What are you reading right now?

Here's my list. Hope you find something useful in there, Wyv.

1. a book with more than 500 pages
Carrion Comfort - Dan Simmons
2. a classic romance
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
3. a book that became a movie
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
4. a book published this year
Indexing - Seanan McGuire (published in 2014, but not a lot to pick from in 2015 yet)
5. a book with a number in the title
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
6. a book written by someone under 30
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
7. a book with nonhuman characters
Hothouse - Brian W Aldiss
8. a funny book
Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block
9. a book by a female author
Are you there, Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - Chelsea Handler
10. a mystery or thriller
Tales of the Blackwidowers - Isaac Asimov
11. a book with a one-word title
Quake - Richard Laymon
12. a book of short stories
Dark Visions - Stephen King, Dan Simmons, George RR Martin
13. a book set in a different country
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
14. a nonfiction book
Stranger than Fiction - Chuck Palahniuk
15. a popular author's first book
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
16. a book from your favourite author that you haven't read yet
Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett
17. a book a friend recommended
Crooked Little Vein - Warren Ellis
18. a Pulitzer-prize winning book
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
19. a book based on a true story
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
20. a book at the bottom of your to read list
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
21. a book your mom loves
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
22. a book that scares you
This is the Way the World Ends - James K. Morrow
23. a book more than 100 years old
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
24. a book based entirely on its cover
Zoo City - Lauren Beukes
25. a book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
Not applicable. I read all the books I was supposed to.
26. a memoir
Marley & Me - John Grogan
27. a book you can finish in a day
The Invisible Man - HG Wells
28. a book with antonyms in the title
???? I'll include one as soon as I can think of it.
29. a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
Ice Limit - Douglas Preston
30. a book that came out the year you were born
Raise the Titanic - Clive Cussler
31. a book with bad reviews
Dexter in the Dark - Jeff Lindsey
32. a trilogy (the first)
The White Mountains - John Christopher (Tripods #1)
33. a trilogy (the second)
The City of Gold and Lead - John Christopher (Tripods #2)
34. a trilogy (the third)
The Pool of Fire - John Christopher (Tripods #3)
35. a book from your childhood
Die Uile in die Wildtuin - Cor Dirks
36. a book with a love triangle
Atonement - Ian McEwan
37. a book set in the future
Brave New World - Aldus Huxley
38. a book set in high school
Carrie - Stephen King
39. a book with a color in the title
Shades of Gray - Jasper Fforde
40. a book that made/makes you cry
The Book Thief - Markus Zusac
41. a book with magic
Another Fine Myth - Robert Asprin
42. a graphic novel
V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
43. a book by an author you've never read before
The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
44. a book you own but have never read
Nemesis - Jo Nesbo
45. a book that takes place in your hometown
Hahaha! Seriously? Not applicable.
46. a book that was originally written in another language
Planet of the Apes - Pierre Boulle
47. a book set during Christmas (or similar holiday)
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
48. a book written by an author with your same initials
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
49. a play
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
50. a banned book
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
51. a book based on OR turned into a tv show
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
52. a book you started but never finished
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
 
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Dexter in the Dark got bad reviews...? interesting. I kinda liked the whole series, but I can also understand why they changed a few things for the show...
 
mottamort said:
Dexter in the Dark got bad reviews...? interesting. I kinda liked the whole series, but I can also understand why they changed a few things for the show...
Click to expand...

It the one with the supernatural twist. I guess it's safer to say that most fans didn't like it.
 
Since i last posted i have read:

City of Lost souls (1 week reading if slow)
City of Heavenly Fire (1+half week reading if slow)

Clockwork Angel

All by Cassandra Clare. It wont be everyones cup of tea as its an easy read :) But i must say that i rather enjoyed the storyline in the First Series (The Mortal instruments) and am enjoying the second Series so far, just finished the first book. (The infernal devices)

Starting on Clockwork prince now :)
 
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Kathy Reichs: Monday Morning [This one isn't overly focused on pre-skeletal corpses.]
Those descriptions can be more than a little gross.
 
lol Beo, just started Catcher last night. We were supposed to read in school but the class voted for something else, can't even remember what it was anymore.
 
Busy collecting his work as ebooks, so I can sit outside in a park and read in the middle of the day and hopefully not get creeped out :P

I see Iain Banks is finally getting onto Google Play as well, now I need to rob a bank or two to get his books there as well.

Also, anyone using Audible ? I'm very impressed with both pricing and ease of use.
 
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