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Title: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 24, 2006, 09:02:19 AM
So, let's boost this section ladies and gents... what are you reading at the moment?
Any open book on your bedside table?  I guess I have about five books on it, waiting for me to end reading them.
I know I'll be distracted on my way: I just got a yummy package containing Dance Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton, Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour, Devils and Demons and the Return of the Nephilim by John Klein and Adam Spears.

Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowling on July 24, 2006, 09:07:23 AM
Illusions, by Richard Bach.

 The first in the Duncton wood series.

 Begginner's Esperanto.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 24, 2006, 09:10:49 AM
Illusions, by Richard Bach.
 The first in the Duncton wood series.
 Begginnr's Esperanto.

First impressions, Shadowling? Very manly impressions, huh  0-)
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 24, 2006, 09:12:46 AM
O.T.
Don't you find it creepy when you go to the "who's online" page and somebody's looking at your profile?
Hands off, guest, don't waste my corset.
There's nothing to look at!!!  :focus:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowling on July 24, 2006, 09:16:15 AM
Illusions, by Richard Bach.
 The first in the Duncton wood series.
 Begginnr's Esperanto.

First impressions, Shadowling? Very manly impressions, huh  0-)

  Do I detect sarcasm? Is there something not very manly about Esperanto?  :|
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 24, 2006, 09:18:45 AM
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  Do I detect sarcasm? Is there something not very manly about Esperanto?  :|
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I swear, my sarcasm is completely focused on the "manly" comment, not Esperanto! So, yeah, the sarcasm was there, waiting for an ambush.

So far, what do you think about the books you are reading?  :crazy:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowling on July 24, 2006, 09:23:14 AM
I cannot pay attention to Duncton Wood. In the middle of a chapter I'll think, "Hmmm, I could do with a cappuchino...", and that's the end of that book for one day.

 Illusions, on the other hand, is genius. I'v read it thrice already. Richard Bach packs some amazingly good concepts into that one book, although it is infuriatingly short.

 Begginner's Esperanto? Well, its a textbook, what can I say? Its useful, but doesn't have much of a plot.

                               
                               -Shadowling
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Dark Lord M on July 24, 2006, 09:23:59 AM
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White, I read slowly thats why I'm still reading the first stroy after a month.  [|:)
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on July 24, 2006, 12:33:56 PM
Currently reading American Gods (obviously); flitting in and out of Stephen King's Danse Macabre (fantastic book which I have read 2 or 3 times every year since 1981), and about to finish Lynn Picknett's The Secret History of Lucifer (which has been a real struggle - I've had it for almost a year, but I keep snorting with derision and tossing it into a corner.)
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Zak Roy Yoballa on July 24, 2006, 04:37:13 PM
Romeo and Juliet, when time permits
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 24, 2006, 11:51:12 PM
Currently reading American Gods (obviously); flitting in and out of Stephen King's Danse Macabre (fantastic book which I have read 2 or 3 times every year since 1981), and about to finish Lynn Picknett's The Secret History of Lucifer (which has been a real struggle - I've had it for almost a year, but I keep snorting with derision and tossing it into a corner.)

What is the struggle about?  What is the approach of The Secret History of Lucifer?
Thumb up for Dance Macabre, I love King's opinions and behind the scenes. But I only read it twice.
And I'm still deciding whether to buy Colorado Kid or not. Buick 8 left me so disappointed I don' want to change my mind on King.
One slip may be forgiven, two are a bad habit hard to break  :|
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on July 25, 2006, 04:49:39 AM
She is one of those atrocious writers that takes an extremely vague reference, a paragraph later uses it to make an equally vague and tenuous link, later refers back to it as an established fact, and then bases a whole chapter around the "truth" subsequently imparted by it. They make for interesting reading if you can suspend your intellect, but are otherwise laughable.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Dark Lord M on July 26, 2006, 02:44:22 PM
Just finished Sword in the Stone, now I'm reading the Queen of Air and Darkness.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on July 29, 2006, 12:15:30 PM
I've just begun "Life, a User's Manual" by Georges Perec.
Hope it's a fresh start on French literature after I followed an advice suggesting to read Michel Houellebecq, :| whose books really got me depressed.  :-o
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Post by: Weirdelicious on July 29, 2006, 11:02:33 PM
The lord of the rings, the two towers. I don't have to mention the author!  :wink:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 05, 2006, 08:51:58 AM
I've just been given a copy of Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar. Although I already read that book, I think I'll give it a second look soon.
Cortázar is considered one of the most influential writers of Latin America after the II World War. The main character is Horacio Oliveira, an Argentinian living in Paris, whose thoughts and opinions are the very core of this brilliant book. Literary, philosophical and musical references entwine with the episodes running through Horacio's life.
I'd like to suggest both Hopscotch and Cronopios and Famas. The latter will make you think which of the two definitions sums you better.
For dreamers who won't publicly admit it.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: prezhorusin04 on August 06, 2006, 08:17:47 PM
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Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour,

That sounds interesting......
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 07, 2006, 12:17:59 AM
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Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour,
That sounds interesting......

The cover is extremely interesting  :-D
Haven't started as yet, I'll tell you more when I'm into the book. I'm currently reading a couple of very easy-going books my sister gave me. After that, I'll be back to my dark books. I have some Laymon to read, the one on witchcraft by Montague Summers, and about ten others waiting to get my attention :?
 :-D
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on August 07, 2006, 02:44:36 AM
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Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour,

That sounds interesting......

