What book are you reading?
We often hear or get asked what C.D we are listening too at the moment or which disc currently occupies our players, but I dear Forum pals am from a simpler time, I like books. (You know those things with words and letters on the pages)
So in good faith I ask (and with out insulting your inteligence like earlier): What book are you currently reading.
I am reading David Malouf's: Johnno and am re-reading Tolstoy's: Anna Karenina.
FMA.
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Razael: The Angel Slayer; He's Vash The Stampede crossed with Eikichi Onizuka and put in the .HACK universe.
I read big novels, like Wheel of Time, and the books by Raymond E Feist, but ive been reading the Forgotten Realms books recently, especially the books about Drizzt the Dark Elf
Zen And The Art Of Motor Cycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
It's a strange book about a man who has become a new personality after shock treatment and is discovering who he was before... Nice and philosophical.
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Right now, I'm going through Heinlein's books. He's got a couple dozen... my most recent was "Friday", I'll be heading to the library later for another... I don't know what all's left there, though.
I have Hitchhikker's Guide on the go, but not having much time for it considering I have to read everyday fo runi...so my main focus of reading is course packs.
the LOTR series. i have all 3 books in one, but right now i'm in the middle of two towers.
Being wise comes in two parts: 1) having a lot to say and 2) not saying it.
Thanks to Starry Relm and Sphere for the Sig and Avatar (in their respecive order)
*moves to The Lounge*
I just finished re-reading Bear v. Shark by Chris Bachelder yesterday, which is a great book if you like satire (but also understand that it's quite post modern, so if that's not your cuppa tea you might not like it). Alls I know is that I love it. I'm still struggling through Seymour: An Introduction by JD Salinger (the novella, which is what I refer to it as, comes in a paired set with Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters which is actually just a short story). It's been hard for me because it's Salinger's straight character book. If you've ever read The Catcher in the Rye, or really anything else by Salinger, then you know that his works are all about characters, and what happens to them (ie: the plot) is almost a byproduct of that. However, most of his other works have some form of rising action, and so far Seymour: An Introduction seems to be simply a discussion of who Seymour Glass was to those who knew him best. And Salinger is so verbose anyway (like I have room to talk xD) that I get distracted easily. But I promise I'll get it done.
After I finally finish it, I'll read The Dubliners by James Joyce, but that will probably be a quick day read. I'm looking forward to it IF MY SISTER EVER GIVES IT BACK.
Other than that, I might go buy the third book in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series, or I might finally read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe or The Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom, or maybe just random stuff by Yeats. I like Yeats. But if anyone has any suggestions for me, I'd love to hear them.
Signature by rubah. I think.
Roll of thunder hear my cry for an english exam.
Currently reading Alice Walker's The Colour Purple for my English class, as well as Bored of the Rings on the side, for about the fifteenth time. That book is super-dooper.
"The most important and recognize player in the history of the country."
Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I were as great as Paulo Wanchope.
The Scarlett Letter :rolleyes2
I'm currently reading <a href="http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/straken.html">Straken</a> by Terry Brooks.
Elminster's Daughter by Ed Greenwood, as I just finished Extinction from the War of the Spider Queen series by Lisa Smedman.
Just finished Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and The Feminine Mystique.....
I've been reading Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' for a while now.
*goes under*
Stephen King - Wizard and Glass
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