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I spend my Sundays unwinding and spending hours reading books. Share your favourite books here!

 

The last book I read: 12 Years A Slave- Solomon Northup

  • Page turner! Very graphic, couldn't bring myself to watch the movie :3

 

The book I am currently reading: Love Without Limits- Nick Vujicic 

  • Very inspirational!

 

Books I want to read next: The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho 

  • Apparently a good read, can't wait to start it

 

What are your favourite books? Share your recomendations here 

 

matilda

jvkn
jvknPosted 01-02-2015 05:05 PM

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Alien
AlienPosted 12-06-2016 11:48 PM
Im reading New Moon from the Twilight series such a great book my opinion is that Bella is pathetic. OH I CAN LIVE MY DAILY LIFE without a glittery pale dick XP kidding but yeah this book when Edward goes away to protect her. She gets depressed for ages and then she leaps to another so codependant if you ask me
 
 
lokifish
lokifishPosted 13-06-2016 02:16 PM

After reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns about a year ago I've finally started 'And The Mountains Echoed' by Khaled Hosseini, and I'm enthralled. His writing provides such an insight into Afghani culture 🙂

 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 08-02-2016 02:41 PM
Recently I've read:

The true lives of the fabulous killjoys graphic novel
A song of ice and fire graphic novel vol 1
Suicide squad graphic novel vol 1
And currently starting death note vol 1
 
safari93
safari93Posted 14-01-2016 10:09 PM

The last book I read: A Dance with Dragons (the latest of A Song of Ice and Fire series). At the rate George RR Martin is writing though, I'll probably start watching the new series of Game of Thrones instead of waiting for the next book

 

The book(s) I'm currently reading: I'm trying to finish off a bunch of books I started, which are:

  • What about me? The struggle for identity in a market-based society - Paul Verhaeghe: it's an interesting take on mental illness, approaching it from a socioeconomic standpoint
  • The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood: I started the first three chapters and then forgot I owned the book lol
  • Sacred Modernity: Nature, environment and the postcolonial geographies of Sri Lankan nationhood - Tariq Jazeel: just trying to learn more about my home country (away from a nationalist source)
  • Women's movement in Sri Lanka - Selvy Thiruchandran: same deal as above
  • Emma - Jane Austen: this is the same deal as the Atwood novel, I apparently don't pay much attention to my books lol

Books I want to read next: LOL let's not think about that right now

 
 
ClCl
ClClPosted 17-01-2016 01:42 PM
I am reading Miranda Hart's book Is It Just Me? and no, it is not just her 🙂

A book hasn't caused me to laugh for a very long time.
 
 
 
ryvb3
ryvb3Posted 25-01-2016 10:28 PM

@tsnyder Hopefully you can find some time to read books other than textbooks when you get uni. For me, i found that time was before I went to sleep. 🙂

 

I am reading Lost and found by Brooke Davis. It is a funny and enjoyable book to read. There are three unique characters you get to learn about. And one of them is a 7-year old kid (Millie Bird). Every time I read her perspective it makes me want to be a kid again. 😄

 

 
tsnyder
tsnyderPosted 14-01-2016 09:38 PM

The last book I read: Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Zafon

 - a story about tragic love and mystery, was actually really good! A man at a second hand store recommended it and it's arguably one of my all time faves!

 

The book I am currently reading: Moby Dick

 

 

Books I want to read next: Not sure! By the time I finish Moby Dick, I'll be back at uni which means the only books i'll be reading are text books 😕

 
stonepixie
stonepixiePosted 07-01-2016 02:56 AM
Alrighty, so today's prompt for an external photo a day thing that I do is reading.

So I want to know what book everyone is reading at the moment?

Mine is the complete works of Jane Austen. Currently reading sense and sensibility.
 
 
Ben-RO
Ben-ROPosted 07-01-2016 10:21 AM

I'm reading the Hydrogen Sonata by Ian M Banks.

 

Last in the series and he passed away right after it was finished. So I am like kind of dragging it out because i don't want to finish 😛 

 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 08-01-2016 02:58 AM
I'm not reading anything at the moment. Scandalous, I know, but the series I was reading, the copy of the final book I have is broken. 😞
 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 06-12-2015 06:11 PM
I'm reading the happiness project! Its pretty great, I am sceptical of these sorts of books but am really loving it!
 
 
j95
j95Posted 06-12-2015 06:18 PM
Nice, just a quick google of it, sounds interesting!! @Craycray17
 
 
 
N1ghtW1ng
N1ghtW1ngPosted 06-12-2015 08:20 PM
I have finished the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) and now I don't know what to read. I've gone through Divergent, Eragon, Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles, Vampire Academy, Harry Potter and quite a few Terry Pratchett books.

What now? 😛
 
 
 
 
ElleBelle
ElleBellePosted 06-12-2015 10:25 PM

I'm about to start A History of Love by Nicole Krauss. She was the wife of my favourite author and I heard they have similar writing styles, so I'm excited to read it!

 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 06-12-2015 05:51 PM
That sounds interesting @j95! Ooh hey I have a suggestion of a good read you may enjoy!

It's called the outsiders by S.E.Hinton. It's about Galong gangs and the clash between the classes of boys in the neighbourhood who form the gangs. It's a really interesting read, but not complex! The incredible thing about it is how it's written in the 60s by a 16 year old girl, someone who wasn't involved with any of the like, yet she really writes such a realistic and believable account of boy culture.
 
 
j95
j95Posted 06-12-2015 06:01 PM
Will check it out thanks for your suggestion @Craycray17 what are you reading at the moment?
 
j95
j95Posted 06-12-2015 04:00 PM
@Craycray17 It's about these kids who really love skateboarding but there's no where to go where they live so they always get in trouble, so they decided to make a petition and one of them dies, so it mixes in like a sort of trivial topic about there being no skatepark with a really big issue.
everybody's responses to this thread are like really well written big novels but I'm not really a big reader and I'm not real great at it so I need something I can follow really easily.
 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 06-12-2015 03:53 PM
What's that about, @j95?
 
j95
j95Posted 06-12-2015 02:10 PM
In reading Getting Air by Debra Oswald, I've already read it once when I was younger but it's still good
 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 26-11-2015 10:23 AM
Wow that sounds like an awesome read, @Shant2!
 
 
Chessca_H
Chessca_HPosted 26-11-2015 03:59 PM

So awesome to see this thread being posted on again!

 

Right now I'm reading The Martian by Andy Weir 🙂

 
 
 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 26-11-2015 04:17 PM

I agree, @Chessca_H

 

What are you reading at the moment?

 
 
 
 
stonepixie
stonepixiePosted 27-11-2015 04:28 AM

tree

 

Anyone else's ideal tree for the festive season?

 

Also, how have I not heard of Harry Hartog until yesterday?

 
Craycray17
Craycray17Posted 25-11-2015 03:15 PM
Ooh cool like who @Shant2?

Yes that's what I love so much about catcher, and i relate so much to holden
 
 
Shant2
Shant2Posted 25-11-2015 03:22 PM

I'm reading Adam Braun's story now - 'The Promise of a Pencil: How an ordinary person can make extraordinary change'. Adam is Justin Bieber's, managers  younger brother haha. It's a story about how his travels inspired him to start a non-profit organisation  targeting the availability of education to every young person across the world. Where you are born should not dictate whether you get an education or not. He has build over 200 schools with his organisation 🙂 

 

Also have just recently reread Nelson Mandela "Long Walk to Freedom". He is someone I look up to very much! 

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