Books: What book are you reading right now

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 08:00 AM

Chanteyranger - Mrs Malaprop came from Sheridan's 'The Rivals'. Read it at school many, many years ago.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Dec 06 - 08:02 AM

Why you pineapple of politeness, Mr.Chanteyranger! Mrs. M is from The Rivals.

Perhaps you are thinking of Madame Pernelle. Or just les devots in general?

Religious frauds and hypocrites, a timeless theme.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Cluin
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 07:15 PM

Went to the library to return a couple of books and took out a couple more.

Got Charles de Lint's "Dreams Underfoot" (a collection of short stories) and got about halfway through the first story when I realized I read it before. Not one of de Lint's best efforts, but... oh well, I just picked it up for some light reading anyway, so I'll reread it.

Queued up in the bull-pen: Poul Anderson's "Mother of Kings". But now I have a sneaking suspicion that I've read it already as well.

I must be getting old...

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 07:56 PM

Just finished Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods' and am starting Stephen King's CELL.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,riverboat annie
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 08:32 PM

I just read "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales and I am reading "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick, "Becoming Attached" by Robert Karan and then "the Tenth Circle" by Jodi Picoult. She is new to me. Anyone read her other books?

I start a graduate English folklore class next week and that should have some interesting reading....just have to come off the riverboat one night a week....okay though, the river is muddy this time of year...

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 08:45 PM

Just finished Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard, which was lame. Currently reading Bound for Glory.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Slag
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 10:24 PM

Still slugging through THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS, Vol III. I am also reading 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN and CULTURE WARRIOR.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: heric
Date: 02 Jan 07 - 10:28 PM

Black Swan Green.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: fat B****rd
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 04:55 AM

Forgot H.P.Lovecraft.I am determined to plough through Peter Ackroyd's "London".

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Hollowfox
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 05:57 PM

1) O My Sweet Fuzzy Ducklings, what a bunch of bookaholics we've got here.
2) Kendall.. Dave Baeey is a Republican!?!
3) Oh yeah, I'm reading Chas Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: number 6
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 06:10 PM

"Peter Ackroyd's "London"."

I read that FatB ... a little while ago. Good. When I finished reading it, I had the feeling he left quite a bit out.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Becca72
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 07:04 PM

I just finished "A is for Alibi" and am now starting "B is for Burgler" both by Sue Grafton.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,Ravenheart
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 09:43 PM

The Ringbearer's Diary by Peter Kjærulff. This is a thoroughly weird but (I think) engrossing book that tries to show that the Ring (as a literary device in Tolkien and Wagner) symbolizes a complex of ideas that has influenced human history.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 07 - 10:52 PM

I've just started The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid, but i am nto sure I will keep reading. I thought the first one I read by her, A Place of Execution, was brilliant, but in this one, possibly, and one other for sure which I tried, she gets way too graphic for my taste.

Also just finished a couple of mysteries by Michael McGarrity and one by James D. Doss, a Charlie Moon mystery. Good, fast, and fun reads, all three.

Also, reread The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke. Loved it just as much, if not more, this time.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Jan 07 - 02:31 AM

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes. This book just oozes vine-ripe tomatoes, fresh cut herbs, plates of cheese and fruit, and drips olive oil.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jan 07 - 10:48 PM

Carol just gave me Cormac McCarthy's new one--- THE ROAD -- for our fortieth anniversary yesterday---January 3rd. I wanted that book in the worst way and had left several hints around the place.---And she came through. I'm really looking forward to it.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,Anne Thrax
Date: 04 Jan 07 - 10:56 PM

The bible.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,Scoville
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 12:04 AM

Oops--GUEST Jan 2, 07 8:45 was me. Forgot to put my name in the window. Sorry.

I've also got lined up one called Stagolee Shot Billy, by Cecil Brown, about the variants and historical references of the song "Stagolee". I gave it to my dad for his birthday a few years ago and he says it was pretty good.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 01:51 AM

Art, Cormac McCarthy produces some of the most stunningly powerful prose written today. Have you read Blood Meridian?

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: autolycus
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 03:33 AM

But Is It Art? by Cynthia Freeland,professor of philosophy uni.of Houston, an introduction to thinking about art.

    The intro begins,"This is a book about what art is,what it means,, and why we value it.."





      Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 05:26 AM

Art and Carol, CONGRATUALTIONS!! Forty years, wow!!!!! Sorry we missed noting this!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Joe_F
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 09:11 PM

Rereading _Brighter than a Thousand Suns_ by Robert Jungk. Starting _Names on the Globe_ by George R. Stewart.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 10:09 PM

What's Peter Ackroyd ever done for you? Sod the book, if you don't like it.

