Reading any good books? - Page 25

cee2lee2 · 09-21-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

I heard a long interview with him on NPR today. Very cool

Hubby heard that interview.......came home with lots of nice things to say about Alan Alda.

I had started Blue Mars but have not had any time to keep reading so it's going with me on the plane next week. Four hours nonstop ought to get me a long way into it.

trolls' bane · 09-21-2005, 10:32 PM

Well, definitely. I just started part ?: Falling into History, in Red MArs.

cee2lee2 · 09-21-2005, 10:40 PM

Sounds like you're about half way through it, TB. Do you like it so far?

trolls' bane · 09-21-2005, 11:40 PM

Excellent, "lee."
My grandma doesn't exactly like it. She says I've been reading too much about Mars. I'm so SICK of people saying what I should and should not read. How DARE they dictate what I like?

Nobody understands WHY I like to read that stuff (even I have trouble), but we are talking about a former psychologist who's brother long lost brother was a brilliant neurosurgeon.

Well, I'm going to ignore her and go on to Green and Blue Mars anyway. If I have to, I'll do what I did in my own dark ages, when I took my LotR and Sil books, as well as a few others, and hid them from the Bradbury "Firemen" that my mom and stepdad (especially my stepdad, who happens to be named EDDIE) are. They think they suceeded in what I like to call "Thought Suggestion." Everyone else uses more conventional forms of suggestion. Well, there's a lot more to me than they think!!!! Yep, my dad just came in, in fact, and had to go over the English syllabus, which I have already gone over twice.

People think I am SO stupid.

Well, that's OT.

Rosie Gamgee · 09-27-2005, 06:00 PM

Hamlet. Actually I finished it yesterday. Not bad, 'cept for the ending. I don't mind

everyone dying

as much as I mind the speeches that accompany these events. Could we get any more dramatic? I would like to see the play performed now. Sheesh, why don't I live in a happening place?

katya · 09-28-2005, 06:12 AM

I`m reading stories from a volume of the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. I started with Stephen Crane`s "The Open Boat". It was pretty funny, I thought. And at the same time, it made me think, made some good points, had some nice imagery and mood, reawakening my desire for the sea. It had sort of the same themes as RBC really, like the indifference of Nature. I liked it.

Spock · 09-28-2005, 10:20 AM

Would that be Andre Norton, Katya? I love her works.

katya · 09-30-2005, 06:49 AM

I don`t think so, Spock. I think it`s just a collection of short stories by whoever, and that this Andre Norton of which you speak is mostly uninvolved. Who is she? What kind of stories does/did she write?

Spock · 09-30-2005, 09:05 AM

Science Fiction, she's a legend.

Acalewia · 10-02-2005, 04:43 PM

I'm currently reading Soul Harvest the fourth book in the Left Behind seris. They're great!

hectorberlioz · 10-06-2005, 06:32 PM

Last book of The Aeneid

. Thirty odd pages to go. The first books were pretty interesting, but mostly I'm going to end up finishing it out of stubborness.

Grey_Wolf · 10-07-2005, 10:50 AM

Am at the moment reading John Keegan's The First World War. Fairly difficult since he has a particular style of writing. Sometimes I have to reread whole sentences a couple of times to get his point.

But it is very interesting on the whole.

Spock · 10-07-2005, 12:05 PM

I just finished The Bourne Legacy. Much too much violence and in light of the characters age, most unbelievable. At least I've managed to finish that series now.

hectorberlioz · 10-12-2005, 05:51 PM

I finished The Aeneid, and Lord of the Flies.

I'm reading the second to latest Redwall book (Rakkety Tam), and The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz (I'll take my time, it's so enjoyable.)

next on list:

Ivanhoe
The Pickwick Papers
Idylls of the King
Notes from the Underground

Elanor · 10-12-2005, 07:39 PM

I recently read almost everything by Orson Scott Card. I just have about 5 books to go (which means I've read a lot of books!)

I also read Runaway Jury recently and I may get hooked on John Grisham next. I always get hooked on authors, when I find a good one, and it's bad for the rest of my life, because I have to read everything they ever wrote, nonstop.

Curubethion · 10-12-2005, 08:11 PM

Wait, you said Rakkety Tam was the second to last Redwall book? What's the last one?

rohirrim TR · 10-13-2005, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

I just finished The Bourne Legacy. Much too much violence and in light of the characters age, most unbelievable. At least I've managed to finish that series now.

the bourne series is frustrating to read,it rarely happens this way but in this case the movies are much better

hectorberlioz · 10-17-2005, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

Wait, you said Rakkety Tam was the second to last Redwall book? What's the last one?

