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Silme*Christian · 06-26-2003, 11:00 PM

Thanks! Now to the subject. May I join in the conversation?

Shadowfax · 06-27-2003, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by Silme*Christian
May I join in the conversation?

Of course! What books have you read recently, or are currently reading? I just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray ...whoah! Good book, very intense, powerful. I'm still reading Letters of JRR Tolkien which is very good! I think soon, I'll be starting to read The Fellowship of the Ring ....again!

Silme*Christian · 06-27-2003, 04:07 PM

Well, my Mom wants me to read Island of the Blue Dolphins, when I get the chance I read The Fellowship of the Ring.

***Khamûl*** · 07-11-2003, 12:07 AM

I just finished Alice in Wonderland and am about to start Through the Looking-Glass.

Sheeana · 07-11-2003, 12:37 AM

Ooh, I love those books. Especially in Through the Looking Glass when Alice is trying to catch up with the Red Queen's (or was it white queen?) long strides.

***Khamûl*** · 07-11-2003, 01:28 AM

It's probably the Red Queen since she was in the first one. On the other hand, the White Queen could be a new character that I don't know about. I'll let you know when I get there.

Baby-K · 07-11-2003, 03:14 AM

I'm re-reading Solomon's Song (Bryce Courtenay) as a result of a convo with Linaewen. Also reading one of the old Prathett faves (Truckers). Can't seem to find any new books that really interest me - can any of you oke suggest a few?

Millane · 07-11-2003, 03:23 AM

Read Smoky Joe's Cafe... its Bryce Courtenay's best book.

Shadowfax · 07-11-2003, 09:06 PM

Just finished "Fellowship of the Ring" and am now on "The Two Towers" (both for the second time). Oh, and I'm also reading "The Hobbit" to my little sister (her first time, my third I think).

Hasty Ent · 07-12-2003, 01:30 AM

Guide to the Lakes by William Wordsworth

Matthew Arnold (yeah, the guy who wrote Dover Beach) tells a story about Wordsworth meeting some naive ecclesiastic who congratulated him on the success of this book and asked him if he'd written anything else. True story, honest.

Ragnarok · 07-12-2003, 02:46 AM

My girlfriend convinced me to read Harry Potter so I started the first book.

Silme*Christian · 07-12-2003, 02:12 PM

I am reading Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Rosetta Stone.

Radagast The Brown · 07-12-2003, 06:24 PM

the second (or first) in Discworld, by Terry Pratchett.

Gwaimir Windgem · 07-13-2003, 01:56 AM

To above:

I loved Alice and Looking-Glass. Absolutely spectacular books. Caroll Lewis was a genius. Though of course, how much of the genius was his, and how much was the opium's is up to debate...

I've recently read Rome Sweet Home and Hail, Holy Queen, both by Scott Hahn. I loved them; he's a great author. Also read Catholic for a Reason, editted by him (and someone else I don't know

). I started and liked Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton, but got kind of swept away by Hahn. Also read (most of) The Teachings of the Essenes from Enoch to the Dead Sea Scrolls, and have been reading from the Book of Enoch recently, as well; the source is from Fallen Angels and the Origin of Evil: Why Church Fathers Suppressed the Book of Enoch and its Startling Revelations. Although I flipped through the book, I didn't see anything that told why.

I've also read excerpts from Morgoth's Ring (most notably the Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth; loved that

) and Peoples of Middle-earth (mainly the Shibboleth of Feanor).

Sheeana · 07-13-2003, 04:39 AM

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Originally posted by Khamûl
It's probably the Red Queen since she was in the first one. On the other hand, the White Queen could be a new character that I don't know about. I'll let you know when I get there.

Oh, the White Queen's awesome as well. I love it when she pricks her finger.

Gwaimir Windgem · 07-13-2003, 10:41 PM

Yes, that was most peculiar....

Sheer genius.

wahine · 07-14-2003, 12:16 AM

Bummed Harry Potter Five off of my brother *Yeah, oddly he has read them all, and enjoys them emensely but doesn't have much of a love for JRRT

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Millane · 07-14-2003, 09:10 AM

im occupying myself with a heap of Plato extracts and Socratic Dialogues, but im planning on reading The Long Hard Road out of Hell, Marilyn Manson's autobiography again... then onto The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey, which should be cheery

Baby-K · 07-14-2003, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Millane
im occupying myself with a heap of Plato extracts and Socratic Dialogues, but im planning on reading The Long Hard Road out of Hell, Marilyn Manson's autobiography again... then onto The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey, which should be cheery

Hehe - I've read the autobiography........he's a silly lil' man our MM

Are ye reading the Satanic Bible for sh*ts & giggles or for a specific learning objective to be met?

