IrishEyes Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Barbara Kingsolver, author of the The Poisonwood Bible. I was just talking to Yvonne about this book a few weeks back.This was an awesome one, and I really enjoyed it. Very descriptive, and had lots to think on, especially as a Baptist, and almost missionary. But my favorite part had nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with mothering... I LOVED the description she used when talking about the love you feel for your 'baby'. It hit the nail on the head for me. It's NOT that you love any of your other children less, or anything like that. It just seems, for me, with my baby, I make more TIME to love her, and I KNOW that there will be no more, until I get grandchildren, so it makes the loving time more special, almost bittersweet. But the descriptions she uses just really fit for me. Honestly, although the book is not in my Top 3, the way the author describes emotions is about as real as anything I've read in quite a while. Of course, for fiction, I also like Anita Shreve. I'm reading "The last time they met", for the third time. I LOVE that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 I am currently reading John Barrow, "The infinite book - A short guide to the boundless, timeless, and endless." Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techhowse Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Hi everyone! It's my first post. I am reading several books at the moment, I actually plan to have a gigantic (or large) collection of books on a massive collection of bookcases planning to have all if not most of them already read and fully understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulielmus Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I’m currently reading Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes it is a graphic novel and, so far, is very good, written by: Neil Gaiman. I am also reading Stephen Hawkings – Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. I just finished American Gods, also by Neil Gaiman, I thought it was very well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 i have to read some novels and short stories for my english class. I also do some private reading on my text book on discrete discrete math and calculus. I am also reading a book called "godel ` s proof" by Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Constitutional Chaos : What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws It's an inside view of the U.S. legal system by someone who has been an attorney, a law professor, a commentator and a judge. Judge Napolitano has studied the system inside and out, leading him to establish his general creed: “The government is not your friend.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 I'm currently reading "The War of the Flowers", by Tad Williams; who is in my opinion the best Science Fiction and Fantasy writter on the scene at the moment. And I have just finished reading The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene, I didn't think it was as good as The Elegant Universe, but it's good light reading for any beginner :eek: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaelcarp Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 I have a habit on message boards of putting my current reading material in my signature. Age of Spiritual Machines is slightly out of date (from 1999), but a very interesting look into the future of technology from a great mind, Ray Kurzweil, whose own additions to technology have probably affected your life in some way. The Golden Transcendence is the third part of a trilogy by John C. Wright (after The Golden Age and The Phoenix Exultant). It is a very far future science fiction story that is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking things I've read in a while. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 i'm reading a great book."on the road" by jack kerouac :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 On the Road is a great book, but not to heavy in the brain department IMHO. I like something with a bit of meat on it just make your head hurt. Read some Faulkner... You got to love a guy that would get drunk and naked in a tree and throw things at passers-by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Currently finishing up a review for the radio about David Bodanis' latest book, "Electric Universe - the shocking true story of electricity". Sadly, it is not extremely good. However, Richard Morgan's latest sci-fi crime/thriller "Woken Furies" is a masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 You got to love a guy that would get drunk and naked in a tree and throw things at passers-by.i'm in! got to add that name to my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I've just finished reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (surprised?) and have just started reading The Paradise Club by Hugh Miller. I also have My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber and God in the Dock by C. S. Lewis on the go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 On the Road is a great book, but not to heavy in the brain department IMHO.I agree Fish. Orb, if you want Beat stuff you should definitely read Ginzberg's Howl and Neal Cassidy's "The First Third" (really hard to find, but contact City Lights Books in San Francisco, as they're the publisher). Also any Gary Snyder, and shame on you if you haven't read Brautigan's Trout Fishing In America or The Abortion (although Brautigan is more Sixties flower power, its definitely beat influenced). I like something with a bit of meat on it just make your head hurt. Read some Faulkner... You got to love a guy that would get drunk and naked in a tree and throw things at passers-by.Faulkner favorite: As I Lay Dying. Got to be one of my favorite books of all time.... Light in August is also really good, and The Reivers is pure fun. Literarily yours,Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Just finished "The Newtonian Moment" by Mordechai Feingold, and I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread: its interesting but you need to have already read a Newton bio and have some history of science background or you'll be a bit lost. Pretty good commentary on the melieu wrought by the overthrow of Cartesianism (if you understand that sentence, you will love the book). Wrong time of year I guess, but just started in reading "Holidays On Ice" by David Sedaris which was a gift from my step-sister: it looks to be amusing, light and non-scientific.... Cheers,Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted May 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 I am *tired* of reading these days. But the stack of things to read just keeps growing and growing... Oh, that this too too solid flesh should meltThaw and resolve itself into a dew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 i'm reading Pihkal, anybody else read it?also reading diary of a drug fiend by aleiser crowly, and one of carlos castedas books. i love learning (about my psychoactives.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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