What are you reading?

[Silent Seraph]

finishing City of Ember series (last book) then moving on to Cirque du Freak series thanks to you Chaos Aroura Thanks so far its a good start and i'm only in 20 pages!

[SeraphicCharm]

Now reading the first Warriors book, Into the Wild.

ooh, I've been thinking about reading that one for some time now....please tell me what you think of it!

[mysngoeshere56]

Currently reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for my English class...

[That Dude]

I just started reading "Tuck" by Stephen Lawhead, the last book in the King Raven trilogy. I'm enjoying it so far, it's pace has been twice as quick as the other two in the series...Which would only make sence.

[rocklobster]

I'm currently reading The Golem's Eye, the second book in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy.

[Winry]

Song in the Silence by Elizabeth Kerner - so far just ok hope it gets better =)

[That Dude]

I just started "The Sinfulness Of Sin" by Ralph Venning. It's nice to have a 300 year old breath of fresh air every once in a while. Of course it deals with and confronts head on what sin is and why it's so bad. Something many people could stand to hear.

[rocklobster]

Just started Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter.

[the_wolfs_howl]

Finished The Cossacks a while ago. My experience with it was like most of my experiences with Russian novels from the 1800s - a lot of it seemed kind of pointless or over my head, yet somehow I ended up liking it a whole lot anyway for no particular reason I can pinpoint. .____.

And I gave up on Sylvia Plath, because poetry really isn't my forte <_<

I'm now reading book 12 of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, which is called The Penultimate Peril. So close to the end, yet still filled with so many mysteries! I enjoyed being able to read three of the chapters out of sequence because of what Snicket said in his Not A Chapter. Heehee, that had me giggling more than a sane person should. So did the backwards letters that made me rush into the bathroom and hold up the book in front of the mirror <3

[rocklobster]

I'm reading Firewing by Kenneth Oppel.
Oh and the_wolf's_howl, just wait. The final book's great too.

[ST. Attidude]

The Consumer Society reader...It's got a long yet interesting intro.

[TheSubtleDoctor]

In preparing to give a lecture, I am rereading bits of Political Liberalism by John Rawls. Rawls is a smart man and has some intriguing ideas, but frankly, the core concepts of his thought represent many of the things I loathe most about contemporary, liberal American political philosophy: public versus private reason, allowance of reasonable comprehensive doctrines into political life, principles of justice supported by an overlapping consensus, buttressed by his contract theory (the "original position").

Despite this, I do enjoy, on a certain level, reading ppl that I disagree w/. It'll be fun to teach...should the students remain conscious. Hope so, it is an honors course

[the_wolfs_howl]

Nearly done with The Penultimate Peril! Dude, this is so exciting I can hardly contain myself. I know the last one's going to be a blast.

I've also picked The Three Musketeers up again. I stopped somewhere in the middle, so it took me a little while to get back up to speed on what was happening, but I think I remember now. Good ole ridiculous French chivalry!

[rocklobster]

Just started Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke.

[Silent Seraph]

starting Leviathan by Scott Westerfield, its a alternate-history fiction story and so far its pretty good

[TheSubtleDoctor]

starting Leviathan by Scott Westerfield

For a rollicking good time, read Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan . Seriously, it will make you hate your own language.

When I have a little time before bed at night, I am reading On Being Catholic by Thomas Howard. It's fabulous and inspiring. Pretty soon, though, I'll have to start reading philosophy books for school.

[rocklobster]

Just started Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. For a book that's supposed to be a sequel to The Giver, it doesn't seem like one. Everything seems different and less inviting. That's not to say I'm not enjoying it, because I am.
And now I'm done with it and ready for the concluding book in the trilogy, The Messenger. Unfortunately, I have another HUGE Terry Goodkind book to read first called Blood of the Fold.

[GhostontheNet]

Recently, I finished Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey Into the Spirit of Percussion by Mickey Hart. I'm currently working on Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom by Ben Witherington III.

[TheSubtleDoctor]

Chapter 3 of Charles Taylor's "Sources of the Self" for a discussion group. I say group, but it's really just me and my English professor from undergrad. It's a fascinating read, actually. Taylor's main project is to flesh out his theory of identity, which he believes is inseperable from a network of qualitative distinctions (wolrdview) and our own (partly discovered, partly created) answers to inescapable, not to mention ontologically real, questions about the good (ethics). In short: you are what is important to you and your relation to it. He explicates it in a pretty neat way, and he has some good criticisms of naturalism (one can't have enough of 'em!).

