[Marky]

We have these thread like "What record are you listening too" and things. So, obviously there is a smilar for books, surely?

I'm reading "The White House Mess" written by Christopher Buckley at the moment.

[J m HofMarN]

I'm reading the works of H P Lovecraft. His horror is horrifyingly bad but I liked The White Ship and as wordy as his pieces are at least they're all short.

[floppydisk]

Mmmm... I just finished Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. It's a fantasy novel about a wizard who lives in Chicago. Not as bad as it sounds.

[Marky]

*rolls eyes*

[Madam Corvax]

I've just bought "Eragon", there is a lot of hype surrounding this and I am quite curious, I haven't started it, though.

[J m HofMarN]

You know, you can all feel free to say you're reading my satirical fantasy novel, Glamis the Great I mean, my ego aint gunna stroke itself ya know.

[SimeSublime]

Well, to stroke it for you, I was just reading it then

I read Eragon last year, I think. I haven't heard any hype about it(it was a birthday present), but I thought it was ok. Wasn't particularly excellent, but still entertaining. Just struck me as a bit, it's hard to say, bland, I guess.

I'm currently re-reading "Dark is the Moon" by Ian Irvin. It's the third book in the "View from the Mirror" quartet. I got the fourth book from his "Well of Echoes" series for Christmas, and seeing as that series is set after the mirror one, I decided to go back and read them from the start. Excellent fantasy work. Very orrigional, not cliched at all. If you get a chance, I suggest reading them.

[Marky]

The White House Mess was a fun read, on to Katherine Dunn's Geek Love.

[floppydisk]

I'm now reading "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells.

[JW Wells]

"The Collapse of the Third Republic" by William Shirer. I haven't read it since high school, and thought it was time for a review.

[Madam Corvax]

I am reading "Mighty Walzer" by Howard Jacobson and I am bloody frustrated. It is about a Jew of Polish origins living in Manchester who is a great ping pong player. Problem is it is full of words which are mixture of Jidish and Polish and Mancunian slang, sprinkled with technicalities about ping-pong. Kudos to anyone who can understand it. I can't, and I thought I was good at English.

Would any of you understand the phrase "Na, geshwint, hob saichel, shneid"?
or the exp​ressions
" I was ongeblozzen with pride"?"
"Genug is genus, loz the kid alone"

And how about
"I was on shpilkes?" At least I can understand what it might mean, because "shpilkes" is I suppose English transcription of Polish word "szpilki" which means pins, so it might mean I was sort of antsy, like sitting on pins.

Who was this book written for? A very small community of English pople of Jewish-Polish origin who excell at ping-pong? And the author is critically acclaimed. I wonder whether his publishers understod half of it. Is it enought then to pack the book with obscure lingusitic and sports references to have it published?

[SimeSublime]

Yeah, no idea what that meant.

[J m HofMarN]

Flobbydisk- Oh I've read that book, really good and full of victorian zanyness. You'll find that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen makes a lot less sense after you've read it, same with Dracula, King Solomon's Mines, Picture of Dorian Gray, and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.

[jariten]

I'm reading Bruce Campbells autobiography 'If Chins Could Kill'. Now thats a charming read.

[DragonLord]

I'm reading 'Emotional Intelligence' by Daniel Goleman. Interesting book, I've read about 120 pages (out of 370). I'f you're into psychology, it's a must read.