I just finished 'A long way down' by Nick Hornby. It was ok, I wouldn't rave about it though. I am currently reading The lost world and other stories.

I've nearly finished The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth

Jennifer Government, by Max Barry. 

It's a short novel, but it's a delightful way to spend an afternoon, especially if you enjoyed Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.

The Bitch Posse......great book.

I thought I saw this topic next to "On The Record" and I thought it was called "Lou Reed".... Heh..

Nevermind.

I finished the following 3 books within a day of each other:

Too Many Cooks- Rex Stout
The Festival- H.P. Lovecraft
Seabiscuit: An American Legend- Laura Hillenbrand

The Conscious of A Liberal by the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone

I am trying to read three books at the same time right now.  The Audacity of Hope, Harry Potter book 5, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.  The latter two are repeats - especially A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.  It was one of my favorites when I was young, and my husband just found it for me again. 

Straight Talk: Speeches and Writings on Canadian Unity by Stéphane Dion.

  Translated Epitoma Rei Militaris by Vegetius...

  Translated Epitoma Rei Militaris by Vegetius...


I've read that!

What did you think of it?

I'm buying The Age of Innocence tomorrow....I've seen the film about a dozen or more times, and I want to read the book.

I've read that!

What did you think of it?


   Luv it, luv it, luv it..!

   Of course this is right up my alley.  Don't know why I hadn't read this in it's entirety years ago.  The best detailed description of earlier Roman military matters (selection, training, logistics, etc.) there is.  The subject material Vegetius refers-to as "ancient" which shows, the way I take it, that Rome was in decline and her military in decay, so, "Let's go back and do it like they used to..."

   It's a recent translation, 1993, and very readable.  Now if someone would only re-translate and update Josephus' Bellum Iudacium, I'd be a happy camper groove ;) on...

I'm buying The Age of Innocence tomorrow....I've seen the film about a dozen or more times, and I want to read the book.



I bought it and read it front to back.  Love this book.  I might read it again.

I just finished 'A long way down' by Nick Hornby. It was ok, I wouldn't rave about it though.


Really? I thought it was a great read.. although to be fair, based on some of his previous works, it wasn't as good. But it was still a very good book.

I just read Jeffrey Archer's newest over the last couple of days. Another excellent book, he's a true literary master.

I've just started reading Bill Bryson's 'The Thunderbolt Kid' I've got about 40 pages in and as per usual I am laughing out loud quite frequently.

I'm buying The Age of Innocence tomorrow....I've seen the film about a dozen or more times, and I want to read the book.


I did a report on it for my last English class.  I can't stop reading it or watching the movie. :)

I did a report on it for my last English class.  I can't stop reading it or watching the movie. :)


So what exactly is it?

So what exactly is it?


It's a book about the New York City upper class in the late 19th century.  If you're into the Victorian Era mentality, you'll love it.  I didn't like it at first but it kinda grew on me.

It's a book about the New York City upper class in the late 19th century.  If you're into the Victorian Era mentality, you'll love it.  I didn't like it at first but it kinda grew on me.


Oh no.. all pride and prejudicy? I doubt I'd like it.

Oh no.. all pride and prejudicy? I doubt I'd like it.


Yeah, it's the same genre. 

Yeah, it's the same genre. 



Blech. Never mind then, my interest was really peaked as well.

Blech. Never mind then, my interest was really peaked as well.


Maybe you would enjoy my book. The History of Punishment by Lewis Lyons.  It's about torture and capital punishment. :)

Maybe you would enjoy my book. The History of Punishment by Lewis Lyons.  It's about torture and capital punishment. :)


I think we both know I'd enjoy that.

I think we both know I'd enjoy that.


I got it for my birthday. :)

Oh no.. all pride and prejudicy? I doubt I'd like it.



I don't think they're all that similar and they're not even set in the same time. 

Really? I thought it was a great read.. although to be fair, based on some of his previous works, it wasn't as good. But it was still a very good book.

I just read Jeffrey Archer's newest over the last couple of days. Another excellent book, he's a true literary master.

