Hello
Guest

Sponsored Links


« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 21 22 [23] 24 25 ... 238   

Topic: What are you reading?  (Read 242246 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

  • *
  • Posts: 2840

  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Aug 2002
  • Location: Wiltshire
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #330 on: October 12, 2005, 01:54:25 PM »
I am reading a biography of Elizabeth I after that great drama with Helen Mirren lit my fire for more information on ol' Bess!
Logged
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." - Samuel Johnson

  • *
  • Posts: 5566

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2004
  • Location: SoCal
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #331 on: October 12, 2005, 02:41:48 PM »
I am FINALLY onto Harry Potter!
(I know, I know)

But now that I have the time to relish it, I am :)
Logged
Hollywood, CA -> London, UK 2004
London, UK -> Long Beach, CA 2007

Best 3 1/2 years of my life!

  • *
  • Posts: 59

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jun 2005
  • Location: England
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #332 on: October 12, 2005, 08:32:58 PM »
I have not read the Harry Potter books yet as I am waiting till they all come out - looking forward to sitting down for a week or two and devouring the whole lot !

I am about to start The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - I hope it is good, I have been warned the first third of the book doesn't make sense and it all comes together later on -
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 2840

  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Aug 2002
  • Location: Wiltshire
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #333 on: October 13, 2005, 09:18:13 AM »
I only got to the first third of Time Traveller and just could not make heads or tails of it. Maybe I should try again!
Logged
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." - Samuel Johnson

  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6345

  • Tis Me!
    • My Family Photos
  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Jun 2005
  • Location: Isle of Man
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #334 on: October 13, 2005, 12:57:01 PM »
a breath of snow and ashes by diana gabledon..the final book in the jamie and claire series......it's getting good!
Logged



Re: What ya reading
« Reply #335 on: October 13, 2005, 05:45:13 PM »
I'm finally getting around to the newest Nick Hornby - A Long Way Down.  I'm only twenty pages in or so, but I'm enjoying it so far.  Fingers crossed it's better than How To Be Good...
Logged

  • *
  • Posts: 1379

  • Contraltos do it lower....
    • Forever Autumn
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Aug 2004
  • Location: England
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #336 on: October 18, 2005, 12:09:24 PM »
I finally finished - although, I think the proper term would be "let go" - The Piano Tuner on Sunday, and very nearly mourned its ending.   It is definitely a Lover of Story's type of book - indeed, a Storyteller's book.  And, the most poignant aspects of it are all the more heightened and appreciated if you have a deep and abiding love of music, and this is made all the more especially acute if you have any technical musical experience.

I have presently gone back to my fantasy roots, however (can never keep me away from the magic for long), and am re-reading Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis.  I know that there aren't a load of fantasy fans on this site...so I will:  [smiley=lipsrsealed2.gif] 
Logged
I was born in the Summer and at Night...my mother named me AUTUMN DAWN.  True story.

Jamie's...beyond the stars and past eternity.

EMAIL or PM me for information about gigs or about booking me (solo gig) or the band.


  • *
  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 6345

  • Tis Me!
    • My Family Photos
  • Liked: 2
  • Joined: Jun 2005
  • Location: Isle of Man
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #337 on: October 19, 2005, 12:53:33 PM »
Quote from: MeShell on October 13, 2005, 12:57:01 PM
a breath of snow and ashes by diana gabledon..the final book in the jamie and claire series......it's getting good!

Well I finished it..It was a good book not riveting like the first one's were.......but it left you feeling like there was going to be another one?

I was sad for it to end.....

Is or has anyone else finished this one? What do you think about it........
Logged



  • *
  • Posts: 1379

  • Contraltos do it lower....
    • Forever Autumn
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Aug 2004
  • Location: England
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #338 on: October 23, 2005, 07:28:19 PM »
On to the second in the Dragonvarld trilogy; re-reading The Dragon's Son now.  The Third in the series isn't out yet...so, I'll have a bit of a wait for the conclusion....aaarrrrgggh!!!
Logged
I was born in the Summer and at Night...my mother named me AUTUMN DAWN.  True story.

Jamie's...beyond the stars and past eternity.

EMAIL or PM me for information about gigs or about booking me (solo gig) or the band.


  • *
  • Posts: 5566

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2004
  • Location: SoCal
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #339 on: October 23, 2005, 07:35:05 PM »
A Guide to Olde English
and
A Natural History of Latin

(got a language phase goin' on)
Logged
Hollywood, CA -> London, UK 2004
London, UK -> Long Beach, CA 2007

Best 3 1/2 years of my life!

  • *
  • Posts: 1248

  • Me and my Brit
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Apr 2005
  • Location: Michigan
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #340 on: October 23, 2005, 08:54:40 PM »
Just finished The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.  We want to see the movie when Simon is here and I've never read the books, so I'm getting ready.  He, of course, has read all of them, inlcuding everything else Lewis has written, so I'm catching up.

Now I'll go back to reading "A Little Girl in Old Detroit" - an old book from late 19th century, one in a series, I found it at the flea market last weekend.  It's cool reading about where I live from that perspective, very informative too.  Mom will get this one, as well as "A Little Girl in Old New Orleans" for her birthday.

~Liza
Logged
"Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with a new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • *
  • Posts: 5566

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2004
  • Location: SoCal
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #341 on: October 23, 2005, 08:56:24 PM »
Quote from: lizaanne on October 23, 2005, 08:54:40 PM
Just finished The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. 

Did you LOVE IT?!?
(I can't WAIT for the film!)
Logged
Hollywood, CA -> London, UK 2004
London, UK -> Long Beach, CA 2007

Best 3 1/2 years of my life!

  • *
  • *
  • Posts: 2116

  • Stupid bed!
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Jul 2005
  • Location: London, England
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #342 on: October 23, 2005, 09:24:43 PM »
For any sci-fi lovers out there, while sorting and packing up my books, I decided to re-read the Dune series. Haven't read them since the '70s so am really looking forward to rediscovering them!
Logged
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age
               - Victor Hugo-
***********************************************
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family
.......in another city.
              -George Burns-
***********************************************
The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling
through street grates.
               - Dave Barry -

  • *
  • Posts: 1248

  • Me and my Brit
  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Apr 2005
  • Location: Michigan
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #343 on: October 23, 2005, 09:28:14 PM »
Quote from: Kuyperama on October 23, 2005, 08:56:24 PM
Did you LOVE IT?!?
(I can't WAIT for the film!)

YES!!  I didn't do anything all day today so I could finish it!  Have you seen the trailer for the movie?  It looks fantastic!!!  http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/

~Liza
Logged
"Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with a new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • *
  • Posts: 5566

  • Liked: 0
  • Joined: Feb 2004
  • Location: SoCal
Re: What ya reading
« Reply #344 on: October 23, 2005, 09:47:51 PM »
Quote from: lizaanne on October 23, 2005, 09:28:14 PM
YES!!  I didn't do anything all day today so I could finish it!  Have you seen the trailer for the movie?  It looks fantastic!!!  http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/

~Liza

Oh yes... have visited the site many times.  Going to see it in a BIG, HOLLYWOOD movie theater at Christmas! ;D
Logged
Hollywood, CA -> London, UK 2004
London, UK -> Long Beach, CA 2007

Best 3 1/2 years of my life!

Pages: 1 ... 21 22 [23] 24 25 ... 238   
« previous next »

Sponsored Links





 

coloured_drab