Nash, TN What'cha reading?

Probably not found in Oprah's book club list...

 

haha, true.. what about On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God? All of those books are teenage-girl-type books anyway. They're kind of like Bridget Jones's Diary for 15 year-olds.

 

That too but I can't take all the low roads otherwise there is a mutual friend who will groan me to death. Besides the angus made it stand out. Who rights about angus? Sex an easy subject to garner a reaction. But if you can make a type meat interesting...

But to stop the highjacknig... I read recently:

All the Harry Potter books minus this latest one.

 

haha.. I know what it's like to be groaned to death.

Oh, and Angus is a cat.

Congrats on Harry Potter! When are you starting book six?? I brought all of them to school with me--hopefully I'll have time to read them [again].

 

I'm in the middle of Star Wars Dark Nest 1: The Joiner King... there is a connection that draws direct dialogue from ep II in there. Please someone here tell me they've read the NJO books so I can discuss this sequel with them.

 

I am almost done reading Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince

 

I recently finished Hollywood vs. America (Michael Medved) and A Lost Lady (Willa Cather.) Yeah, they were school books, but they were both really good.. I hope to re-read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets soon, but that probably won't happen for a while. Why can't UT offer a Harry Potter class like Notre Dame???

 

Now reading: Star Wars Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
The book picks up a year after the events of Dark Nest I. In just the first few chapters, we already have the true origins of the Dark Nest explained as well as seeing the scene from Episode III between Anakin and Padme after Obi-Wan had visited her.

The book also contains a preview of Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn.

I just finished listening to Treason by Ann Coulter which I got to listen to on the trip to DragonCon. She goes a little too far in a couple of analogies, but otherwise it was a tremendous education in how the liberals/democrats had let Soviet spies into high government positions in the 40s and 50s and instead of being concerned with removing them, attacked one of the people who was responsible for exposing the spies, Sen. Joe McCarthy. Recently de-classified documents have revealed that everyone accused of being a spy by McCarthy, actually was a spy. The government kept evidence secret because they didn't want to reveal to the Soviets that they had broken their code. It also talks about how Reagan won the Cold War and how liberals/democrats refuse to give him credit.

 

Dark Nest 2 is already out? Damn it I'm behind now. I'm still jonesin for The rise of Darth Vader too.

 

Star Wars Novel release dates:
Dark Nest II came out yesterday, Sept. 27
Outbound Flight has been delayed from October to January 31, 2006.
Dark Lord : The Rise of Darth Vader is out Nov. 22
Dark Nest III isn't until Dec. 27

There is a huge list in the Literature Thread that includes comic books, reference books, trade paperbacks, and young fiction.

 

I just finished Dark Nest II. Now what to read? Probably The Stand again.

 

I finished Dark Nest II as well. This book was a little easier to follow than the first as there were no big battles in confusing locations (0-g cave, asteroid field, etc.). Of course, it also seemed like more of a filler book between the first and third book than any real substantial story.

 

I like listening to and reading Anne Coulter. Sometimes she does push the envelope, but I've found that her points are hard for the libs to argue.
If you like her books, try these:

The Real America by Glenn Beck
The Enemy Within by Mike Savage
Will by G. Gordon Liddy
When I Was A Kid, It Was A Free Country by G.Gordon Liddy
Deliver Us From Evil by Sean Hannity
Complete Gentleman by Brad Miner

I've read all these and just finished The Boys of '98, the story of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
I'm starting a one now called, Sleuthing the Alamo, Davy Crockett's Last Stand and other mysteries of the Texas Revolution.

 

I just finished my first Hemingway book ever--The Sun Also Rises. It was.. interesting. Definitely an experience.. There are a ton of books I want to get from Amazon.. has anybody read any of these?

- Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson
- Brainwashed : How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth by Ben Shapiro
- Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor by Mike S. Adams

I need to find some time so I can finish Star Wars and Philosophy... school and reading for fun just doesn't go together.

 

I was at Great Escape Saturday for their big sidewalk sale. The only SW item I got was the Star Wars Action Figure Archive. I did notice that they had a used copy of the Revenge of the Sith novel for under $10 (might have been 8 or 9). There is a lot of new non-fiction Star Wars out: Poster book, companion to the exhibit in Boston (Where Science Meets Imagination), and Inside the Worlds of ROTS were the most notable.

 

I bought and read teh Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen today. I have to disagree I think there was a story I just didn't care for the ending. It shared the probelm quite a few of the later NJO books had there was no defined ending ti sorta traield off in a kinda anti-climatic to be continued sort of way. But I loved the character development in the extended Skywalker/Solo family. Especialyl with one of my favorite characters Jacen Solo. I won't ruin it for anyone who might be inclinedto read it but I've folled this character and his sister and their friends since the his birth, through the Jedi Academy Trilogy, into Young Jedi Knight series, all through the NJO series, and now onward.

