What are you currently reading ... ?
#1
Posted 07 February 2013 - 09:34 AM
Its been a while since I last read a real novel but the last one I read was The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz. It's a Sherlock Holmes novel (obviously not by Doyle ;P). I think if you read and liked the original Holmes stories, you would like this one as well, cause it got a certain Holmes feeling to it but is also new and refreshing in a way.
The last LN I read was Shinanai Otoko ni Koi shita Shoujo (3 chap. of vol. 1 translated here). Its about an immortal teenage boy who meets a teenage serial killer. What first caught my eye was the romance tag, so I thought it could be interesting. Well you can pretty much guess what the novel is about, if you read immortal boy + serial killer girl + romance. But wrong. Its not what you might expect and the novel (or 3 chapters so far...) dont focus much on the romance part (but there is some sort of romance in there) but more on the crime and lives of the two. There are also some mysteries with something like police and other criminals who challange the serial killer girl. All in all I think this is pretty good and new LN and with only 3 chapters it wouldnt take too much time too give it a try.
Other LN Ive read recently:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (manga/anime are at around volume 4/5; 7 completely translated and 8 halfway done)
Dai Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (sequel to Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu, only 3 volumes transleted)
#2
Posted 10 February 2013 - 04:19 AM
um its pretty good so far i like it a lot!! It's rrly long though
It's mostly about this guy named Jean Valjean living in french society in After French Revolution - 1830's, and about the people around him (it branches off into the lives of many people... Fantine, the bishop, Javert (one of my fav characters), Cosette and more
it definitely reflects how cruel and harsh society was... (the movie is rrly good two by the way )
#3
Posted 10 February 2013 - 07:53 AM
It's alright, takes some getting used to. Haven't read enough to give a better review so I'll update this later.
#4
Posted 11 February 2013 - 05:33 PM
#5
Posted 16 February 2013 - 04:20 AM
Inside my glass doors by Soseki Natsume
Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa
The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Light novels:
Highschool DXD
IS: Infinite Stratos
Gosick
campione!
kaze no stigma
rental magica
#6
Posted 19 February 2013 - 10:41 PM
Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais
#7
Posted 20 February 2013 - 07:43 PM
Edited by Rol, 23 February 2013 - 01:09 AM.
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#8
Posted 22 February 2013 - 11:09 PM
Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden (tried and got hooked after reading the first chapter of the manga version)
#9
Posted 23 February 2013 - 01:13 AM
I'm currently reading the 1st volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, A Game of Thrones. I really liked the series so I'm reading the book to see if it is as (or more ) good ^^
I've read that book!! i love it!! (the second is now on my to-read/finish list)
I just finished Adaptation by Malinda Lo..
very sci-fi/conspiracy/area 51/aliens/mutation book with love ...
i enjoyed it and now im stuck waiting for the sequel!! D:
I am currently also reading Grapes of Wrath by john steinbeck for school (i have less than two weeks to read ahhh!!! )
um about the great depression... its very very detailed ..right now its OK but i just cant stop myself from falling asleep to it :/
#10
Posted 24 February 2013 - 07:14 AM
#11
Posted 04 March 2013 - 07:23 PM
#12
Posted 04 March 2013 - 08:09 PM
, didn't know there was a novel of Highschool DxD, how is it?High School DxD (14th volume)
#13
Posted 04 March 2013 - 08:21 PM
much better than anime and manga in my opinion, didn't know there was a novel of Highschool DxD, how is it?
#14
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:17 PM
This happens usually when a show takes inspiration from a bookmuch better than anime and manga in my opinion
#15
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:19 PM
Almost always. The difference is really big in this example though.This happens usually when a show takes inspiration from a book
#16
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:21 PM
#17
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:36 PM
The manga's actually much closer to the novel (still different but much closer)I didn't read it because I don't know what could be good in the book since the anime is based on ecchi, and I don't see the point of ecchi in a book, I don't really see how it translates ^^ I have to read Campione too.
Campione's awesome
#18
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:40 PM
#19
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:43 PM
end of regios anime was a filler one...But I don't have time to read it T-T I stopped SAO after the 6th volume(I just don't see the point), I have to finish Koukaku no Regios, at least the translated volumes (the anime is realy great but the end suggests another season... that never came ), and now DxD and Campione x)
and yeah, SAO is just another harem story after the first arc...
#20
Posted 04 March 2013 - 10:46 PM
I don't know what you mean by filler one. It was a bad ending but hey, what did I expect ? T-Tend of regios anime was a filler one...
Edited by Rol, 04 March 2013 - 10:51 PM.