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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Sawyer wrote:
    Goblet of Fire.........gotta catch up:)

    i may try to reread the whole series before book 7 comes out this summer...
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    rrivers wrote:
    The Planets- Dava Sobel
    I started this. What do you think of it so far? I don't read essays much, and it gets a little tedious.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I started this. What do you think of it so far? I don't read essays much, and it gets a little tedious.

    It's ok. I just read "The Ruins" by Scott Smith which was a fast paced horror novel so I always try to pick something up next that is in a different direction. I am almost finished the Venus part now. I agree it is a little tedious, especially when she gets into the mythology of where the planets got their names. I really enjoy reading about what the planets are like and the different missions that have been sent out to learn more about them. The good thing is that it is not that long and there are illustrations so it shouldn't take that long to get through.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Ulalume
    Ulalume Posts: 48
    I'm reading Stephen King's "The Waste Lands." This is the third book from the Dark Tower series. Pretty good.
    How dark a woe! yet how sublime a hope!
    How silently serene a sea of pride!
    How daring an ambition! yet how deep--
    How fathomless a capacity for love!
  • I am now on jack and Jill-James Patterson.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • Two books on the go right now:

    "The Vancouver Stories: West Coast Fiction From Canada's Greatest Writers"
    introduction by Douglas Coupland

    and

    "For One More Day" - Mitch Albom

    Both are very good.
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Ulalume wrote:
    I'm reading Stephen King's "The Waste Lands." This is the third book from the Dark Tower series. Pretty good.

    Sweet, the Dark Towers series is my favourite book series and story. I love these books, and read them all. I will once again tackle them.

    In The Waste Lands, I loved the part with Blaine the Mono. Classic. Then that huge bear was great. Book 4 was unbelievable, you will really like that one. It's very emotional, it delves into Roland's childhood, which was very tragic. Wow, good luck, enjoy these books :)
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I just started reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

    I have read the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, and thought I would give another of his books a read. Just started, so I am 40 pages in, but it seems rather interesting. I think I will enjoy it
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    smarchee wrote:
    Sweet, the Dark Towers series is my favourite book series and story. I love these books, and read them all. I will once again tackle them.

    In The Waste Lands, I loved the part with Blaine the Mono. Classic. Then that huge bear was great. Book 4 was unbelievable, you will really like that one. It's very emotional, it delves into Roland's childhood, which was very tragic. Wow, good luck, enjoy these books :)

    Yeah I think book 4 might be my favorite which is funny because I hated it when I first read it. But I reread it when book 5 came out and it was really good.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    I've been reading on Stephen King's "Needful Things"......................Good so far, getting pretty bloody, ha.
  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    Wizard's First Rule - Terry Goodkind
    38
  • bacchanal
    bacchanal Posts: 149
    the dark tower:stephen king
    its my second go around for this series(7 books) if u havent read this series...U will be blown away!!!


    NICE.....my 500th post......i am now a soldier of LOVE!!!!! cool!!!
  • bacchanal
    bacchanal Posts: 149
    rrivers wrote:
    Yeah I think book 4 might be my favorite which is funny because I hated it when I first read it. But I reread it when book 5 came out and it was really good.


    no way.....i probably should have read this thread.....hehehe
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    bacchanal wrote:
    the dark tower:stephen king
    its my second go around for this series(7 books) if u havent read this series...U will be blown away!!!

    yeah, this is definitly Stephen King's best work, a colossal story
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    I am reading Die Blechtrommel, in German (my 3rd language :D). Known as the Tin Drum in other countries I believe. Impressive stuff.

    Dark Tower is def great stuff!!!!
    Like a cloud dropping rain
    I'm discarding all thought
    I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
    I'm like an opening band for the sun
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    I can't find the other thread about this.


    Lost- Gregory Maguire
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • audiodave
    audiodave Posts: 1,623
    Several.

    I was reading Time Enough For Love by Robert Heinlein, but I got halfway through and needed something a little let tiresome, so now i'm reading the K-PAX trilogy by Gene Brewer.

    For a university project, i'm also reading MANY books, one at this moment in time is Kepler's Physical Astronomy. I'm on here as I needed a break from it!
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

    I don't wanna think, I wanna feel

    Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06

    London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
  • Its me or the Dog by Victoria Stillwell.
    Love that damn show and i love my doggie..... wanna teach him Victoria style!
    he who forgets will be destined to remember
  • Mishral
    Mishral Posts: 211
    Explain, Explain, Einstein! - Jean-Claude Carriére
    An introduction to Galaxies and cosmology - Mark H. Jones
    "The things you own will end up owning you"
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Bump. ;)