I’m reading Gone with the Wind, except out of order, a couple pages at a time. Am at the Rhett-Tries-To-Be-With-Old-Society part.

Introduction to European Law:(

The Two Towers. I’ve just finished the part with Isengard and Saruman.
Oh, and I’m reading the manga Beauty Pop (it’s about hairstylists!). It’s so shallow, but I still love it. :3

It is!
That series is awesome, and I love it.

Computational Complexity... <_< Preparing for the summer is all. I’m also reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

That was one of the few Disney movies I actually liked. For once the girl did more than get saved… although she did get saved. Whatever, Disney and its traditional values/sexism.

Really? Damn. I’m just waiting for them to make the Count of Monte Cristo…

Yeah, the book did get butchered. That was to be expected though. The book would be pretty hard to translate into a Disney movie. :P

Me too. Why did they have to leave out the part where Zeus burns Heracles’ mother to a crisp, then sews the fetus under the skin of his leg?

Pixar is the new Disney, and has been for quite some time.

I meant that it’s the new big animation studio that everybody loves.

_{I loved that movie.}

Yeah, but this was intended to be more of a counterpoint to the Music Thread, with just the book titles and maybe a thought or two on them. I had nothing to do with what this became.

Don’t worry, I was.

There’s also the time when Zeus turned into a bull so he could sleep with a Minoan princess. Think about that for a moment.

How about the time he turned into a golden shower to impregnate a woman? Or when he approached one as a swan?

Ahhh, good old Zeus.

Greek Gods = epic deities. They understood there’s no point in being immortal if you aren’t screwing over humanity with wild sex.

Screw radiation, Greek gods are a far better means of super power acquisition.

ELANOR NOOOES. DON’T GIVE IN.

Anyway, for on topicness, I’m reading The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman. So far, so good.

The only two people (other than you, Inspector) who I know that have seen the movie said that the boy (not in the camp) was infuriatingly dense.

I think it was probably supposed to be sad because Murtagh came back as a kewl bad guy.

I’m reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. I’ve read Color of Magic, plus Interesting Times [since that was like the only one they had in my library… oh the shame!]

People who think Murtagh being evil is a sad thing are probably the same sort of cads who think Greedo shot first.

Evil!Murtagh was so much more badass, anyway.

The only two people (other than you, Inspector) who I know that have seen the movie said that the boy (not in the camp) was infuriatingly dense.
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He was. I mean, he was nine and all....but he was rather stupid. Which made it even more stressful.





So I got mad at the person and pretty much said that it was insulting to compare the holocaust to a fantasy "novel". I can't wait to see the response...

Programming Language Pragmatics

Supposedly it is even better then the mythical Dragon book. Let us see.

I’m reading; italics Downsiders, Never-ending story, Dandelion Wine(on summer reading list), and Piercing the Darkness._ end italics_ Strangly I have never seen the movie version of Never-ending story.

I’m reading Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser. Antonia Fraser is awesome. As is Marie Antoinette. Yes, for the record, I did just say that Marie Antoinette is awesome. And I stand by that.

So do I… I can sit in the kids section and read illustrated fairy tale books all day. It’s kind of embarassing… Also, I still love the Junie B. Jones series.

I’m reading Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser. Antonia Fraser is awesome. As is Marie Antoinette. Yes, for the record, I did just say that Marie Antoinette is awesome. And I stand by that.

:D Hurrah for historical underdogs! I for one much like Richard III and Catherine de Medici.

Historical legends. :P

Catherine de Medici basically single-handedly kept the three sons of hers who reigned on the throne. Without her, they would’ve been deposed, easily. She didn’t understand the theological arguments of the Huguenots, which is why the St Bartholomew Day massacre happened, but her actions were mostly desperate manoeuvres to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne. And historians don’t blame her completely for the St Bartholomew Day massacre anymore.

As for Richard III, it’s rather doubtful now that he had his nephews executed. He did imprison them in the Tower (of London), but that was a perfectly understandable political manoeuvre. They were the other possible heirs to the throne, and having them running around free would undermine his own authority. At any rate, the killing-his-nephews thing is likely a myth—for one, once the Tudors took over, they didn’t even list the murder of his nephews on the propaganda lists, and they were digging up all sorts of crap.

The Two Towers! Yay; I can’t wait for the big battle in the end! (No, that was a joke.) ;P

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

I read Memoirs of a Geisha…it was ok, I guess.

I don’t know…just not really the most amazing book ever for me. It was engaging, but after reading it I don’t think I would bother reading it again.

I found it so annoying how Sayuri/Chiyo kept on mooning over the Chairman. I liked Nobu, and I didn’t like how she treated him.

Ahh, I see. I should try reading that book over the summer, but I already have so many I want to read!

I read Meg Cabot’s Being Nikki just now.

Shaddup, I needed some fluff.

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I’m reading Xenocide. Just finished Speaker for the Dead and was a little disappointed. Lots of people told me it was better than Ender’s Game, but… Meh, I’ve never been into ‘family’ novels. Blech. It was still a good read though; I’d be willing to re-read it at some point.

I’m reading Neverwhere right now.

The ending is brilliant. I like the boar being England’s beast, because I can’t help but consider it a clever allusion to Lord of the Flies, which it may or may not be.

“I’m reading A Storm of Swords by GRRM.”

Oooooh! Where are you?

Currently reading The Grapes of Wrath, History of Western Philosophy, His Excellency: George Washington, and The Zombie Survival Guide.

I’m reading Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey. It’s a little hard to follow because he has the regular text where one story is happening, then he has stuff in italics where a different story is happening, and then there’s some more stuff in parentheses where another story is happening. They include the same people (usually), but they are at different times, or sometimes they are thoughts by different characters. And he jumps around in time a lot. It’s still interesting though, and I think I like it, but I haven’t gotten very. I’ve been reading it for a few months.

Does anyone know if it’s stream of consiousness form? I don’t really know what that style looks like.

I finished The Affinity Bridge yesterday, though I neglected to post.

I’ll be borrowing my friend’s copy of The Prisoner of Azkaban to read at summer camp next week.

Hogfather is indeed awesome. Death ftw.

“COWER, BRIEF MORTALS! HO. HO. HO.”

“You can’t give her that! It’s not safe!” “IT’S A SWORD. IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.” “She’s a child!” “IT’S EDUCATIONAL.” “What if she cuts herself?” “THAT WILL BE A VALUABLE LESSON.”

“The rat says: you don’t mess with the rat.”

Rereading ASoIaF.. at CoK .. uhm.. crap, last thing I remember is Tyrion sending Cleos Frey back to Riverrun and – oh no, he just fucked Shea. Again.

Will soon start reading HP2 for the first time in the hope that it gets better.

Am convinced right now that Harry Potter is the biggest sue on earth.

EDIT: Oh. And I’m halfway through P&P and Zombies.

It’s around the third book that they begin hitting their peak, most would argue. Chamber of Secrets is alright though, and even if it’s the perhaps weakest, it does turn out to be very, very pivotal.

I said begin. Most people consider PoA, GoF and OotP to be the highlights of the series.

Am I the only one who liked Chamber of Secrets? It’s not the best in the series, but it was interesting and as a stand alone book was good.

I liked the mystery of who was opening the Chamber.

I like them all past 3. One and two are ok, but you can really see how JK’s writing develops after those, because the book sizes jump up. :D

Chamber of Secrets was the worst, in my opinion. ‘Twas a bit… I dunno, tedious I guess… I liked the 5th one the best; the darkness interested me…

I’m re-reading The Colour of Magic right now.