What book are you reading?

**Mouzafphaerre** · 07-30-2010, 23:36

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The Treason of Isengard (Tolkien)
Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar (Gildersleeve & Lodge)
A sub-par translation of Slave Trade in the Ottoman Empire (Toledano)
Vox Graeca; you can't translate a book without reading it can you? (Allen)
Arbitrary sections of countless e-books.
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**Ferret** · 07-31-2010, 18:17

Day of the Triffids

**Sigurd** · 08-13-2010, 15:29

Just finished 'Assassin's Apprentice' and Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. They are book one and two in the Farseer trilogy.
Oh my.. If you enjoyed the emotional roller-coaster of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by Gorge R.R. Martin, then Hobb's books are for you.

The books that let you immerse far enough to want to punch certain character's faces are just my cup of tea.
George R.R. praises Hobb's work in both books.
The books are in the Medieval time fantasy genre, and like George R.R, the focus is on the interaction of characters rather than the fantasy bit.

**CountArach** · 08-15-2010, 13:50

Originally Posted by Sigurd

The books that let you immerse far enough to want to punch certain character's faces are just my cup of tea.
George R.R. praises Hobb's work in both books.
The books are in the Medieval time fantasy genre, and like George R.R, the focus is on the interaction of characters rather than the fantasy bit.

I've heard good things about them before and I'll give them a look some time soon.

I've been reading The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire by Michael Rostovtzeff lately. A huge piece of scholarship that is deeply flawed in several of its premises (I'm doing an analysis of it for Uni) but is still worth reading for an in-depth view of the fall of the Empire, particularly in the 3rd Century. I'm also reading some Suetonius for Latin. I just finished Otho, my favourite Emperor by far, and I've just started Vitellius.

**Mouzafphaerre** · 08-19-2010, 01:54

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William Saroyan, Here Comes, There Goes, You Know Who

Beautiful!

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**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 08-20-2010, 22:50

Just just done reading Columbine by Dave Cullen. Read it in a week. Now I'm reading Vienna 1814 and Frederick The Great on The Art of War.

**johnhughthom** · 08-22-2010, 17:05

Farewell, my lovely by Raymond Chandler. It has the best line I've read in quite a while. "A hand I could have sat in came out of the dimness..."

**Martok** · 08-22-2010, 19:00

Just finished reading Mission of Honor, the most recent book in David Weber's Honor Harrington series. Good lord, that man knows how to ratchet up the HSQ!

Next on the agenda is Roma Eterna by Robert Silverberg. I haven't read any alternate history novels in a while, so I'm looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by Sigurd

Just finished 'Assassin's Apprentice' and Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb. They are book one and two in the Farseer trilogy.
Oh my.. If you enjoyed the emotional roller-coaster of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by Gorge R.R. Martin, then Hobb's books are for you.

The books that let you immerse far enough to want to punch certain character's faces are just my cup of tea.
George R.R. praises Hobb's work in both books.
The books are in the Medieval time fantasy genre, and like George R.R, the focus is on the interaction of characters rather than the fantasy bit.

I think I'm going to have resign myself to the fact that I'll never understand the appeal of either of those two authors.

They're both extremely good at creating a cast of characters I loathe, although Martin isn't quite as bad (there's at least a couple characters from his Ice & Fire series that I somewhat enjoy). Hobb takes the prize, though -- when I find myself wanting to even punch and/or strangle every single one of the eponymous "good guys", something has definitely gone awry.

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 08-24-2010, 04:21

Finished The War in Spain, nonfiction overview of the Spanish Civil War. Depressing stuff (unless you're a real callous fascist) but also good for rooting for lost causes (the Catalonian anarchists got screwed and they mostly didn't deserve it!). Too many Spanish names for me to keep them all straight, though I could follow most of it.

Starting the Hobbit, which I'll always be able to go back to. Will also start to reread The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress which I enjoyed the first time but can only remember the outline of.

May do The Screwtape Letters again after that.

**Fragony** · 09-01-2010, 13:48

'The Road' by McCarthy, loved the movie and the book ain't too bad either, haunting stuff.

edit, done. The movie > the book

**Motep** · 09-01-2010, 23:00

Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan. I love the wheel of time.

The Awakening - Chopin. By god, kill her (Edna, btw)!!! I will never forgive Swart.

**rory_20_uk** · 09-02-2010, 11:36

The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White.
ISBN 1 899505 01 6

I think that dear Ellen is from the deep south central USA where effigys of Darwin are burnt daily, the rapture is awaited and Christianity appears to be more dualism than monotheism - although I'm not yet convinced she grasps this herself.

Well worth a read into the very scary inner workings of luckily the few.