What are you reading?

[Wig41]

I really enjoy "The Hobbit" and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The summer before 8th grade we had a required reading list. The only book I enjoyed was The Hobbit and I think I read it in three days … fast for me.

 

[Ron2]

Still reading "Last King", but in the meantime, I re-read "Jurassic Park". That's one that I can rip through in a long afternoon. Same goes for "The Hobbit".

I'm queuing up James Clavell's "Shogun" for after "Last King". "Shogun" is one that I read once a year, in the summer.

I haven't read the hobbit series in a long time. First time I read the books was in hs and could not put them down. I didn't get sleep for months! Not sure how many times I've read the series or watched the movies.

 

[Wig41]

Sure would like to visit New Zealand !

 

[the Baron]

I was introduced to Tolkien and "The Hobbit" in 6th grade. My homeroom teacher read us the book, a portion at a time, before our lunch period every day. The first time, I was indignant that someone would read to me. "I'm in the top reading group, I don't need someone to read to me!" But with that first chapter, I was hooked. After she finished reading "The Hobbit", she started "The Fellowship of the Ring", till the end of the school year. I got the books and finished the trilogy on my own. Over the next years in school, I finished "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Silmarillion", as well as others of Tolkien's works. It sparked an interest in Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, and eventually influenced my choice of languages as a major in college. To this day, I still read "The Hobbit" and the trilogy once a year.
Hate the movies, though, and the changes Jackson made, and the other stuff added to them. I don't believe Tolkien needs any improvement.

 

[Wig41]

I too, did not care the the changes and agree that nothing needs to be added to Tolkien. The landscape was magnificent hence my desire to go.

 

[Littlemarten]

I was introduced to Tolkien and "The Hobbit" in 6th grade. My homeroom teacher read us the book, a portion at a time, before our lunch period every day. The first time, I was indignant that someone would read to me. "I'm in the top reading group, I don't need someone to read to me!" But with that first chapter, I was hooked. After she finished reading "The Hobbit", she started "The Fellowship of the Ring", till the end of the school year. I got the books and finished the trilogy on my own. Over the next years in school, I finished "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Silmarillion", as well as others of Tolkien's works. It sparked an interest in Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, and eventually influenced my choice of languages as a major in college. To this day, I still read "The Hobbit" and the trilogy once a year.
Hate the movies, though, and the changes Jackson made, and the other stuff added to them. I don't believe Tolkien needs any improvement.

My feelings almost exactly. I discovered Tolkien as a freshman in high school. I've reread the entire series over fifty times (when I stopped counting) and used to read it every year. It got to the point that if someone started a paragraph and stopped in the middle, I could pick up where they left off, from memory.

Some things in the movies infuriated me… Barak Khazad! Khazad ai menu!

Have ax. Will travel.
Wire Dwarf Paladin, Lonely Mountain, Eriador, Middle Earth

 

[kevin]

Starting a re - read of another of my favorites.....

 

[Jakko]

Favourite fiction, I take it you mean?

 

[kevin]

It's a fun ride.

 

[Pantherman]

I was introduced to Tolkien and "The Hobbit" in 6th grade. My homeroom teacher read us the book, a portion at a time, before our lunch period every day. The first time, I was indignant that someone would read to me. "I'm in the top reading group, I don't need someone to read to me!" But with that first chapter, I was hooked. After she finished reading "The Hobbit", she started "The Fellowship of the Ring", till the end of the school year. I got the books and finished the trilogy on my own. Over the next years in school, I finished "The Lord of the Rings" and the "Silmarillion", as well as others of Tolkien's works. It sparked an interest in Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, and eventually influenced my choice of languages as a major in college. To this day, I still read "The Hobbit" and the trilogy once a year.
Hate the movies, though, and the changes Jackson made, and the other stuff added to them. I don't believe Tolkien needs any improvement.

Have to agree with you about the movie's, didn't really do the books justice. Pantherman

 

[TimM63]

"Silmarillion",

I read this several years ago. One of the hardest reads I've had. It was a tough one to get through but enjoyable.

 

[Littlemarten]

Currently reading Crucible of War, the Seven Years War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, by Fred Anderson. Very well written. If I was teaching history in high school or college, this would be required reading. It does more to explain the causes of the American Revolution, the relations of the United States and British Canada with native Americans, and the situation, actions, and motivations of all those involved. IMHO, should be required reading for citizenship in the United States—especially for those born there. I've been a student of history almost all my life, and I've never read anything better on any historical subject.