What are you reading? [June]

[Starman]

Time for a new thread.

I just read The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy. Holy crap, was it good. One of the best novels I've read in a long time.

Now, I'm going back to some non-fiction. I'm going to read From Jesus to Christianity by L. Michael White about early Christian history.

 

[JEL]

B&N had Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples in on collected volume for about $10. Starting on it tonight.

 

[Jdvn1]

Captain Alatriste, before the movie comes out this year.

 

[Mark Chance]

I'm reading The Once and Future King by T.H. White. Also I'm reading Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia and Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, which I'm using to tutor a student this summer.

BTW, Starman, if you're interested in more early Christian history and haven't already read them, definitely check out Paul Johnson's History of Christianity. It isn't very well-reviewed at Amazon, but it seems as if most reviewers had a serious ideological axe to grind. Of course, Sir Henry Chadwick is nearly peerless in the field. Kenneth LaTourette's magesterial, two volume A History of Christianity is a must for any serious student of the period. A good introduction to the pitfalls and faulty assumption of much modern scholarship can be found in Philip Jenkins's Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way.

Or you can just ignore me entirely. I'm easy.

 

[Eridanis]

I worked through Keith Baker's first Eberron novel, CITY OF TOWERS, in a day. I doubt I'll pick up any subsequent novels in the series; the characters were uninspiring and the plot was plodding and predictable.

In my bag is THE DRAGON WAITING by John Ford. I've owned it for years, and it's always on the shelf of books that I mean to start soon. Now is the time, I hope!

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I just started re-reading Eragon, to see how it stands after reading Eldest. Also slogging through Utopia (fascinating but not an easy read), and TYR Volume 2, a journal of essays on both ancient and atavistic Nordic / Germanic religion and folklore.

 

[delericho]

Still wading through "Iron Council" by China Meiville. I'm really not enjoying it. For me "The Scar" has been his best book, with "Perdido Street Station" a bit behind.

I've abandonned "Shadowrun 4th Edition", "Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Edition" and "The Silver Marches", so I'm not currently reading anything RPG-related. I just got utterly sick of reading yet another game system that I'll never play.

 

[Starman]

BTW, Starman, if you're interested in more early Christian history and haven't already read them, definitely check out Paul Johnson's History of Christianity. It isn't very well-reviewed at Amazon, but it seems as if most reviewers had a serious ideological axe to grind. Of course, Sir Henry Chadwick is nearly peerless in the field. Kenneth LaTourette's magesterial, two volume A History of Christianity is a must for any serious student of the period. A good introduction to the pitfalls and faulty assumption of much modern scholarship can be found in Philip Jenkins's Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way.

Or you can just ignore me entirely. I'm easy.

Thanks for the recommendations. Religious history is a passion of mine and I'm always looking for good books on the subject. I'll have to check them out. Thanks.

 

[replicant2]

I'm reading The Once and Future King by T.H. White.

Enjoy. This is one of the best novels I've ever read.

 

[neg]

Reading...

For June and the foreseable future?

My Life by Bill Clinton. Almost half way through. He has just been elected president the first time.

I have a ways to go before I finish this, so I haven't looked over my other books to get an idea of what to read next.

-neg