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Books on your nightstand? Last thing you read? :)

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Sooo, let us hear it. :D

Last thing i read:

- The uses and abuses of history - Macmillan (Interest and related to schoolwork)

- The shadow over innsmouth - H.P Lovecraft (I sometimes need a break from History)

On my nightstand:

- The Bible (Out of interest and personal belief, though i am not a conservative christian)
- The best of H.P Lovecraft collection (Big H.P Lovecraft fan)
- Odyssey - Homer (Old norwegian translation which i do not care much for)

I am curious about what the rest of you are reading, and what you last read :)
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Last thing I read:

Fencer trilogy by K.J. Parker
it was good, but kind of weird. Need a break from Parker before I pick up the next trilogy of his.


Currently "reading":

I decided to re-read the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson since everyone claims it's even better the second time as you notice and discover some new things. But instead of reading, I decided to give audio books a try. Audiobook gives a different perspective on some things, and it's quite enjoyable. For an example, the way that the reader gives voice to Shadowthrone really puts the character into a different "light" ( :D ) for me.
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Thids wrote:Audiobook gives a different perspective on some things, and it's quite enjoyable. For an example, the way that the reader gives voice to Shadowthrone really puts the character into a different "light" ( :D ) for me.
I agree, but it takes a while getting used to :). I have only had two books on audio, and it was Harry Potter and the philosophers stone and chamber of secrets. The quality was fair, but it was like watching a movie in 3D for the first time, it takes some time before you get used to it :).

I haven't read any of the books you mention, but i have heard Steven Erikson is a good author.
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Last thing I read, was Stephanie Plum novel number fifteen. Going to start the next one tonight. Both on my Kindle.
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currently reading...

Women Who Run With Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estès
Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy, Christopher Robuchaud


still working on, but most are almost finished...

The Bonobo and the Atheist, Frans de Waal
Black Elk Speaks, John G.Neihardt
Primitive Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Generation Hex, Jason Louv
H.P. Lovecraft The Complete Fiction
The Quotable Slayer, (BtVS)


and a small part of my ever growing todo list....

Dissecting Cthulhu, S. T. Joshi
Postmodern Magic, Patrick Dunn
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, A.C Grayling
True Magick, Amber K
Black Elk's The Sacred Pipe, Joeseph Epes Brown
Dreaming in Code, Scott Rosenberg
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, Anne Fausto-Sterling
Wild Bunch Women, Michael Rutter
Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg
Oriental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Occidental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Out of OZ, Gregory Maguire
The Art of Deception, Kevin Mitnick
Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer to BtVS, Lorna Jowettn
... and many many.... many more
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Overachiever. ;)
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Aspect of Sorrow wrote:Overachiever. ;)
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I dont find comfort in books anymore
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grymhild wrote:currently reading...

and a small part of my ever growing todo list....

i
Postmodern Magic, Patrick Dunn
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, A.C Grayling
True Magick, Amber K
Black Elk's The Sacred Pipe, Joeseph Epes Brown
Dreaming in Code, Scott Rosenberg
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, Anne Fausto-Sterling
Wild Bunch Women, Michael Rutter
Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg
Oriental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Occidental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Out of OZ, Gregory Maguire
The Art of Deception, Kevin Mitnick
Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer to BtVS, Lorna Jowettn
... and many many.... many more
This is your curriculum i take it? Some of the books anyhow :P Snickers
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DM_Absolution wrote:
grymhild wrote:currently reading...

and a small part of my ever growing todo list....

i
Postmodern Magic, Patrick Dunn
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, A.C Grayling
True Magick, Amber K
Black Elk's The Sacred Pipe, Joeseph Epes Brown
Dreaming in Code, Scott Rosenberg
Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, Anne Fausto-Sterling
Wild Bunch Women, Michael Rutter
Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg
Oriental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Occidental Mythology, Joseph Campbell
Out of OZ, Gregory Maguire
The Art of Deception, Kevin Mitnick
Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer to BtVS, Lorna Jowettn
... and many many.... many more
This is your curriculum i take it? Some of the books anyhow :P Snickers
yeah, admitting to owning Dreaming in Code is a little embarrassing

seriously though... I have a lot of different interests, things like women's studies, gender and sexuality, comparitve religion and mythology, software development, philosophy and ethics, fiction especially Lovecraft, BtVS, forgotten realms
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Currently reading:

The brief history of nearly everything, by Bill Bryson (lent to me by my class mistress)

Former readings:

Almost all of H.P Lovecraft's solo works
Of H.P Lovecraft's collaborations, "Beyond the Walls of Eryx".
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