what are you reading right now? - Page 32

Bodo Fraggins · 03-01-2003, 05:34 PM

The Firm by John Grisham, once Im done Im going to watch the film!

Ithilwin · 03-02-2003, 02:30 PM

I left BoLT2 unfinished and I am now reading The Silmarillion.I'll get back to BoLT when I finish the Sil though...

Varda · 03-02-2003, 02:51 PM

I am reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-02-2003, 06:13 PM

Queen of the Valar reading Harry Potter? There's an interesting picture.

Starr Polish · 03-03-2003, 02:39 AM

Wuthering Heights and Mere Christianity.

Treebeard's apprentice · 03-03-2003, 12:14 PM

I finally found Douglas Adam's The Ultimate Hitchhicker's Guide. I've been curious to read it for a while but I couldn't find it for sale anywhere. Now I'm glad I'm reading it because it's so wacky.

annunerin · 03-04-2003, 01:18 AM

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Robert Cormier

Huan · 03-05-2003, 01:57 AM

I just finished No Place Like Home by Gary Younge. It's an account of a black Englishman's experiences in the American South (where I'm from), and the very complicated differences and similarities between the black experience in America and England. Fascinating stuff. Also just finished Alex Robinson's graphic novel Box Office Poison, which I understand the Comics Journal hated, but I couldn't put it down. I've just started Stephen Pinker's The Language Instinct, which is supposed to be a real landmark in linguistics. I also just reread for like the millionth time Lennon Remembers, which is the complete transcript of the interview John Lennon gave to Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner in I think 1971. It's absolutely one of my favorite books ever. John Lennon is God.

cassiopeia · 03-05-2003, 04:40 AM

Next you'll be saying the Beatles are bigger than Jesus.

I'm reading The Letters of JRR Tolkien, at last. I have been waiting sooo long to read it again. And I've got The Return of the Shadow waiting to be read as well.

Huan · 03-06-2003, 02:23 AM

Not the Beatles, Cassiopeia: just John Lennon

. Tolkien's letters include some fascinating material, especially the one where he goes into his personal philosophy/intentions regarding what elves and the rings represent (not "allegorically" of course).

Spock · 03-06-2003, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cassiopeia
And I've got The Return of the Shadow waiting to be read as well. [/B]

Is that about the character from the 40's radio shows? Also the one in which Alec Baldwin played in the semi-recent movie?

Huan · 03-06-2003, 12:33 PM

Return of the Shadow is one of them History of Middle Earth volumes, I think.

sun-star · 03-06-2003, 03:08 PM

I’ve given up reading fiction for Lent, so I’m reading mainly CS Lewis instead - “Reflections on the Psalms” is next on my list. Going to get it from the library tomorrow.

Miranda · 03-06-2003, 05:27 PM

I've just finished reading Moorstones by Cole and it was brilliant. Was a book I read in my early teens and I couldn't get passed chapter six because it was too scary but now I've finished it (after years of searching for a copy) and I feel very accomplished. Now moved on to Elidor by Garner because I remember the TV series and want to read the original work. Only a few pages into it at the mo though. Mx

cassiopeia · 03-07-2003, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spock
Is that about the character from the 40's radio shows? Also the one in which Alec Baldwin played in the semi-recent movie?

Nope, the History of Middle Earth, part 6. It's Tolkiens early drafts of the Lord of the Rings. Sam isn't even in it yet. Grr....

Baby-K · 03-07-2003, 02:00 AM

I've just finished re-reading The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (Coney our convo sparked that) so now I've started The Third Twin by Ken Follet. So far it is ok, I haven't really got into it yet, so I have not yet reached the juicy parts.

annunerin · 03-07-2003, 02:53 AM

the bumblebee flies anyway by robert cormier

SlushieSnowGirl · 03-08-2003, 12:13 PM

Right now I'm reading a book called Tangerine.

BeardofPants · 03-08-2003, 02:35 PM

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. EG WOULD be pleased.

Coney · 03-08-2003, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. EG WOULD be pleased.

Brilliant book, loved it to bits

Re-reading 45 by Bill Drummond.

