Reading any good books? - Page 4

ElemmÃrÃ« · 11-30-2004, 01:35 AM

I'm reading the "Tol"s!

haha!

ahem... anyway...

I'm always reading something Tolkien... actually, rereading would be the better term, so forget about that...

Right now, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

ElemmÃrÃ« · 11-30-2004, 01:41 AM

um... sorry... this is from the why you believe what you believe thread, in case anyone gets confused about random shifts in conversation...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rian

Oh, have you posted over on the reading threads in the Literature forum? Let me know what you think of Anna - I absolutely LOVED Bros. Karamazov! I still can't get thru Don Quixote, tho, even tho Arty loved it!

I actually am really enjoying Anna Karenina. It's long (not that that means anything to me

), and complicated (same as before), and really interesting. I've finished 7 of the 8 parts now... the end of part 7 for anyone who hasn't read it... I had seen it coming for several pages (well, half the book, actually, but I knew it was going to happen there), and yet it's still shocking...

Anyway... Don Quixote. I tried reading it about 2 years ago, but I was having too much trouble with the dictionary in the back of the book.

I have to brush up on my Spanish.

Grey_Wolf · 11-30-2004, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

Oh, how exciting! Great read

Yes, it is very interesting.

sun-star · 11-30-2004, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

I just finished George MacDonald's The Curate of Glouster for the second time. Really excellent book. Sun-star, have you read it? IIRC, you have a MacDonald quote in your siggy.

No, the only George MacDonald I've read is At the Back of the North Wind, and that was a looong time ago! I've always meant to read something by him because I know how much Lewis loved his work, but his books are quite difficult to find, unfortunately. It's on my to-read list, though!

My quote is Gerard Manley Hopkins, my new favourite poet. Definitely recommended to everyone

***RÃan*** · 11-30-2004, 01:12 PM

whoops, it's "Glaston", not "Glouster" - sorry!

I highly recommend it. The version I have is a rewrite (to update the language) but the guy seems to have a huge appreciation and understanding of MacDonald, and from what I've read of MacDonald in his original writing, it seems to be spot on.

It's about a curate who is asked by an atheist one day if he really believes all that "humbug" about religion. The curate is an honest fellow, and actually thinks about the question ...

***Earniel*** · 12-01-2004, 04:18 PM

Currently reading Magic, the final fantasy collection by Isaac Asimov. Rather interesting, even if half of the book are essays.

Mercutio · 12-01-2004, 06:54 PM

Beowulf (for English Lit., we just started)

Bro. K (for Novel class-- around Zosima's death...wait, did I give something away?

And they just set up the murder)

ABC Murders (by Agatha Christie, for Lit. paper)

BeardofPants · 12-01-2004, 07:07 PM

Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Rosie Gamgee · 12-02-2004, 02:13 PM

Inkheart. Interesting. Good characters. There's something wanting, though. I guess it's because I already expected it to be fantasy, I find it a little hard to picture it actually set in our world.

Lenya · 12-05-2004, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EÃ¤rniel

Currently reading Magic, the final fantasy collection by Isaac Asimov. Rather interesting, even if half of the book are essays.

Do you like Asimov's works? I find it a bit hard to get into, but that can simply be because I like long stories with good explanations for every thing. In one book of his (can't remember wich one) the guy keeps on using this high teck stuff - like radio active detecting devices - and I have no idee how it works. I don't like that.

Lenya · 12-09-2004, 03:30 PM

I just finished Lay of Lethian - stunning, it's brilliand! Starting with Lay of the Children of Hurin, but I am distracted from my reading cause I just started playing my first role playing game (Icewind dale) and it is so much fun, it's taking all of my time

12-09-2004, 03:39 PM

Currently, I'm reading Jaaka Ruus, the newest Shanarra book by Terry Brooks, I hope I'm not mispelling that, and then I'll probably return to The Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffery. Oh, and I also read alot of manga, Japanese comic books, such as Inuyasha, DBZ and Fushigi Yuugi and Demon Diaries. Japanese comics rock!!!

Lenya · 12-09-2004, 03:45 PM

I can tell that just by looking at your Avatar

Pytt · 12-09-2004, 04:15 PM

Right now I'm reading The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet. realy intriguing book!

and besides I'm reading Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan.

and i think I read a book by the norwegian author Erlend Loe.

ElemmÃrÃ« · 12-10-2004, 12:41 AM

*raises eyebrow*

You think?

I'm presently reading... nothing!

Most remedy that...

*grabs copy of The Lays of Beleriand sitting next to her*

Carafin · 12-10-2004, 03:31 AM

I'm in a bookclub, it means I always have something to read....til I finish it that is. Right now I just finished Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and am working on Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. I'm afraid I'm not intelligent enough to understand HoD though...I found it quite, undecipherable.

