This is a thread to say what in the world your reading right now. So say it.
~The Left Behind Series - Soul Harvest
[ August 15, 2004, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Altįriėl of Dorthonion ]
Posted by Altįriėl of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Ok, so here we are at an author's website, and I take it no one is reading anything.
Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :
I'm currently reading the Richest Man in Babylon.
Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :
The Stand
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
A 106 page law review article on trademark law.
Dagonee
Posted by Tristan (Member # 1670) on :
A not yet that interesting thread about what people are reading right now.
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz ZafĆ³n.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Just finished Lonesome Dove for the nth time. McMurtry is a great author - if you haven't read Some Can Whistle by him, I highly recommend it . ..
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
On my Manila trip I've taken SFtD, Xenocide, and CotM. I'm through SFtD and Xenocide and just getting going on CotM. I get home late Friday after 20 hours of traveling. I'm pretty sure I'll be done by the time I get home.
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
The Invisible Man
Posted by Promethius (Member # 2468) on :
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. I'm glued to it.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
Shan, have you read the sequels and prequels of Lonesome Dove? They're not as good, but I liked them.
I've finally started to read The Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson. So far it's very good.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680 Vol I: Lands Beneath the Winds, by Anthony Reid. I'm just finishing this one.
Ecstasy by Sudhir Kakar. Just beginning this one.
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh. I'm about 1/3 of the way through.
Dragons of Light, ed. Orson Scott Card. This is an anthology that OSC edited back in '80 or '81. I've been blown away by the general quality of the work contained in it. So far my favorite short story in it has been "One Winter in Eden" by Michael Bishop, but George R. R. Martin's "The Ice Dragon" was absolutely haunting as well. I'm only about 5 or 6 stories into this one.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
The Dragon and the Gnarly King by Gordon Dickson
Posted by fil (Member # 5079) on :
Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell (almost done) and very funny and The Iron Council by China Mieville (one of my new favorite authors).
fil
PS Eyes glued as well...one to each book.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Theory of Poker, David Sklansky.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
A book called Luna about a young transexual and her sister. And several e. Lynn Harris Books and also Elfquest
Posted by DocCoyote (Member # 5612) on :
Just finished Xenocide (the first three in the series were my birthday present to myself). Having just worked two weeks overnight, I haven't been near a library nor bookstore. Consequently, I'm reading a book of classic short fiction out of the collection in the house.
Posted by ghost of xnera (Member # 3920) on :
Bloody Bones, Laurell K. Hamilton. Very good to read while on public transportation.
[ August 15, 2004, 08:07 PM: Message edited by: ghost of xnera ]
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
quote:Ok, so here we are at an author's website, and I take it no one is reading anything.
Or perhaps people are busy reading non-fluffy threads
I'm reading a book called Why people Believe Weird Things, by the editor of Skeptic magazine. Starts with a treatise on the nature of science and the scientific method, contrasted with pseudoscience and mysticism. Pretty cool so far. Eventually, it promises to debunk all kinds of hoaxery.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
Beren, have you read Positively Fifth Street? It was written by James McManus, who is also the protagonist of the story. Basically he was given some money to go to Las Vegas and write a story about poker-playing women, but instead he used the money to enter the world series of poker tournament, and ended up at the final table. Great poker book.
[ August 15, 2004, 09:05 PM: Message edited by: Fitz ]
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
I recently finished Dante's "Purgatoro" and Lilian Jackson's "The Cat Who Walked Into Closetes". I'll proboably do an Agatha Christie next.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Just picked up the first three books in Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" series and am about a third of the way through "Wizard's First Rule".
Goody
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Just finished The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell. Historical novel about Arthur -- saw it recommended over at GRRM's website. Very good -- slow to get going, but eventually picks up speed.
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. Now that I've seen both of the movies, I decided I really should read the books.
