Books you're currently reading??? - Page 94

binky · 04-07-2009, 02:46 PM

Sort of off-topic here, but does anyone own a Kindle? I am thinking of treating myself to one for my birthday, but they are expensive, and I would like some feedback first.

Master Cthulhu · 04-08-2009, 08:39 AM

All Quiet on the Western Front

epic.

DanaC · 04-09-2009, 05:05 AM

Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsey.

Wow. Just wow.

wolf · 04-09-2009, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by binky

Sort of off-topic here, but does anyone own a Kindle? I am thinking of treating myself to one for my birthday, but they are expensive, and I would like some feedback first.

I love my Kindle, but I have a Kindle 1, can't speak to the new version.

Currently reading: Android Dreams - John Scalzi

binky · 04-09-2009, 04:49 PM

Thanks Wolf, I really think I want one.

wolf · 04-12-2009, 10:27 AM

Chronicles of Riddick - Alan Dean Foster

No, I don't know why, either.

Chocolatl · 04-12-2009, 02:55 PM

Steamrolled through To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday because I have to start teaching it tomorrow. (Yuck.)

Reading The Graveyard Book for pleasure, during that imaginary thing they call "free time."

wolf · 04-17-2009, 03:20 PM

Double Star - Robert Heinlein

Trilby · 04-17-2009, 03:46 PM

heh heh heh heh...instead of reading Shakespeare, I'm just getting the DVD's!

tonight: Henry V.

HA!

wolf · 04-17-2009, 11:30 PM

Admittedly, Will plays better than he reads, but there is a longstanding academic tradition of sweating your way through that incomprehensible Elizabethan dialog.

Make sure that you're following along with your printed copy, a lot of the film versions have a tendency to leave out big chunks just to move the action along.

DanaC · 04-18-2009, 04:09 AM

Also, movies tend to drop the stuff that's less readily accessible to a modern audience. Quite often that involves dropping bits of humour. A classic example is in Othello. The scene where Iago makes a joke about an enema, the terminology is so archaic it tends to get dropped. I've only seen that bit included in old BBC stage productions.

My current reading is mainly around my dissertation... a particularly good one is Equivocal Beings, by Claudia Johnson. Fascinating stuff. Looking at women writers of the 1790s-1830s and how they placed themselves in the national debate. It's quite a difficult text for me to get my head around in places. I am used to reading historians and this is from the lit crit section. I find the lexicon difficult to get to grips with. I hadn't realised how comfortable I'd become in my own field.

For leisure, I am on an audio book. I mainly prefer to read novels myself, but every so often I go through an audio book phase. Right now that's driven by the fact I really like the reader on this series of books. It's the second in the Dexter series: Dearly Devoted Dexter. Makes excellent night time listening. I love Jeff Lindsay's writing style. It is so lyrical and playful. The guy who reads them has really caught that I think.

Trilby · 04-18-2009, 04:13 AM

both you right and noble ladies are correct in your happy and learned reports.

what grand company mine own corset keeps! (I would have preferred to use 'codpiece keeps' but I don't wear a codpiece except for very special occasions)

DanaC · 04-18-2009, 04:33 AM

(which you've presumably filmed for our later edification?)

Trilby · 04-18-2009, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

(which you've presumably filmed for our later edification?)

naturally!

wolf · 04-18-2009, 10:59 AM

The Barcode Rebellion - Suzanne Weyn

04-07-2009, 02:46 PM	#1396
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Sort of off-topic here, but does anyone own a Kindle? I am thinking of treating myself to one for my birthday, but they are expensive, and I would like some feedback first. __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

04-09-2009, 04:49 PM	#1400
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Thanks Wolf, I really think I want one. __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

04-12-2009, 10:27 AM	#1401
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Chronicles of Riddick - Alan Dean Foster No, I don't know why, either. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-17-2009, 03:20 PM	#1403
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Double Star - Robert Heinlein __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-17-2009, 03:46 PM	#1404
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	heh heh heh heh...instead of reading Shakespeare, I'm just getting the DVD's! tonight: Henry V. HA! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-08-2009, 08:39 AM	#1397
Master Cthulhu Sentimental Sentient Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 38	All Quiet on the Western Front epic.

04-09-2009, 05:05 AM	#1398
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsey. Wow. Just wow.

04-12-2009, 02:55 PM	#1402
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Steamrolled through To Kill a Mockingbird yesterday because I have to start teaching it tomorrow. (Yuck.) Reading The Graveyard Book for pleasure, during that imaginary thing they call "free time."

04-17-2009, 11:30 PM	#1405
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Admittedly, Will plays better than he reads, but there is a longstanding academic tradition of sweating your way through that incomprehensible Elizabethan dialog. Make sure that you're following along with your printed copy, a lot of the film versions have a tendency to leave out big chunks just to move the action along. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-18-2009, 04:09 AM	#1406
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Also, movies tend to drop the stuff that's less readily accessible to a modern audience. Quite often that involves dropping bits of humour. A classic example is in Othello. The scene where Iago makes a joke about an enema, the terminology is so archaic it tends to get dropped. I've only seen that bit included in old BBC stage productions. My current reading is mainly around my dissertation... a particularly good one is Equivocal Beings, by Claudia Johnson. Fascinating stuff. Looking at women writers of the 1790s-1830s and how they placed themselves in the national debate. It's quite a difficult text for me to get my head around in places. I am used to reading historians and this is from the lit crit section. I find the lexicon difficult to get to grips with. I hadn't realised how comfortable I'd become in my own field. For leisure, I am on an audio book. I mainly prefer to read novels myself, but every so often I go through an audio book phase. Right now that's driven by the fact I really like the reader on this series of books. It's the second in the Dexter series: Dearly Devoted Dexter. Makes excellent night time listening. I love Jeff Lindsay's writing style. It is so lyrical and playful. The guy who reads them has really caught that I think. Last edited by DanaC; 04-18-2009 at 04:24 AM.

04-18-2009, 04:13 AM	#1407
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	both you right and noble ladies are correct in your happy and learned reports. what grand company mine own corset keeps! (I would have preferred to use 'codpiece keeps' but I don't wear a codpiece except for very special occasions) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-18-2009, 04:33 AM	#1408
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	(which you've presumably filmed for our later edification?)

04-18-2009, 10:59 AM	#1410
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Barcode Rebellion - Suzanne Weyn __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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