What are you reading?

[GhostontheNet]

*Griff is immediately spooked by GhostontheNet's avatar*

Ah!

*scrolls down so she doesn't see it*

Ah, that's better

Actually, she was about the least scary ghost/zombie etc. in the Cradle level of Thief: Deadly Shadows (I will admit the level gave me the major willies). In fact, she was all in all very helpful, a major reason for that avatar choice, especially since that has become my favorite level of the game.

[Golden_Griff]

Gosh, if she's the least scary I would hate to see what the others look like

Okay, sorry. Getting a little off *goes back to reading*

[jesusfreakabc]

i'm reading the grim grotto chapter9 out 13

[jesusfreakabc]

chapter 12 now

[greyscale42]

The Sign of Four - Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle

[jesusfreakabc]

i'm done

[bigsleepj]

I'm reading "Midnight at the Well of Souls", a soft old fashioned sci-fi story. Not bad, but a bit too "adult" and the writing could have been better. The story is intriguing.

[Ingemar]

Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de las Casas.

Short Account is monotonous in its description of the harrowing experiences of the Amerindians, but it does serve a rhetorical purpose. It almost seems as if wherever the explorers go, they simply deceive, invade, steal and kill. They even devise ways of killing that even my anime-desensitized gut cannot stomach. I can see how las Casas is the father of liberation theology. I more or less sympathize with LT, except for certain types which make the broad brush judgement that all things white or European are bad. While las Casas calls the conquerors "Christians" more than he calls them "Spaniards," he nevertheless holds that the doctrines of the Church are still good and true, and that the spiritual salvation of the natives is his biggest priority (which of course naturally leads to his concern of their basic rights and welfare).

[Spirit_Wolf8356]

Thr3e by Ted Dekker

Turning out to be really good. Reccommended by some church friends of mine. ^_^

Just finished Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti today too.

[Hephzibah]

WAAAH! Ted Dekker is SO COOL! I am reading Red - book 2 of his Circle trilogy

[SwordSkill]

Either Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or William Gibson's Virtual Light. Still can't decide.

[Hephzibah]

Well... I just finished Red Since I dont have White, I guess I am going to re-read Lord of the Rings for the hundredth time

[Technomancer]

Either Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or William Gibson's Virtual Light. Still can't decide.

Cool. I've been wanting to read that Murakami novel for a while. If I can find the time anyways. Virtual Light by the way is an excellent read (one of Gibson's best IMHO).

Anyways, right now I'm reading parts of "Recurrent Neural Networks: Design and Application", since I need to come with an idea for my optimization project. I might as well focus on neural net algorithms/applications since I'm conversant with the material.

[mechana2015]

Childhoods End and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

[EvilSporkofDoom]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Just checked it out yesterday; a friend recommended it to me. I don't know very much about it other than it has little to do with Zen and Motorcycles, and is about philosophy.

[EvilSporkofDoom]

Thr3e by Ted Dekker

Turning out to be really good. Reccommended by some church friends of mine. ^_^

I've heard about this book and it sounds really interesting]
Just finished Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti today too.[/QUOTE]
Ooh, I heard about this author a while ago and was planning on checking some of his stuff out, namely This Present Darkness (I think that's the title..). There was another one I had heard of that had something to do with a woman that had an abortion, but the title eludes me..

[Hephzibah]

I STRONGLY recommend This Present Darkness. In my opinion, it is his best book It is about spiritual warfare and such

[EvilSporkofDoom]

I STRONGLY recommend This Present Darkness. In my opinion, it is his best book It is about spiritual warfare and such

Thanks for the recommendation.. I'm definitely convinced to read it *makes a note to check it out next library trip*

[Erin]

I'm reading the series of Redwall.

It's kind of hard to explane so I'll just say what's on the back of the first book: War erupts in the summer of the late rose shattering the peace that has reigned in Mossflower since the magnificent mouse, Martin the warrior, laid down his mighty sword generations earlier. Now a dark cloud of doom and despaur hangs over the ancient stone abby of Redwall. Cluny the sscourge the one-eyed embodiment of evil, the most savage bilge rat that ever jumped from ship to shore has arrived with his rodent horde to conquer.....and to destroy.

[uc pseudonym]

There is a great deal of redeeming value in the Redwall series, but I gradually became disenfranchised with it as it progressed. I certainly don't look down on fans of it, however.

[PrincessZelda]

I'm reading That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis.

[Hephzibah]

I used to be the biggest Redwall fan... that is until I realised that all the books follow the same pattern. Redwall is the best one cause it was the most original, and is probably the only one I would ever rea again... though I did like the art at the beginning of the chapters in Legend of Luke

[Scribs]

I am currently reading The presidency of Ricard Nixon by Melvin Small. It goes a little slow...

well the redwalbooks were good for a long time, but as has been said, they all follow the same pattern, which is- Vermin are about to invade. a Rodent finds Martin the Warrior's sword, and goes to salamandastron. the vermin get defeated.

[mitsuki lover]

Right now I've been reading America's Old Masters by James Thomas Flexner
a multibiography of Benjamin West,John Singelton Copley,Charles Willson Peale
and Gilbert Stuart.Irony here is that of the four artists covered the last named,
Gilbert Stuart was the only actual Tory in the group even though both West and
Copley spent the Revolution in England and Stuart did the famous portrait of
Washington.

[Erin]

Yea the thing that bugs me about it is in Redwall they had a beel but now in Mariel Of Redwall they don't even have a bell tower...none of it makes any sence it's like in each book they're starting over.

[Hephzibah]

Mariel of Redwall is set before Redwall... it is when they are still completing the Abbey, and Mariel and her Father are delivering the bell (to Salamandastron, but the badger sends it to Redwall)... the same bell, I might add, that killed Cluny.

[Htom Sirveaux]

I'm currently about halfway through the uncut The Stand. It's a really interesting good-versus-evil epic type story.

[uc pseudonym]

I will soon be reading The Stranger (a translation, obviously). I don't have a true opinion of it yet, but I do know I am not a fan of Absurd.

[Mave]

I'm not much of reader but I'm trying to cultivate this healthy habit. ^_^;

I'm currently reading Gordon Macdonald's "Ordering Your Private World." Basically, it gives you suggestions on how to organize your inner world - the spiritual part of you (it's christian, don't worry haha). Coz if your inner part is messed up, it's bound to reflect on the outside. Sounds just like me. I really found this book very useful and has some pretty good insights. It has encouraged me to desire stewardship and to manage my time wisely. I actually started taking quiet time more seriously and John The Baptist is my hero. XD

One of my fav. quotes

"How did we get to a day when stress and fatigue are almost a badge of success?"

Dang...I almost fell for that. I'm doing my best not to let my activities stress me out now. Good book.

[Hephzibah]

Has anyone read 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'? I've read the trilogy of four... but the best one was the first Marvin (the robot) is hilarious!