Presently I'm reading "Gifts" by Ursual K. LeGuin

On the back cover:

"You don't use the Gift. It uses you."
Scattered among desolate farms, the families of the Uplands are poor, but they possess priceless gifts. Some have the wondrous ability - with a glance, a gesture, a word - to summon animals, bring forth fire, or move the land. Some have the fearsome power to twist a limb, chain a mind, or inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant dread that one family might unleash its gift against another.
But young Orrec's gift is a wild, uncontrollable one. Horrified by the possibility that he could unintentionally kill the ones he loves by simply looking at them, Orrec blindfolds his eyes. His childhood friend, Gry, helps him navigate through the strange new darkness. And she, too, rejects her gift by refusing to call animals to the hunt.
Can these two outcasts, useless i a place were fit s are everything find purpose in the world?

I've been doing more writing than reading lately, but at the moment, I'm dividing my time between Trek novels and Clive Cussler novels.

The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820-1900 by Theodore M. Porter

I have managed to read the entire Lord of the rings twice and Robin Coyle’s team Yankee (again). Thank god the contract finally ended. The gate attendants knew my name and schedule all too well

I've just started reading one of my old Star Trek:TNG novels again- Dark Mirror by Diane Duane.
It is a TNG follow up to the classic TOS episode Mirror Mirror.(it was writen years before the Mirror Universe episodes of DS9 & ENT) Like most Trek novels, it is an easy and enjoyable read if you are a fan of the show.
BRG

I have managed to read the entire Lord of the rings twice and Robin Coyle’s team Yankee (again). Thank god the contract finally ended. The gate attendants knew my name and schedule all too well

LOL poor repcisg http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1123/iconhugef9.gif

Oooh! Dark Mirror was good! I just got all my old TOS Star Trek novels out of storage and am hoping to reread some of my favorites again when I get a chance.

I am about a quarter of the way through the final book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque trilogy. This one is called "The System of the World" and so far I can say that Book 1 was good, Book 2 was really incredible and Book 3 may be the best so far. But, they are quite an investment in time & brain power, not light reading!

Just read: Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Currently reading: Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Next read: The Fallen Hero by George Lucas

I just finished book eight of "The Dresden Files" series by Jim Butcher & started book nine. I am also reading a compilation of Louisa May Alcott's stories for adults, written under various pseudonymns.

Unowhoandwhy don't they have a enough work for you .:)

lol... there's nothing good on TV right now EMT.

I finished all of the Dresden Files books & the Louisa May Alcott one. Just started "The Hounds & The Fury" by Rita Mae Brown and have new books by Terry Brooks and Dean Koontz waiting in the wings. :D

I may have to start taking a book to read at work . I have a story you that you will not believe . I have been security grad for a tent sell all night .I been there about a week you know new guy gets the grave yard which is fine for me I like nights . Anyway I take my car and coffee and cogs and listen to the radio can not beat it . Well one hour in to my shift a canine unit pulled it the lot I got out wear my official uniform:D and he waves and takes off.

Well three hours in to my **** about two am I got some headlights in my rear view mirror they were coming form the car lot next to this place .This is the back of the lot were they store old police cars and the new ones . Oh there is this dark blue Crown Vic it has a bullet hole in the back door .Which a little Bond won't fix 104 thousand miles on it complete with the interceptor motor . Know I ask you that would be a great work car heck I might there a little bit faster . Mrs emt said no so I just look at it all night.

Speaking of which I saw a Carvan sitting over there with its headlights on and two people in it .So I call the police and reported it well can to find out he call the police the first time and I called them on him . The officer and I lol for sometime . When he was leaving he said I don't have to worry about this two block area the guards are awake .:eek::D

LOL! :D At least they know your on the job now so to speak emt. ;)

This little bear is currently reading Star Wars: Survivors Quest. I have a few more pages to read & then I'm gonna have to pull out another book. :D

I was given a new book about the civil war were they say they used land mines then by the South. I was not sure about that till there were pictures of some in the museum and I try to know all that I can about history . The Civil war is were I spent a lot of time you might say it is a Hobie .

