What are you reading?

[uc pseudonym]

Politics in the Sudan: Parliamentary and Military Rule in an Emerging African Nation by Peter Bechtold

Research, as one might presume. Fortunately this project will probably not require reading the entire book, as I'm finding it rather dry.

[ADXC]

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

I thinks its really good in how it talks about the different way people deal with sin. Im on like chapter 16 right now. Serves me right for taking AP, we have to read in 2 weeks. Although the chapters aren't too long, its still like 200 and some pages. And Ive never read a book in 2 weeks.

So far we've read Macbeth and Hamlet. (Both very interesting plays I might add.)

Next we are reading Crime and Punishment. (Ooh, intense stuff. Thats at least what my teacher says anyway.

Last year, we read Great Expectations. ( That was a very long book, but its probably my favorite book so far in High School. Its just that I can relate to Pip sometimes.)

[the_wolfs_howl]

Captivating by Stasi Eldredge

Ooh, I read that book! It was pretty good; provided some insights I'd never thought about before.

[Kenshin17]

Soon to start Star Wars Legacy of the Force Fury, as well as the new Republic Commando book.

I am a Star Wars novel fan. I have a feeling I will like the Republic commando one better. I like reading about the none Force aspects of Star Wars better.

[Alice]

The Good Samaritan Strikes Again, by Patrick F. McManus

Getting into character : seven secrets a novelist can learn from actors, by Brandilyn Collins

[uc pseudonym]

The Original Revolution: Essays on Christian Pacifism by John Howard Yoder

I ran across this during the semester but didn't have time for pleasure reading then. Finals over, that has changed. Though it is as heavy and inaccessible as most of his writing, it is also rewarding.

[ADXC]

I finished the Scarlet Letter! Wow what sin can do to someone if not dealt with. I think all christians should read it just because it shows what can happen to someone when the either commit sin, hide it, or if someone acts very wrongly when they are sinned against.(Not to name any names, but Chillingworth!)

[eternalprincess]

The Bible
Heros of Faith: Jim Elliot Missionary Martyr

[Technomancer]

I've just finished A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Greenfield

I've just started The Walking Boy by Lydia Kwa.

[Kenshin17]

I sorta started Fury then went and bought Enders Game. Never read, and was told it was worth a read. Seems to be good thus far.

[Shao Feng-Li]

The Mist- Steven King

[Technomancer]

Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer.

It's pretty much what the title says, although I understand there's some investigation of the social/political side of things, which is mostly what interests me. I doubt there'll be much new in terms of scientific discussion that I haven't already read.

[~darkelfgirl~]

Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

[ADXC]

@ Darkelfgirl- Yeah I read Macbeth early on this year, it was very good. And be sure to read Hamlet which is also good. I also read Great Expectations last year, my personal favorite.

Oh and I also like your Tenchi Muyo sig!

[Bobtheduck]

About to Read "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", on the last chapter of Prince Caspian.

[mitsuki lover]

Yesterday I read The Celebrated Leaping Frog of Calaveras County by
Mark Twain.

[Danderson]

Relentless by Robin Parrish...

...Definetly the sort of book that would be a great anime series rather then a movie....

[uc pseudonym]

Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer.

It's pretty much what the title says, although I understand there's some investigation of the social/political side of things, which is mostly what interests me. I doubt there'll be much new in terms of scientific discussion that I haven't already read.

How would you evaluate it as a general book on the subject? Is it accessible to a semi-informed reader?

[Technomancer]

How would you evaluate it as a general book on the subject? Is it accessible to a semi-informed reader?

It is an easily accessible book in that it offers a basic overview of the subject, although more detail in parts would have been appropriate However, the actual discussion of intelligent design is only limited to a single chapter. His explanation of the logical fallacies that the "theory" rests upon isn't bad, although I suspect that many readers will find his writing on some of the actual scientific counter-examples to be unsatisfingly brief.

[Htom Sirveaux]

Terry Pratchett's The Light Fantastic I've just recently gotten into Discworld thanks to some fans on CAA whose posts persuaded me to give it a shot. Really good stuff, I can see following this series for a good while.

[Kenshin17]

Republic Commando True Colors

[GeneD]

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. It's a bit of a parody of Macbeth and very funny.

As the cauldron bubbled an eldrich voice shrieked: "When shall we three meet again?"

There was a pause.

Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: "Well, I can do next Tuesday."

[uc pseudonym]

A random story is somewhat relevant to my reading, so bear with me. For a Christmas eve service I played Jesus (there are only so many beards to go around), and all cast members were required to be there ridiculously early. So it was mildly amusing that I was dressed as Jesus while reading...

Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrman

Interesting read (I finished it the next day). The question of textual criticism has been one I knew I needed to consider for a long time now, but this book is the occasion for me to do some serious thinking. I haven't come to a solid conclusion yet; while this is hardly faith-shaking it does significantly change the form.

[Aka-chan]

Just picked up Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card. Been in the mood for short fiction lately.

[uc pseudonym]

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

It has been a while since I read any evangelical atheism and I have been meaning to read this for some time. So far I have gotten sidetracked by the later chapters, but what especially interests me is his rebuttal of the finely tuned argument. I had always dismissed this as something from ID, but in a speech Dawkins mentioned it as an argument he thought could potentially change an intelligent person's mind (though a flawed argument, of course). Anything religious given a shred of respect from Dawkins has my interest, so we'll see what I make of it. Meanwhile, it is a decent read in general.

[Sheenar]

Ok, I'm trying to be careful with money, but I was at Hastings with a friend and we needed a place to sit down. Where we sat just happened to be in the Classic Literature section. (Ah, my weakness!:P). Anyway, I did well and limited myself to one book. (Though there were at least 12 that I wanted to read). I decided on The Phantom of the Opera. (Maybe another time, Sherlock Holmes )

I've heard a lot of good things about the novel (published in 1911), so it'll be an interesting read. I'm interested in how Andrew Lloyd Webber was inspired to make his musical.

I'm also about to start another book called Dangerous to Man. My friend's dad has it and said that I'd be interested (since I'm into wildlife and my major is Animal Science). It's about animals that are dangerous to man. Sounds cool. I find those "When Animals Attack" shows interesting because I like to try to figure out the basis for animal behavior. Why do they attack?, etc.
There's this story in the book about a Manhattan couple who were woken by their child's screams. They found a bunch of bite wounds on the boy and a rat on his pillow. The father swung a broom at the rat, and it bit his leg. The cat who was there to kill the rats was killed by a rat the week before. 43 rats were killed by exterminators in the tenemet after this happened. I didn't know rats were so bad...I thought they just ate stuff.

[uc pseudonym]

Moving away from some of the more serious literature recently...

All Star Superman by Grant Morrison

On one hand, the ideas in the series are solid and it is nice to see a permutation of Superman that embraces the super-human aspects of the story instead of attempting to limit them. But the first collected volume also felt scattered and poorly written. There is some bad pacing and I don't think all the elements have been juggled very well. I'm somewhat surprised it won an Eisner.

[GhostontheNet]

Currently working on:

Religion and Nothingness by Keiji Nishitani,
Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence For Immortality by J.P. Moreland and Gary Habernas,
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe

[mitsuki lover]

Got for Christmas and read most of Bill O'Reilly's Culture Warrior.
(Does it really matter if he was raised in Westbury or Levittown,NY?)

[Desu]

I finished Toni Morrison's "Beloved" over the Winter break and I'm currently reading "No Country For Old Men", Cormac McCarthy and "The Cherry Orchard", Anton Checkov.