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Now that summer is rolling around, are there any books that you're planning to read? Here's my own list:

The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose

The Unyielding Clamour of the Night by Neil Bissandooth

A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

Vellum: The Book of all Hours V.1 by Hal Duncan

The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, et al.

Uhh... I hadn't really thought about that yet. Probably Dr. Jekell and Mr Hyde, the rest of Don Quixote... That's all I can think of right now.

I'm going to read anything and everything I can. I don't really read more in summer than I do in the school year. I'm homeschooled, so instead of literature, my mom lets me read novels and such. It works, I read thirty+ books last year. I want to read House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker, but I have nooo idea when it's coming out. And if it is out, then neither my library nor our surrounding libraries have them.

I am fairly certain to read these books, since I am borrowing them from my roommate for the summer:

G. K. Chesterton The Man who was Thursday

William Morris The Wood Beyond the World

Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter (the collected stories), Cloud of Witnesses

E. Nesbit The Enchanted Castle

Prosper Mérimée Carmen and Other Stories

There are other books that I am likely to read over the summer because I own them but have yet to read them: Pascal's Pensées, the collected fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, and most of the Mabinogion.

Additionally, I will almost certainly be reading some literature, but I haven't decided what yet.

Davis Bunn - The Lazarous Trap (btw - Imposter is an excellent book!)
?author? - Blue Like Jazz
Ted Dekker - Three, Black, Red,& White
Agatha Christie - Sparkling Cyanide
(and hopefully a plethora of Manga titles)

Terry Pratchett, more Terry Pratchett and a good helping of even more Terry Pratchett on top of it all ^^

I read Wee Free Men last summer and absolutely had to get my hands on the actual Discworld series. But I only managed to track down the first two books, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. I'm not sure where to go from here but I need more.

I've heard that the Witches novels are pretty good, if I can figure out where they start. *shrugs*

the_lizardqueen wrote:I've heard that the Witches novels are pretty good, if I can figure out where they start. *shrugs*

'Wyrd Sisters'. The first nove with Granny Weatherwax in it though was 'Equal Rites'

Sadly, I have fairly little in terms of a reading list. I hope to run across some good titles. Meanwhile, I do have the following, though I am uncertain when I will be able to find them:
The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Christ in Culture by Richard Niebuhr
The Man who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

I may also pursue the works of Thomas Merton. If I have the opportunity I will read some more of Terry Pratchett's series as well.

Technomancer wrote:The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, et al.

Interesting. You may not know the answer to this question yet, but answer if you do: is this book typical Discworld fare, or is it different? I assume that Pratchett obtained coauthors with credentials for a reason.

KBMaster wrote:I want to read House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker, but I have nooo idea when it's coming out. And if it is out, then neither my library nor our surrounding libraries have them.

It is already out, yes. Given how popular it is, however, I am not certain how fast the average library would be able to obtain a copy.

Donald Miller wrote:?author? - Blue Like Jazz

The author is Donald Miller.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calulus
Any manga I can get my hands on.
Any book on C progaming that I can get my hands on.

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Whatever looks interesting at the library.
Last time I tried to make a list... it didn't go well.

Well, I'll have my school's reading list to put up with soon, but as for books I actually want to read, here's a small list...

Finish DragonQuest, by Donita K. Paul, first of all..XD
DragonKnight, by Donita K. Paul (June 20th!)
Messenger, by Lois Lowry
The Silent Boy, by Lois Lowry
Tales from Jabba's Palace, various authors
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, various authors

That's quite a few, and it probably won't happen. XD I'll also be reading whatever manga come into my possession, but I figured this thread was geared more towards novels and such.

I plan on reading LOTS this summer. I mean, I read 7 books over spring break, and that was less than a week long, so just imagine may to august... o_O;;

Pre-planned reading (aka, I bough the book months/year ago but haven't read yet...):
-finish Enemies With Smiling Faces: Defeating the Subtle Threats That Endanger Christians by Donald C. Posterski
-Provocative Faith: Walking Away from Ordinary by Matthew Paul Turner
-Tramp for the Lord by Corrie ten Boom
-The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson
-finish Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Would like to read (aka, I don't know if my library will have them):
-Monster by Frank Peretti
-anything by Ted Dekker
-finish the rest of House of Winslow series by Gilbert Morris

So, my list is looking really ambitious, but I think I can do it. XD

I have no idea what I am going to read.Although one of these days I really ought to finish the Robotech novels in the library by reading the two I haven't read yet.
Although I am loath to read Sentinels because of Minmei's fate.

