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Title: What's everyone reading right now? =)
Post by: DisreputableMog on February 19, 2013, 05:21:31 PM
Since I got my Kindle, I seem to always be reading two books, one real and one digital.
Right now I'm reading House of Many Ways by Diane Wynne Jones (the sequel to Howl's Moving Castle) and Vampires; In Their Own Words by Michelle Bellanger (a book of essays by psi and sang vampires on all sorts of topics).
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Post by: earthmuffin on February 19, 2013, 06:04:17 PM
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
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Post by: DisreputableMog on February 19, 2013, 07:34:50 PM
Song of Fire and Ice is amazing. I finished Clash of Kings (Is that it? The second book) a few books back. I want to make them last, so I decided to read a few other books before I start the third.
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Post by: earthmuffin on February 19, 2013, 08:36:43 PM
Cool! I'm liking the book so far but unfortunately I watched some episodes from the HBO series first so now I have the looks of those characters stuck in my head and have a hard time thinking up imagery for characters I did not see on the episodes.  :rolleye:
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Post by: DisreputableMog on February 19, 2013, 10:02:29 PM
Just cheat and google them. :rolleye: I'm holding off on each season until after I finish the book, but I have gotten a little too curious and done this a couple of times.
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Post by: Tirya on February 19, 2013, 10:05:27 PM
Rereading River Marked by Patricia Briggs, in anticipation of the next book in the series that comes out next month. I'm also in a much better mental place to read it than I was when it first came out, because a lot of it deals with the relationship between the main characters. I was actually able to read it without wanting to rip the book to shreds in a fit of bitter anger.
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Post by: vordan on February 19, 2013, 10:47:58 PM
I don't know I read several books a week sometimes. I just enjoyed a Kim Harrison collection of short stories.
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Post by: Mongo on February 19, 2013, 11:11:39 PM
I just finished Claudia Christian's "Babylon Confidential" which is a real eye opener and really highlights the problems with traditional treatments of alcoholism. Like the fact that it has a ludicrously low success rate versus "The Sinclair Method" which has an 80% success rate AND allows the alcoholic to feel normal in society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Method (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Method)

I'm working on John DeChance's "Starrigger Trilogy" and I am halfway through "Starrigger" at the moment.

http://www.amazon.com/Starrigger-John-DeChancie/dp/0759232520

The other two in order are "Red Limit Freeway" and "Paradox Alley"
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Post by: Fox on February 20, 2013, 07:18:52 AM
My Kindle has only spurred my book addiction.  I'm on book number 55 or something so far this year.  I think I'm heading into unusual territory where I'm needing to find some new authors because I've read all the material for my favorite ones so far.  :whistle:
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Post by: DisreputableMog on February 20, 2013, 08:23:08 AM
Check out PixelOfInk.com Fox, they offer like 6 or 8 free Kindle books a day. A lot of them are romance novels that you can just tell are going to be awful, but there's usually at least one that looks good every day.
That is my biggest problem. I work so much and read so slowly, and I keep finding so many good-looking free books that I'm drowning under my backlog.
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Post by: SpiralArm on April 09, 2013, 02:55:06 PM
I've been reading some sci-fi actually; the Culture series by Iain M. Banks. Right now I'm reading "The Player of Games" for the second time, which I highly recommend if you're unfamiliar with the series.
By the way, DisreputableMog, I am in love with your name lol. The Old Kingdom was such a great series too.
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Post by: minamerrin on June 12, 2013, 03:26:30 AM
I'm getting ready to start 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgensteen
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Post by: Tirya on June 12, 2013, 11:22:51 AM
"In the Pleasure Groove", John Taylor's autobiography. Surprisingly good read!
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Post by: dragonspring on June 12, 2013, 12:38:30 PM
"The Vikings - A History" by Robert Ferguson.  It is fascinating.
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Post by: Moonshine Thistlewish on June 13, 2013, 10:33:55 PM
I know it probably sounds silly but I'm re-reading all of Tamora Pierce's books right now. Before that it was a stats textbook and before that it was a book on the history of indigo. I kinda read whatever I get my paws on.
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Post by: Man Yellow on June 13, 2013, 10:35:38 PM
All Quiet on the Western Front.

I had read it as a boy, and I had forgotten how good it is.
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Post by: crystal wolfstar on June 13, 2013, 10:57:05 PM
Did the movie follow it pretty closely, or no?
I still want to read it, books always have more going on than the movie versions.

All I'm reading ATM is a new translation of a German book on card reading. http://www.amazon.com/The-Parlor-of-Sibyll-ebook/dp/B00D23MBA4
I need a classic old book I can get lost in for a few days.
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Post by: Man Yellow on June 13, 2013, 10:58:13 PM
Did the movie follow it pretty closely, or no?
I still want to read it, books always have more going on than the movie versions.

All I'm reading ATM is a new translation of a German book on card reading. http://www.amazon.com/The-Parlor-of-Sibyll-ebook/dp/B00D23MBA4
I need a classic old book I can get lost in for a few days.

It has been many years since I've seen the movie, but as far as I can recall, it was very faithful to the book.  It is also, next to Johnny Got His Gun, the finest example of the futility and waste of war.
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Post by: crystal wolfstar on June 13, 2013, 11:06:33 PM
Yeah, they could tackle that subject in the 20's and 30's.

Haven't seen anything of that quality that was written or filmed since.
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Post by: Starbrightmoon on June 14, 2013, 08:25:16 AM
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I've actually got a collection of Lewis Carroll's works in one big book, so will eventually be getting through the whole thing. Next will be Through the Looking Glass, of course :)
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Post by: StarlingFire on June 14, 2013, 10:34:28 AM
I just started reading "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk.

