improved with each novel. But while I wouldn't refer to it as overrated, I do think it happened to "catch a ride" per se better than many other equally superb series.

I remember loving Dracula for similar reasons to why I love the Bartimaeus Sequence. Multiple points of view almost always make for an interesting story.

Hm, I remember reading the Percy Jackson and the Olympions series back in middle/highschool, but while I recall liking it, I never ended up reading the last book. Probably should, haha.

Man, I've got a sudden urge to read The Giver now. It was one of those required books for summer reading back in elementary or middle school, and was the only one I actually enjoyed at that age. I wonder if I'd still like it...


Oh, and my favorite book of all time!: ^_^

I've never read Harry Potter (am I a deprived child?), although I want to.

The Giver is also on my list of things to read, I've heard good things about it.

I read like the first fifth volumes of Naruto, but I stopped after that. It was definitely good, and I might pick it up again. I remember reading the first volume when I was younger, and I thought "what the hell is t&a?"
Also, that bootyful blue name tho.

Going to keep comic books out of the discussion because most people know by now that I'm a big fan of DC comics.

I honestly don't read many books anymore. Most of what I enjoy reading has to do with non-fictional material, such as history, biographies, etc, and I find all of those online most of the time. However, I have read plenty of books in the past, so there are a few worth mentioning.

Red Dragon. I've been a big fan of the character Hannibal Lecter ever since I watched Silence of the Lambs, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. I had to read this for my American Gothic Horror Literature class a few semesters ago, and it was great. Been meaning to continue on with the series, but again, I don't read many fictional books.

Inferno (Dante). Again, this was a book I had to read for a class. This one I read in my senior year in high school, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm not a religious person, but it was a very interesting story to read Dante going through each level of Hell.

The Giving Tree. This is definitely one of my favorite childhood books. Honestly really not much to say about it, other than it's a very enjoyable read.

Some of my favorites I can think of at the top of my head.

Book Thief. Yeah, it's more for my age group, but Book Thief is just so damn good.

Also, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is fantastic, and some others... I enjoyed a little book called The Cay which I stumbled across out of boredom, and that was a very nice surprise.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, yeah pretty detailed and nice for conflicting teens

Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus favs fo sho

The Call Of Cthulhu, since I'm playing Smite, I guess I don't need to tell you that I like supernatural hierarchies

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, very very EXTREMELY close second to my favorite book

The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, true believers will know the why is 42

The only thing I read is anything published by Tom Clancy. Other than that some mysteries which I forgot the names of since there're a lot of them.

I actually read The Outsiders. It was, uh, alright I guess. Not something that I would say is going to be my all time favourite, but it was memorable at least.

I'll start this off with my favorite books:
-The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert L. Stephenson)
-20000 Leagues under the Sea (Jules Verne)
-The Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
-1984 (George Orwell)
-Metro 2033 (Dmitri Glukhovsky)

You guys don't have ANYthing on me when it comes to this topic. I've read every single book in my house, bar my mother's quilting ones. I'll point out some of my favs, though.

Ready Player One. think Willy Wonka meets the Matrix. Oh, and you also learn more about the 1980s than you need to, even though it takes place in the 2040s.

Peter and the Starcatchers trilogy. A magical yet 100% plausible explanation to Peter Pan - and it's targeted at adults.

the Mysterious Benedict Society trilogy. This should be required reading. I actually relate myself a bit to Reynie.

Brave New World. One comment: Beware the single story.