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Just got 'Empire' from my library. Halfway through the audiobook now. Set in the present or very near future, more techno thriller than sci-fi, I think it's pretty good so far. Different from what I'd read of Card's so far, this book is full of real life political, historical and pop culture...

Life of Pi was truly delectable. Like any classic (or future classic ), it is enjoyable on many levels: it's a well written, entertaining book, that has enough action to keep you from getting bored; it broaches most interesting philosophical, psychological, and religious ideas; and it's one of...

No, that's what people were reading when signed up :D I'm listening to Alchemist by Paulo Coelho as an audiobook. I'd read it a couple of years ago, the recording is really good. And Coelho is one of my favorite authors :)

America, A citizens guide to democracy inaction. - John Stewart

I've recently enjoyed, and would recommend 'Memoirs of a geisha'. Might be a bit off topic, but there are elements of being bought and sold in it, and definitely goes into the psychological aspect of it quite a bit. In the same vein of East Asian women slaves, James Clavel's 'Noble House'...

Alvin Maker I like Orson Scott Card. I think Ender series is overrated, beyond 'Ender's game', which I think is very good. Alvin maker is a fantasy series, as opposed to sci-fi, but has the same writing style. I personally found it too be of the same or higher quality as the Ender series...

I am new to this forum, and have a story to tell you ;) I've always liked reading. As a matter of fact, books is the only addiction that I carried with me all my life, and will die with, unless you count breathing and human company :) However in the last year, I'd only read 2 (that's...