Black Op Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 The sequel to the "What Are You Listining To Now?" Thread. Name any books you read in your leisure time or any you have to read for school (besides textbooks) right now. For me:Leisure: J.R.R Tolkien; Return Of The KingSchool: Nathaniel Harthorne; The Scarlet LetterIsn't that fun? What about the rest of you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wooton Major for leisureThe Bible too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 reading books for college = leisure Domestic services and gendersDe Leeuw Van Vlaanderen (The Lion of Flanders)Othello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Petrius Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 The Faustian Bargain, the art world in Nazi-Germany,No news form the western front,Baudolino.I'm reading everything at the same time. Ten currency to the person who can name the movie that connects these three books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Giant Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Ten currency to the person who can name the movie that connects these three books. Not sure - but: The Pianist ?!Anyway... what am I reading...- "The Roman Army" by Peter Conolly (quite an old book but very interesting)- "Developing a database driven website using PHP and mySQL" by Kevin Yank, mostly using it for reference on my PHP scripts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Petrius Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Quite close, but it's not the pianist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 All three books of Tolkien and the 7 books of "Les Rois Maudits" (The darned kings...I'm not sure what)...that's for leisure...don't have anything for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 right now only some Java books for school, but finished Tolkien books few weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'Northern Lights' and 'Pride and Prejudice' (blame the BBC... I'm trying to decide which one to vote for as the nation's favourite book), also CLR's 'Introduction to Algorithms'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacker Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I'm reading this topic right now.Eh, not much, i don't read books that much, cept The Bible.Recently read books:Driver's Manual (does that count?)Left BehindAn occasional computer game guideTen currency to the person who can name the movie that connects these three books.Um, just naming off the ww2 movies i know:Miracle at MidnightWindtalkersHart's WarCaptain Corelli's Mandolin Pearl Harbor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNtRePiD Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Blood and Iron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Petrius Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 No one got it. If you know the subject of the last book in the list it might make things a bit easier. Just look it up somewhere, it's Baudolino by Umberto Eco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kor Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I'm reading:Jacob van Maerlant: Spiegel Historiael (written in 1284 or thereabouts)Hans-Christian Huf: Mit Gottes Segen in die Hölle (about the Thirty Years War)Jonathan Israel: The Dutch Republic 1477-1806Alan Palmer: Napoleon in Russia(several authors): Het Leids Ontzet; 3 Oktober 1574 (about the siege of Leiden and the legens surrounding it)J. B. Smith: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of WalesJansen: Geschiedenis van de Middeleeuwen (History of the Middle Ages).(several authors): Thans bonst het grof geschut (about the siege of Maastricht, 1748)Hella Haasse: Het woud der verwachting (the only novel on my list; it's about the French in the period 1390-1460). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Petrius Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 (several authors): Het Leids Ontzet; 3 Oktober 1574 (about the siege of Leiden and the legens surrounding it) You don't happen to live in Leiden, like me, do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enarwaen Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Leisure: currently TLA related History of Middle-Earth vol. 10, 11 & 12 *g*Work: ABAP Objects and the mySAP CRM Bible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kor Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 No, Marcus; Maastricht. But my sister lives in Leiden; this way I'll get to know more about her city than she! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Leisure and School : The Shining - Stephen King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I'll be reading the next 2 Left Behind: The Kids books when they come out (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins).. Actually I think they're out already, I just haven't got them yet I have a lot of programming books around; not reading any of them currently but I keep them handy for projects.And also, the Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonto_Icy_Tripod Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 I read uncle tom's cabin yesterday, and around the earth in 80 day's today (The one by Jules verne. I'm not really sure about the title in English...). Prolly gonna start reading Stephen King tomorrow ps. I read a lot when I read, but I only read like twice a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 I only read books for school. The rest of my life is spent reading things in everyday life. I will ocassionally read an encyclopedia (Encarta is the best, i have 2003). I actually find the info in them quite useful. More so than any book that i have read. In school though, i have to read, To Kill a Monkingbird which really isn't that great becuase i don't like the whole story in general. The English and grammer is horrible since it takes place in the South, (Ya'll, i ain't, c'mon,) and the grammer and spelling is therefore anoying as hell if you ask me. That is all i have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 I just finished reading a book called "An Echo of War" yesterday, and will be reading the "Illiad" for the second time today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Cool, Paal. :PAnyone read Harry Potter: The Chamber of the Phoenix ? (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 No I haven't, only seen the HP movies. Is the latest HP book any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 I just picked up The Lost Road and Other Writings upon recomendation from Adam today. What I have read so far is really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Anyone read Harry Potter: The Chamber of the Phoenix ? (?) yep, me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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