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What 📔book are you reading right now?

I really, really should be reading Obertwyn for the discussion this month, or at least be reading one of the many other books I'm supposed to be getting read, but I'm in one of my slumps, so I'm re-reading The Ropemaker by Peter Dickinson, and enjoying it very much. I'd forgotten how much I liked it.
 
Originally posted by Eliot
I also finally got Mein Kampf from my library. I'm looking forward to reading it, for some weird reason. Don't worry, I won't become a Nazi. Though, I am half German.
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Can you post what you think of it? I'm thinking of getting it as well, it'd maybe give a helping hand towards my History grades
 
Originally posted by CraigSmith
Can you post what you think of it? I'm thinking of getting it as well, it'd maybe give a helping hand towards my History grades
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I'm not sure if I'd be able to. Sorry. I won't be reading it until I'm done with two other books, so it'll take a while to read Mein Kampf.

I finished The Two Towers last night. Not sure about when I'll be reading The Return of the King.

I bought Unfinished Tales and The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad today. They look really cool.
 
Originally posted by Eliot
I'm not sure if I'd be able to. Sorry. I won't be reading it until I'm done with two other books, so it'll take a while to read Mein Kampf.
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Whenever, I don't mind - I've got loads of other things to read

I finished Belgarath The Sorceror by David Eddings today, so I'm about to move onto Enemy Of God by Bernard Cornwell when I eventually get round to going to bed.
 
A couple days ago I read The Iron Giant by Ted Hughes. I liked the movie a LOT better. The book is kinda weird. It's more of a childrens story, that's probably why I disliked it so much.
 
I just picked up Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's work Batman: Dark Victory tonight, and I'm looking forward to starting that, since it's something of a sequel to their masterful Batman: The Long Halloween. They are quite possibly my favortie writer/artist team in comic books, alongside Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely and Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.
 
Speaking of comics, my like-new tradepaper of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume One finally arrived, and I spent this afternoon enjoying it immensly.

I'm fighting my way out of a reading slump, and working on Obernewtyn by Isobel Carmody, which I was supposed to read last month because I've already missed half of the discussion on it, as well as reading The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper (one of her younger books, sequal to The Boggart- I wanted to read it before I passed it on to Young West, who I've happily introduced to Susan Cooper).
 
Obernewtyn is good stuff... can't wait for the 4th book to come here!

I'm in the middle of Narnia, for the 15th bazillionth time, heehee...
 
Carmody is in house at the R'ville YARG, Tal, if you have a chance to stop by- I'm only halfway through, so I haven't been in yet.
 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a tremendous work- another piece of evidence in the already persuasive case that Alan Moore is the greatest comic book writer alive.

I just picked up Clyde S. Kilby's book Tolkien and The Silmarillion from my school's library- it looks interesting, and hopefully will be worth reading...
 
I just started to re-read the Silmarillion today, but when I've read that I will start my endeavour to read the Kalevala..
I'll tell you when I begin with it..
 
I finished Roverandom today. It was pretty good, especially for young children. I've started Mein Kampf. So far, it's very interesting.
 
This week I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books, in anticipation of Book 5- It's my third time reading them, and I still am finding new things to enjoy in these wonderful stories.
 
I just finished reading Flowers for Algernon *sniff sniff* and now I am reading Last of the Mohicans, which is one of my all-time favorite books, and one of my all time favorite movies although the movie is not much like the book.................

I, too, am waiting for Harry Potter... it has been a loooooong wait.
 
I'm plotting on how to get it before the rest of my family. Mom only reserved one, silly woman.
 
I pick up my reserved copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on Saturday! I can't wait!

Hm, let's see, I've been doing tons of reading the past two weeks or so; maybe I'll get back up to the level I was at two years ago.... reading 8-10 hours a day, every day. Tonight, I'm going to start The Subtle Knife (yes, I know book titles should be underlined, but I'm too lazy right now) by Philip Pullman. When that one is over (or I'm bored with it), I'll start the book my sister has been bugging me about, The Dragon and the George. We'll see how that turns out...
 
Ooh, The Dragon and the George is great! As is the rest of that series. All wonderful and great good fun.
 
My sister's in love with that book, I'm not sure if she's read the others in the series. From what she's told me, it should be worth a few laughs, at least.
 
It is really funny- it's been a while since I read it, but it was great fun.
 
Originally posted by FoolofaTook
This week I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books, in anticipation of Book 5- It's my third time reading them, and I still am finding new things to enjoy in these wonderful stories.
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I just read a little snatch from the Golden Goblet.. I have read the series through twice, but I had forgotten how immersing they are! I at least get really into the whole world, and begin to relate to all the characters.
I was going to just skim a few lines of it, and I ended up reading two chapters!
 
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