What are you currently reading?

[April Fool]

I'm reading "Intimate JOURNALISM" by Walt Harrington. It's a good book, so far. :)

you?

[princessKT]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Yes, I am that slow.

[sparkle_gurrl]

american psycho

[BlueJeanBaby03]

Shopaholic Ties The Knot by Sophie Kinsella

[princessKT]

^ Ooh, fun book. :)

[*dream*]

"The Eleventh Hour" by Catherine Coulter

[lynsbyns]

'Love Story' by Erich Segal. Its really good... :)

[ButterflyAngel]

Originally posted by BlueJeanBaby03
Shopaholic Ties The Knot by Sophie Kinsella

That's an awesome book! :D

Right now, I'm reading the book(s) How To Deal is based on-- Someone Like You and That Summer. Both are by Sarah Dessen. :)

I should be reading The Great Gatsby for school's summer reading, but I'm a procrastinator. :p

[bekahbeans]

The Memory of Earth, by Orson Scott Card.

[Equinox]

2 right now...

"The History of Knowledge" by Charles van Doren
"The Plague" by Albert Camus

[muffins]

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.

[WhEeZe]

The Plague was interesting, or what I remember of it.

I'm reading some Mary Higgens Clark... I can't help it!

[Equinox]

so you're telling me you go from reading a prominent French author like Camus to Mary Higgins Clark? haha!

[WhEeZe]

lol, well, uh she has her moments. ;)

[Equinox]

Originally posted by WhEeZe
lol, well, uh she has her moments. ;)

so let me guess, you read the Camus book for a class?

[WhEeZe]

Actually yes and no. I read it on my own first and then had to read snippets for world history.

[Equinox]

i'm impressed...me likes :D

[Hail to the Waeles!]

Black Dogs- Ian McEwan

[Equinox]

now...

Albert Camus- The First Man

[lynsbyns]

I'm reading 'Land Of The Living' by Nicci French now. I'm really enjoying it. I'm about two-thirds of the way through and I have no idea how the book might end. It seems unpredictable. Its cool :)

[Miss_Sunshine]

Catcher In The Rye-J.D. Salinger

[lynsbyns]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
Catcher In The Rye-J.D. Salinger

That book is brilliant. I read it a few weeks ago and didn't really know what to expect but I thought it was really good

[BlueJeanBaby03]

Now Im reading "Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging" by Louise Rennison

[qianling]

Hi Guys!! :)LOL

I'm a new member in this livedaily thingy.. so bit green, please dont be offended if i post/ask silly stuff~! :)LOL

Anyway, i'm also a reader thou the books u all mention was pretty outta my league.. :)LOL Oh yah.. Currently, i'm reading mary higgins n carol higgins clark's books... same as one of the members...but from the tone of it.. it seems like you guys dun really like mary higgins.. Why??

rgds,
qianling

[Java]

qianling - I like your screen name! :)
It reminds me of much on-line reading I've done concerning all the ancient archaeological discoveries made so far at Qianling, near Xian - very interesting as well as mind stimulating! (though in the west, most people have never even heard of Qianling and few even know where Xian is located, or even realise there are such huge and ancient structures (http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/chipyr_2a.jpg) in the areas nearby)

I guess you can tell I love reading up on archaeology. :)

[Equinox]

i've heard of Xian, but know almost nothing about it...

[sparkle_gurrl]

I've finally finished crappy american psycho, and now I've moved on to danielle steel's the cottage. :o

[Equinox]

Originally posted by sparkle_gurrl
I've finally finished crappy american psycho, and now I've moved on to danielle steel's the cottage. :o

pretty bad when you move from that book to Danielle Steel lol

[sparkle_gurrl]

I find them really good, though I'm embaressed to admit I like them. :o they're my guilty pleasure. :o

[qianling]

Hey Ho!! :)LOL

Java -- got a little secret to let you in!! :)LOL Actually my screen name is my real name... :)LOL N when you talk about those places, structures, i was like so impressed n so surprise!! :)LOL And i got to admit that you managed to stir up my curiousity that I'm going to research on what you mention!! :)LOL

Oh by the way, you are a westerner??

[tiger_rascal]

Do you have anything on Chad, Java? :o

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by lynsbyns
That book is brilliant. I read it a few weeks ago and didn't really know what to expect but I thought it was really good
I agree with you there. This is my second time reading it. One of my favorites. :)

Now I need to find a new book to read. lol

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
I agree with you there. This is my second time reading it. One of my favorites. :)

Now I need to find a new book to read. lol

yeah you tend to re-read things quite a bit, you need to find something new :tongue:

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by Oxy
yeah you tend to re-read things quite a bit, you need to find something new :tongue:
well, some books are just really good lol :tongue:

[Java]

Originally posted by qianling
Hey Ho!! :)LOL

Java -- got a little secret to let you in!! :)LOL Actually my screen name is my real name... :)LOL N when you talk about those places, structures, i was like so impressed n so surprise!! :)LOL And i got to admit that you managed to stir up my curiousity that I'm going to research on what you mention!! :)LOL

Oh by the way, you are a westerner?? Yes, I'm a westerner, but have learned to search for and to look outside the windows of this 'box' we westerners seem to live in. (We have a narrow mass media here.) Anyways, I'm glad to have helped you discovered something interesting about your name! :)

By the way, welcome to the boards too! :biggrin:

[MunkeeChica]

I am currently reading Memoirs of a Geisha by Artur Golden. It's really good.

