what are you reading right now? - Page 39

Lalaith · 05-18-2003, 05:52 AM

I finished "The fellowship of the Ring" three days ago (my third time reading it ... this time in english) and now I have just started reading "Owen Meany" by John Irving. A really lovely book.

Huan · 05-27-2003, 07:53 PM

I have been reading some strange things lately. I just finished Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which is just nutty. It's about the Priory of Sion, who guard the knowledge of the location of the Holy Grail, which is not a cup at all but the remains of Mary Magdalene. The Priory also guards the knowledge of the bloodline of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, which apparently is the Merovingian dynasty that ruled France before the Carolingians. And supposedly Leonardo Da Vinci was grandmaster of the Priory and left all sorts of Paul-is-dead type clues about Mary Magdalene in his paintings, which is why the Mona Lisa is smiling like that. And did you know that the planet Venus traces a perfect pentacle in the sky over the course of four years, and that's why the Olympics were (and still are) held every four years? And I'm currently reading Patricia Cornwell's Portrait of a Killer, in which she lays out a fairly convincing argument pointing to the artist Walter Sickert as the one and only culprit behind the Jack the Ripper killings. She seems very convinced that she's right.

cee2lee2 · 05-27-2003, 09:36 PM

I enjoy Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries and just finished "Q is for Quarry."

Shadowfax · 05-28-2003, 11:47 PM

I am almost finished "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev (sp?). I like the characters--very complex and good for analysing. This is the first Russian author I've read and I could tell right away there was something different compared to British or North American authors (still can't quite put my finger on it though...). Anyway, it's pretty good, a short read (only 200 pages), and I'm almost done.

Linaewen · 05-29-2003, 09:02 AM

Rereading the Hobbit, and the rest of the Tolkien books. I'm actually going to know Tolkien stuff now! Yeah!

HobbitChick88 · 05-29-2003, 02:02 PM

I just finished reading The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. It's quite good, and has several twists in it

Radagast The Brown · 05-29-2003, 03:42 PM

The Seventh Gate.

sun-star · 05-29-2003, 03:57 PM

"Scenes of Clerical Life", by George Eliot. It's much more interesting than it sounds

Shadowfax · 05-29-2003, 11:23 PM

I just finished "Fathers and Sons". A pretty good little book. If you want a good character study go for it.

Sicirus · 05-31-2003, 01:34 PM

I have just gone to the library and was set loose in the fantasy section (trust me its pretty bad. So I* was limited *humph*

I have just finished a great Novel by Patricia Windsor called "The Blooding"
I am now reading "The Stones Are Hatching" by Geraldine Mc Caughrean
Then I am going to read "Blood And Chocolate" by Annette Curtis Klause
Then "The Squire HIs Knight & His Lady" by Gerald Morris.
I have a book for my project called "Tolkien's Ring" by David Day which ids very interesting and another book called "Finding God In The Lord Of The Rings." by Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware.

Agalayth · 05-31-2003, 03:32 PM

I have just finished The Sight by David Clement-Davies, which was a very great book. I also just finished a short book called The Sunflower by Simon Weisenthal. I had to read it for Hebrew School....

Now I'm reading Shade's Children by Garth Nix, and will be reading Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies shortly afterwards.

Baby-K · 06-09-2003, 03:04 AM

Just finished The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett - what a wonderful book! I'm totally convinced that Coney is one of the Feegles! (ye'll understand if ye read the book)

This one I'd really reccommend to any of my friends

I've now started The Amazing Maurice & his Educated Rodants also by Pratchett (it's the first real 'children's book' he's written)as well as the New Believers (it's a book about sects, cults & new religions) and also Murder at Morija - it's a factual book about what happened at a missionary post in Lesotho in the last century when a French missionary was poisoned there during the Christmas dinner & the subsequent events etc (basically a true murder mystery being solved by the author). And just to confuse it all I'm reading Griet kom Weer, an Afrikaans book (gotta keep the roos ye know

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Linaewen · 06-09-2003, 05:36 AM

Well..I've interrupted my supposed 'Tolkien' stage to read a 'Teach Yourself' book on Swedish. I also bought a book today about Childhood memories of World War II, and another little book with brief biographies of 500 influential figures in 20th century history, so I'll be reading all of those too.

gimli7410 · 06-09-2003, 10:00 PM

rereading fellowship of the ring

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-09-2003, 10:48 PM

Reading the Unfinished Tales. I got a lot read while at the doctor's office today, waiting for the guy to come. Finished the Coming of Tuor, and got a nice start on the Narn i Hin Hurin.

Sheeana · 06-09-2003, 11:38 PM

Oooh, Narn i Hin Hurin is the best part. I envy you reading it for the first time.

Coney · 06-10-2003, 06:10 AM

Stephen King - On Writing

I've taken a break from my writing, only to read how other people write :/

*going/gone insane*

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-10-2003, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sheeana
Oooh, Narn i Hin Hurin is the best part. I envy you reading it for the first time.

How about for it falling apart?

wahine · 06-10-2003, 02:07 PM

The Stone Monkey--John (or Jeffrey?) Deaver

Sheeana · 06-11-2003, 12:05 AM

I'm reading the Uncanny X-men series, or part of it anyway, and the second Thomas Covenant book, curse his name forever!

05-18-2003, 05:52 AM	#761
Lalaith The Elvish Temptress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,055	I finished "The fellowship of the Ring" three days ago (my third time reading it ... this time in english) and now I have just started reading "Owen Meany" by John Irving. A really lovely book. __________________ What I am and what I would are as secret as maidenhead.