I've just started reading Bill Bryson's 'The Thunderbolt Kid' I've got about 40 pages in and as per usual I am laughing out loud quite frequently.
I guess it was a bit jumpy for me with the constantly changing narative and I found two of the characters so deeply unplesant I couldn't give a sh*t what happened to them!

The Cloud Garden- A True STory of Adventure, Survival, and Extreme Horticulture

Currently working the following:

Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats- T.S. Eliot
The Call Of Cthulhu & Other Weird Tales- H.P. Lovecraft
Lord Of Light- Roger Zelazny

These are new acquisitions, thanks to Christmas! ;D

The White Road by Cynthia Harrod Eagles. It's part of her series that is taking one family through history from the wars of the roses to the present day. This one is about WW1 and as you can imagine it's pretty harrowing.

The Call Of Cthulhu & Other Weird Tales- H.P. Lovecraft


Kinda weird, but I dig it.

I have now moved on to The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

Kinda weird, but I dig it.


The volume upon which I am working has a lot of tales in it that I didn't have in the other volume.

I finished "Herbert West- Reanimator", "The Rats In the Walls", and "Dagon".
I am now working on "Nyarlahotep".

If you want some good ones to check out, I'll give ya some titles.

The volume upon which I am working has a lot of tales in it that I didn't have in the other volume.

I finished "Herbert West- Reanimator", "The Rats In the Walls", and "Dagon".
I am now working on "Nyarlahotep".

If you want some good ones to check out, I'll give ya some titles.


I got in Lovecraft from Cliff Burton, he was a major fan. The thing that should not be, Cthulhu etc.

I dig.

I see you're in to Dune. I tried so hard to get in to that, I really needed some cool books to read and you aaaaalways see Dune in 2nd hand bookstores so I thought, sweet, I'll read those. Ugh, hated them. I just couldn't get in to it at all.

Schott's Miscellany.

Schott's Miscellany.


Love it!

Love it!
Yeah, I've never read it before and thought it would be a bit boring but it's great.  :)

The 2nd summer of the Travelling Pants:A. Brashares.
 

I got in Lovecraft from Cliff Burton, he was a major fan. The thing that should not be, Cthulhu etc.
I dig.

I see you're in to Dune. I tried so hard to get in to that, I really needed some cool books to read and you aaaaalways see Dune in 2nd hand bookstores so I thought, sweet, I'll read those. Ugh, hated them. I just couldn't get in to it at all.


I am actually into many verses and collections of literature.

I was introduced into Lovecraft by my old friend Phil Posehn, who works for the Comic Book Press in Sacramento. I was initiated into "Club Cthulhu". This was about 12 yrs. ago.

Dune- Loved it since I 1st saw the movie in 1988. My brother had the first 3 books- I devoured 'em!
I also like Nero Wolfe, Brother Cadfael, Elric of Melnibone, The Mithgar Series, and G.O.D., Inc. among others.

PM me, if you want a good list of stuff.

Ia! Ia! R'lyeh phglui phtagn!

Currently reading 'Walking Dickensian London'.

Any Paul Auster fans here?

I'm reading The Brooklyn Follies, great as always, this guy can't do no wrong imo.

I am actually into many verses and collections of literature.

I was introduced into Lovecraft by my old friend Phil Posehn, who works for the Comic Book Press in Sacramento. I was initiated into "Club Cthulhu". This was about 12 yrs. ago.

Dune- Loved it since I 1st saw the movie in 1988. My brother had the first 3 books- I devoured 'em!
I also like Nero Wolfe, Brother Cadfael, Elric of Melnibone, The Mithgar Series, and G.O.D., Inc. among others.

PM me, if you want a good list of stuff.

Ia! Ia! R'lyeh phglui phtagn!


That's kinda cool.

What about the thing that should not be?

I bought George Orwell's "1984", but have only read the first couple of pages. I'm trying to save it for the plane ride.

I bought George Orwell's "1984", but have only read the first couple of pages. I'm trying to save it for the plane ride.


I read about 10 pages of that and got bored.. however my 12 grade History teacher saw me reading it and then she quoted it endlessly for the rest of the year.. about 3 inches from my face.. and her breath stank like Rice's underwear after you've left him alone for 2 weeks.

