Whatcha reading?

[Shangri-laschild]

Finally finished the Dresden Files. To everyone on here and in person who told me book 11 was amazing, man were you right

I also finished Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells and am now on Poltergeist by Kat Richardson which is the second book in the Greywalker series. Also I have Preacher #2

[Severen13]

I finished "The Poet" and am now reading "The Black Echo" by the same author, Michael Connelly.

[Mr. Rager!]

Not too long ago, I finished a book called The Fighter by Craig Davidson. It was phenomenal. I got it because of what Chuck Palahniuk said about Davidson. I recommend it. I'm going to have to give it to my girlfriend for her to read, I think.

[KiaKat]

I'm currently re-reading two books. HP7 (Deathly Hallows) and Angels & Demons.

Not sure what I'm reading next, though probably something wine-related. I'm taking the first round of sommelier exams this summer.

[Geek King]

Now currently reading:

Shadow' Edge by Brent Weeks

Edge Magazine issue #200

Games magazine's most recent issue

[dalesys]

Fire In The Mist - Holly Lisle
Warlock - Andre Norton (a triple combination) Zion's Friction
--- Storm Over Warlock
--- Ordeal In Otherwhere
--- Forerunner Foray

[BookstoreEscapee]

Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, which I hope to finish before my 40th birthday (am currently in my mid-twenties)

Oh god no! You're giving me flashbacks!!!


I'd swear I posted in this thread before...

I just finished The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins, and I am now reading The Blind Watchmaker. And I just got a new Glamour magazine, and I'm working on next week's Time (the 100 most influential people issue) during my lunch breaks.

[AnaKhouri]

God, how I hated reading The Faerie Queene. And I was an English Lit major!

Reading Dumas' "The Black Tulip". Love me some Dumas, though his scientific knowledge is appalling- he calls gold the hardest of the metals!

[Red_Dazes]

"Blood Hound: Becka Cooper" by Tamora Pierce. Interesting story... not as good as the first though

[AdminAssistant]

Reading Dumas' "The Black Tulip". Love me some Dumas, though his scientific knowledge is appalling- he calls gold the hardest of the metals!

Dumas pere or Dumas fils?

I prefer the father to the son. If I have to read Camille one more time I may kill something!

[Boozy]

I usually have three books on the go, so there's always something to pick up no matter what mood I'm in. I like a good piece of fiction, a fluff piece of fiction, and a non-fiction. So right now I've got The Kite Runner, the latest Charlaine Harris "Sookie Stackhouse" novel, and Paul Krugman's latest.

But The Kite Runner is so good that I haven't picked up the other two since I started it. I'll be at home tomorrow getting over a cold, so I'll probably have it finished by noon. If anyone's looking for a great read, I can't recommend it enough.

[AnaKhouri]

Dumas pere or Dumas fils?

Pere. Never read the son. Now, I don't think I ever will. At least not Camille!

[AdminAssistant]

Pere. Never read the son. Now, I don't think I ever will. At least not Camille!

Camille is the original "hooker with a heart of gold" story. Bleh.

[dalesys]

God, how I hated reading The Faerie Queene. And I was an English Lit major!

Reading Dumas' "The Black Tulip". Love me some Dumas, though his scientific knowledge is appalling- he calls gold the hardest of the metals!

Dumas must related to Crichton. Every book of Crichton's I've read at least one blithering idiocy that even cursory research in an encyclopedia would have prevented. Good stories, but unnecessary sloppiness in facts that are thrown in as background.

For example, claiming the C-130 Hercules as the "world's largest airplane".

[BookstoreEscapee]

God, how I hated reading The Faerie Queene. And I was an English Lit major!

Heh, me too. I took a Spenser and Milton class, which was my first real introduction to literature of that time period. I had a lot of trouble with it. My professor was really great, though (he was the department's Medieval/Renaissance lit guy, and also taught History of the English language). It was a small class and he would go around the table and assign a small section of the poem to each student to do explication. One Saturday I got a message from him on my voicemail saying that he noticed that I was having some trouble and if I wanted to go over my section with him before the next class to call him back, so I did. It was a big help, and for the next class I actually had some intelligent things to say about my section of the poem.

There was an assistant prof at my school who had been a student there, went to grad school elsewhere (no grad program in English at my school), and then got a job there. Sometimes he would sub for my prof as he was also big on Medieval/Renaissance lit. As it happened, my prof missed the next class and this guy sat in for him. We started going through the poem, and when we got to my section, he proceeded to say everything I had written down in my notes. Then he looked at me. I had nothing, and said, "you just said everything I had".... He told me to come up with something else. I was just sitting there, thinking, "You have no idea how much it took for me to come up with this! Jackass!!"

Also, his favorite words were "extant" and "copacetic"...it's been 12 years and I still can't stand those two words.