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The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu

The Finest Creation

by Jean Rabe

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas.

It's Not Me, It's You - Jon Richardson
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The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
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Assassin's Creed: Unity - Oliver Bowden

Finished The Japanese Way of Tea last night. Not sure yet what I'm going to tackle next.

Update: I'll continue and try to finish off the Analects of Confucius.

Alex wrote: "I've never been able to read multiple books simultaneously. Hats off to you sir/madam"

I actually have 7 on the go but I thought I'd condense it a bit :S
I try and have different genres for different moods

-Jen

Never heard of it. Just read the description though, don't know whether I'd like it :-/

- Jenni

Anyone doing the 2015 Reading Challenge? My target is 72 books and I'm 8 in.
:)

-J

Just finished In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin yesterday.
Currently reading The Glass Bead Game, East of Eden, Witches Abroad, and Atlas Shrugged.
Eventually I'll get through them...

I've downloaded it to read but I've got alot of others I want to get through first. I've just bought a Kindle so hopefully I'll be reading alot more - although I doubt I could, I spend most of my spare time reading!

I've never been interested in the Halo game franchise, I've always preferred Assassin's Creed. Although I've recently started on Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon.

I'm re-reading Faith of the Fallen

New to your group, Just finished Half a King and about to start KOP

Just start reading two local (malay language) novel which is Jejak Petualang by Vermouth (translation from Thailand version) and Kebmgkitan by Isma Fa Ismail

Same. I go crazy when 99p sales show up on Amazon Kindle books.

'Oh it's only 99p, I can afford it.'
Yeah.. Not when you buy 30 of them!

:-D

I'm currently reading
Looking for Jake and Other Stories

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Starting Point: 1979-1996


And I recently finished Sannah and the Pilgrim and The Strange Library, which were both really good.

Eisenhorn

Currently reading Egg & Spoon. It's pretty good, taken as a story from a narrator's perspective. Really is out there, but ti's well worth the time for how big it is. About half way through, but it's already progressed pretty far pretty quickly. If anyone's interested, I can give you a bit more in-depth analysis of what's going on than the summary gives.

Currently reading Red Rising. The cover says it's like the Hunger Games books, and I understand why (don't want to explain because I was surprised by it, and don't want to spoil it for anyone), but it's really not much like the Hunger Games, only a bit.

Currently Reading: The Eternity Code and working my way through the whole series. Read the first five when I was younger, and I want to know the ending!

There are mystery elements to it sometimes, but not really all that much. It's more of a fantasy book with sci-fi elements added in. The fantasy part plays off all the fantasy clichés (ie fairies, goblins, centaurs, etc.) but adds its own spin on them to keep it from actually being cliché. They're pretty good books, very easy to get through and entertaining. Very action packed. I definitely recommend at least giving the first one a try.

I'm currently reading The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss, having just finished book 2 of his series.

Currently re-reading the Harry Potter Boxset! :)

Had an urge to re-read this gem from my earlier days - The Eyes of the Dragon

Just started Pebble in the Sky. I've read through The Foundation trilogy so excited to take a SciFi interlude from the contemporary literature I'm trying to read this year.

I read the first Foundation novel when I was in high school, but something about it made me feel a little lost. Perhaps its the outdated sci-fi imaginings and terminology, perhaps its simply because the story is a century old at this point, I'm not sure. I hear that it really gets good the further into it you go, and I would love to read the ending I heard about!

Wooo go slytherin! Also my book is not making it for me (that's warhammer 40k Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett) so I bought a different one for my last few days dar from home. I got "diario de la guerra del cerdo" by argentinian authOr Adolfo Bioy Casares. And it's great.
Has anyone here ever read any argentinian or uruguayan novel? I'm uruguayan myself :)

I read one of his I Robot series books for a Free Will class in college, and it was good. But the Foundation series completely shook me. I made the mistake of buying all three in one volume and it was the most physically exhausting experience I've ever had with a book. I took breathers after each completion. I would highly recommend just jumping into the Foundation trilogy if you want to get into Asimov.

Tuc wrote: "Has anyone here ever read any argentinian or uruguayan novel?"

Maybe this is just surface but I'm a huge fan of Eduardo Galeano. I saw him speak at the PEN world voices festival a couple years ago with Jessica Hagedorn.

Samuel wrote:

Maybe this is just surface but I'm a huge fan of Eduardo Galeano. I saw him speak at the PEN world voices festival a coup..."

