The Currently Reading Super Topic

Ignatius · April 30, 2019, 7:43pm

Call me old fashioned but look at what I ordered!

Cj_Heighton · April 30, 2019, 8:06pm

Wow! What an interesting looking book! Whats it about? Im soooo curious >w<

Is this see jay bee guy any good? His names spelt wrong, its berenstain!

Ignatius · May 1, 2019, 3:26am

I just now got this reference while reading it and I feel incredibly stupid now lol.

Cj_Heighton · May 1, 2019, 3:40am

lmao

OracleSage · May 3, 2019, 3:39am

I am currently reading “The Hearing Trumpet” by Leonora Carrington. It’s a really interesting book, one I am having a bit of trouble following. I think I will stick it out though, it came so highly recommended!

Aspen · May 7, 2019, 5:46pm

Im reading A Spell for Chameleon right now.

Smokey · May 7, 2019, 6:12pm

Was an interesting world. I tried the sequel, but couldn’t get into it.

Aspen · May 7, 2019, 7:16pm

it’s alright. there’s a ton of books in the series

Sellalellen · May 7, 2019, 7:57pm

Is that a Peirs Anthony?

Aspen · May 7, 2019, 11:26pm

yeah. I say he’s like the American knockoff of terry pratchet

Sellalellen · May 8, 2019, 12:58am

I have so many of his books! Dad started me off with Bio of a Space Tyrant when I was 12, and since then I’ve collected as many of his books as I could. I have upwards of 20 now? Most of them are Xanth novels.

Aspen · May 8, 2019, 1:32am

thats awesome!!! ive not read as much of his stuff as I would like, but I absolutely adore his work.

Smokey · May 8, 2019, 4:35am

I love his concepts and ideas. The world he created in Xanth is fantastic. It’s just his writing style doesn’t suit me. I have similar problems with George Martin, Tom Clancy, and Terry Prachet.

Aspen · May 8, 2019, 4:43am

to dry?

Smokey · May 8, 2019, 5:14am

You know, that might be exactly it. I’d never thought of it like that. There are some nonfiction books I’ve read that I found more gripping to read.

Cj_Heighton · May 8, 2019, 5:41am

immediately i think of farley mowats “Never cry wolf”. one of the most gripping non fiction stories ive ever read.

Smokey · May 8, 2019, 6:16am

My go tos in nonfiction are Peter Hathway Captsicks African books. Death in the Long Grass and the similar titles books. They’re a little dated, but good reads that make me want to go to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and other Countries.

Aspen · May 8, 2019, 2:44pm

@smokey, That’s honestly the thing about British humor, you have to have a really dry sense of humor.

Smokey · May 8, 2019, 3:31pm

I don’t think it’s the humor, I loved bbcs sherlock, and enjoy Monty python just fine for instance. Not my favorite but I enjoy it. It’s things like overly detailed explanations, which Martin and Clancy are especially guilty of. Like they’re talking themselves too seriously.

Smokey · May 8, 2019, 3:32pm

Like it shouldn’t feel like I’m reading a textbook.