What Books are you reading???? just curious!

[riana]

hey guys, im new to everything, where can i find a good bookstore, with english books?im located near bupyeoung

[riana]

Into the wild!

[Harpeau]

What You Can Change... and What You Can't, by Martin Seligman

[Simulacra]

Just started Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass again.  Also the collected works of Edgar Allen Poe.  Maybe a little grim, but sometimes you gotta go with the season.

[flasyb]

Currently reading Shantaram. You should know that it is definitely not the true story of his life though. It's a heavily fictionalised account for which he drew on his own experiences. Still great but it's far from autobiographical.

Thanks for the heads up. I am in a few hundred pages tight now and could kind of tell some parts must of been fictionalized.  But either way the man is an amazing descriptive writer and keeps you wanting to know what is going to happen next.  Keep forcing myself to put the book down, I can already tell it will be one of those books I will not want to ever be finished with!

Even if tons of it has been fictionalized, Roberts would still be a fascinating person to sit down with and hear some of the crazy stuff you know he has experienced!

For sure! He probably gets questioned on it all the time. I'm guessing you've seen the picture on the sleeve and have seen that he'd be quite easy to spot anywhere. I'd love a chat with him too but I'd be afraid of just coming across as a groupie. I hope you enjoy the book!

[teacherjenni]

I was reading the Sword of Truth series (Terry Goodkind), but got to Chainfire and gave up. I think the first 5 books are good, but after it just gets too repetitive.

I've heard so much about G RR Martin that I started Game of Thrones, but couldn't totally get into it yet (I'll go back to it). So I've now started The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I like it so far. (He's the guy finishing the Wheel of Time, which is my next target.)

I've also been revisiting Lord of the Rings. I'm taking it slow because it's something like my 4th time reading them.

[Aristotle]

I am reading the Divine Comedy by Dante. I just finished  the Inferno. I read it in university and loved it, so I decided to go through it again. In addition I am reading the critique of Pure Reason by Kant.

[axbattai]

I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and just finished House of Leaves.

[DWAEDGIMORIGUKBAP]

Confederacy of Dunces was the best book I read all of last year.

What a character!  What adventures!  What a city-scape!

So sad the poor author never lived to see it's success and critical as well as popular acclaim!

Ha ha the images of Ignatious pushing round his little hotdog van and the problems with his 'valve!'

[deeqtess]

Reading: Just finished "A Simple Plan" and started "The Help".

[shhowse]

I've started a new fiction called "Beaneath a marble Sky" by John Shors. It's a sotry around the empire building of the Taj Mahal in seventeenth-century Hindustan (India). I'm only a few pages in but seems like it should be an entertaining read.

[konayuki]

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire

Herbert's DUNE was amazing. I'm going to alternate reading Asimov's Foundation series and Herbert's Dune series.

[DejaVu]

Confederacy of Dunces was the best book I read all of last year.

What a character!  What adventures!  What a city-scape!

So sad the poor author never lived to see it's success and critical as well as popular acclaim!

Ha ha the images of Ignatious pushing round his little hotdog van and the problems with his 'valve!'

My friend made it to Ignatius's lustful dog dreams before quitting the book for good.  It is sad.  He missed a good one.

[peachiberri]

elegance of the hedgehog is pretty good! just finished reading it.

[JohnnyBoy]

I'm reading "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee... a classic, short sentences and simple words for a complicated story.

p.s. I'd be happy to pass along a few paperbacks on my book shelf....pm me if your interested in a copy.

[DWAEDGIMORIGUKBAP]

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire

Herbert's DUNE was amazing. I'm going to alternate reading Asimov's Foundation series and Herbert's Dune series.

I've tried to read Foundation at least six times. Can't get passed the first 100 pages.

Dune looks good.  I'm looking for a 'winter read.'

For me, this means an epic series that will be very absorbing and take a month or two at least to get through and save me from needing to go out and spend money over the winter...

Last time I went through the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.... 

[minamteacher]

hey guys, im new to everything, where can i find a good bookstore, with english books?im located near bupyeoung

Ok, you have a few options. In Incheon you can go to any Kyobo book store as they have a medium sized English book section [I picked up many a Malcolm Gladwell book there :)]. There is a Kyobo book store in the arts center area and I am sure there is one in Bupyeong too.  However, if you want a better selection you need to travel to 'what the book' http://www.whatthebook.com/index.html  in Itaewon. Also, there is a used book store called 'foreign book store' http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/shop/itaewon-foreign-bookstore

As for what I am reading now. I am reading the Big Short by Michael Lewis of moneyball fame. I just finished Angela's Ashes and plan on giving my collection of Malcolm Gladwell books a re-read soon.

[flasyb]

hey guys, im new to everything, where can i find a good bookstore, with english books?im located near bupyeoung

Ok, you have a few options. In Incheon you can go to any Kyobo book store as they have a medium sized English book section [I picked up many a Malcolm Gladwell book there :)]. There is a Kyobo book store in the arts center area and I am sure there is one in Bupyeong too.  However, if you want a better selection you need to travel to 'what the book' http://www.whatthebook.com/index.html  in Itaewon. Also, there is a used book store called 'foreign book store' http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/shop/itaewon-foreign-bookstore

Don't forget the potentially cheaper option of www.thebookdepository.co.uk

Free international shipping and book prices that are usually slightly cheaper than stores. That's if you don't mind waiting a little bit and want to forgo the pleasure of wandering around a bookshop and browsing the books in person.

[konayuki]

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire

Herbert's DUNE was amazing. I'm going to alternate reading Asimov's Foundation series and Herbert's Dune series.

I've tried to read Foundation at least six times. Can't get passed the first 100 pages.

The first two or three chapters were a bit hard, but the ball does get rolling and it becomes much more interesting when they get out of Trantor and the story moves onto Terminus and Hari Seldon makes his first appearance from the Vault. I did have a couple of "woah" moments with the book, but I do agree the first pages are a bore.

[Damien]

I really got into the "A Song of Fire and Ice" series, but I lost interest after the third book. The first two were amazing and the third was good, but the four one just seems to drone on.