[qianling]

Hey Ho People!! :)LOL

Java -- Thanks for the welcoming thou it came bit later~ :)LOL and thanks also for letting me discover new stuff about my name.. still cant believe thou.. :)LOL apparently there's qianling tomb, qianling mountain, qianling park etc!! :)LOL wowow.. i'm totally mesmerize!! :)LOL Thanks a lot to you~! :)

Anyway, why is it that you like all those buildings, places and sorts? hmmm.. whatever that generate the interest?

To all -- hmm.. you guys havent tell me why is it that you all dun sound as if you like mary higgins clark.. i think i almost complete the whole series of mary higgins'

[jackiem]

i don't read much

but now for school i'm reading nickeled and dimed which is actualy good

it's bout how not to get by in america

[tiger_rascal]

Im gonna start reading Flowers In The Attic soon, I have seen the movie several times and I have it on VHS.

[Java]

Originally posted by qianling
Hey Ho People!! :)LOL

Java -- Thanks for the welcoming thou it came bit later~ :)LOL and thanks also for letting me discover new stuff about my name.. still cant believe thou.. :)LOL apparently there's qianling tomb, qianling mountain, qianling park etc!! :)LOL wowow.. i'm totally mesmerize!! :)LOL Thanks a lot to you~! :)

Anyway, why is it that you like all those buildings, places and sorts? hmmm.. whatever that generate the interest?

To all -- hmm.. you guys havent tell me why is it that you all dun sound as if you like mary higgins clark.. i think i almost complete the whole series of mary higgins' I think it all started with my interest in music, and wondering how eastern scale and western scale music came into being, and knowing that these music scales probably came into being long before the first cities were ever built, this told me that there was more than one cradle for civilization, so I searched until I found what I was looking for and now that I found it, it's all so much more interesting!

Wow! Long sentence!!

[Equinox]

Originally posted by tiger_rascal
Im gonna start reading Flowers In The Attic soon, I have seen the movie several times and I have it on VHS.

dude, i don't think you have to, just get Laurie to call you and i'm sure she can recite it from memory :tongue:

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by Oxy
dude, i don't think you have to, just get Laurie to call you and i'm sure she can recite it from memory :tongue:
lmao. that's true :tongue:

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by tiger_rascal
Im gonna start reading Flowers In The Attic soon, I have seen the movie several times and I have it on VHS.
The book is way better than the movie. The movie is basically nothing like the book. lol

Not sure if you'd like the book....there's some incest in there :o

[tiger_rascal]

I have always heard the book is better than the movie, but isnt that how it always goes.

I havent started reading it, yet, but I want to start soon.

[qianling]

Hello Java!! :)LOL

Hmmm.. am i safe to say that those civilisations stuff still interest you so v much??
hey.. that probably means that u have practically research all those neat places like the pyramids, the tribals etc? have you been there before?

[Java]

Originally posted by qianling
Hello Java!! :)LOL

Hmmm.. am i safe to say that those civilisations stuff still interest you so v much??
hey.. that probably means that u have practically research all those neat places like the pyramids, the tribals etc? have you been there before? Hi Qianling!

Yes. I am still very much interested in these types of thing! :)
I find Banpo to be a most interesting place, and very old too! I wish I could see some of these places someday, but for now I have to be content with reading about them.

[Java]

Just adding... another interesting bit of reading concerning ancient cultures is about that of the Jomon. They were the first by far to make pottery, long before any other civilisations. Facinating stuff. :)

[muffins]

I finally finished "Wuthering Heights" last night; I loved this book. It took a while for me to get into it but once I did I was totally wrapped up into it. I have now started John McEnroe's autobiograpghy "Serious."

[qianling]

Yo Java!! :P~

I am very impress with you, man!! :)LOL
I'm v impress with ya knowledge about all those unique places... i'm not a v street/directory wise person.. i can get really lost even in my home country.. :)LOL

I guess the similarity thingy abt us is that when we get curious about something/someplace etc.. we tend to research about it..
do you do that? Well at least i do.. :)LOL

BTW people, i'm reading mary higgins clark's daddy's lil girl..
Hmmm.. those books that you guys read are soooo impressive.. i feel so kiddish as compared to you guys.. but then again, i'm someone who prefer fiction stories..esp those horror, detective, thrillers style.. :)LOL

[sparkle_gurrl]

looking for andrew mcarthy-jenny colgan. This book is pure hilarious, I love jenny colgan, her writing style is v. witty!

[Justin'sGirlUK]

One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia-Marquez

[Miss_Sunshine]

Clive Barker-The Great and Secret Show

[Java]

Quanling - sorry about my delay in replying. :o
In answer to your question, yes I do tend to research anything which happens to catch my attention and seems interesting.

By the way, I found a duplicate forum here which nobody uses (they should just rename it or something. LOL). Anyway, I think it's just the perfect place to carry on these most interesting topics so that I won't keep interrupting this book thread...

Anyway, here is where the thread is: :) Free Space! (http://talk.livedaily.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=343712)

[sparkle_gurrl]

design for living-noel coward

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Justin'sGirlUK
One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia-Marquez

tell me how this is, I might read it next

[sparkle_gurrl]

now I'm re-reading jane austen's pride and prejudice.

