Former Member Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Pandora by Anne Rice: I may hate her for turning her back on an entire series but...I promised myself I would finish all of her books (and I have nearly. This one and another one I just have to finish). It's rather...dry. But I will prevail! Funny you should mention that, I've just started re-reading aforementioned series. As for the rest of my read pile (I sorta vaguely drift through different books as they come to hand) Dracula by Bram Stoker (read number umpteen) The Talisman, 1408, and Dreamcatcher by Stephen King Les Miserables by Victor Hugo The Bourne series by Robert Ludlum Don Quixote by Cervantes The Tower of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges Link to comment
Kia Zi Shiru Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 damn nik you got quite the list right now I'm reading Le Morte d'Arthur All's well that ends well Whit'ch storm The gates of the necronomicon Poison Sleep and prob some more that I forget about now... Link to comment
jovian_w2002 Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 2 plays: Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter And I have to finish up a report on "John Milton's Paradise Lost" which I personally think is probably one of the most dullest works I have ever read. Link to comment
Nephylim Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 2 plays: Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter And I have to finish up a report on "John Milton's Paradise Lost" which I personally think is probably one of the most dullest works I have ever read. I tend to agree about Paradise Lost except that in the middle of all the boring stuff there really are some very beautiful passages. Besides it's about my all time favourite subject... fallen angels. Link to comment
Former Member Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 2 plays: Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard Link to comment
BlueSoxSWJ Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Skimmed the thread and didn't see anything about the Baen Free Library. Over 100 books available online for free ... Neptune Crossing, Strange Attractors, and The Infinite Sea (Jeffrey Carver) - The ultimate tease, book four in this series (Sunborn) was due out in 2001, but kept getting pushed back while Carver finished Eternity's End. Book four is now FINALLY out and available for free for a limited time on Carver's website (along with the aforementioned Eternity's End) at starrigger.net. I bought the first four books as a freshman in high school (in 2000!) and have been waiting for Sunborn for nine years now - just have to reread the first three to get back into the series. (Maybe I'm beginning to understand how Davey Jones felt about Episode III in the Do Over series? ) And I just burned through Sunborn in two afternoons ... so I've finally moved on from nine years of waiting for book four, to ... waiting for book five. Link to comment
Gay_In_Flanders Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I'm planning on reading The Alchemist by Pablo ... something, it's Spanish ... . And NO this lecture isn't to hard for this silly teenager. I just like books about the human mind. Anyone read it before? 'cause I'm not sure if I'll read it or not, might be a bit TO boring. ^^ Link to comment
perfectcircle Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 "The Crisis of Islam" by Bernard Lewis. Could be very, very difficult. I read that a few years ago. It's not difficult at all; rather basic, in fact. If you want to understand how Islamic history feeds into the current politics of the Middle East, you're better off with something like Albert Hourani's "A History of the Arab Peoples", or John Darwin's "After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire" for a more broad sweep. Lewis is a bit neocon and simplistic in his analysis. There's better stuff out there. Myself, i'm nearing the end of Robert Fagles' translation of The Odyssey, which is impressive. I'm only reading it in preparation for Ulysses, which is going to be tough. To anyone thinking of tackling it - i've been told it pays to read Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Odyssey as kind of preparation. Link to comment
Rubilacxe Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson is a great read about two brothers during their last years of high school, learning about themselves, each other, as well as their "friends". I found it refreshing, insightful and well written. Also, Good Blood by Aaron Elkins is a detective story set in and around Rome. It is full of intrigue, an "interesting" (at best) family and an enterprising forensic anthropologist known elsewhere as the "Skeleton Detective". Very good read! Edited July 24, 2009 by Rubilacxe Link to comment
S.L. Lewis Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 I've added a few books (downloaded). There is....The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, a couple of historical books (one on archeological finds and one is about myths and the such). And I have more books on my list...>> Link to comment
Tiger Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I am currently reading "Darksong Rising" by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. It is part of The Spellsong Cycle (the third book in the series). I have already read "The Soprano Sorceress" and "The Spellsong War" of the same series. I highly recommend them. Link to comment
