Darth Virul Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Reading Von Carstein trilogy now and damn, I'm definately going to pick up the Witch Hunter books after this. They play such a major role already in the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghurka Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I'm reading "Last Child in the Woods" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I just finished Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson and Lady Liberty which I don't know the author for. It was a rainy weekend, so I got a lot of reading done. Tonight I'm starting A Little Princess. I'm excited to read it again after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokeshi_Doll769 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Jim Butcher's Grave Peril aloud with my husband (it's fun!)andMadeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbo Mon Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Gates of Fire- Steven Pressfield.It's pretty good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Interesting. I've never heard of it. What's it about, Gobbo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbo Mon Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 It's about the Squire for the Spartans. Mainly just how they become such fierce warriors by their training techniques. It leads up to the battle of Thermopylae where there were 300 Spartans taking on the whole Persian army. I got it because I wanted to read more after the 300 movie. I'ved only just started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Nice. Currently I'm involved in the Collected Novellas of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's not my usual sort of reading, but a co-worker lent it to me and I'd be rude not to read it. To my surprise (and delight!) it's quite interesting so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Have you read any of his novels Copper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Nope! They're on my loooong To Read list. I've heard both wonderful and awful things about him, which is pretty much par for the course with any big name author. Â Which would you recommend? Love in the Time of Cholera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 That one is great but 100 Years of Solitude is such an amazing and unique novel. I can't describe how strongly I recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 That's high praise, coming from you. I'll move it up on the list of Must Reads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Cool Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I finally finished the "Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant". It is an incredible read for anyone interested in history, the Civil War, Presidential biographies, etc. I heartily recommend it. Grant is modest, complimentary of even the Confederate generals and provides his feelings on both the War with Mexico and what he calls the Rebellion (The Civil War itself). He is highly entertaining and observant. For example, "I would not have the anniversaries of our victories celebrated, nor those of our defeats made fast days and spent in humiliation and prayer; but I would like to see truthful history written. Such history will do full credit to the courage, endurance and soldierly ability of the American citizen, no matter what section of the country he hailed from, or in what ranks he fought. The justice of the cause which in the end prevailed, will, I doubt not, come to be acknowledged by every citizen of the land, in time. For the present, and so long as there are living witnesses of the great war of sections, there will be people who will not be consoled for the loss of a cause which they believed to be holy. As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man." He observed that the South was run like a military camp with every able-bodied male between 14-60 in the army and the press tightly controlled. In the North, it was much different. He is highly-critical of the press of the North which he categorizes as being "free up to the point of open treason" and that often praised the Confederate army - exaggerating their victories while trivializing those of the Union Army. On General Lee - "his praise was sounded throughout the entire North after every action he was engaged in: the number of his forces was always lowered and that of the National forces exaggerated. To be extolled by the entire press of the South after every engagement, and by a portion of the press North with equal vehemence..." One flaw of Grant's is his inability to be critical of his own officers. He doesn't hold accountable those Union officers that delayed in moving their troops, chalking it up to a flaw in their personality that they couldn't control or dismissing "momentary" lack of courage on their parts. But his good feelings toward those Confederate officers that he fought against, many of whom he attended West Point with and fought alongside in the Mexican War is warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayame Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 just finished reading Mistress of the Empire by E. Feist and now restarting the whole lot from magition up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Currently, I'm in the middle of The Children of Men by PD James. It's been awhile since I read a book that was partly in first person narrative, and partly in third person so it's kind of interesting. Though different factually from the movie, I'm finding that the tone of the story is the same which in most cases is the most important thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I just finished up Red Death by P.N Elrod. Not as enthralling as the Vampire Chronicles, but not too bad. I am going to have to get the second book to see if it gets better. I also finished up the Sookie Stackhouse series. Loved it! But I am going to re-read book 7, since I read that first by mistake. I am going to check out one of Harris' other series, about some girl who got struck by lightening and now has the 'gift' to find corpses. Something like that. I am also still wading through Bram Stoker's Dracula. Surprisingly for me, this is not a fast read, but I like it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The Waves by Virginia Woolf. So far, it's fascinating. She has a way of painting words on a page that feel like velvet beneath your fingertips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfinYoda Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I have just started The Secret Life of Bees. Mine work BFF is reading it and she could not stop saying how much she liked it. I'm not interested in the movie, with stories like this, I rarely am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ligeia Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Since I last updated in August, I've read: Three Plays: Desire Under The Elms, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'NeillThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark HaddonWhat Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England by Daniel PoolCivil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry David ThoreauGoodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth by David BrowneThe Suicide Club by Robert Louis StevensonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteSelf-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson That's a lot of reading. Now I'm reading Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, which is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Q Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Currently reading: â€œWalt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination†by Neal Gabler- So far, I would say that this is the definitive Disney biography with a lot of great reveals that I was never privy to (and I’ve read a lot about Walt ever since I was 7).- If I ever get the chance, I would love to do a really great biographical film on Walt’s life. I hope Ryan Gosling doesn’t age too much in 10-15 years. Next on the list: NYSDMV Manual– Because I need my permit so I can get my license and move up at this job. â€œRealityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World†by David Koenig- I’ve heard nothing but good things about this book. It should be a decent follow up to the Gabler biography and as a former cast member, I can’t wait to read about that drama. â€œCreating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney†by Lee Cockerell- As I’m trying to move my way up the ladder at AMC, I’m using my old roots at Disney and basically exploring as much material as I possibly can to help me succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Jawa Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 If you're looking for real life Disney stories, you should read Team Rodent by Carl Hiaasan. Good stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm reading The Dark is Rising. I only vaguely remember the story since I last read it in sixth grade or so. Next on my list is another Lisa Carey. I had to spread it out after crying so much during the last one. Then I'll move on to the first three Harry Potter books, since I haven't re-read them since they first came out. That should keep me busy for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Cashmere! I love your tastes in books! The Dark is Rising series is my absolute favorite kids series. FAVORITE. Which Lisa Carey book next? Every Visible Thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Haha, thanks, Copper. I've been looking around here for some suggestions, and when I saw that somebody had read The Dark is Rising I got all nostalgic and had to pick it up. As for the Lisa Carey, that's the one! I'm starting it tonight. Do I need to pick up tissues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 You might! It's great. I read it through in a day just as I did all her other books. It's all teen angsty and very believable. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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