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Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:19 pm

traptunderice wrote:

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

One of my all-time favorite novels. I think you'll love it.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:20 pm

Anyway, I got quite a few books for Christmas.

Christopher Reeve - Nothing Is Impossible (mentioned in another post).
Computer Networking
The Principia by Isaac Newton
Descartes' Secret Notebook

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:19 pm

Seinfeld26 wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

One of my all-time favorite novels. I think you'll love it.

I'm really enjoying it as a good piece of literature. Well written, interesting symbolism. The story hasn't grabbed me yet but there is quite a bit of mystery which pushes me to continue. I'm only on page seventy so I have a way's to go.

Is the Descartes Secret Notebook fiction or not? I looked it up and couldn't tell if it was just a biography or a story using Descartes. I did see that the author has a book coming out about Teilhard de Chardin who is a really interesting figure. Jesuit priest and archaeologist who was one of the most adamant evolutionists in the early 1900s.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:05 am

traptunderice wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

One of my all-time favorite novels. I think you'll love it.

I'm really enjoying it as a good piece of literature. Well written, interesting symbolism. The story hasn't grabbed me yet but there is quite a bit of mystery which pushes me to continue. I'm only on page seventy so I have a way's to go.

Is the Descartes Secret Notebook fiction or not? I looked it up and couldn't tell if it was just a biography or a story using Descartes. I did see that the author has a book coming out about Teilhard de Chardin who is a really interesting figure. Jesuit priest and archaeologist who was one of the most adamant evolutionists in the early 1900s.

It's non-fiction, but it isn't really so much a biography as it's a scholarly analysis of his life and thought processes, based on a notebook he kept hidden throughout his life. It was actually a surprise gift, so I don't really know a whole lot about it. And I probably won't start reading it until a little later, since I'm reading so many other books right now.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:16 am

Batman: The Long Halloween

Would top The Dark Knight Returns if it didn't have a nonsensical ending. Art is absolutely amazing though.

Mike · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:03 am

John Grogan: Marley & Me

As a dog lover I should enjoy this book quite a bit. My wife bought it for me as a stocking stuffer this Christmas. I have no inclination to see the movie at all.

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:27 am

Actually, I don't read that much.
I've always tried to get "through" the books I start with but can't get into the story.

But I am going to try (since it's christmas) to read the Harry Potter series... It can't be THAT bloody hard :mad:

Azrael · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:35 am

the Harry Potter books are some of the most accessible i've ever read and just the thing to get people started. JK Rowling is a great storyteller.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:09 am

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Actually, I don't read that much.
I've always tried to get "through" the books I start with but can't get into the story.

But I am going to try (since it's christmas) to read the Harry Potter series... It can't be THAT bloody hard :mad:

This thread would be good place to get some accessible recommendations. There is a book for whatever your interests are. If I knew what you were interested in, I would try to give you a long list to start off with.

Rhys · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:28 am

Brahm_K wrote:

I'll be reading over the holidays:

Gene Wolfe- Latro in the Mist (omnibus that includes two novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete)

Jeff Vandermeer- City of Saints and Madmen

Cormac McCarthy- The Road

Erich Gruen- The Last Generation of the Roman Republic

Tell us how you like that one ^_^ (Been putting off picking it up for ages)

Orion · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:13 pm

George R. R. Martin - A Game of Thrones

My first foray into this genre. I hope this was a decent place to start.

Azrael · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:19 pm

Orion wrote:

George R. R. Martin - A Game of Thrones

My first foray into this genre. I hope this was a decent place to start.

not really, because they'll probably raise your standards too much :lol:

awesome series, everyone in the forum who's read it will agree.

rio · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:30 pm

Finished a load of books so am beginning a load more in rotation.

Robert Jordan- Knife of Dreams (after the first couple of POVs in the prologue and also looking at amazon reviews it seems like its going to be far better than the last three... something might even happen, you never know)

Christopher Hill- The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas in the English Revolution (Book about early pre-communist and proto-democratic currents of thought during the civil war)

Hugh Thomas- The Spanish Civil War (supposed to be the best book on this particular subject)

Azar Nafisi- Reading Lolita in Tehran (quite interesting book about a women's book club in Iran)

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:12 pm

traptunderice wrote:

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Actually, I don't read that much.
I've always tried to get "through" the books I start with but can't get into the story.

But I am going to try (since it's christmas) to read the Harry Potter series... It can't be THAT bloody hard :mad:

This thread would be good place to get some accessible recommendations. There is a book for whatever your interests are. If I knew what you were interested in, I would try to give you a long list to start off with.

Well, I'm reading Harry Potter right now and so far I think it's good. So I think fantasy is a genre that I would like. Have tried to read some criminal books, Alex Kava, Harlan Coben, etc but they were all hard for me to get through.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:23 pm

So Seinfeld, were the people at the end of the book coming to save her or hang her? If they were coming to save her it opens up the interesting possibility that her friend killed herself for nothing. You were right about the book, though, I loved it. A critique of society and Christianity through the eyes of radical feminism in a well written dystopian novel with an actual possibly happy ending is a win.

Orion · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:28 am

Azrael wrote:

Orion wrote:

George R. R. Martin - A Game of Thrones

My first foray into this genre. I hope this was a decent place to start.

not really, because they'll probably raise your standards too much :lol:

awesome series, everyone in the forum who's read it will agree.

Wow. That was incredibly awesome. Only took me 4 days to read. On to a Clash of Kings. If it's as good as the first then I'm in for quite a ride.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:40 pm

traptunderice wrote:

So Seinfeld, were the people at the end of the book coming to save her or hang her? If they were coming to save her it opens up the interesting possibility that her friend killed herself for nothing. You were right about the book, though, I loved it. A critique of society and Christianity through the eyes of radical feminism in a well written dystopian novel with an actual possibly happy ending is a win.

Have you read the "historical notes" at the end of the book? They should clear up the ambiguity at the end.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:56 pm

Mintrude wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

So Seinfeld, were the people at the end of the book coming to save her or hang her? If they were coming to save her it opens up the interesting possibility that her friend killed herself for nothing. You were right about the book, though, I loved it. A critique of society and Christianity through the eyes of radical feminism in a well written dystopian novel with an actual possibly happy ending is a win.

Have you read the "historical notes" at the end of the book? They should clear up the ambiguity at the end.

Runs to the bookshelf.

Now Reading: Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye. It is amazing. It's becoming one of my most favorite books. Bukowski writes like Hemingway but with more for the twentieth century. Vulgar and obscene, but truthful and sad. It is so good.

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:56 pm

Finished The Fellowship Of The Rings.

On to reading The Zombie Survival Guide and Paradise Lost before I get back to LotR.

Speedyjx · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:48 pm

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Finished The Fellowship Of The Rings.

On to reading The Zombie Survival Guide and Paradise Lost before I get back to LotR.

Two of my favourite books right there, you'll need to let me know your thoughts on them. I really should re-read Paradise Lost though, it's been a while.

I'm about to make a start on Don Quixote.

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