I recently (last night) received another recommendation I will attempt to pursue once I return home. My friend said I'd enjoy it, though he particularly noted it for its narrative style.

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

Usually Summer is when I perfer to read lighter works like Terry Pratchett.

I have a habit of buying books much faster than I can read them, so right now I have a fairly large pile of books just waiting to be read.

At the top of the queue, for now:

St. Thomas’ Proofs of God’s Existence, from the Summa Theologica - Thomas Aquinas (a short excerpt from a much larger work)

Life of Pi - Yann Martel (at UC's suggestion)

A Discourse on Inequality - J.J. Rouseau

Amerika - Franz Kafka

and several others.

UC: You should be able to find The Meditations on Amazon.com for around 8 dollars. Also, the other two you mentioned were each on there for about 10.

Re-reading:
The Oath by Frank Peretti
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Those who Hunt the Night by Barbara Hambly
A Taste for Death by P. D. James

Reading:
House by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker
Heretic by Bernard Cornwell
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
God-Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith

Finishing:
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

UC Pseudonym wrote:The Man who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

You should let me know what you think about it when you're done!

My Winter reading list includes
• Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky
• The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett
• Time and Punishment by Dostoevsky
• Phantastes by George MacDonald
• Lord of the Rings by that Tolkien fellow (reread)

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

...but thats probably gonna take me through till NEXT summer. I'm sooooo slow at reading :S

bigsleepj wrote:• Phantastes by George MacDonald

Now THAT is one of the best books I have ever read. It's strange (in a good way), and the writing is sometimes a bit stilted, but the book is excellent. George MacDonald also wrote Lilith, which is in a similar style and also a classic.

Over the summer I am going to try to finish Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion," which I find to be interesting but so dense that it's taken me a great deal of time to get through. I'd also like to read a couple of Jonathan Edward's works, including "Religious Affections," finish "The Theology of the Body" by Pope John Paul, and probably read a few sci-fi books for light entertainment.

Technomancer wrote:'Wyrd Sisters'. The first nove with Granny Weatherwax in it though was 'Equal Rites'

I actually just found 'The Witches Abroad' at the local library and grabbed it. Do you think it be completely confusing and spoilerific to read it without having read any of the prior books?

Sweet Mercury wrote:UC: You should be able to find The Meditations on Amazon.com for around 8 dollars. Also, the other two you mentioned were each on there for about 10.

Thank you for the tip, but the problem is mostly that I'm not the buying type. I tend to borrow all my reading, either from a friend or a library.

bigsleepj wrote:You should let me know what you think about it when you're done!

Trust me, I will.

the_lizardqueen wrote:I actually just found 'The Witches Abroad' at the local library and grabbed it. Do you think it be completely confusing and spoilerific to read it without having read any of the prior books?

I have not read that specific title, but as someone who read the series in a completely random order, I will say this: generally you can understand every book on its own, but will appreciate the references and characters more with a broader understanding.

UC's pretty much correct. All but two of the books are completely stand alone novels. You can read them in pretty much any order and still appreciate the plot and the characters just fine. You might miss a little bit about the background of the characters, but that's a minor problem and not at all essential to the plot.

uc pseudonym wrote:Thank you for the tip, but the problem is mostly that I'm not the buying type. I tend to borrow all my reading, either from a friend or a library.

Ah I see.

I tend to buy, as I have a habit of dog-earing, highlighting, underlining, and annotating my non-fiction to make later referencing easier.

I am planning on reading some cyberpunk (dont know what...)
Some agatha christie (again, I dont know which ones)
and reading the 1632 book and its sequels.

Regarding my list: I'm midway through one book, and I hope to pick up The Man Who Was Thursday to read while traveling later this month. My reading has been sporadic, due to other activities as well as new books that I have run across.

Sweet Mercury wrote:I tend to buy, as I have a habit of dog-earing, highlighting, underlining, and annotating my non-fiction to make later referencing easier.

Then thank you for buying. I have a copy of The Meditations, but someone has made all kinds of marks and notes on it. The odd thing is that they seem to star notes that I don't find particularly interesting, and completely ignore the ones I've liked most. I'll give you my full thoughts later, of course.

I don't have one cause I'm gonna be graduated! Yay!

But I have long lists of books that I am meaning to read... because I want to. Prolly some L.M. Montgomery, Ray Bradbury, and some C.S. Lewis as well as some Fantasy and Juv Fiction books.

Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley High, and still more Sweet Valley High.