[cchic1984]

I am about to read "The Devil Wears Prada" :angel:

[Equinox]

Originally posted by sparkle_gurrl
now I'm re-reading jane austen's pride and prejudice.

you find Austen enjoyable?

[sparkle_gurrl]

I've only ever read this novel by her, and I don't think I ever really understood the humour in the book, but I want to reread it, cos I know that bridget's jones diary was based on it, so I thought that might help get it the second time around. I better enjoy her though cos I bought a box set with a bunch of her books. :o

[Equinox]

Originally posted by sparkle_gurrl
I better enjoy her though cos I bought a box set with a bunch of her books. :o

*shakes head* hope you didn't pay too much for it, you could get them separately for like a dollar a piece lol

[Sinister]

Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them...A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

Al Franken

[Java]

Handbook of Unusual Natural PhenomenaWilliam R. Corliss

[April Fool]

the philosophy files by stephen law

[*Candy*]

Christine by Stephen King



Spark_gurrrl- I read Pride and Prejudice in 6th grade,I found it ssooo boring,lol, do you like it?I don't think it's my type of book :)

[sparkle_gurrl]

candy, to be honest, I can't really say. normally I read a book in a couple days, but I started pride and prejudice almost 2 weeks ago, and I'm not even at page 50! I need to focus more and get into it.

[db44]

Curahee! A Screaming Eagle at Normandy

An autobiography by Donald Burgett.

[daleystar]

i'm reading 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time' by mark haddon. its about a 15yr old called christopher who has aspergers syndrome, which is kinda a form of autism. reeeeeeeally good n so much more grown up than my usual books :D

[Sinister]

Never Die Easy - Walter Payton

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Sinister
Never Die Easy - Walter Payton

you like biographies, don't ya? :tongue:

[DiRrTy_sLaVe_4U]

I wish I still had time to read for fun :(

[Sinister]

Originally posted by Oxy
you like biographies, don't ya? :tongue:

Yeah, I'm weird like that. :p

[Miss_Sunshine]

A Painted House-John Grisham

i'm a dork :o

[princessKT]

Originally posted by Sinister
Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them...A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

Al Franken

Was this worth reading?

[Sinister]

I thought it was hilarious, but I wouldn't recommend it for Fox News fans. He really rips Bill O'Reilly a new a$$hole. Sean Hannity is already a complete joke in my book but Al Franken breaks him down proper..

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
A Painted House-John Grisham

i'm a dork :o

you like grisham a lot now i see :tongue:

[BadGirl28]

Sheherazade Goes West by Fetema Mernissi

It's for my Women's Studies in the Middle East class and I thought it would be totally whack cause it's a core class but it's such an interesting book.

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by Oxy
you like grisham a lot now i see :tongue:
yes, I do :tongue:

[princessKT]

Originally posted by Sinister
I thought it was hilarious, but I wouldn't recommend it for Fox News fans. He really rips Bill O'Reilly a new a$$hole. Sean Hannity is already a complete joke in my book but Al Franken breaks him down proper..

Sounds like a keeper then :D

[Sinister]

:D

[nickz_gurl_99]

Blessings by Anna Quindley..lol I've only read like 25 pages of it and didn't feel like reading the rest.. I'll probably read it sometime though.

[markopolo]

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

[markopolo]

Originally posted by BadGirl28
Sheherazade Goes West by Fetema Mernissi

It's for my Women's Studies in the Middle East class and I thought it would be totally whack cause it's a core class but it's such an interesting book.

If you're interested in other books that talks about Middle Eastern women, I'd like to reccomend Princess by Jean P. Sasson. You won't regret reading it.

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Xtina's Beautiful Fan
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

i'm gonna check this out

[markopolo]

Originally posted by Oxy
i'm gonna check this out


Cool. And tell me what you think about it. :)

[Equinox]

i will, and I recommend Milan Kundera to you

[Miss_Sunshine]

I can't believe I'm posting this....

Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys To Weight Loss Freedom by Dr. Phil Mc Graw

:o:o:o

[markopolo]

Originally posted by Oxy
i will, and I recommend Milan Kundera to you

Which book by his'?

[markopolo]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
I can't believe I'm posting this....

Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys To Weight Loss Freedom by Dr. Phil Mc Graw

:o:o:o


LMAO. My mom loves Dr. Phil. :p

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Xtina's Beautiful Fan
Which book by his'?
"The Joke" or "Immortality"

[markopolo]

Ok, I'll check it out.

[princessKT]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
I can't believe I'm posting this....

Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys To Weight Loss Freedom by Dr. Phil Mc Graw

:o:o:o

Did you watch the special on TV last night? It's good to see someone writing a book and telling people that they just have to work at it - that losing weight isn't an easy thing to do.

[Equinox]

Hegel eh? Philosophy of History was quite nice...

[Equinox]

phenomenological existentialism...

now that's a mouthful

[ChatterBox15]

Sooo...i am reading the dr. phil weight book thing.


and! The Merlin Triology (The crystal caves to be exact) by Mary Stewart. some good stuff.

[April Fool]

I've been reading poems by Philip Larkin actually.

