What are we reading? [WARNING: SPOILER ALERT]

Post by **_Mercury** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:10 pm

Slowly getting through the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:49 pm

liz3564 wrote:I'm totally addicted!

Do you have Fantastic BEasts and where to FInd Them and Quidditch Through the Ages? If not you aren't possibly addicted as some people I know ;)

I agree with you, Bond. I wish Rowling would quit killing good characters. I was so mad when Dumbledore was killed. :(

Yeah....Killing Sirius and Dumbledore really pissed me off. If the rumors are true about who's dying in the next I will be severely upset/pissed off.

Maybe he isn't really dead!

I'm pretty sure he's dead. It's kinda important (in literary sense) to get rid of the one shield Harry has between him and Voldy. But it doesn't mean we have to like it. I'm hoping to meet Dumbledore's brother finally though (although we briefly met him at the Hog's Head (where he's the bartender).

I also think that we're going to find out that Snape is actually good instead of evil.

Probably....although everyone's expecting him to turn good so I wouldn't be suprised if Snape is if fact evil.

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:51 pm

Dr. Shades wrote:Un-frickin' believable! I guess I'm a little too OCD when I read. I can't imagine finishing a book in a week, much less a day, much less two in one day.

Ah....you're one of those fun readers. I'm hardcore nuts about certain books and will plow through them. Evidence: Reading LotR in 4 days while sick.

Post by **_The Nehor** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:48 pm

Bond...James Bond wrote:
Dr. Shades wrote:Un-frickin' believable! I guess I'm a little too OCD when I read. I can't imagine finishing a book in a week, much less a day, much less two in one day.

Ah....you're one of those fun readers. I'm hardcore nuts about certain books and will plow through them. Evidence: Reading LotR in 4 days while sick.

Yeah!!!! I found someone as nuts as me. My last reading of the Silmarillion and the LotR took about the same amount of time. I average 2-3 books a week and more if I'm not busy (i.e. School or work or a lot of wargaming).

Post by **_Scottveg3** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:28 pm

Hmmm lets see.

Just Finished: Earth Abides, and Enders Game

In the middle of: Snowcrash and A Peoples History of teh United States

Will start: Harry Potter!

I am so excited..I am already preordered.

Post by **_Alter Idem** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:03 pm

Just read:
"Conflict in the Quorum; Orson Pratt, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young"
"Life and Thought--Biography of Orson Pratt"

Am now reading:
"The Tribune Reports of the Trials of John D. Lee from 1874-78"

Will read next:
"Blood of the Prophets; Mountain Meadows Massacre"

I'll be going off to my yearly pilgrimage to the Beach in Southern Calif. and need some books to read. I rarely read novels but am considering reading "The Thirteenth Tale" because I heard it was good. Also, the book "Twilight"; anyone read this one? I've also got Quinn's Biography of J. Reuben Clark which I'm thinking of taking with me.

Post by **_silentkid** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:09 pm

Scottveg3 wrote:A Peoples History of the United States

Nice! Nothing like some good Howard Zinn. :)

Post by **_Bond...James Bond** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:26 am

The Nehor wrote:Yeah!!!! I found someone as nuts as me. My last reading of the Silmarillion and the LotR took about the same amount of time. I average 2-3 books a week and more if I'm not busy (I.e. School or work or a lot of wargaming).

Not a big fan of the Silmarillion (it's not as polished in my opinion as the LotR)....but huge LotR and the Hobbit fan (and the movies were excellent too) I anxiously await The Hobbit on movie (hopefully they'll put Peter Jackson back in the driver's seat, or he'll at least lend them the BagEnd set for the movie if they do it)

Post by **_Scottveg3** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:53 am

silentkid wrote:
Scottveg3 wrote:A Peoples History of the United States

Nice! Nothing like some good Howard Zinn. :)

Hehe I think Zinn and Chomsky should be required reading for any High School Student. Ever Read "The Lies my Teacher taught Me." by James Loewen. Its really good to!

Post by **_silentkid** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:00 am

Scottveg3 wrote:Hehe I think Zinn and Chomsky should be required reading for any High School Student. Ever Read "The Lies my Teacher taught Me." by James Loewen. Its really good to!

A People's History was our required text my junior year in high school for US History. It made a lot of parents mad, but my teacher was great. It gave me a good head start for what to expect in college.