Best book or book series you've read recently.

Summer is always a good time for some old-fashioned pleasure reading! When your eyes are bleary from a 3D screen, sometimes text on a page just feels right.

I read this great series recently called The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson published by Tor Fantasy. The books are as follows:
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages

Book Description (from Amazon) :

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Readers of Elantris thought they'd discovered someone special in Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn proves they were right.

(There's also a stand-alone novel called Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, it's excellent too! It takes place 300 years after the story in the trilogy. Apparently, there will be more books consisting of 2 more trilogies set in the "present" and "future." Very cool.)

So what have you been reading?

Art of Racing in the Rain.
I can't remember the author, and was slightly forced to read it (it's hard for me to want to start a book), but so glad I did! It's living as a pet from a dog's perspective.
I'm not a big fan of fantasy books (although when those first 4 harry potters came out I read those right up!), otherwise I would be checking out your suggestion

Well, I just finised reading all the Eragon books. I also like the Harry Potter books and the Olympians series

Can Manga count?

What's a book?

Yes! I've read that! It was good, a little sad but well-written for sure. I understand your not being interested in the fantasy genre though. I'm not into reading sci-fi with lots of robots and machines, so I stay away from that.

Of course! Manga is a staple in my life! I wish my public library had more manga, it's pretty expensive.

Ooh! That sounds awesome! Adam by Ted Dekker. I actually like serial killer type of stories...I find it kind of fascinating. It's why I watch the show Dexter (and Castle and Bones can have similar threads as well.) I will definitely be checking that one out, thanks Yottabyte! Ted Dekker sounds a little like Chuck Palahniuk.

And maybe I'll check out Great Expectations too. I'll just pretend it's about serial killers.

Maybe I'll read Grapes of Wrath or Of Mice and Men instead. ._.;

Oh god they don't make you read that in school?? Those, and Lord of the Flies. Omg I do not like those!!!!!

Lol I almost didn't post cause I knew you wouldn't approve!

It's my belief that it's the very act of forcing the reading on someone that makes it mostly awful. When you're older, you find that you can read the classics and understand why they've earned the title. I was forced to read Moby Dick— that I do remember. Themes from Moby Dick still have stuck with me, but I'm not sure I'll read it again. :^/

The worst was when they started doing the summer reading lists. That was total bull. So I didn't read the books, even though I bought them. Haha! Years later, I read some of them and I LOVED them. So there is much to be said for voluntary reading. I think that's what makes it into pleasure-reading.

Anyone read the Spooks series, otherwise known as the Wardstone Chronicles. They're a really good set of books.

The hunger Games series.ftw.

Wow, I'll have to check those out, chimferno. They sound a little scary, though. XD

I'm getting my dad the first book for Father's Day, so I hope to borrow it and get into that series. At first, the story didn't seem interesting to me. But the more I learned about the themes and what it was really about, the more I wanted to read it for myself. I was wondering when someone would bring them up in here! Good job, SUPERDARKPITMINION!

The last book I read was The Hunger Games.
But I didn't like it... at all.

Lets see.
Going Bovine was a great book.


A Mad Cow Disease induced rampage through the US meeting a viking god lawn gnome, punk angel, and evil hipsters? Yes. It was good.
And it's not suitable for children.

My favorite series was The Evil Genius Series. Finished it a month ago.


And the last book I read and enjoyed was

I never read any of the books they assigned back in Elementary school. I thought they were all horrible.
But mainly because I was... stubborn. Yeah. Forced reading is a bad idea.

Those all look interesting! ::Adds them to the list:: I'm using Goodreads.com to keep a "To-Read" list. ^^

I was stubborn in school too, though it manifested in high school. I once didn't do an assignment and argued that I already got the point of the assignment...I think I got a passing grade. But of course, I failed that class anyway. So I had to take summer school for 10th grade English and you know what they taught there? Spelling. It was a joke. I went from an "F" to an "A" and it was a huge waste of time. ::Laughs:: I have a love-hate relationship with education systems.

Good picks, HuntheUniverse! There's no one book for everyone. One person's favorite book is another's toilet paper. ::Laughs::

The hetalia manga, black bird manga, hunger games, and the melochany of haruhi suziyama. I like those books alot~