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Going to start reading Harry Potter 5... once my brother-in-law is done reading it for the fifth time... so I can borrow it and read it for the first time. Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Monster Rules by Jamie Taylor
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
Ooh, Monster Rules is a good one. I'm currently on a comic book binge. Catching up with the latest of Neil Gaimans 1602.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Hart's War, by John Katzenbach. I've read some stinkers this year, but this ain't one of them.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
See No Evil, by Richard Baer, an ex-CIA field officer who explains his take on why nobody in the CIA saw 9/11 coming - basically, he says, because no one was looking for it, actively or passively. Interesting book.
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
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fallow
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and
ENDGAME: The Blueprint for Winning the War on Terror by Thomas McInerny and Paul Vallely
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
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Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Fitz I've heard of that book and it was in my audiobook wishlist for a while. It sounds like a great story! I can't wait to read it... if only I could find the time....
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
Just finished War of the Worlds last night and well, not sure what will be next yet.
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
Just posted a thread about it - Odd Girl Speaks Out by Rachel Simmons
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I'm halfway through a Storm of Swords from the Ice and Fire series. I can't wait to finish so I can read the spoiler thread!
space opera
Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :
Jingo by Terry Pratchett.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wyrms (by OSC) again. Actually Ivygirl is reading it aloud to me -- she started that on the way home from KamaCon -- reading me a story to help me stay awake and alert while driving...
On the way up to Kamacon, she was reading me random articles from all her Guideposts for Teens magazines..
Farmgirl
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Just finished Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hey -- who was it at KamaCon that was reading the book about animal behavior (specifically big cats, I think)? What was the name of that book? I want to read it.
Farmgirl
Posted by kerinin (Member # 4860) on :
huis clos
-i'm on my way outta here...
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Just finished Becoming a Tiger. Am now on the lookout for new book for after I finish Vanity Fair.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Chapterhouse Dune
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Thanks Kat! That was the name of that book!
Farmgirl
Posted by gwan (Member # 6194) on :
"the mayor of casterbridge" by: Thomas Hardy. I just finished "the invisible man" by H.G wells, it was a huge disapointment. I'm on this huge classic english lit thing right now.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
I just finished reading the fifth Harry Potter book. *rubs eyes* I guess I have to get back to my life now. *sigh*
Posted by Altįriėl of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I read HP5 about 6 months ago. Took me at least a week. I plan to read all of Maps in a Mirror by October.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Prentice Alvin - Just unwraped it. Let's see...
Posted by Altįriėl of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I read taht back in 9th grade, 2001, it good.
Posted by Altįriėl of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I tossed Left behind and read the Kindaichi case files instead. Its an awsome manga by TokyoPop. I really recommend it.
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
nothing... snifff... no time right now. But hopefully I'll be reading the next book by Elizabeth Haydon soon, I just finished Rhapsody the other day and would like to see what happens next.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I just started Enchantment by OSC. I also went to Half-priced books last night, so now I have six more books to choose from after I'm done: The First Chronicles of Amber - Zelazny The World According to Garp - Irving Streets of Laredo - McMurtry Pastwatch - OSC Dune Messiah - Herbert Rebekah - OSC
All of those for just $31! Two are hard-cover. Which should I start first?
space opera
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Read the Amber novels. There was a decent thread about them a couple of months ago.....
I liked them, but they were written in a day and age when all oof that seemd new. I would be intersted in hearing what you think of them.
Then again I read them 15 years ago....
Kwea
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I'm currently reading Tolstoy's War and Peace . I've always wanted to read it. Does that mean I'm crazy?
Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
Derrell, No! It means you're brave (of course, courage and craziness sometimes go hand-in-hand!) Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
So, I'm brave and crazy. I can live with that. The book is pretty good so far.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Nothing...I'm in search of something new to read. I've got some Christian nonfiction to read, for a small group study coming up, but no fiction on my plate at the moment.
I think I'm beginning to have withdrawal symptoms....I've read everything in the house and don't want to buy anything new and since the kids are home with me every day, I can't go to the grownup part of the library and leisurely browse anymore. I'm stuck over in the "Early Childhood" room.