I'm reading 'They Call Me Assassin' by Jack Tatum.

That's kinda cool.

What about the thing that should not be?


The Thing That Should Not Be is called "Nyogtha".

That one, along with various others, is described in the "Call Of Cthulhu" RPG.
The original was made by Chaosium, which was bought out by White Wolf.

D'you know that I even made up a Lovecraftian entry of my own?
It's about one of the first Outer Gods, one that was banished from all realms.
It was called "Uoto".

The Thing That Should Not Be is called "Nyogtha".

That one, along with various others, is described in the "Call Of Cthulhu" RPG.
The original was made by Chaosium, which was bought out by White Wolf.

D'you know that I even made up a Lovecraftian entry of my own?
It's about one of the first Outer Gods, one that was banished from all realms.
It was called "Uoto".


That's cool yo.
I wasn't even aware there was an RPG.. just had read some of the books.

I read about 10 pages of that and got bored.. however my 12 grade History teacher saw me reading it and then she quoted it endlessly for the rest of the year.. about 3 inches from my face.. and her breath stank like Rice's underwear after you've left him alone for 2 weeks.


Ew. ;D

I bought George Orwell's "1984", but have only read the first couple of pages. I'm trying to save it for the plane ride.



I've read that book about 14 times.....only one of them was required.  I love it.

Evening in the Palace of Reason  by James R. Gaines
It's about Bach meeting Fredrick the Great.  :)

Evening in the Palace of Reason  by James R. Gaines
It's about Bach meeting Fredrick the Great.  :)


Bach..like.. Sebastian Bach.. like.. Canadian Metalhead?

finished Bill Brysons Thunderbolt Kid book last week.  Some of it was laugh out loud funny but a lot I'd read before in various other books of his which spoilt it a little.

I am now reading 'Dangerous to Know' by Barbara Taylor-Bradford.  When I bought it I thought it was part of the Woman of Substance, but it isn't

finished Bill Brysons Thunderbolt Kid book last week.  Some of it was laugh out loud funny but a lot I'd read before in various other books of his which spoilt it a little.


It really was hilarious.

Some things had been in previous books, but only mentioned, I found the vast majority to be brand new material.

A Circle of Cats by Charles DeLint and illustrated by Charles Vess.

It's a children's book, but I loved it.  The artwork is wonderful.

http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/coverart/circle_viking200.jpg

  Pictures of Hollis Woods: Giff
it's a newberry honors winner for young people. Very touching story of a little girl who wants a family and has a natural gift of drawing everything she sees.

Darnit, I just came here to make a thread about this.


I'm currently reading Elizabeth Wurtzel's Prozac Nation. I saw the movie a long time ago, liked it, and noticed that my boyfriend Matt had the book. I said, "Ooh, can I read it!?" He was basically like, "Ughh, you can have it. I read it and she does nothing but whine."

But I like it.

The Gods of Newport  by John Jakes  I find he's one of the best historical fiction writers around.

I'm reading "Zappa" by Barry Miles, "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, and "Lord Of The Flies" by... erm... I could care less, I have to read that for school.

Brother Odd-Dean Koontz

I am reading, strictly for historical reasons, Mein Kampf. So far, I find it a hard read, not because I can't
understand what Hitler was saying, but because it's a boring book.

I am reading, strictly for historical reasons, Mein Kampf. So far, I find it a hard read, not because I can't
understand what Hitler was saying, but because it's a boring book.
Well it is written by a German and a mad one at that!  ;)

"Angels in America: Perestroika" by Tony Kushner.....trying to get a head start on some of the reading for this next semester of school.....

"Thud" by Terry Pratchett

I am re-reading "The Call Of Cthulhu"...a must-read classic, and an excellent way to enter the Lovecraftian mythos!

My English text. :P

A cheesy and very entertaining gossip mag!  :P

My sister gave me a Sue Grafton.  I got bored rather quickly.

I'm reading two books at the moment.  'Wicca for Beginners' by Thea Sabin and Def Leppard - No Safety Net by Chris Collingwood.  He's a terrible writer, by the way!

