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[pisskop]

Now that classes have begun I don't have too much time for extraneous reading (and workouts ) but the last book I read was on the history of Rome and the development of its democratic experiemnts.  I'm into Rome anyhow, so double points for the political knowledge I gleaned.

What did you read and what did you think/learn/enjoy?

[Skyrunner]

Les Miserables, 45% through xD
This guy is a genius of describing things, describing personalities, and going off on the most random tangents (like the rituals and customs of a certain Paris covenant) for long long number of pages.

[miauw62]

Not sure about the English title, but de vijfde vrouw. About some detective guy in a scandinavic country. The guy's name is Kurt Wallander, and its the sixth book in the series. The back of the book says that the writer is a legendary detective writer, but if you make your opinion on the  back of books, everybody is a awesome legendary badass pro writer.
Pretty good book tough, and funny at times.

[Willfor]

Finished The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks this week. It was pretty interesting.

[Zrk2]

We do have a books thread that was active no too long ago. Currently I'm rereading The Malazan Book of the Fallen, and it's amazing.

[Cheese]

Not sure about the English title, but de vijfde vrouw. About some detective guy in a scandinavic country. The guy's name is Kurt Wallander, and its the sixth book in the series. The back of the book says that the writer is a legendary detective writer, but if you make your opinion on the  back of books, everybody is a awesome legendary badass pro writer.
Pretty good book tough, and funny at times.

Wallander? There are Swedish and British TV series too.

As for books, recently finished reading through all the tales in the Necronomicon. I found that the longer ones were usually much better, though the first parts of them usually drag a bit.

[miauw62]

Then he must actually be a awesome legendary badass pro writer.

[lemon10]

Finished The Night Angel trilogy by Brent Weeks this week. It was pretty interesting.

Love Brent Weeks (and just started reading one of his books that came out this week), his writing isn't super original or anything, but he is a damn good writer.

[Telgin]

Sometimes I regret that I read very, very few books.  I have probably finished no more than 10 novels in my life.  I can't even remember the names of some of them.

Recently though, the only books I've read were the last of the Commissar Cain novels (40K), and a rereading of Shadows of the Empire (Star Wars).  I forgot that book was quite good.

Funny that I fancied myself writing a real novel one day, when I barely read them. 

[Ancre]

I have just finished Habibi, by Craig Thomson. It's a gorgeous comic book, with very pretty drawings all along and a very captivating story, even if it's emotionally difficult to read it sometimes. It's like a realistic documentary in a fairy tale universe. I really liked it.

[Hubris Incalculable]

Not sure about the English title, but de vijfde vrouw. About some detective guy in a scandinavic country. The guy's name is Kurt Wallander, and its the sixth book in the series. The back of the book says that the writer is a legendary detective writer, but if you make your opinion on the  back of books, everybody is a awesome legendary badass pro writer.
Pretty good book tough, and funny at times.

A bit of quick Googling comes up with "The Fifth Woman" by Henning Mankell, and in the original Swedish, it's called "Den femte kvinnan".

[Twiggie]

I'm reading House of Suns atm - its a scifi, about people who clone themselves and travel the galaxy at relativistic speeds in cold sleep.

[Flying Dice]

Not sure about the English title, but de vijfde vrouw. About some detective guy in a scandinavic country. The guy's name is Kurt Wallander, and its the sixth book in the series. The back of the book says that the writer is a legendary detective writer, but if you make your opinion on the  back of books, everybody is a awesome legendary badass pro writer.
Pretty good book tough, and funny at times.

Actually, that detective's name sounds really familiar. My mother reads a lot of Scandinavian crime procedurals, and there are quite a few famous (within the subgenre) writers from that area of the world.

[Enzo]

For a class this term I have to read The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Metamorphoses, Confessions, and The Divine Comedy.

I'll probably have to wait until winter break to finish rereading Shogun :C

[Zrk2]

For a class this term I have to read The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Metamorphoses, Confessions, and The Divine Comedy.

I'll probably have to wait until winter break to finish rereading Shogun :C

Reccomend me one at the end.