[muffins]

I'm now reading "The Book of Football Quotations" compiled by Phil Shaw. Not very intellectual but very funny!

[daleystar]

Originally posted by April Fool
I've been reading poems by Philip Larkin actually.

how come? i had to do a lot of them for AS level last year. :rolleyes: do u actually like any?

[smackers]

Just finished Catcher in the Rye, again. At the moment I'm browsing though some of Salinger's short stories that are based on the same characters.

Trying to figure out some of this 'madman stuff'.

[April Fool]

Originally posted by daleystar
how come? i had to do a lot of them for AS level last year. :rolleyes: do u actually like any? im reading them for my A-Levels lol!! but i think they are good actually... this month i did MCMXIV, Ambulances, The Whitsun Wedding, Church Going.. I actually like all of them and Church Going is my fave..lol.. how about you?

[Sinister]

Gore Vidal - Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta

[princessKT]

Somehow, I doubt you're reading that..

[Equinox]

Originally posted by princessKT
Somehow, I doubt you're reading that..

[Sinister]

Ok, you guys got me, I was reading the Kama Sutra.

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Sinister
Ok, you guys got me, I was reading the Kama Sutra.

I believe we were talking about Sourgirl, and Kama Sutra eh? Vatyapsayana, or something like that lol

[BornToRun]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Stephen King)...Stephen King is awsome

[bekahbeans]

Now I'm reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[Sinister]

Originally posted by Equinox
I believe we were talking about Sourgirl, and Kama Sutra eh? Vatyapsayana, or something like that lol

Vatsyayana Mallanaga is the name, hardcore sex is the game. :p

[Equinox]

Originally posted by bekahbeans
Now I'm reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck

that's suppose to be regarded as his best book...I find him boring, but I may try this one out

[profoundfool]

Fast Food Nation

Downsize this

[bekahbeans]

Originally posted by Equinox
that's suppose to be regarded as his best book...I find him boring, but I may try this one out

Really? I've never read any of his work before, but my Grandma and Aunt thought that was just wrong since I'm from CA so they bought it for me. It's pretty good so far, but I'm only about 25 pages in.

[*dream*]

I am currently reading "Long After Midnight" by Iris Johansen, but I soon plan to start reading all the classics that I never read.

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

"The Five People you Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom

[saruman]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
I can't believe I'm posting this....

Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys To Weight Loss Freedom by Dr. Phil Mc Graw

:o:o:o

Ah the irony...I'm reading "wasted" by marya hornbacher...it's a memoir of an eating disorder...It's surprisingly well-written.

I love Pride & Prejudice, it's just a romantic story, and fantastically well done. I also love Jane Eyre!

I'm also picking at "The Silmarillion" again...it's hard to absorb all of the information.

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Hey Saruman...i wanted to borrow that "wasted" from you...maybe like in 5 years when I am done w/ all the books i have :rolleyes:

[saruman]

Well, LIPS, want me to mail it to you? Or I could just bring it next time I go home for a visit. Since that's at the end of the month :D

WISCONSIN RULES!

[April Fool]

im reading The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

I am now starting "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"

[Subotai]

Originally posted by LIP_smack'in_FRACK
"The Five People you Meet In Heaven" by Mitch Albom

How is this book? I read Tuesdays with Morrie and loved it (as did everybody else). What is it about?

[Subotai]

... and I am reading "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. It is a book about following your dreams. Very inspiring.

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Subotai
How is this book? I read Tuesdays with Morrie and loved it (as did everybody else). What is it about?


"the five people you meet in heaven" is soooo good. I loved it. Have you read "the lovely bones" by alice sebold? "five people" reminds me of that b/c they both have to deal w/ alternative views of heaven...

No spoilers, promise :)
Its about a man, Eddie, who dies trying to save a child. He goes to heaven and has the same view of heaven as everyone else, ya know, pealry white gates and all that jazz...well he learns more about his life than he can ever imagine by 5 people that intersected his life in some way.

i recommend "the five people you meet in heaven" to everyone!!

[Sinister]

Currently reading:

Michael Moore - Dude, Where's My Country?

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Sinister
Currently reading:

Michael Moore - Dude, Where's My Country?


how is that? i kinda wanted to check it out. Michael Moore is always interesting, whether it be in a good or bad way.

[Sinister]

I'm only about a quarter of the way into it, but so far it's been informative and hilarious in a sick way.. The "7 questions for George W. Bush" chapter of the book is downright scandalous. The scary thing is that Bush will never have to answer any of these questions.

1. Is it true that the Bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the last 25 years?

2. What is the "special relationship" between the Bushes and the Saudi royal family?

3. Who attacked the United States on September 11th -- a guy on dialysis from a cave in Afghanistan, or your friends, Saudi Arabia?

4. Why did you allow a private Saudi jet to fly around the U.S. in the days after September 11 and pick up members of the Bin Laden family and then fly them out of the country without a proper investigation by the FBI?

5. Why are you protecting the "Second Amendment rights" of potential terrorists?

6. Were you aware that while you were governor of Texas, the Taliban traveled to Texas to meet with your oil and gas company friends?

7. What exactly was that look on your face in the Florida classroom on the morning of September 11 when your chief of staff told you, "America is under attack"?

