What are you reading?

[gungrave]

Im reading the first book out of the 'Dragons In Our Mydst' Seris that I dont know who the author is but you can get it at a Christian book store...I think.

[Maledicte]

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. (see signature below hint hint) It's the first line of the book.

I bought it on a whim the other day, one of those Barnes and Noble Classics series. I'm really enjoying it! I busted through 5 chapters in one day, which is rare for me now with my workload. Good old revenge quest set in revolutionary France.

And it's illustrated. With comic-book illustrations. Mwaaaaaaah.

I want that person's job.

[TurkishMonky]

oh yeah! 1984 library-bound copy of "Programmer's guide to the galaxy." Best little kids programming book ever, and i got it for 4.50, with only minor wear! (well, half the book's BASICA code, but it still counts as reading, right?)

[Kaori]

The Merchant of Venice. A high-quality play even for Shakespeare.

After reading a bit more of Uncle Tom's Cabin, I've revised my assesment of it somewhat; despite her sentimentalism (which irritates me) and comparatively shallow characterization, Stowe is a fairly good prose stylist. I still feel that there are other slave narratives that are superior to this one, however.

I have also been reading excerpts from various American writers, but nothing particularly noteworthy.

[Scribs]

Pigs have wings by P.G. Wodehouse.

this is the first pleasure reading I have done in months.

[Sparrowhawk]

Last of the Mohicans by Cooper and Mythology a reference book of Greek, Roman, Norse, and minor myths summerized and analysed by Edith Hamilton.

[Shao Feng-Li]

Lemony Snicket: The Unathorized Autobiography and Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[Rachel]

The Battle of Evernight by Cecilia Dart-Thornton.

[CrossMovement]

Well from secular I havent read anything in a while other than Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events.Some book called The book of three(I forgot the author)and I forgot the author on this one too but it was called Shogun.

What I've read recently.

He Came To Set The Captives Free By Rebecca Brown
Prepare For War By Rebecca Brown
A Divine Revelation of Hell by Mary K. Baxter

These books are good and I want to read Purpose Driven Life and A Divine revelation of Heaven.

[uc pseudonym]

I believe Shogun is written by James Calwell. Though I found some aspects of it interesting, I have never enjoyed it enough to read it in its entirity.

[Scribs]

I am digging through some books on Hybrid cars for a report.

[CrossMovement]

I believe Shogun is written by James Calwell. Though I found some aspects of it interesting, I have never enjoyed it enough to read it in its entirity.

YEA! That was his name..thanks your a lifesaver.I recommend reading Man of Valor by Richard Exlev,Im readin it now and it brings up good spiritual points.Im also gonna start reading Emails From God for Teens.I forgot the author of that aswell.

[Kaori]

Some book called The book of three(I forgot the author)

That would be Lloyd Alexander, probably]The Book of Three[/I] is from the Prydain Chronicles, which also contains (more famously) The Black Cauldron.

I have been reading some of Emily Dickenson's poetry and Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron Mills, a novella. The latter is a fascinating and well-written account of a particular segment of the 19th-century working class; oddly enough, the author doesn't seem to have written much else of note.

For a paper assignment, I will be skimming several books about Spenser's Faerie Queene, as well as reviewing book 1 of the text itself.

[mitsuki lover]

Roots by Alex Haley.

[uc pseudonym]

I am rereading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, this time for a class, and enjoying it more on the second reading.

Also, I have begun Return of the King at long last. Likely I will swiftly finish Book V and then slow down once more for Book VI.

[Sparrowhawk]

Hope you enjoy reading Return of the King , it differs a good bit from the movie.

Well, i still have not finished Mythology or Last of the Mohicans, but in class we just finished the Greek tragedy Antigone. I thought it was good. Me and a classmate got into a serious debate about Antigone and her attitude. *smiles in rememberance* i really do enjoy debating too much *still smiles but also shakes head at own ridiculousness*

[mitsuki lover]

The Greeks had several anti-war dramas like Antigone most notably Euripides'
The Trojan Women.The point that the playwrites tried to get across to their
countrymen was that war is bad and the innocent,especially women and children
suffer.

