What 📔book are you reading right now?

[Rhiannon]

Originally posted by Frodorocks
My English class just finished reading The Giver, and I think they all died, what do you think Rhiannon?

I prefer to think that they lived, and I have read comments by Lois Lowry that while she left the ending ambiguous on purpose, she personally thinks that they lived too. I like that it's left up to the reader, though. I think they lived for personal reasons: I have got to have hope. I could hardly bear the ending of Brave New World , and I had to ask my brother how Farenheit 451 ended before I would finish it.

Last night I started Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, the 'companion' book to The Giver, and enjoying it very much- I understand her next book will link the two and I'm looking forward to it.

I just got The Letters of JRR Tolkien even though its not a story its great information

I just got that the other day too, and my dad got a big kick out of Tolkien's comments on Zimmerman's movie storyline (from way back when). My dad is very anti-LOTR-movies.

 

[Rhiannon]

Let's see; I finished Gathering Blue and enjoyed it a lot, but it didn't touch me the same way The Giver did- I can't put my finger on why, though. I also finished re-reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (I love it so much more now than when I first read it; I blaim that unhappy first-reading on the Introduction, which mentioned the existence of a certain character, assuming I already knew the plot, took away all the suspense and ruined things for me. Also Jane herself really annoyed me, but she doesn't now. I see the error of my interpretive ways), and am now a little more than half-way through Manchester's The Last Lion. I've also been reading issue #4 of The Readerville Journal, and because of one of its reviews I got Sixpence House by Paul Collins today, which I am fifty pages into and absolutely loving. I'm also a good ways into Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle, which I started last night and like very much (though I have a very low freak-out level for the supernatural, so it's a daylight-hours-only book).

 

[FoolOfATook]

I could hardly bear the ending of Brave New World , and I had to ask my brother how Farenheit 451 ended before I would finish it.

I can't imagine Brave New World ending any other way- or are you the type of reader who gets caught up with the characters more than the plot? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[MacAddict]

Right now I'm reading this post .



~MacAddict

 

[Ol'gaffer]

Kalevala

And I just finished The Crucible

 

[Arvedui]

New week, new book:
Right now it is "Goose Green - a battle is fought to be won" by Mark Adkin.

Highly Recommended!!

 

[Niniel]

I am currently busy reading as many of Tolkien's works as I can, so right now I'm reading the Book of Lost Tales 1.

 

[Rhiannon]

I can't imagine Brave New World ending any other way- or are you the type of reader who gets caught up with the characters more than the plot? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I am- I get attached to characters, and how much I love a book is wrapped up in them. And no, Brave New World really couldn't have ended any other way, but I could still hardly bear it.

 

[Gandalf White]

I just finished Jane Eyre, and for some reason I loved it. I had to read it because of some College-bound Reading List thingy, but it was actually pretty good.

 

[Thorin]

Right now I'm reading a book called "Mafia Kingfish". It is about the rise of Carlos Marcello who was mafia boss of the New Orleans crime family. It also focuses much of the book on the fact that he was involved with the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Now before anyone criticizes me for being some sort of conspiracy buff, this book lays out some pretty convincing information from very reliable sources, including political, government and mob sources from the time. These resources aren't hidden or exclusive either. Many have been made public and just ignored. The book points out the HUGE flaws of the FBI in withholding and burying information. It also shows the lengths of ignorance Hoover went to to ignore not only key witnesses, but incriminating and convincing evidence that came through his desk and how much he covered up to save his and the FBI's reputation. It also shows the flaws of the Warren Commission and much evidence that the Commission didn't even see because J.Edgar Hoover with held and buried it.

IMO, no matter who or what conspiracy one believes might have occured in the assassination of JFK, you'd have to be a complete idiot to believe that Oswald did it alone and Jack Ruby killed him out of "patriotism". This book shows how deep both Oswald and Ruby were connected to Carlos Marcello and who had the most to gain with Kennedy dead and the most to lose with Kennedy alive.

A great, and exhaustive non-tabloid book.

 

[BlackCaptain]

Right now im on the Alakalabeth of the Silmarillion. This stuff is great.

 

[Anamatar IV]

Lays of Beleriand History of Middle-earth volume three.

Lay of the Children of Hurin. It's a good book but I wouldn't read it until you read Book of Lost Tales II.

 

[legolasismine]

I'm such a bookacholic, I bought five books in one day, and so far there all really good!

Artemis Fowl

The Call Of The Wild

Just Ella

The Diary Of Princess Elenora

The Upatairs Room

And cute little book marks for all of them, and it all costed me $23!

 

[Rhiannon]

La la la, the thirteen books I bought at the library sale today only cost me $10....Though I was about ready to really start knocking down some of those people, especially the woman who snatched a Susan Cooper book right out from under my nose *mutters sulkily* They kept giving me funny looks, too. Like crawling around on the floor to get at the stacks of books was weird, or something.

Just Ella is very good; I know I've read Call of the Wild, but I can't tell you for sure what I thought about it because I always get it mixed up with White Fang (I think I liked White Fang better, but I don't know for sure). I haven't read the others.

I'm halfway through Sixpence House and loving it; Highly recommended to all bibliophiles and lovers of eclectic, useless trivia.

 

[Courtney]

I just finished reading Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, and I am now reading Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (my favorite author of all time!), and MacBeth (for school). And it was weird because the title "Something Wicked this Way Comes" is actually a line in MacBeth. "By the pricking of my thumbs/something wicked this way comes." or something like that. Pretty weird, eh?

 

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by legolasismine
The Diary Of Princess Elenora

That wouldn't have anything to do with the TV series Sir Gadabout would it? King Artur's daughter is called Princess Elenora. However, I suspect it isn't...

Currently reading Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, then going to move onto Knights Of Dark Renown by David Gemmell.

 

[gilgalad]

Originally posted by legolasismine
I'm such a bookacholic, I bought five books in one day, and so far there all really good!

Artemis Fowl

I've met the guy who wrote that book. For anyone who doesn't know his name is Eoin Colfer. He lives in a place called Wexford, about three and a half hours from where i live. He was in my school during our "Arts Week" giving a talk. He's really funny. My English teacher gave him some of my essays and the guy gave me the name of his publishers straight away! I was so delighted.

At the moment I'm reading a few things: Sauron Defeated (HoME vol. 9), David Eddings' "The Tamuli" and Homer's The Odyssey.

The Odyssey is excellant, anyone who is a fan of Tolkien should read it as (IMO) there are an awful lot of ME events that can be seen to be inspired by it.

 

[Wolfshead]

Originally posted by gilgalad
David Eddings' "The Tamuli"

How would you rank that? As good as The Belgariad and The Mallorean? I have a couple of them waiting in a mass of books to read, and naturally, I'm curious as to what other people think about them.

 

[gilgalad]

I haven't read the mallorean or the Belgariad (too many other things waiting to be read) but the Tamuli is nowhere near as good as the Elenium, if you've read that.

For a real top class series, try the sword of truth books by Terry goodkind. Brilliant.

 

[Wolfshead]

No, I haven't read the Elenium yet, but I shall before I read the Tamuli. And you should read those two I mentioned - they're superb.

I shall try Terry Goodkind at some stage, again, it's a case of so much to read, so little time. And while we are recommending, I shall add David Gemmell - probably the best writer of heroic fantasy out there, simply superb!