Books

[Little Miss]

What type of books do you like reading? Do you find it odd that people over 21 like to read books like Twilight or Harry Potter rather than novels about War vets and crime and horror?

As for me, I read anything interesting, whether its Harry Potter or some required reading for school.

[The Animal]

Why would it be odd for someone over 21 to enjoy those books? A good story is a good story...depending on your tastes. I personally have never had any interest in reading Twilight, but people seem to really like it.

I actually prefer mysteries and crime dramas.

[Robin Morbid]

I like horror based novels mostly,vampires to the extent that they aren't portrayed in a stereotypical way that makes a story corny...and any adventure and sci-fi themed thing is good too.

[Meli]

I like Harry Potter and some fantasy-slash-vampire-slash-not-real stuff.
I don't think it's strange, being 22.

I think it's strange that in normal book stores those types of books are in the Children's sections. I go to Galaxy Bookshop in the Sydney CBD to get the books I read.

[slowcheetah9]

yeah it depends on the person. Some people consider Harry Potter and such to be below their reading level, but it doesn't matter if you enjoy them. I practically grew up with Harry Potter... I was 9 when I started reading them and now I'll be 17.
I've never read anything from the Twilight series. Some good vampire stories are the Cirque du Freak series... I think it was Annie who said she was reading them awhile back.

I'm never really into the books in the "teen/young adult" section at book stores... I like things about travel (Bill Bryson's "Notes on a Small Island" is excellent), interesting autobiograpies, and call me cheesy, but I absolutely LOVED "P.S. I Love You"
my recent reading consists of some Roddy Doyle books, and Dante's "The Inferno"

[Ashley]

i somehow discoverd marian keyes (an irish writer) and im hooked on her books!

[OnLineGenie]

I've been fascinated by the paranormal since I was a child and I still enjoy horror stories now. I also try to buy "non-fiction" ghost books from every place I visit. Some people would say all ghost stories are fiction, but I'm sure you know what I mean!

I don't find it at all strange that adults enjoy children's stories - I agree with Erin that a good story is a good story. I enjoy reading the school fiction written by a man most of you have probably never heard of: Charles Hamilton. He wrote under various names, the most famous of which was Frank Richards. His most famous creation was Billy Bunter, the "Fat Owl" of Greyfriars School.

I also enjoy humorous stories, particularly Tom Sharpe.

[Little Miss]

Bumping up an old topic. Twilight. Really? I had the first book, but tossed when I moved to California. I only got through maybe the first chapter, I dont remember. "OH, Edward, He SPARKLESZ!!!!!11" But I hear the moves are good :S

[Robin Morbid]

I'm in the middle of the 4th Cirque Du Freak book,there are twelve altogether and my friend wants me to read them all before the movie...I think I have like...a month...maybe two...?

[The Animal]

As I mentioned in the 'So What's Going On?' thread, I'm reading Carl Sagan's 'The Demon-Haunted World'...
Another book a recently purchased was Stephen King's 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes'. It's an earlier work. I'm a big King fan.
There haven't been any good fiction stories lately, in my opinion. Everything seems to be serial and intended for the "young adult" crowd. I've been reading a lot of nonfiction. Particularly science and philosophy, such as Sagan and Freidrich Nietzche.

[Robin Morbid]

ok,so at this point I am on the 9th installment of Cirque Du Freak,and it's really good so far. The movie came out recently,"The Vampires Assistant",and I won't see it until I'm finished the books. My friend said it pretty much sucked but the books are always better anyway.
I mean really when you try to sum up 12 books in one film you can't expect greatness. Ah well...

[OnLineGenie]

We saw the film on halloween (seemed appropriate). I thought it was aimed at a young audience with nothing to hold the attention of adults (my wife disagrees - she enjoyed it). My son said it took too many liberties with the story but stood up as a good film in its own right.

[Robin Morbid]

slamming 12 books into one film sounds like such a dumb idea though...plot holes as big as the moon...but thats just me. Yes,it's aimed towards a young audience but you'd think they would at least try to do it up a little better. I heard they took a few liberties with it...like...the girlfriend for example,in the books she is a young black female completely mortal and has nothing to do with the cirque...in the movie...they replaced her with a white chick with a monkey tail that is in the cirque...where the crap did THAT come from?
I dunno...I'm all about books being turned to films if they're done right,and when I say right I mean to the book to the degree that it doesn't really leave you with too many "wtf?!" feelings.
Just my thoughts though..

[The Animal]

I, personally, get a little annoyed when they do things like that. If the girlfriend wasn't a monkey-girl in the book, why is she a monkey-girl in the movie? Or when I saw 'The Relic' some years back, they had turned a character (Dr. Cuthbert) who was a Scotsman in the book into a little old lady in the movie, among other changes. 'Watchmen' was a good film, but they took a few liberties, as well. He (Rorschach) didn't chop the guy's head in. He tied him to the furnace, lit the place on fire, then stood outside and watched it burn with the guy trapped inside.

I'm not reading anything currently.

[Robin Morbid]

I finished book 9 today...oh dear god...Mr.Crepsley!!!!!!