[Technomancer]

At the moment I'm reading "Acqua Alta" by Donna Leon. After that I want to finish "Cybernetics" by Norbert Wiener as well as "The Song of Roland"

[mitsuki lover]

I've read the Song of Roland.It's the great epic of France.

[Scribs]

Today I picked up a biography of P.G. Wodehouse. I put it back on the shelf though. I sadly have not much spare time as of late. (why i am still on CAA this much still illudes me)

[uc pseudonym]

I have started Heretics of Dune on the promise that it is a significant improvement from the previous book in the series. I have not read enough to verify this.

Hope you enjoy reading Return of the King , it differs a good bit from the movie.

This is my second time through. I read them the first time quite a few years prior to the movies.

I sadly have not much spare time as of late. (why i am still on CAA this much still illudes me)

Blame communism.

[mitsuki lover]

An interesting bit of modern philosophy called Kids Still Say The Darndest Things.

[Kaori]

The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd. The play suffers significantly in comparison to Shakespeare, although most things would.

Poetry by Emily Dickinson. Some of the poems I enjoy, and some of them are completely incomprehensible to me.

Adrift on the Haunted Seas, by William Hope Hodgson. A worthwhile, though obscure, collection of short fiction. The title is a good indicator of the subject matter.

[mitsuki lover]

I just checked out Bernard Goldberg's book:
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America(And Al Franken Is #37)

[Radical Dreamer]

Tales from Jabba's Palace. Yes, as in "the Hutt." XD It's all about the characters found in Jabba's palace in ROTJ, and it's very interesting! It gives backstories for characters like Malakili (the rancor's trainer--sad story!), Salacious Crumb (really funny--I laughed out loud, haha!), Mara Jade, Boba Fett, etc. It's a really cool book, haha!

[Kat Walker]

I'm currently reading "The Supernaturalist" by Eoin Colfer. It's rather cyberpunk for a teenager's novel.

Anyway, this boy from the distant future lives in a polluted artificial biosphere in space. He's an orphan (or so he thinks, I believe there will be a plot twist regarding this later on) from an institution who is used as a guinea pig to test all sorts of dangerous new products from bioweapons to deodorant. One day there's an accident during transport and he manages to escape. Nearly killed from a series of daredevil getaways, he finds himself the prey of strange blue alien-like creatures that are literally sucking the life out of him. Luckily, a small group of young people calling themselves "the supernaturalists" rescue him in the nick of time. Apparently, only a few people (usually children or teenagers, or adults who are the product of certain genetic engineering) with certain special abilities can see these strange creatures. No one else believes they exist. So this group has taken it upon themselves to protect the city from their onslaught, as the monsters have multiplied and are no longer preying on just the sick and the weak -- but on any random person they can find.

I like how the story's progressed so far. I'm just learning some more about each character's backstory, and it's really good. If you liked Artemis Fowl, but want something a bit darker and more serious, this is a good read.

[uc pseudonym]

I have begun Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip Dick in preparation for the viewing of Blade Runner in one of my courses. It looks to be enjoyable so far, though I reserve judgement on his writing style.

[bigsleepj]

I read Do Androids dream. Although insanely different from Bladerunner it does give you a few things to think about (especially in light of Mercerism) but I did not enjoy it as much as I hoped. However I do want to read some other novels by the same author.

[uc pseudonym]

I assumed that the movie would be different after getting a short distance into the book. However, I could be very wrong in my anticipated differences; I know next to nothing about the film. The only change I can be certain of is the title, and I find that somewhat amusing: one is whimsical and the other dark. We will have to see.

[Knives]

"Every Young Man's Battle."
"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."
Both are really good books.