# What are you reading right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353 "2003-05-29T20:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/101 "2003-06-04T07:25:02Z")
I’m starting **The Pelican Brief** tonight. I’m on a Grisham jag lately. Going to try to read them all. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/102 "2003-06-05T00:01:22Z")
I just started **The Kinsman Saga** , by Ben Bova. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/103 "2003-06-05T00:14:02Z")
I just finished **Oryx and Crake**. It’s typical Margaret Atwood – dystopian fiction so well written it makes you want to kill yourself before it all comes true. I’ve started re-reading **The Diary of a Nobody** by George and Weedon Grossmith, as it’s been a while since I last read it. ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/104 "2003-06-05T00:17:21Z")
Started **Carrie** by Stephen King tonight, and finished it about three hours later, wasnt bad, wont say much most of you have probably read/seen the movie. Will start to read **The Fifth Elephant** by Terry Pratchett tomorrow. Then I hope to be able to find _The Teena Brandon Story_ somewhere around here. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/105 "2003-06-05T00:21:46Z")
I tend to read a lot of books at once. **Out of Time’s Abyss** by Edgar Rice Burroughs A WWI British solider is separated from his “unit” while they’re exploring the mysterious dinosaur-populated island they’re stranded upon. He’s captured by the Wieroo, a race of flying murderers, but manages to escape with a young Stone-Age woman. Currently (Chapter 5) they’re trying to get back to the soliders’ base camp. **Farenheit 451** by Ray Bradbury I’ve been meaning to read this for years. Finally got around to it. **Arrow’s Flight** by Mercedes Lackey Talia, the Queen’s Own Herald, is about to start on her tour of duty. Meanwhile the Princess, Elspeth, has been Chosen as a Herald and confirmed as Heir. I’m only two chapters into this, so nothing much has happened except a rockin’ party in the tack room. **Anne of Green Gables** by Lucy Maud Montgomery I finally got (almost) all of the Anne series, so I’m reading them in order to celebrate. **Don Quixote** by Miguel Cervantes Imagine my dismay to learn that the Friendly Local Public Library only had the first half of the book. Oh well, at least it’s a nice copy (circa 1941) and the translation is readable. **Reading and Writing Short Arguments** William Vesterman I picked this up from a friend of my boyfriend. Currently reading the essays to see if I can use them when and if I start teaching. Some of them are horribly dated. **The Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy, 11th Edition** The Friendly Local Public Library has the 10th-15th editions. I’ve missed short stories. **The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1** This was one of my textbooks for one of many survey classes I took in college. I’ve always regretted selling it back to the bookstore at the end of the semester. Lucky me, I found it at a used bookstore for $2. Currently reading the selections from “Le Morte D’Arthur.” ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/106 "2003-06-05T00:27:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpazCat \* > \*\*I tend to read a lot of books at once. > > **Arrow’s Flight** by Mercedes Lackey > Talia, the Queen’s Own Herald, is about to start on her tour of duty. Meanwhile the Princess, Elspeth, has been Chosen as a Herald and confirmed as Heir. I’m only two chapters into this, so nothing much has happened except a rockin’ party in the tack room. > > \*\* Does that go with the **Last Herald-Mage** trilogy? Is it the only one, or are there more? ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/107 "2003-06-05T00:29:59Z")
I’m reading (again) _Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser,_ the autobiography of Rita Mae Brown. Somehow, I want to be just like her. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/108 "2003-06-05T01:20:04Z")
Now I’m reading **Lord of the Flies**. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/109 "2003-06-05T01:54:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by look!ninjas \* > \*\*Does that go with the **Last Herald-Mage** trilogy? Is it the only one, or are there more? \*\* No, it’s a different trilogy. Arrows of the Queen, Arrow’s Flight, and Arrow’s Fall. ---
**Author:** ![lulu\_karma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@lulu\_karma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lulu_karma)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/110 "2003-06-05T02:43:08Z")
I just started **A Prayer for Ownen Meany** by John Irving. I know a few people that have read it and raved about the story. The only problem is they are always asking me if I have reached “X” portion of the story. I just stop listening and refuse to listen to the spoilers. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/111 "2003-06-05T05:04:13Z")
**The Fall of Berlin 1945** by Anthony Beevor. Saw it in one store and thought it looked good, then I saw it again this week on sale so I picked it up. I’m only up to the third chapter but it seems good so far. I’ll probably end up getting his earlier work **Stalingrad** as well. And I am reading this book right now. Slow loading on the board tonight. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/112 "2003-06-05T13:19:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*(Besides, I searched all three pages for “this thread” and found nothing! so there Well, all is forgiven, then - too many people can’t be bothered to do even that. Are you a fan of Asprin’s _Myth_ series, by any chance? I am, and your sense of humor seemed to fit with Asprin’s. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/113 "2003-06-05T13:31:17Z")
Fraid not. Something else to consider reading, though. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/114 "2003-06-05T15:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CurlyD \* > \*\*I’m rereading my Ferrol Sams books. He grew up in rural Georgia in the 1930-40’s, and his books, for the most part, are set in that time period. His fiction is beautiful. If you are interested, start with these: > > **Run With the Horseman > The Whisper of the River > When All the World Was Young** \*\* _Drops into dead faint, then revives herself_ I love Ferrol Sams. I have never “met” anyone else who felt the same (although the Amazon book reviews are gratifying). Each one is better than the last, and they’re all damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Eman\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Eman\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eman_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353/115 "2003-06-05T15:32:49Z")
Just finished Tolkien’s **Return of the King**. Just started James Michener’s **Texas**. It’s a rather large book, but Michener is one of my favorite authors, so I don’t think I’ll mind it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-reading-right-now/178353.md?page=5)