It just came out: High Rhulain

Spock · 10-20-2005, 10:52 AM

I just finished "The Home Team-Hostile Borders" a most up to date and terrifying book if I do say so myself. It's about drug runners linking up with Al Queda to do major hurt to the US.
The author is a Command Master Chief, USN (Ret.) and he writes with detail that will chill you.

MrBishop · 10-20-2005, 11:44 AM

Hotel New Hapshire - John Irving
Watership Down - I forget

09-21-2005, 10:32 PM	#482
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, definitely. I just started part ?: Falling into History, in Red MArs. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-21-2005, 11:40 PM	#484
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Excellent, "lee." My grandma doesn't exactly like it. She says I've been reading too much about Mars. I'm so SICK of people saying what I should and should not read. How DARE they dictate what I like? Nobody understands WHY I like to read that stuff (even I have trouble), but we are talking about a former psychologist who's brother long lost brother was a brilliant neurosurgeon. Well, I'm going to ignore her and go on to Green and Blue Mars anyway. If I have to, I'll do what I did in my own dark ages, when I took my LotR and Sil books, as well as a few others, and hid them from the Bradbury "Firemen" that my mom and stepdad (especially my stepdad, who happens to be named EDDIE) are. They think they suceeded in what I like to call "Thought Suggestion." Everyone else uses more conventional forms of suggestion. Well, there's a lot more to me than they think!!!! Yep, my dad just came in, in fact, and had to go over the English syllabus, which I have already gone over twice. People think I am SO stupid. Well, that's OT. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-28-2005, 10:20 AM	#487
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Would that be Andre Norton, Katya? I love her works. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

09-30-2005, 09:05 AM	#489
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Science Fiction, she's a legend. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-02-2005, 04:43 PM	#490
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	I'm currently reading Soul Harvest the fourth book in the Left Behind seris. They're great! __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

09-21-2005, 10:40 PM	#483
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Sounds like you're about half way through it, TB. Do you like it so far?

09-28-2005, 06:12 AM	#486
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I`m reading stories from a volume of the Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. I started with Stephen Crane`s "The Open Boat". It was pretty funny, I thought. And at the same time, it made me think, made some good points, had some nice imagery and mood, reawakening my desire for the sea. It had sort of the same themes as RBC really, like the indifference of Nature. I liked it.

09-30-2005, 06:49 AM	#488
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	I don`t think so, Spock. I think it`s just a collection of short stories by whoever, and that this Andre Norton of which you speak is mostly uninvolved. Who is she? What kind of stories does/did she write?

10-06-2005, 06:32 PM	#491
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Last book of The Aeneid. Thirty odd pages to go. The first books were pretty interesting, but mostly I'm going to end up finishing it out of stubborness. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-07-2005, 10:50 AM	#492
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Am at the moment reading John Keegan's The First World War. Fairly difficult since he has a particular style of writing. Sometimes I have to reread whole sentences a couple of times to get his point. But it is very interesting on the whole.

10-07-2005, 12:05 PM	#493
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I just finished The Bourne Legacy. Much too much violence and in light of the characters age, most unbelievable. At least I've managed to finish that series now. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-12-2005, 05:51 PM	#494
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I finished The Aeneid, and Lord of the Flies. I'm reading the second to latest Redwall book (Rakkety Tam), and The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz (I'll take my time, it's so enjoyable.) next on list: Ivanhoe The Pickwick Papers Idylls of the King Notes from the Underground __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-12-2005, 07:39 PM	#495
Elanor Hobbit in the Music Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Westmarch Posts: 1,111	I recently read almost everything by Orson Scott Card. I just have about 5 books to go (which means I've read a lot of books!) I also read Runaway Jury recently and I may get hooked on John Grisham next. I always get hooked on authors, when I find a good one, and it's bad for the rest of my life, because I have to read everything they ever wrote, nonstop. __________________ Middle Earth Crossword Puzzle on the Tolkien Site of DOOM Segovia Mazes

10-12-2005, 08:11 PM	#496
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Wait, you said Rakkety Tam was the second to last Redwall book? What's the last one? __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

10-20-2005, 10:52 AM	#499
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I just finished "The Home Team-Hostile Borders" a most up to date and terrifying book if I do say so myself. It's about drug runners linking up with Al Queda to do major hurt to the US. The author is a Command Master Chief, USN (Ret.) and he writes with detail that will chill you. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-20-2005, 11:44 AM	#500
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