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DanaC · 11-12-2008, 12:15 PM

I didnt much like Twilight either, wolf. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it's like there was something missing from it.

Att he moment, I am reading My BookyWook, by Russell Brand. I am loving it. He's a very good writer.

glatt · 11-12-2008, 12:23 PM

Anybody had a chance to read Anathem by Neal Stephenson? Came out two months ago. I'm wondering if it's worth reading at 900+ pages. Online reviews are mixed, but I've enjoyed his other work.

monster · 11-12-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I didnt much like Twilight either, wolf. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it's like there was something missing from it.

Att he moment, I am reading My BookyWook, by Russell Brand. I am loving it. He's a very good writer.

Hebe started with the fouth book, Breaking Dawn, and loved it. Then she started Twilight and didn't like it.

glatt · 11-12-2008, 03:16 PM

I'm currently reading "the City of Ember" so I can discuss it with my 4th grade daughter. It's actually pretty good so far. Intriguing.

Clodfobble · 11-12-2008, 02:51 PM

Oooh. I didn't know he had a new one out. It's on my Christmas wishlist now.

tooshaggy · 11-12-2008, 04:29 PM

Chatter,
by Patrick Radden Keiffe

Cicero · 11-12-2008, 05:14 PM

Ayn and Kafka again, and an oddity, Marion Bradley-Priestess of Avalon, Treas got me all curious about a different book from the same "saga".

Aliantha · 11-12-2008, 05:18 PM

I'm reading Duma Key by Stephen King. It's pretty good so far, although I find with a lot of SK's stuff, he tends to waffle on just to (or so it seems) make the book longer.

Griff · 11-12-2008, 06:21 PM

Just started two new ones: Manifold Time by Stephen Baxter and The Heart of Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh

I don't think I've read Baxter before but Nhat Hanh wrote Living Buddha, Living Christ which is a good read.

DanaC · 11-12-2008, 05:38 PM

I used to love Bradley's stories when I was growing up. I think she's probably ushered a hell of a lot of girls into a conscious awareness of gender realities and gender questions, over the years.

I havent read anything of hers since I was around 17. I might revisit Avalon and (most especially) Darkover sometime. I'm intrigued to see where the writers who followed took the narrative.

I've just been wiki-ing Darkover and reminding myself of the stories. Shattered Chain really impacted with me when I first read it. I must have been about 13 or so. Nice memory trip!

monster · 11-12-2008, 10:11 PM

some crap by some chick-lit author. i suspect I'll abandon ship pretty soon. am between rivetting series and feeling bereft.....

Juniper · 11-12-2008, 10:56 PM

I hear ya monster. It's so hard to find something worthwhile. I think that for a while, I'll stick to classics. Would you believe I've never read Wuthering Heights? Jane Eyre is next on my list after my current book. Now that my quarter is ending, I'll finally have time to get into it - I'm reading Atlas Shrugged.

Shawnee123 · 11-13-2008, 01:29 PM

Jane Eyre is one of my favorites! She is one cool old-skool chickie-poo.

Right now I'm reading Run by Ann Patchett.

DanaC · 11-13-2008, 01:58 PM

I never could get into Jane Eyre...or Wuthering Heights.....never tried Atlas Shrugged...

Christ I'm such a philistine lol

Shawnee123 · 11-13-2008, 02:24 PM

Right. Says one of the smartest folks I know.

:p

11-12-2008, 02:51 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oooh. I didn't know he had a new one out. It's on my Christmas wishlist now. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-12-2008, 05:14 PM	#7
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Ayn and Kafka again, and an oddity, Marion Bradley-Priestess of Avalon, Treas got me all curious about a different book from the same "saga". __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-12-2008, 05:18 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm reading Duma Key by Stephen King. It's pretty good so far, although I find with a lot of SK's stuff, he tends to waffle on just to (or so it seems) make the book longer. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-12-2008, 06:21 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Just started two new ones: Manifold Time by Stephen Baxter and The Heart of Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh I don't think I've read Baxter before but Nhat Hanh wrote Living Buddha, Living Christ which is a good read. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-12-2008, 10:11 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	some crap by some chick-lit author. i suspect I'll abandon ship pretty soon. am between rivetting series and feeling bereft..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-12-2008, 12:15 PM	#1
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I didnt much like Twilight either, wolf. Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but it's like there was something missing from it. Att he moment, I am reading My BookyWook, by Russell Brand. I am loving it. He's a very good writer.

11-12-2008, 12:23 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Anybody had a chance to read Anathem by Neal Stephenson? Came out two months ago. I'm wondering if it's worth reading at 900+ pages. Online reviews are mixed, but I've enjoyed his other work.

11-12-2008, 03:16 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm currently reading "the City of Ember" so I can discuss it with my 4th grade daughter. It's actually pretty good so far. Intriguing.

11-12-2008, 04:29 PM	#6
tooshaggy I keep confusing my password with my mantra! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Los Angeles area, CA Posts: 7	Chatter, by Patrick Radden Keiffe

11-12-2008, 05:38 PM	#10
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I used to love Bradley's stories when I was growing up. I think she's probably ushered a hell of a lot of girls into a conscious awareness of gender realities and gender questions, over the years. I havent read anything of hers since I was around 17. I might revisit Avalon and (most especially) Darkover sometime. I'm intrigued to see where the writers who followed took the narrative. I've just been wiki-ing Darkover and reminding myself of the stories. Shattered Chain really impacted with me when I first read it. I must have been about 13 or so. Nice memory trip!

11-12-2008, 10:56 PM	#12
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I hear ya monster. It's so hard to find something worthwhile. I think that for a while, I'll stick to classics. Would you believe I've never read Wuthering Heights? Jane Eyre is next on my list after my current book. Now that my quarter is ending, I'll finally have time to get into it - I'm reading Atlas Shrugged.

11-13-2008, 01:29 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Jane Eyre is one of my favorites! She is one cool old-skool chickie-poo. Right now I'm reading Run by Ann Patchett. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-13-2008, 01:58 PM	#14
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I never could get into Jane Eyre...or Wuthering Heights.....never tried Atlas Shrugged... Christ I'm such a philistine lol

11-13-2008, 02:24 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Right. Says one of the smartest folks I know. :p __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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