Reading any good books? - Page 21

littleadanel · 08-05-2005, 05:48 AM

oh in public I really control myself

it's enough when my family looks at me with that "alright daughter surely you'll get better someday" look. (well, in every family someone has to be the crazy one...)

and, staying with smells but not going off-topic, I've just read a book, and the first page of it was scented! The story is about a guy whose sense of smell gets extremely sensitive, so I suppose that's why the author wanted the book to be published with a scent. But only the first edition, so I feel lucky with the sweet-smelling copy of mine

katya · 08-05-2005, 06:09 AM

Hey, that's pretty cool! What was it called?

Staying on topic again, I was just reading the beginnning of Dante's Divine Comedy. That may or may not have had anything to do with Devil May Cry...

littleadanel · 08-05-2005, 06:43 AM

um, well, actually it is a book of a Hungarian writer

sorry bout that! I don't really think it's published in any other language, at least on the website of the writer I couldn't find anything about this. Anyways, the title is Nose, and it's quite a new book - it was published last year. So anything is possible yet

trolls' bane · 08-06-2005, 01:35 AM

Well, I've never heard of a scented book before! What was the book?

littleadanel · 08-06-2005, 04:50 AM

uhuh, seems I have to start an explanation

I already wrote some things above...

So. The author is a Hungarian guy, Réz András (guess the pronunciation

and, Réz is the family name, we write that first). The title is Orr, which means Nose. The first page of the book is scented, and I still couldn't find out what it is... it reminds me of cinnamon.

The story is great - it's about the most unextraordinary guy, whose sense of smell suddenly, from one day to the next becomes extremely sensitive. First it comes to him as a sudden attack, and it's quite a shock - all the smells around him, very, very much stronger. But he learns to control it, and use it, for example he recognises the smell of fear, ill-will... etc.

And another good point: it doesn't have the usual happy ending

rather it makes you think.

Mercutio · 08-06-2005, 05:17 PM

I just picked up "1776" by David McCullough from the library. It's an audiobook on a few cassettes, so I will probably take a long time getting through it.

***Rían*** · 08-08-2005, 01:02 AM

Finally got a hold of Pascal's Pensées - I've wanted to read it for quite awhile, because I keep coming across interesting excerpts from it.

Artanis · 08-08-2005, 02:31 AM

I have finished 'Birds without wings' by Louis De Bernieres. A lovely book. It is from the beginning of the century in Turkey, a story on how the lives of ordinary people are altered by the decisions and rivalries of powerful regents from places in the world they have not even heard of.

Now I'm reading Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'. Gives a different perspective on the Trojan war than the Iliad.

I'm also reading 'Giovanni's room' by James Baldwin. I'm on chapter two, and so far it is very promising.

strider8 · 08-08-2005, 11:41 AM

The Silmarilion

Grey_Wolf · 08-08-2005, 04:50 PM

Book 3 of AA Attanasio's The Arthor Quartet: The Wolf And The Crown

ItalianLegolas · 08-09-2005, 01:38 PM

Lets...see. I just finished the whole Dune series by Frank Herbert (again). And now I working on rereading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I just read the new Artemis Fowl book, and as soon as I can get my hands on Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card, I'll read that too.

Rosie Gamgee · 08-09-2005, 08:47 PM

Finished Riddle-Master. YAY! The plot and the writing got more interesting as it went on. Fairly good, in fact. But the ending really bombed. Horrid!

I don't know what I'll read now...

I'll probably just go back to writing in my Tolkien knock-off.

strider8 · 08-10-2005, 03:50 AM

I'm reading:

Harry Potter: and the chamber of secrets
The Silmarilion
The war of the jewels

sun-star · 08-10-2005, 03:59 AM

I'm reading The Canterbury Tales and Charlotte Yonge's Dynevor Terrace.

Spock · 08-10-2005, 11:02 AM

I'm working my way backwards through the Harry Potter series, this time buying each book for my collection. The series is out in paperback now and is cheaper. The second time reading is even better.

Mercutio · 08-11-2005, 02:59 PM

I finished "The Woman in White." Extraordinary! I stand in awe of Wilkie Collins.

I just started "H.M.S. Surprise" by Patrick O'Brian (3rd in the Aubrey/Maturin series).

And I'm reading & annotating "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald for AP English Lit this school year.

hectorberlioz · 08-11-2005, 05:20 PM

I read Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, The Black Rood by Stephen Lawhead, and I am currently finishing of an easy going James Patterson novel "3rd Degree"

hectorberlioz · 08-11-2005, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artanis

I have finished 'Birds without wings' by Louis De Bernieres. A lovely book. It is from the beginning of the century in Turkey, a story on how the lives of ordinary people are altered by the decisions and rivalries of powerful regents from places in the world they have not even heard of.

Now I'm reading Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'. Gives a different perspective on the Trojan war than the Iliad.

I'm also reading 'Giovanni's room' by James Baldwin. I'm on chapter two, and so far it is very promising.

You know Artanis, it took me nearly a year to read "Don Quixote"? I tell you this because I remember that you were reading it, and it took you awhile to finish it.

Rosie Gamgee · 08-16-2005, 07:14 PM

I tried reading Don Quixote. It was really funny, I admit, but I got intimidated by the enormity of it and put it down a while ago... haven't picked it up since.

***Rían*** · 08-16-2005, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

I finished "The Woman in White." Extraordinary! I stand in awe of Wilkie Collins.

Great book! I love Marian!

Have you read his "The Moonstone" yet? Betteredge is wonderful!

Am in the middle of Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" - he's a psychiatrist who was in Auschwitz and some other camps - absolutely riveting clinical descriptions of his life there.

Don Q is one of the few books I've never been able to make it through - I guess a lot gets lost in the translation ...