Download it for free at

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/iwd/index.htm
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 07, 2006, 02:52:55 AM
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Download it for free at
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/iwd/index.htm
:-o
 :doh:
where were you hidden a couple of months ago?
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on August 07, 2006, 03:58:20 AM
Sorry, Angel, I didn't know you were after it  :|
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 07, 2006, 05:00:02 AM
I didn't know it either. Just fell for the cover   :doh:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 08, 2006, 08:34:04 AM
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Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour,
That sounds interesting......

I was so bored after the first chapter that I left that book aside to pick up "Devils and Demons and the Return of the Nephilim" by John Klein and Adam Spears.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on August 08, 2006, 01:06:44 PM
Never judge a book by its cover  :lol:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 08, 2006, 01:18:21 PM
Never judge a book by its cover  :lol:
:x
what are you reading at the moment, evil Viper?  :wink:
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on August 08, 2006, 01:36:25 PM
This post.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 08, 2006, 02:12:37 PM
This post.

Let me rephrase it, my hissing and maddening one.
Which book/books are you currently reading or you are going to? No, I don't consider playboy issues and comics as books, so stick to the real, possibly dusty ones  :roll:

-Snarling Angel-
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Devious Viper on August 08, 2006, 02:33:01 PM
"American Gods" (everyone else seems to be finished..? Didn't you make pencil notes in the margin? Cross-reference sections? Etc?  :? )

"The Road To Eternal Life" (not an alchemical tract, a Christian book; the "eternal life" referred to is Salvation. "...Broad is the road that leads to destruction... and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" Matthew 7:13-14)

"The Practical Christian" Gordon Keddie
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 11, 2006, 10:00:32 AM
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- Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by John. D. Seymour -

I was so bored after the first chapter that I left that book aside to pick up "Devils and Demons and the Return of the Nephilim" by John Klein and Adam Spears.

As I don't want to make a record out of crap books with non-existing words (or books buyed when I could download them for free on the Internet - Feel like *hissing, snarling and biting*) so I'm taking my time to read Cortazar again while I'm waiting for the next shipping of crap books I happened to order online a few days ago.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Morticia on August 15, 2006, 03:52:05 PM
Romeo and Juliet, when time permits

You like Shakespeare?  I do too.

If you want to watch what I consider the best version of this book, try the one by Franco Zefferelli.  It was released in the late 60's and stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting.  I believe it was the first time anyone used actors that were remotely close to the age of the teens in the book.

Each scene is composed with background and people as if it was a work of art.

~Morticia
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Morticia on August 15, 2006, 03:55:24 PM
I usually read more than one book at a time; right now I'm reading one of the Amish fiction books by Beverly Lewis, "Shady Grove" by Janice Holt Giles, doing a Bible study by Beth Moore called "The Patriarchs", and whatever other reading material I run up on.  I am a firm believer that one cannot have access to too many books.

~Morticia
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on August 25, 2006, 02:00:12 AM
I'm halfway through Dead to The World, by Charlaine Harris. I was in need of an easy reading, was curious to see what Ms. Harris was about and I thought that seeing the original book in a store here was a sign. I had to buy that book. I did.
I discovered that it is the fourth of a series (Sookie Stackhouse), and I haven't read the other three. Not a problem, she's good at keeping you updated on the main character's past.
Am I enjoying the reading? Not *that* much.
Next time I'll read she's compared to Laurell K. Hamilton I won't be able to stop my head from shaking as in disbelief.
Her characters are vague. It is a light-hearted reading, period.

Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Moloch on August 27, 2006, 10:06:59 PM
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Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowborn on September 08, 2006, 12:16:04 PM
Continuing to plod my way through The Prince, and Other Writings by Machiavelli, after setting it aside for almost a year.

A couple of Doctor Who novels a friend loaned me, to tide me over until the next season starts on SciFi.

I'm also about to start a reread of Conrad's Heart of Darkness (the horror, the horror) and Melville's Benito Cerino so I can do a comparative analysis of the content and themes. (Not homework, just a personal project of mine.)
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Bloody Angel on September 29, 2006, 05:33:10 AM
I'm reading "Island" by Richard Laymon. As brilliant as usual.
Next I'll turn my attention to Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
Later I'm going to the bookshop to fetch a copy of A Box Of Bunny Suicides, which is going to be a present. If you don't know Riley's books, get one. They are a real must
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowborn on September 29, 2006, 10:02:38 AM
Next I'll turn my attention to Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.

Excellent book! I'd also recommend his short story collection, After the Quake, if you haven't read it already.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: Shadowborn on October 03, 2006, 11:57:33 AM
I'm currently reading Teaching Lolita in Tehran, a memoir by an Iranian woman, about attempting to teach American literature during the days when Khomeini's totalitarian government was forming. Interesting stuff...some of it rather hard to read, given the persecution and rampant killing that went on during that time.
Title: Re: Yawn (let's wake up, huh?)
Post by: sexywolfgirl on January 28, 2009, 11:49:38 AM
I just finished cry wolf by Patricia Briggs. it is about a alpha male werewolf and his Omega werewolf mate. It was good. i give it a 8.5 out of 10.