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Thread started 08/17/13 9:33pm

PurpleJedi

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What are you reading now?

So I took my kids to the bookstore today (forgot my damned coupon! mad ) and I thought about getting myself something, but ultimately couldn't decide what I want to read.

I'm sort of overloaded on the Sci-fi right now.


I was thinking of something like Steven King, but nothing piqued my interest.

I am halfway through "The Robe" for about 2 years now...completely lost interest in it. I lost interest in Star Wars (which I used to ravenously consume). I have one of the Dan Brown books (The Lost Symbol maybe?) that I don't really want to start reading right now. I started one of the Kabbalah books that I got at the center, and it doesn't interest me much.

shrug

So tell me Readers of the Org...what are YOU reading right now?

I still have that coupon and think I want a good read.

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Reply #1 posted 08/17/13 9:40pm

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i have like 6 books that are unfinshed/unread...but i would say. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer

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Reply #2 posted 08/17/13 9:43pm

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Reply #3 posted 08/17/13 9:43pm

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SlowNslipp3ryGr00vy said:

i have like 6 books that are unfinshed/unread...but i would say. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer


Never read that. Isn't it Old English?

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Reply #4 posted 08/17/13 10:18pm

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I am reading Dan Simmons' "The Terror."

Here's a summary:

The Terror is the name of a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.[1] The novel is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic to force the Northwest Passage in 1845–1848. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and scurvy and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.[2]

The characters featured in The Terror are almost all actual members of Franklin's crew, whose unexplained disappearance has warranted a great deal of speculation. The main characters in the novel include Sir John Franklin, commander of the expedition and captain of Erebus, Captain Francis Crozier, captain of Terror, Dr Harry D.S Goodsir, and Captain James Fitzjames.[3]

In the final chapters of the book, Simmons explores and uses various aspects of Eskimo mythology to explain the existence of the monster (called the Tuunbaq) as a mythological creature made flesh, as well as its reasons for stalking and preying on the men of the Franklin Expedition.

The Terror was nominated for the British Fantasy Award in 2008.

The Terror
Terror simmons.jpg

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Reply #5 posted 08/17/13 10:37pm

veronikka

Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul
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Reply #6 posted 08/17/13 11:36pm

Rococo

for some reason during this time, i get a hankering for reading anything about medieval stuff mostly from england or germany. Its been happening ever since i was a teenager. its starts when summer ends until winter.

so i am at the moment looking for high fantasy.

so im gathering books for the harvest of sorts.

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Reply #7 posted 08/17/13 11:46pm

HMD82

I needed to read a book that could take my mind off things, and this was it.

[img:$uid]http://chamberfour.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole.jpg[/img:$uid]

One of the funniest books I read in a long time.

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Reply #8 posted 08/18/13 12:46am

morningsong

Finished the last book in the series "My Soul to Take"

In the middle of "A Clash of Kings"


Starting "Domino Falls"
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Reply #9 posted 08/18/13 1:06am

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Tittypants said:

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Reply #10 posted 08/18/13 4:30am

dJJ

Marilyn French. In the name of friendship.

But she might not be your cup of tea. Just guessing here.




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Reply #11 posted 08/18/13 4:33am

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I decided to start reading Stephen King's son. shrug

[Edited 8/25/13 15:42pm]


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Your lies, they cut me.
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Reply #12 posted 08/18/13 6:19am

babynoz

I'm reading Dan Brown's new one...Inferno

The premise is interesting as well as the history of Florence and Dante but Brown's cheesy dialogue is cringeworthy. A few over the top scenes require suspension of disbelief.