Beren3000 · 12-10-2004, 04:21 AM

I'm currently reading A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking. Very interesting read so far!

inked · 12-10-2004, 01:00 PM

Beren3000,

Did you get the philosophy of LOTR and HP books? Had a chance to read them? What do you think of them?

brownjenkins · 12-10-2004, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beren3000

I'm currently reading A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking. Very interesting read so far!

definitely a good read... though it grows in technicality a bit towards the end... a similar book i would highly recommend, and even a bit more "reader friendly"

about time

Beren3000 · 12-10-2004, 02:55 PM

bj:
Thanks for the link, I'll keep it in mind.

inked:
As a matter of fact, I did. I posted about that earlier in the "Books just acquired" thread. However, I still have to finish with Stephen Hawking before starting on them. When I get around to reading them, I will give you feedback!

11-30-2004, 01:35 AM	#61
ElemmÃrÃ« avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	I'm reading the "Tol"s! haha! ahem... anyway... I'm always reading something Tolkien... actually, rereading would be the better term, so forget about that... Right now, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

11-30-2004, 01:12 PM	#65
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	whoops, it's "Glaston", not "Glouster" - sorry! I highly recommend it. The version I have is a rewrite (to update the language) but the guy seems to have a huge appreciation and understanding of MacDonald, and from what I've read of MacDonald in his original writing, it seems to be spot on. It's about a curate who is asked by an atheist one day if he really believes all that "humbug" about religion. The curate is an honest fellow, and actually thinks about the question ... __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

12-01-2004, 04:18 PM	#66
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Currently reading Magic, the final fantasy collection by Isaac Asimov. Rather interesting, even if half of the book are essays. __________________ We are not things.

12-01-2004, 06:54 PM	#67
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Beowulf (for English Lit., we just started) Bro. K (for Novel class-- around Zosima's death...wait, did I give something away? And they just set up the murder) ABC Murders (by Agatha Christie, for Lit. paper) __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

12-01-2004, 07:07 PM	#68
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

12-02-2004, 02:13 PM	#69
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Inkheart. Interesting. Good characters. There's something wanting, though. I guess it's because I already expected it to be fantasy, I find it a little hard to picture it actually set in our world. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

12-09-2004, 03:30 PM	#71
Lenya ElentÃ¡ri Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	I just finished Lay of Lethian - stunning, it's brilliand! Starting with Lay of the Children of Hurin, but I am distracted from my reading cause I just started playing my first role playing game (Icewind dale) and it is so much fun, it's taking all of my time

12-09-2004, 03:39 PM	#72
Finnrodde Guest Posts: n/a	Currently, I'm reading Jaaka Ruus, the newest Shanarra book by Terry Brooks, I hope I'm not mispelling that, and then I'll probably return to The Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffery. Oh, and I also read alot of manga, Japanese comic books, such as Inuyasha, DBZ and Fushigi Yuugi and Demon Diaries. Japanese comics rock!!! Last edited by Finnrodde : 12-10-2004 at 03:01 PM.

12-09-2004, 03:45 PM	#73
Lenya ElentÃ¡ri Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	I can tell that just by looking at your Avatar

12-09-2004, 04:15 PM	#74
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	Right now I'm reading The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follet. realy intriguing book! and besides I'm reading Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. and i think I read a book by the norwegian author Erlend Loe. __________________ Don't Panic!

12-10-2004, 12:41 AM	#75
ElemmÃrÃ« avocatus diaboli Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Himring Posts: 1,582	raises eyebrow You think? I'm presently reading... nothing! Most remedy that... grabs copy of The Lays of Beleriand sitting next to her __________________ ~ I have heard the languages of apocalypse and now I shall embrace the silence ~ Neil Gaiman

12-10-2004, 03:31 AM	#76
Carafin Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: The warm (or West) coast of Canada Posts: 150	I'm in a bookclub, it means I always have something to read....til I finish it that is. Right now I just finished Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and am working on Fifth Business by Robertson Davies. I'm afraid I'm not intelligent enough to understand HoD though...I found it quite, undecipherable. __________________ Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo; a star shines on the hour of our meeting, - LotR (FotR) four be the things I'd be better off without, love, curiousity, freckles, and doubt Queen Guinevere? ... Though all to ruin fell the world, And were dissolved and backward hurled, Unmade into the old abyss, Yet were its making good for this, The dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea, That Luthien for a time shoud be ~ ~Beren: The Song of Parting

12-10-2004, 04:21 AM	#77
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	I'm currently reading A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking. Very interesting read so far!

12-10-2004, 01:00 PM	#78
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Beren3000, Did you get the philosophy of LOTR and HP books? Had a chance to read them? What do you think of them? __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

12-10-2004, 02:55 PM	#80
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	bj: Thanks for the link, I'll keep it in mind. inked: As a matter of fact, I did. I posted about that earlier in the "Books just acquired" thread. However, I still have to finish with Stephen Hawking before starting on them. When I get around to reading them, I will give you feedback!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Books that have changed your life?	elixir	General Literature	67	05-17-2006 04:39 PM
Theological Opinions	Nurvingiel	General Messages	992	02-10-2006 04:15 PM
Things We Love To Hate About The LotR Trilogy	Telcontar_Dunedain	Lord of the Rings Movies	87	09-05-2005 10:08 PM
Earthsea: miniseries vs. the books	Finnrodde	Fantasy and Sci-Fi Novels	9	12-26-2004 06:45 PM
Reading THE HOBBIT at the bookstore...	Gilthalion	The Hobbit (book)	95	11-06-2000 04:01 AM