David McLeod Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I read that a few years ago. It's not difficult at all; rather basic, in fact. If you want to understand how Islamic history feeds into the current politics of the Middle East, you're better off with something like Albert Hourani's "A History of the Arab Peoples", or John Darwin's "After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire" for a more broad sweep. Lewis is a bit neocon and simplistic in his analysis. There's better stuff out there. Myself, i'm nearing the end of Robert Fagles' translation of The Odyssey, which is impressive. I'm only reading it in preparation for Ulysses, which is going to be tough. To anyone thinking of tackling it - i've been told it pays to read Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and The Odyssey as kind of preparation. You were right. Simplistic, but not boring. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check the state library system to see if perchance some bold librarian has purchased a copy of either. Right now, I'm back to USA-America, and reading Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" and a history of the Great Depression and Roosevelt's recovery programs. In preparation for the next ten years or so, don't you know. Link to comment
Johnathan Colourfield Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 My Reading List at the moment : Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine (Research for a project) GFD by Comicality (Research for a project) Talking Heads by Alan Benett (Acting monologues are genius) Future Reading List : Regeneration by Unknown Author (Novel) Up The Line To Death (poetry) Not About Heroes (Play) Journey's End by R J Sherriff (Play) Another few good books are "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. Very Dracula Related and very interesting Another good book is "My Sisters Keeper". Link to comment
Zeoanne Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 ATM, amongst the many stories I'm reading is one that has truly wrapped itself around my heart. It's got everything you can think of a great story should have and I really want to ask the writer to come join us. It's called Watching Brad by GSDX (Neil) on JustUsBoys.com. I would suggest any and everyone to read it. You'll laugh your bums off and cry like a baby. Link to comment
Ashi Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 You were right. Simplistic, but not boring. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check the state library system to see if perchance some bold librarian has purchased a copy of either. Right now, I'm back to USA-America, and reading Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" and a history of the Great Depression and Roosevelt's recovery programs. In preparation for the next ten years or so, don't you know. LOL! Very appropriate. Perhaps "Liar's Poker" would work too. Financial meltdown of 1980's, isn't too different from the one we are having. I only read books once in a blue moon.... But since this thread is about books, I was rereading (part of) "Flowers for Algernon" most recently. Before that, I was reading "Mansfield Park." I don't like it..., and have trouble finishing it. Fanny, despite her upbringing, was self-righteous and spoiled. Edmund acted like her servant. She didn't have a pony suitable for a lady, big deal.... I've never had a pony!!! (sour grape) Link to comment
Lee Marchais Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Next up after that is the first historical romance I've ever bought, Venetia by Georgette Heyer, hopefully followed by Bridge to Terabithia if I manage to buy it in time. - dfp Seeing Heyer on this list is rather exciting. LOL I love Heyer. It's quirky and light, and I love the men. Venetia is one of my favourites. Link to comment
Lee Marchais Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I just finished "Wicked Gentlemen" by Ginn Hale a few days ago. I've a pretty long list of things I'm reading. My mood dictates the book, and often I take a stack with me to work. The following books have bookmarks, so I must be reading them. LOL Cousin Kate - Georgette Heyer The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith Foundattion - Mercedes Lackey Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck Luna - Julie Ann Peters Thrush Green - Miss Read Exiles in America - Christopher Bram Lisey's Story - Stephen King Link to comment
Toast Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Oh I like this post. So laugh, but at the moment this is my list. An Echo In the Bone - Diana Gabaldon Shadows Return - Lynn Flewelling The Virtu - Sarah Monette Working for the Devil Series - Lilith Saintcrow The Enchantment Emporium - Tanya Huff Link to comment
Y_B Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Statistics for Business and Economics by Paul Newbold Microeconomic Theory by Nicholson Foundations of Finance by Scot Besley textbooks.... Link to comment
Nephylim Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Statistics for Business and Economics by Paul Newbold Microeconomic Theory by Nicholson Foundations of Finance by Scot Besley textbooks.... Sounds like fun Link to comment
Tiger Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I have finished The Spellsong Cycle and have started on The Saga of Recluce. I am reading the first book, The Magic of Recluce. Link to comment
Former Member Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Naruto (manga), I just finished Death Note (manga) and I'm planning on reading Pendragon's Banner. Link to comment
Zeoanne Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Angel Lust: a Novel of Time Travel by Perry Brass... Kind of weird at the beginning Link to comment
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