The Biblomaniac Army (booklovers, UNITE!) v.2

[Moceanu]

I'm so sad right now, because The Book Thief's coming out tomorrow, but it's a limited release and no theaters near me are playing it. I really wanted to see it, it's one of my favorite books

I loved it! No theatres near me are showing it either...

[Roonil Wazlib]

I'm so sad right now, because The Book Thief's coming out tomorrow, but it's a limited release and no theaters near me are playing it. I really wanted to see it, it's one of my favorite books :P

I loved it! No theatres near me are showing it either... :(

I think it's having a wide release on friday (Nov. 15). Of course, it's on opening night for my play :P I'll have to wait 2 weeks to see it.

[σяιнαяα]

I read Allegiant recently! It was good, but I'm not sure how I feel about the ending

[Lady Ligeia]

Just finished Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. It being a classic, I've heard quite a bit about it. Everything I heard made Dorian Gray the embodiment of selfishness and vanity, but I found him to be very easy to pity. He was just so narrow-sighted. Excellent book, though, and quite short compared to most of the classics.

[Amberfly]

Oh my goodness, how did I not find this group sooner? I love books! I'd love to join you all chatting about them!

Username: Amberfly
Nickname (if any): None, really
Top Ten Favorite Books: Most of them are fantasy, since that's what I like best, although I have read quite a few classics as well. I am going to list series as one work because that's how I read them, as a cohesive unit. Plus it lets me cheat a bit and list more books =) In no particular order:
- The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan--epic, high fantasy, 14 books in all
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien--enough said
- The Mabinogian Tetraology by Evangeline Walton--four short novels/novellas based on Welsh mythology
- It by Stephen King--Creepy, magical horror and the power of childhood
- The Stand by Stephen King--post-apocalyptic struggle between good and evil, played out among the survivors of the super-plague
- The Harry Potter series--enough said
- The Mennyms series--a family of life-size, sentient rag dolls trying to live incognito in London. A childhood favorite of mine that's sadly gone out of print now.
- Why Am I Grown So Cold?--an anthology of poetry subtitled "Poems of the Unknowable", about all things supernatural. Also sadly out of print.
- The Song of Ice and Fire series--enough said
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman--mythological figures in a modern setting. As a rule I like Gaiman's short fiction better than his novels, but this one was an exception.
Average amount of time it takes you to finish a book: Depends on the book and how busy I am. A few days if it's really long and really good, longer if it's something I don't like, shorter if the book is short.
How many of the above symptoms you regularly experience: Of the ones on the front page, all of them. Plus a few more I can think of. Such as the fact that I'm ofter poorer than I should be, because all my extra pocket money goes to buy books. Or, the paperbacks are piling up in my home because I buy them faster than I can read them. Or, my favorite store in the local mall is the one that sells used paperbacks for $1. I could probably go on but I'll stop there for tonight.

[Lady Ligeia]

Welcome Amberfly! Have you ever read any of HP Lovecraft's works? I'd recommend them if you haven't. Lovecraft was one of Stephen King's influences. He wrote quite a few things that sort of teetered between fantasy and horror.

[Amberfly]

Welcome Amberfly! Have you ever read any of HP Lovecraft's works? I'd recommend them if you haven't. Lovecraft was one of Stephen King's influences. He wrote quite a few things that sort of teetered between fantasy and horror.

Hi, and thank you for the welcome! No, I haven't read any Lovecraft, although I've been meaning to for a while. I'm a full-time college student studying English (yay) so I haven't got much time for leisure reading except in summer. And there is never enough time even then to read everything I want to read. I have a collection of some of Lovecraft's works around here somewhere, so I will get to them eventually, but lately it's all been classics and a few shorter, lighter things thrown in whenever I have a moment. I love classics in general, but they can get a little overwhelming when you have to finish three of them in the same week.

[Lady Ligeia]

Welcome Amberfly! Have you ever read any of HP Lovecraft's works? I'd recommend them if you haven't. Lovecraft was one of Stephen King's influences. He wrote quite a few things that sort of teetered between fantasy and horror.

Hi, and thank you for the welcome! No, I haven't read any Lovecraft, although I've been meaning to for a while. I'm a full-time college student studying English (yay) so I haven't got much time for leisure reading except in summer. And there is never enough time even then to read everything I want to read. I have a collection of some of Lovecraft's works around here somewhere, so I will get to them eventually, but lately it's all been classics and a few shorter, lighter things thrown in whenever I have a moment. I love classics in general, but they can get a little overwhelming when you have to finish three of them in the same week.

I've only been able to read a few of his works from horror story anthologies (the libraries around me are hopelessly under-booked[?]), though I've been meaning to buy a Lovecraft collection. I also love the classics, but about one or two week is all I care to read. I like little breaks in between.

[Lady Ligeia]

Welcome Amberfly! Have you ever read any of HP Lovecraft's works? I'd recommend them if you haven't. Lovecraft was one of Stephen King's influences. He wrote quite a few things that sort of teetered between fantasy and horror.

Hi, and thank you for the welcome! No, I haven't read any Lovecraft, although I've been meaning to for a while. I'm a full-time college student studying English (yay) so I haven't got much time for leisure reading except in summer. And there is never enough time even then to read everything I want to read. I have a collection of some of Lovecraft's works around here somewhere, so I will get to them eventually, but lately it's all been classics and a few shorter, lighter things thrown in whenever I have a moment. I love classics in general, but they can get a little overwhelming when you have to finish three of them in the same week.

I've only been able to read a few of his works from horror story anthologies (the libraries around me are hopelessly under-booked[?]), though I've been meaning to buy a Lovecraft collection. I also love the classics, but about one or two week is all I care to read. I like little breaks in between.

[A*Viola*Named*Steve]

Username: /Divergent\
Nickname (if any): Owl or Dusk
Top Ten Favorite Books: Um...
*The Shifter
*Order of the Phoenix
*Maximum Ride
*Ender's Game
*The Last Hope
*The Lost Hero
*The Deathly Hallows
*Divergent
*Ender's Shadow (even though I haven't finished it)
*The Alloy of Law
These are not in order, by the way.
Average amount of time it takes you to finish a book: If people let me read (which doesn't happen much), maybe a couple of days, though I read Divergent in less than 24 hours (I fell asleep during General Conference, though).
How many of the above symptoms you regularly experience: three or four, depending on if I like Fang anymore or not. (Does having to put the book the book down to cope with feels count? Or having the urge to read in the middle of class?)