Copper Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I'm about halfway through Changes by Jim Butcher... I got it for my birthday and I'm just NOW getting around to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Virul Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Same here. But the stuff about Thomas made me think if the short story in Dark and Stormy Knights should have been read first (next on my list) or was his falling off the wagon mentioned in the previous book and I dyslexied it out of my head ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It was mentioned at the end of the last book. I think the last chapter was all about he and Harry's sort-of falling out. W/e. I still love Thomas. He can't help it if he's a vampire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest REVROSWELL Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 "Author Charles Frazier has turned a Civil War tale of a Confederate soldier into a best-selling book " Cold Mountain is the name and I am still on the first chapter. Its a very good book. The movie has Jodie Foster in it so it has to be good too! rr You're thinking of Jodie Foster and Richard Gere's Sommersby (which is based on a really good little book called The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, but the movie was really only so-so for me). Cold Mountain stars Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger (and Jude Law as Inman). Enjoy! Cold Mountain is one of my favorite books and one of my favorite movies. I even used it in my Classics capstone project (I used Martin Guerre/Sommersby, too). It's great and I am again learning to relax with a book instead of thinking I should be improving myself or learning something from reading. Hey after reading your reply I went to Block buster and rented (well bought a used version) of Cold Mountain and it was fantastic, Tom Cruise is a fool for losing Kidman and the part she played is a fantasy piece in a nice way. Thanks for the advice Iceheart. I have to confess I sent off for Michael J. Behe, PhD William A. Dembski, PhD Stephen C. Meyer PhD new non fiction, its a pro intelligent design book from (finally) a brace of PhD's ; 'Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe'. Whethersfield Institute Proceedings. Maybe the ID movement could gain some credibility if more projects such as the Whethersfield Institute were undertaken. rr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 about half way through The Girl Who Played With Fire. Loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelentlessMalice Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I am slowly making my way through the passage. I love the book so far and normally I would just keep reading but for some reason I have to stop a lot because ??????? I mean I read Under the Dome by Stephen King in two weeks, but I've been on the Passage for a month and everyone who knows me I don't fool around when I read and think I don't like the book and that is not true. It is pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antilla Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 I read The Book of Awesome. The best chapter dealt with terrible businesses ran by children. They're awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 sounds... awesome. A good friend lent me this book called The Passion of Mary Magdalen. Read the first two chapters so far and I"m hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I would probably be into that one too, Copper. Also, I'm pumped that you're reading The Girl Who... trilogy. I really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 A good friend lent me this book called The Passion of Mary Magdalen. Read the first two chapters so far and I"m hooked. Is that the one by Margaret George? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nope. It's by Elizabeth Cunningham! It's really cool. It seamlessly combines elements of paganism and Christianity and feminist doctrine. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'll have to check that out! I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon right now. I actually love how he makes me feel slow and stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Murderer Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well, what I said about reading Under the Dome next is apparently a lie. I'm reading Club Dead, The Chemistry and Characteristics of Explosive Materials, and The Big Bang: A History of Explosives. (Yes, at once.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 WEREWOLF GO BOOM! I'm taking a break from Cryptonomicon, because I picked Marvel 1602 up from the library. WHY have I not read this until now?? It's brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethany Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 The Native Star by M.K. Hobson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishdancer2 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I randomly grabbed Manhunt by Janet Evanovich off the shelf today at work and whipped through it this evening. It was my first Evanovich, and I have to say that if that's what she writes like in all of her books, I can't really understand how she's such a popular author. Character cliches (he's SSSSOOOOO handsome, she's SSSSSOOOOO pretty, pretty much everybody else is SSSOOOOO ugly/boring), plot cliches, inane dialogue, blah diddy blah blah blah. It was just so unoriginal and formulaic... I felt like I was reading a Debbie Macomber. Sadness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Her romance novels are very different animals from her mystery/comedies. Go get One For The Money. You'll thank me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 My current book has been replaced by a huge pile of wedding magazines and The Wedding Book: The Big Book for Your Big Day by Mindy Weiss and Lisbeth Levine. I'm pretty sure I'll have finished the whole thing by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Icy, did you hear she has some new books out? Apparently they're books about Diesel, from the holiday series. I don't enjoy the holiday books as much but I'm willing to check it out. I haven't read the romance novels. I just finished up Stone of Tears and I just got Blood of the Fold. There was a definite increase in disturbing things in book 2. I'm taking these one at a time instead of fulling dedicating myself to them, because I do hear they get fairly graphic. The guy who told me he couldn't keep reading them is a bit of a prude, but I'm wondering if I'm going to make it! I almost feel dirty reading certain parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest REVROSWELL Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well, what I said about reading Under the Dome next is apparently a lie. I'm reading Club Dead, The Chemistry and Characteristics of Explosive Materials, and The Big Bang: A History of Explosives. (Yes, at once.) Cool! I love explosives and pyrotechnics, well I like to read about them. As a child I made my own black powder, and I was hooked. I thought about trying to make some gun-cotton about two years ago to remove a few stumps on my property, but my girlfirend convinced me not to try it, and I agreed. It's amazing what a couple of acids and a 'binder' can do eh? Are you a professional or just like the subject, if you don't mind me asking ? rr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Destiny, I did hear about them, the first one should be out by now. I didn't care for the first two holiday novels, but I liked the second two. I'll get it from the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Going to crack the spine on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceheart Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 I really should finish that. I got bored with it, and put it up in favor of other things. I finished Tom DeHaven's It's Superman! last night. Next up... I'll have to look through my library pile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wambli Olowan Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I recently finished Atlas Shrugged. I think I will read more of Ayn Rand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Bad. Even for Rand, Anthem was positively terrible.Yeah, definitely not the pinnacle of her talents. It was a painful slog, and opposite my experience with all other Rand: hated the first two acts, highly enjoyed the final act. Currently reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. Ho-hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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