what kind of books do you read ?

[velvetkytten]

If I'm not on the net I have my nose in some book. I sometimes wonder if anyone else I know still reads BOOKS. lol not e books, books.

I personally love novels and true crime books. I also enjoy books about spiritual stuff and the paranormal. I have so many that I have to get my mate to put up more shelves.

I have this habit of reading while in the tub or when I go to bed. These I find are somewhat dangerous things to do because if the book is one that I cannot put down I end up reading either all night long missing sleep or while in the tub the water gets cold and I refill it to warm it up. LOL

I ALWAYS read books that my friends recommend. So I thought it would be fun to see if any furs have recommendations.

I personally recommend anything by Douglas Adams. I'm currently reading his "Salmon of doubt" and a Robert Shapiro book that my mate bought me for my birthday.

so what is everyone reading these days ?

[mediar]

Technical manuals and IT text books... and not by choice.. stupid technology is always changing >:3

I used to read Michael Crichton books though and when I was really young I had the whole Hardy Boys collection.

[velvetkytten]

hehe when I was young I read goosebumps and fear street books. I do read self help books once and a while but they don't grab my attention as fast as a good novel.

[mediar]

hehe when I was young I read goosebumps and fear street books. I do read self help books once and a while but they don't grab my attention as fast as a good novel.

I remember the Goose Bumps books, my brother was into them hugely!

[Daryll]

Well! When i sit down to read, i like reading music books (yes... Vocal music books, notes and all), sci fi and/or fantasy books... Sometimes, true crime books, if the mood catches me.

Two of my favourite book series are the Xanth novels (people are born with a single magical ability... And puns shape the land), and the Myth Inc. Adventures by Robert Aspirin

[Hadlock]

I read epics like: Paradies Lost, Beowulf, Iliad and Odyssey.

also the The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, and The Lord of the Ring series by Mr. Tolkien :3

[Runemist34]

I prefer Fantasy books, as that is what I tend to write, as well. However, I'm finding fantasy these days to be very high on its horse, and this annoys me. I prefer a lighter tone, some humour, that kind of thing. It shows in my preference to movies, as well.
And yes, I read actual books. I don't like ereaders because...well, a book is so much more than just words on a page. It's an experience.

[velvetkytten]

I have heard The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is amazing.  I would love to read it. I have read a lot of classics as well. I took English Lit when I was in high school. I love the written word.
I enjoy science fiction as well.

I just finished reading "Naked Lunch" which is a strange read but still hard to put down. It was a lot like" Acid House". I also am addicted to Stephen King books and Anne Rice books. Yeah I was into Vampires BEFORE they got sparkles LOL

I'm the type of person who always says the book was better then the movie. And end up owning both anyway.

[Univaded_Fox]

History books.  I devour history.  At the moment, I just finished Radical Campus:  Making Simon Fraser University, and I hope to start on the Woodstock Diaries soon. 

[Tony Greyfox]

Fantasy and SF here. Some of my favourite authors:

Tanya Huff - really enjoyable writer. She's got a refreshing view on sex and sexuality. Her centrepiece books are the Blood novels, which are modern vampire books (that spawned the TV series "Blood Ties" on Lifetime in the States), but she also has a series of fantasy novels that are quite good, and a fun SF series that I really like.

Naomi Novik - Relatively new, she writes the Temeraire novels - basically, these are historical fantasy that take the Napoleonic wars and introduce domesticated, intelligent dragons. Absolutely amazing series, and highly recommended. Peter Jackson has the first three novels optioned, so I hope he gets The Hobbit out of the way soon...

Terry Pratchett - the Discworld novels, of course. If you aren't familiar with Pratchett, I recommend starting with 'Guards! Guards!' as a good introductory novel. Most of his novels stand alone reasonably well, though some refer back to one another - Guards! Guards is a starting point for a series about the City Guard. I started with the first two novels of the series, 'The Colour of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic,' which are okay but not as good as the later novels, then was reintroduced to it with 'The Truth' - about the first newspaper in his world. It's really enjoyable stuff all around.

Robert Jordan - covered above. Wish he hadn't kicked off, though, they're really messing with the fans with finishing off the Wheel of Time series.

S. Andrew Swann - If you're looking for furry writing, check out his Moreau series, as well as 'Dragons of the Cuyahoga'. He's created one of the best anthro worlds, settings and backgrounds that I've ever seen, and he got it published mainstream in the process. The Moreau books are available in a compilation these days, though you might want to look on Amazon.

Beyond that, I've been reading the Star Wars extended universe novels a lot - I find them interesting for some reason. My bookshelves are quite wide-ranging, though... I've got the whole Redwall series, up to date, for example. =P

[Wyrd-Hotd]

Fantasy ALL the way XD although i do read others, like Midnight by... err... Dean Koonts? good read!

BUT im OBSESSED with the Inheritance Cycle! (Eragon Eldest Brisinger) and i have not been able to pick up another book since! im waiting on the fourth and final book >.=.<

[Blue]

Hadlock... Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf.. my, if I am not mistaken, those are not books, so much as they are epic POEMS.

I adore reading. Discworld, I must agree, is a pretty amazing series.

I also love American Gods and Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman.

If you want something totally different to anything you have ever read, which will no doubt become one of your all-time fave books, I suggest "John Dies at the End" by David Wong(sp?). brilliant. and insane.

[Hadlock]

I did mention they are epics :3

[Maoi Neko]

I'm currently reading The Death Gate novels by Margaret Weis as I await the next Wheel of Time book in paperback.

[Silvermink]

I read a lot of stuff...

-modern and classic SF - Stephenson, Gaiman, Asimov, Heinlein (okay, so just the one so far, but I intend to pick up more of his)
-low fantasy (I'm not a big fan of high fantasy unless you want to talk about classic stuff like Tolkien or well-written humorous stuff like Discworld)
-random other fiction (Douglas Coupland, Cormac McCarthy, Clive Barker, etc.)
-non-fiction of various sorts (politics, psychology, Canadiana, and economics are particular interests of late)

The last book I read, which I just finished today, was Will Ferguson's Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw, and like all of his books that I've read it was pretty awesome.

If pressed, I'd probably say Clive Barker's Sacrament is my favorite book.

I also love American Gods and Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman.

American Gods is a seriously awesome book. I have Anansi Boys on my shelf as well but haven't picked it up quite yet (but I will!)