What swanky things are you reading?

[flippyshark]

I've got a whole shelf of atheist literature, of which The God Delusion has the shiniest cover. (It's also highly quotable.) My favorites on this particular shelf are Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett, and The Reason Driven Life by Robert Price. (The latter is a chapter by chapter refutation of the best-selling evangelical tract The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren.)

I hang out over at richarddawkins.net, and on pretty rare occasions I post there, but I doubt I'll ever feel like an insider among that crowd. There's lots worth reading, watching or listening to there, however.

On another track, I finished The Road, and enjoyed it all the way through, while feeling just a tad underwhelmed by the ending, at least from a narrative point of view.

Spoiler:

It was a little more optimistic and hopeful than I expected, which is fine, of course. But it's the bleak stuff that's going to stick with me.

I'm looking forward to the movie, which does not seem likely to me to be a mainstream hit.

[ToriBear]

I am reading Deadline by Chris Crutcher, Generation Dead by Daniel Waters, The Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith, Faerie Path by Frewin Jones, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Been going back and forth between these five books, but more on Vampire Academy, Deadline and Faerie Path.

They are pretty good books, course, the Generation Dead and Deadline are slow and are a bit boring, but, I read it when I feel like it, since I want to find out what happens in the end.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I've got a whole shelf of atheist literature, of which The God Delusion has the shiniest cover. (It's also highly quotable.) My favorites on this particular shelf are Breaking the Spell by Daniel Dennett, and The Reason Driven Life by Robert Price. (The latter is a chapter by chapter refutation of the best-selling evangelical tract The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren.)

I hang out over at richarddawkins.net, and on pretty rare occasions I post there, but I doubt I'll ever feel like an insider among that crowd. There's lots worth reading, watching or listening to there, however.

On another track, I finished The Road, and enjoyed it all the way through, while feeling just a tad underwhelmed by the ending, at least from a narrative point of view.

Spoiler:

It was a little more optimistic and hopeful than I expected, which is fine, of course. But it's the bleak stuff that's going to stick with me.

I'm looking forward to the movie, which does not seem likely to me to be a mainstream hit.

I loved 'The Road'. To tell the truth, I didn't find the ending to be at all hopeful or optimistic- it just sort of spoke of the idea of hope even at the end of all things. I am very much looking forward to the movie.

I just realized that since you added spoilers, I probably should have as well, but since the book has been out for quite some time I don't think we're giving too much away.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by ToriBear

[color=Purple][b]I am reading Deadline by Chris Crutcher, Generation Dead by Daniel Waters, The Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith, Faerie Path by Frewin Jones, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Been going back and forth between these five books, but more on Vampire Academy, Deadline and Faerie Path.

I'm sensing a theme here, but I can't quite put my finger on it.