what are you reading right now? - Page 16

silmälasi · 09-02-2002, 02:08 PM

right now i am reading a book about ducati motorcycles.those beautiful v-twins

**crickhollow** · 09-03-2002, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by sun-star
I've just finished 'Perelandra' by C.S. Lewis, as well as re-reading Sense and Sensibility, and I'm not sure what to start next. I'm sure I'll find something...

ooo-- Perelandra is one of my favorites...try That Hideous Strength...it's the next one in the series.

right now I've finally started the Silmarillion for the first time!yay for me!

tulc711 · 09-03-2002, 08:00 PM

"Going To Pieces: the rise and fall of the Slasher film 1978-1986"
great book so far!
tulc

***azalea*** · 09-08-2002, 08:56 PM

I just finished reading The Nanny Diaries while I was on vacation. It was surprisingly good, a very easy read and a page turner. You just can't believe how people could actually be like that (although there is a disclaimer at the beginning that the book is pure fiction, it is based on the authors' actual experiences as nannies).

BeardofPants · 09-08-2002, 10:19 PM

I'm still waiting for lost tales (blimmin' amazon!) and the other volumes are sitting on my bookshelf, beckoning me to read them..... *Sigh* I'm reduced to re-reading some Terry Pratchett, to stave my urge to start reading HoME 3......

Hemisphere Dancer · 09-09-2002, 10:13 AM

Reading The Cell , by John Williams, et al.

cassiopeia · 09-09-2002, 11:08 PM

I'm currently reading The Book of Lost Tales part 2. I'm going to read them all in order. I think i've got about ten to go, so thats what I'll be reading for the next 6 monthes.

BeardofPants · 09-09-2002, 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by cassiopeia
I'm currently reading The Book of Lost Tales part 2. I'm going to read them all in order. I think i've got about ten to go, so thats what I'll be reading for the next 6 monthes.

Yeah, I'm gonna be in the same situation, as soon as I get my copies of Lost Tales.

How did you find the first one? How hard is it to get into?

cassiopeia · 09-09-2002, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Yeah, I'm gonna be in the same situation, as soon as I get my copies of Lost Tales.

How did you find the first one? How hard is it to get into?

It was kind of hard to get into. I forced myself to keep reading and ended up enjoying it. It can confuse you, because Vanyar are the Teleri (I think) and Melkor is Melko (OK not to confusing) when he wrote it, so you have to be careful. It's very much like The Silmarillion in style. I'm enjoying the tale of Tinuviel in part 2.

Hrothgar · 09-13-2002, 05:02 AM

Personally, I am re-reading the Two Towers (nearly finished)

For University I am about to re-read The Golden Ass.

I have just finished Prometheus Bound, Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Collonus, the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, and the Iliad (again).

Next year I have to read; The Nibelungenlied, Henry V (again), The Aenid, the Song of Roland, The twelve Caesars, The Jugurnthine war and the conspiracy of Catalline, and the History of the Franks.

and I plan to read The Silmarillion, time permitting.

Lots of reading, but extremely interesting

elendili · 09-13-2002, 06:16 AM

I'm reading Pride and Pedjudice but gave up halfway through the unfinished tales coz they were very repetitive but I plan on reading the Silmarillion again soon.

**crickhollow** · 09-15-2002, 11:23 PM

I'm reading the Pardoner's Tale (part of the Canterbury Tales) for my Major Authors class. Chaucer is excellent!

Starr Polish · 09-15-2002, 11:28 PM

Return of the King again, and A Clockwork Orange. I really am not liking the latter of the two. I think my opinion on the former is fairly obvious though.

I have a long list of what I want to read afterwards (I usually only read two books at a time, if that):
Wuthering Heights, Dracula, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Letters of JRR Tolkien, Catcher in the Rye, Good Omens, and Ender's Game, in no particular order.

Erawyn · 09-16-2002, 08:25 PM

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I'm reading Pride and Pedjudice

I love that book!

I hated Cather In the Rye, but most people love it, at first I thought it was interesting, but it drags on and I thought that the style it is written in got irritating after awhile.

sun-star · 09-17-2002, 04:27 PM

I'm reading a sequel to Pride and Prejudice - it's terrible. Luckily it's short

Beleg Strongbow · 09-19-2002, 07:50 AM

isnt this a poll thread?

Starr Polish · 09-19-2002, 05:58 PM

This thread was started LONG before that ban, and it's actually an intelligent one where people can discuss and reccomend (or warn against) books.

I'm still reading ROTK...and my English notes. ::sigh::

BeardofPants · 09-19-2002, 06:03 PM

Half way through Lost Tales Vol I and impatient to start Vol II....

Draken · 09-20-2002, 04:50 AM

Half way through "Guns, Germs & Steel" (excellent examination of the driving forces behind the development of civilisations). Have just finished reading "The Mouse and his Child" to my two youngest. What a fantastic childrens' book that is. Anyone else read it?

