What 📔book are you reading right now?

[Elbereth]

OH BROTHER!


Still resisting.

HA! I knew that was going to be your reaction.

If it makes you think better of me...I can tell you that I am not a big fan of the character Edward Cullen...he reminds me too much of the overbearing, condescending Casanova's that I used to date in NYC when I was in my 20's. I also find Bella Swan to be overall a very weak character. I like the Jacob
Black character...his character has much more depth than most people give credit for....but all in all the twilight is a page turner if anything else...and really I understand that only women can truly appreciate the plot line as most men would find it too romantic to take seriously.

 

[HLGStrider]

Practical Japanese: Your Guide to Speaking Japanese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours

Just got it yesterday and I've decided the title is very optimistic.

 

[Firawyn]

You're such a goof Prince...


I am currently reading "Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger...

Very...good? Ouch kind of how can she be that on the mark kind of good!? I'm enjoying it, at any rate.

 

[Starbrow]

If it makes you think better of me...I can tell you that I am not a big fan of the character Edward Cullen...he reminds me too much of the overbearing, condescending Casanova's that I used to date in NYC when I was in my 20's. I also find Bella Swan to be overall a very weak character. I like the Jacob
Black character...his character has much more depth than most people give credit for....but all in all the twilight is a page turner if anything else...and really I understand that only women can truly appreciate the plot line as most men would find it too romantic to take seriously.

I read the Twilight series last summer and enjoyed it. Not up to Tolkien's standards, of course, but I tore through the books. Go Team Jacob!

I finished The Lost Symbol and had to force my way through many parts of it - very philosophical at points.

Right now I'm reading Traitor's Gate by Kate Elliott.

 

[Ithrynluin]

I also finished The Lost Symbol just today, and enjoyed it for the most part. Some parts were too heavy on the historical/philosophical babble, but overall I was eager to learn a lot about things previously unknown to me.

I guess Brown distorted historical (and other) facts again, but I've never seen this as much of a problem as I always find his subject matter so interesting I go and read up on the facts myself.

 

[apple27]

I'm reading a Norwegian book called The Wanderer by Knut Hamsun.

 

[Persephone]

HA! I knew that was going to be your reaction.

If it makes you think better of me...I can tell you that I am not a big fan of the character Edward Cullen...he reminds me too much of the overbearing, condescending Casanova's that I used to date in NYC when I was in my 20's. I also find Bella Swan to be overall a very weak character. I like the Jacob
Black character...his character has much more depth than most people give credit for....but all in all the twilight is a page turner if anything else...and really I understand that only women can truly appreciate the plot line as most men would find it too romantic to take seriously.

WOW! Elb, we share the same opinions on the characters of this Saga. I read all four books - only for review purposes (I used to write reviews on YA books for money) - and, honestly, Jacob is the only character I can stand. Sorry to all the Cullen-Swan fans, but I really dislike their characters, especially Bella who, in my opinion, should have died half-way through the first book!

Anyway, I am currently reading non-fiction at the moment, Essays and poetry, and brushing up on grammar stuff. Been trying to finish a storyline for TV, and a book. Would love to read THE LOST SYMBOL.

 

[Gúthwinë]

Just got Children of Hurin for Christmas (The only book left I haven't read). Starting on that tonight after work. But the most recent book I've read is Brisingr by Christopher Paolini, the whole time I was reading it, I was thinking about all the comparisons between this and Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

 

[HLGStrider]

Yeah, Paolini borrows a lot from both of those sources. I have had Brisingr on my bookshelf for over a year now, and I just can't seem to get it started. . .but nowadays I don't usually read a book unless I can finish it in one sitting. I read "The Magician's Elephant" by Kate DiCamillo last night. It's a really soothing read, childrens' book like the rest of DiCamillo's work, but I have developed a preference for good chidlrens' books.

 

[Gúthwinë]

Same for me, I usually can go through several hundred pages over an hour so I finished Brisingr in the matter of a day. Winter break is the best time for me to read since I have next to nothing to do.

 

[Prince of Cats]

I finished Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett, Discworld series - this morning and am hurting for the void Children of Hurin and Tree and Leaf are on their way but I may have to hit the library before then

 

[Starbrow]

I'm trying to branch out and try different genres. Right now I'm reading Trace which is a murder mystery. I like watching procedural-type TV shows, so I should like them in book form.

 

[Starflower]

The Stone by Greg Bear. I don't often read sci-fi books (more fantasy-oriented), but this was on sale for 50p so I could not resist! It's good, just difficult to get really into the space stuff...

 

[Thorin]

I was delving into LoTR again but I put it on hold for Darkly Dreaming Dexter that I rented from the library.

I am also reading The Hobbit to my grade 6/7 students during their free time.

Gotta get this young generation immersed in the blessed realm of Middle Earth! Especially before the movies destroy their imagination!

 

[Persephone]

Just finished reading ORSON SCOTT CARD'S HOME COMING SAGA. Enjoyed the first three books, but the last two, not so much.

 

[Eledhwen]

Lorna Doone
(just re-read all the Austens)

 

[e.Blackstar]

I'm currently stalled partway through 'The Ethical Slut' (non-fiction), plowing into a re-re-re-re-re-read of Orson Scott Card's 'Xenocide', and just finished 'Martin the Warrior', which puts me about halfway through my re-read of the Redwall series (at least the ones I own).

 

[Prince of Cats]

Just finished reading Making Money (Pratchett, of course). One of the things I love about his discworld books is how not having read the previous book, Going Postal, didn't keep me from enjoying MM

Currently re-reading Not in His Image by JL Lash and (for the first time) Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Night

 

[Starbrow]

Rereading LOTR for the umpteenth time and ignoring the stack of new books in the night stand.

 

[Starflower]

Eon by Greg Bear. It's very heavy on mathematics and physics so hard going but I am determined to finish it!