Which book are you reading currently? #3

Remove all ads!

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

 

Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'.

 

I am in a strange sort of limbo, stuck between The Lord of the Rings (which has been on hold far too long...its embarassing), Bulfinches Mythology and annoying required books for school. I just finished Naked Lunch, which I highly reccomend.

 

Whee! Reading for midterms. Odd thing is, I'm actually enjoying the reading. Or at least most of it.

Iliad - Lattimore's translation
Herodotus's Histories, Penguin classics edition
Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War (penguin)
Plutarch's Rise and fall of Athens (penguin)

 

The Difference Engine by Willian Gibson and Bruce Sterling - very funky so far

 

Since the Hobbit is completed time to take LotR now

 

I finished 1632 yesterday - it was decent but nothing special.

I have started on Fiddler Fair - a collection of short stories by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon. The ones I have read so far have been okay but not really good enough that I would recommend the book.

 

about to start going postal by pratchett

 

Just finished --This Immortal-- by Roger Zelazny. It was quite good and even funny. It could even have been a good repetition for those mythology tests, know this greek name and remember that one too. Besides, I wanted to have a girlfriend called Cassandra too.

Terry Goodkind's "first lesson of a sorcerer" is next.

 

GTA san andreas walk through guide for the ps2

 

Stoker's Dracula.

And I like it so far.

[ October 20, 2005, 20:22: Message edited by: Uytuun ]

 

Sabriel -Garth Nix

Pretty good so far!

 

I finished Fiddler Fair - the last few stories were quite disappointing actually. The Holy Grail story seemed pretty much pointless. The Excalibur story was short but o.k. The title story was included (as far as I remember word for word) as part of a novel which Mercedes Lackey wrote after the short story was published - given that I have read that novel it kind of left the largest short story being kind of pointless to read. The next largest was from a shared world series that I had never heard of and found quite dull.

I have just barely started on Watch on the Rhine - by John Ringo and Tom Kratman. I have heard a lot of people complaining about the controversial subject matter of this book but given that none of them appear to have actually read it I am going to give it a fair chance. Basically the concept of the series is that the Earth is being invaded by an alien horde and humanity is greatly outnumbered and in serious need of combat veterans to form the core of its armies. The humans have received alien technology that allows people to be rejuvenated/de-aged. This particular novel deals with the German government and their difficult decision as to whether they should rejuvinate the Waffen SS and use them as cannon fodder/shock troops.

 

I finished reading 'The Eliza Stories' by Barry Pain, which proved to be a blindingly funny read. I am now about to start 'Mistress of Mistresses' by E.R.Eddison (A somewhat more sombre tome).

 

I seem to have misplaced Watch on the Rhine over the week-end so I had to grab another book this morning. As a result I have started on Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon. So far it has been decent but nothing really special. It is still in the early plot set-up and character establishment phase so I will wait until the plot actually starts rolling before coming to a definite opinion.

 

'The Third Twin' by Ken Follet.

 

A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin

 

Apeman! Don't give away the ending before the rest of us can read it! (lucky you )

 

The Charnel Prince by Greg Keyes - awesome - so far.

 

Amerika by Kafka. In German.

But we've got to stay positive. It's better than die Blechtrommel. then again, everything is better than die Blechtrommel.