What are you reading?

[Kkun]

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton.
The Cleric Quintet by R.A. Salvatore.
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.

[Tenshi no Ai]

Alright, finished up Voyage of the Dawn Treader (and quite fast as far as my busy schedule has gone). Now onto The Silver Chair...

[yukinon]

I love the Silver Chair! Puddleglum rocks!

[mitsuki lover]

Tom Baker played him in the BBC version.

Currently rereading The Cartoon History of the Universe.

[Technomancer]

"Modelling and Inverse Problems in Image Analysis" by Bernard Chalmond. There's some sections on optimization and data analysis that I'm going over in hopes of inspiration.

I've also started "Petrified" Barbara Nadel (a murder mystery set in Istanbul).

[Sage_Al-Kahira]

Currently reading The Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott, book 2 in the Crown of Stars Series.

[bigsleepj]

I've almost finished CASH: The Autobiography and I'm now moving on to THUD! by Terry Pratchett.

[Kokhiri Sojourn]

A River Runs Through It and other Stories, by Norman McLean

[Kaori]

Flannery O'Connor's short story collection A Good Man is Hard to Find. As with any collection, the quality of the stories varied, but some were very good.

The Dark Shore by Adam Lee. This book looked interesting but turned out to be rather un-recommendable, aside from the author's fairly strong world-building.

[Kokhiri Sojourn]

Flannery O'Connor's short story collection A Good Man is Hard to Find. As with any collection, the quality of the stories varied, but some were very good.

O'Connor is one of my favorites - this was the first book I got from her as well as the title being my introduction to her writings. She spares no discomfort in her writing, includes so much in every phrase and description. I took a class exclusively on her and Steinbeck in college (I am still trying to figure out why the two were together), but anyway, enough rambling. Great author, but not always easy reading.

[Mi-Ru-Me]

StarGazer By Michael Friedman

[FarmGirl]

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
Not going to take long.

[Needle Noggin]

I have just finished A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, which is fantastic, and before that I read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett. Both of them are fantastic as well.

Now I'm starting Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

[Alice]

In The Company of Cheerful Ladies, by Alexander McCall Smith (a No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery)

The Well of Lost Plots, by Jasper Fforde (a fantasy-mystery 3rd in the series that started with "The Eyre Affair")

[mitsuki lover]

Leaving Church,a memoir of faith by Barbara Brown Taylor,the story of an Episcopalian rector who finds her true calling as part of her former flock.Just started looks promising.

[uc pseudonym]

Brothers in Christ by Fritz Blanke
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner
"Bakhtin's Carnival Reversed: King's The Shing as Dark Carnival" by Linda Holland-Toll

The first is radical reformation history; it's pretty basic though good as far as chronological overview. I'm reading it to study for a final exam in a few weeks. The second is another book on fairy tales, though so far I haven't found it as insightful as I had hoped. The last was for a literature class and was interesting, though I felt it overanalyzed a bit much.

[Kokhiri Sojourn]

[quote="uc pseudonym"]Brothers in Christ by Fritz Blanke
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner
"Bakhtin's Carnival Reversed: King's The Shing as Dark Carnival" by Linda Holland-Toll

The first is radical reformation history]

What kind of approach does From Beast to Blonde take towards fairy tales? A general summation of their themes, or content? Or is it more specifically dealing with individual fairy tales? What is it like, and would you at all recommend it? It sounds like it has potential.

[uc pseudonym]

I don't particularly recommend it, I suppose. It covers a variety of approaches, from individual to general, but I'm not particularly fond of the methodology that appears throughout. The feminist criticism has all been said better and more clearly by someone else, the Freudian criticism isn't particularly insightful, and while it has some more interesting things to say about the nature of the people who wrote the fairy tales and their social context it isn't anything particularly new.

That's the best I can do for a review at the moment; I hope it gives you a good enough impression of it.

[Andy Reddson]

Left Behind series. Just finished book ten, but I think it's casuing my PTSD to act up.

[Kokhiri Sojourn]

[quote="uc pseudonym"]I don't particularly recommend it, I suppose. It covers a variety of approaches, from individual to general, but I'm not particularly fond of the methodology that appears throughout. The feminist criticism has all been said better and more clearly by someone else, the Freudian criticism isn't particularly insightful, and while it has some more interesting things to say about the nature of the people who wrote the fairy tales and their social context it isn't anything particularly new.

That's the best I can do for a review at the moment]

Yeah, thanks for that. I'll probably pass it up and maybe do some research elsewhere.

Btw, I just started Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss. I love her tone and her humor, especially about something a little less than ideal for humor.

[Alice]

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith (mystery-drama)

Mr. Mysterious and Company, by Sid Fleischman (about a traveling magician and his family in the American Old West - children's fiction)

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones (fantasy)

Prospero's Children, by Jan Siegel (fantasy)

[kaji]

I have been enjoying A Faith for all Seasons by Dr. Ted M. Dorman. Its a bit of a heavy read, but does an excelent job laying out historic Christian belief in its classical expression. If you have ever wondered why you believe what you believe, dont pass this book up.

[mitsuki lover]

My America,What My Country Means To Me By 150 Americans From All Walks Of
Life edited and with an introduction by Hugh Downs

Produced after 9/11/01 it includes comments from such celebs as:
Alan Alda
Desi Arnaz,Jr.
Yogi Berra
Walter Cronkite
Jamie Farr
Paul Harvey
Art Linkletter

[Htom Sirveaux]

The Dark Tower book III: The Waste Lands. Next I'll finish up the Circle Trilogy with White.

[uc pseudonym]

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Given by a friend because it was about fairy tales. Seems decidedly odd so far; I'm not sure if I want to make a judgment call on it yet. It is mostly traditional stories in "novelized" form with a variety of endings.

[Technomancer]

When Red is Black by Qiu Xiolong

When Yin Lige, the author of a banned book, is found murdered in her Shanghai apartment, detective Yu Guangming and his boss, Chief Inspector Chen Cao, must solve a case that may have far-reaching political and social implications. (The "red" of the title refers to Mao Zedong's Red Guard, the "black" to the supposed enemies of the working class denounced during the Cultural Revolution.) Yu doggedly pursues all leads, even as personal misfortunes threaten to ruin his life. Chen must help from afar as he takes time off to earn extra income translating business documents for an ambitious entrepreneur. Suspects range from the poignant "shrimp woman," who peels shrimp for a living, to possible enemies from the distant past. Yu soon uncovers the long-ago romance between the victim and Yang Bing, a college professor. This love affair, delicately rendered, allows the author to include many fragile but beautiful Chinese poems. Deftly depicting a China fractured along class and party lines even in matters of love, Qiu also dramatically demonstrates how the past affects the daily lives of Chinese people today.

[Alice]

Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith (more No. 1... mysteries)

Second Time Around, by Nancy Moser (Christian time travel - sequel to Time Lottery - which is great!)

[Tenshi no Ai]

Ok, finally got around to finishing the last 2 chapters of The Silver Chair last night! (Been busy...) Now onto wrapping up the chronicles with The Last Battle...

[yukinon]

Yay! What did you think of the Silver Chair?

[Tenshi no Ai]

Yay! What did you think of the Silver Chair?

Pretty good (just like the others^^) although I was sitting there reading through for the longest time thinking "I don't see ANYTHING here about a silver chair yet!". Although the title was relevant and all, I guess maybe a different choice of a title would've been better. Unless I was the only one wondering when this special chair would show up^^