I don't know how you could write a boring book about Oscar Wilde, but he managed to.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 10:13 PM

Gave up Val McDermid's books. Am rereading The Midwive's Advice" by Gay Courter. One of my favourite books, as well as her earlier one The Midwife.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Amos
Date: 05 Jan 07 - 10:16 PM

"2000 Years of Disbelief-- Famous People with the Courage to Doubt", by James Haught. Just began it.


A

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 11:47 AM

John Dillinger - America's first celebrity criminal
by Dary Matera

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 01:23 AM

Just finished Jimmy Buffet's "A Salty PIece of Land." Quite good, imo.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Cluin
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 02:51 AM

I read Cormac McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" a few years ago. WOW!

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: kendall
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:04 AM

Elements of style by Strunk and White. (E B that is)
I'm surprised at how much I don't know, and it reminds me of a remark by George Carlin who said "I never watch Sesame Street. I know most of that stuff."

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: jacqui.c
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 08:14 AM

A Mix Of Years - William S Morse - Bigchuck's grandfather.

On loan from the Midchucks.

It's basically a description of life in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early 20th century. Interesting reading.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Wesley S
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:13 AM

Cluin - Have you read Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" yet? It's on eof the darkest novels I've ever read. Not for the faint of heart.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,Noddy
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:52 AM

I am reading/just finished a great book called "365 ways to change the world" ( see my thread on it) by Michael Norton.

The title is self explanatory and the content is very illuminating.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 09:58 AM

Seven Lies

I just read Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." A little (a lot) too much brain matter sprayed over cheap motel room walls for my taste)

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Midchuck
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 01:06 PM

A Mix Of Years - William S Morse - Bigchuck's grandfather.

Father, actually. Sandy's pretty venerable. Nyuck, Nyuck.

Peter.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: JeremyC
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 01:34 PM

Just finished "The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education" by Grace Llewellyn, and while I disagree with some of her assumptions, I think it has some compelling arguments against public schooling (or any kind of "school" setting as we commonly understand the term).

Right now I'm dividing my time between "Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers," by Alissa Quart, about the weird influence of brands among teens and children (it's not exactly unbiased, so I'm giving it a critical read, but it's interesting, at least) and "The Glory and the Dream," by William Manchester, a big thick book on the history of the US from the '30s to the '70s. I'm hoping this one will give me some answers on what caused the cultural earthquake of 1968 and its aftershock in 1973 (or so), because that will give me a foothold on understanding Why We're Here.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: DougR
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 01:51 PM

Just finished "Berlin" by Pierre Frei (enjoyed it very much) and am now reading "The Good German," by Joseph Kanon and it shows real promise.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 01:52 PM

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

I haven't decided yet what I think about it. The story is intriguing, but the author's writing style doesn't impress me much.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 02:21 PM

Italian Rapier Fencing (Jared Kirby translation) by Ridolfo Capo Ferro.

The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry by Christine De Pizan (Sumner Willard translation).

The Inner Game of Fencing by Nick Evangilista.

Renaissance Swordsmanship : The Illustrated Use of Rapiers and Cut-And-Thrust Swords by John Clements.

And I just finished The Secret History of the Sword by J. Christoph Amberger.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 02:23 PM

Sounds like something's goin on in your life, there, Rap.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 03:00 PM

Rap, I bet Mister would like some of those books.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 03:51 PM

I gotten interested in historical fencing and Western Martial Arts, that's all. Or rather, I'm indulging an interest in them. I already fence epee and foil and a little saber, but only "dry" -- I'm in it for exercise and enjoyment, not scores.

(I wanted to join the Society for Creative Anachronism but the local group wouldn't let me be a leper.)

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Alec
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 03:56 PM

I have just finished reading Michael Palin's Diaries 1969-1979
which,like their author I found to be witty,perceptive & informative in equal measure.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: LilyFestre
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 05:16 PM

Marrying Mozart

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Kim C
Date: 18 Jan 07 - 05:26 PM

"(I wanted to join the Society for Creative Anachronism but the local group wouldn't let me be a leper.)"

How's come?

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Cluin
Date: 19 Jan 07 - 12:17 AM

Q. What'd the leper say to the prostitute?

A. Keep the tip.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: kendall
Date: 19 Jan 07 - 08:48 AM

Doug, I'm sure you would enjoy THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG. It is so right wing, yet very interesting.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 06:48 PM

Just finished Volume I of the "The Heaven Tree" trilogy by Edith Pargeter who wrote the Brother Cadfael mysteries using the name Ellis Peters. This one was really breathtakingly good. I'll be looking for the other two, now.

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: GUEST,LilyFestre
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 06:54 PM

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood.

A nice story to curl up with on a cold winter's day...heartwarming.

:) Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: heric
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 11:26 PM

Horned Man

Subject: RE: BS: What book are you reading right now
From: Riginslinger
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 11:40 PM

"Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon" by Daniel C. Dennett.