what are you reading? - Page 19

imajellybeanx · January 25th, 2008, 12:37 AM

Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan and Vanity Fair - William Thackery....I have add so i always read multiple books what can i say?

Einherjar86 · January 25th, 2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by imajellybeanx

Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan and Vanity Fair - William Thackery....I have add so i always read multiple books what can i say?

Pilgrim's Progress... for school, or for fun? It's definitely a tough read, I thought. Have you read Spenser's 'The Faerie Queen?'

imajellybeanx · January 25th, 2008, 11:08 PM

i havent read that yet but now i will but no im not in school anymore. I just love the book. I have a collection of almost 2000 books in my bedroom. This will be my 4th time reading it.

derek · January 28th, 2008, 06:15 AM

Lucan's Civil War and some pretty bad Alien canon novels.

Winter. · January 29th, 2008, 07:59 PM

Empress Orchid by Anchee Min.

It wasn't bad...

Abhorsen · February 3rd, 2008, 10:47 PM

Just finished Richard Matheson's I am Legend from 1954. So very different from all three film versions, each in their own way. Enjoyed the novel. Ages well.

dreaming neon darkspot · February 4th, 2008, 07:57 AM

peaceable kingdom by jack ketchum

Cronopio · February 4th, 2008, 09:52 AM

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peaceable kingdom by jack ketchum

Awesome collection.

dreaming neon darkspot · February 4th, 2008, 01:17 PM

as far as skill, there are few others comparable to ketchum. the handful of his short stories that i've read are amazing. the only novels of his i've gotten through so far are off season (really good but not as violent as people made it out to be) and girl next door which gave me chills reading it. as much as i wanna see the movie, i don't think i could handle it.

my biggest complaint with ketchum is how ... detached his style is.

derek · February 6th, 2008, 06:39 PM

Ketchum is wonderful. For sheer content and fabric of storytelling he's almost unparalled in the genre.

I'm reading Bravo Two Zero because I'm absorbed in the SAS at the moment. I'm also reading, for work, several new and unpublished commentaries on Herodotus' Histories and some articles on the Roman novel by Panayotakis.

dreaming neon darkspot · February 6th, 2008, 10:32 PM

derek - i didn't know you read jack ketchum!

January 25th, 2008, 12:37 AM	#451 (permalink)
imajellybeanx Mrs. DTfanatic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 28	Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan and Vanity Fair - William Thackery....I have add so i always read multiple books what can i say? __________________ If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

January 25th, 2008, 11:08 PM	#453 (permalink)
imajellybeanx Mrs. DTfanatic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 28	i havent read that yet but now i will but no im not in school anymore. I just love the book. I have a collection of almost 2000 books in my bedroom. This will be my 4th time reading it. __________________ If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

January 28th, 2008, 06:15 AM	#454 (permalink)
derek Grey Eminence Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Plzeň, Czech Republic Posts: 14,887	Lucan's Civil War and some pretty bad Alien canon novels. __________________ Roman Clarion Call.

January 29th, 2008, 07:59 PM	#455 (permalink)
Winter. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia (NOTE: Not actually an Aussie, I'm Scottish.) Posts: 1,504	Empress Orchid by Anchee Min. It wasn't bad... __________________ Bloodstains on my hands and I don't know where I've been.

February 3rd, 2008, 10:47 PM	#456 (permalink)
Abhorsen Long Distance Voyager Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: a house in the woods Posts: 497	Just finished Richard Matheson's I am Legend from 1954. So very different from all three film versions, each in their own way. Enjoyed the novel. Ages well. __________________

February 4th, 2008, 07:57 AM	#457 (permalink)
dreaming neon darkspot doom metal gym rat Join Date: May 2002 Location: the devil's paradise of pain Posts: 14,397	peaceable kingdom by jack ketchum __________________ "I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger." "I try to keep my eyes open but I realize that I haven't closed my eyes in a long time."

February 4th, 2008, 01:17 PM	#459 (permalink)
dreaming neon darkspot doom metal gym rat Join Date: May 2002 Location: the devil's paradise of pain Posts: 14,397	as far as skill, there are few others comparable to ketchum. the handful of his short stories that i've read are amazing. the only novels of his i've gotten through so far are off season (really good but not as violent as people made it out to be) and girl next door which gave me chills reading it. as much as i wanna see the movie, i don't think i could handle it. my biggest complaint with ketchum is how ... detached his style is. __________________ "I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger." "I try to keep my eyes open but I realize that I haven't closed my eyes in a long time."

February 6th, 2008, 06:39 PM	#460 (permalink)
derek Grey Eminence Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Plzeň, Czech Republic Posts: 14,887	Ketchum is wonderful. For sheer content and fabric of storytelling he's almost unparalled in the genre. I'm reading Bravo Two Zero because I'm absorbed in the SAS at the moment. I'm also reading, for work, several new and unpublished commentaries on Herodotus' Histories and some articles on the Roman novel by Panayotakis. __________________ Roman Clarion Call.

February 6th, 2008, 10:32 PM	#461 (permalink)
dreaming neon darkspot doom metal gym rat Join Date: May 2002 Location: the devil's paradise of pain Posts: 14,397	derek - i didn't know you read jack ketchum! __________________ "I believe that whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger." "I try to keep my eyes open but I realize that I haven't closed my eyes in a long time."