What book are you reading?

[skieur]

Well, I just finished a book and haven't picked another one to start yet... but I read at least 2 books a week so I can tell you of a couple I recently did read.

One was "Rosshalde" by Herman Hesse. Hesse was very big with young people when I was one in high school in France back in the early 70s for a book called "Siddhartha" which I now need to read again as this last one did not do much for me. Very well written and about a still very modern problem, I think, but it just didn't grab me the way I remember "Sidd" doing.

Another one is "Henri ou Henry" by Didier Decoin. I read a very nice novel by him about 35 years ago and when I saw this one at my used book seller's stall I just grabbed it. It turns out this guy's dad (the book's subject) was a famous film maker here in France with a very colorful life. Excellent writer, very humoristic but I don't think this book should be read as a biography. First, I can't find that much about him (Henri Decoin) on the net and, two, the book is labelled a novel. Don't know how it would translate into english if it is translated.

I don't find too many used books in English but I got one by Walker Percy (never heard of this person before) called "The Moviegoer" and it was quite a nice read. Picked it up for its title since I'm a movie freak but it doesn't really have much to do with going to movies. Very interesting style and language.

Last but not least I re-read, once more, "Worlds in Collision" by Immanuel Velikovsky. One hell of a book. And one hell of an amazing story about the book if you care to find out about it.

Interesting! I studied Narciss und Goldmund and Siddartha by Hesse in the original German at university. He was an easy read.

I have also read "Worlds in Collision" "Earth in Upheaval" and Velikovsky Reconsidered. He was not totally correct but he was not totally wrong either.

skieur

 

[Compaq]

I'm working on A Song of Ice and Fire, currently on book three A Storm of Swords. Fantastic books!!

 

[MTVision]

I'm working on A Song of Ice and Fire, currently on book three A Storm of Swords. Fantastic books!!

They are great books!

Recommendations for people who like fantasy type books

The Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind - 12 books I believe.

The Kushiel series (Kushiels Dart is the 1st book)/Naamah's series by Jacqueline Carey - 9 books in all

 

[mishele]

I just finished the Steve Jobs biography. I was looking forward to Crichton's last novel "Micro" but it was finished by another author, and I heard it stinks.

How was it? I was thinking about picking it up.

 

[MLeeK]

Some cheap cheezy Debbie Macomber Christmas novel today... I read VORACIOUSLY so it'll be done tonight... It doesn't take much brain power.
Then I am on to The Help. Yep, girly crap! LOL! Which will probably be done by Sunday at the latest... I have a few Patricia Cornwell novels I have read before that I will probably start over again. Just got my son the Dan Brown novels on my kindle, so I may read those again.

I am not into this whole futuristic and vampire thing that seems to be prevalent in everything right now, so I find myself re-reading a lot lately. I have re-read several of the classics in the past few months out of sheer boredom! Never a bad thing I guess!

 

[mishele]

I'm working on A Song of Ice and Fire, currently on book three A Storm of Swords. Fantastic books!!

I'm sorry to say book 4 isn't as good......lol

 

[Compaq]

I'm only on page 160ish, and there are exams now, so there's some time until I reach it.



HODOR

 

[lolondar]

reading the robert jordan wheel of time books just finished the shapechangers series by jennifer roberson yesterday and read the pern books the day before *loves me some fantasy*

 

[KenC]

I'm working on A Song of Ice and Fire, currently on book three A Storm of Swords. Fantastic books!!

I'm sorry to say book 4 isn't as good......lol

I read Clash of Kings not long ago and thought even that one wasn't as good as Game of Thrones. It had its moments, like any of the dialog between Tyrion and either Varys or Littlefinger, and some of the scenes involving Theon were pretty good, but the rest of it just didn't seem as interesting as the first. I'm not much of a fan of fantasy, so it sounds like I may be done if even the fantasy fans don't think much of the later books.

 

[Overread]

Book 4 is just a slow book - it happens all the time in large series, its just a place where the author has to slow things down to keep building before the end and its not uncommon for the middle book in a series to be somewhat slower on the action and events as compared to the opening and closing books.

 

[cgipson1]

One was "Rosshalde" by Herman Hesse. Hesse was very big with young people when I was one in high school in France back in the early 70s for a book called "Siddhartha" which I now need to read again as this last one did not do much for me. Very well written and about a still very modern problem, I think, but it just didn't grab me the way I remember "Sidd" doing.

Siddhartha is one of my favorites... read it at least once a year so! Haven't read Rosshalde yet.. will have to check it out!

 

[Big Mike]

I have re-read several of the classics in the past few months out of sheer boredom!

My wife & I re-read our favorites all the time. For me it's J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit, LOTR, The Simarillion, The Children of Hurin. For her, it's the Harry Potter series.

It's nice to have something easy and familiar to read at bedtime. We are both reading A Song of Fire & Ice and we tend to stay up too late and not get enough sleep...especially because the twins still don't sleep though the night.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Interesting! I studied Narciss und Goldmund and Siddartha by Hesse in the original German at university. He was an easy read.

I have also read "Worlds in Collision" "Earth in Upheaval" and Velikovsky Reconsidered. He was not totally correct but he was not totally wrong either.

Although I studied German, I am not at a level that allows me to read in that langauge but I'm trying to get there with my Spanish because I like latino art much more.

Never heard of anyone who is totally correct or totally wrong. Especially in the sciences. But he was far more often right than the people who ridiculed him when the book came out and who forgot to apologize and/or give him credit when they later adopted his theories

Siddhartha is one of my favorites... read it at least once a year so! Haven't read Rosshalde yet.. will have to check it out!

Picked it up because it's,inpart, the story of an artist. Maybe some of the points he makes about the painter are too close to my reality to be enjoyable

 

[flatflip]

My wife & I re-read our favorites all the time. For me it's J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit, LOTR, The Simarillion, The Children of Hurin. For her, it's the Harry Potter series.

It's nice to have something easy and familiar to read at bedtime. We are both reading A Song of Fire & Ice and we tend to stay up too late and not get enough sleep...especially because the twins still don't sleep though the night.

I think I would like to re read The Hobbit. It's probably my all time favorite. I re read Trrasure Island a couple months ago. Then read dr jeckle mr hyde.

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[Overread]

Darn it people using different names on different sites- who's Devon? Anyone here??