05-28-2003, 11:47 PM	#764
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	I am almost finished "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev (sp?). I like the characters--very complex and good for analysing. This is the first Russian author I've read and I could tell right away there was something different compared to British or North American authors (still can't quite put my finger on it though...). Anyway, it's pretty good, a short read (only 200 pages), and I'm almost done. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

05-29-2003, 02:02 PM	#766
HobbitChick88 Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweet Home Alabama Posts: 237	I just finished reading The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. It's quite good, and has several twists in it __________________ "Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars..." ~The Hobbit "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whose you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:15 Step follows step, Hope follows courage. Set your face toward danger Set your heart on victory! "Where is Elizabeth?" "She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington just like she promised, and you get to die for her just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really....except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman." ~Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, POTC fROdO LIVeS!!!!

05-29-2003, 03:42 PM	#767
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	The Seventh Gate. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

05-29-2003, 03:57 PM	#768
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	"Scenes of Clerical Life", by George Eliot. It's much more interesting than it sounds __________________ 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.

05-27-2003, 07:53 PM	#762
Huan Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oxford, MS Posts: 274	I have been reading some strange things lately. I just finished Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which is just nutty. It's about the Priory of Sion, who guard the knowledge of the location of the Holy Grail, which is not a cup at all but the remains of Mary Magdalene. The Priory also guards the knowledge of the bloodline of Mary Magdalene and Jesus, which apparently is the Merovingian dynasty that ruled France before the Carolingians. And supposedly Leonardo Da Vinci was grandmaster of the Priory and left all sorts of Paul-is-dead type clues about Mary Magdalene in his paintings, which is why the Mona Lisa is smiling like that. And did you know that the planet Venus traces a perfect pentacle in the sky over the course of four years, and that's why the Olympics were (and still are) held every four years? And I'm currently reading Patricia Cornwell's Portrait of a Killer, in which she lays out a fairly convincing argument pointing to the artist Walter Sickert as the one and only culprit behind the Jack the Ripper killings. She seems very convinced that she's right.

05-27-2003, 09:36 PM	#763
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	I enjoy Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries and just finished "Q is for Quarry."

05-29-2003, 09:02 AM	#765
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Rereading the Hobbit, and the rest of the Tolkien books. I'm actually going to know Tolkien stuff now! Yeah!

05-29-2003, 11:23 PM	#769
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	I just finished "Fathers and Sons". A pretty good little book. If you want a good character study go for it. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

05-31-2003, 01:34 PM	#770
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	lets see.... I have just gone to the library and was set loose in the fantasy section (trust me its pretty bad. So I* was limited humph I have just finished a great Novel by Patricia Windsor called "The Blooding" I am now reading "The Stones Are Hatching" by Geraldine Mc Caughrean Then I am going to read "Blood And Chocolate" by Annette Curtis Klause Then "The Squire HIs Knight & His Lady" by Gerald Morris. I have a book for my project called "Tolkien's Ring" by David Day which ids very interesting and another book called "Finding God In The Lord Of The Rings." by Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware. __________________ "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

05-31-2003, 03:32 PM	#771
Agalayth Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 215	I have just finished The Sight by David Clement-Davies, which was a very great book. I also just finished a short book called The Sunflower by Simon Weisenthal. I had to read it for Hebrew School.... Now I'm reading Shade's Children by Garth Nix, and will be reading Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies shortly afterwards. __________________ Chickens at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Chickens in motion tend to cross the road.

06-09-2003, 03:04 AM	#772
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	Just finished The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett - what a wonderful book! I'm totally convinced that Coney is one of the Feegles! (ye'll understand if ye read the book) This one I'd really reccommend to any of my friends I've now started The Amazing Maurice & his Educated Rodants also by Pratchett (it's the first real 'children's book' he's written)as well as the New Believers (it's a book about sects, cults & new religions) and also Murder at Morija - it's a factual book about what happened at a missionary post in Lesotho in the last century when a French missionary was poisoned there during the Christmas dinner & the subsequent events etc (basically a true murder mystery being solved by the author). And just to confuse it all I'm reading Griet kom Weer, an Afrikaans book (gotta keep the roos ye know ) __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

06-09-2003, 05:36 AM	#773
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Well..I've interrupted my supposed 'Tolkien' stage to read a 'Teach Yourself' book on Swedish. I also bought a book today about Childhood memories of World War II, and another little book with brief biographies of 500 influential figures in 20th century history, so I'll be reading all of those too.

06-09-2003, 10:00 PM	#774
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	rereading fellowship of the ring __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

06-09-2003, 10:48 PM	#775
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Reading the Unfinished Tales. I got a lot read while at the doctor's office today, waiting for the guy to come. Finished the Coming of Tuor, and got a nice start on the Narn i Hin Hurin. __________________ 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

06-09-2003, 11:38 PM	#776
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	Oooh, Narn i Hin Hurin is the best part. I envy you reading it for the first time.

06-10-2003, 06:10 AM	#777
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Stephen King - On Writing I've taken a break from my writing, only to read how other people write :/ going/gone insane __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

06-10-2003, 02:07 PM	#779
wahine The Original Amazonian Coconut Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Answering no questions, telling no lies. Posts: 753	The Stone Monkey--John (or Jeffrey?) Deaver __________________ Hem, hem

06-11-2003, 12:05 AM	#780
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	I'm reading the Uncanny X-men series, or part of it anyway, and the second Thomas Covenant book, curse his name forever!

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