what are you reading right now? - Page 23

Miranda · 12-18-2002, 05:00 AM

Still got my head in soppy romantic novels! I never knew I had so many! Oh well, live vicariously through the characters! Love-hah- ain't coming this way at the moment. Hoping I will bump into a very sexy, dedicated Tolkien fan at the cinema tonight and be swept off my feet- well, its nice to dream isn't it! Mx

Beleg Strongbow · 12-18-2002, 09:05 AM

In London?

I just read 2001. OK, I guess, but not exciting.

Treebeard's apprentice · 12-18-2002, 01:43 PM

I just finished Tolkien's Letters and now I'm working on Stephen King's The Tommyknockers.

BeardofPants · 12-18-2002, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beleg Strongbow
I just read 2001. OK, I guess, but not exciting.

At least you finished it. I only got half way through.

I'm on the fourth foundation novel by Asimov. I finally finished that flaky book my co-worker leant me. Ergh.

Jadera · 12-18-2002, 04:07 PM

Right now I'm reading a book called Dead Irish by John. T. Lescroart. It's okay, it has a lot of unecessary language in it, and a couple of scenes that aren't graphic, but you get the point. It bugs me when people write books with great plots, but muddy it by putting too much language or sex scenes in it.

Radagast The Brown · 12-18-2002, 05:21 PM

I'm going to read Prachet. My sister told me he has very good books.

sun-star · 12-19-2002, 06:06 PM

I'm reading Under the Greenwood Tree - it's Thomas Hardy, but surprisingly it isn't about the horrible inevitability of fate. It's actually quite sweet

BeardofPants · 12-19-2002, 08:45 PM

Really?

I only made it about 3/4 of the way through Tess of the D'Urbervilles before I gave up in depression...

PG Wodehouse is very funny.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-20-2002, 01:48 AM

Just finished Vol. 5 of HoME (The Lost Road and other writings) and now am on to Unfinished Tales. Am eyeing calculus textbook suspiciously, wondering if i should try to re-learn calc over break.

oh, and "Bloody Irish!" a book about irish vampires...*toothy grin*

Elfmaster XK · 12-20-2002, 05:58 PM

Nah! No one needs calculus.

I'm reading Vanity Fair, W.M.Thackeray . I only got to chapter two though, when i had some sudden ideas for writing grab my mind and make me strat to write instead.

I want to read this book, when i have the time i will finish it.

Diaxion · 12-20-2002, 08:31 PM

By The Sword its a book about the history of Fencing by this famous British fencer its really good and intresting

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elfmaster XK
Nah! No one needs calculus.

It's generally a good thing to know. . .and useful in--*evil grin*--physics.

Must read Invisible Man for school. Looks good though.

Elfmaster XK · 12-21-2002, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
It's generally a good thing to know. . .and useful in--*evil grin*--physics.

NOOOOO!!!!How canst thou mention such evil in my presense!

*collapses*

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elfmaster XK
NOOOOO!!!!How canst thou mention such evil in my presense!

*collapses*

and guess who happens to be a--er, you-know-what major? *evil grin*

Elfmaster XK · 12-21-2002, 07:55 AM

AHHHHHHHH!!! You're trying to convert me! Trying to convert me! Stay back i tell thee! STAY BACK!!!

Aww, damn. Twin, can't stay back. Hmm. I shall get you back.

Er..i'm reading...this post right now

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 07:57 AM

hey, it's not my fault. . .

and i'm not trying to convert you, not at all...

Arathorn · 12-21-2002, 01:23 PM

Um, actually I am THE ONE trying to convert you two (EG and E XK). Study calculus and physics, you must. For it is in those fields that thou can defeat the magics of the Eldar and other Maiar and bring down, er defend the walls of Helm's Deep....

--Saruman ooops! Arathorn

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-21-2002, 03:40 PM

I was thinking more so we could protect Helm's Deep. But of course it will be quite useful for taking over the world!

I am easily swayed. . .I wish to study physics. . .

(don't worry, E XK--this is merely proving how we are twins, as opposed to the same person which would be rather scary, no? fear not, you will never have to do physics if you don't want to. . .)

