What are you currently reading? And your faves ...

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 9:53 am

dbzmomma wrote:Has anyone read The Chronicles of Narnia?

Ohhh, yes I've read them. A long time ago, though!

Deadly Whispers · Post by **Deadly Whispers** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:04 am

dbzmomma wrote:
Has anyone read The Chronicles of Narnia? Even though they're meant to be children's books, they were excellent. I could read one a day! AND, the first movie comes out in December (I think): The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Can't wait!

I'm sooooo excited for this! When I saw the preview (the first time) and saw Aslan, I got chills. I found these books at a book fair during elementary school - like zerospace, a long time ago! But I've read and re-read and made many other faithful followers out of my friends. My favorites of the books are "The Silver Chair" and "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."

~ DW

cgscelgallery · Post by **cgscelgallery** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:36 pm

Currently I am woking through Anne Rice's Vampire Cronicles.

jcaliff · Post by **jcaliff** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:44 pm

Oooh, I just thought of another that I love. Brian Jacques' Redwall series. I've read all of them that have been published, and am hoping for another before too long. I'll admit, I like the earlier ones better than some of the more recent ones, but they're all fun to read. Badgers and Hares are the best! Eulalia!!

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:03 pm

I almost forgot!! If my computer books count, you could say I'm reading my HTML and JavaScript books for about the 100th time... :hitting:

Seriously, though -- I forgot to mention a few of my other favorites: Jeffrey Deaver's The Blue Nowhere was excellent as well as his book The Bone Collector. And, one of my all-time favorite books was The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll.

I've read so many books, so why is it I can't remember half of them when asked??

Oh well. I saw the Great Gatsby mentioned earlier... and along those lines, my absolute least favorite of the (actually, I downright hated it) 'classics' was Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:03 pm

I don't think I've read that. Can you give me a reference?

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:03 pm

dbzmomma wrote: I read the first 3 Harry Potters, which I thought were excellent, but couldn't get into #4 and haven't read any since. !

*is a pothead courtesy of Uende.*
I wasn't into it either but from the third one on the stories take a real mature, intracate turn. The Potter-universe keeps growing and growing and gets darker and darker. Love it !

Makoli · Post by **Makoli** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:43 pm

currently been on a jules verne binge.

now for favorite authors please be patient its a long list:

terry prachett
dan simmons
greg bear
ann perry
alan dean foster
steven king
ed greenwood
and so many many more

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:16 pm

Currently reading: When True Night Falls (yes, the Coldfire Trilogy, got the poster of the first book's cover on my rs home banner)

I'm re-re-rereading it... and this is my second copy of said trilogy, the first is in storage stateside (we didn't really plan on being out here this long!) I LOVE Tarrant!!!! Mostly evil with a tiny spark of good.... hm... sounds like Samurai Deeper Kyo!

I used to read a whole lot more until we got the banning stick on reading books at work. (don't get me started on that!)

I enjoyed the Over Sea Under Stone series as a child (before Potter, but like Potter series). And I'm horrible with names, so I may update with author names once I get home.

kenshikenji · Post by **kenshikenji** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:41 pm

philosophy books (aristotle, plato, hume, neitzche, locke)
economic books (adam smith, john stuart mill, alfred marshall, murray rothbard, hayek, mises, sowell)
i like teaching myself mathematics and speed arithmetic (scott flansburg math magic)
skeptical inquirer (science magazine)
and other math and science books (richard dawkins, susan blackmore)

i dont like fiction books that much,

i do like les miserables, count of monte cristo, ayn rand books, shogun

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:43 pm

There's nothing that I'm currently reading (the curse of reading way too fast).

As for series that I'm waiting on new volumes from...
besides way too many manga titles, I read primarily fantasy/sci-fi series
such as George R. R. Martin, several of the Forgotten Realms series, and
Robert Asprin's MYTH adventures series (glad to see him bring this back).

All-time favorite authors include Tolkien (of course), Michael Moorcock,
Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Peter David and others that escape my mind
at the moment.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:04 pm

I'm currently reading "The Food Taster" by Peter Elbling.

I usually read science fiction or mystery but love pretty much any kind of genre. You can usually find about 10 books in my house at one time with bookmarks in them because depending on my mood is which one I'm reading. Also, I can always remember what's going on without having to reread even if I pick the book back up years later.

I can't wait for the 6th Harry Potter book to come out. Just a couple of more days!

jcaliff · Post by **jcaliff** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:06 pm

aernath wrote: I enjoyed the Over Sea Under Stone series as a child (before Potter, but like Potter series). And I'm horrible with names, so I may update with author names once I get home.

That's by Susan Cooper, and also one of my favorite series.

Makoli · Post by **Makoli** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:31 am

duotrouble wrote:
I can't wait for the 6th Harry Potter book to come out. Just a couple of more days!

more filchly goodness! *jumps up and down like a school girl*

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:31 am

What is a couple of more days?