http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/-t1.htm Read any good books lately?  Let us know.  Title, author, review. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:02 GMT 10 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2554285261_e051a656fa_o.jpg http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/-t1.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-want-to-read-alice-in-wonderland-t62.htm PeskySaurus I never have but for some reason I want to. Recommended Reading Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:56:40 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-want-to-read-alice-in-wonderland-t62.htm#106 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-want-to-read-alice-in-wonderland-t62.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/dandelion-wine-by-ray-bradbury-t116.htm Montag SPOILERS I debated placing this book in the other not-so-nice section, and I didn't want to be biased because I like Bradbury. So let's get all the mean comments out of the way upfront... I didn't like some major things about this book. For one, there didn't seem to be a plot, per say. I'm not against unconventionality, but the opening pages were very dry to me, despite Bradbury's saturated language, barely keeping it from crumbling away to dust. This set the tone for many ... Recommended Reading Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:02 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/dandelion-wine-by-ray-bradbury-t116.htm#237 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/dandelion-wine-by-ray-bradbury-t116.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-twilight-series-by-stepheine-meyer-t110.htm ashleycarlson This is a love story between a vampire and a human. The concept is simple but i thought all three books were magnificant. I couldn't put the books down the whole time i was reading them. They were in one word GREAT! the most amazing books i have ever read hands down. And I am itching to read the fourth book in the series Breaking Dawn coming out August 2nd 2008 Recommended Reading Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:49 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-twilight-series-by-stepheine-meyer-t110.htm#221 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-twilight-series-by-stepheine-meyer-t110.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-da-vinci-code-t96.htm Talkatoast Anybody who actually loves the Gemma Doyle Trilogy will probably relish in this books with its cryptology, secret societies, and references to gods and godesses such as Amon, the god of fertility, and Isis, the goddess of fertility. And, like in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, there is a certain struggle between men and women--theories and such like how the matriarchal society was thrown down in favor of the patriarchal society. Can't reveal anymore, but if you love mystery with cryptic messages, hidden ... Recommended Reading Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:25:45 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-da-vinci-code-t96.htm#198 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-da-vinci-code-t96.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/severance-robert-olen-butler-t95.htm Montag "Severance" is not the first bit of Butler's writing I've enjoyed; there was his collection of shorts that won the Pulitzer for fiction, "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain," first person narratives about Vietnamese Americans living in Louisiana after the war, and "From Where you Dream," which is basically his lectures translated to text. His fiction book contains a lot of concepts I generally agree with, but to get through it you have to accept his voice ... Recommended Reading Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:19:49 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/severance-robert-olen-butler-t95.htm#195 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/severance-robert-olen-butler-t95.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/something-wicked-this-way-comes-ray-bradbury-t78.htm Montag This book is an absolutely amazing representation of Bradbury's tale-telling abilities. The story of Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway, thirteen years old and in the season of Holloween's October when Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls through town and threatens time itself. The story seems to center heavily on life, death and the passage of time i.e. aging. The carousel that allows one to travel backwards or forwards in age to the song of the calliope, the hall of ... Recommended Reading Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:33:16 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/something-wicked-this-way-comes-ray-bradbury-t78.htm#163 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/something-wicked-this-way-comes-ray-bradbury-t78.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-other-boleyn-girl-and-the-gemma-doyle-trilogy-t67.htm Talkatoast
Now, the Gemma Doyle Trilogy...that's an amazing thing to read. Lovers of fantasy and victorian literature have to take a gander at this series. Perfect 5 stars from me!]]> Recommended Reading Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:32:25 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-other-boleyn-girl-and-the-gemma-doyle-trilogy-t67.htm#125 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-other-boleyn-girl-and-the-gemma-doyle-trilogy-t67.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-trial-franz-kafka-t45.htm Montag
Once I finish I'll give a more detailed review.]]> Recommended Reading Tue, 20 May 2008 21:12:24 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-trial-franz-kafka-t45.htm#84 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/the-trial-franz-kafka-t45.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/currently-reading-it-by-stephen-king-t34.htm Godiva83 And boy, what a great book. I admit I was biased by the crappy movie, but this is probably one of Stephen King's bestest works. Haven't finished it by I'm loving each and one of the 900+ pages of this non linear intelligent, humorous, obscene dark narration. Recommended Reading Mon, 05 May 2008 02:29:55 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/currently-reading-it-by-stephen-king-t34.htm#57 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/currently-reading-it-by-stephen-king-t34.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-got-tons-of-books-yall-can-read-t37.htm book_worm323 ok well, their is "ANd The There Were None" by agatha christie it has like a lot of other names though like "1o little indians" but it was offensive to the native americans- anyway the book is about some people who go to an island and are all getting murderd one by one followig the pattern of a nursry ryme. i finished this book in two days, it is that suspenceful and I just could not put it down! anothergood one is slash's biography if you a fan of Rock n' roll you ... Recommended Reading Wed, 07 May 2008 00:26:50 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-got-tons-of-books-yall-can-read-t37.htm#62 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/i-got-tons-of-books-yall-can-read-t37.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/from-the-dust-returned-t35.htm Montag "From the Dust Returned" Ray Bradbury. I've always loved Bradbury's style of writing. Fahrenheit isn't my favorite book or anything, but I certainly enjoy him as a linguist and as a story teller. From the Dust is a perfect example of Bradbury's poetic abilities, with a narration that is almost theatric, with all the Oh!'s and Ah!'s of a Broadway production. The basic premise is a family of ghouls and gaunts that have adopted a human boy, Timothy, and who live in a haunted ... Recommended Reading Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:22 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/from-the-dust-returned-t35.htm#60 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/from-the-dust-returned-t35.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/lon-po-po-t22.htm Montag Lon Po Po, by Ed Young I remembered this book from my childhood -- oddly enough while reading a scene in Twilight with Jacob Black (perhaps my mind was clinging to books I remember fondly to get though the chapter). Lon Po Po is a spin on the Little Red Ridinghood tale through the rich voice of Chinese heritage. From Publishers Weekly "This version of the Red Riding Hood story from Young ( The Emperor and the Kite ; Cats Are Cats ; Yeh-Shen ) features three daughters ... Recommended Reading Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:33:44 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/lon-po-po-t22.htm#41 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/lon-po-po-t22.htm http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/beasts-of-no-nation-t21.htm Montag Beasts of No Nation, by Uzodinma Iweala. A novel set in the middle of an African civil war, protagonist Agu must cope with an environment that sucks him into the life of a soldier. Lost from his family and forced to join a group of guerrilla rebels, Agu learns first-hand what it is to kill. Iweala spares the reader nothing in this gripping account from the perspective of a young boy coping with what he is and what he is becoming. Set in first person present tense, with a dialect ... Recommended Reading Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:01:30 GMT http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/beasts-of-no-nation-t21.htm#40 http://apex.darkbb.com/recommended-reading-f9/beasts-of-no-nation-t21.htm