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Sinister
I'm only about a quarter of the way into it, but so far it's been informative and hilarious in a sick way.. The "7 questions for George W. Bush" chapter of the book is downright scandalous. The scary thing is that Bush will never have to answer any of these questions.

1. Is it true that the Bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the last 25 years?

2. What is the "special relationship" between the Bushes and the Saudi royal family?

3. Who attacked the United States on September 11th -- a guy on dialysis from a cave in Afghanistan, or your friends, Saudi Arabia?

4. Why did you allow a private Saudi jet to fly around the U.S. in the days after September 11 and pick up members of the Bin Laden family and then fly them out of the country without a proper investigation by the FBI?

5. Why are you protecting the "Second Amendment rights" of potential terrorists?

6. Were you aware that while you were governor of Texas, the Taliban traveled to Texas to meet with your oil and gas company friends?

7. What exactly was that look on your face in the Florida classroom on the morning of September 11 when your chief of staff told you, "America is under attack"?


:eek: Those are pretty intense...the great thing about Michael Moore is that he usually has some thing or someone to back up his statements. Unless they are based on opinion. I thought we were on good terms w/ the Saudis? Maybe not...Oh what the hell do I know... lol

[saruman]

Originally posted by LIP_smack'in_FRACK
:eek: Those are pretty intense...the great thing about Michael Moore is that he usually has some thing or someone to back up his statements. Unless they are based on opinion. I thought we were on good terms w/ the Saudis? Maybe not...Oh what the hell do I know... lol

That's kind of the reason for the suspicion.

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by saruman
That's kind of the reason for the suspicion.


what is?

[markopolo]

I'm reading a book given by a friend. It's called The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. It deals with religious topics and Christianity. So far, I love it.

[ME22]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
A Painted House-John Grisham

i'm a dork :o

This is totally a month late but I loved that book! What did you think of it? I really hope he writes a sequel (have you heard anything about that?) I'm reading Bleachers now...it's OK but no where near A Painted House. I loved these type of Grisham books but not his legal ones. Can anyone recommend anything else along these lines that's good? I'm always up for suggestions.

[tiger_rascal]

'salems Lot - Stephen King

[Equinox]

Originally posted by Xtina's Beautiful Fan
I'm reading a book given by a friend. It's called The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis. It deals with religious topics and Christianity. So far, I love it.

yeah, he's better known for "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" of course, but I read part of Mere Christianity and actually liked it...very intelligent man and contemporary of Tolkien

[Sinister]

Originally posted by tiger_rascal
'salems Lot - Stephen King

Ah yes, good book if I do say so meself..

[Equinox]

think I'm gonna start on James Joyce's "Ulysses" tonight...

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by ME22
This is totally a month late but I loved that book! What did you think of it? I really hope he writes a sequel (have you heard anything about that?) I'm reading Bleachers now...it's OK but no where near A Painted House. I loved these type of Grisham books but not his legal ones. Can anyone recommend anything else along these lines that's good? I'm always up for suggestions.
I thought it was a great book. I kinda didn't want it to end. :o

I've pretty much liked all of his books I've read so far with the exception of The Chamber and another one I can't remember. lol

Have you read any of his "legal ones" I think The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill are really good...

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Equinox
yeah, he's better known for "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" of course, but I read part of Mere Christianity and actually liked it...very intelligent man and contemporary of Tolkien


weren't lewis and tolkien friends? or am i thinking adams (who wrote "Watership down") and tolkien?

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine


Have you read any of his "legal ones" I think The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill are really good...



if you've read A Time To Kill, see the movie!! It's one of my favorites and you can't go wrong w/ Matthew McConaughey! ;)

I loved "Bleachers" -- alot of Grisham fans don't like it, but I thought it was great :o. Also "The Firm" is probably my favorite Grisham book. :)

[Equinox]

Originally posted by LIP_smack'in_FRACK
weren't lewis and tolkien friends? or am i thinking adams (who wrote "Watership down") and tolkien?

yes, this is what I meant by "contemporary"...maybe I used it in the wrong context.

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by LIP_smack'in_FRACK
if you've read A Time To Kill, see the movie!! It's one of my favorites and you can't go wrong w/ Matthew McConaughey! ;)

I loved "Bleachers" -- alot of Grisham fans don't like it, but I thought it was great :o. Also "The Firm" is probably my favorite Grisham book. :)
I've never seen it. I really want to though.

I loved The Firm and The Pelican Brief. that one took awhile to get into, but it was very good.

[What--Christina--Wants]

The sixth tower by Garth Nix. Just got done with Sabriel by the same author:)

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by Equinox
yes, this is what I meant by "contemporary"...maybe I used it in the wrong context.


Ya i really didn't know what you meant, haha. I'm kinda dense like that :rolleyes: :tongue:

[April Fool]

has anyone actually read the book 'The Woman Warrior' by Maxine Hong Kingston?

[April Fool]

Originally posted by Subotai
How is this book? I read Tuesdays with Morrie and loved it (as did everybody else). What is it about? i love tuesdays with morrie too! it makes me cry :cry:

[Muse]

Originally posted by Miss_Sunshine
I've never seen it. I really want to though.

I loved The Firm and The Pelican Brief. that one took awhile to get into, but it was very good.

