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Title: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: Corran Orreaux on March 13, 2018, 05:16:21 AM
Didn't see a thread on this, kinda interested.


Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Shadow and Bone, and The Godfather.
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: Wilco Whiteheart on March 13, 2018, 08:38:27 AM
Magician, just finished Runemarks (such an excellent book), Star Wars Thrawn, Star Wars Rogue Planet, and maybe LOTR again.
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: Corran Orreaux on March 13, 2018, 10:54:13 AM
Quote from: Wilco Whiteheart on March 13, 2018, 08:38:27 AM
Magician, just finished Runemarks (such an excellent book), Star Wars Thrawn, Star Wars Rogue Planet, and maybe LOTR again.



How is Thrawn?


I've been meaning to start Outbound flight for awhile.
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: Wilco Whiteheart on March 13, 2018, 10:28:57 PM
It's not too bad at the moment.
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: Corran Orreaux on May 18, 2018, 01:50:22 AM
Decided to leave a bit of an update: I'm currently reading The Lightning Thief: the first book in the Percy Jackson series, Crimes and Punishment, and Guards! Guards!
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: L. Jay Echoes on June 04, 2018, 03:46:57 PM
Every summer I reread Everyman's Pocket Classics: Stories of the Sea. If you don't know, Everyman's is a publishing company that I found through their poetry and short story anthologies. They publish both modern and classic authors, so if you want to discover new authors, I suggest getting a copy of one of their themed anthologies.


Browse for ISBNs here: http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics/catalog/results.pperl?imprint=Everyman%27s%20Library&title_subtitle_auth_isbn=Stories&max_returns=&best=&page=0&sortfield=pub_date
Title: Re: Books you are currently reading?
Post by: L. Jay Echoes on October 24, 2018, 09:32:22 PM
I'm reading "The Lord of the Rings" now for the third time, this time with intent to pay attention. It reads more like a field guide than a novel; Tolkein loves his scenery. I also have started to notice the themes of offering refuge, inheritance/fate, facing the dangers and discomfort of the real world, things I didn't bother to notice earlier, and things you wouldn't get out of it from the movies.

I'm also reading Pilgrim's progress; as ham-fisted and blatant as it is in its message (the art and craft of literature wasn't exactly developed back then), I think it has been a worthwhile read; I wouldn't have otherwise known that Christian's wife set out as well.