What are you reading mark II

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Got J. Strange and Mr. N for christmas. I've been reading that as much as I have time for. I'm onto chapter 3 or so.I've been finding it quite well.

[Oseleon]

Because I have been borrowing it for FAR TO LONG
I am finaly reading "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"
I have gotten half way through and to about 1956.  At this point it is alot of letters in reply to reader questions and JRR's critique of various translations (He was VERRY upset with the Dutch Translation)
I guess I'll finaly return it soon

[stacer]

One of many depressing books I'm reading right now is The Catcher in the Rye. I must say, it was ahead of its time. It reads as if it was published in at least the 60s, as frank as it is, and it was actually published in 1945.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm reading Terry Pratchet's American Gods (finally) and Peter David's One Knight Only.

I must have David's Woad to Wuin and Tong Lashing. The first book int he series were brillaint. I need hard covers.

[Fellfrosch]

Do you mean Neil Gaiman? Or did Pratchett do a parody of American Gods?

[fuzzyoctopus]

Do you mean Neil Gaiman? Or did Pratchett do a parody of American Gods?

*chortles*  Oh, i would pay good money for that one....

Unless he mean's Terry Tratchett's Small Gods.

I just blew all my birthday money on a half.com order.  Found out about a series called 'The Weather Warden' series by Rachel Caine. Never heard of it.  Good amazon reviews.  We'll see if I can  get through Paladin of Souls before they all show up.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I meant Gaiman. I'm trying to get to prachett's Small Gods too, so maybe that's where I got confused.

[Archon]

I just finished Dragons of Summer Flame by Weis and Hickman. I liked it better than any of the Dragonlances that I have read so far.

[MsFish]

One of many depressing books I'm reading right now is The Catcher in the Rye. I must say, it was ahead of its time. It reads as if it was published in at least the 60s, as frank as it is, and it was actually published in 1945.

I hated Catcher in the Rye when I read it in highschool.  Like I loathed it with a passion.  I've since been told that I should give it another try, because it's so wonderful.  What do you think, Stacer?  Is it worth it?  

[stacer]

I've only read 3 chapters so far, and so far I'd say no, not worth it. But at least it's not so graphic (so far) as Judy Blume's Forever. Ugh. That was far too graphic--I tried to skip, so I could have the general idea for class without reading it all, but there was a sex scene every other page, it seemed. I'm still trying to erase that from my mind. I don't think I'm going to have a very good time in this class. My teacher revels in the really edgy books. Pre-class reading list:

    The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier
    The Color Purple, Alice Walker
    The Separate Peace, John Knowlton
    The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
    Lord of the Flies, William Golding
    Slake's Limbo, Felice Holman
    Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack, M.E. Kerr
    Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich, Alice Childress
    I'll Get there it Better be Worth the Trip, John Donovan
    The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton
    Jacob Have I Loved, Katherine Paterson
    To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
    The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
    Language of Goldfish, Zibby Oneal
    The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
    The Pigman, Paul Zindel
    The Friends, Rosa Guy
    The Planet of Junior Brown, Virginia Hamilton
    Forever, Judy Blume
    Seventeenth Summer, Maureen Daly
    Annie on my Mind, Nancy Garden
    The Contender, Robert Lipsyte
    Remembering the Good Times, Richard Peck
    House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
    The Man without a Face, Isabelle Holland

I did like a couple on that list--To Kill a Mockingbird and Jacob Have I Loved--but those are so much cleaner than pretty much anything else on the list. It's really frustrating.

[stacer]

...As a break from reading trashy books for class, I'm now going to go read a couple chapters of Hitchhiker's Guide, or maybe Sea of Trolls, the Nancy Farmer book that's up for the Newbery this year.

Speaking of which, I think I get to go to the press conference on Monday where they'll announce the winners.

[Mistress of Darkness]

Well, at least there's no sex in Lord of the Flies. . . . Bummer of a reading list.

I just finished A Rage for Falcons, by Stephen Budico, a nonfiction about falconing. It was very interesting. If you want to put falconing in one of your books it's a quick, informative read.

I'm currently enjoying some of the Anne books by L. M. Montgomery. It's a definate girl thing.

[JP Dogberry]

Those books are Edgy?

Ok, Never, I repeat, NEVER read any Cyberpunk book I recommend.

[Archon]

A Separate Peace by John Knowles. I feel sorry for you, that book was completely devoid of a point, and, to my recollection, interest. I didn't really like To Kill A Mockingbird either, but that wasn't as bad. The Chocolate War is alright, and Outsiders is good, so at least there is an upside. Two actually, considering the fact that Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard isn't on there. Still, I am sorry that someone else has to read those books.

[stacer]

Those books are Edgy?

Ok, Never, I repeat, NEVER read any Cyberpunk book I recommend.

Well, some are. Some are just touchstones. But they were all considered a little avant gard for the times they came out. Seriously, Forever would still be considered edgy. I think Chocolate War would, too. I protested having to read it in high school because of the masturbation scene. Jacob Have I Loved and To Kill a Mockingbird aren't edgy, really, but both frankly discuss topics (religion for one and race/rape for the other) that have gotten them on banned book lists.

But if cyberpunk has graphic sex that makes you feel like you're reading Playboy, then yes, I don't really ever plan on reading what you recommend. I wanted to puke from reading Forever.