What Book Are You Currently Reading?

[Piparskeggr]

Hail all;

Some...my wife and I have several thousand books...

Reading: "Take Back Your Government!" by Robert Heinlein, 1992, Baen Books - "The Pocket Dangerous Book for Boys" by Conn and Hal Iggulden, 2008, Harper-Collins Books - "The Children of Hurin" by JRR Tolkien, 2007, Houghton-Mifflin

Rereading: "The Nine nations of North America" by Joel Garreau, 1981, Avon Books, "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, 1964, Penguin Classics - "The Nature of the Gods" by M Tullius Cicero, 1972, Penguin Classics - "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine, 1974, Citadel press

Recently read: "Thud!" by Terry Pratchett, 2005, Harper-Collins Books - "John Wayne - American" by Randy Roberts and James Olseon, 1995, The Free Press - "King Philip's War" by Eric Schultz ad Michael Tougias, 1999, The Countryman Press

As I have written before, I am grateful to my mom and dad for teaching me to read before I entered grade-school...coming up on 48 years...

"Knowest how to read?
Knowest how to write?"

- from the Havamal...

Pip

[Lars]

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[Psychonaut]

S.S.O.T.B.M.E.: An Essay on Magic by Ramsey Dukes

I just got a hard copy in the mail yesterday and am really enjoying his thoughts.

[HawkR]

Still reading "Frøya, Sagaen om Valhall" (Froya, The Story about Valhall) and soon finished I really liked that book, but it got two follow-up's Just finished Dragonero and Raptor Red

Today I might gonna start on Horngudenes Tale (The Speach of the Honred Gods) or maybe jump into some norse facts

[Vargtand]

I don't read books, except for school literature. I think I've read a grand total of 10 books or so in my life

[Baron Samedi]

I'm reading Coronado: Stories by Dennis Lehane.

Fantastic writer. Same guy that wrote Mystic River.

[Allenson]

The Maine Woods

By Henry David Thoreau. Great stuff. up

[Aemma]

One of the many I have on the go:

Theosophy: An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos by Rudolf Steiner. I am very much enjoying his ideas about spirituality and auras.

[SPQR]

I'm currently reading Steven Pressfields Tides of War.

[Eldritch]

Just got this, didn't start reading it yet:



From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths by Heather O'Donoghue. It's a pretty slim volume, so I ought to be done with it in a day or two.

From Amazon:

Whether they focus on Thor's powerful hammer, the mysterious valkyries, the palatial home of the gods - Asgard - or ravenous wolves and fierce elemental giants, the Norse myths are packed with vivid incident. But at the centre of their cosmos stands a gnarled old ash tree from which all distances and times are measured. When the old tree creaks, Ragnarok - the end of the world and of the gods themselves - is at hand. It is from this tree that Odin, father of the gods, hanged himself in search of the wisdom of the dead: a disturbing image of divine sacrifice far removed from the feasting and fighting of his otherworld home, Valhalla. This is the first book to show how the Norse myths have resonated from era to era: from Viking-age stories of ice and fire to the epic poetry of Beowulf; and from Wagner's "Ring" to Marvel Comics' "Mighty Thor". Heather O'Donoghue considers the wider contexts of Norse mythology, including its origins, medieval expression and reception in post-medieval societies right up to the present. "From Asgard to Valhalla" is a book that will intrigue and delight anyone with an interest in how the Norse myths have so profoundly shaped the western cultural heritage.