11-29-2001, 12:36 PM | #181 |
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Oh, that would be me hoping I finish at least the first book. I tried to start it the other day but got bogged down in the introduction and prologue -- do I really need to bother with that?
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12-01-2001, 02:02 AM | #182 |
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I finished WOT #6, finally. It kept seguing to and fro between "bloody boring" and "captivatingly intense", and ended on the second... I'm going to be taking quite a break before I go on to #7 (Crown of Swords) though.
I'm re-reading The Hobbit right now. After that I plan to take down The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis, and re-read some Jules Verne or Kurt Vonnegut or George Orwell for a bit. On another note, this book club thing I'm a part of chose Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game for discussion... it's bloody hard to find a copy of it around here, and I'm not even sure I have time to get to it.
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12-03-2001, 03:09 PM | #183 |
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Re: what are you reading right now?
I’m reading “the Epics of Celtic Ireland” by Jean Markale.
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12-12-2001, 03:08 AM | #184 |
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I can say what I'm reading right now, but it won't help you, because it's a Russian author. All I can say is that it's Sci-Fi, and it's about Virtual Reality (That's a new theme for a book ). Afterwards I'll be reading the end of the book I'm currently reading, which is a book itself.
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12-18-2001, 02:58 PM | #185 |
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I just started re-reading, of all things, M.M. Kaye's The Far Pavillions . I was cleaning out bookcases and came across my copy and decided to give it a shot. It's a fairly interesting read given the current political climate, and bearable as far as epic historical romances go. I also dug out my copy of Kaye's The Ordinary Princess, a wonderful children's story that is being re-released in 2002.
Also reading Patrick McCabe's Emerald Germs of Ireland and Chris Moore's Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. |
12-29-2001, 02:17 AM | #186 |
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A biography of Terence Rattigan by Geoffrey Wansell.
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12-31-2001, 05:45 PM | #187 |
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What I'm reading
Well right now it's kind of complicated. I'm on the seventh chapter of TTT, but that's gonna have to wait for a while, because I'm in this group called Honors Reading at school. You have to read @ least 2 books within the chosen topic, and then you go on a trip somewhere. The Winter 2001 - 2002 theme is Elvis & the NBA, so I'm reading a book called Last Train to Memphis by Peter Guralnick. After that I'll prob read a short biography of a WNBA player (Mrs. P said WNBA counts) to finish that. Then I'll read Company Aytch (dunno who the author is) for History Club, and then, FINALLY, I'll be able to finish LotR without any interruptions!
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01-03-2002, 04:48 PM | #188 |
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Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman, if you want to know what it is about go to the Terry Pratchet thread in fantasy/sci fi
Oh and LoTR (of course)
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01-04-2002, 10:24 PM | #189 |
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I'm rereading LOTR because I haven't read it in a few years, and I am currently on The Two Towers. I have some books I got for Christmas that I have started reading, but I want to finish LOTR before I finish those books.
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01-09-2002, 04:52 PM | #190 |
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I just finished Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay.
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01-10-2002, 02:14 PM | #191 |
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I just finished the Redwall books. I've got my hands full, trying to finish both the Silmarillion and Sense and Sensibility.
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Re: Re: My Reading :)
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01-12-2002, 12:00 PM | #193 |
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The Quest for the Quantam Computer and The Two Towers and The Silmarillion
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02-07-2002, 06:51 PM | #194 |
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I'm never really "reading" anything, unless I have my nose stuck in a book. I'm a really fast reader, which is both a blessing and a curse. It takes me about an hour and a half, give or take ten minutes or so, to read the Fellowship. And Iluvatar only knows how many times I've read it . . .
Currently I am re-reading the LotR trilogy, and the Hobbit, and the silmarillion numerous times, and attempting to memorize all the songs and poems.
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02-07-2002, 11:42 PM | #195 |
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Whatever I can get my hands on.
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02-08-2002, 12:50 AM | #196 |
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Woohoo! Just finished Mists of Avalon! Now I have to read The Red Badge of Courage (which I've already read once) for class, and Heart of Darkness, and Die Groenland Saga, and Adventures of Tom Sawyer and . . .
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02-08-2002, 12:56 AM | #197 |
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::hisses at Tom Sawyer:: HISS! Okay, I will read anything I can get my hands on, but that doesn't mean I'll like it
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02-08-2002, 01:32 AM | #198 |
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What? What? Tom Sawyer is cute! He's amusing!
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02-08-2002, 08:58 PM | #199 |
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I had to read it in eighth grade, and I'm not really a fan of Mark Twain's better known books (the other being Huck Finn). ::shrug::
I also didn't like Homecoming, but that's for another thread I am actually currently reading LOTR, Scarlett and a book called the Fiery Cross...the fifth in an AMAZING series.
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02-10-2002, 03:34 PM | #200 |
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The Fellowship in an hour and a half? Whoa, Laurelyn! I'm older than you and it took me more than a month!!!!
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