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sun-star · 09-30-2004, 02:04 PM

That was my first thought

I broke it down into little bits, which made it more manageable. I find I can't read a lot of poetry at a time anyway because I can't take it all in properly.

Beren3000 · 10-02-2004, 09:46 AM

The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time book 8)
The Works of Emily Dickinson , not the complete works, but great stuff nevertheless.

Nerdanel · 10-02-2004, 04:45 PM

The Bible. Fun reading, actually. Makes me laugh and makes me angry.

trolls' bane · 10-02-2004, 05:01 PM

I tried reading ti from the beginning, but now I just gave up (I forgot where I left off, and I was at one of those begot this, begot that, he was descended from parts.)

Beren3000 · 10-03-2004, 07:50 AM

Please don't make fun of the Bible, this borders on flaming!

trolls' bane · 10-03-2004, 11:23 AM

Sorry, didn't know I was

. But I was at a particularly boring part. Now I jsut skip around, and I did almost finish an entire comic-book version of the bible a while back.

***RÃan*** · 10-04-2004, 03:13 PM

I've read the Bible quite a few times, and there are certainly parts that are pretty dull, IMO (esp. parts about building things).

For a first-time reader, I would certainly recommend starting in the New Testament (which starts with the 4 "gospels", which are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which are eye-witness accounts of Jesus' life on earth). Then maybe Genesis, the first book of the Bible, then the rest of the New Testament.

Where are you starting, Nel?

***RÃan*** · 10-04-2004, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun-star

That was my first thought

I broke it down into little bits, which made it more manageable. I find I can't read a lot of poetry at a time anyway because I can't take it all in properly.

What's it about? I haven't read much Tennyson. Was it worth reading, IYO?

Grey_Wolf · 10-05-2004, 04:04 AM

I'm an on-and-off reader of a Gideon bible I bought when I was in England in -83.

Beren3000 · 10-05-2004, 08:33 AM

Currently reading The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare.

Nerdanel · 10-06-2004, 05:53 AM

i started from the beginning. it might take a while to read it though..

but i don't think it's that dull yet, i think it's interesting. already lots of things i didn't have any idea of..

**crickhollow** · 10-06-2004, 12:22 PM

Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis. RÃ*an, have you read that one, yet? if I remember, you are an avid Lewis reader.

***RÃan*** · 10-06-2004, 03:49 PM

Yes, I've read that one. I really like his "so what practical use is this" summation about how it applies to your neighbor. His definitions of "glory" are very thought-provoking, and I think he's probably right...

Let me know what you think

Pytt · 10-09-2004, 08:24 AM

i'm reading "the great hunt" the secondth book in the wheel of time.
i love theese books, though i wonder if i will manage to read all, whitout breaks.

Beren3000 · 10-09-2004, 12:01 PM

It's good to meet another WOT fan. I'm currently on book 8 and I could NOT read through without breaks. I read one WOT book, then one "break" book. I found it much easier this way. If you ever manage to read through without break, tell me

Mercutio · 10-09-2004, 12:03 PM

"Biology Through the Eyes of Faith"

Shelob's Hubby · 10-09-2004, 07:42 PM

"Life of Pi". A very thought-provoking and philisophical book. I'd give it a 9.8 out of a ten.

Linaewen · 10-09-2004, 09:04 PM

Bryce Courtenay's 'The Power of One'. It's terrific, if the younger readers' version I read a long time ago is anything to go by. Now I'm making my way through the numerous unread books I have on my shelf.

Finished The Da Vinci Code. It was ok, but the ending was a bit of a letdown.

Elvengirl · 10-09-2004, 09:14 PM

Frankenstein....awesome book so far!

BeardofPants · 10-10-2004, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linaewen

Bryce Courtenay's 'The Power of One'. It's terrific, if the younger readers' version I read a long time ago is anything to go by. Now I'm making my way through the numerous unread books I have on my shelf.

Finished The Da Vinci Code. It was ok, but the ending was a bit of a letdown.

Told ya!

Lots to read.... can't decide what next... Maybe Sheri Tepper's Beauty.

09-30-2004, 02:04 PM	#1581
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	That was my first thought I broke it down into little bits, which made it more manageable. I find I can't read a lot of poetry at a time anyway because I can't take it all in properly. __________________ 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.

10-02-2004, 04:45 PM	#1583
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	The Bible. Fun reading, actually. Makes me laugh and makes me angry. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

10-02-2004, 05:01 PM	#1584
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I tried reading ti from the beginning, but now I just gave up (I forgot where I left off, and I was at one of those begot this, begot that, he was descended from parts.) __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-03-2004, 11:23 AM	#1586
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Sorry, didn't know I was . But I was at a particularly boring part. Now I jsut skip around, and I did almost finish an entire comic-book version of the bible a while back. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-04-2004, 03:13 PM	#1587
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I've read the Bible quite a few times, and there are certainly parts that are pretty dull, IMO (esp. parts about building things). For a first-time reader, I would certainly recommend starting in the New Testament (which starts with the 4 "gospels", which are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which are eye-witness accounts of Jesus' life on earth). Then maybe Genesis, the first book of the Bible, then the rest of the New Testament. Where are you starting, Nel? __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

10-02-2004, 09:46 AM	#1582
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time book 8) The Works of Emily Dickinson , not the complete works, but great stuff nevertheless.

10-03-2004, 07:50 AM	#1585
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Please don't make fun of the Bible, this borders on flaming!

10-05-2004, 04:04 AM	#1589
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I'm an on-and-off reader of a Gideon bible I bought when I was in England in -83.

10-05-2004, 08:33 AM	#1590
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Currently reading The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare.

10-06-2004, 05:53 AM	#1591
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	i started from the beginning. it might take a while to read it though.. but i don't think it's that dull yet, i think it's interesting. already lots of things i didn't have any idea of.. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

10-06-2004, 12:22 PM	#1592
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis. RÃ*an, have you read that one, yet? if I remember, you are an avid Lewis reader. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

10-06-2004, 03:49 PM	#1593
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Yes, I've read that one. I really like his "so what practical use is this" summation about how it applies to your neighbor. His definitions of "glory" are very thought-provoking, and I think he's probably right... Let me know what you think __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

10-09-2004, 08:24 AM	#1594
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	i'm reading "the great hunt" the secondth book in the wheel of time. i love theese books, though i wonder if i will manage to read all, whitout breaks. __________________ Don't Panic!

10-09-2004, 12:01 PM	#1595
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	It's good to meet another WOT fan. I'm currently on book 8 and I could NOT read through without breaks. I read one WOT book, then one "break" book. I found it much easier this way. If you ever manage to read through without break, tell me

10-09-2004, 12:03 PM	#1596
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	"Biology Through the Eyes of Faith" __________________ 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.

10-09-2004, 07:42 PM	#1597
Shelob's Hubby Enting Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell Posts: 73	"Life of Pi". A very thought-provoking and philisophical book. I'd give it a 9.8 out of a ten. __________________ Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? I think so Brain, but without ears, we look like weasels. "The next time I lent an ax to a surgeon, I would pick my century." A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The Last Alliance of Orcs and Spiders

10-09-2004, 09:04 PM	#1598
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Bryce Courtenay's 'The Power of One'. It's terrific, if the younger readers' version I read a long time ago is anything to go by. Now I'm making my way through the numerous unread books I have on my shelf. Finished The Da Vinci Code. It was ok, but the ending was a bit of a letdown.

10-09-2004, 09:14 PM	#1599
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	Frankenstein....awesome book so far! __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

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