What are you reading?

ixcrisxi · 07-30-2003, 06:27 PM

Hey all!

Tell me what you're reading!

I'm just curious. Maybe I'll pick up a few good books in time.

I'm reading *deep breath*:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
Blue Heron - Avi
Gone-Away Lake - Elizabeth Enright
Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery
Charming Billy - Alice McDermott
To My Daughter With Love - Susan Polis Schutz
hugs for Friends
The Best Loved Poems of the American People
One Hundred and One Famous Poems

A Separate Peace - John Knowles

My Antonia - Willa Cather
Streams of Silver - R.A. Salvatore

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Scarlet Letter - Nathanial Hawthorne
Lord Brocktree - Brian Jacques

I know... I have way too much free time to do nothing and read.

Guess that's what I get for living in a town without year-round schooling.

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hazyshadeof · 07-30-2003, 08:04 PM

And why aren't you reading Sarah? Hmmmmmmmm

greenie · 07-30-2003, 08:28 PM

Aww poor hazy. We'll read it, darlin'. I did!

Very good btw.

I'm reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Maguire (can't remember first name). I'm having a hard time getting into it though.

It's for my "real life" book club.

Wilde · 07-30-2003, 08:49 PM

Right now I'm reading:

Problem from Hell by Samantha Power - It won the Pulitzer Prize for best non-fiction book this year. It examines the idea of "Never Again" in relation to the WWII halocaust and why Americans are willing to allow genocide to continue in 3rd world countries. So far very good...

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - re-reading before I tackle the Simarillion

Voices of Ireland by Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank McCourt of Angela's Ashes fame) It's actually more of a compilation with pieces from Shaw, Michael Collins, James Joyce, etc...

Ireland in the Age of the Tudors by Steven Ellis

The Farseer Triology by Michael Hobb

GooFiO · 07-30-2003, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilde

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - re-reading before I tackle the Simarillion

Just a warning, the Silmarillion is a lot different from The Hobbit and LOTR. I devoured The Hobbit and LOTR, and I found the Silmarillion just too boring. It was like reading a technical paper. IIRC it's just a compilation of notes Tolkien made over his lifetime which was converted into a narrative. But if you get through it, nice work. =)

Right now, I'm reading:

The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

pinkieparrot · 07-30-2003, 10:22 PM

I am reading

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

and the sequels like On the Other Hand, Im the Girlfriend of a Sex God
Dancing in my Nuddy-pants

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

Yeah, thats it!

**hepcat** · 07-30-2003, 11:02 PM

Alexander McCall Smith - Tears of the Giraffe
(sequel to Ladies No.1 Detective Agency)

Persuasion, Jane Austen is next - time for a re-read.

P.S. - The Ralph Wiggum wisdom had me

!

ixcrisxi · 07-30-2003, 11:21 PM

Hazy - I have actually already read it. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it, yet.

pinkieparrot - I love Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and the sequels like On the Other Hand, I'm the Girlfriend of a Sex God. Very good books...

They had a bunch of excerpts in this magazine I was reading and it just caught my attention. I could totally identify with a lot of the themes in the three books.

hazyshadeof · 07-31-2003, 12:33 AM

Oh in that case you're forgiven.

ixcrisxi · 07-31-2003, 12:39 AM

Thanks, hazy!

07-30-2003, 06:27 PM	#1
ixcrisxi The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 20 Posts: 690	What are you reading? Hey all! Tell me what you're reading! I'm just curious. Maybe I'll pick up a few good books in time. I'm reading deep breath: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien Blue Heron - Avi Gone-Away Lake - Elizabeth Enright Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery Charming Billy - Alice McDermott To My Daughter With Love - Susan Polis Schutz hugs for Friends The Best Loved Poems of the American People One Hundred and One Famous Poems A Separate Peace - John Knowles My Antonia - Willa Cather Streams of Silver - R.A. Salvatore Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Scarlet Letter - Nathanial Hawthorne Lord Brocktree - Brian Jacques I know... I have way too much free time to do nothing and read. Guess that's what I get for living in a town without year-round schooling. __________________ MULDER: It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down in the ice. SCULLY: Leave it there.

07-30-2003, 08:04 PM	#2
hazyshadeof Fade to black Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,944	And why aren't you reading Sarah? Hmmmmmmmm __________________ I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's eyes... but why... why... why can't it be me?

07-30-2003, 08:28 PM	#3
greenie Why Not Us? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Shhh it's a secret Age: 32 Posts: 3,420	Aww poor hazy. We'll read it, darlin'. I did! Very good btw. I'm reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Maguire (can't remember first name). I'm having a hard time getting into it though. It's for my "real life" book club. __________________ Who shot who in the what now?

07-30-2003, 08:49 PM	#4
Wilde Oh Really? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Colorado Age: 28 Posts: 138	Right now I'm reading: Problem from Hell by Samantha Power - It won the Pulitzer Prize for best non-fiction book this year. It examines the idea of "Never Again" in relation to the WWII halocaust and why Americans are willing to allow genocide to continue in 3rd world countries. So far very good... Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - re-reading before I tackle the Simarillion Voices of Ireland by Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank McCourt of Angela's Ashes fame) It's actually more of a compilation with pieces from Shaw, Michael Collins, James Joyce, etc... Ireland in the Age of the Tudors by Steven Ellis The Farseer Triology by Michael Hobb __________________ "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato

07-30-2003, 11:02 PM	#7
hepcat Phooey. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: here Posts: 24,772 Blog Entries: 3	Alexander McCall Smith - Tears of the Giraffe (sequel to Ladies No.1 Detective Agency) Persuasion, Jane Austen is next - time for a re-read. P.S. - The Ralph Wiggum wisdom had me ! __________________ THE SMEAR: Barack Obama got 100% on "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar Hero. THE TRUTH: Barack Obama is a DDR fanatic.

07-30-2003, 10:22 PM	#6
pinkieparrot FORT Fogey Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,517	I am reading The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and the sequels like On the Other Hand, Im the Girlfriend of a Sex God Dancing in my Nuddy-pants Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Yeah, thats it!

07-30-2003, 11:21 PM	#8
ixcrisxi The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 20 Posts: 690	Hazy - I have actually already read it. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it, yet. pinkieparrot - I love Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and the sequels like On the Other Hand, I'm the Girlfriend of a Sex God. Very good books... They had a bunch of excerpts in this magazine I was reading and it just caught my attention. I could totally identify with a lot of the themes in the three books. __________________ MULDER: It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down in the ice. SCULLY: Leave it there.

07-31-2003, 12:33 AM	#9
hazyshadeof Fade to black Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,944	Oh in that case you're forgiven. __________________ I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's eyes... but why... why... why can't it be me?

07-31-2003, 12:39 AM	#10
ixcrisxi The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 20 Posts: 690	Thanks, hazy! __________________ MULDER: It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down in the ice. SCULLY: Leave it there. Last edited by ixcrisxi; 07-31-2003 at 12:43 AM. Reason: my smilie wasn't right...