what are you reading right now? - Page 28

Arathorn · 01-15-2003, 03:54 AM

Argh! I went out for lunch to pay my cellphone bills and found myself packing 5 vols. of HoME. I'm still looking for volumes 1 and 6 and am saving up for vol. 12. 10 and 11 are arriving in 2 weeks from amazon along with the M-E atlas and Letters.

I'm under the power of the dreaded One Credit Card. Gollum, gollum...

cassiopeia · 01-15-2003, 04:05 AM

I hate my library. It's only go 1 copy of Dune and will be out for the next few weeks. And I'm too cheap to fork out the two dollars to put it on hold.

Since I've pretty much been reading only Tolkien or Tolkien related works for the last year, I've decided to have a break from them. So now I'm reading Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

**crickhollow** · 01-15-2003, 04:36 AM

You have to pay to put books on hold??

cassiopeia · 01-15-2003, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by crickhollow
You have to pay to put books on hold??

If someone else has borrowed a book and you want that copy reserved, yes you must pay. But you can borrow CD's for free, which is great.

Huan · 01-15-2003, 05:44 PM

Quote: If someone else has borrowed a book and you want that copy reserved, yes you must pay.

I work at a library and I must say that is just ridiculous.

BeardofPants · 01-16-2003, 02:01 AM

We pay to put a book on hold as well. $1 per book, IIRC.

I've finished HoME 5, and now I'm starting on HoME 6... so excited!

Arathorn · 01-16-2003, 03:15 AM

I think, in general, you have to pay for book reservations if either copies are limited, or the library has problems with funds.

Anyway, I jumped to The End of the Third Age (The History of The Lord of the Rings,
Part Four) (The History of Middle-Earth - Volume 9). It gives an account, among others, of Sam telling stories from the Red Book to his kids. (Soooo cute) Elanor's only 15 then. No more details.

Spock · 01-18-2003, 12:21 PM

I just finished the last installment of the "Area-51" series entitled "The Truth". Somewhat disappointing but a must if you've started the whole series.

goodwarlord · 01-21-2003, 10:55 PM

i'm reading the hobbit right now, it's a cool bok!

Elfhelm · 01-22-2003, 01:44 PM

Heinlein's "future histories". I started with Time Enough For Love but realized I had skipped Methusalah's Children. I guess next will be To Sail Beyond the Sunset.

Coney · 01-22-2003, 02:27 PM

*kicks Charlotte Bronte in her ethereal shins*

That was like watching paint dry on the shell of a tortoise

Currently reading, or about to start:Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster.

cee2lee2 · 01-22-2003, 10:29 PM

Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!

cee2lee2 · 01-22-2003, 10:35 PM

Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!

**crickhollow** · 01-24-2003, 02:43 AM

Lemony Snicket is great! I read teh first one this fall...haven't had time to pick up the rest, but I'll get around to it...

hobinator · 01-24-2003, 03:04 AM

just finished reading Dracula, and now im reading LOTR:FOTR (for the first time) and im also reading Harry Potter and Philosophers Stone

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-24-2003, 10:45 AM

Have switched, and am now reading the Letters of JRR Tolkien, since it came into the library (putting books on hold is free here

)

Dunadan · 01-24-2003, 11:14 AM

Just finished The Sopranos by Alan Warner (no relation to the TV series). Tip-top, anarchic stuff. He seems to be able write really well from a woman's perspective (or so I think, but I'm not a woman so who knows)

Any other Warner fans out there? He also wrote Morvern Callar.

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-24-2003, 05:11 PM

You mean Eilene Warner?

Radagast The Brown · 01-26-2003, 05:02 PM

I'm reading now "Forbidden Spell"

Treebeard's apprentice · 01-27-2003, 10:17 PM

Just finished From a Buick 8 by Stephen King.
I will start Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton soon. It's been on my list and I've put it off for way too long.

01-15-2003, 03:54 AM	#541
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	Argh! I went out for lunch to pay my cellphone bills and found myself packing 5 vols. of HoME. I'm still looking for volumes 1 and 6 and am saving up for vol. 12. 10 and 11 are arriving in 2 weeks from amazon along with the M-E atlas and Letters. I'm under the power of the dreaded One Credit Card. Gollum, gollum... __________________ 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...

01-15-2003, 04:05 AM	#542
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	I hate my library. It's only go 1 copy of Dune and will be out for the next few weeks. And I'm too cheap to fork out the two dollars to put it on hold. Since I've pretty much been reading only Tolkien or Tolkien related works for the last year, I've decided to have a break from them. So now I'm reading Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

01-15-2003, 04:36 AM	#543
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	You have to pay to put books on hold?? __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

01-16-2003, 02:01 AM	#546
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	We pay to put a book on hold as well. $1 per book, IIRC. I've finished HoME 5, and now I'm starting on HoME 6... so excited! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-16-2003, 03:15 AM	#547
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I think, in general, you have to pay for book reservations if either copies are limited, or the library has problems with funds. Anyway, I jumped to The End of the Third Age (The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four) (The History of Middle-Earth - Volume 9). It gives an account, among others, of Sam telling stories from the Red Book to his kids. (Soooo cute) Elanor's only 15 then. No more details. __________________ 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...

01-15-2003, 05:44 PM	#545
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	Quote: If someone else has borrowed a book and you want that copy reserved, yes you must pay. I work at a library and I must say that is just ridiculous.

01-18-2003, 12:21 PM	#548
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I just finished the last installment of the "Area-51" series entitled "The Truth". Somewhat disappointing but a must if you've started the whole series. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

01-21-2003, 10:55 PM	#549
goodwarlord Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kiel,Wisconsi Posts: 102	the hobbit i'm reading the hobbit right now, it's a cool bok!

01-22-2003, 01:44 PM	#550
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Heinlein's "future histories". I started with Time Enough For Love but realized I had skipped Methusalah's Children. I guess next will be To Sail Beyond the Sunset. __________________ cya

01-22-2003, 02:27 PM	#551
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	kicks Charlotte Bronte in her ethereal shins That was like watching paint dry on the shell of a tortoise Currently reading, or about to start:Hidden Lives by Margaret Forster. __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

01-22-2003, 10:29 PM	#552
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!

01-22-2003, 10:35 PM	#553
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Just finished the first Lemony Snicket. Now I'm hooked!

01-24-2003, 02:43 AM	#554
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Lemony Snicket is great! I read teh first one this fall...haven't had time to pick up the rest, but I'll get around to it... __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

01-24-2003, 03:04 AM	#555
hobinator Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 93	just finished reading Dracula, and now im reading LOTR:FOTR (for the first time) and im also reading Harry Potter and Philosophers Stone

01-24-2003, 10:45 AM	#556
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Have switched, and am now reading the Letters of JRR Tolkien, since it came into the library (putting books on hold is free here ) __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-24-2003, 11:14 AM	#557
Dunadan The Quite Querulous Quendi Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oxon, UK Posts: 638	Just finished The Sopranos by Alan Warner (no relation to the TV series). Tip-top, anarchic stuff. He seems to be able write really well from a woman's perspective (or so I think, but I'm not a woman so who knows) Any other Warner fans out there? He also wrote Morvern Callar.

01-24-2003, 05:11 PM	#558
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	You mean Eilene Warner? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-26-2003, 05:02 PM	#559
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I'm reading now "Forbidden Spell" __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

01-27-2003, 10:17 PM	#560
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Just finished From a Buick 8 by Stephen King. I will start Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton soon. It's been on my list and I've put it off for way too long.

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