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Kalyssa Summers
Joined: 30 May 2011
Posts: 118
Location: RL: NJ, USA | Starving Peasant for Posts in City of IF *Reaches for your Story Hungrily*
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:11 am Post subject: |
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i"ve got a smattering of books I've been trying to read. I'm kinda dorky about books really. On my list:
"The Old Romantic"- Louise Dean ....a family social drama
"An Exlusive Love: A Memoir" - Johanna Adorjan ...a memoir
"The Matchmaker of Kenmare" -Frank Delaney ... a historical romance, examining the possibly of platonicism in men-women friendships
"The Name of the Rose"- Umberto Eco .... classic! Love this book...time period thriller/mystery. Gruesome deaths of several monks in a 1300s abbey investigated by two monks, one of them a brilliant Franciscan.
"Shantaram" -Gregory David Roberts...exploits of a fugitive with an epic vision, loosely based on Greg Roberts' own life....very beautifully written
Oh... and a book I won't mention in a general public forum ;) |
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The White Blacksmith
Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 2629
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:48 am Post subject: |
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A couple of books at the moment:
Whatever I've got on my Kindle (right now it's A Storm of Swords, but I've got a load of stuff on there.)
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin (really interesting book on dealing with animals' mental welfare)
Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall (all about conservation success stories, basically)
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HalfEmptyHero
Joined: 16 Feb 2009
Posts: 342
Location: Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:29 am Post subject: |
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Reading several myself as well:
Civil Disobedience - Thoreau
Thoughts - Joseph Roux (A rather difficult read. A French translation and contains references to many people I've never heard of)
A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin (My first attempt at fantasy in a long time)
The Celtic Twighlight - W.B. Yeats
And I think that's it at the moment. |
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Bookwizard
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Posts: 639
Location: Gallifrey
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Just started reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman after lot's of pestering from a friend. I'm a big Hitchhikers Guide fan and apparently it's a similar style. So far it has got me laughing harder then I have in quite a while. |
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kkdestiny
Joined: 05 Oct 2010
Posts: 674
Location: The Library of Interfable History
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm about half way through "Gulliver's Travels" |
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Midnight
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 300
Location: Lurking under the shadows, waiting for the moment.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Currently working my way through the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie and Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey.
I really should make a habit of finishing a series before reading into others. Cause I end up reading halfway through the books and start rotating.
So this is how it goes.
I'm halfway through book two, The Well Of Ascension. (Mistborn Trilogy)
About two chapters away from finishing The Blade itself. (First Law Trilogy)
Halfway through Kushiel's Justice.
XDXDXD |
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