The Pelican Brief was great, I thought, too. My older favorite John Grisham's are A Time To Kill and The Client. Don't know if you've seen the movie or read the book yet, but The Client isn't as legal-ish as his others.

[Equinox]

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick

[Carla. A]

"The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" - J.T. Leroy

great book...

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier (spelling?)

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

"Falling Angels" by Tracy Chevalier



Girl with a Pearl Earring is an AWESOME book -- its being made into a movie w/ Scarlett Johannson and Colin Firth. Read the book before the movie. You wont be disappointed.

[*dream*]

The Christmas Box Collection.

[Equinox]

still trying to get through Milan Kundera's "Identity". Great philosopher, but his romanticism/eroticism at times, gets to me and I have to put it down...

[BSBFan4Life]

"Lord of the Rings" again

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

just finished "Lord of the Rings: Gollum: how we made movie magic" by Andy Serkis

now I am starting Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix (Finally!!)

[NYC_Liz]

I finished reading "A List" It was a fun book.

I also read Gossip Girls, that is fun.

I am thinking of reading "Washington Square" I saw the movie and i loved it but i want to know how it is in the book.

Right now i am reading British Literature. Some are interesting. I want to read Macbeth.

[Justin'sGirlUK]

I'm just starting 'The Lovely Bones' at the mo'.

Also on my list for the next months or so:

Memoirs Of A Geisha
Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki
Girl With A Pearl Earring
The Hobbit (reread)
Lord Of The Rings (reread)
The Silmarillion (reread)
HP & Order Of The Phoenix (reread)

[Sinister]

Just started reading "Jimi Hendrix - Musician" by Keith Shadwick..

[otrigo]

I just started reading "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway" by RObert Cormier I have like a ton of books that I never got around to reading, so I'm going to start with this book :D

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by otrigo
I just started reading "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway" by RObert Cormier I have like a ton of books that I never got around to reading, so I'm going to start with this book :D

you'll have to see the movie -- Elijah Wood and Rachel Leigh Cook are in it -- its not bad, I enjoyed myself.

[*dream*]

"B is For Burglar" by Sue Grafton.

This year my plan is to read some of the classics I have never read.

[Allie Lowell]

Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live

Michael Jackson: The Magic & The Madness

The Victorian House: From birth to deathbed in Victorian times

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

East of Eden by John Steinbeck and my social gerontology textbook :D

[Lady T]

I have just finished reading 'spellbound' it was a great book! i read 430 pages in two days, i couldn't put it down!

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

Originally posted by aguilera rules
I have just finished reading 'spellbound' it was a great book! i read 430 pages in two days, i couldn't put it down!

who is the author?

[Rhinestone Face]

Great Jones Street, by Don De Lillo.

A rock star tries to flee the marketing machine that he has become a part of. It's very poetically written.

I have to read every book twice. The first time I'm just rushing to get through it, and to see what happens. The second time I actually enjoy it more.

[Benji Iz Hot]

At the moment I'm reading "Two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich.

[tiger_rascal]

"Soul Harvest" - Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

and

"Visits from the Afterlife" - Sylvia Browne and Lindsay Harrison

This is the first time I've tried reading two books at once. Although I have patience, I figured I would never have the attention span to read two different books at once. Its rather easy. "Soul Harvest" is a good continuation of the first three books in the Left Behind series and the stories in Sylvias book has always interested me since I was very young. I would enjoy talking with Sylvia. I just read a little bit of each, but I read more of "Soul Harvest" and I take my time with "Visits from the Afterlife".

[Miss_Sunshine]

I was reading John Grisham "A Time To Kill"

I think I need a new book to read.

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel L. Clemens. We have to read it for my American Lit. class.

[Equinox]

I'd recommend some Umberto Eco, Jean Delemeau, Stephan Jay Gould, and Don Delillo

[kimasabe90035]

"Aliens" and greatly enjoying it... always have been fascinated by the Ripley no-nonsense, yet heroic character. The nasty critters are just about to invade remaining human's complex for the final confrontation, and it won't be pretty. Nice, light reading for bus to & from work.... LMBO!

oh & EquinOX? You've truly outdone yourself .... THAT is the scariest avatar you've ever had! YIKES! :blueeek: Hey? We miss your terrifying visage over in the BSB Forums. Don't be such a stranger!

[zhs9353]

<Harry Potter> ,<France>and my textbooks.

[Venisenvy]

What Is History? by Edward Hallett Carr
Living My Life By Emma Goldman
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa By Walter Rodney
The Early History of Rome by Livy

[Equinox]

Originally posted by kimasabe90035
"Aliens" and greatly enjoying it... always have been fascinated by the Ripley no-nonsense, yet heroic character. The nasty critters are just about to invade remaining human's complex for the final confrontation, and it won't be pretty. Nice, light reading for bus to & from work.... LMBO!

oh & EquinOX? You've truly outdone yourself .... THAT is the scariest avatar you've ever had! YIKES! :blueeek: Hey? We miss your terrifying visage over in the BSB Forums. Don't be such a stranger!


eh, most of the people ignore my postings anyway, and they just don't understand :tongue:

[Miss_Sunshine]

aw :bluesad:

[kimasabe90035]

many of us appreciate your unusual comments.....

