I can't believe it! After almost an entire year, I finally finished the book I was reading. I just couldn't get into it as much as other books, but I was damn determined to finish it before starting on any other book.



Now I'm on to my next book, and it's going infinitely faster. Heck, I'm halfway through the thing, and I only started yesterday afternoon!




What's on YOUR reading agenda?

"state of denial" by bob woodward

the lady of the flowers by Jean Genet...good book!

I have a few going on right now ...

Witches, Druids and King Arthur
Ronald Hutton

Halloween: Customs, Recipes and Spells
Silver RavenWolf

The Magic Eightball Test: A Christian Defense of Halloween and All Things Spooky
Lint Hatcher

Three, The 47th Ronin, The Communist Manifesto and the Tao Te Ching.

I'm in a book club and we were supposed to read Atonement by Ian McEwan for our discussion tonight. I didn't finish it...the first part up until the letter was SO boring. I just couldn't get into it. I'm on part 3 now, and I'll try to finish it, but I just don't think I like British literature.

Next up for the book club: Kite Runner.

Books were chosen by voter consensus...most of them are not things I'd probably choose. I prefer classics; but I'm trying to be more social so I'm participating anyway.

"faith for beginners" Aaron Hamburger

next I will be reading "the adventures of the artificial woman"

Tale of the Body Thief



and I've just started The Sorrows of Young Werther

I just finished these two

The Five People You Meet In Heaven...excellent!

Saving Fish From Drowning...not bad, but dragged in the middle.

Now I'm reading The Testament by Eric Van Lustbader...so far, so good.

Yes, its a kids book (that got made into a disney film)


I like kids books sometimes, "the book fo 3" is better then "the hobbit" at least.

reading is bad for your eyes and rots your brain

evenstar3 said:

I re-read that recently and wanted to kick the shit out of Werther.

And Lotte too for that matter.

Sturm und Drang my ass...

I just finished 'Panic' by Jeff Abbott. It was an Xmas present from my parents and had received good reviews. It was basically a supermarket trash spy thriller.

I needed a break from Dostoevsky. When am I ever going to finish reading 'The Eternal Husband'????

This is the first time I can actually participate in this.

Its called "Why Does he Do That?" .

luv4all7 said:

Congratulations on just learning to read.

Fauxie said:

Thanks!!! Betcha never thought you'd see ME here, huh???



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In case that doesn't work. A heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. I haven't read it in over 3 years so. I am re reading it. Its great.

luv4all7 said:

I usually don't go on these threads because I know 9s will be here boring people to death.

Fauxie said:

But when you say me on the BOOK thread you just HAD to check it out, dintcha???

luv4all7 said:

Of course!

I was all ready with my 'colouring books don't involve reading' response too.

Fauxie said:

Your the best.

I am catching up on my children books. Steve Augarde's prequel to The Various is called Celandine. It's all a rollercoaster ride again. Great writing.

In The Various a girl is drawn into the world of what she used to think was magic. She also finds out she was not the first in her family.

The second book tracks the adventures of her great-aunt Celandine. Good fun.


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i'm reading "WAKING UP IN ICELAND", which is a travel memoir/kinda-sorta hipster travel guide to the people and places in iceland. so far i'm getting a lot more information from it than anything else i've read on the topic. it dives into the icelandic music scene and shows a whole world outside of bjork and sigur ros - imagine that!

TMPletz said:

I wanna read that one, is it in paperback yet?

endorphin74 said:

WOW! i want, i want!

L'Assomoir - Emile Zola



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H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds.





One of my faves from my Youth.....Looking to buy Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun" next (Volumes 1 - 4) again, a past favourite, along with Weaveworld and Domain.....