AverageFish Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Currently reading Stranger in a Strange Land and Speaker for the dead. Catching up on all the sci-fi novels I've missed Glad I'm not the only one who's a few decades behind.... Quote Link to comment
Twilight Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 I just started Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace and am really enjoying it. It's yet another post-apocalyptic young adult coming of age novel, but it's quite intense and I'm very invested in this protagonist and I'm not that far into it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tkdgirl Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Just read holes which was a nice easy read. Now about to try and tackle the hobbit...I'm a bit nervous because I once tried to read Lord of the rings (about 10 years ago) and just couldn't get along with it. I'm kind of hoping I'll enjoy the hobbit and then maybe try LOTR again 3 Quote TKDgirl Level 3 amazonSTR 7 DEX 0 STA 7 CON 10 WIS 6 CHA 3Challenges: 1 2, current 20 good form push ups 45%45% Link to comment
erosan Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just skim over all of the singing and youll be fine 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Plitog Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just read holes which was a nice easy read. Now about to try and tackle the hobbit...I'm a bit nervous because I once tried to read Lord of the rings (about 10 years ago) and just couldn't get along with it. I'm kind of hoping I'll enjoy the hobbit and then maybe try LOTR againI read The Hobbit in high school and loved it. Then tried reading LOTR and gave up - it was too boring for my taste. 2 Quote Very old battle log Previous Challenges: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Previous Mini Challenges: 2, 1 Assassin: Extremely competitive, tends to bust out bodyweight exercises when faced with waiting in hiding, and loves a good team vs team faceoff. - Alexandrite Link to comment
oldnews Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 On The Road. I'm not loving it. I've decided this is the year that I read all those book I've been meaning to read. I also hated Pride and Prejudice (and Emma) earlier this year. Quote Battle Log: [auntdinosaur] unstuck in time Link to comment
Raxie Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 On The Road. I'm not loving it. I've decided this is the year that I read all those book I've been meaning to read. I also hated Pride and Prejudice (and Emma) earlier this year. I did that a few years ago and was also kind of let down with a lot of them. I did completely love Crime and Punishment though if you still want to continue reading the "really should reads" after all the disappointment I'd highly recommend it. 2 Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
Raxie Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I read The Hobbit in high school and loved it. Then tried reading LOTR and gave up - it was too boring for my taste. OMG I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I've always felt like the worst nerd in history for this! 3 Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
heyarnold13 Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Just started Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Eleanor and Park ripped my poor little heart out and stomped on all my feelings, so I'm looking forward to reading through this one. It's great so far and appeals to my inner-fanfiction-writing self of years past I've been bopping back and forth between some YA fiction and more "grown-up" reads and it's a fun balance. Quote Challenge | Twitter: @jarnold427 | Obsession New Goal Progress 0%0% Start: 190 | Goal: 175 Goal Achieved!!! 100%100% Start: 225 | Goal: 190 Battle Log: Operation Avenger Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I read The Hobbit in high school and loved it. Then tried reading LOTR and gave up - it was too boring for my taste.OMG I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I've always felt like the worst nerd in history for this!Agreed. I've gotten so many bad looks for not having read LOTR because I found it boring and loved a "children's tale" instead 1 Quote Lvl 65 Multitasker Link to comment
Plitog Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Agreed. I've gotten so many bad looks for not having read LOTR because I found it boring and loved a "children's tale" instead Another reason I didn't get into LOTR was because I had previously read Terry Brooks' "The Sword of Shannara" which has a very similar plot without being boring. Quote Very old battle log Previous Challenges: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Previous Mini Challenges: 2, 1 Assassin: Extremely competitive, tends to bust out bodyweight exercises when faced with waiting in hiding, and loves a good team vs team faceoff. - Alexandrite Link to comment
erosan Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 currently reading "Rationality: from AI to Zombies" from Eliezer Yudkowsky.pretty entertaining so far Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
oldnews Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I did that a few years ago and was also kind of let down with a lot of them. I did completely love Crime and Punishment though if you still want to continue reading the "really should reads" after all the disappointment I'd highly recommend it. With Jane Austen, it was really more that I kept getting told I would love it, despite my complete lack of interest. I gave in, and found Emma barely tolerable, and Pride and Prejudice just awful. But now I get to say I don't like it, and can follow up with a ten-minute rant about the "not like all the other girls" mentality. 3 Quote Battle Log: [auntdinosaur] unstuck in time Link to comment
