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The Rage Against God - Peter Hitchens
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins

Figured I would get both sides of the story

barn ~ bairn, I like it.

Here's a topical parting shot from The Eye of The World:

"Trollocs (TRAHL-lohks): Creatures of the Dark One (...) divided into tribe-like bands, chief among them being the Ahf'frait, Al'ghol, Bhan'sheen, Dha'vol, Dhai'mon, Dhjin'nen, Ghar'ghael, Ghob'hlin, Gho'hlem, Ghraem'lan, Ko'bal, and the Kno'mon."

Watch out for them all tonight, or they'll creep up and apostrophise you on the stroke of mi'dhnigh't.

Now on to The Honourable Schoolboy. Well written, but it's not really holding my interest; very dated Cold War intrigue stuff.

Aye, me too. Gotta love all the cultural influences..

Romeo and Juliet-for school
The fellowship of the ring

The Professor and the Madman.
By Simon Winchester.

Very interesting...molto interessante.

Has anyone read Ted Dekker's Thr3e? Three words: Religious psychological thriller. I shudder at the thought.

Read The Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult. Soccer-mom literature. Had potential but the annoying one-dimensional characters and pointless sub-plots ruined it.

Madness!

Still on with The Honourable Schoolboy but spending too much time on the Blood Bowl field.

Finished reading Handmaid's Tale for English the other day. Very interesting book. A lot better than the film, too.

Finished The Honourable Schoolboy, it was alright. Finished The Night Manager, it was alright. Moving on to Singularity Sky for something completely different. Still spending a lot of time on the computer (BB 70hrs, F:NV 65hrs and both rising) and beginning to watch the new BSG (el Reg says it ain't the usual run-of-the-mill skiffy crap) and getting used to playing brass again so not reading very fast at the moment.

Started reading the gift by Cecelia Ahern, apparently its a christmas story where the main character(a workaholic) has to learn a lesson about the value of family and so.


Ive read other books by her and theres something in her writing that makes me keep reading no matter what she is talking about.Im glad I gave her a second chance after thanks for the memories, so far Im loving this one.

The Big Sea (autobiography of Langston Hughes, the poet). I read memoirs and autobiographies almost exclusively.

1984 by George Orwell. A fascinating story. I especially like the chapter about the language that the government has created to stop individual thinking.

I finished Catch 22, Last Chapter - worse than first part.

It's a bit too cutesy poo. I suspect a lot of them have been edited to be more readable and direct, or just plain made up. I'd prefer if there was more raw childness and darkness, and perhaps more varied views; I suspect a lot of the children came from the same background, same country, same religion.



A quid in the charity shop.

Terry Pratchet - Making Money
Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens