Thread: What are You Reading?

I'm not such a culture vulture as you Paul.
Ken Follett - Robin Cook and Stephen King at the moment I've also read Whispering To Cairo by Obie

I used to read Sven Hassel but I've outgrown him.

If you want an amazing read that you will re read at once a year.

Give Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett a try.

Originally Posted by STF

I'm not such a culture vulture as you Paul.
Ken Follett - Robin Cook and Stephen King at the moment I've also read Whispering To Cairo by Obie

I used to read Sven Hassel but I've outgrown him.

If you want an amazing read that you will re read at once a year.

Give Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett a try.

After that, you'll want to read the sequels: World Without End and A Column of Fire

Originally Posted by JBHoren

After that, you'll want to read the sequels: World Without End and A Column of Fire

For sure JB, we like the same books obviously

Originally Posted by STF

I'm not such a culture vulture as you Paul.
Ken Follett - Robin Cook and Stephen King at the moment I've also read Whispering To Cairo by Obie

I used to read Sven Hassel but I've outgrown him.

If you want an amazing read that you will re read at once a year.

Give Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett a try.

Well, to my discredit (maybe) I still like to read Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles Of Prydain again every so often. I read those 5 books probably three or four time when I was a teen and I still enjoy them. It's more nostalgia now than anything. I liked the other fantasy chronicles of the time too, Narnia, Lord Of The Rings and the Shannara Trilogy but I enjoyed the Prydain series more.

The Chronicles of Narnia I read more than once too but now though I read C.S.Lewis' apologetics books more.

I'm currently really stuck on Luther though. He was so brilliant and fun but sometimes challenging. He is similar to Einstein in that he could teach small children and also graduate students.

I feel that if I have to read a book more than once to understand it the author didn't do their job.

I understood the chronicles fine. I just like the stories. Now the philosophy and theological writings are a different story. There's a lot of meat on the bone and lots of leftovers. Of course with Luther there's too much of it to read over and over if you plan to read any amount of it. The German and Latin version (Weimar Edition) is 127 volumes and not reader's digest size books. I think this is a complete set.


What's been translated into English is 79 volumes so far. I only have 23 of them so far.

Originally Posted by 32t

I feel that if I have to read a book more than once to understand it the author didn't do their job.

Not sure I completely agree with that. It depends on the book and the reader. For most of my life every day has been a school day. I don't tend to reread fiction but there have certainly been books I've returned to.
We read Shakespeare when I was at school, coming back to it as an adult was not the same. At another extreme 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' was a different book the second time around.

Originally Posted by welshwizard

Not sure I completely agree with that. It depends on the book and the reader. For most of my life every day has been a school day. I don't tend to reread fiction but there have certainly been books I've returned to.
We read Shakespeare when I was at school, coming back to it as an adult was not the same. At another extreme 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' was a different book the second time around.

This is intersting, You have changed but not the book/story.

Originally Posted by 32t

This is intersting, You have changed but not the book/story.

"Things do not change; we change." — Henry David Thoreau

Originally Posted by welshwizard

"Things do not change; we change." — Henry David Thoreau

Do you know the story behind that work? Thoreau wrote "Walden," after moving there in part to heal a broken spirit caused by the death of his brother. John Thoreau died from an infection received after cutting himself with a straight razor.