It's REALLY disturbing.
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Post by: FairyQueen on June 15, 2013, 01:31:06 PM
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. My biology professor gave it to me as a gift during graduation. Pretty much one of the first books written in the theme of conservation (which is the field I hope to get into).
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Post by: holyfool on June 16, 2013, 09:34:47 PM
All Quiet on the Western Front.

I had read it as a boy, and I had forgotten how good it is.

That IS a good book, I've got a copy lying around somewhere.

The last thing I read was Urban Tantra by Barbara Carrellas.
The Orgasmic Firebreath technique comes recommended by yours truly...

...The double entendre in that last sentence is entirely intentional. :D
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Post by: Golden Slumber on June 19, 2013, 02:35:40 PM
HI!

I've just had a friend give me a stack of old Lavay satanism books. It's not really my thing, but I think it's important to see all the ways paganism got interpreted. Has anyonre read these? Am I wasting time? Some of it is kind of icky.
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Post by: Moonshine Thistlewish on June 19, 2013, 02:47:11 PM
HI!

I've just had a friend give me a stack of old Lavay satanism books. It's not really my thing, but I think it's important to see all the ways paganism got interpreted. Has anyonre read these? Am I wasting time? Some of it is kind of icky.

I haven't read any myself but I've received mixed reviews from those who have. Those who follow the Rede are somewhat put off but everyone else, even if they don't agree with LaVey, seems to think he's a pretty charismatic writer. But that's just my limited experience. And, as I said, I haven't read them myself. I'd be interesting in doing so, if I had copies.

Unfortunately, my library's copies are always checked out.
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Post by: Golden Slumber on June 19, 2013, 02:54:21 PM
HI!

I'm reading though the "Satanic Witch" at the moment and it's not what I expected! Some people might find him charming but it just gets really creepy sometimes! I think he might have ripped of frued or something as this "inner daemon" stuff sounds a bit like the ID. The body shapes stuff kind of makes sense but it's very new to me! Not the kind of thing I'm used to reading at all!
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Post by: holyfool on June 19, 2013, 04:47:04 PM
HI!

I'm reading though the "Satanic Witch" at the moment and it's not what I expected! Some people might find him charming but it just gets really creepy sometimes! I think he might have ripped of frued or something as this "inner daemon" stuff sounds a bit like the ID. The body shapes stuff kind of makes sense but it's very new to me! Not the kind of thing I'm used to reading at all!
Freud?
Haven't read too much Satanic stuff, it seems kind of...overly arrogant?
Like, self-confidence is good, but you still need to question yourself.
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Post by: Golden Slumber on June 19, 2013, 04:53:04 PM
HI!

Arrogant! That's a perfect way to put it! He also talks about having 3 layers to the self, Outer, Inner and Core! That kind of made me think of Frued, not sure though!
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Post by: dragonspring on August 18, 2013, 03:09:16 PM
Just finished "The Way of Wyrd" by Brian Bates.  Awesome fictionalized account of Anglo-Saxon shamanism based on historical facts and the experience of a modern Anglo-Saxon sorcerer.
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Post by: vordan on August 24, 2013, 09:45:53 AM
All Quiet on the Western Front.

I had read it as a boy, and I had forgotten how good it is.

A book that I thought was interesting out of the many anti-war books written after WW1 was by Robert Graves, it was called, Good-bye to All That, it was an autobiography focusing on his WWI experiences. It is interesting for it is a critique of British society at the time and since Robert Graves was so much of an influence on the pagan movement with his book, The White Goddess. His accounts of the flesh eating rats in the trenches during WW1 has stayed with me. Another good anti-war book from WW1 was, Johnny Got His Gun, by the American writer Dalton Trumbo. It involves the story of a totally disabled young man unable to communicate after getting caught in an artillery shell blast. I always have liked, Cats Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut, it is about the allied bombing of Dresden in WW11.
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Post by: anubisa on October 15, 2013, 08:37:16 PM
Right now I am reading 'The Storm of War.' It is about War World II. Ever since a few years ago i've been interested in reading about War World II and Hitler. :) I know i'm crazy.
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Post by: Summerhawk on October 15, 2013, 09:51:19 PM
De Amima, Iamblichus. Not as mind melting as De Mysteriis....thank the gods for small mercies!
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Post by: Tirya on October 23, 2013, 11:57:19 PM
I need to expand my library of Terry Pratchett. I was perusing quotes tonight and saw this one:

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Most witches don't believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don't believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.

-- Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
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Post by: Summerhawk on October 24, 2013, 06:27:04 AM
Why have I never heard of Terry Pratchett?? I need to expand my horizons a bit! Do you have anything in particular that you recommend?
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Post by: Tirya on October 24, 2013, 08:14:01 AM
The Discworld series is well worth reading, you can search Amazon with that word and you'll get lots of hits. I personally like the ones about the Watch.
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Post by: Summerhawk on October 24, 2013, 08:31:40 AM
The Discworld series is well worth reading, you can search Amazon with that word and you'll get lots of hits. I personally like the ones about the Watch.

Ok, thanks!
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Post by: earthmuffin on October 24, 2013, 11:16:15 AM
Just finished Dan Brown's Inferno and not am onto Runemarks by Joanne Harris, a favorite author of mine.
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Post by: BronwynWolf on October 24, 2013, 04:40:26 PM
The Last Plantagenets by Thomas B. Costain
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Post by: VisionFromAfar on October 31, 2013, 10:38:37 AM
Just started Kane Chronicles Book Two. Loving it.