What are you reading?

SccHarpGirl · 11-30-2003, 01:48 PM

Yay, other people who like Dickens! Normally I'm in the huge minority. I think I was the only one in my sophomore english class that really enjoyed that book.

Than · 11-30-2003, 02:03 PM

Ahh yes, it's a great book. I think most highschool students (at least in my class) didn't like it because of attrition - the book was just too long for them to keep their interest piqued.

Strider · 11-30-2003, 04:13 PM

I finished Homeland not to long ago and am now finishing The Once and Future King. Salvatore is a brilliant author. I plan on reading all the books pertaining to Drizzt Do'Urden - he seems to be a fascinating character.

I bought the first Wheel of Time book a while back and plan to get into that series at some point. I would also like to read some of Dickens works, to "verse" myself in the classics, but right now I have several books that I have bought and havent read yet.

So many books, so little time...

zoe r · 11-30-2003, 04:28 PM

The Brothers Karamazov.

I am a hugautous fan of Dostoevsky.

Than · 11-30-2003, 05:56 PM

YES YES YES. If I wasn't a Christian I would make Zoe my goddess!
Dostoevsky is one of my most favoritest of authors.

SccHarpGirl · 11-30-2003, 07:57 PM

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The Brothers Karamazov.

I am a hugautous fan of Dostoevsky.

Oh oh, I'm reading Crime and Punishment now for English class!

Laura · 11-30-2003, 08:58 PM

I'm still reading A Serrated Edge by Douglas Wilson and The Ball and the Cross by G.K. Chesterton. I have a couple of choices for my next read: should it be 1) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy or 2) The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis?

Than · 11-30-2003, 09:52 PM

Oooh man. That's a tough choice...go with C.S. Lewis, I guess. Both of them are great reads, though.

Merin · 11-30-2003, 10:03 PM

I absolutely love 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

Currently reading: The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, Dante's Inferno, and Roswell: Pursuit (as in the TV show. I'm hopelessly addicted to it.)

Than · 11-30-2003, 10:06 PM

Yeah...To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the better novels that you read in High school. How are you liking Dante's Inferno?

I'm reading Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, which I love.

Brandon · 12-01-2003, 10:41 AM

Ahh, I'll give on tkamb...It's ok, but, I didn't really care for it.

Now, I want everybody who claims to like dickens to CHECK THEIR TEMPERATURE!!

I hated him, I think it's good that SOMEONE likes him, but i never liked his stuff. Sorry.

As for salvator and Drizzt. There are lots and lots of books on him...

Salvatore just released another one about him... I haven't finshed the legacy series...It's stating to get dissapointing...I'm mad that wulfgar is gone, and glad that entreri is gone, yet, I know salvatore will do something to revive one, if not both, entreri and wulfgar...he had better bring him back, cause only wulfgar can use the mighty aegis-fang!!!

anyway, wheel of time starts out good, but gets pretty long at points. It's still a good read. Read some Feist. you'll like him...

Bless,
Brandon

psalm63adam · 12-01-2003, 11:39 AM

I'm reading The Wind In The Wheat by Reed Arvin for the umpteenth time - my favorite book.

**Role Modlin** · 12-01-2003, 05:54 PM

I'm now reading Ghost Rider by Neal Peart and re-reading It by Stephen King.

Strider · 12-01-2003, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon

Ahh, I'll give on tkamb...It's ok, but, I didn't really care for it.

Now, I want everybody who claims to like dickens to CHECK THEIR TEMPERATURE!!

I hated him, I think it's good that SOMEONE likes him, but i never liked his stuff. Sorry.

As for salvator and Drizzt. There are lots and lots of books on him...

Salvatore just released another one about him... I haven't finshed the legacy series...It's stating to get dissapointing...I'm mad that wulfgar is gone, and glad that entreri is gone, yet, I know salvatore will do something to revive one, if not both, entreri and wulfgar...he had better bring him back, cause only wulfgar can use the mighty aegis-fang!!!

anyway, wheel of time starts out good, but gets pretty long at points. It's still a good read. Read some Feist. you'll like him...

Bless,
Brandon

I probably shouldnt have read this post, since I havent read those books yet...

I remember reading one Feist book. A Darkness at Sethanon (I believe). Interesting stuff.

**H.M. Murdock** · 12-02-2003, 12:15 AM

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I hated him, I think it's good that SOMEONE likes him, but i never liked his stuff. Sorry.

Hey now, I like Dickens. He can come across as a little self-absorbed, but so do all authors, if you keep an eye out for it. Not one author can write anything on any topic without referring to a state of self-importance for at least a sentence or two.

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As for salvator and Drizzt. There are lots and lots of books on him...

Too many. He's a good character, but there is such a thing as overkill...

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Salvatore just released another one about him...

The Thousand Orcs, or something...

I'm debating on whether or not I should read the Federalist Papers, or a Stephen King book.