By the way I found the Confederate cap the is a replica that sence our move I thought I lost . Plus a hat and sword I had tought Mrs emt had gotten rid of I belong to a group that not talk about to much .

That is great news about finding your Civil War stuff, fuzzy! ...er... I meant emt. You will always be fuzzy to me! :D


I finished that new Terry Brooks book this weekend "Armageddon's Children" and enjoyed it quite a bit. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much is that he has managed to tie the Shannara world into the world of the Knights of the Word & I never expected him to do that.

It explains so much about how the Shannara world is so much like ours, only with magic. I didn't realize when I got it from the library that the series was actually called "The Genesis of Shannara" so I was pleasantly surprised about that. I can't wait to get my hands on Book 2, which is due out in August of this year!

You mean your gonna have to wait out the summer to get the next book Uno?! How dare they make you wait so long!

lol... it is better than the wait I have had for the next George R. R. Martin book!

LOL! That long of a wait for the book huh?

I just finished readin Kay Hooper's Sleeping With Fear, it is a romantic suspense. I am currently reading Mariah Stewart's Last Look. I am re-reading Riptide by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child. Also, re-reading Nora Robert's Chesapeake Blue. Laurell K. Hamilton's new Anita Blake book just came out, got to go get that one this week. I know I read too much!! :)

I'm reading a couple of Warhammer 40K books, the newest Ravenor book (Ravenor Rouge) and a Commissar Cain book. I haven't played 40K in years but I still like the fiction.
After that I have a book called "Guests of the Ayatollah" by Mark Bowden, he wrote "Black Hawk Down" which is one of my favorite military books.

LOL! Nothing wrong with reading a lot theafaye. ;) It helps keep your mind of things for a short time when you don't have Dub's there to pester in person some. :D

When are you two getting a chance to read? I would think you would be too busy... reunion-ating. ;) :)

Gotta do somthing between romps!

LOL I can read just about anywhere.... lol

rofl... if you can read while doing that... then you might not be doing it right! :D

ROFLMAO!!! Then again theafaye could be doing the reading between romps just to give Dub's a chance to rest for a moment of two before going after him again. ;)

I started an other book Brian Lumly I read his necromancer series . All I can say is wow if you like unconventional Vamper stories he is the one you have to read .:D

Haven't had much time to read a book... have read the new PC World magazine though. Does that count?

ROFLMAO!!! Then again theafaye could be doing the reading between romps just to give Dub's a chance to rest for a moment of two before going after him again. ;)


LOL Something like that. Though I usually carry a book in a purse, so we can go somewhere and I will stay in the car reading.

Just started "Lords of the North" by Bernard Cornwell. Another excellent addition to his saga of the making of King Alfred's kingdom (circa late 800 to early 900 AD in England).

I just picked up "The Ultramarines Omnibus" which contains three novels about the Ultramarine Chapter of the Space Marines from the world of Warhammer 40k.

I dont usually read game novels anymore, I find that 80% or so are poorly written tripe, but I was looking for somthing BIG and cheap, and this qualified on both counts, at almost 800 pages for 10 bucks... and so far its not that bad.

That book series is alright.
In 40K anything by Dan Abnet is worth reading (the Eisenhorn trilogy/omnibus and the ongoing Gaunts Ghosts) series are my favorites from him and I'm reading the last book in the Ravenor series by him as well.
They also started publishing the Horus Heresy series recently and so far it is pretty good (the first 3 books were a trilogy but written by different authors, Abnet, the guy who wrote your Ultramarine books and a guy who is good at writing descriptions of Chaos).
GW's only other decent writer is named Sandy Mitchell who has the ongoing Commissar Cain series (the first 3 books and 2 or 3 short stories are now in an Omnibus), I like this series a lot, it is written as a memior of one of the heroes of the Imperium but he writes himself as a fraud.

I just started "Off Armageddon Reef" by David Weber.