 

I'm currently reading
Wind Rider?s Oath by David Weber

On the list to be read:
Richard Blade: Liberator of Jedd by Jeffrey Lord
Who Goes There by John W. Campbell
At All Costs by David Weber
Black Destroyer by A. E. van Vogt
New Spring by Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Wolf Time by Lars Walker

Here's a list of what I've recently read:
The War God?s Own by David Weber
Oath of Swords by David Weber
Stranglehold by Christopher Anvil
Revolt! by Christopher Anvil
Star Tiger by Christopher Anvil
The Hunch by Christopher Anvil
Experts in the Field by Christopher Anvil
Compound Interest by Christopher Anvil
Test Ultimate by Christopher Anvil
Basic by Christopher Anvil
The Nitrocellulose Doormat by Christopher Anvil
The Royal Road by Christopher Anvil
The King?s Legions by Christopher Anvil
The Dukes of Desire by Christopher Anvil
Strangers to Paradise by Christopher Anvil
Richard Blade: Slave of Sarma by Jeffrey Lord
Richard Blade: The Bronze Axe by Jeffrey Lord
Stars Over Stars by Kathy D. Wentworth
Black on Black by Kathy D. Wentworth
Fallen Angles by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, & Michael Flynn
The Armageddon Inheritance by David Weber
Gust Front by John Ringo
A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo
We Few by David Weber and John Ringo
Mutineer's Moon by David Weber
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgwar by Terry Brooks
March to The Stars by David Weber and John Ringo.
March to The Sea by David Weber and John Ringo
March Upcountry by David Weber and John Ringo
The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber
Isaac Asimov's Mysteries by Isaac Asimov
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze by James Alan Gardner
The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett.
Father to the Stars by Philip Jose Farmer
The Stone God Awakens by Philip Jose Farmer
VALIS by Philip K. Dick
Dare by Philip Jose Farmer
The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philp Jose Farmer
Expanded Universe by Robert A. Heinlein
Richard Blade: Gladiators of Hapanu by Jeffrey Lord
Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein (read it many times)
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax by Terry Brooks

 

I'm nearly finished with the novelization of "Doom" and I've also started on the novelization of "ROTS."

I'm planning to obtain a copy of "Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" very soon.

Recently completed "Labrynth of Evil."

 

I'm currently reading
The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison

On the list to be read:
Richard Blade: Liberator of Jedd by Jeffrey Lord
Who Goes There by John W. Campbell
At All Costs by David Weber
Black Destroyer by A. E. van Vogt
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Wolf Time by Lars Walker

Here's a list of what I've recently read:
Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo
The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
New Spring by Robert Jordan
Wind Rider?s Oath by David Weber
The War God?s Own by David Weber
Oath of Swords by David Weber
Stranglehold by Christopher Anvil
Revolt! by Christopher Anvil
Star Tiger by Christopher Anvil
The Hunch by Christopher Anvil
Experts in the Field by Christopher Anvil
Compound Interest by Christopher Anvil
Test Ultimate by Christopher Anvil
Basic by Christopher Anvil
The Nitrocellulose Doormat by Christopher Anvil
The Royal Road by Christopher Anvil
The King?s Legions by Christopher Anvil
The Dukes of Desire by Christopher Anvil
Strangers to Paradise by Christopher Anvil
Richard Blade: Slave of Sarma by Jeffrey Lord
Richard Blade: The Bronze Axe by Jeffrey Lord
Stars Over Stars by Kathy D. Wentworth
Black on Black by Kathy D. Wentworth
Fallen Angles by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, & Michael Flynn
The Armageddon Inheritance by David Weber
Gust Front by John Ringo
A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo
We Few by David Weber and John Ringo
Mutineer's Moon by David Weber
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgwar by Terry Brooks
March to The Stars by David Weber and John Ringo.
March to The Sea by David Weber and John Ringo
March Upcountry by David Weber and John Ringo
The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber
Isaac Asimov's Mysteries by Isaac Asimov
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze by James Alan Gardner
The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett.
Father to the Stars by Philip Jose Farmer
The Stone God Awakens by Philip Jose Farmer
VALIS by Philip K. Dick
Dare by Philip Jose Farmer
The Blind Geometer by Kim Stanley Robinson
The New Atlantis by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philp Jose Farmer
Expanded Universe by Robert A. Heinlein
Richard Blade: Gladiators of Hapanu by Jeffrey Lord
Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein (read it many times)
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax by Terry Brooks

 

Well, I'm currently reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. I got it for Hanukkah, so I waited and read Dark Nest III: The Swarm War first. I had previously re-read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, so now I understand why so many people, e.g. ROTSAnakin, were upset with the movie and I agree with them.

 

The Politically Incorrect Guide to US History is the most noatable book I've read int he past few weeks. I highly recommend it.

 

I recently read Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader as well as The Da Vinci Code. Had to read the latter before the movie comes out.

 

I loved The Da Vinci Code... Angels and Demons, the prequel, is really good too. I just hate Tom Hanks as Langdon though...

I recently started Everything Bad is Good For You, but since school starts in two days I know I probably won't finish it anytime soon.

 

I just started reading Memoirs of a Geisha. I have heard that it is good, so I figure that I should read it before seeing the movie.

 

Ok.

Currently reading Horse and his Boy, the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia.

Just finished The Archers Tale by Bernard Cornwell. Awesome medieval historical fiction. It's actualyl part of a series. Those are next after the Narnia books.