What 📔book are you reading right now?

[TrackerOrc]

'Caledonian Road' by Andrew O'Hagan. Absolute page-turner.
Just finished 'Mayflies' by him and am now looking for everything he's written. I love finding a brand-new author!

 

[Ent]

Runciman's 3-vol history of the Crusades

Well, I lied. I was unable to wait with ordering this one until "the next day"... so it already sits in my library. You mentioned it Saturda - I ordered it Saturday afternoon - I received it Sunday..! Now it too awaits consumption.

Thank you again.

 

[ZehnWaters]

Picked up the novelization of Fright Night. Good so far. It's nice to have short chapters so I can cut off quickly.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Hah. You reminded me of the oft-repeated anecdote originally shared by a veteran member two decades ago, after the first PJ film came out:

She was inspecting a display of LOTR books at a bookstore, when some teenage girls came by; one exclaimed "Look -- they've already done novelizations of the movies!".

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I read that one in 4th grade, I believe after seeing the 1950s film. At least, I think I read it; it may have been a "novelization".

Interesting thing about translation: the original UK publishers apparently considered Verne a "children's writer", and their editions were heavily lopped and "dumbed down" for their presumed audience, and all English versions have followed those, until recently, when new translations have started appearing, restoring the original tone and content.

 

[Eowyn13]

Right now I'm re-reading the Anne series by L.M. Montgomery

 

[Tyelkormo the Fair]

I wanted to reread Ranger's Apprentice series. I remember absolutely loving it as a young teen. I don't know if the Persian translator did an amazing job or not, but I can't really enjoy it now without thinking how even I would have done a better job, literatury wise. I guess it is really fitted for teens only.

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

I wanted to reread Ranger's Apprentice series. I remember absolutely loving it as a young teen. I don't know if the Persian translator did an amazing job or not, but I can't really enjoy it now without thinking how even I would have done a better job, literatury wise. I guess it is really fitted for teens only.

Even though I read it in English, the same thing happened to me, when I re-read some of the books more recently. It didn't appeal to me much anymore. Though I still liked some of the characters.

 

[TrackerOrc]

Well, I lied. I was unable to wait with ordering this one until "the next day"... so it already sits in my library. You mentioned it Saturda - I ordered it Saturday afternoon - I received it Sunday..! Now it too awaits consumption.

Thank you again.

It's a wonderful work.
I bought the Folio Society box set many years ago when I still bought new books. It might have to be my next read!

 

[Ent]

It's a wonderful work

Good. i've not looked closely at it yet to see if it's made of recycled materials, or if I need to apologize to some trees for my support of its creation... but it just wasn't available digitally. (insert frown here.)

I am looking forward to it nonetheless.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Finished The Girl in the Tower and am going to read The Dead Zone by Stephen King next.

 

[Ent]

Well. Taking a break from the Crusades - an item of 'personal' interest - and moving to an item of greater import and impact.

Started Ursula Le Guin's Steering the craft - a book recommended to me by the intrepid @Gelwen of recent TTF membership.

the book starts thus:

I can't say I've 'already worked hard" at my writing - i can only claim I've "worked at it".
But it's time for a change, given what I want to do next. So... onward!

 

[Idril Celebrindal]

I'm slowly reading Unfinished Tales of Numénor and Middle Earth as an e-book. I want to try and find it as an actual book and re-read it because my brain processes the content of paper books much better than e-books.

 

[TrackerOrc]

I always have a non-fiction and a fiction book in tandem so I've just started Runciman 'Crusades' and Roddy Doyle's 'The Women Behind the Door.'

 

[Rivendell_librarian]

I've just finished The Periodic Table by Primo Levi. It's a quirky personal history of an Italian Jewish industrial chemist living mostly in N Italy in the period before, during and after WW2. He does mention his time in Auschwitz but that is covered more in two other books he wrote. Sadly his time in Auschwitz traumatised him so much that many years later he killed himself. This book has chapter headings that are elements of the PT and are concerned in some way or another with those elements and associated human stories. There are also a 2 fictional stories.

 

[TrackerOrc]

Just received my 'Tolkien author of the Century' by Tom Shippey so I'll be ploughing straight into that.

 

[Starbrow]

I just started Mind Change by T Gracie and Joe Reese.

 

[Ent]

Started How To Write A Poem: A Beginnir's Guide by O'Neill, to begin my deep dive into poetry starting with the basic elements.
Will have some good basic and refresher stuff in it.

 

[TrackerOrc]

Just received my 'Tolkien author of the Century' by Tom Shippey so I'll be ploughing straight into that.

Excellent so far. Another feather in PJ's cap having people like Shippey involved in the movies.