What book are you reading?

https://dragcave.net/user/Bellumsaur13 · by **Saurisisia** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:21 pm

Valkyrie by Philipp Freiherr Von Boeselager

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:09 pm

Natty Narwhal wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:Varney the Vampyre, Of Human Bondage, Japanese Fairytales, re-reading Dracula and perusing La Confession de Talleyrand, and Chroniques de Galadrie.

I love my e-reader!

Are e-readers really that great...? I've always been skeptical of them. I'm sort of a traditionalist when it comes to reading.

I find them handy. Plus, at the rate I read, yeah, an e-reader is magnificent.

Currently reading Aesop's Fables.

by **Mike the Progressive** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:17 pm

E-readers are okay. Depends on which one you get. I can't say anything of Kindle, but B&N Nooks suck. I bought an iPad and I find them absolutely delightful.

by **JuNii** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:34 am

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Maxedon wrote:Strike Force
By Dale Brown

Lacky's the only one here who's not read it?

I'm almost done with it actually. Its a quick read.

is it good?

by **JuNii** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:39 am

Mike the Progressive wrote:E-readers are okay. Depends on which one you get. I can't say anything of Kindle, but B&N Nooks suck. I bought an iPad and I find them absolutely delightful.

i know... found an old book by gail baudino that i've been searching for...

Gossimar Axe.
an Irish harper is waging a century long war against the elves who imprisoned her and her lover... as the dimensional worlds drift apart, she finds that she has one last chance to free her lover... but will bardic magic powered by the raw might of heavy metal win the day?

by **Gallade** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:08 am

Just received the complete works of Shakespeare.

I'm going to be a happy bunny for the next good while.

by **Brickistan** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:20 pm

Gallade wrote:Just received the complete works of Shakespeare.

I'm going to be a happy bunny for the next good while.

Really?

I read a few of his plays back in school and found them incredibly dry and boring.

by **Xeraph** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:17 pm

The Far Pavilions

by **Asphanoi** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:18 pm

Could not be happier with it.

by **Aestoria** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:18 pm

Just finished The Black Dahlia

by **Ceannairceach** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:19 pm

Just started A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin two days ago. So far, so good.

by **High Vasa** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:23 pm

Currently, I am working through:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Hero -- Myths & Legends of the British Race by M.I. Ebbutt
Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand
The King James Bible by multiple scholars

My next slate of books will include War and Peace and A Tale of Two Cities

By the way, for all us e-reader fans. I would encourage anyone to visit Project Gutenberg. Many out of copyright books can be found there. Three of the four books I'm currently reading I got there for free.

by **Desprit (Ancient)** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:30 pm

I just finished reading Last Breath: Cautionary Tales from the Limits of Human Endurance by Peter Stark yesterday.

I am currently reading Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork.

by **Thurask** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:37 pm

Just finished Company, so Machine Man's next.

by **Something with wings** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:22 am

Brickistan wrote:
Gallade wrote:Just received the complete works of Shakespeare.

I'm going to be a happy bunny for the next good while.

Really?

I read a few of his plays back in school and found them incredibly dry and boring.

I had some books a while back that took his plays and converted them into prose. They are much easier to read in this format, without the iambic pentameter and with a third person narrator, rather than having the story passed to you by the dialogue and stage directions. I found that most of the plots were decent, i just cant stand reading them as plays though

by **JuNii** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:47 am

Xeraph wrote:The Far Pavilions

love that book... also loved the HBO Movie they made... the uncut one.

by **Manahakatouki** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:30 am

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Cell, King James Bible, and Macbeth at the moment...

by **Free Underwear Fliers** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:34 pm

Never Let Me Go.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:05 pm

Mike the Progressive wrote:E-readers are okay. Depends on which one you get. I can't say anything of Kindle, but B&N Nooks suck. I bought an iPad and I find them absolutely delightful.

I have a Cruz reader, with an Android OS. I can't complain since I can put Kindle, Kobo and Overdrive readers on it.

by **Republic of Aspergia** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:11 pm

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:47 am

Currently browsing The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll.

by **West Failure** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:09 am

For those with e-readers I can thoroughly recommend downloading a piece of free software called Calibre. It allows you to change from one format to another, search online, manage collections, remove drm, edit metadata. Very handy.

by **I V Stalin** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:58 pm

Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds.

Totally on a sci-fi binge at the moment: I've just finished Dan Simmons' Ilium and next up I'll be reading Olympos and Hyperion, also by Simmons, then starting Stephen Baxter's Destiny's Children series before returning to Reynolds with Absolution Gap. That should get me through to New Year, at least.

by **Rhodmhire** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:15 pm

I actually looked to see if Machine Man was on the B&N list for the Nook for shits n' gigs before classes started today, and it turns out that it was. I downloaded the free sample and I'm considering buying it.

'Course I don't really have the $10.00 to spare at the moment. Which sucks, since I'm actually really intrigued by it from what I read.

by **FatherKarras** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:21 pm

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Good book, but the archeological jargon slows the reading down a bit. Unfortunately, the jargon also needs to be understood in order to truly enhance the story properly.

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