What are you reading?

Postby **Maledicte** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:41 pm

"Conqueror's Moon" by Julian May. I can't believe I have never heard of this guy before. His characters and social settings are very complex...I'm not even done wtih the book and already I am waiting for the next installment. I need to find his other books as well...

Postby **JoyfulSongs** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:37 pm

A History of Music and Musical Style.

*blinks bleary eyes*

Postby **Technomancer** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:25 am

'Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence' by Dorion Sagan and John R. Skoyles.

"Bringing together a vast array of until now unconnected facts from the fields of neuroscience, neural networks, cognitive science, child psychology, anthropology, Paleolithic history, and more, the authors reconstruct the 100,000 year evolutionary odyssey of the human mind."

Should be fascinating read.

MAL · Postby **Kaori** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:47 pm

Nevertheless: A Meditation on the Varieties and Shortcomings of Religious Pacifism, by John H. Yoder. Concise and aptly titled.

Biblical Pacifism: A Peace Church Perspective, by Dale W. Brown. Despite the dated nature of some of its content, I found the book fairly informative and sometimes insightful. The appendices and notes were of particular use.

Theology of Peace, by Paul Tillich. I can make no comments at this point about the work, since I have only begun reading it.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:30 pm

Dave Barry in Cyberspace (author self evident)

I was interested in some very light reading.

Postby **Hephzibah** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:53 pm

I'm reading 'Warlords of Nin' by Stephen Lawhead. He's a good christian fantasy author :grin:

Postby **VioletEyedCat** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:50 pm

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. You know, The DaVinci Code guy?

MAL · Postby **Kaori** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:31 pm

"The Rape of the Lock," by Alexander Pope. Satire is not my favorite genre, but I do appreciate the sheer beauty and elegance of Pope's writing.

Postby **btboy500** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:50 pm

I've just started reading "Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity" by Nancy Pearcy, and "In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History" edited by R. Douglas Gievett and Gary R. Habermas.

Postby **Lady Arianrod** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:53 pm

I'm currently reading The Phantom of the Opera and parts of Machiavelli's The Prince.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:00 pm

I just read Common Sense,The Crisis and parts of The Rights of Man by Paine.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:11 pm

Stranger in a Strange Land (uncut version) by Robert Heinlein

I'm about half way through, and I'm not sure if I really have any comments. Most people in the book annoy me, but Jubal's personality is quirky enough to be worth something and I have liked the parts that dealt with Martian psychology.

Postby **GhostontheNet** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:22 pm

btboy500 wrote:I've just started reading "Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity" by Nancy Pearcy, and "In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History" edited by R. Douglas Gievett and Gary R. Habermas.

Interesting, by the way, have I seen you on Theology Web?

MAL · Postby **Kaori** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:38 am

I just finished No Longer at Ease, by Chinua Achebe, and I am halfway through Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective, by Dr. Leland Ryken. The former was an assignment; the latter, a gift from a professor.

Postby **Gypsy** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:02 am

Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:15 am

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, and I'm loving it so far. Any book that has crazed british fellows chasing a chesterfield sofa across a field on prehistoric era earth is definitely going on my faves list.

Postby **VioletEyedCat** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:52 am

I'm just finishing up Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney, author of the God-Chasers series. It's a really cool historical fictionish book about Esther.

Postby **GhostontheNet** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:39 pm

In Search of Paul: How Jesus's Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom by John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed. So far a fairly good book, though certain bad habits of Crossan are annoying me (one sentence, argumentless dismissals of things the Bible states for example, making it as it stands that he is simply waving away what he doesn't like).

Postby **Indigo_Eyes** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:07 pm

River's Edge by Terri Blackstock

Postby **Namelessknight** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:14 pm

Just finished "Eyes of Silver" by Michael Stackpole. I really love his fantasy stuff. Even tho this was one of my lesser favorites of his, I still thot it was interesting. Thank goodness the sfbc is starting to carry his new stuff. I hate buying paperback and some of his stuff is ONLY in paperback. sigh....

Postby **Scribs** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:59 pm

Audition by some famous broadway guy

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:33 pm

I'm currently reading:The Remarkable Saga Of Ole And Lena:Scandinavian
Humor At It's Finest Writ by Richard Thorud with pictures by him too
Ok,anyone from Minnesota and especially anyone who's a Minnesotan
Svede or Norvegian will probably appreciate this book. :grin:

Ok,even the Danes in the audience will like it! :lol:

Even some you aren't even Skandinuvian might like it...although it does help if you come from
Minnesoty..some injokes that some people might not get like the one about
the Mesabi Range.

Postby **Aka-chan** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:21 pm

I read all of Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle today. ^__^ Fascinating read.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:24 pm

Aka-chan wrote:I read all of Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle today. ^__^ Fascinating read.

It has been quite some time since I read that book, but I believe it was probably my favorite of those written by Madeline L'Engle. That doesn't mean a great deal in my case, but I did find some elements interesting.

Postby **VioletEyedCat** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:05 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:
Aka-chan wrote:I read all of Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle today. ^__^ Fascinating read.

It has been quite some time since I read that book, but I believe it was probably my favorite of those written by Madeline L'Engle. That doesn't mean a great deal in my case, but I did find some elements interesting.

Madeline L'Engle is certainly a wonderful author- I enjoyed her books immensely. Her work did, at least to me, drop off quite a bit as she continued writing. An Acceptable Time and A House Like a Lotus are on my short list of 'very icky' books.

Anyway- I'm just starting The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. My friend says that it's a little more far-fetched than Angels and Demons, and that he preferred that one better. I probably will agree with him.

Postby **Yeshua-Knight** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:24 pm

Talame wrote:I'm reading 'Warlords of Nin' by Stephen Lawhead. He's a good christian fantasy author

i just finished book 1 in a series called The Binding of the Blade with the second one coming out in may, the first book is called beyond the summerland and when i finished it, i really, really wanted to get the sequel as soon as i can, the closest thing i can compare it too is lord of the rings, i can't really get into any details without giving the plot away, but i warn you, do not go to the forum on the site unless you either have read the book already, or you don't care about spoilers 'cus whether or not they are mentioned, there are spoilers that saturate the forum, definitely not for those new to the series

'nuff said

Postby **Technomancer** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:21 am

At the moment:

'From Sound to Synapse: Physiology of the Mammalian Ear' by C. Geisler.

I've also started on Elizabeth Redfern's novel 'Auriel Rising'.

In addition, I've been reading many badly written undergraduate project reports that I have to mark. Seriously, I don't know what's wrong with these people; some of these reports shouldn't be acceptable at a high school level much less in a university class.

Postby **agasfas** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:02 pm

Most recent book I finished was "All Quite on the Western Front."
It was actually a pretty good war-time book.

MAL · Postby **Kaori** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:45 pm

Great Expectations. This is the first Dickens novel I have read in a few years, and while do appreciate his considerable ability as a writer and enjoyed the writing to some extent, I failed to become truly enthusiastic about the book.

In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales, by Lord Dunsany. While the stories contain a high degree of biblical allusions, which is interesting, they have something of a pagan outlook. At any rate, Dunsany's writing is sometimes considered classic for the fantasy genre, and his style is quite beautiful.

I have not read it recently, but All Quiet on the Western Front is one of my favorites of the war novels I have read.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:25 am

The Wasteland and Other Poems (by TS Eliot)
Death of a Salesman (by Arthur Miller)

I am not at all enthusiastic about poetry, though Eliot isn't as bad as some. Unfortunately, the class for which I must read this collection also requires that I read numerous commentaries upon his work, and frankly I'm tired of hearing how "his poetry is a gateway into his soul which the reader is drawn into and it is impossible to escape from without being forever changed."

The latter I have more hope for, but I will reserve judgement until I begin reading it in earnest.

What are you reading?

Who is online

Loading