Originally posted by Equinox
eh, most of the people ignore my postings anyway, and they just don't understand :tongue:

[tiger_rascal]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Miss_Sunshine]

The Forensic Casebook by N.E.Genge

[CokkaiNe]

A Deeper Look at Existentialism

[gameboy]

The book i am reading is called "pornography"
it is a look into the industy for three views a Porn star and The A young male who always watches the porn and then the ones against porn

it is a good book

[felizx]

Originally posted by aguilera rules
I have just finished reading 'spellbound' it was a great book! i read 430 pages in two days, i couldn't put it down!
lol it is a great book.
LIP_smack'in_FRACK, the book is by Jane Green.

I'm reading White Teeth by Zaida Smith at the moment

[PuNkPrInCeSs]

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire

[bekahbeans]

Good Omens. It's a comedy about Armageddon (sp?) and it's hella funny. They lost the antichrist. aaaaaaaahahahha!

[Sarahbackstreet]

The Green Mile-Stephen King
Oliver Twist-Charles Dickens

Just Finished the last Harry Potter book a few weeks ago...can't wait for the sixth one.

[Venisenvy]

Just finished An End to Evil and Who's looking out for you? Im going to start reading:

Give me a Break by John Stossel and The Venus Throw by Steven Saylor

[Aceetha]

Just finished:
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
New Spring by Robert Jordan

Currently reading:
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
LotR by JRR Tolkien

And also my books for class, like Java Programming, ULM & Patterns, DB Systems and PHP books. Fun stuff. ;)

[PuNkPrInCeSs]

harry potter and the goblet of fire

[MrsShaneWest]

James Joyce, The Dubliners

[Soprano Barbie]

I'm almost finished reading, The Devil Wears Prada, and it is fabulous! I highly recommend it :)

[rachel green]

Bag of Bones - Stephen King

[BlueJeanBaby03]

The Breakable Vow by Kathryn Ann Clarke

[V-Money]

Originally posted by Soprano Barbie
I'm almost finished reading, The Devil Wears Prada, and it is fabulous! I highly recommend it :)

I barely made it through that book.

It got a little better toward the end but I thought it was stupid for the most part.

Currently Reading - Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

[bekahbeans]

the Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

[db44]

The Longest Day - Cornelius Ryan.

[garnet]

The Last Juror by John Grisham

[Venisenvy]

War Stories by Oliver North
The Aeneid of Virgil

[Richard Tafoya]

Against All Enemies - Richard Clarke
Dreamweaver MX Hands On Training - Lynda.com training staff

[Venisenvy]

Elections Without Order: Russia's Challange to Vladimir Putin by Richard Rose & Neil Munro

[lostsoul]

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

[LAMIA-RAVEN]

^^^^That's a good one.

I've just finished reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, and Eragon by Christopher Paolini

[NGCALW69]

Truth or Dare by Jo Leigh

and

Blind Faith

[LAMIA-RAVEN]

"The Crimson Petal And The White" by Micheal Faber

[C Parks]

I am currently reading Dante's Inferno and Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

[Equinox]

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

[Miss_Sunshine]

Originally posted by LAMIA-RAVEN
^^^^That's a good one.

yeah it is. I'd have to say I like "The Langoliers" the best so far :)

[*Candy*]

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice :)

[Miss_Sunshine]

Identity by Milan Kundera

[Venisenvy]

The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran By Robin Wright

[NYC_Liz]

Finished
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella

Starting to read
The Green Mile

Reading
Marianela - Benito Perez Galdos

[Victorian Rose]

I'm currently reading Pride Of Kings by Judith Tarr

[MunkeeChica]

I'm currently reading The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner.

[Venisenvy]

The Golden Ass - By Apuleius

[LIP_smack'in_FRACK]

fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury

[rachel green]

The Shining - Stephen King

[rachel green]

sorry d/p

[MunkeeChica]

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

[Smitty162]

Left Behind...book 12

[FAJTAFan123]

A Clockwork Orange

[PalestinianPride]

"Upside Down"--Eduardo Galeano.

Amazing book.It was translated from Spanish to English.It writes about the world based on truth and reality. The sentences in the book are also metaphorically written. It is beautifully written.

My signature is a quote straight out of this book.I could not put it down.

[rachel green]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

[markopolo]

Lightning by Dean R. Koontz

[P-Lo]

"Astonishing Splashes of Colour" by Clare Morrall. After that, I have about 10 books on the waiting list (LOL), but I'm going to pick "Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald first.

[Ada]

Just finished "The Da Vinci Code", and now I'm with James Joyce's "Ulysses". I tend to alternate a light one with a heavy one...

[P-Lo]

I know how you feel, Ada; I felt I needed something light after "Lolita". And "Tess of the d'Urbervilles". And "Wuthering Heights". LOL, I should stop reading those heavy books.

[Regis Philbin]

Just finished "Hunting Down Saddam" by Robin Moore. Very, very, very, very well written. Excellent book.

[Ada]

I respect Ulysses stylistic breakthrough. However, I find it to be rather self-indulgent.

Yeah, considering the period, the style is quite interesting, but I have so many exams lately I'm reading quite slowly, so I do not have an opinion on it yet... Give me a month or so and we'll discuss the book more deeply.

Next, it'll be Victor Hugo and "Les Miserables" for me...

[Yeseniia]

It's been so long since I've picked out a book for myself!

