What book are you reading?

[Quirinus]

I'm currently not doing much extracurricular reading because my exams are coming, but what I am reading at the moment:

--Atonement by Ian McEwan
--Rubicon by Tom Holland
--Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett
--First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
--Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
--Epigrams by Marcus Valerius Martialis

I'm rereading First Man in Rome and Rubicon, but all the others are new. Martial's Epigrams I'm not so much reading as just going through a few every day before bed. Really quite amusing, some of them.

I don't actually read all that much-- I just like to read in 'batches' of books from different genres. Each batch takes about 2-4 weeks to go through, depending on how busy I am. I am currently going through another Rome-mania. =P

[Fragony]

The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, bit like Harry Potter from a demon's persective, great fun. Yeahyeah I know but I like stuff like this.

[Motep]

I am on the third book of the elenium by David Eddings.

To Read:
-Death Note (9-12)
-Tamuli (1-3)
-Saiyuki (1-?)
-Tsubasa (3-?)

[The Wandering Scholar]

Quirinus, Colleen McCullough is a great writer.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

At the moment I'm rereading Caesar's Women by Colleen McCollough, although my friends just lent me a fantasy book called The Name of the Wind, which looks fantastic, not sure who the author is (although its a debut book anyway, and I'm not at home to check).

[CountArach]

I just started reading Homer's Odyssey for University.

[Quirinus]

Quirinus, Colleen McCullough is a great writer.

^^ Right you are.

At the moment I'm rereading Caesar's Women by Colleen McCollough, although my friends just lent me a fantasy book called The Name of the Wind, which looks fantastic, not sure who the author is (although its a debut book anyway, and I'm not at home to check).

Just curious, what is the book, in chronological order, after Fortune's Favourites? Is it Caesar's Women?

To Read:
-Death Note (9-12)
-Tamuli (1-3)
-Saiyuki (1-?)
-Tsubasa (3-?)

Manga! If that counts, other than the weekly Naruto and Bleach, I am currently reading Hikaru no Go like crazy, even though I have exams. v_v

[The Wandering Scholar]

Just curious, what is the book, in chronological order, after Fortune's Favourites? Is it Caesar's Women?

First Man in Rome
Grass Crown
Fortunes favourites
Caesar's Women
Caesar
The October Horse


Hmm I think that is the order, although why would you learn of his women before him? No actually swap Caesar and Caesar;s Women around :P

[Geoffrey S]

Alice in Sunderland, by Bryan Talbot. Very curious.

[Mouzafphaerre]

I just started reading Homer's Odyssey for University.

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The original or which translation?
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[King Henry V]

I recently polished off Bill Bryson's very amusing account of his journey around Great Britain, Notes from a Small Island, and will soon be wrapping up "Molvania: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry" before devoting myself entirely to the long list of books which have to read and re-read for my exams in August which are as follows:

In French:
Une Vie by Guy de Maupassant (yawn!)
L'Ingenu by Voltaire
Britannicus by Racine
Manon Lescaut by Antoine Prevost
Les Justes (The Just Assassins) by Albert Camus
Le Spleen de Paris by Charles Baudelaire

In English:
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell

In German:
Der Besuch der Alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Sansibar, oder der letzte Grund by Alfred Andersch
Peter Schlemihl by Alexander von Chiassimo.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCollugh progresses as such:

The First Man In Rome
The Grass crown
Fortunes Favourites
Caesar's Women
Caesar
The October Horse
Antony and Cleopatra

And yes I do own them all so I am sure!

Hope that helps, Quirinus.

[Gregoshi]

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[Decker]

Thanks. I'll check out some reviews. I'd like to get the better of the two books (obviously). I'm not looking for a 1000 page thesis of the war, but I'd certainly like to read more than I have.

The reviews that I've read stated reading both gives one a great perspective on the war and the author of Frozen Hell does apparently mention your book as a source and both are considered to be the top works of that particular war.

[King Henry V]

Show off!

Ah, what can I say, the woes of having a trilingual education!

[Good Ship Chuckle]

Just finished 1984 by George Orwell.
Some people say that today's society is turning into the government dominanted society that George Orwell predicted in 1949, when he wrote it.

[shlin28]

Julius Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy

[Good Ship Chuckle]

I take it you are a RTW fan, then?

[SwordsMaster]

Right now, just these.

F.Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

J.P.Sartre, Nausea

Those two are quite dense, so nothing else for the moment.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

Just started De Bello Gallico so I felt like it deserved a mention!

[CountArach]

My Latin text folders...

[The Wandering Scholar]

I would love to learn latin but what is it used for now?

[CountArach]

I would love to learn latin but what is it used for now?

Reading ancient texts.

[Conradus]

I would love to learn latin but what is it used for now?

It's the official language of the Vatican

[Duke Malcolm]

I was in the middle of reading an interesting book from a friend on the Irish Home Rule movement from 1800-2000, but forgot to take it home when term finished. Reading American Psycho, which rarely leaves my side, and the Book of Mark, for an exam next month...

[Mouzafphaerre]

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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory & Other Sources
by John Steinbeck



Most unfortunately he never completed the work.
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[Martok]

Even though I only have one book left in the second Foundation Trilogy, I had to take a break. Am currently reading Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man by Tim Allen. It's light, fluffy, and hilarious.

[Beirut]

Finished Anthony Beevor's book Crete about a week ago. It's about the WWII battle for the island. Highly recommended. Not just as a history of the battle, but a rocking story.

Reading the first half of The Prize : The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, by Daniel Yergin. Excellent book. Read the second half first a few weeks ago; post WWII to OPEC. Now reading the first half, from the early 1850s in Pennsylvania to Rockefeller and Standard Oil. About to read the WWI portion of the book. Looking forward to it. A huge, incredible story.

[Kralizec]

I've started to read God Emperor of Dune for the second (or was it third?) time. The first time I read it I didn't really enjoy it until about halfway through, but now I think it's great. I guess being older makes you appreciate Leto II's cynicism more

[Martok]

....And now I'm back to reading Foundation's Triumph (by David Brin). It flows better than the other two books, but I'm still glad this is the last one.