Books What are you reading now?

I read Medieval Trade inthe Mediterranean World by Robert S. Lopez and Irving W. Raymond last night. The only interesting bits were concerning the diversification of merchandise and the development of double-entry bookkeeping, if you can really consider either of those interesting.
Oh, and I also discovered that the penalty in Constantinople for hoarding merchandise the common man needed was a beating and a shaving. I thought that was worth noting.
Seriously, ladies and gentlemen, if anyone ever tells you to study Western European history in the High and Later Middle Ages, just save yourself a lot of trouble and run. Very, very fast.
Although, all this research has only led me to the conclusion that the Italians were a lot cooler back then.

 

the most recent book I read was By The Sword by Mercedes Lackey...very good book for those of us that enjoy a good fantasy... all of you that are looking for a good book/author seriously should look into Mercedes Lackey books

 

WOW!!! You guys are impressing the heck out of me! I've been mostly reading for a thesis chapter rewrite that I'm working on, so I've read "Maps of Heaven, Maps of Hell: Religious Terror as Memory from the Puritans to Stephen King" by Edward J. Ingebresten, S.J.

"Notes of a White Black Woman: Race, Color, Community" by Judy Scales-Trent
and

"Mulatto America - At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History" by Stephan Talty.

I mentioned in the chapter that I wrote how many of the free people of color in Anne Rice's "The Feast of All Saints"
passed "without trace into the white race" (that's a quote from Rice) and my prof mentioned that there's a lot of theory on racial "passing", hence the reading list. I have to admit that it's really fascinating and I've been totally enjoying the research.

As for fiction, the last book would have been Rice's "Blood Canticle". I liked it, but her writing style has changed DRASTICLY since "Interview"!! I'm not saying that that's a bad thing (time will tell) I'm just saying that her style has changed.

 

The most recent book I've read was Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. (I know, I know, everyone in the world has read it, but it WAS for school). I (surprisingly) liked it.

 

I just finished Lord of the Flies, and despite everything I had heard, I rather liked it. I found it very interesting, and it really made me think.

 

I just finished Kushiels Chosen by jaqueline Carey
And I must say I really liked it

 

Read "Pooh and the Philosophers" greatest book ever, aside from the "Tao of Pooh", and of course the original Pooh books.

 

Where's my dancin' Gir!? :sad: He was so cuuuuuuuute. How I miss him already.

 

I finished Thief Of Lives by Barb and J.C. Hendee and I went and re-read The Dragon Reborn, third book in the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. I am continuing my spree of reading by now picking up the fourth book in Wheel Of Time, The Shadow Rising.

 

I read The Exorcist the other day. I thought it was a great book, but it's nothing I'd ever like to experience. I haven't seen the movie, but I'm curious to see how they portrayed things.

 

The Shining by Stephen King.
I've also readen the first volume of "The Dark Tower" series (also Stephen King) and i'm curious to read the other volumes as well. Hopefully my littl local library has them...
:sad:

 

The last book I read was....The Vampire Diaries: The reunion. Good book.

 

The last book I read was Pardon Me, You're Stepping On My Eyeball by Paul Zindel. Weird book. It was ok, but not my genre of reading really. I am now reading Arrows Of The Queen by Mercedes Lackey. Will be done with this is about three days.

 

^^ The last book I read was acutally Magic-Onslaught cycle I by J. Robert King. I'm not a big fan of MTG but the way the book was written was excellent!! The structure and the details were amazing! The storyline is....eh....dramatic. oO Lost loved ones, long forgotten rivals and finding out that your kin is your worst enemy sort type storyline. :sweat2:

I'm currently reading "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, I heard that was really good book but it's somewhat decent by far. So I don't know yet. :anger2: But it's a summer reading assignment so I am being forced against my will to read it.

 

Lets see...I have a tendancy to read more than one book at a time...sooooo
1. The Vampire Armand
2. Crescent moon
3. Tarot Card Spreads

 

I've finally decided to start making my way throught the Discworld books. Ive already finished the first two, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, and now i've already started on the third one, Equal Rites. I've decided to read them in order and i'm looking forward to Mort and Reaper Man, cause Death is my favorite character.

I just can't remember why i put off reading them for so long. :sweat: Silly me!!

 

the last book i read is a painted house, and the street lawyer, for those of you who havnt read em i recomend them to you, they are both realy exelent books

 

It was one of the Ranma pocketbooks, but if you mean a real book, then its Bored of the Rings the english version....

 

I own Bored of the Rings! Of course, my copy is really kinda messed up...

The last book I read was the Bourne Supremacy- it's sooo different from the movie! And right now I'm working my way through Douglas Adam's Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (a trilogy in five parts ).

 

last book i read was the divinci code by dan brown.....and that one book by anne rice... memnoch the devil. both were great books, so i recomend reading them to anyone interested~