What are you reading at the moment?

The last two books I finished reading in their entirety (by about mid-november) were Das Reich by James Lucas (I've also read/have The Third Reich by him), which tells about the role etc. of SS Division 'Das Reich' in WW2 in detail, as well as in less detail the other Germanic SS divisions. For thorough and un-biased information, and talk of experiences by front-line soldiers, of the German side of the war, I suggest you pick up one of the many books by James Lucas. Perhaps you'll think more lightly of the German people in general afterwards

And Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a classic middle-English tale set in the Arthurian period, and revolving around one man in particular, Arthur's nephew Sir Gawain.

Now I'm yet to finish reading the Fellowship of the Ring and the History of Middle-Earth Vol.3 both of which I started sometime late September. I'm half-way through each....

Bjorn wrote:The last two books I finished reading in their entirety (by about mid-november) were Das Reich by James Lucas (I've also read/have The Third Reich by him), which tells about the role etc. of SS Division 'Das Reich' in WW2 in detail, as well as in less detail the other Germanic SS divisions. For thorough and un-biased information, and talk of experiences by front-line soldiers, of the German side of the war, I suggest you pick up one of the many books by James Lucas. Perhaps you'll think more lightly of the German people in general afterwards

And Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a classic middle-English tale set in the Arthurian period, and revolving around one man in particular, Arthur's nephew Sir Gawain.

Now I'm yet to finish reading the Fellowship of the Ring and the History of Middle-Earth Vol.3 both of which I started sometime late September. I'm half-way through each....

Ah, reading Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain by any chance? ^_^ If not, it's more than worth the look, an astute translation.



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Reading here Red Square by Martin Cruz Smith.

Poor Imp wrote:Idoru by William Gibson.


...I think it was CL that mentioned the name a few times; and I'd never read cyberpunk. Mind-blurring read for pace; fun. ^_^

Gibson is a fun ride.

I've been re-reading Beauty by Robin McKinley, back in my comfort zone, again, of feel good literature.

Poor Imp wrote:Ah, reading Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain by any chance? ^_^ If not, it's more than worth the look, an astute translation.

Ah, unfortunately not. I picked it up in the library. I'd have also preffered they hadTolkien's translation of Beowulf, but no luck there either *shrug* I'm going to have to start making a list of suggestions for the library

Oh, I love Arthurian legends! Middle Ages are probably my favorite time in history to read about.

Currently, I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. There was one time where I'd read the first 20 pages, but then had to return it to the library. I'm half way through it right now and I can't put it down! I'm also planning on reading The Idiot (also by Dostoyevsky) and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. I'm on a Russian craze right now!

The Verse of the Vampyre by Diana Killian.

From what I've read so far, it's about a play about a vampire that goes wrong. It appears that the play is all just a set up for an actual vampire to do his feeding. Kind of freaky sounding, but it's interesting.

writingluver5 wrote:Oh, I love Arthurian legends! Middle Ages are probably my favorite time in history to read about.

Currently, I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. There was one time where I'd read the first 20 pages, but then had to return it to the library. I'm half way through it right now and I can't put it down! I'm also planning on reading The Idiot (also by Dostoyevsky) and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. I'm on a Russian craze right now!

Yes, I prefer 500-1400.

And from Dostoyevsky I've read about 14 pages of the Brothers Karamazov (sp?)

The Shining.

It's nice to see S.K. before he got his spit and polish. It does a lot for the soul.

Bjorn wrote:

writingluver5 wrote:Oh, I love Arthurian legends! Middle Ages are probably my favorite time in history to read about.

Currently, I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. There was one time where I'd read the first 20 pages, but then had to return it to the library. I'm half way through it right now and I can't put it down! I'm also planning on reading The Idiot (also by Dostoyevsky) and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. I'm on a Russian craze right now!

Yes, I prefer 500-1400.

And from Dostoyevsky I've read about 14 pages of the Brothers Karamazov (sp?)

You'll have to get Tolkien's Gawain eventually. ^_^ But only fourteen of Karamozov? @_@ That's a book worth the read, and one in which you've got to read the first one-hundred pages to get into how much detail there is, and how many undercurrents. ^_^

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Ah, and I'm reading now Lord Peter Whimsey something-or-other by Dorothy Sayers

The One Kingdom, Message in a Bottle, Eragorn, and Sun Tzu Art of War

Oh! and, Einstein's Dreams.

Currently ... several books at once **blushes**

1. House of Mirth (still!)
2. Biggles in Borneo
3. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
4. MEDIATOR: Young Blood

I used to do this all the time when I was younger. Different books in different rooms, LOL. Oh well, at least I'll always have something to read!!!

The Undiscovered Chekhov (short story collection) and still on chapter one of L'Etranger by Camus.

Kay:

I'm currently reading The Face by Dean Koontz. I'm not usually a fan of Koontz, but someone gave it to me as an early Christmas gift, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. ^_~

Dreamy -- I'll have to type some of them up for you if you can't get hold of them. Shouldn't take long 'cause they're only a few pages each.