This may sound weird but I haven't read Galeano myself. I met him in person though, because we are like three people in uruguay and he is someone i know's grandfather.
If I were to recommend one uruguayan author only that would totally be Mario Levrero. Check him out if you have the chance. He writes weird surrealistic short novels that are awesome.

I am currently reading "Not My Fathers Son" by Alan Cumming and "Savage Harvest" by Carl Hoffman. NMFS is a little slower read so far.

Gardens of the Moon

This series, if anyone is a fantasy fan is absolutely amazing! All fairly long..and this first one is loaded with introducing you into the world but worth pushing through!

Finishing up the last Artemis Fowl hopefully tonight, and starting two books tomorrow: The Way of Zen and A Farewell to Arms.

Seven Japanese Tales

From what I've heard it's far from gimmicky. The people I've talked all say it's incredible.

I'm reading Robin Hobb, Magic Ship. Really tough to get into. The kind of fantasy with no explanation.

Does one have to 'add as friend' to comment on a comment here?

I love xkcd, and was really looking forward to reading "What If," since I love the blog posts series. I havne't had a chance to pick it up yet, since I haven't been working for about a month.

I started reading Night Train to Lisbon at the hair salon the other day, and realized I had a copy at home I've never dived into (I own too many books I've never read), so I'm going to keep on reading that. It's interesting already to read about someone whose actions immediately seem to be moving away from their "established," personality. I'm excited to watch this guy move out of his comfort zone.

Been working through The Shadow Lines. I've been meaning to read Ghosh but was turned off by reading that he was more so a thriller/mystery writer. I may have just made that up to myself though.

My recent reads include Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution by Mark Ludwig, (the book is not listed on this site, but another of his books it listed. It is a really interesting deconstruction of all the ideas mentioned in the title. It is certainly not for the faint of heart.

An easier read is actually a Web serial called Worm by John "Wildbow" McCrae and is a great read (can be found at ) that follows the life and times of a young female who just happens to have super powers. I don't want to give it away by telling any of the story, but it is worth a look if you like Sci-fi.

Alex wrote: "Just an update on my progress through House of Leaves. This book is terrifying. The first night I started reading it I had some really crazy nightmares. The reading is slow, as the for..."

I bought for a summer read, thinking great things...I've spent so long with my kindle I had a bit too much trouble readjusting to a print book. Plus life got in the way, but I plan to tackle that book again come summer. I've read great things about it.

Just joined and currently reading "Horns" by Joe Hill.

Boris: How is Joe Hill? He keeps coming up as comparable to SK for me but I haven't taken the plunge.

The Crippled God

Just finished this final book in The Malazan Book of The Fallen series. if you like fantasy, read this series. If you don't like fantasy, read this series. It's by far the most epic series I've read. The world is completely immersive with a rich, vast, and mysterious history, with diverse people and races and some magic.

The books follow a multitude of characters, and their narration ranges from all walks of life, from the common soldier to powerful mages. You will grow attached to these characters and at the same time tragedy in this series can leave you devastated. You'll find yourself in the middle of a philosophical debate thst really makes you sit the book down and reflect, or you'll find yourself in the middle of an gritty, bloody battle and not be able to set the book down.

It's a challenging read, Erikison drops you right into the middle of the world and you have to find your way by yourself. I gave up reading the first book, 400 pages in and I still had no clue. I couldn't be more happier that i decided to give it a second chance because it soon became an addiction and I couldn't put the books down. There is something very rewarding about conquering this series, and I couldn't recommend it enough.

So I'd just to like to say that I'm super excited that an imgur/goodreads mash-up exists! I spend far too much time with both. I have a tendency to have 5-ish books on the go, so that I can pick up whatever I'm in the mood for. My current focus has been on: Catch-22 and The Complete Sherlock Holmes. I'm also participating the in 2015 Reading Challenge, with a goal of 24 books. It's my first full year out of school though, so I don't actually know how many books I'll read with so much more time. Nevertheless, I don't know how the people that are aiming for more than a book/week do it!!

Hi, I'm new! :) So this may be a stupid question - what's the 2015 Reading Challenge?

Oh, and I'm currently reading Leviathan

Will do Alex! I've barely started it, but so far, so good!

@Sarah The reading challenges let you set yourself a goal of how many books to read in that particular year. I set myself 72 for this year and I'm already 23 in!

Samuel wrote: "Boris: How is Joe Hill? He keeps coming up as comparable to SK for me but I haven't taken the plunge."
In addition to Horns I read Heart-Shaped Box and I really enjoyed that one aswell as the one I'm currently reading. If you do like Stephen King I absolutely reccomend you to check out Joe Hill.