What do you guys think of Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz? The begining of the book.. got me really interested. But, I'm reading Pendragon right now. Aish!! =P

Ya, we better pray that Robert Jordan lives long enough to finish The Wheel Of Time. He's fallen sick, and the treatments so far has been doing well. But I can't imagine that he'll be working very hard while in the midst of his illness.

And his next book is likely to be 2k+ pages thick, just to tie up all the many loose ends... Can't wait for the story to finally end. But I'm not holding my breath.


Tad Williams. The Dragonbone Chair, Stone of Farewell, To Green Angel Tower etc... Liked the series. But somehow he's fallen off my rader in the past few years, after he finished his Otherland series. That one was long... but the ending wasn't nearly as satisfying as the journey itself. Can't even remember how it ended already. Yet I can still remember some random details of the 'MMORPG' in the book.

I promised myself not to start on Robert Jordan until he finishes the last book. I'll be devastated if he dies before that.

Just want to ask about Eddings' new series. Issit worth the read? Cos I have received pretty bad reviews about the books.

For fantasy, my fav author currently is Neil Gaiman. And I will always recommend Stephen King's Dark Towers.

well firstly hi there, it's good 2 find y'all share a passion for reading

has anyone read Ethan Hawke's Ash Wednesday? (Yes, the actor, Ethan Hawke), i sorta gotta it the other day, n it examines the relationship between a US Army Sergeant and his wife, it's rather deep actually, it examines their feelings and thoughts from a first person perspective. i'm almost done with it and it is a rather different read i muz say compared to what i've read previously, it's rather raw, Hawke hasn't been tainted wif commercialisation as yet and tht's refreshing.

Another read is Amitav's Ghosh The Hungry Tide, novel's captured in India and you get vivid descriptions of each locality in very detailed prose. there's also constant flashbacks of character's reminiscing of the past. it can get a tad long winded, tht's y i had to put it down and revert to Hawke first. the central characters couldn't be more far-apart though, one's a local to India and one's an Indian from the States, it's interesting how she communicates with the locals as she doesn't speak the language. i'll eventually finish the book and i think once it seeps in, i'll find it a real good book, guess u gotta grow into some books.

Books on my shelf now:
1. Kite Runner - Khaled Hussaini
2. The Diary of Anne Frank
3. Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand

It'll keep me occupied for awhile yet, any fans of Nicholas Sparks and Danielle Steel here?

Cheerios

hi fred16. Those look like some interesting reads, though I haven't heard of Ethan Hawke's book before. I knew he wrote a book once .. but that's about it I haven't been able to pick up The Kite Runner yet .. I always expect to be disappointed with such bestseller/hyped books. Was it any good in the end?

Currently reading Yukio Mishima's "Sea of Fertility" tetralogy - I'm on the 4th/final book for now (The Decay of The Angel) but since it's the slimmest I'll be done by the end of the day. I recommend this series to anyone really .. although some segments may be tough to read (in The Temple of Dawn with the long philosophical examinations) but it's a great piece of work. I blazed through them in these past few weeks of March.

Also in between I fit in Tash Aw's The Harmony Silk Factory. Yup I finally read it! Found that it was quite good, had some interesting elements but I don't quite see it as a Malaysian book/author much ..

Next up .. maybe I'll tackle that War & Peace and focus on it - since those 4 Mishima books definitely come up to the same amount. I just hate lugging it around.

Can someone teach me how to write a review? Cos I just finished Hannibal Rising, and want to review it to you guys, because it is super awesome!!! I just love Hannibal.

Anyone pre-ordering Potter?

Not sure whether this will help but usually just give a synopsis/general description of the plot. Then give your thoughts on the book - what worked, what didn't work, overall impression, rating.

My sis reads it but she's not pre-ordering because last time she did and then after a few days, you can see that they have loads of it available anyways .. so it was pointless. They probably know that it will be in demand so will make sure that stocks are available.

Hi there,

i was hoping someone would recomend me some magazine on world market, economy, share market.

just this morning, i was at the PC fair and they were offering TIME and Fortune Magazine for RM361.00. it was a good deal but i dont think i can read that much.

i use to read TIME but would liek to shift my attention on the world market. any suggestion? The Economist, Fortune, Forbes? any suggestion?

anyone read sam bourne's the righteous men? i'm currently reading the book. about halfway through. will try and post a review of sorts when i'm done with it

Anyone read "I Am Muslim" yet?

Well firstly, my apologies for not answering or replying to your posts earlier, tot it was a dead thread, was AWOL myself for awhile
U gotta read Ash Wednesday love, it's good, it's deep, not your typical sappy love novels tho i do love those too
N Kite Runner was awesome, i rarely gush this much about books but GOD, it's a must-read for all readers, da prose, da emotion, it juz springs forth from the book and one would honestly think it's an autobiography coz it's so real n raw, Khaled outdid himself with this one
Amitav Ghosh was a drag, unless u liked dolphins tht is, tho i'd have to say i'm less ignorant of dolphin species now
In btw all tht i read this piece from Nisha Minhas: Passion and Pappodoms, which was real quirky and funny, about an Indian livin in Britain and how she tries to ensnare a rich British hunk, it was a bag of laughs to say the least, i also think it's sorta a trilogy of books
N u've got some interestin choice in books urself, if i may say rather eccentric
N yeah has anyone read I Am Muslim yet? it's like on my shelf of must-reads, c'mon guys give us a review, also been meanin to read Tash Aw's book, now if only i could get a job to finance my book fetish,

Any nice fictional books? No romance and sci-fi. The rest is fine with me

I'm currently reading Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
I love her books. So funny
Anyone wanna swap books with me , Pls PM me



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I only got three novel.It is Bukit Kepong by Ismail Johari and Red October by Tom Clancy!

Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon.

Usually I'm not a fiction reader but someone recommended this book to me, telling me it's a must read.

I've read some review over the internet but would like to know have anyone of you seen this book?

Worth a read?

Anyone read The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney?

I would say Eleven Minutes is a good book to read by Paulo Coelho. It's the only fiction written by him and truly is different from many I have read. It's about how a girl from Brazil decide to be a prostitute and flew to Europe and explains the different characters she met along her journey and at one point how a guy managed to change her mindset in the most unconventional way. In return she teaches him how to get comfortable and try new things. All in all, it deals with getting out of the comfort zone and accept oneself for who they are. A book that brings out the darkside of any reader.

The Witch of Portobello by Coelho is also an interesting piece. One of the top books I would recommend if you're into the little things life.

Valentino Rossi's What If I Have Never Done It is marvellous. One of the best autobiography book that made me read it again and again. First book to ever make me laugh out loud too. Even for those who isn't a Motogp fan would like it for it's wonderful words. How he happened to drive his car and fell in his backyard upside down while his mother was in the kitchen or what made him decide to move from such stable life to an unknown world.

Wow is this a dead thread or what? Bookworms are a minority in our society eh?

Coelho is a fantastic author and xavier.emir, Eleven Minutes has been on my list of books to buy for a while now. In fact, I was just at Borders and they don't have it in stock. So I bought Fifth Mountain instead. I've read most of Coelho's work and my favourites would have to be Veronika Decides To Die and The Pilgrimage. I rather like works with a slightly philosophical slant.

My recent purchases are Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (read 100 Years of Solitude and thought it was brilliant).

Ah, I'd love to have a rant on the availability of good books in our local bookstores (placing special orders double or triple the price of the book!), the prices of books and the inadequacy of the websites of our local bookstores but I suppose this isn't the right place to do that

Another thing, I do a "spring cleaning" of my bookshelf every now and then and sometimes, I find that I have books that I (sadly) have to dispose of. I normally send it to thrift shops and I was thinking that if there are people here who would like those I don't mind sending them to you guy for a nominal amount just to cover the postage. It's not a sale of the book since I'd really like books to remain in the hands of book lovers. Or we could have a book swap. Anyone up for it? I'm due to do a cleaning out and once I get around to doing that, I'll post the titles here if anyone indicates interest.

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For those fantasist readers who are looking for a twist, I'd recommend the Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. It's basically about a thief in a fantasy world being a sneaky con artist who rob/cheat from the rich and do not give a damn for the poor. All the gains are for personal profit only. It also about survival and vengence when the whole game turned against the thief. It's a good read.

By the way, has anyone read any of the World of Warcraft novels? Any good recommendations?

Any Robert Ludlum fans here?