That’s the book where the kid kisses his elbow, right!? I always wanted to try, and used to wonder if the result of doing it in the book would actually happen.
Current reading: The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau (both are from Anthony Hope), The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
TDIT I absolutely adore Pride of Baghdad, Brian K Vaughan is easily one of the best writers in comic books these days. If you haven’t given it a gander already, I would strongly suggest giving Y: The Last Man a whirl, as it is just as brilliant as the comic you’ve been reading.
I’m glad you like it bright dot-dasher! 
I’m currently reading another book I would highly recommend to Disney fans! It’s called Fairest of All: a tale of a wicked queen it’s about how the wicked queen in Snow White became like that, it’s really good! I actually feel very sad for her at many parts!
Another one is a Kiss in Time, it’s about Sleeping Beauty going to sleep and waking up 300 years later to the kiss of a 17 year-old modern boy! It’s a really cute book, and reminds me of Enchanted! 
And while I’m at it I’m also gonna recommend Beastly, which is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. It’s by the same author as a Kiss in Time
The Alchemy of Animation.
GREAT book! Covers 2d, 3d, Stop-motion.
All disney related as well!
I’d rate it a 9.5/10
Is that the Don Hahn book, CMB? I thought about getting that once.
woody: Ooh, very interesting. I’m adding those titles to my “Books I Want To Read” list. Thanks for sharing! You’re right to think of the Sleeping Beauty twist somewhat like Enchanted.
After having just been to a vintage book store, I just got this old Trek book called Killing Time, which I’ve been wanting to find since I keep seeing people on dA mention it. Its supposed to be good so I’m eager to read it. I guess Spock & Kirk get thrown into another universe where Spock is captain and Kirk is just a lowly Ensign
I’m reading the Percy Jackson series! I’m on Book 5,which is also the last book 
Recently finished reading Ferngully by Diana Young. It may sound familiar because it’s also a 20th Century Fox 2-D animated film. I never knew there was a book first! Read it and figured that the movie must’ve kept really close to it, because it was almost like a more descriptive version of the movie playing in my head!
The story tells of deep in the rainforest, where fairies and strange animals dwell (guys, don’t let “fairies” throw you off as it being Barbie-ish or kiddy and girly, 'cause it’s not!). The fairies belive humans to be extinct, as humans have not come back to live in the rainforest with them for many many years, believed to be chased off of Hexxus, the spirit of destruction. Now, Crysta, a rebellious fairy, finds that humans have returned, but they haven’t returned for the reason she thought at first (i.e. they’re cutting down trees and stuff). Being still in training for magic, she accidentally shrinks a human, Zac, which leads to Zac seeing everything about the forest in a new point of view.
My local bookshop was doing a sale on Terry Pratchett books so I’ve just bought a load of those.
I love Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books and I’ve been reading them for years, but now I actually own some of them!
If you haven’t read any of his books then I would definantly recommend them, they are some of the smartest, funniest and ridiculously brilliant books I’ve ever read. A word to the wise though the style of writing changes quite abruptly through the series; the first few books are basic send ups of heroic fantasy but the style evolves into an incredibly astute satire of modern life as the series progresses.
I’m now reading the Pixar book, Tim Hauser
Halos Nach Tariff- I’ve always liked the idea of reading his whole Discworld series one by one, but I have a feeling it’d take quite a while. 
I’m reading a collection of short stories (and some longer prose) by Kafka at the moment, and it’s utterly brilliant. It was lucky I even came across Kafka- I’d heard of him, but didn’t really know much about his works until last November when, in Thailand, I spied one of my fellow travellers also reading a collection of his short stories. I borrowed the book from her one evening and loved what I’d read, but it wasn’t until I’d read his most famous story, The Metamorphosis, over the past few nights that I realised just what a genious he is.
I really do implore everyone to read it. It’s only a short story, won’t take up too much of your time, but reading it is one of the strangest experiences ever. The basic premise is that a man wakes up one morning and finds himself to be an insect, repulsed by his own body, and yet one of the stranger things of the story is that he does not ask how this has happened or why, and he does not panic about his situation. Events occur and develop and it all feels very natural reading it.
The best thing is that there are a number of different interpretations about the meaning of the story- I’d thought one thing as I was reading it, but after a search on the internet I can see that others might agree with my theories and other might disagree. I wish there were more authors out there like Kafka.
Hm… interesting. I remembered trying to read Truckers about four years ago, but I gave up halfway cos’ my loan was expiring. Then I decided to start off small and read ‘The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents’ three years ago. It’s a shorter book than most of the Discworld novels, and is for younger audiences. I think I liked it very much. Reading through the plot summary on Amazon, I remember all the various mice characters. I think ‘Dangerous Beans’ the blind albino rat was my favourite character.
I saw one of my schoolmates reading Kafka too. I think the cover had a picture of a black cat on it and I was very intrigued. I also overheard him telling a friend about the Metamorphosis short story. Very curious, should keep this in mind for future perusing.
I’ve been reading Walt Stanchfield’s inspiring and illuminating tomes, ‘Drawn to Life’. It’s two pretty hefty volumes the size of textbooks, and the topics can get pretty random and are in no particular order. But make no mistake, this is one of the pros of classic Disney animation here, and his eccentric and conversational style instantly grabs your attention and inspires you to just start doodling. He does drop some pretty useful hints and tips, though he is a strong advocate of the ‘exaggerated gesture’. I believe that sometimes, some scenes call for subtlety, but since this is the bold kind of Western animation and not the quiet ‘still-poses’ of Eastern anime, the actions must be easily ‘read’ by the audience, so I can understand where he’s coming from. Another thing I didn’t like was the repetition of certain points and some images, often many times. But other than that, his enthusiasm for the subject and life in general overshadows all the minor faults of the books. And be warned, that enthusiasm can be pretty infectious! I recommend it to aspiring life-artists and animators.
I’ve been reading Catch 22 for a month or two now. Just gotta say it. It’s hilarious and should be read at least once in your lifetime.
I ordered a copy of Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl novel quite a while ago, and it finally arrived in the mail today. I got so excited that I immediately started reading it, and already I’m loving it so much. <3
Danachii- One of my best friends has loved Stargirl for years- it’s her favourite book. I really need to borrow it off her and give it a try!
I’m reading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’. It’s a chilling read, but the bleak hopelessness of the novel is truly beautiful.
I also started ‘The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún’, which is a retelling of the Norse myth by J.R.R. Tolkien.
I’d recommend both, they are very intriguing reads.
Right now I’m in the middle of a Star Trek series called The Crucible by David R George III. There’s 3 books in the series, one for McCoy, one for Spock and one for Kirk. They are very emotionally driven, and deal mainly with one episode from the original series, although the books span pretty much their whole career, including parts of the animated series, even though that’s not really canon. The 3 books mainly deal with the 3 of them and their relationships with each other. Overall I think they were very well written, although there are some times when maybe a character gets a little too emotional and you really gotta pay attention because he goes back & forth between the past and present.