Books you're currently reading??? - Page 37

wolf · 10-26-2006, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddug

I will only recognize the Old Testament and Grimm .

I am APPALLED , Wolf . Truly APPALLED .

And I should care that you don't get out much, why, exactly?

If I read Bill O'Reilly's newest book, will your head explode?

Sundae · 10-26-2006, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The Robin Wood Tarot - Robin Wood
I love this tarot deck, and recently learned that the artist had written a book about it's creation, and gives details regarding the symbolism she chose for each card. So far I think it's a much better guide to the deck than Tarot Made Simple, which uses her cards also.

I have the Robin Wood tarot and Tarot Made Simple. Didn't even realise Robin was a she

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Originally Posted by wolf

Gods and Myths of Northern Europe - H.R. Ellis Davidson

Any good? I love Norse mythology

I have just started Stephen King's Wolves of the Calla.
Am in the unheard of situation of having books to spare, rather than rereading the ones I have.

To read-
The Island - Victoria Hislop
The Python Years - (diaries) Michael Palin
I Can't Stay Long - Laurie Lee
Desert Royals - Jean P Sasson (trashy, but was part of a 3 book deal)

and a couple more I picked up by habit in the charity shop but can't even remember.

Feel like a bulimic at an all you can eat buffet - happy, but slightly overwhelmed

lumberjim · 10-26-2006, 04:12 PM

i'm actually reading Atlas Shrugged.....

Flint · 10-26-2006, 04:15 PM

ha ha ha

"actually" - as if this is a crazy idea

lumberjim · 10-26-2006, 04:45 PM

no, more like, i always hear people talking about it on here, so i figured i'd read it. seems like most of you have read it.

Flint · 10-26-2006, 04:51 PM

What a bunch of egg-heads! Just kidding.

The Fountainhead adaptation (screenplay by Ayn Rand) is pretty cool. Starring Gary Cooper.

glatt · 10-26-2006, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

The Fountainhead adaptation (screenplay by Ayn Rand) is pretty cool. Starring Gary Cooper.

If by "cool" you mean "extremely boring," then I'm right there with you.

Flint · 10-26-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

If by "cool" you mean "extremely boring," then I'm right there with you.

I'll be the first to admit: there are no car chase scenes, and only one explosion.

Trilby · 10-26-2006, 05:27 PM

LJ, why...why are you reading Ayn Rand?

Flint · 10-26-2006, 05:31 PM

lumberjim · 10-26-2006, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

LJ, why...why are you reading Ayn Rand?

curiosity? plus, i like to choose longer books ( audible dot com ) to listen to on my commute. more bang for your buck, what? i'm halfway through the first half of the first volume. i guess i like it so far. it's not putting me to sleep like moby dick did.

wolf · 10-27-2006, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

(re: Gods and Myths of Northen Europe) Any good? I love Norse mythology

In a word, no.

It's not that it's a terribly bad book, but it's a rather dry and scholarly account of the myths, doesn't relate them in full, but does give an interesting perspective on how the myths are and were expressed in some other cultural practices of the region.

I liked this edition, but any version of the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda should do for a start.

Cicero · 10-28-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i'm actually reading Atlas Shrugged.....

Not a bad book. I was talking about Rand in another thread- I'm no great fan, but she does have some interesting points. I read a lot of work by people that I find severely offensive- she's one of them. But she does have her good moments. And for the people who found it boring? How? There were (if I remember correctly) three different ways to read that one narrative. That's genius. She's just not a genius I like. So Lj be aware.......there's more than the obvious within those pages.

Clodfobble · 10-29-2006, 12:01 AM

I'll agree it's interesting... but there's one chapter about 3/4ths of the way through that you can just skip. You don't need it. You'll know it when you get there. It's nothing but one long speech and there's nothing new said in it, so just save yourself the time and flip ahead to the next chapter where stuff starts happening again.

lumberjim · 10-29-2006, 12:36 AM

i'm listening to it on mp3, so i can kind of fade out when it gets redundant. I'm finding it a bit over acted, and unnaturally repetetive in dialogue. her repeated use of the phrases "no one can blame us" and "I can't be responsible for unexpected events" by the 'bad guy socialists' is a bit... unbelievable?

10-26-2006, 04:12 PM	#543
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm actually reading Atlas Shrugged..... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2006, 04:15 PM	#544
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	ha ha ha "actually" - as if this is a crazy idea __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2006, 04:45 PM	#545
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no, more like, i always hear people talking about it on here, so i figured i'd read it. seems like most of you have read it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-26-2006, 04:51 PM	#546
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What a bunch of egg-heads! Just kidding. The Fountainhead adaptation (screenplay by Ayn Rand) is pretty cool. Starring Gary Cooper. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2006, 05:31 PM	#550
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	why ask why? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-26-2006, 05:27 PM	#549
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	LJ, why...why are you reading Ayn Rand?

10-29-2006, 12:01 AM	#554
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'll agree it's interesting... but there's one chapter about 3/4ths of the way through that you can just skip. You don't need it. You'll know it when you get there. It's nothing but one long speech and there's nothing new said in it, so just save yourself the time and flip ahead to the next chapter where stuff starts happening again.

10-29-2006, 12:36 AM	#555
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i'm listening to it on mp3, so i can kind of fade out when it gets redundant. I'm finding it a bit over acted, and unnaturally repetetive in dialogue. her repeated use of the phrases "no one can blame us" and "I can't be responsible for unexpected events" by the 'bad guy socialists' is a bit... unbelievable? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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