[Edited 8/18/13 6:24am]

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Reply #13 posted 08/18/13 9:17am

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I'm about to start "The Male Brain"
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Reply #14 posted 08/18/13 9:18am

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Reply #15 posted 08/18/13 10:19am

Nothinbutjoy

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I'm not reading anything but what I see surfing the internet. I have books lined up to read but no desire to read at the moment.
I'm firmly planted in denial
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Reply #16 posted 08/18/13 1:38pm

thaddlephakkum

Candide, Voltaire
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Reply #17 posted 08/18/13 1:39pm

thaddlephakkum

Oops
[Edited 8/18/13 14:14pm]
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Reply #18 posted 08/18/13 3:26pm

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http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Behavior-Novel-Barbara-Kingsolver/dp/0062124277

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We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
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Reply #19 posted 08/18/13 7:49pm

PurpleJedi

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FormerlyKnownAs said:

I am reading Dan Simmons' "The Terror."

Here's a summary:

The Terror is the name of a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.[1] The novel is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic to force the Northwest Passage in 1845–1848. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and scurvy and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.[2]

The characters featured in The Terror are almost all actual members of Franklin's crew, whose unexplained disappearance has warranted a great deal of speculation. The main characters in the novel include Sir John Franklin, commander of the expedition and captain of Erebus, Captain Francis Crozier, captain of Terror, Dr Harry D.S Goodsir, and Captain James Fitzjames.[3]

In the final chapters of the book, Simmons explores and uses various aspects of Eskimo mythology to explain the existence of the monster (called the Tuunbaq) as a mythological creature made flesh, as well as its reasons for stalking and preying on the men of the Franklin Expedition.

The Terror was nominated for the British Fantasy Award in 2008.

The Terror
Terror simmons.jpg


That sounds VERY interesting.

thumbs up!

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Reply #20 posted 08/18/13 7:58pm

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I lied actually.

I'd completely forgotten that last weekend (I think Alzheimer's is creeping in) I set myself to start reading the Game of Thrones books.
dead

I saw the first 2 episodes in the series, and decided I wanted to read the books, so I ordered the first two books in the series. They've been in storage until last weekend when I told myself I would read it...packed it in the bag I took to the beach...and forgot all about it.

So in response to my own thread;



err

disbelief

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Reply #21 posted 08/18/13 11:57pm

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Just finished To Kill A Mockingbird, and thinking about rereading this Prince biography razz

Love god may u live 2 see the dawn
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Reply #22 posted 08/19/13 5:57am

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PrivateJoy1981657 said:

Just finished To Kill A Mockingbird, and thinking about rereading this Prince biography razz


wink

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Reply #23 posted 08/19/13 8:50am

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Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #24 posted 08/19/13 10:03am

Empress

In the Shadow of the Banyon - Vaddey Ratner. Very good story and well written.

Makes me thankful for all I have and so glad that I live in Canada.

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Reply #25 posted 08/19/13 2:26pm

namepeace

Just finished Gil Scott-Heron's "The Last Holiday."

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Reply #26 posted 08/19/13 5:19pm

morningsong

PurpleJedi said:

I lied actually.

I'd completely forgotten that last weekend (I think Alzheimer's is creeping in) I set myself to start reading the Game of Thrones books.
dead

I saw the first 2 episodes in the series, and decided I wanted to read the books, so I ordered the first two books in the series. They've been in storage until last weekend when I told myself I would read it...packed it in the bag I took to the beach...and forgot all about it.

So in response to my own thread;





err

disbelief





Only 2 episodes? Hmm, okay. As always there are differences in the books and the TV series.
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Reply #27 posted 08/19/13 5:46pm

babynoz

namepeace said:

Just finished Gil Scott-Heron's "The Last Holiday."


How was it?

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Reply #28 posted 08/19/13 6:11pm

RodeoSchro

I believe I have read every single fictional work, or collection of fictional stories, by the great Louis L'Amour!

Now what?!? confused

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Reply #29 posted 08/19/13 6:18pm

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[img:$uid]http://i43.tower.com/images/mm119382481/h-p-lovecraft-complete-fiction-hardcover-cover-art.jpg[/img:$uid]

I've already read several of Lovecraft's stories but I've finally decided to dig in

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