What are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Hobbies' started by Dani, Jul 6, 2017.

  1. Empire

    Empire New Member

    I was thinking to read the game of thorns books! should I?
     
  2. hisleast

    hisleast FISHBEAT!

    Game of Thorns or Game of Thrones?

    I had 50 pages left in book 4 before I just tossed it in the trash on my way off the train. Regret ever picking up that masochistic rag. The dirty little secret is that in all of those pages, there really isn't a story. There's no arch that brings everything together for a conclusion, its just an exercise of punishing the reader for discerning a protagonist, then spending a whole book building up another protagonist to slay. Its pain porn. It is the male equivalent of The Real Housewives of <Insert City>
     
  3. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Wow. That's quite a descriptive review. Glad I never started to read them.
     
  4. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Just started reading Bible Doctrine by Wayne Grudem this morning.
     
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  5. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows recently (have read it before though)
     
  6. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    That was a great book. My wife bought it for me when it came out.
     
  7. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    Just started Dragons of Spring Dawn.
     
  8. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Sounds interesting.
     
  9. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Jeff Flake
    Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle.
    On Kindle
    Random House - August 1, 2017
     
    Last edited: Aug 8, 2017
  10. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Heard about that one.
     
  11. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    Sounds epic.
     
  12. ProDeo

    ProDeo What a day for a day dream

    Some time ago I watched the Netflix documentary: Patterns of Evidence. It's about the Exodus. Good stuff.
     
  13. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    Just read the face of a check made out for $3,200,000.00.

    Sadly, it isn't mine...
     
  14. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

  15. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

  16. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    I'd settle for that.
     
  17. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

    So I have my finger on several books and I need to not add more. Currently reading:

    1) Every Thought Captive by Richard Pratt
    2) Covenantal Apologetics by K. Scott Oliphint
    3) Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (I'm reading two versions: 1541 & 1559)
    4) Making Sense of God by Tim Keller
    5) The Story Of Reality by Greg Koukl
     
  18. Dani

    Dani You're probably fine.

    I've caught some glimpses of Game of Thrones, and I think it's just too violent. I have read a lot of the wiki, however, just to follow the character stories because I do think he created an interesting enough world with lots of characters that he pulled from actual history (which is full of pain, godawful acts of violence and unspeakable terror for sure).

    Anyway, I just started reading "All Is Grace" by Brennan Manning and so far I really love it.
     
  19. TrustGzus

    TrustGzus What does this button do? Staff Member

  20. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Recent find:
    David J. Griffiths
    Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
    2nd Edition
    This text first teaches students how to do quantum mechanics, and then provides them with a more insightful discussion of what it means. Fundamental principles are covered, quantum theory is presented, and special techniques are developed for attacking realistic problems.
     
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