[rocklobster]

Just finished Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind. Now I'm reading The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan. It's the first in the Ranger's Apprentice series.

[the_wolfs_howl]

Just started Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke.

I've been wondering whether that would be worth reading. What was your opinion of it?

I'm now reading The End by Lemony Snicket (which has to have the most amazing blurb I've ever seen on any book ever). It...doesn't feel like the end! And I don't want it to be over!

And still making my way through The Three Musketeers. Man, d'Artagnan annoys me more and more with each chapter. I am so sick of his stupidity when it comes to women who are obviously manipulating him

[Bobtheduck]

Sun Tzu's art of war. I don't know why I deluded myself into thinking it was really more than instruction on how to win a war, and a frank one at that, but... Interesting so far. Chapters 1-4 went by pretty quick, so this is either a really short book or I have an abridged version...

[rocklobster]

the_wolfs_howl: It was very good and would make a good Pixar movie. Funke has a very elegant style of writing. Since you seem to be a dragon fan, I recommend it.
I am now reading the latest Robin Cook novel, Intervention.

[yukoxholic]

The Onion Girl - Charles de Lint

[KhakiBlueSocks]

[SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"][font="Trebuchet MS"]"Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis--downloaded to Kindal Books. I'm also watching the movie which is outstanding![/font][/color][/SIZE]

[rocklobster]

I'm starting Robert E. Howard's The Essential Conan. As in Conan the Barbarian.

[bigsleepj]

I'm starting Robert E. Howard's The Essential Conan. As in Conan the Barbarian.

Not to be confused with "Conan the Funny"

I rather liked Howard's Conan stories. They have aged very well and generally read very quickly. Great pulp stories.

[the_wolfs_howl]

Finished The End. GWAAAAAA!!!! WHAT AN AWESOME SERIES!!! Definitely recommend A Series of Unfortunate Events to anyone who likes weird humor (of the ballerinas-digging-a-hole-in-a-darkened-park variety), extensive word definitions, and mysteries that remain mysterious even after you've discovered lots of things about them. The end of The End was totally not what I was expecting, but it fit amazingly well, and I feel very satisfied.

So now I'm reading Lemony Snicket: An Unauthorized Autobiography!!! It's proving to be just as hilarious and just as mysterious as the series, and is going by much too fast

The Three Musketeers has been getting much better of late, and the plot seems to thicken with every page. Yet I'm sitting here scratching my head over why it's called the three musketeers when there's actually four of them

[rocklobster]

Finished The End. GWAAAAAA!!!! WHAT AN AWESOME SERIES!!! Definitely recommend A Series of Unfortunate Events to anyone who likes weird humor (of the ballerinas-digging-a-hole-in-a-darkened-park variety), extensive word definitions, and mysteries that remain mysterious even after you've discovered lots of things about them. The end of The End was totally not what I was expecting, but it fit amazingly well, and I feel very satisfied.

So now I'm reading Lemony Snicket: An Unauthorized Autobiography!!! It's proving to be just as hilarious and just as mysterious as the series, and is going by much too fast

The Three Musketeers has been getting much better of late, and the plot seems to thicken with every page. Yet I'm sitting here scratching my head over why it's called the three musketeers when there's actually four of them

Because Dartangan (or however you spell his name) was really more of an apprentice. If you want to see him as a full-fledged musketeer, read The Count of Monte Crisco.
Anyway, I'm starting the final Pendragon book today. It's called The Soldiers of Halla.

[uc pseudonym]

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

This book reminds me of all the reasons I enjoy long-form literature. Multiple armies clash across a continent-wide empire that is itself only a pawn in the game of the overall antagonist. The final battle includes a half-dozen different things that could have been dues ex machina in a smaller story. Also, anyone who feels Robert Jordan's pacing isn't too slow needs to read some Erikson.

That having been said, after reading three 250k+ tomes back to back, I need a change. I could really use some science-related nonfiction, if anyone has some suggestions. For the moment I'm without reading material.