What are you reading in general?

aliantha · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:38 am Post subject:

Just finished a short bio of Mozart. It painted a slightly different picture of the man than I got from watching "Amadeus"...
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sgt.null · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:16 am Post subject:

enjoying very much.
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Iolanthe · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:14 am Post subject:

Finished Death comes to Pemberley - interesting ending. Now I shall start on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Hefty omnibus edition, a bit awkward for reading in bed, but that's the only time I do read.
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deer of the dawn · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject:

Sounds great, Io! How many times have you read LoTR? Or is it a first?

Will probably finish Deadline tonight. It got a lot better after about 150 pages. (It is very hard for me to quit a book, I really have to hate it!)

Also reading Call of the Siren, a book about manatees for whom I have an affection; I continue to read the Holy Bible every day; and have a couple more novels I'm interested in. But mostly looking forward to AATE, which may arrive this summer.
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Iolanthe · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject:

danlo · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:16 am Post subject:

Wow, haven't posted in this thread for a while, one of my all time favorite threads by the way. I've read bits and pieces of all number of books lately:
Django, the Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
Generation of Swine-Hunter S. Thompson
Black Elk Speaks
2012-Whitley Strieber (yes the creepy Communion guy)
Hands of Light-Barbara Ann Brennan
Infinite Mind-Valerie V. Hunt
the David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy (and how to end it)
A Walk Through the Heavens
The Omega Project
The Cygnus Mystery

I'm now reading Way of the Peaceful Warrior and now it's sequel, The Scared Journey of the Peaceful Warrior again-and, er scary, the lessons are comings alive in real life! EEK!
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Iolanthe · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:28 am Post subject:

Avatar · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:43 am Post subject:

Isn't he the Atlantean lizard people guy? I tried one of his books once...couldn't get past the first few pages.

Anyway, I'm reading the quite boring "Lessons In Radical Innovation." I'm reading it for my boss, who doesn't read much. So I read books he thinks might be useful and then tell him if there's anything in it he should read. Laughing

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Holsety · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

sgt.null · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:55 am Post subject:

i need to finish something. currently reading 3-4 books.
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Orlion · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject:

Just finished Go Tell it On the Mountain by James Baldwin. A very good book...

Now to read Almost Moon by Alice Seabold. Yes, I'm only thirty pages into it. Yes, I can tell it's complete and utter crap. Yes, I'm reading it for a book club. Evil or Very Mad

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Iolanthe · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:33 am Post subject:

Finished the Two Towers last night (or rather earlier this morning). Made the mistake of watching the first video right after finishing the Fellowship of the Ring - awful - so much missed out, and changed! Still, may watch the 2nd video this weekend.
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Avatar · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:32 am Post subject:

At least they left out Tom Bombadil. Laughing

That was one excision I could live with. Very Happy

I'm reading My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok. Again. Can't recommend this enough to anybody who has never read it.

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Iolanthe · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:52 am Post subject:

Finished the LotR in the early hours of this morning, but haven't watched the last two videos yet.

Next I'm going to read the Silmarillion, which I have had for many years but never read. I think I tried to read it once but failed. This time I shall persevere.

I rather liked Tom Bombadil, a little light in the darkness. Smile

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Linna Heartlistener · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject:

Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadill-lo!

Finished LFB... understood soooo much more of what the guy was trying to say than the first time. Rolling Eyes

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lorin · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 1:01 am Post subject:

The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life by Suze Orman

wish I had read it 15 years ago.