08-05-2005, 05:48 AM	#401
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	oh in public I really control myself it's enough when my family looks at me with that "alright daughter surely you'll get better someday" look. (well, in every family someone has to be the crazy one...) and, staying with smells but not going off-topic, I've just read a book, and the first page of it was scented! The story is about a guy whose sense of smell gets extremely sensitive, so I suppose that's why the author wanted the book to be published with a scent. But only the first edition, so I feel lucky with the sweet-smelling copy of mine __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

08-05-2005, 06:43 AM	#403
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	um, well, actually it is a book of a Hungarian writer sorry bout that! I don't really think it's published in any other language, at least on the website of the writer I couldn't find anything about this. Anyways, the title is Nose, and it's quite a new book - it was published last year. So anything is possible yet __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

08-06-2005, 01:35 AM	#404
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, I've never heard of a scented book before! What was the book? __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-06-2005, 04:50 AM	#405
littleadanel of the House of Bëor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eastwards. Posts: 979	uhuh, seems I have to start an explanation I already wrote some things above... So. The author is a Hungarian guy, Réz András (guess the pronunciation and, Réz is the family name, we write that first). The title is Orr, which means Nose. The first page of the book is scented, and I still couldn't find out what it is... it reminds me of cinnamon. The story is great - it's about the most unextraordinary guy, whose sense of smell suddenly, from one day to the next becomes extremely sensitive. First it comes to him as a sudden attack, and it's quite a shock - all the smells around him, very, very much stronger. But he learns to control it, and use it, for example he recognises the smell of fear, ill-will... etc. And another good point: it doesn't have the usual happy ending rather it makes you think. __________________ I'm good in bed - I can sleep for days

08-06-2005, 05:17 PM	#406
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	I just picked up "1776" by David McCullough from the library. It's an audiobook on a few cassettes, so I will probably take a long time getting through it. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-05-2005, 06:09 AM	#402
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Hey, that's pretty cool! What was it called? Staying on topic again, I was just reading the beginnning of Dante's Divine Comedy. That may or may not have had anything to do with Devil May Cry...

08-08-2005, 01:02 AM	#407
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Finally got a hold of Pascal's Pensées - I've wanted to read it for quite awhile, because I keep coming across interesting excerpts from it. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

08-08-2005, 02:31 AM	#408
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	I have finished 'Birds without wings' by Louis De Bernieres. A lovely book. It is from the beginning of the century in Turkey, a story on how the lives of ordinary people are altered by the decisions and rivalries of powerful regents from places in the world they have not even heard of. Now I'm reading Shakespeare's 'Troilus and Cressida'. Gives a different perspective on the Trojan war than the Iliad. I'm also reading 'Giovanni's room' by James Baldwin. I'm on chapter two, and so far it is very promising. __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

08-08-2005, 11:41 AM	#409
strider8 Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In a spaceship, floating in your puny planet's atmosphere, awaiting orders to invade Posts: 292	The Silmarilion __________________ The axes hewed Forlong as he fought alone and unhorsed; and both Duilin of Morthond and his brother were trampled to death when they assailed the mumakil,leading their bowmen close to shoot at the eyes of the monsters. Neither Hirluin the fair would return to Pinnath Gelin, nor Grimbold to Grimslade, nor Halbarad to the northlands,dour-handed Ranger. Those that would not return home, page830-831, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King

08-08-2005, 04:50 PM	#410
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Book 3 of AA Attanasio's The Arthor Quartet: The Wolf And The Crown

08-09-2005, 01:38 PM	#411
ItalianLegolas Tolkien-aholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: somewhere in the solar system... more specifically NJ... Posts: 712	Lets...see. I just finished the whole Dune series by Frank Herbert (again). And now I working on rereading the whole Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I just read the new Artemis Fowl book, and as soon as I can get my hands on Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card, I'll read that too. __________________ What was lost is now found.

08-09-2005, 08:47 PM	#412
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Finished Riddle-Master. YAY! The plot and the writing got more interesting as it went on. Fairly good, in fact. But the ending really bombed. Horrid! I don't know what I'll read now... I'll probably just go back to writing in my Tolkien knock-off. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

08-10-2005, 03:50 AM	#413
strider8 Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In a spaceship, floating in your puny planet's atmosphere, awaiting orders to invade Posts: 292	I'm reading: Harry Potter: and the chamber of secrets The Silmarilion The war of the jewels __________________ The axes hewed Forlong as he fought alone and unhorsed; and both Duilin of Morthond and his brother were trampled to death when they assailed the mumakil,leading their bowmen close to shoot at the eyes of the monsters. Neither Hirluin the fair would return to Pinnath Gelin, nor Grimbold to Grimslade, nor Halbarad to the northlands,dour-handed Ranger. Those that would not return home, page830-831, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King Last edited by strider8 : 08-10-2005 at 03:55 AM.

08-10-2005, 03:59 AM	#414
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I'm reading The Canterbury Tales and Charlotte Yonge's Dynevor Terrace. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-10-2005, 11:02 AM	#415
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I'm working my way backwards through the Harry Potter series, this time buying each book for my collection. The series is out in paperback now and is cheaper. The second time reading is even better. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-11-2005, 02:59 PM	#416
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	I finished "The Woman in White." Extraordinary! I stand in awe of Wilkie Collins. I just started "H.M.S. Surprise" by Patrick O'Brian (3rd in the Aubrey/Maturin series). And I'm reading & annotating "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald for AP English Lit this school year.

08-11-2005, 05:20 PM	#417
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08-16-2005, 07:14 PM	#419
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I tried reading Don Quixote. It was really funny, I admit, but I got intimidated by the enormity of it and put it down a while ago... haven't picked it up since. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

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