Rurik Harrgath Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Currently nearing the end of Ranger's Apprentice 5: Sorcerer of the North, and just started Abercrombie's The Blade Itself. Now that I've consulted the library's archives, I've basically got the next year of books planned out on my phone's note app. Quote [Level ??] Rurik, the Thunderer Class: Stormborn War-Shaman (Path of Giants Barbarian/Conquest Paladin/Elemental Domain Cleric) BRUTALITY 11 | FINESSE 10 | VIGOR 11 | INSIGHT 14 | WILL 13 Equipment: Studded leather armor, war club, plus adventurer's pack containing rations, rope, and nature-based potions. "Rangers have to at least give up on pants. It's a special rule we enacted after Rurik became a Guild Leader.” – DarK_RaideR "Did I just get my ass kicked by a member of Metallica meets History Channel's Vikings?" - Wild Wolf "By the Well-Oiled-and-Meticulously-Groomed Beard of Rurik!" - Tanktimus the Encourager Link to comment
AverageFish Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Just finished Middlesex (for a book group) and started The Left Hand of Darkness (for a Coursera course). Interesting juxtaposition of two works considering gender issues. Quote Link to comment
dannymack Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I am currently reading Honor Among Thieves (Star Wars: Legends) and next up is The Compound Effect. 1 Quote Link to comment
Krazi3man Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I just finished Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell and starting The Art of War by Sun Tzu Quote Level 2 Half-Orc AssassinSTR 4 | STA 2 | DEX 0 | CON 4.7 | WIS 1.9 | CHA 0CurrentChallenge | PreviousChallenge"There is no one giant step that does it, it's a lot of little steps." Peter A. Cohen Link to comment
IslandGirl_Becks Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Just finished the Empire Striketh Back, currently into Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance and Band of Brothers 1 Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle Arian, arian, zehetzen da burnia. -Basque proverb Frisian Shieldmaiden level 12 (STR:16) (DEX:16) (STA:23) (CON:22) (WIS:17) (CHA:15) Challenges: 11/12.14 - 1/2.15 - 2/3.15 - 15.4/5 - 15.6/7 - 15.7/9 - 16.1 - 16.3 - 16.4 - 16.5 - 16.10 - 16.11 - 16.12 - 17.1 - 17.2 2017 Goals: Maintain BW BS, 100kg DL - Muscle Up - 1/2 Marathon Condition - Abs Link to comment
Rurik Harrgath Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Just finished the Empire Striketh Back... My mother was educated in classic literature, so I've always had the newest copy of those Shakespearean Star Wars spinoffs to look forward to each Christmas the last few years. I hope they get around to the prequels too! I wanted a break from Ranger's Apprentice because I've been chain-reading those books back to back for a couple of months now. I had just recently gone through my book collection to purge those which I will never read and found a few I had never taken the time to delve into. So now I've re-started The Orc King by R.A. Salvatore and I'm loving the Drizzt Do'Urden storyline. When I finish this and its sequel, I think I'll go back and track down the Icewind Dale trilogy from the library. Now that is some epic fantasy literature! 1 Quote [Level ??] Rurik, the Thunderer Class: Stormborn War-Shaman (Path of Giants Barbarian/Conquest Paladin/Elemental Domain Cleric) BRUTALITY 11 | FINESSE 10 | VIGOR 11 | INSIGHT 14 | WILL 13 Equipment: Studded leather armor, war club, plus adventurer's pack containing rations, rope, and nature-based potions. "Rangers have to at least give up on pants. It's a special rule we enacted after Rurik became a Guild Leader.” – DarK_RaideR "Did I just get my ass kicked by a member of Metallica meets History Channel's Vikings?" - Wild Wolf "By the Well-Oiled-and-Meticulously-Groomed Beard of Rurik!" - Tanktimus the Encourager Link to comment
Oramac Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 I doubt it's on anyone else's book list here, but I've just started Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand for the second time. Good book, but it's HUGE, so it takes me a long damn time to read. Also have a pile of self-help books that I pick up at random and read a chapter of. Quote "Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back." - Captain Malcolm Reynolds Current Challenge Also, I Agree With Tank™ Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I doubt it's on anyone else's book list here, but I've just started Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand for the second time. Good book, but it's HUGE, so it takes me a long damn time to read. I started it round the end of 2014 but somehow never managed to finish it. This challenge I've included a reading challenge, hopefully I can build habits and momentum with a few books before I attempt another shot at it 2 Quote Lvl 65 Multitasker Link to comment
redtomato501 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I haven't read a book in 10 days. What's wrong with me?! Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
erosan Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 I haven't read a book in 10 days. What's wrong with me?!and you are not going into withdrawal? have you checked that you still have a pulse? 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
CrackerWatson Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Been a while since I updated here, but I have about 100 pages to finish H.P Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of madness. His stories go through really good to a challenging read, entertaining though! Quote Level 6 - Human - (North of the wall) Wyldling/Celt - Ranger/Assassin.Epic quest I Battle Log I Accountabilibuddies 3 5 I Challenge: 1 2 3 4 5(STR) - 4 (DEX) - 1 (STA) - 3 (CON) - 6 (WIS) - 4 (CHA) - 2"Spartans! Prepare for glory!" - King Leonidas Pinterest I instagram I Goodreads Link to comment
nerdgettingfit Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 I am currently reading "The Intolerance of Tolerance" by D.A. Carson. I just started it so I can't offer a review of it yet. Quote nerdgettingfit - Lvl 0 Human Recruit STR 0 | DEX 0 | STA 0 | CON 0 | WIS 0 | CHA 0 Challenge Details Main Quest: 13% Body Fat 11% 11% Quest 1: Strengh Training 22% 22% Quest 2: Walk / Jog 12% 12% Quest 3: Intermittent FastinG 26% 26% Life Quest: Web Dev Skillz 19% 19% Link to comment
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