Originally Posted by Chexala

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

A wonderful book, I hope that you enjoy it. Post here again once you've finished the whole thing!


And thanks LaVida! I can never decide what to put in my signature, so everything gets thrown in. :lol:

Lavinia>> wow, our usernames are so similar o.o I almost got confused when Chexala wrote Lavinia XD hah hah XD

Knerd>> lol, I should think about doing that as well XD but I don't have that many, so I just stick with what I have :)

@Lavinia -- I nearly always have more than one book going at a time. I like to read along depending on the kind of mood I'm in. =D

I finished The Great Perhaps, it was so unbelievably brilliant. If only all books could be that way ... I wouldn't mind seeing this one turned into an independent film.

Guivre>> wow, that was fast XD you only started that one, what? a few days ago? or was it the day before yesterday? :d anyways, congrats on finishing it XD

Yeah, the day before yesterday. =D The book being great, and me checking it out on a weekend helped a lot.

lol, how many pages was it? XD

416 pages. =D Not too long, not too short.

I love books that length <3

I am going to update my list, dangit! Sometime in the next few days. :gonk: Except I hardly remember any of my finish dates, but that's alright.
Anyway, I'm in the middle of The Hobbit (for about the four hundreth time) and The Great Gatsby right now. I'm reading bits of The Complete Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide as the mood strikes me (which is often), and I'm in the middle of Maurice and The Bear Went Over the Mountain, though I've not picked up either in a while. I'm thinking I'll finally read Lord of the Rings once those are all out of the way. :nod:

What's everyone else reading?

I'm reading my Biology text book. Fun times.

I did like Maurice though. Must check out the film some time.

I just got the first book of the second Kushiel series today at the library (Kushiel's Sicon). It has Phedre's picture on front....I thought it was Imriel's story now :d hmmm..... :d

I read all the time, so the 50 book challenge would be pointless for me, no offense.

My mom says I read too much, and I agree. Did I mention I have a book open right now, and I keep sneaking a peek at it? Lol : )

Then make it more then 50? Make it a challenge. xD
Aim for 150 or 200 then. ^_^

@LaVida: I think because he's still with her a bit in the first book? I bought those three and I was wondering that. There's a blond girl on the other two (I think that's the princess). Besides those books look better with a pretty girl on the front. Art wouldn't be able to do Imriel justice. Since he's supposed to be like uber gorgeous like his mom.

Exactaly what Dream said, Bethany! :) The 50 isn't a fixed number.

Iltu! I haven't seen you in forever (and it looks like I missed you yet again)!
Your avatar looks very pretty. :3~

Originally Posted by Knerd

A wonderful book, I hope that you enjoy it. Post here again once you've finished the whole thing!

I'll definitely do so. I'm only two chapters in and already my mind is blown. Its an intense book so far.
(I particularly wanted to read it because I've lead a very white-bread life, and I figured it was time to get some rye-bread mixed in. Well, boy howdy am I ever getting some rye-bread!)

@Bethany -- agree with what others have said, adding that I've got a 50/50 fiction/non-fiction book challenge going for myself since I never read fiction, I hate it really.

Right now I'm in the middle of Richard Dawkins' latest book, The Greatest Show on Earth, and another non-fiction book of essays. Dawkins' book is good of course, kind of meant for a more casual audience than usual, I think, and his language has been altered accordingly. He uses a lot of his usual examples from other books, but it's good in the way that he is line for line debating arguments that creationism uses, not just using good arguments for evolution itself. I'm about one third of the way through of each.

Dream>> lol, yea, pretty girls always gets the cover XD BUT I wonder who's the shadow behind Phedre.....if you refer to the cover of Kushiel's Scion, you'd notice that there's this shadow with this awesome-looking jacket (it has to be a guy, I mean, the shadow looks totally guy-like).....I wonder if it's Joscelin or Imriel...hmmm..... :S I'm betting on Joscelin ;d

@LaVida -- That reminded me of the title of that novel you wanted me to check out. =D

Thanks Dream! c: Read anything good lately?

@LaVida: I think it's Joscelin too. Just the stance makes me think of a tightwad. XD I love him so but he needs to relax a bit.

@Iltu: Just finished Harpy Thyme and Geis of the Gargoyle by Piers Anthony, it's book 18 in the Xanth series (Still working on it!). So a lot of what I've read recently is good. xD

Wah!!! I need to bring my headphones with me to work so I can read my book. I keep getting interrupted by listening to people talking. I'm kinda easily distracted sometimes :sweat:

KaoKitty>> ehhhhh?? bring your book to work? aren't you not supposed to read during work? o.o

Guivre>> lol, yea, the first book's Kushiel's Dart :)

Dream>> and the jacket is way too cool for a bratty kid like Imriel (yes, I am still on the part where he's a teen)

I read on my breaks. I usually have nothing else better to do. I kinda wish we could read but since it's retail it's not very professional lol

@LaVida -- I looked for Kushiel's Dart, but it was checked out. I seem to remember this happening before, which would explain why I haven't read it yet. I guess I'll have to put it on hold. D=

I finished a small book on creativity by Summer Pierre, The Artist in the Office. It was much better than books that try to get you to shake up how you look at your work/projects, etc. usually are, but I think most of the book didn't really apply to me. However, it was short, so I didn't feel cheated reading it or anything.

Geis of the Gargoyle was speaking to me at the used book store yesterday, so I picked it up. I'm not going to read it yet, I should probably read something earlier from the Xanth series first, since I haven't read anything from it in oh, the 18-20 years. D=

Oh yeah, I also picked up a steampunk novel at the library to read in place of Kushiel's Dart, but I can't remember the title yet. Ah well. I'm sure I'll have more things to say about it later.