I just got done reading The Catcher in the Rye, and before that it was The Grapes of Wrath.

[P-Lo]

I respect Ulysses stylistic breakthrough. However, I find it to be rather self-indulgent.

I completely agree.

[P-Lo]

LMAO, Oxy! Thanks for the negative :D :music:

[FAJTAFan123]

Excellent book. I love the language he uses.

So far I am liking it. But I'm horrified at the same time with some of the behavior. The language was difficult at first but I got used to it the more I read. There are still some words I can't completely understand, but I pretty much know what they mean because of the context. Now that school is out I hope I can finish it this week.

[db44]

I just started The Fighting First by Flint Whitlock... It's about D-Day, and I have three weeks if I want to finish it by D-Day.

[V-Money]

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

[bimze]

i'm reading "the runaway jury" by John Grisham, figured i better read the book before i check out the move based on it...

[princessKT]

Hillary Clinton's biography.

[Venisenvy]

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

[P-Lo]

^That's an amazing book, Luis. I think you'll like it.

[rachel green]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

[markopolo]

The Great Pretender by Millenia Black

[Wolverine]

I respect Ulysses stylistic breakthrough. However, I find it to be rather self-indulgent.


hmmm, i guess TIME was wrong for picking it as the greatest book ever written, thanks for clarifying....

[DeathFirefly]

The Misfits by James Howe

[P-Lo]

I read Muriel Sparks' "The Finishing School" yesterday, and now I want to read "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".

Today I started "The Flaw", by Antonis Samarakis.

[junio]

Today I bought Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The movie is coming soon and I figured I needed something to read on the airplane. So I'll read that on June 3rd. No time to read anything that's not school related before that.

[bluehorizonx10]

The Maker's Diet by Jordan S. Rubin.

I saw him interviewed on the news and found him to be inspriational and so engrossed in helping others with his diet based on the Bible. Yes, it is professed a good one for one's just wanting to lose weight. But the main point he is making is the health issue with out diets. This story of his personal struggle with illness hitting him out of the blue, and almost taking his life over a two year period is incredible! However he had enough faith to keep going is beyond my comprehension. But faith he DID have and God brought him through because of that faith and his purpose in life, I believe, to help others with bad health and in need of a way out of pain and illness. Check it out. It's truly amazing!!

[db44]

And the faith to lie about being a doctor, apparently. :o

[bluehorizonx10]

Meaning what? That he doesn't have his PHD?? Not that I know him or anything near to that, but why does deep faith in God and His powers scare you so bad Dave? Anyone that Charles Stanley endorses has to be above board. I'm taking for granted that he gave his permission to have his own personal foreward used in this book. Pastor Stanley is a messenger from God if ever I've heard one. His words make more sense than any pastor I've ever listened to.

But no matter anyway...........I'm not going to live by Jordan's word or such. It's just a book for goodness sakes. :rolleyes:

[db44]

It's just a book? Yeah. But when a writer writes a book and uses phony credentials to get the permission/advance to write it, and that person poses as a doctor, yes, I think there's an issue. We jail those who pose as doctors in this country, last I checked.

If that's the "believer's" view of Rubin and his book, then once again we have another bit of hypocracy. The mad rush to discredit Dan Brown, to say he is not worthy of writing, and to denounce The DiVinci Code? "It's just a book for goodness sakes. :rolleyes:" So is the Bible, just a book.

I guess it's okay to lie to the world about your credentials just to sell your book... Especially when you attach a religious slant to it all.

As for Stanley... Hmmm. Pro-war by the word of the government, (nevermind the lack of justification). Remained a pastor despite Baptist rules of being such after divorce... I'm sorry, I'm supposed to respect a man who doesn't respect his own laws?

If it's just a book, who is it you you put so much faith in it in the first place? :o

[bluehorizonx10]

I guess it's okay to lie to the world about your credentials just to sell your book... Especially when you attach a religious slant to it all.

Show me your proof.

The Bible is the greatest book of all times.......in fact, it's not just a book but life in itself. My total faith is in the Almighty God and Jesus Christ.......which you full well know from the F&R board.

I'm not in the habit of reading drudge on men of God. I do know what I hear Charles Stanley say in the sermons is right in line with the Bible I read and live by. I'm not here to defend him nor judge him or anyone. God will do that alone.

It seems nothing we say to each other anymore is constructive..........rather destructive. No matter what board I post on or where I go you tear my posts down with what you believe is superiority, but in reaality is rude and unmoderator like. Thank you Dave for showing what a man you can be. I find I have nothing else to say to you. :nc:

[Glucose]

My text books !!!!


. . . . . . . blah . . . . . *cries* I've been going through my text Anatomy & Physiology by Saladin, K.

[db44]

My pleasure.

I would like to know what's "unmoderator-like," if you would elaborate.

Fox has been catching up with the "doctor," and it seems he is not what he seems. I expect you'll be hearing more of this in the next few weeks.

[Ocean_Mist]

I am reading two books at the moment:
Glorious Appearing by Tim LaHaye and Jerry
and Everwood First Impressions.

[rachel green]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[BlueJeanBaby03]

Caribbean Cruising by Rachel Hawthrorne

[NYC_Liz]

The Green Mile - Stephen King

[typicalusername]

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman