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Statikk HDM 04-03-2007 07:16 AM

The Last Book You Read
 
Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery was mine for a history class. Pretty damn good book.
Don't buy it, look it up on the internet as it is open source.
The last book I read for pleasure was Lucifer's Hammer. This book has it all, a post-apocalyptic world, insane cannibal religious leaders, and racial strife.
Don't get hung up on the whole black/white thing and read it in context. If an asteroid hit the earth in the early 60s this is what would happen.

Havoc 04-03-2007 07:26 AM

What is this 'book' think you talk about? I do know a booklet, like the little things of paper that come with games? If thats what you meant then I just read the C&C 3 manual.

Havoc

Statikk HDM 04-03-2007 07:29 AM

What, I thought Castles and Crusades was only in its second edition?:fuzgrin:
Okay, the last-last book read for school
The Jungle. Absoeffin'lutely rocks all over the place. And its free on the intratubes.
Last-Last book read for pleasure:
Me Talk Pretty Some Day. I recommend it, pretty funny.

ANN NEELY 04-03-2007 11:07 AM

The last book I read was The Other by Robert Mulligan. It was kind disturbing and odd, but I really enjoyed it (and the movie based on it).

Paramite of War 04-03-2007 11:14 AM

As soon as I can get to a book store. I'm gonna buy World War Z it is about zombies also I read the Hobbit last year that was pretty good.
(OH YA 200 POSTS :lol: )

moxco 04-03-2007 11:18 AM

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I read the Hobbit last year that was pretty good.

It's true it is a very good book, but the LOTR is crap.

snuzi 04-03-2007 11:49 AM

Shit. I was going to create a thread similar to this. Ah well, guess ya beat me to it.

The last book I read was Battle Royale. I've already read it three times, but I still can't get enough of that book. It's definitely my favorite book of all time.

ANN NEELY 04-03-2007 01:15 PM

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As soon as I can get to a book store. I'm gonna buy World War Z it is about zombies

I'm planning on reading that too, as I just finished reading the Zombie Survival Handbook, and I had a hard time putting it down. Now I'm ready for the uprising! In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm.

OANST 04-03-2007 02:14 PM

Last book I read was The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It's a piece of garbage. Don't read it.

skillya_glowi 04-03-2007 05:59 PM

Holy shit, I don't even remember. Books are a thing of the past...for me at least...I think it was War and Peace that I finally managed to screw through last summer (in Russian, mind you, since I can read Russian and the book was written in Russian/French, so what the hey?), but I don't remember reading anything after that.

Well. Since when did teenagers read books, of all things?

mitsur 04-03-2007 09:30 PM

The Innocent Man by John Grisham.

I wasn't crazy about it, but it was a good example of the major flaws in the US Justice system.

Probably my favorite book of all time would be The 7th Dark Tower Book by Stephen King. The book honestly made me cry at something tha is not real.

That's the third fake thing that's made me cry in my whole life. The first was Armaggedon, when Bruce killed himself, and the second was Castaway, when Wilson got swept out to sea.

Reiji Neko Mitsukai 04-03-2007 09:37 PM

"Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ancient Blood". Alexander gets lots of lines in this one.

Mojo 04-04-2007 08:16 AM

Last four books I read (in this order, within 1 week):

Halo: The Fall Of Reach
Halo: the Flood
Halo: First Strike
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Yeah, that was fun. Done nothing else but reading.

mitsur 04-04-2007 02:48 PM

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Last four books I read (in this order, within 1 week):

Halo: The Fall Of Reach
Halo: the Flood
Halo: First Strike
Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

Yeah, that was fun. Done nothing else but reading.

I have all of those except fr FS. I lost it a bit after reading it.

/me is sad to be missing Halo backstory goodness.

OANST 04-04-2007 03:37 PM

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The Innocent Man by John Grisham.

I wasn't crazy about it, but it was a good example of the major flaws in the US Justice system.

Probably my favorite book of all time would be The 7th Dark Tower Book by Stephen King. The book honestly made me cry at something tha is not real.

That's the third fake thing that's made me cry in my whole life. The first was Armaggedon, when Bruce killed himself, and the second was Castaway, when Wilson got swept out to sea.



The last Dark Tower book is one of the worst excuses for a novel ever published. There are so many things wrong with that book that it boggles my mind that anyone would even say it was okay, much less good enough to cry over.

Arxryl 04-04-2007 04:15 PM

Hm... This is sad. I must be one of the only people who enjoy reading books.

Pleasure: Harry Potter 5
Harry Potter 6 both are much better than what the film makers are going to make/butcher.
Everyone in my class was surprized when I said I read one in under two weeks. I am thinking, "It's not that darn hard, retards!" Then again, the people in my class aren't the most intelligent... ;)
And I am Currently reading Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Pretty damn good for just being a reading copy of the movie.


Forced: A seperate Peace: Movie was okay, but the book was s000oooo damn boring.

Lord of the Flies: My first impression upon reading a few chapters was "Cannibal children?! WTF? Then it changed to "Homocidal children? WTF?!" after I realized they didn't eat eachother. ;)

ziggy 04-04-2007 04:20 PM

I like reading the Hitchhiker's series, becasue they make you think a lot. I read all 5. The last 2 are very confusing though, and I'll probably re-read them later.

ugh..I hate the Harry Potter Books. The 5th book seemed so hastily written and the ending was horrible.

Arxryl 04-04-2007 04:22 PM

Yes. it was all pushing the ending out there, making it seem all big and whatnot, then it just kind of...exploded. In a huge disqusting pile. The 6th one was passable though. I actually enjoyed it.

Paramite of War 04-04-2007 04:27 PM

I was going to read that series while I was interested but I couldn't find it anywhere. Also I probably buy the Zombie Handbook first but I heard that WWZ was better. And Finally I've read some of the silmarilion but not lately because it is very confusing :)

Nate 04-04-2007 04:57 PM

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Yes. it was all pushing the ending out there, making it seem all big and whatnot, then it just kind of...exploded. In a huge disqusting pile. The 7th one was passable though. I actually enjoyed it.

Either you mean the sixth or you're lieing to get some stupid fanboy to ask how you managed to get a copy of the seventh. Seeing as it's not coming out for another 3.5 months.

Arxryl 04-04-2007 05:11 PM

Oh.... yeah. I meant sixth. Sorry, the number seven is sticking in my head right now.... like a magnet...

ziggy 04-06-2007 12:16 AM

hehe... *deleted by moderator in the interests of not being an arsehole*

Oh, and the Titanic sinks in the end.

Chubfish 04-08-2007 10:05 AM

The last book I read was The Collins English Dictionary, when I was doing my homework. It was a bit long and helped a lot but got boring around half way through...

OddjobAbe 04-08-2007 10:19 AM

The last book I read was 'The Medical Pocket Book'. Wasn't called that exactly. I've forgotten it's exact title. It was good. Really does come in handy. Very useful indeed.

Havoc 04-08-2007 01:05 PM

Book I'm currently reading is: The last confessions of Mable Stark.

She used to be a tiger trainer in the early 1900's, so you can see why I'm reading :).

Havoc

Nate 04-08-2007 05:15 PM

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The last book I read was The Collins English Dictionary, when I was doing my homework. It was a bit long and helped a lot but got boring around half way through...

I heard the zebra did it.

Rex Tirano 04-08-2007 07:01 PM

I'm reading a book about Walt Disney and all the naughty things he did. Oh my!

- Rexy

Havoc 04-09-2007 03:37 AM

Wait, what? O.o

Havoc

Alcar 04-09-2007 04:16 AM

Last book I read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (for the tenth time)

Current reading: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (for the tenth time)

Alcar...

Rex Tirano 04-09-2007 09:01 AM

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Wait, what? O.o

Havoc

He was actually a very naughty man. Oh my!

- Rexy