What Are You Reading?
Tagged: Rakkety Tam (by Brian Jacques), reading
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March 21, 2009 at 6:21 pm #41022
Sarah
MemberThe middle one sounds interesting.
I still don’t know what I’m going to read next! Any suggestions?
March 22, 2009 at 5:48 pm #41023Alassiel
MemberI have the same dilemma.
March 25, 2009 at 1:48 am #41024C Triebold
MemberI don’t believe I will ever have the pleasure of not having a book, sitting on my shelf, screaming to read.
March 25, 2009 at 11:37 am #41025Jordan
MemberI’m reading The Mysterious Island, although it may get dropped in favor of The Bones of Makaidos when it comes soon!
March 25, 2009 at 2:06 pm #41026Sarah
MemberI decided it was time to reread the Wilderking Trilogy! I’m almost done with the second book.
March 25, 2009 at 4:08 pm #41027Alassiel
MemberC Triebold said:
I don’t believe I will ever have the pleasure of not having a book, sitting on my shelf, screaming to read.
I do have many books on my shelves begging me to finally read them, but there are so many that I’ve forgotten about most of them and don’t feel like reading the rest.
March 29, 2009 at 6:38 pm #41028Owan
MemberSarah said:
The middle one sounds interesting.
Here’s what I wrote on my blog about it well I was in the middle of it, Sarah.
“The story so far: in the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
Those are the opening words of the book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Yes, it’s scifi, as the title suggests, and comedy, as the quote suggests. I’m currently at the place between the twentieth and twenty-first chapters, which is about two-thirds of the way thru the book. It’s the second in a series and so far I’ve found I like the first, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, better.
I suppose I should point out right away that the author, Douglas Adams, is a athiest. Not a peaceful athiest, mind you, but a athiest who enjoys making fun of Christians and God. That is the one element of the books I don’t like. They’re really snort-worthy (i.e. amusing); if you’ve ever read Lemony Snicket you know the kind of humour I’m talking about. So, just to get that straight. If you can handle someone making fun of your God than go right ahead and read.
So, yes, I like the first better. I’m not really sure why, and I really can’t say why. Probably because I haven’t finished it yet.
Maybe Trillian and Arthur and Marvin and etc. will do something interesting before the book is over. We’ll see, I guess… The tea-making escapade was funny, BTW.
So, yes, there’s that. I finished it awhile ago and no they did nothing interesting. As a book by itself it’s pointless and you’d probably be totally confused unless you’ve read the first, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so, yes.
March 29, 2009 at 9:12 pm #41029Sarah
MemberAlrighty. Thanks!
I’ve been reading some of the Freddy books.
March 30, 2009 at 2:02 pm #41030wyatt
MemberRight now I’m reading castaways of the flying dutchman.
April 2, 2009 at 9:23 pm #41031wyatt
MemberNow I’m reading Rakkety Tam.
April 3, 2009 at 6:02 pm #41032Jordan
MemberThe Bones of Makaidos! (That’s if I can stop looking at the signed title page)
April 3, 2009 at 8:13 pm #41033Alyosha
MemberPrinciples of Mathematics 12…Prentice-Hall Biology…Civics Today…One Year Adventure Novel text…
That about sums it up.
Technically I am also reading Sorcery and Cecilia (thanks to the benevolent Owan!) and Little Dorrit but though both are excellent so far, they are progressing at an appalling speed.
April 3, 2009 at 11:20 pm #41034Jordan
MemberOh, I forgot… I’m also intermittently and randomly reading bits of Half Magic for various factoids and lines, as I’m adapting it for Script Frenzy.
April 6, 2009 at 6:35 pm #41035Pip
MemberI went on a burst of reading frenziedness and finished several including “The Moonspinners” [bleeegh], “Green Angel” [most glorious!!!] and “To Kill a Mockingbird”, which was surprisingly good; I thought I’d hate it but it ended up on my favourites shelf.
For school it’s “The Illiad”, “The Jesus I Never Knew” [I’ll be finishing that this month] and some other stuffeth.
*luved “Half Magic”* That’s interesting, doing a book adaption for SF; I’m doing SF but didn’t think of a book adaption. Kewl.
April 7, 2009 at 3:20 am #41036Owan
MemberI hope you like it, Alyosha!
I would like to say more but feel like I aight not to. Do send me your thoughts when you finish it.
(The “No, you needn’t send it back” will only be explained by my vLog, just so you know. I feel I must make that statement.)
To Kill a Mockingbird—
I’m reading it too, Pip! I started this afternoon and am now about halfway through. I’m really liking it, as well. I’m pretty sure it’ll be a favorite, something I didn’t expect! Yes, indeed, very good.
Also To Have and to Hold which is interesting but not really amazing, lovely cover though, also Diomede the Centurion which is unforgivably boring and also confusing. I’m “reading” Battling Unbelief by Piper, as well, for the Bible study/small group I attend.
It’s not really reading in the normal sense, so, yeah…
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