I've been enjoying YA lately, anybody read Garth Nix's Sabriel series?
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
I just finished Centennial by James Michener. Tough read. I barely understand half of what i read. I'm planning on starting the Davinci Code next.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I'm reading Sandra Brown's Exclusive. Yeah, it's smut. Smut with plot, I like to call it. I got a whole stack of 'em. Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
From Here to Eternity by James Jones Watership Down by Richard Adams Divine Secrets of the ...Never mind. Forget I said that.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Ok, Kwea and whoever else might be interested: I finished the First Amber Chronicles. I have to be honest here - I really didn't enjoy them that much at all. They were ok, but I didn't get excited when I thought about picking up the book every night. I never felt "close" to Corwin or any of the other characters, and that kinda bothered me. It didn't bother me when people died, and I just kind of wanted to finish and be done with them. What does everyone else think about them?
space opera
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
*bump*
My sons just received their copy (which I pre-ordered from Amazon) of The Two Swords by R.A. Salvatore, so they are all happy now.
By the way -- DKW -- I also got that GRUNT CD about a month ago. We have loved listening to it!
Farmgirl
Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
The Annotated Sherlock Holmes.
Reading the annotations, mainly. I just read the stories recently, and realized I bough the Annotated book for a lot of dough on eBay and never read the notes! Posted by Defenestraitor (Member # 6907) on :
Well, I'm stuck on trying to finish up The Elegant Universe. It started out great, but now it's just plain incomprehensible. I have a strong urge to just put it down and get back to some good fiction, but I'm stubbornly refusing until I finally grasp this stuff.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I'm only in the middle of three books right now; I finished one last night.
Ender's Game (I'm perpetually in the middle - I hit the end and start over) Dune (ditto) The Great Hunt (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Book Two, for the unknowing)
Posted by Turgan (Member # 6697) on :
Hearts In Atlantis
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
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Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, Dawson.
(woot!)
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Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :
Porter Rockwell: A Biography
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Great.
I'm reading "The Cat Who Tailed A Thief".
You couldn't ask this when I was in the middle of something profound like Dante's Purgatorio, or even Agatha Christie.
Nope, you ask when I'm reading brain candy about a guy who can't figure out who the bad guy is without the help of his psychic cat.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Great.
I'm reading "The Cat Who Tailed A Thief".
You couldn't ask this when I was in the middle of something profound like Dante's Purgatorio, or even Agatha Christie.
Nope, you ask when I'm reading brain candy about a guy who can't figure out who the bad guy is without the help of his psychic cat.
Hey! I love Qwill! And Koko. And the other cat. Yum Yum or something. I haven't read one of those in ages... maybe I'll steal one of my mom's when I go home this weekend.
Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :
Gormenghast, Mervn Peake
Stupid UBB Code, can't we just have HTML?
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Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
Waiting until November 2 for Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove to be followed by Homeward Bound also by Turtledove.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'm reading this thread.
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Trying to read Blood Canticle by Anne Rice, and am reminded of why I stopped reading the Vampire Chronicles.
Posted by Enderwillsaveusall (Member # 6227) on :
The memory of earth and xenocide
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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Crewel Yule by Monica Ferris (murder mystery, 6th in a series all centered around a woman who owns a needlework shop) The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert - really having a tough time with this one, though
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I'm rereading "Blood of the Fold" by Terry Goodkind
I'm also reading "The Overmountain Men" by Cameron Judd. Its a historical fiction novel set in frontier times.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I just ordered the new Martin book...according to Waldenbooks it is available....
right... Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I am partway through:
Religion and Ethnicity in Canada (Bramadat and Seljak) Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie) Aeneid (Virgil), both English and Latin Is There a Duty to Die? (John Hardwig) And assorted other textbook readings for class.
EDIT: Belle, I love all those books. Have for years. woo hoo!
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