Blackboar · 12-22-2002, 10:40 AM

I am now reading The Silmarillion

Its very confusing!

Sicirus · 12-23-2002, 04:25 PM

I am also rereading Silmarillion and two new books "Just Ella" and "Dogland".

12-18-2002, 05:00 AM	#441
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	Still got my head in soppy romantic novels! I never knew I had so many! Oh well, live vicariously through the characters! Love-hah- ain't coming this way at the moment. Hoping I will bump into a very sexy, dedicated Tolkien fan at the cinema tonight and be swept off my feet- well, its nice to dream isn't it! Mx __________________ There's only us, there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

12-18-2002, 09:05 AM	#442
Beleg Strongbow Truest of Friends Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pennsylvania, but I have a vacation home in the Westfarthing. Posts: 520	In London? I just read 2001. OK, I guess, but not exciting. __________________ "...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!

12-18-2002, 04:07 PM	#445
Jadera Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 205	Right now I'm reading a book called Dead Irish by John. T. Lescroart. It's okay, it has a lot of unecessary language in it, and a couple of scenes that aren't graphic, but you get the point. It bugs me when people write books with great plots, but muddy it by putting too much language or sex scenes in it. __________________ Whaaaaaaaaaat?? ~Chivalry isn't dead, it just transferred to women~

12-18-2002, 05:21 PM	#446
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I'm going to read Prachet. My sister told me he has very good books. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

12-19-2002, 06:06 PM	#447
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I'm reading Under the Greenwood Tree - it's Thomas Hardy, but surprisingly it isn't about the horrible inevitability of fate. It's actually quite sweet __________________ 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.

12-18-2002, 01:43 PM	#443
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	I just finished Tolkien's Letters and now I'm working on Stephen King's The Tommyknockers.

12-19-2002, 08:45 PM	#448
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Really? I only made it about 3/4 of the way through Tess of the D'Urbervilles before I gave up in depression... PG Wodehouse is very funny. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

12-20-2002, 01:48 AM	#449
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Just finished Vol. 5 of HoME (The Lost Road and other writings) and now am on to Unfinished Tales. Am eyeing calculus textbook suspiciously, wondering if i should try to re-learn calc over break. oh, and "Bloody Irish!" a book about irish vampires...toothy grin __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-20-2002, 05:58 PM	#450
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	Nah! No one needs calculus. I'm reading Vanity Fair, W.M.Thackeray . I only got to chapter two though, when i had some sudden ideas for writing grab my mind and make me strat to write instead. I want to read this book, when i have the time i will finish it. __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

12-20-2002, 08:31 PM	#451
Diaxion Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 112	By The Sword its a book about the history of Fencing by this famous British fencer its really good and intresting __________________ good day

12-21-2002, 07:55 AM	#455
Elfmaster XK Possessive Villain Fancier Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On my ship, riding the waves YARR! Posts: 2,008	AHHHHHHHH!!! You're trying to convert me! Trying to convert me! Stay back i tell thee! STAY BACK!!! Aww, damn. Twin, can't stay back. Hmm. I shall get you back. Er..i'm reading...this post right now __________________ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly - my friends. XK

12-21-2002, 07:57 AM	#456
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	hey, it's not my fault. . . and i'm not trying to convert you, not at all... __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-21-2002, 01:23 PM	#457
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Um, actually I am THE ONE trying to convert you two (EG and E XK). Study calculus and physics, you must. For it is in those fields that thou can defeat the magics of the Eldar and other Maiar and bring down, er defend the walls of Helm's Deep.... --Saruman ooops! Arathorn __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

12-21-2002, 03:40 PM	#458
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	I was thinking more so we could protect Helm's Deep. But of course it will be quite useful for taking over the world! I am easily swayed. . .I wish to study physics. . . (don't worry, E XK--this is merely proving how we are twins, as opposed to the same person which would be rather scary, no? fear not, you will never have to do physics if you don't want to. . .) __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-22-2002, 10:40 AM	#459
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	I am now reading The Silmarillion Its very confusing!

12-23-2002, 04:25 PM	#460
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	I am also rereading Silmarillion and two new books "Just Ella" and "Dogland". __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

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