Millane · 07-14-2003, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baby-K
Hehe - I've read the autobiography........he's a silly lil' man our MM Are ye reading the Satanic Bible for sh*ts & giggles or for a specific learning objective to be met?

it was awesome!!!! what did you think of it? a lot of it was quite amusing, and ive never had the effects of acid so vividly described

nah im reading the Satanic Bible because it seems interesting and because LaVey seems very intelligent and i think the messages in the Satanic Bible would be right down my path (DOWN WITH GOD!!!!!)... but hey i might be surprised and get a laugh out of it...

06-26-2003, 11:00 PM	#821
Silme*Christian Lady of Lamedon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Somewhere in the USA Posts: 621	Thanks! Now to the subject. May I join in the conversation? __________________ "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus scares the "hell" out of people! He rocks! http://linwe.proboards19.com/index.cgi

06-27-2003, 04:07 PM	#823
Silme*Christian Lady of Lamedon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Somewhere in the USA Posts: 621	Well, my Mom wants me to read Island of the Blue Dolphins, when I get the chance I read The Fellowship of the Ring. __________________ "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus scares the "hell" out of people! He rocks! http://linwe.proboards19.com/index.cgi

07-11-2003, 12:07 AM	#824
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I just finished Alice in Wonderland and am about to start Through the Looking-Glass. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-11-2003, 01:28 AM	#826
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	It's probably the Red Queen since she was in the first one. On the other hand, the White Queen could be a new character that I don't know about. I'll let you know when I get there. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-11-2003, 03:14 AM	#827
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	I'm re-reading Solomon's Song (Bryce Courtenay) as a result of a convo with Linaewen. Also reading one of the old Prathett faves (Truckers). Can't seem to find any new books that really interest me - can any of you oke suggest a few? __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

07-11-2003, 12:37 AM	#825
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	Ooh, I love those books. Especially in Through the Looking Glass when Alice is trying to catch up with the Red Queen's (or was it white queen?) long strides.

07-11-2003, 03:23 AM	#828
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	Read Smoky Joe's Cafe... its Bryce Courtenay's best book. __________________ Ill heal your wounds, ill set you free,

07-11-2003, 09:06 PM	#829
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Just finished "Fellowship of the Ring" and am now on "The Two Towers" (both for the second time). Oh, and I'm also reading "The Hobbit" to my little sister (her first time, my third I think). __________________ 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)

07-12-2003, 01:30 AM	#830
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	Guide to the Lakes by William Wordsworth Matthew Arnold (yeah, the guy who wrote Dover Beach) tells a story about Wordsworth meeting some naive ecclesiastic who congratulated him on the success of this book and asked him if he'd written anything else. True story, honest. __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

07-12-2003, 02:46 AM	#831
Ragnarok Rohirrim Warrior Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PA Posts: 590	My girlfriend convinced me to read Harry Potter so I started the first book.

07-12-2003, 02:12 PM	#832
Silme*Christian Lady of Lamedon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Somewhere in the USA Posts: 621	I am reading Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Rosetta Stone. __________________ "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus scares the "hell" out of people! He rocks! http://linwe.proboards19.com/index.cgi

07-12-2003, 06:24 PM	#833
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	the second (or first) in Discworld, by Terry Pratchett. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

07-13-2003, 01:56 AM	#834
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	To above: I loved Alice and Looking-Glass. Absolutely spectacular books. Caroll Lewis was a genius. Though of course, how much of the genius was his, and how much was the opium's is up to debate... I've recently read Rome Sweet Home and Hail, Holy Queen, both by Scott Hahn. I loved them; he's a great author. Also read Catholic for a Reason, editted by him (and someone else I don't know ). I started and liked Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton, but got kind of swept away by Hahn. Also read (most of) The Teachings of the Essenes from Enoch to the Dead Sea Scrolls, and have been reading from the Book of Enoch recently, as well; the source is from Fallen Angels and the Origin of Evil: Why Church Fathers Suppressed the Book of Enoch and its Startling Revelations. Although I flipped through the book, I didn't see anything that told why. I've also read excerpts from Morgoth's Ring (most notably the Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth; loved that ) and Peoples of Middle-earth (mainly the Shibboleth of Feanor). __________________ 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

07-13-2003, 10:41 PM	#836
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Yes, that was most peculiar.... Sheer genius. __________________ 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

07-14-2003, 12:16 AM	#837
wahine The Original Amazonian Coconut Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Answering no questions, telling no lies. Posts: 753	Bummed Harry Potter Five off of my brother Yeah, oddly he has read them all, and enjoys them emensely but doesn't have much of a love for JRRT __________________ Hem, hem

07-14-2003, 09:10 AM	#838
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	im occupying myself with a heap of Plato extracts and Socratic Dialogues, but im planning on reading The Long Hard Road out of Hell, Marilyn Manson's autobiography again... then onto The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey, which should be cheery __________________ Ill heal your wounds, ill set you free,

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