My English text. :P
Same here.....Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe), Gulliver's Travels (Johnathan Swift) & Play It as It Lays (Joan Didion)....next up are: The Italian (Ann Radcliffe) & The Fortunate Pilgrim (Mario Puzo).

Coronado - by Dennis Lehane who I absolutely love and recommend

Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult.  I like her stuff a lot.

I'm reading Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries again.

I like Archer. I've met him on a couple of occasions and he was always happy to answer any questions I had and usually expressed some mild interest in what I was doing.. like.. he'd ask me questions too.

I just bought the latest Marian Keyes which I can't wait to start........

I finally read 'Lisey's Story' by Stephen King while I was in hospital.  It was good. 

I just bought Cyrano at the campus bookstore. It has unrequited love written all over it. I haven't started on it yet, though.

I just bought Cyrano at the campus bookstore. It has unrequited love written all over it. I haven't started on it yet, though.


Okay, I'm reading it now. And it's GREAT.

Just finished 'One For My Baby' by Tony Parsons - and it was one of those where all the way through, you're thinking 'I'm sure I've read this before...'  :-\\

An in teresting book, called "The World's Last Mysteries".

Talks about things such as Stonehenge, El Dorado, Atlantis, Easter Island, the Black Hole that hit Siberia, all sorts of fascinating stuff!

Airframe - Michael Crichton

classic    Rex Stout: The Golden Spiders, A Nero Wolfe mystery

classic    Rex Stout:The Golden Spiders, A Nero Wolfe mystery


You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my buddy!

Did you find you liked it?
If so, please let me know.
I have several titles I can suggest for you, as I have over 1/2 the series in my own library.

Anybody out there? by Marian Keyes.

Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Tracks by Louise Erdrich

Up next: Great Expectations by Dickens & Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

Just re-read So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish - Douglas Adams.  Debating looking for the Dirk Gently books again.  Or maybe scanning ebay to buy some more E.J.Oxenham books.  :-\\

I'm reading "Roots" again for the eleventymillionth time.

Ina May's Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin.  That woman is a legend!

Finally got around to starting Perfume this week.

Just about finished "I Know You Got Soul" by Jeremy Clarkson

Reread Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches last night and scanned through Great Expectations this morning.  Next on the list are: Angels in America: Perestroika and The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot....UGH :(

In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.. again.

In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.. again.


I've not got that one.  Is that the African one?

I've not got that one.  Is that the African one?


Australian.

Africa was only a short charity book.

Australian.

Africa was only a short charity book.


Another Australian one?  I've read Down Under loads of times

The Pennsylvania Landlord, Tenant Handbook by D. Patrick Zimmerman

Another Australian one?  I've read Down Under loads of times
Maybe it's the U.S title for it??

Just started "The Body Politic" by Paul Johnston.  Looks interesting

Maybe it's the U.S title for it??


A quick google search reveals that to be the case. 

The Pennsylvania Landlord, Tenant Handbook by D. Patrick Zimmerman
ummm....errr......that sounds like a "can't put it down" read :-\\

Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Marier

Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Marier
Oooh fantastic book. There was a fabulous T.V adaptation with Jane Seymour and Trevor Eve. Have you read Rebecca?

Oooh fantastic book. There was a fabulous T.V adaptation with Jane Seymour and Trevor Eve. Have you read Rebecca?


Yes, a couple of times - I love Rebecca!  When I was in high school, my best friend and I had to make a video about a book, and we used the Barbie Dream House as Manderley and used Barbies for all of the characters.  It was so much fun! 


I have a book that belonged to my mom that has several of her stories in it - Jamaica Inn is the next in line.  So far it's great!

ummm....errr......that sounds like a "can't put it down" read :-\\


Actually it was written by my attorney.  I want to pick his brain some what.

Maybe it's the U.S title for it??


.. and yet I swear I bought it in the UK.. I guess not.

Regardless, the same book.

In the middle of Trudeau: Citoyen du Monde, Tome 1 which was a bilingual release, with the Englsh title being Trudeau: Citizen of the World, Volume 1. It's exactly what it sounds like; the first half of a comprehensive biography of the late former Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It's great, but it's a slow read, mainly because I purposely bought the French edition and although I do speak French, it isn't my first language and it certainly is not the language I am most used to reading in. I'm only in chapter two, though the chapters are rather giant.

It's amazing to see how much he actually evolved politically. He went from a staunch Québec nationalist, raised in Outremont (upscale French Montréal) and educated at Collège de Brébeuf (a very nationalist, right-wing Catholic private college at the time) to being the largest champion of Canadian federalism and national unity the country has ever known.

If you're Canadian, or simply interested in Canadian politics, I urge you to pick up this book. It's a fascinating peek into the life of the most influential and enigmatic Prime Minister our country has yet produced.

I am re-reading "The Call Of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories", by H.P. Lovecraft.

I am re-reading "The Call Of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories", by H.P. Lovecraft.
If you ever read anything other than this genre I'll about die with shock!  ;) 

Finished The Mill on the Floss, Arabian Jazz by Diane Abu-Jaber, and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (I looked at the syllabus wrong and read the first one, which actually isn't assigned until NEXT week so I had to read THoMS today...lucky for me it's fairly short) and am about to move on to The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.  I can't wait until I can read "just for fun."

Over the summer, I'm going to read "The Canterbury Tales" to get a head start on my Chaucer class next semester...

Finished The Mill on the Floss, Arabian Jazz by Diane Abu-Jaber, and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (I looked at the syllabus wrong and read the first one, which actually isn't assigned until NEXT week so I had to read THoMS today...lucky for me it's fairly short) and am about to move on to The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.  I can't wait until I can read "just for fun."

Over the summer, I'm going to read "The Canterbury Tales" to get a head start on my Chaucer class next semester...
I hope you are reading the Chaucer with a good translation on hand. ;D

I hope you are reading the Chaucer with a good translation on hand. ;D
I'm looking for an annotated edition ;)

I finished Jamaica Inn (loved it) and also re-read the Blackstone Chronicles by John Saul (fabulous book) and now I'm reading a little book called "Mandy" that Julie Andrews wrote back in the 60's.  She wrote it when she was married to Blake, so the author name is Julie Edwards.  Anyway, it was one of my favorite novels when I was a little girl about an orphan who finds a cottage in the woods and makes it her own.  A while back I got onto Amazon and bought a bunch of books that I loved when I was young.  It's been really fun re-reading them.

I just finished reading The Third Heaven Conspiracy. It's about Dante Alighieri (the guy who wrote the Divine Comedy) investigating the murder of a member of a secret society in late 13th century Florence. Interesting, but not as good as a story with that as its premise could have been.

I just finished reading The Third Heaven Conspiracy. It's about Dante Alighieri (the guy who wrote the Divine Comedy) investigating the murder of a member of a secret society in late 13th century Florence. Interesting, but not as good as a story with that as its premise could have been.
Awww....I hate it when books like that are disappointing.....I loved Dante....unfortunately, my school does NOT have a class that teaches him (at least they haven't the past 2 semesters) :o :o

If you ever read anything other than this genre I'll about die with shock!  ;) 


Actually, I have about 2/3 of the "Nero Wolfe" series, which covers murder mysteries.
I also have the following:
-Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael's Chronicles)
-Roger Zelazny (The Amber Series, including 2 of John Betancourt's)
-Frank & Brian Herbert (Dune)
-Dennis L. McKiernan (The World Of Mithgar)
-Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone)
-Jack L. Chalker (G.O.D., Inc.)

I also have several books on Medieval Music, and books concerning the "great mysteries" in the world (Atlantis, El Dorado, Easter Island, etc.), as well as classics like "Macbeth" and "Canterbury Tales".

So, what do ya want on your tombstone? :D

Actually, I have about 2/3 of the "Nero Wolfe" series, which covers murder mysteries.
I also have the following:
-Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael's Chronicles)
-Roger Zelazny (The Amber Series, including 2 of John Betancourt's)
-Frank & Brian Herbert (Dune)
-Dennis L. McKiernan (The World Of Mithgar)
-Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone)
-Jack L. Chalker (G.O.D., Inc.)

I also have several books on Medieval Music, and books concerning the "great mysteries" in the world (Atlantis, El Dorado, Easter Island, etc.), as well as classics like "Macbeth" and "Canterbury Tales".

So, what do ya want on your tombstone? :D
But where is the comedy, where's the chick lit?? 

Currently reading The Lighthouse by PD James

But where is the comedy, where's the chick lit?? 


The best comedies I have are Shakespeare and old "Peanuts" books I've had, since age 8.
Chick Lit....hmmmmmm........
Does Michael Jackson's biography count??
No?

Well, then......I DO have a book, called "A Hawk In Silver".
It's all about 2 British lasses in what we Yanks call "High School", who get caught up in an epic struggle between two ancient races, who want nothing more than to return to the Land of Faerie.
They are led there by the Starlord, who must first defeat Rak-Domnu, Sea-Witch of fallen Caer Ys.

It has most of the "Chick Lit" requirements- Main characters are female; there's a cat-fight between the main caracters and the "bully" of the school; a mysterious boy enters the picture and leads the girls to a mystical place; a family tragedy; mentions of Female Teen Pop Idols; and horses (Fyraire, the Starlord comes to Earth from Faerie as a malformed albino horse/unicorn).

Does this cover it sufficiently?

The best comedies I have are Shakespeare and old "Peanuts" books I've had, since age 8.
Chick Lit....hmmmmmm........
Does Michael Jackson's biography count??
No?

Well, then......I DO have a book, called "A Hawk In Silver".
It's all about 2 British lasses in what we Yanks call "High School", who get caught up in an epic struggle between two ancient races, who want nothing more than to return to the Land of Faerie.
They are led there by the Starlord, who must first defeat Rak-Domnu, Sea-Witch of fallen Caer Ys.

It has most of the "Chick Lit" requirements- Main characters are female; there's a cat-fight between the main caracters and the "bully" of the school; a mysterious boy enters the picture and leads the girls to a mystical place; a family tragedy; mentions of Female Teen Pop Idols; and horses (Fyraire, the Starlord comes to Earth from Faerie as a malformed albino horse/unicorn).

Does this cover it sufficiently?


You should try Mists of Avalon,  It's King Arthur from Morgan Le Fays point of view.

You should try Mists of Avalon,  It's King Arthur from Morgan Le Fays point of view.


Actually, my wife Melissa has the entire "Avalon" series, if you are referring to the Marion Zimmer Bradley book.

Melissa is quite into the Merlin/Nimue legends.

Interesting Trivia Note: the late M.Z.B. was a co-founder of the S.C.A.- the Medieval Re-enactment Society we are both part of.

I am currently reading, "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.  It's an awesome book so far. I heard that they are making this into a movie...I will be anxious to see it.

I am currently reading, "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.

Related to Arnold Schwarzennegger?

Related to Arnold Schwarzennegger?


hahaha...no!! ;D :D

I am currently reading, "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.  It's an awesome book so far. I heard that they are making this into a movie...I will be anxious to see it.



Related to Arnold Schwarzennegger?


And the children... hyphenate  Niffenegger-Schwartzenegger  :o

Actually, my wife Melissa has the entire "Avalon" series, if you are referring to the Marion Zimmer Bradley book.

Melissa is quite into the Merlin/Nimue legends.

Interesting Trivia Note: the late M.Z.B. was a co-founder of the S.C.A.- the Medieval Re-enactment Society we are both part of.


That is the one.  If you haven't read Mists I would suggest it.  I was enthralled by Morte D'Arthur, but Mists puts a great spin on the tale coming from Morgans side.  I haven't read beyond Mists.  Maybe this summer.

The entire series is as follows:

-Firebrand
-Forest House
-Mists Of Avalon
-Priestess Of Avalon
-Lady Of Avalon

There's also a smaller paperback, called "Out Of Avalon".

I just read Predator by Patricia Cornwell.

Just got Finn out of the library.  What would Huck Finns father have been like?  Looks interesting.

After eight months of almost no Anglo-literary stimulation, I have finally stumbled upon a goldmine of English books at the University library that I just assumed would have very few. So I just checked out Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, and Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen. I have two weeks off from school and I can't wait to read them.

After eight months of almost no Anglo-literary stimulation, I have finally stumbled upon a goldmine of English books at the University library that I just assumed would have very few. So I just checked out Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, and Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen. I have two weeks off from school and I can't wait to read them.


I LOVE Robertson Davies.  The Deptford Trilogy is fantastic.

I LOVE Robertson Davies.  The Deptford Trilogy is fantastic.


Cool. I believe the one I borrowed is of that same trilogy in fact. If I really enjoy it, I plan on reading the other two.

In any case, I am impressed that you're such a big fan of a Canadian author that many Canadians wouldn't even know. He gave an excellent interview to a guy named Don Swaim in 1989. The link will be below, but Mr. Swaim also interviewed a host of the most excellent authors and many of the audio files will be found at the same website. Enjoy! It really is a treasure online.

http://www.wiredforbooks.org/robertsondavies/

Cool. I believe the one I borrowed is of that same trilogy in fact. If I really enjoy it, I plan on reading the other two.

In any case, I am impressed that you're such a big fan of a Canadian author that many Canadians wouldn't even know. He gave an excellent interview to a guy named Don Swaim in 1989. The link will be below, but Mr. Swaim also interviewed a host of the most excellent authors and many of the audio files will be found at the same website. Enjoy! It really is a treasure online.

http://www.wiredforbooks.org/robertsondavies/



I actually tried to get into a reading he was giving at the Boston Public Library, but it was all full up, and I still regret not getting to see him. Fifth Business is the beginning of the Deptford Trilogy, I read them 1-2-3, and loved them.

I was reading the Zombie Survival Guide...then some other old book about german film.
Now i'm happily moving on to a big book of Times Crossword Puzzles.

Debating on whether to open up my "Poor Man's James Bond"....

I'm re-reading The skirt and the Fiddle by TRISTAN.  Because I miss my buddy. :\'(

I was reading the Zombie Survival Guide...then some other old book about german film.
Now i'm happily moving on to a big book of Times Crossword Puzzles.


Read my goddam Krays book so I can have it back!

Read my goddam Krays book so I can have it back!


A book about the Krays-what's the name of it?

A book about the Krays-what's the name of it?



The Cult Of Violence. It was written by John Pearson, Reg told him a lot of rather revealing storys towards the end when he was in hospital. He was also involved with them around the time they killed McVitie.

I'm a bit of a geek for the Kray Twins.

i have not read it yet, but am heading over to Borders after work with my 30% off coupon to buy the newly released
The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien

The Cult Of Violence. It was written by John Pearson, Reg told him a lot of rather revealing storys towards the end when he was in hospital. He was also involved with them around the time they killed McVitie.

I'm a bit of a geek for the Kray Twins.


If you like the Krays and that sort of thing(I do, too.) you should try "Black Mass" by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill.  The story of South Bostons(Massachusetts) James "Whitey" Bulger and Steve "the Rifleman" Flemmi.   Steve is currently in jail, but Whitey absconded and has been on the Most Wanted List since 1994.  Whiteys brother, Billy Bulger was one of the most powerful politicians in Massachusetts, while Whitey was the most notorius(and untouchable) criminals.  Another brother worked in the court system, and Steve Flemmis brother was a cop.  Trust me, you will love this one.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Bulger

The Giver- Lois Lowry

Just finished a re-read of the "Divertisimenti" duology by Walter Jon WIlliams-

"The Crown Jewels" & "House Of Shards".
About a delightful Allowed Burglar named Drake Maijstral.

I DO hope WJW does a 3rd book on him, at some point.

I just finished my (I dunno)...maybe my 25th Dean Koontz novel...entitled "Velocity."
I absolutely love Koontz.  He has an amazing ability to use the English languge in such a... (I don't know the precise word...) "juicy" fashion...  I am not a fast reader because I have always enjoyed the process of reading and digesting the interplay of written words.  With Koontz novels, I try to always have a dictionary with me...which I refer to several time per chapter.

