What are you reading?

Postby **Peanut** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:47 pm

Right now, I'm reading The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, which is basically (as the front cover puts it) "A journalist investigates scientific eviedence that points toward God."

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:55 am

Still reading "Phantastes."

Postby **Technomancer** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:51 am

'Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture' by Northrop Frye and Jay MacPhearson. This book is a combined edition of Frye's 'Symbolism in the Bible' and MacPhearson's 'Four Ages: The Classical Myths'

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:57 am

I recently finished Phantom by Susan Kay, it's a retelling of Leroux's story with an emphasis on Eric's life from childbirth until death. It was a really interesting read, but I wish the author hadn't included some of the questionable content and language. The ending was also very different from the musicals, it was less open-ended and ambiguous.

Still, it was interesting to gain more insight into the characters, and Kay actually managed to tie together the events in the Phantom's life in a reasonable and dramatic way. And the Eric/Christine relationship was definitely far more...intense.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:50 pm

I plan on reading an article about Daniel Boone in the November/December
1992 issue of American History.Btw:There's a really good book out based
on interviews done with Boone's surviving son called MY FATHER DANIEL
BOONE.If you can find it read it much recommended.

Boone was raised Quaker but became a Presbyterian and raised all his
children to be good Christians.

Postby **Scribs** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:17 am

The 1001 Dumbest things ever said

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:58 pm

I read a portion of J.V.Jones' novel The Barbed Coil yesterday and also
that article about Daniel Boone in American History today.

Website · Postby **Alice** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:42 pm

I finally finished "Third Girl" by Agatha Christie.

I think I'm getting better at Agatha Christie's. I actually had a sort of inkling of part of the solution. :lol:

Postby **The Grammarian** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:38 am

Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:53 pm

J.R.R. Tolkeins "Lays of Beleriand".

Postby **ally-san** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:53 pm

as i lay dying-faulkner

Website · Postby **Alice** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:59 pm

ally-san wrote:as i lay dying-faulkner

0.0 That looked so heavy to me! I borrowed it twice and still never got anywhere with it. *is impressed, and a bit frightened*

I, myself, have started reading Shelter from the Storm, by Cheryl Wolverton. I started it expecting to find a mildly interesting read. I ended up reading the first sixty pages. If it keeps going this way, it will be the best romantic book I've ever read. (I think because it's not just romance. The romance seems to be almost a side plot to the rest.) (Also I haven't read many romances.)

Postby **Maledicte** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:59 pm

"Rapture" by David Sosnowski. It's about ordinary people who randomly sprout wings a la "X-Men"...not as good as his second novel but interesting.

Postby **Scribs** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:16 am

I am in the middle of re-reading harry potter and the order of the pheonix

Postby **Indigo_Eyes** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:11 pm

After All These Years by Sally John-good book, I really like this series so far.

Postby **Namelessknight** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:09 pm

Tales of the Otori: Grass for His Pillow While I haven't read the 3rd book, this one seemed like a semi-colon between 2 full sentences. It was ok, but it really didn't impress me like the first one did. Oh well...

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:25 pm

I'm curious about your "1001" book, piloswine. Is it filled with incredibly stupid things, or does it merely aim for the humorous?

As for myself, I've been a bit busy reading lately (car trip).
Monstrous Regiment, Hogsfather, and The Truth all by Terry Pratchett [I am currently finishing the last of the titles mentioned. I liked the second best, of these three.]
Sandman [I've finished the series, now.]
Wormwood by GP Taylor [Call it research, I guess. I'm perhaps 2/3 of the way through it, and I can't say I have any particular opinions to form.]

Postby **Jasdero** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:40 pm

Namelessknight wrote:Tales of the Otori: Grass for His Pillow While I haven't read the 3rd book, this one seemed like a semi-colon between 2 full sentences. It was ok, but it really didn't impress me like the first one did. Oh well...

I agree with you on that. The first book was brilliant, but the second book was a bit of a letdown. The third one.. well.. it wasn't bad, per se, but it still wasn't as redeeming as the first book of the trilogy.

Postby **Icarus** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:24 am

I'm re-reading The Death of Chaos, reading Archform: Beauty, both by Modesitt, and I need to start Obsession, by Ted Dekker.

My family reads my books! I start a book, leave it on the table to go to work, and when I come back, it's gone! My dad actually took one out of the bag when I brought it home. GAH!

Postby **CreatureArt** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:31 am

At the moment I'm reading the ocver of the 'Easy Learning French Dictionary' (easy to read. easy to use. easy to understand), but I've picked up a book called the City of Masks which I've started to read.

Ted Dekker... I've heard the name before, but I can't remember where.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:52 pm

The Last .400 Hitter,the story of Ted William's brilliant 1941 season with the
Red Sox.

Postby **Sparrow Writer** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:07 pm

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells...I have to do it for school. It's not as bad as the Time Machine, which is another H.G. Wells book we had to read for school.

Postby **Maledicte** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:03 pm

Monster by Frank Peretti. I've been waiting so long for this. Wheee!

Postby **Espoir** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:20 pm

CreatureArt wrote:Ted Dekker... I've heard the name before, but I can't remember where.

Christian author. Wrote the "Red", "Black" and "White" trillogy. I've heard they are quite good and have ment to pick them up myself.

I just got done reading Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner. I'm currently reading Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir and When Godly People Do Ungodly Things by Beth Moore.

My reading tastes vary just a bit. The first was about a girl who half Jewish by birth, converts to orthodox Jedusim, and then becomes a Christian after being a critic of it for so many years. (kinda identify with it)

Seccond is a true tale of a tragic situation. Too involved to explain, but a good, if not somewhat dry, read.

Third is heavy stuff. Beth Moore is great, but this book takes a while, because you really have to chew on what she says, and can't just plough right through it.

I WANT THE NEW HP BOOOOOOK!!! :waah!:

Postby **ally-san** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:11 am

many books, many marvelous books

a taste of honey
as i lay dying
oscar wilde
shakespeare on love

Postby **harina** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:26 am

The Bible
Kaari Utrio - Aatelisneito, PorvaristyttÃ¶
Michael Ende - The endless story
Cowboy Bebop 1

Postby **Ninja Rob** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:02 am

"The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide" by Douglas Adams
"Star Wars The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic 1- Remnant" by Sean Williams and Shane Dix

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:28 pm

Harry Potter 6

I'm hardly a fanatic, but I have friends who are and they have finished their copies. While I am not able to spend much time reading it, it is rather light reading and will likely pass quickly. So far, I feel it is superior to previous books in the series.

Postby **Locke** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:50 pm

I just finished "Wild At Heart" and The Zombie Survival Guide this weekend.

I hope to finish "Cant Stop Wont Stop ( A history of The Hip Hop Generation)" by this week.

Postby **yukinon** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:00 pm

Locke wrote:I just finished "Wild At Heart" and The Zombie Survival Guide this weekend.

Some part of me does enjoy hearing that in the same sentence.

I've currently been reading Jane Eyre, but it got lost in the depths of my grandmother's house, so I started the Island Stallion by Walter Farley.

I've been dying for some good fiction ever since I started college.

What are you reading?

Who is online

Loading