what are you reading right now? - Page 65

Andúril · 04-18-2004, 10:44 AM

I'm about to read The Silm for the third time.

ethuiliel · 04-18-2004, 10:55 AM

I'm about to read Beowulf.

Cirdan · 04-18-2004, 11:16 AM

Dune ...you know why

Cirdan · 04-18-2004, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
Anne of Green Gables
Jacob Have I Loved
A Wrinkle in Time
Willow and Twig
The Princess and the Goblin
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
A Wind in the Willows
and Tom Sawyer

all for my directed study crash-course in Children's Lit.

And Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie to supplement those classics.

Nerdanel · 04-18-2004, 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by Nerdanel
I'm reading a book, Tolkien och den svarta magin (roughly: Tolkien and the black magic), by Åke Ohlmarks. Ohlmarks is a Swedish guy, who has translated LotR into Swedish. He has been very critizised for his translations, and in the book I'm reading he has "discovered" the dark side of some Tolkiensocieties: drugs and death!

Well. I haven't read that much yet, but I'm sure I'll post more when I've read it.

I've read it now, and I have to say that it wasn't worth it. I really thought Ohlmarks would come with some real arguments, but he only talks sh*t about JRR and Christopher. And the poor braindead young people that cannot see JRR's and Christopher's conspiracy to take over the world.

Originally I read it, 'cause I wanted to read something about someone else's opinions on Tolkiens books, but Ohlmarks just seems to hate Tolkien as a person.

I don't recommend it. Reading it is just a waste of time.

Nerdanel · 04-18-2004, 04:40 PM

Now I'm reading Silmarillion and Dude, where's my country? by Michael Moore (I'm reading a translation to Swedish).

BeardofPants · 04-18-2004, 06:06 PM

After people nagging me to read David Eddings, I'm reading book one of the belgariad series. It's pretty good so far, though a bit formulaic - marks on arms, birthrights, aunts who aren't what they seem, etc.

**crickhollow** · 04-18-2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by Cirdan
And Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie to supplement those classics.

I love Holes!

Winn-Dixie is on my list of things to read as soon as May is finished and the last of my undergrad classes are completed, and my degree is in my hand.

Have you read The Tale of Despereaux? It's this year's Newberry Medal winner...:-D I liked it very much.

Mercutio · 04-18-2004, 10:02 PM

Just finished "Curtain" by Agatha Christie--Hercule Poirot's last and greatest case...(at least some say that).

Now working on "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain for my term paper (due in three weeks! Ahhhhhhhhh

)

Cirdan · 04-18-2004, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
Have you read The Tale of Despereaux? It's this year's Newberry Medal winner...:-D I liked it very much.

No, but we've been working our way through the Newbery winners. I'm reading Dealing with Dragons to the boy right now. It's good and even though I think it was written for girls POV he seems to like it. So do I.

hectorberlioz · 04-27-2004, 12:03 PM

I'm reading 'Hatchet' by gary paulsen.
I usually dont read teen books anymore, but Gary Paulsen is a very gifted writer

Artanis · 04-27-2004, 12:12 PM

Yesterday I started on "The sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. It will take a while to finish it, I think. It's not an easy book.

Nerdanel · 04-27-2004, 03:49 PM

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Originally posted by Nerdanel
Now I'm reading Silmarillion and Dude, where's my country? by Michael Moore (I'm reading a translation to Swedish).

I've read Dude, where's my country? now. It was great.

Has anyone read it? If you haven't, you should.

Mercutio · 04-27-2004, 03:59 PM

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Originally posted by Nerdanel
I've read Dude, where's my country? now. It was great.
Has anyone read it? If you haven't, you should.

Heard of it but not read it.

sun-star · 04-28-2004, 02:02 PM

Daniel Deronda - very long, but very good

brownjenkins · 04-28-2004, 02:24 PM

just started dune messiah today... with a few intermixed FoTR chapters to keep up with the discussion

Falagar · 04-28-2004, 03:39 PM

Just about to start reading the sixth book of Wheel of Time, just finished Pratchett's Thief of Time, still in the middle of The Oddyssey somewhere (just found it after having been lost for some time) and hoping to buy the second book in Steven Erikson's a Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen (Deadhouse Gate I think it's called).