I think I may post a thread just on Dean Koontz.  He has a website which I subscribe to...and a fan club.
peace  Lee (aka tokjct) 8)

I just finished my (I dunno)...maybe my 25th Dean Koontz novel...entitled "Velocity."
I absolutely love Koontz.  He has an amazing ability to use the English languge in such a... (I don't know the precise word...) "juicy" fashion...  I am not a fast reader because I have always enjoyed the process of reading and digesting the interplay of written words.  With Koontz novels, I try to always have a dictionary with me...which I refer to several time per chapter.

I think I may post a thread just on Dean Koontz.  He has a website which I subscribe to...and a fan club.
peace  Lee (aka tokjct) 8)


I have never read Koontz, and I don't know why.  I hear such raves, maybe on my next trip to the library I will give it a whirl.  I read "Dark Tide" the story of the Great Molasses Flood.  In Boston at the turn of the century there was a tank explosion and 2,000,000 gallons of molasses spread over the North End harborside.  It was January and the thick ooze trapped and killed people and horses, and knocked down buildings.  How it happened and why is pretty interesting.  It was the first time in the USA that victims of an industrial accident were able to sue a company and recieve compensation.

I'm re-reading The Emancipist.  It starts off in Ireland in the early 1800s with a v poor family and follows the children growing up.  Then the main character is deported to Tasmania and its about how he becomes an important person after he is released from prison.

I just finished my (I dunno)...maybe my 25th Dean Koontz novel...entitled "Velocity."
I absolutely love Koontz.  He has an amazing ability to use the English languge in such a... (I don't know the precise word...) "juicy" fashion...  I am not a fast reader because I have always enjoyed the process of reading and digesting the interplay of written words.  With Koontz novels, I try to always have a dictionary with me...which I refer to several time per chapter.

I think I may post a thread just on Dean Koontz.  He has a website which I subscribe to...and a fan club.
peace  Lee (aka tokjct) 8)


Dean Koontz books are great.  My favorite has to be Lightening.  If you like Dean Koontz, you might like books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.  Their first book together was Relic, which was made into an ok movie.  The books are pretty darn good though. 

The last book I finished was Road of the Patriarch by RA Salvatore.  3rd book in the Sellswords Trilogy.  Im still waiting on the last Wheel of Time book.  Poor Robert Jordan is still recovering from a nasty blood disease.  Im also waiting for the next A Song of Ice and Fire book.  Guess I dont have to wait for Harry Potter that much longer.

The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory.

I'm looking forward to the new Harry Potter of course!

The Lost German Slave Girl - wicked good stuff

Between Worlds - The Making of An American Life . . . by Bill Richardson

I actually tried to get into a reading he was giving at the Boston Public Library, but it was all full up, and I still regret not getting to see him. Fifth Business is the beginning of the Deptford Trilogy, I read them 1-2-3, and loved them.


In the middle of The Manticore currently. I loved Fifth Business so much. It was such a pleasure to read it.

In the middle of The Manticore currently. I loved Fifth Business so much. It was such a pleasure to read it.


Glad you like it!  :)

Currently re-reading "Dune: House Harkonnen", by Kevin Anderson & Brian Herbert, and "Seabiscuit: An American Legend", by Laura Hillenbrand.

Hoping to start on "The Incomplete Enchanter" soon.

I just finished my (I dunno)...maybe my 25th Dean Koontz novel...entitled "Velocity."
I absolutely love Koontz.  He has an amazing ability to use the English languge in such a... (I don't know the precise word...) "juicy" fashion...  I am not a fast reader because I have always enjoyed the process of reading and digesting the interplay of written words.  With Koontz novels, I try to always have a dictionary with me...which I refer to several time per chapter.

I think I may post a thread just on Dean Koontz.  He has a website which I subscribe to...and a fan club.
peace  Lee (aka tokjct) 8)


I love Dean Koontz, the last one I read by him was The Good Guy.  The only problem I have is that they're so good I read them too fast.  Usually I'll reread them a few years later. 


I just finished Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich.