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PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:14 pm
by kirakira
Ooo, right now I'm in the middle of 'Strong Poison' by Dorothy L Sayers. XD

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:03 pm
by Kesshin
I just finished reading "Squashed" by Joan Bauer (at least, I hope that's how her name is spelled :sweat: ). She's one of my favorite contemporary authors, which is saying something because I don't normally like contemporary. Squashed was okay, but she's written better.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:08 pm
by SManBeyond
Future Grace by John Piper

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:01 pm
by Locke
finished The Human Comedy couple days ago.

probaly starting Flowers For Algernon tomorrow

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:46 pm
by uc pseudonym
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Phillip Hallie

A true story about a village that non-violently and successfully resisted the Nazis during one of the worst parts of World War II. It's a bit dry, so I have not been reading it swiftly.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:23 pm
by Kireihana
Locke wrote:finished The Human Comedy couple days ago.

probaly starting Flowers For Algernon tomorrow

Gah. I had to read that book for school. It's so sad... :sniffle:

PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:14 am
by cbwing0
I read two books and started another while on vacation this past week. The first was "Small Wars: Their Principle And Practice," by C. E. Calwell. It is an interesting book on military strategy from the turn of the century that is becoming more relevant in modern warfare.

Next, I read, "The Hell-Fire Clubs: A History of Anti-Morality," by Geoffrey Ashe. This was an interesting book about a series of organizations in 18th century England that devoted themselves to either complete hedonism or devil worship (or both). The book also describes other individuals throughout history who have lived by the words "Do what you will."

Now I am reading "The Black Book of Communism," which describes the atrocities of every communist regime up until the present. The central thesis of the book is that communism is an essentially criminial system, which relies upon terror and repression for it's creation and continuted existence. Of course the authors provide ample evidence to support their claims, which is why the book runs to 852 pages!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:48 pm
by thalia
I am currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but soon I will have to start on The Odyssey for English 101...

PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:20 am
by Technomancer
Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi

PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 8:24 pm
by Locke
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:11 pm
by martinloyola
Heart of Winter-Robert Jordan (wheel of time series)

The Far Lands - James Norman Hall, (a history of the oceanic islands, told like mythology)

PostPosted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:58 pm
by Icarus
The Hacker Ethic, by Pekka Himenen.

Rather interesting.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:01 pm
by Technomancer
Bao Ninh "The Sorrow of War: A Novel of Noth Vietnam"

A very good book, and a much needed different perspective on the Vietnam war itself. It reminds me a bit of Erich Maria Remarque's "The Road Back" in its depiction of the rootlessness and confusion of the war's survivior's.

(from the jacket)
Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier provides a strinkingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:50 pm
by Locke
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

really intersting and supringly easy to read

PostPosted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:43 pm
by RoyalWing
I am reading "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis~ ^-^ Some words and sentences are a bit complicated for me, but I get the important parts. It's very good!

PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:38 pm
by Kokhiri Sojourn
"The Battle Belongs to the Lord," by K. Scott Oliphant. It is a book on Christian Apologetics and is quite good so far.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:06 am
by uc pseudonym
The Salmon of Doubt (a collection of Douglas Adams' assorted pieces)

Not nearly on the level of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, or Dirk Gently by large. This book caused me to lose a certain amount of respect for Douglas Adams as a person (though he is still a good author). On the other hand, the book does contain a portion of his unfinished book that is like most of his work.

Also, it contains the piece "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe." Funny in a hitchhiker fashion and also vaguely revealing for people who have never experienced popular sentiment outside of American.

PostPosted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:53 pm
by PrincessZelda
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:29 am
by Technomancer
"The Palace" by Lisa St. Aubin de Teran. A pretty good novel so far.

and "Wavelets and Multiwavelets" by Fritz Keinert. A good review of the theory, and one of the few treatments of multiwavelets that I'm aware of.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:50 pm
by uc pseudonym
Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity

An extremely scholarly text, but not as difficult to read as most. Very interesting, for what I have read of it.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:27 pm
by SilverFang
"left behind"

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:58 pm
by greyscale42
Im currently reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens but Im barely into the third chapter so dont ask me what its about, I have no clue yet.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:15 am
by Kat Walker
Right now, I have a bit of a reading que...I was starting Paradise Lost by James Hilton, but then I was dusting off my classics shelf and started reading J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Both half finished. Then, when our family went on vacation, I started on The Iliad...but I left the book at my uncle's house. >_>;

Having a new crush and just recently getting cable internet have wrought much havoc on my reading time. ^^;

PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:58 pm
by JediSonic
My dad bought "frankenstein" at a church yard sale so I think I'll read that :lol:

My mom thinks i might regret it later <_<

PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 3:52 pm
by martinloyola
His Way by David Knight

PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:40 pm
by glitch1501
out of the silent planet - cs lewis

PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:11 pm
by Kokhiri Sojourn
Just read both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll, for the first time.

Now, I will be reading Christ and the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson, a book which I've attempted to start several times this summer. I have two weeks before returning to college - better get on it. Simultaneously, I think I'll read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, seeing as I've only read it once, and it's been many, many years....

PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:22 pm
by The Grammarian
Just finished re-reading C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man. STILL working on Watson's Theological Institutes. Read P.J. O'Rourke's Peace Kills and Cracking the Da Vinci Code not too long ago. May re-read Lewis' The Great Divorce soon, though presently I'm not reading anything.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:05 pm
by Mangafanatic
I'm reading Artemis Fowl.

PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:59 pm
by soul alive
i am currently reading "The Guardian," book two of the O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson. I am also reading the Bible as well as two year-long daily devotionals: "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers and "Extreme Devotion" by Voice of the Martyrs. i just finished reading "Covenant of Love" and "Gate of His Enemies" books one and two of the Appomattox Saga by Gilbert Morris.