What book are you currently reading?
I just started Oryx and Crake. Seems pretty interesting so far..
Finished my re-read of Ender's Game. And then figured I may as well re-read the whole series. Finished Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide. Now starting Children of the Mind.
Can't wait for the Ender's Game movie.
Original Post by popthestack:
Finished my re-read of Ender's Game. And then figured I may as well re-read the whole series. Finished Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide. Now starting Children of the Mind.
Can't wait for the Ender's Game movie.
It is funny that you mention that (the movie). I listened to Ender's Game on audiobook (CD). It included an extensive interview with the author at the end. They discussed the impossibility of having that many good child actors play in a movie. Too bad though. I agree it that the visuals of the battles in the game area would be wild.
Original Post by oldguysrule:
It is funny that you mention that (the movie). I listened to Ender's Game on audiobook (CD). It included an extensive interview with the author at the end. They discussed the impossibility of having that many good child actors play in a movie. Too bad though. I agree it that the visuals of the battles in the game area would be wild.
I actually listened to the book both times. That interview was at the end the first time, but it was gone this second time around (i had re-downloaded it from audible).
I remember Card saying he didn't like the idea of the kids being older. Some people even wanted Ender to be a teenager with a love interest. Unfortunately, the kids in the movie are, in fact, going to be teenagers. The kid playing Ender (Asa Butterfield) is 15, but at least he looks young and was fantastic in Hugo. I really really hope they don't try to introduce some love interest.
http://endersgameblog.tumblr.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
I cannot believe this is the first time I'm hearing about the Ender's Game movie. I, too, hope they don't have a love interest for Ender. Even if he is supposed to be older, it will still seem wrong.
Now I need to re-read the book...again. I think the last time was just after my son was born 3.5 years ago.
Original Post by popthestack:
Original Post by oldguysrule:
It is funny that you mention that (the movie). I listened to Ender's Game on audiobook (CD). It included an extensive interview with the author at the end. They discussed the impossibility of having that many good child actors play in a movie. Too bad though. I agree it that the visuals of the battles in the game area would be wild.
I actually listened to the book both times. That interview was at the end the first time, but it was gone this second time around (i had re-downloaded it from audible).
I remember Card saying he didn't like the idea of the kids being older. Some people even wanted Ender to be a teenager with a love interest. Unfortunately, the kids in the movie are, in fact, going to be teenagers. The kid playing Ender (Asa Butterfield) is 15, but at least he looks young and was fantastic in Hugo. I really really hope they don't try to introduce some love interest.
http://endersgameblog.tumblr.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
I had no idea that there actually was going to be a movie (until this moment). That first link is interesting. It brings back memories of when I went to a short version (3 days) of space camp, when I lived in Huntsville, AL. It was very intense.
Original Post by karozel:
Reading Ender's Game. I'm think I've read it before, but not sure and I've been hearing so many good things about it I decided to (re-?) read it.
I have Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore next on the list.
I just started this. I love him. Especially Lamb.
eta: and I got a bunch of ideas reading this thread!
Same here. I don't know how I'm gonna read them all.
I'm seeing a lot of Atwood fans on here! I'll be reading A Handmaid's Tale for an independent study in the fall so I'm excited about that. I'm actually reading Faceless Killers by Mankell. It's really good! It's nice to read something lighter now that school is almost over. I had a terrible time trying to find a book to read after The Hunger Games Trilogy because it was all I could think about! But I'm slowly finding other great books!
Currently reading A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon. Pretty good so far.
Ok enough for now...more next post!
Just finished Farm City. It was great.
Just finished two more books.
Aron Rahlston's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place." Great book. Most of you are already familiar with this true story, since it was made into a movie and had a lot of press. While solo hiking, a boulder in a narrow canyon shifts and pins his arm. After five days, he cuts his arm off with a leatherman tool (after breaking the radius and ulna bones) and hikes out of the technical slot canyon to be found by rescuers.
Steven King's "Cujo." Weirdly analogous to the previous book, this is a fictional story of a woman and her son trapped in a car for three days by a rabid dog. Although it is one of the few Steven King books that have a decent/reasonable ending, I don't recommend it. When it comes to survival stories, fiction just doesn't compare to real life.
edit/add: I just started "Born to Run." Which about a dozen people have recommended to me. Our library doesn't have it, and I finally got a loaner from a friend. So far, the only "facts" presented are pure hearsay, or legends. That is typical for a book written by a journalist. But I'm only 50 pages in, and it may still get really good.
Since my last post I have read Borderliners by Peter Hoeg, Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman, and Cherry by Mary Karr.
Borderliners was alright. I enjoyed it for the most part but there were a few sections that sort of lagged a bit. Blackbird House was really good. Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite authors and I end up loving everything I read of hers. This was more like a book of short stories but the stories were all connected through the titles name sake. Cherry is an autobiography that Mary Karr first started in her book The Liar's Club and continues in Lit. I just found out about the third one and will be reading it as soon as I can pick up a copy.
I just started reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. This is one of those books I have been meaning to read forever just to see what all of the hoopla was about but never actually got around to. Haven't got far enough to form much of an opinion yet but will post again when I finish it.
Currently reading The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff, then Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (both YA fiction), then a book for me (maybe The Sisters Brothers which is waiting on my ereader). I also recently read How to Train a Dragon which was cute.
Oh, and I recently read Unholy Night by the guy who wrote Pride & Preudice & Zombies. It was quick and violent and good. Will never read the zombies one though--I love P & P too much.
I finished "Born to Run," by Christopher McDougal. It is a "good read," but shouldn't be taken as any kind of scientific evidence to join the barefoot running fad. I think that this book will keep a lot of podiatrists busy for years to come.
The ending, when the big race down in Mexico finally comes together successfully, is great.
I'm reading Wicked because I loved the musical and so far I'm loving the book too.
