FP, what are the compass books about?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Well, according to GameInformer™: "The Golden Compass follows the story of a young girl named Lyra Belacqua who lives in an alternate version of our world. In this place, all humans have a constant animal companion called a daemon that is essentially part of their being. Lyra's adventure begins when she sets off with a group called the Gyptians to rescue her friend Rodger and the many other children who have been kidnapped by the mysterious Gobblers.She eventually obtains an alethliometer (a.k.a the golden compass),which will answer any question you ask it by pointing to a series of coded symbols.Lyra is one of only a few people in the world who can actually decipher these codes."
I finished reading CELL. Wow. That turned out to be a much better book than I expected it to be. I thought the ending was superb. (Take that, OchrisO .)
Currently I'm continuing with a re-read of ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac. At some point, I'll start in on ANANSI BOYS by Neil Gaiman.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I also loved the ending to Cell.
at first I was a little surprised
but, after going over the details
i got the answers i was looking for
in King's words.
it was great.
currently reading:
I'm re-reading Hearts in Atlantis
but almost finished with that
I think i'm going to download Lisey's story
to my Ipod tonight actually.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Cell had an ending? :O
i don't remember one.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
^^ I also loved the Cell ending - great Book overall. (one of those I'll re-read many a time).
Still on my current LotR re-read.
Bought Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' at the weekend so that'll be next.
I'm currently reading:
The Eyes Of The Dragon (again)
W&G (again)
Shivers IV
We're All In This Together
Mid Life Confidential
I started listening to the last half of A Clash of Kings on audio book between reading the Dresden stuff.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
wizard and glass (cheating-audiobook)
The Count of Monte Cristo
The World is Flat (I've been muddling through this bastard since December)
The Audacity of Hope (i'm still muddling through this one as well)
rereading Choke
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
[QUOTE=Hannah;5107]The Count of Monte Cristo
Shit, i forgot this one on my favorite's threads.
The Count of Monte Cristo and The Four Feathers are also 2 of my favorites. I just finished a reread of it myself a couple weeks ago. Maybe another couple months and I'll do it again.
Currently rereading Atlas Shrugged, also one of my favorites.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
This is my first time reading it, but I'm surprised by how quickly I am getting sucked into the story. I didn't expect it to be so readable.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
Started a continuation of The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
In Digitized Remorse
I am reading 'Memoirs of a Geisha'.
I didn't want to start to read it but I looked into it I read one page and I couldn't put it down, anymore.
Roland would have understood.
It's a book?
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
a midsummer nights dream by shakespeare, haven't read it for years and it still makes me laugh
'He bowed low, right down to the ground, in front of the man sitting there motionless, whose smile reminded him of everything that he had ever loved in his life, of everything that had ever been of value and holy in his life.' Herman Hesse
Neil Geiman pays homage to that story in his Sandman comics.
I'm horrible, I'm currently not reading anything. I am listening to Wizard and Glass.