Your reading list?

[Ali]

I'm sorry that your wife is having a tough time.   

Thanks. Things are looking a bit brighter for her, now that she got psychotherapy and a less stressful job.

That's good to hear.

Yes, very good to hear that she is moving in a positive direction.

[Tom62]

I'm back to normal (science) fiction with Clifford D. Simak's "Special Deliverance".

[Tank]

Just finished the Night's Dawn trilogy, just ordered the Void trilogy by Peter F Harrison.

[Amicale]

Re-reading Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan's "Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Milennium".

For fiction, currently re-reading "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens, as well as "1984" by George Orwell.

I have plenty of new stuff to read, but I've been in the mood for some old favourites.

[Sandra Craft]

Finished Arguably, essays by Christopher Hitchens, and the Best American Mystery Stories of 2011.  Started Natural Prayers, by Chet Raymo, which I'm really enjoying.  It's a collection of essays about nature, set around the seasons of the year.  In fact, he's using Pagan holidays as markers, which I'm not sure is deliberate but it is giving me a little giggle.

[Ali]

I just started The Satanic Verses last night.

Let me know what you think.  I really wanted to like it, but couldn't get through it.  I don't have a high tolerance for slogging through a book once it loses my interest.

I'm still reading Incarceron (no reading time lately!) but next I'm going to read Game of Thrones.

[Tank]

Just finished the Night's Dawn trilogy (3,700 pages!) by Peter F Hamilton.
Just about to start the Void trilogy (2,560 pages.) also by Hamilton.

[Melmoth]

Just finished the Night's Dawn trilogy (3,700 pages!) by Peter F Hamilton.

I have that! I have masses of books that I've not read, owing to the fact that I'm the only reader in my family, so all unwanted christmas presents, inheritances etc. get filtered down to me. It's a bugger deciding what to read next.

What's your opinion? I've been looking for something really long and epic to read, something I can get really immersed in - haven't had that since I read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

[Tank]

Just finished the Night's Dawn trilogy (3,700 pages!) by Peter F Hamilton.

I have that! I have masses of books that I've not read, owing to the fact that I'm the only reader in my family, so all unwanted christmas presents, inheritances etc. get filtered down to me. It's a bugger deciding what to read next.

What's your opinion? I've been looking for something really long and epic to read, something I can get really immersed in - haven't had that since I read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

9.4/10 It starts off with A LOT of scene setting and character creation and you don't realise what is actually going on until your well into the first part of the trilogy. The 0.6 off of the perfect score boils down to a pet irritation of mine about Hamilton's writing style. If you like your Space Opera loud and large you'll like this. There are over 1,000,000 words in the story and it doesn't slow down at all, which is quite an achievment.

[Melmoth]

I shall look to it then!

[Ali]

Right!?!  I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggled to get through it.

[Ali]

Right!?!  I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggled to get through it.

I'm on page 83 and have not experienced one iota of enjoyment so far. 

I can't remember where I was when I finally gave up the ghost and decided to read something else.  I really wanted to know what Salman Rushdie could have possibly said to make Cat Stevens turn on him.  (sad about Cat Stevens going nuts.  I love his music, especially "Here Comes My Baby.")

[Dobermonster]

For anyone interested in books on medicine and bioethics, I highly recommend the works of Dr Sherwin Nuland. I can reread a book of his repeatedly and find something new to ponder every time. He has a great style, very interesting and thoughtful. "How We Die" is the one I have on hand, and it explores the process of death and dying as a result of everything from murder, to heart disease, to Alzheimers, to cancer, as well as discussing the issue and history of euthanasia in the face of terminal illness.

[Recusant]

I've read two of Rushdie's books (The Moor's Last Sigh and The Ground Beneath Her Feet) and really enjoyed both of them; since I've not yet tried The Satanic Verses, I can't give an opinion on it. I've heard other people say that they don't like Rushdie's style, though.

[joeactor]

Currently reading "Frankenstein".

Watched the old Boris Karloff movie (he was brilliant, the plot... not so much)

The original book seems closer to the mini-series "Frankenstein: The True Story" that I saw a while back...