What are you reading in general?

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:13 am

Druids by Morgan Llewellyn. The Roman occupation of Gaul from the Gaulish point of view.

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Post by **Avatar** » Sat May 03, 2014 7:04 pm

The Greener Shore, the sequel to Druids.

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Post by **bossk** » Mon May 12, 2014 5:03 pm

A little over a year ago, I picked up A Thousand Perfect Things by Kay Kenyon, and liked it so much I've embarked on a long-term plan to read all of her stuff. Right now I'm reading A World Too Near, which is the second of a quadrilogy called The Entire and the Rose.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Mon May 12, 2014 6:27 pm

Martin Chuzzlewit. Dickens. Free download to my kindle.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed May 14, 2014 9:10 pm

Appalachian Justice by Melinda Clayton. Really good.

Post by **Avatar** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:05 pm

A quick break from Julian May before I start The Pliocene Exile, reading Romancing Mary Jane by Michael Poole. A year in the life of a failed marijuana grower.

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Post by **lucimay** » Sun May 18, 2014 3:36 pm

I just finished reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

I was turned on to it by Ger who asked me if I'd heard of it as it had won a Pulitzer Prize. I said no who's it by and when he said Donna Tartt I was all like WHAT??? DONNA TARTT won a Pulitzer?????? I'd read A Secret History (her first novel) and tho I liked ok I wasn't knocked out or anything. didn't bother with her second novel even. The Goldfinch is her third. so I had to read it just to see why it had won a Pulitzer.

it's VERY good. drew me in immediately. it can be a bit dense in the prose toward the end, a little wordy, but I really liked it a lot.

next I think I'm going to attempt my first John Irving book in a coon's age, Until I Find You. I've always liked Irving and have read all of his work up through Cider House Rules. I bought and attempted Last Night in Twisted River which was published in 2009 but couldn't get into it. I sort of got out of the john irving state of mind. heh.

but now I'm feeling like a little john irving so I thought I'd try this one published in 2005, Until I Find You. if it doesn't pan out I may have to read Hotel New Hampshire again just to get a dose of Irving.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon May 19, 2014 4:59 am

The GF has her second book, and she quite enjoyed it IIRC.

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Post by **ussusimiel** » Mon May 26, 2014 1:07 pm

11/22/63 by Stephen King.

I like King and I realised recently that I had read over 40 of his 80+ books

IMO, he definitely publishes too much and even the book I'm reading now seems more like an omnibus than a single book.

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Post by **Brinn** » Mon May 26, 2014 1:14 pm

Memoirs of a Geisha

Post by **Avatar** » Tue May 27, 2014 4:11 am

^ Good book.

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Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 30, 2014 7:07 am

for my birthday Julie bought me the entire 15 issue run of the classic 70's DC Comics run of Secret Society of Supervillains.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:38 pm

Science Fiction by Adam Roberts.

This is an introduction to the literary criticism of SF. It it a quick and interesting read for anyone with a persistent interest in Science Fiction (i.e. many people here

). Roberts is a lover of SF which makes his approach very warm towards his subject. He produces a very broad sketch of what SF could possibly be, but constantly probes to etch out what it actually is.

His conclusion is that Science Fiction is about using metaphor (aliens, technology, space/time travel, alternate history) as a way of engaging with 'otherness' in fertile and poetic ways. He believes that SF does this better than most other genres, hence its vibrancy and popularity.

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Post by **michaelm** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:49 pm

Right now I'm reading 'The Wounded Land', but once I finish the second chronicles I have an inkling that I will re-read Richard Dawkins' 'The Blind Watchmaker'.

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:30 pm

Another book by Melinda Clayton, as it happens -- Entangled Thorns. She has written three books set in the same little town in West Virginia. Reminds me very much of the kind of people I knew when I lived there.

Post by **michaelm** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:05 pm

Possibly interviewing for a new job soon, so I might have to dig out my books on trading and trading instruments and brush up on how they work...

Also, I have been reading The Kalevala, the Finnish national epic on my Tab once in a while. It's taking me a while as I'm mostly reading Donaldson right now, but it's easy enough to read a chapter then pick it up again a week later without losing where I was. I've read it before anyway, so I know where the good places to stop are.

Post by **Orlion** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:37 pm

The Satanic Verses by C. S. Lewis.

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:29 pm

Orlion wrote:The Satanic Verses by C. S. Lewis.

Post by **Orlion** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:30 pm

aliantha wrote:
Orlion wrote:The Satanic Verses by C. S. Lewis.

Yeah, it's much better written than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Salman Rushdie

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:33 pm

Orlion wrote:
aliantha wrote:
Orlion wrote:The Satanic Verses by C. S. Lewis.

Yeah, it's much better written than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Salman Rushdie

Thanks for clearing that up!

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