What are you reading now?

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #20 on:** April 21, 2008, 10:14:01 PM

After reading the comments GOF members have made on this novel, I've decided to read Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park."

. Hey, supposedly it's more graphic than the film, so cool beans!

jedi472 · **Reply #21 on:** April 27, 2008, 08:14:04 PM

Star Wars:Alligence by Timothy Zahn.

i love his writing style!

NeptuneNavigator2001 · **Reply #22 on:** May 01, 2008, 01:44:33 AM

This board...!

: But seriously, the last book I read was "A Night to Remember," by Walter Lord (on the wreck of the Titanic). Even so, that was like, two years ago... (I've read a few missing Scripture books though, if that counts...) Oh, but soon, I DO plan to read another book:

Miles: The Autobiography; Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe

I'm partial to his Jazz recordings at this time... The more I hear, the more I wish I could have met the man before he died...!

Malte279 · **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2008, 03:09:44 AM

"Lenin" by HÈlËne CarrËre d'Encausse and "The European Challenge" (a book about the contacts between native Americans and Europeans by Henry Woodhead (ed.) and others.

kjeldo · **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2008, 03:14:46 AM

i'm reading a national comic: the donald duck,

Kor · **Reply #25 on:** May 01, 2008, 04:11:57 AM

Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe vol 1
Popeye 1 (from the Thimble Theatre strips)
Dinotopia: The World Beneath

Lillefot · **Reply #26 on:** May 01, 2008, 05:14:00 AM

I'm currently reading the Alex Rider sereis (6 books)
Again!

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Go Anthony Horowitz! Can't wait for nr.7!

Petrie. · **Reply #27 on:** May 01, 2008, 07:31:34 AM

I was reading my enthnography report for my grad class to make sure its done...all fifteen pages of it.

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Once the semester is done next week, I'm picking up Watership Down again.

Malte279 · **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2008, 05:53:41 AM

"Atat¸rks Erben auf dem Weg nach Westen - Die T¸rkei im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nahost und Europa" (translates to: "Atat¸rk's heirs on the way westward - Turkey in the area of conflict between the Middle East and Europe") by Michael W. Weithmann. I'm reading this for a presentation I have to hold in June, but it is quite interesting.

Mornai · **Reply #29 on:** May 09, 2008, 04:15:41 PM

Dragon: Hound Of Honor By Julie Andrews Edwards.

Kor · **Reply #30 on:** May 09, 2008, 04:43:47 PM

Finished Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor and will be starting The Brave & Bold: Batman Teamups, the rest I"m still reading.

Nimrod · **Reply #31 on:** May 09, 2008, 05:02:02 PM

Attic, anyone knows this book?

Malte279 · **Reply #32 on:** May 09, 2008, 06:49:50 PM

"Nach dem Sturm" ("After the Storm") by Marcus Junkelmann. An excellent non-fiction about the time after the US Civil War and about the way the Civil War is comemorated and how all this influenced US culture and culture in the world in general.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:40:50 AM

A+ certification exam guide. I want to become certified. I don't know why. It's not like I really need it.

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Lillefot · **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2008, 03:23:33 PM

Finished the Rider books (for the third time)

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Now I read The Power of Five. B)

/Lillefot

Mornai · **Reply #35 on:** May 12, 2008, 04:16:44 PM

Warriors: Into The Wild

Mornai · **Reply #36 on:** May 14, 2008, 09:51:12 PM

The Revenge Of The Shadow King by Derek Benz. Afterwards i plan on reading those Books in Lillefot's Signature. B)

Malte279 · **Reply #37 on:** May 15, 2008, 04:44:12 AM

Three different books about coal (my next presentation at the university is about synthetic fuels from coal).
Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing" (also for the university).
"Harry Potter und die Heiligt¸mer des Todes" (the German version of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". I read the English version already, but never the translation. In a few cases I think they made some translation mistakes (e.g. there is a case where in the German version a character is "desperate" where in the original he is "surprised" etc.)).

Mumbling · **Reply #38 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:56:37 AM

So you are now reading the translated version Malte. With the Dutch translation I found a couple of mistakes too.. I guess it is better to read the original version in that case.

At the moment I am reading:
De grot (translated: the cave) by Tim Krabbe
Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.

Malte279 · **Reply #39 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:53:39 AM

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Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.

That's funny, I once read a book by Rebeca GablÈ (one of my favorite authors of historical novels) about the same time and it was titled "Das L‰cheln der Fortuna" ("The smile of fortune") and the image of the "wheel of fortune" not only made the cover of the book but it was repeatedly mentioned in the story as well. In addition to that the book by Rebeca GablÈ is also the first of a triology. When I read the title and the topic of the book I first thought that perhaps Rebecca GablÈ (this is only a pseudonym) publishes under a different name in the Netherlands.
However, I found that Thea Beckman is a different author who wrote before GablÈ. Perhaps Rebeca GablÈ drew inspiration from Thea Beckman?
In any case I strongly recommend you the books of Rebeca GablÈ if you are interested in medieval historical novels.