With nothing on TV lately, I have run through my backlog of books. Guess I'll have to get to the library soon! Especially since none of the books in my Amazon list are out yet... :(

Delivery estimate: July 9, 2007 - July 11, 2007 : Knights of the Black and White


Delivery estimate: July 25, 2007 - July 27, 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)


September 8, 2007 - September 11, 2007 The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2)


WHD - I snurched your banner, hope you don't mind!

WHD - I snurched your banner, hope you don't mind!

Snurched? You SNURCHED it! How dare you! :ibiggrin:

No problem. Use it EVERYWHERE you post!

(Umm, what does snurched mean?)

I just started "Off Armageddon Reef" by David Weber.

How does that compare to his "Honor Harrington" series? If it is as good I'll definatly pick it up.

(Umm, what does snurched mean?)

I have no idea where or how it originated, but people online generally use it when they take someone else's graphics and use them for their own. So, I guess it means steal. ;) :D

How does that compare to his "Honor Harrington" series? If it is as good I'll definatly pick it up.

I don't know. This is the first one of his books I've read. Sorry I can't help.

I just finished James Patterson's "6th Target". It was very good. I am currently re-reading some old Johanna Lindsey books. I have read about 4 in the last three days. I also finished Laurell K. Hamilton's "Harlequin". I am still trying to finish up Jonathan Kellerman's "Obsession". For some reason it is harder to read than his last few.

I just started reading the first four books of Kate Elliott's "Crown of Stars" series again. I read them a few years ago, but the last 3 books weren't out yet. Now that they are (and they got delivered from Amazon yesterday) I needed to read the first four again before I read the last three. I love lengthy sword & sorcery books with well-developed characters, so these books are right up my alley.

Right now I'm reading "Guests of the Ayatollah" by Mark Bowden, it is about the Iranian hostage crisis and is very good. I really liked "Black Hawk Down" so I picked this one up as well.

I read them a few years ago, but the last 3 books weren't out yet.

Talking about that... I recall reading a series of books when I was in my early 20's by Stephen Brust, and I recently saw that there are several more availible now... and the ones I read availible as a combined Trade Paperback called "The Book Of Jhereg"... I was considering picking it up and re-reading it, but my tastes back then were a lot looser than they are now... anyone read this series, and was it as good as I remember it?

(And for those of you who have not read it the stories are somthing like this...)

The world is controled, populated and ruled by elven familes... humans are a scarce minority looked down upon by the elven population. The books were about a Human assassin who dabbled in witchcraft (which was IIRC a forbidden type of magic) who used its powers to bond with the egg of a Jhereg, which is like a small poisonous psychic flying lizard, and him and the Jhereg do... ummm, stuff... (hey its been a long time, don't ask me to remember what that stuff was, if I could, I wouldnt need to re read it)

I am sort of dithering back and forth between Roman Art and Architecture by Sir Mortimer Wheeler, and Civilisation, by Lord Clark.

Cryozombie - I haven't heard of that series, but I will look into it, it sounds intriguing.


Has anyone read any of Anthony Swofford's books? He is the ex-Marine who wrote "Jarhead" (http://www.amazon.com/Jarhead-Marines-Chronicle-Other-Battles/dp/0743287215/ref=sr_1_7/103-9387303-4278215?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183386291&sr=1-7) and I just watched the movie this weekend and thought I would give the book a try.

The movie brought back all sorts of memories for me. I joined the Army during Operation Desert Shield but didn't graduate from MP school until after Desert Storm was over, so I was sent to Panama instead. I had a lot of friends who came back forever changed by their experiences during Desert Shield & Storm and even though the movie took some liberties, most of it was spot-on. A very gritty but honest look at what happens in situations like that (or so I thought).

Tom Clancy's Cardinal of the Kremlin

Picked up the hard cover for a buck.

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly. It would be just another die hard type movie, but hey, if it's done right it would be entertaining at the least.'Water for Elephants' by Sara Gruen.and'7th Heaven' by James PattersonSure - they're both good books.

I like Matthew Reilly's books, they are fun adventure romps. Have you read "Temple" as well?

I am currently reading "Blood of the Fold" by Terry Goodkind, third in the Sword of Truth series.