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[Supreme Convoy]

Maybe for my New Year's Resolution, I'll read more books. I make time for tons of comics but not enough novels and there's plenty I want to read.

Currently, I'm still chipping away at The Dark Tower Volume III by Stephen King. Love the previous books, it's one hell of a journey.

I recently finished Max Brook's World War Z, the follow up to The Zombie Survival Guide. The Survival Guide is fun but World War Z takes zombie fiction to another level. It's a fictional oral history of a massive zombie war. The first third is the initial outbreak, which we've all seen in zombie movies. The second third is living & fighting in this zombie apocalypse, which is territory that we somewhat see in The Walking Dead. The final breathtaking third is the remaining humans uniting and fighting the zombies all over the world.

What I love about it is that it takes real world scenario and dumps the undead on them. What happens to North Korea, the conflict between Palestine & Israel, or developing countries. It covers everything from politics and social issues. Well done.

[Rodimus Prime]

I read The Gunslinger (which is the first of the Dark Tower books, right?) but didn't really like it, so I didn't start the second one. I recently finished the Zombie Survival Guide, and am looking forward to World War Z. Right now, however, I'm on a Stephen King kick. Just finished Christine (so much better than the movie, though I really like the movie) and now I'm reading Pet Sematary. In between, at work, I'm re-reading all the TF novels, just finished Ghosts of Yesterday, next time I go to work, I'm taking the novel of the first movie with me. Fits into the side pocket of my cargo pants.

[Burn]

Currently between books. Finished "Dexter is Delicious" (the latest Dexter book) last week. Not sure what i'll be starting on next.

[Jesterhead]

Currently, I'm still chipping away at The Dark Tower Volume III by Stephen King. Love the previous books, it's one hell of a journey.

The series is a very enjoyable read. A lot less cookie cutter than most of Kings works, and very creative. I'd say more of my opinions, but I'd hate to spoil anything for you.

I recently finished Max Brook's World War Z, the follow up to The Zombie Survival Guide. The Survival Guide is fun but World War Z takes zombie fiction to another level. It's a fictional oral history of a massive zombie war. The first third is the initial outbreak, which we've all seen in zombie movies. The second third is living & fighting in this zombie apocalypse, which is territory that we somewhat see in The Walking Dead. The final breathtaking third is the remaining humans uniting and fighting the zombies all over the world.

What I love about it is that it takes real world scenario and dumps the undead on them. What happens to North Korea, the conflict between Palestine & Israel, or developing countries. It covers everything from politics and social issues. Well done.

I listened to WWZ on audio mp3s, which was amazing considering the interview type writing, with different voices which really nailed the characters.

I currently picked up the Horus Heresy series. It finally tells the story of a paramount event in the history of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It really does a great job portraying the betrayal and down fall, all at galactic proportions. I don't like to use the word "epic", but it's all I can describe it as.

I'm 6 books in as of last night!

[Cobalt Prime]

Finished Warriors: Sky Clan's Destiny by Erin Hunter a couple weeks ago. It's a follow-up book to Firestar's Quest. For those who are unfamiliar, Warriors is a series of books about four clans of feral cats living in the wild. It is rife with territorial disputes, intrigue, religion (of a sort) and a lot to like for all cat lovers out there. Though one will find these books in the young adults section, they still make for a great read for all ages as my forty-two year old self will attest to.

And in stark contrast, I am now two thirds of the way through Warhammer 40K The Horus Heresy: Fallen Angels by Mike Lee. In this tome we get a continuation of the pivotal events that forever changed the Imperium of Mankind as seen through the eyes of the Dark Angels space marine chapter and its enigmatic leaders Lion El Johnson and Luther. Good heady stuff, and violent too!

My next read will be the Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert. Dune is one of my all time favorite series, and all these prequels and sequels by Frank Herbert's son have been an absolute Godsend for one such as me! Gotta get my 33% off Borders coupon....

[Jesterhead]

Does any one read the Redwall series?

I read every one of them as a kid, and now I can't wait to go home and pick up some of them for a quick read!

There's just something charming about small woodland creatures having fantasy adventures!

[Galvatron X]

I'm struggling to make myself finish "The Aftermath" by Ben Bova.

It's like a "in-between" book in the "Asteroid Wars" series. Not a bad book overall, just not nearly as exciting as the others.



As far as a "want to read" list? I've always told myself that I was going to read Asimov's "Foundation" or "Robot" series. Maybe this year...

[Dagon]

At first I saw this thread and was excited. Then I opened it and I think I'm in the wrong place. You guys are reading fun stuff, and I just passed the halfway point of Dickens' David Copperfield. Up next is Dostoevsky's A Raw Youth.

Sorry, cool readers, I'll leave now.

[The Happy Locust]

At the moment, nothing. But only because I finished every book I was working on within the last few weeks.

Coworkers got me into a series called "The Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher about a modern day practicing Wizard in Chicago. "I'm in the Yellow pages, under Wizard. I'm the only one". Really fun series and I've read 11 out of the 12 books so far.

Off of the wizard set, picked up a random book called "The way of shadows" by Brent Weeks. Part of a trilogy and I plant to pick up the rest.

Finally, picked up MogWorld by Yahtzee Croshaw. Yes, by the Zero Punctuation guy. Pretty funny book, especially if you understand the cliches of MMORPG games. So good I read it a second time just for the hell of it.

[RodimusAscendant]

"Skin Trade" by Laurell K Hamilton