King Arthur's Book Club

Surprised there hasn't been one already, but this is the place to discuss anything and everything about books. From good reads to authors. Also, share what you have been reading lately!

 

Harry Potter's books are better then the films.
Let The Blood Bath BEGIN

 

Same with Eragon, lol

 

I think same with everything, books are better then the films if they are done first, just like @Guro said x)

 

I'm reading the walking dead compendiums and I have to say that I like the TV show a lot better :P

 

ah what hellish ideas the irc spawns for shame trying to get people to read that is evil

 

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Here's a quote: "Thy webpage doth not recognize the spacebar."

All likenesses to anything and anyone that exists in real life is are purely coincidental or used for comedic and parodic purposes.

 

Just finished reading The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. It is a story set in 1922 in a tense London. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. In South London, a large silent house is about to take in lodgers. Arrive Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the class of clerks, and the routines of the house are shaken up in unexpected ways. As passion mounts and frustration gathers, no once can foresee just how far-reaching and devastating the coming disturbances are going to be. Very vividly written and makes for a compelling read.

Onto Can't and Won't by Lydia Davis now.

 

So a couple of months ago I was walking around in a bookstore, not looking for anything in particular. After a while I happened to stumble into this corner dedicated to fantasy and science fiction, my cup of tea.

I know a lot of people keep saying not to judge a book by its cover, but in this case it was a good thing.

Spoiler: Cover of the book

I found this on a shelf, surrounded by books covered with illustrations of dragons, bloodied swords, mages and all that other stuff you might expect to find in a high fantasy book. This one stood out like a talking fish.

Picked it up, skimmed through a couple of pages and found myself intrigued enough to give it a shot, I had to get my fantasy-fix somehow. I went to the counter and purchased the book. Went home, started reading.
Wow. This is good. I found myself devouring the book in no time. Staying up in bed until 4am, "just one more page." Last time that happened was back in 2006-2007, when I was reading The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden.

The book spins everything around in an interesting way, quite different from other fantasy series. I saw a tagline somewhere, "What if the dark lord had won." I think that gives you a pretty good idea of what it is all about. Imagine reading a book that takes place centuries after the events in Return of the King, with Sauron being the victor. It is really damn interesting, it has some fantastical elements, but it never goes overboard with it, everything feels very rooted in reality, weirdly enough.

If you like fantasy, definitely give this one a go, you will be kept on the edge until the very last page- no joke. It is also part of a trilogy, the rest of the books are just as good!

Edit: Book, book, book, book, book, book, books, book, book, books.

 

Witcher ;3

 

Yea im reading the books, dumbledore just rekt the ministry of magic at the trial.

 

I have been reading the Barnes & Noble H.P. Lovecraft The Complete Fiction.

Lovecraft is a strange man and I love the occult and supernatural kind of horror in the stories. <3

 

Orson Scott Card is something that I enjoy. Though on a very limited basis. Extended exposure may cause severe brain damage, or even death.

 

Blood meridian is my all time favorite book/audiobook definitely a must read
Also roadside picnic, metro 2033

 

I like Airman by Eoin Colfer. It's not particularly insightful or anything, it's just sword fights and a princess and flying machines. A really fun read really.

Basically a boy named Conor lives on this little island nation with it's own monarchy. His father and the king are good friends so naturally he hangs around with the princess a lot. When he shows a interest in flying, he is instructed by the king's friend Victor in all sorts of lessons, sword-fighting, martial arts, medicine, but especially on flight (this being before the invention of the aeroplane). Unfortunately, he discovers a plot to overthrow the king, and Conor is thrown into prison on a nearby island. So he must escape and take revenge/rescue the princess.

 

Just want to present my favorite book, Vendredi ou Les Limbes du Pacifique (Friday or The Other Island in english) by Michel Tournier, a french writer. It is not a book for nerds, I'm sorry lol. In fact, I always loved the Robinson Crusoe story. And this rewriten version is more philosophical. I swear, if you are receptive to the message of the author, this book can be a way of life.
That is my case. :^)
I always liked this kind of book, same thing for movies. If you like that style, I can also recommend you The Stranger by Albert Camus. In my opinion, french people has always been the best in art. Except for music :^)

 

my nigger :^) camus
also im re-reading these now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle
W. Somerset Maugham - The Narrow Corner (1932)