Khadrane · 09-21-2002, 10:23 AM

I'm reading Book of Lost Tales 1. It's good.

09-02-2002, 02:08 PM	#301
silmälasi Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: finland Posts: 17	what am i reading ? right now i am reading a book about ducati motorcycles.those beautiful v-twins __________________ shadow dweller

09-03-2002, 08:00 PM	#303
tulc711 Sapling Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 10	"Going To Pieces: the rise and fall of the Slasher film 1978-1986" great book so far! tulc __________________ Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat?

09-08-2002, 10:19 PM	#305
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm still waiting for lost tales (blimmin' amazon!) and the other volumes are sitting on my bookshelf, beckoning me to read them..... Sigh I'm reduced to re-reading some Terry Pratchett, to stave my urge to start reading HoME 3...... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-09-2002, 11:08 PM	#307
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I'm currently reading The Book of Lost Tales part 2. I'm going to read them all in order. I think i've got about ten to go, so thats what I'll be reading for the next 6 monthes. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

09-13-2002, 05:02 AM	#310
Hrothgar Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 27	Personally, I am re-reading the Two Towers (nearly finished) For University I am about to re-read The Golden Ass. I have just finished Prometheus Bound, Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Collonus, the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, and the Iliad (again). Next year I have to read; The Nibelungenlied, Henry V (again), The Aenid, the Song of Roland, The twelve Caesars, The Jugurnthine war and the conspiracy of Catalline, and the History of the Franks. and I plan to read The Silmarillion, time permitting. Lots of reading, but extremely interesting __________________ nemo sine vitio est No one is without fault Amo discere linguam Latinam, potero enim docere eam. To see my face go hither http://46728074.home.icq.com/personal.html

09-08-2002, 08:56 PM	#304
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I just finished reading The Nanny Diaries while I was on vacation. It was surprisingly good, a very easy read and a page turner. You just can't believe how people could actually be like that (although there is a disclaimer at the beginning that the book is pure fiction, it is based on the authors' actual experiences as nannies).

09-09-2002, 10:13 AM	#306
Hemisphere Dancer Sapling Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2	Reading The Cell , by John Williams, et al.

09-13-2002, 06:16 AM	#311
elendili Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: a galaxy far far away (aka Manchester) Posts: 320	I'm reading Pride and Pedjudice but gave up halfway through the unfinished tales coz they were very repetitive but I plan on reading the Silmarillion again soon. __________________ Dovie'andi se tovya sagain "Courage my soul, now learn to wield The weight of thine immortal shield Place on thy head thy helmet bright Ballance thy sword against the fight See where an army strong as fair With silken banners spreads the air Now if thy bee'st that thing divine In this days combat let it shine: And shew that nature wants an art To conqeur one resolved heart" Andrew Marvell

09-15-2002, 11:23 PM	#312
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I'm reading the Pardoner's Tale (part of the Canterbury Tales) for my Major Authors class. Chaucer is excellent! __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

09-15-2002, 11:28 PM	#313
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Return of the King again, and A Clockwork Orange. I really am not liking the latter of the two. I think my opinion on the former is fairly obvious though. I have a long list of what I want to read afterwards (I usually only read two books at a time, if that): Wuthering Heights, Dracula, The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, Letters of JRR Tolkien, Catcher in the Rye, Good Omens, and Ender's Game, in no particular order. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell Last edited by Starr Polish : 09-15-2002 at 11:31 PM.

09-17-2002, 04:27 PM	#315
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I'm reading a sequel to Pride and Prejudice - it's terrible. Luckily it's short __________________ 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.

09-19-2002, 07:50 AM	#316
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	isnt this a poll thread? __________________ "...Beleg Strongbow, truest of friends, greatest in skill of all that harboured in the woods of Beleriand in the Elder Days..." Aure Entuleva! John Kerry for President!

09-19-2002, 05:58 PM	#317
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	This thread was started LONG before that ban, and it's actually an intelligent one where people can discuss and reccomend (or warn against) books. I'm still reading ROTK...and my English notes. ::sigh:: __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

09-19-2002, 06:03 PM	#318
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Half way through Lost Tales Vol I and impatient to start Vol II.... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

09-20-2002, 04:50 AM	#319
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Half way through "Guns, Germs & Steel" (excellent examination of the driving forces behind the development of civilisations). Have just finished reading "The Mouse and his Child" to my two youngest. What a fantastic childrens' book that is. Anyone else read it? __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

09-21-2002, 10:23 AM	#320
Khadrane Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Middle Earth (I wish) Posts: 670	I'm reading Book of Lost Tales 1. It's good. __________________ Few know whither their road will take them till they come to its end. -Legolas FRODO LIVES! ABORTION IS HOMICIDE

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