Footsteps of Dawn Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Yeah, it does move pretty quickly - I'm almost done with The Fellowship of the Ring. So far, I'm really enjoying it! I also noticed that the movie follows pretty closely with the book - except I wish that they would have included Tom Bombadil in the movie. He seems like an interesting character! Aww, you're reading LOTR for the first time - how cool is that?! Glad you're liking it so far. Yeah, it went pretty quickly for me too until I hit the part where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are in Mordor. So they're walking slowly across a boring landscape, annoying the crap out of each other because they all have low blood sugar. Joy. Ha, sounds like an average day at my house, come to think of it...no wonder it seems boring. Anyway, don't tell anybody, but I usually skip their scenes whenever I re-read it. Other than that, though, it's pretty attention-keeping all the way through. Have fun! I just bought a book called Uther by Jack Whyte. I was re-reading The Mists of Avalon (which is like the best book EVAR, by the way) the other night, and I love the first part that focuses on Arthur's parents, but they're not really the main stars of the book, so I thought I'd look for something that was entirely about them. This was the the first thing I found...I hope it's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hotplant Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Just finished Slash And Nikki Sixx's autobiographies. It reminded me why I refused to raise my kids in the LA area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I just finished a "cozy" mystery (cute, but title and author already forgotten). Still haven't done my re-read of the 6th Harry Potter book, which I want to do before I see the movie and hope to start in the next day or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0mmunicati0nBreakd0wn Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Finished The Giver a couple days ago, very good book (But very weird Society the boy lived in, no colors, no fun, no music. . . no Zeppelin?!?!? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 1984, it's fantastic. I reccomend reading it if you haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagfarmer Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I just finished Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer. It is about George Mallory's quest to be the first to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Fantastic book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el mago Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 book of five rings - miyamoto musashi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy's A Legend Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 At the moment an article on Alice Cooper from the newspaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchzep27 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I saw this interview with -jim harrison on pbs the other night, seems like a very interesting character and writer. his new book is called, -in search of small gods. alot of the poems are based in nature. he goes on walks and has seen the same flock of mexican crowes for years and years and sometimes they follow him. he gives voices to nature in the poems. i had never heard of him before, but he seems like a real character, sort of an old fashioned writer in a way, heavy drinker and smoker. he and his wife of 50yrs love cooking and they made a big dinner for the interviewer in their modest home. he was an unknown writer until he wrote the movie -wolf for jack nicholson, which got him noticed as a writer. i have the new book on order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 great book I've read all four Rabbit Angstorm novels Rabbit Redux is my favorite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I've been re-reading all my Doors related books. Been on a major kick lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 For the second time: Just finished: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Nostromo.......Joseph Conrad hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOJO Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Gulliver's Travels 1947 version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Lena_Zep Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I started to read this book called The House Of Garibaldi Street which is about the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the lead head of Auschwitz. My mom is pissed 'cause I also wanted to read, if it's possible, the documents on Nuremberg Trials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Finally making some good progress on Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins. Had jury duty, lots of waiting around...I'm halfway through it, yay! I started reading it a few months ago and only got a couple of pages in; it definitely picks up speed once you get going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaÜberAlles Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 On the Road for about the third time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. I haven't read it in over 12 years, and I am loving it. Cold water, a lazy Saturday and a good book! Yesss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tang991 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I'm a Hemingway convert after this book. Very relaxed style of prose. Mandy: I had to read the Grapes of Wrath 2 years ago for class. I love the symbolism and the layers of the book. I hate the prose, but it's really deep, good lit. Right now I'm picking through the symbols in The Sun Also Rises from a formalist standpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 (edited) The First Time We Met the Blues - by Jimmy's friend David Williams Very interesting. Covers when Pagey was a teenager. Edited August 2, 2009 by aen27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I'm a Hemingway convert after this book. Very relaxed style of prose. Mandy: I had to read the Grapes of Wrath 2 years ago for class. I love the symbolism and the layers of the book. I hate the prose, but it's really deep, good lit. Right now I'm picking through the symbols in The Sun Also Rises from a formalist standpoint. I've never read The Sun Also Rises, but I've read other Hemingway books. I like him, but I'm not a HUGE fan. There are too many things that point to him being a man's man writer and I'm too much of a feminist to be able to deal with Ernie in large doses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepulon Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 The Awakening by Kate Chopin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 ^That's a good one. I read it for a lit class. I ended up doing my semester-long paper on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spalove Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Mysterious Skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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