03-02-2003, 02:30 PM	#622
Ithilwin Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Imladris Posts: 332	I left BoLT2 unfinished and I am now reading The Silmarillion.I'll get back to BoLT when I finish the Sil though... __________________ ~[color=sky blue]*[/color]~ ...White was her garment and it had no ornament, save a silver girdle, but above her brow her forehead was adorned with a slender silver lace, and small gems were on it, glittering white, yet her hair was dark as the evening and her eyes were bright as the starlit heaven; queenly she looked and she shone as a white star in the sunlight.

03-02-2003, 02:51 PM	#623
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	I am reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

03-02-2003, 06:13 PM	#624
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Queen of the Valar reading Harry Potter? There's an interesting picture. __________________ 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

03-03-2003, 02:39 AM	#625
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	Wuthering Heights and Mere Christianity. __________________ “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

03-05-2003, 04:40 AM	#629
cassiopeia Viggoholic Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 1,749	Next you'll be saying the Beatles are bigger than Jesus. I'm reading The Letters of JRR Tolkien, at last. I have been waiting sooo long to read it again. And I've got The Return of the Shadow waiting to be read as well. __________________ Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

03-01-2003, 05:34 PM	#621
Bodo Fraggins Sapling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Yorkshire - England Posts: 2	The Firm by John Grisham, once Im done Im going to watch the film!

03-03-2003, 12:14 PM	#626
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	I finally found Douglas Adam's The Ultimate Hitchhicker's Guide. I've been curious to read it for a while but I couldn't find it for sale anywhere. Now I'm glad I'm reading it because it's so wacky.

03-04-2003, 01:18 AM	#627
annunerin Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Robert Cormier

03-05-2003, 01:57 AM	#628
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	I just finished No Place Like Home by Gary Younge. It's an account of a black Englishman's experiences in the American South (where I'm from), and the very complicated differences and similarities between the black experience in America and England. Fascinating stuff. Also just finished Alex Robinson's graphic novel Box Office Poison, which I understand the Comics Journal hated, but I couldn't put it down. I've just started Stephen Pinker's The Language Instinct, which is supposed to be a real landmark in linguistics. I also just reread for like the millionth time Lennon Remembers, which is the complete transcript of the interview John Lennon gave to Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner in I think 1971. It's absolutely one of my favorite books ever. John Lennon is God.

03-06-2003, 02:23 AM	#630
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	Not the Beatles, Cassiopeia: just John Lennon . Tolkien's letters include some fascinating material, especially the one where he goes into his personal philosophy/intentions regarding what elves and the rings represent (not "allegorically" of course).

03-06-2003, 12:33 PM	#632
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	Return of the Shadow is one of them History of Middle Earth volumes, I think.

03-06-2003, 03:08 PM	#633
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I’ve given up reading fiction for Lent, so I’m reading mainly CS Lewis instead - “Reflections on the Psalms” is next on my list. Going to get it from the library tomorrow. __________________ 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.

03-06-2003, 05:27 PM	#634
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	I've just finished reading Moorstones by Cole and it was brilliant. Was a book I read in my early teens and I couldn't get passed chapter six because it was too scary but now I've finished it (after years of searching for a copy) and I feel very accomplished. Now moved on to Elidor by Garner because I remember the TV series and want to read the original work. Only a few pages into it at the mo though. 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.

03-07-2003, 02:00 AM	#636
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	I've just finished re-reading The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay (Coney our convo sparked that) so now I've started The Third Twin by Ken Follet. So far it is ok, I haven't really got into it yet, so I have not yet reached the juicy parts. __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement. Last edited by Baby-K : 03-07-2003 at 02:08 AM.

03-07-2003, 02:53 AM	#637
annunerin Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 18	the bumblebee flies anyway by robert cormier

03-08-2003, 12:13 PM	#638
SlushieSnowGirl Hobbit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In Gibberland Posts: 28	Right now I'm reading a book called Tangerine. __________________ It's something strange. look over there. it's the book of beyond. Don't you dare open it!!!!!!!! The dark is here.

03-08-2003, 02:35 PM	#639
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	American Gods by Neil Gaiman. EG WOULD be pleased. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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