Count Comfect · 04-28-2004, 10:30 PM

Starting the Confusion by Neil Stephenson. multihundred pages. whee!

BeardofPants · 04-28-2004, 11:16 PM

almost finished the first book of song of ice and fire by GRR Martin. Made Falagar read Dune, the least I can do is reciprocate.

Does it get better as it progresses? Not too much to complain about so far, just can't see it as being 'king of fantasy'.

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Originally posted by brownjenkins
just started dune messiah today... with a few intermixed FoTR chapters to keep up with the discussion

G'luck with that one. One of my least favourite dune books. good ending though.

Tuor of Gondolin · 04-29-2004, 12:00 AM

Just started David McCullough's John Adams. He seems to be trying to make JA more of a "common man", interesting, but the constant effort to include Abigail in the narrative seems a little bit forced, although she's a great example of 'lost potential" in that she would have been so much more an important person in the 20th or 21st century. (I wonder if McCullough had Hilary Clinton or Eleanor Roosevelt in the back of his mind when writing about Abigail)?

04-18-2004, 10:55 AM	#1282
ethuiliel Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA until I find a way to get to Middle Earth Posts: 681	I'm about to read Beowulf. __________________ "...but I love not the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Numenor." "'I would,' said Faramir. And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many. And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing."

04-18-2004, 11:16 AM	#1283
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Dune ...you know why __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

04-18-2004, 04:40 PM	#1286
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Now I'm reading Silmarillion and Dude, where's my country? by Michael Moore (I'm reading a translation to Swedish). __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

04-18-2004, 06:06 PM	#1287
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	After people nagging me to read David Eddings, I'm reading book one of the belgariad series. It's pretty good so far, though a bit formulaic - marks on arms, birthrights, aunts who aren't what they seem, etc. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

04-18-2004, 10:02 PM	#1289
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Just finished "Curtain" by Agatha Christie--Hercule Poirot's last and greatest case...(at least some say that). Now working on "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain for my term paper (due in three weeks! Ahhhhhhhhh ) __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

04-18-2004, 10:44 AM	#1281
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I'm about to read The Silm for the third time.

04-27-2004, 12:03 PM	#1291
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I'm reading 'Hatchet' by gary paulsen. I usually dont read teen books anymore, but Gary Paulsen is a very gifted writer __________________ 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

04-27-2004, 12:12 PM	#1292
Artanis Greatest Elven woman of Aman Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Having way too much fun with Fëanor's 7 Posts: 4,285	Yesterday I started on "The sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner. It will take a while to finish it, I think. It's not an easy book. __________________ --Life is hard, and then we die.

04-28-2004, 02:02 PM	#1295
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Daniel Deronda - very long, but very good __________________ 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.

04-28-2004, 02:24 PM	#1296
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	just started dune messiah today... with a few intermixed FoTR chapters to keep up with the discussion __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

04-28-2004, 03:39 PM	#1297
Falagar Death of Mooters and [Entmoot] Internal Affairs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,870	Just about to start reading the sixth book of Wheel of Time, just finished Pratchett's Thief of Time, still in the middle of The Oddyssey somewhere (just found it after having been lost for some time) and hoping to buy the second book in Steven Erikson's a Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen (Deadhouse Gate I think it's called). __________________ Fëanor - Innocence incarnated Still, Aikanáro 'till the Last battle.

04-28-2004, 10:30 PM	#1298
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Starting the Confusion by Neil Stephenson. multihundred pages. whee! __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

04-29-2004, 12:00 AM	#1300
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	Just started David McCullough's John Adams. He seems to be trying to make JA more of a "common man", interesting, but the constant effort to include Abigail in the narrative seems a little bit forced, although she's a great example of 'lost potential" in that she would have been so much more an important person in the 20th or 21st century. (I wonder if McCullough had Hilary Clinton or Eleanor Roosevelt in the back of his mind when writing about Abigail)? __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva! Last edited by Tuor of Gondolin : 04-29-2004 at 12:01 AM.

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