I've never heard of Anthony Howartz before, IloveFauns. Are his book interesting?

I've been reading Pride and Prejudice, and I love it so far. It's such a witty story, and it's sweet, too. I've got a huge pile of other books I need to finish as well (thank goodness for spring break!).

I love Anthony Horowitz books!
I have read "Raven's Gate" and some of the Diamond Brothers books! those are awesome!

I've been reading Pride and Prejudice, and I love it so far. It's such a witty story, and it's sweet, too.

I'm glad to hear you like it- it's one of my favorite books . Have you read any other Austen?

Just finished Lost Horizon by James Hilton. There were some good parallels to LOST and the book was well-written but frankly rather slow and dull. I guess at the time it was written lost civilisations were a reasonably fresh concept (the book was published in 1933) but it's become old hat by now. It's reasonably racist too. To the critics who wrote on the back cover that it was 'action-packed and full of suspense', they must have been reading a different book to me, because nothing much happened.

Next, I'm going to reread Ursula LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea series.

Just finished Lord Sunday, the final book in the Keys to the Kingdom series. The ending really surprised me. Never would have guessed that the Will of the Architect

I've read the Redwall series. My favorites would be Redwall and Mossflower, although I liked quite a few of them. But they seemed to all be following nearly the same plot:

One of the interesting things about Redwall is quite often the

I'm also planning to reread FotR at some point soon.

Has anyone read The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún? If so, what did you think of it?

I'm also planning to reread FotR at some point soon.

Has anyone read The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún? If so, what did you think of it?

I too I'm planning on a LOTR's re-read later on, sometime in august, I've got plenty of reading to do in the mean time.

I have read the Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, I liked it, it was a different sort of read for me. More Poetic, but that’s a good thing for me.
I found Christopher Tolkien’s commentary on each poem very helpful, in case I missed anything when reading. If you like Tolkien I think you would like it, I think it's more about your personal taste in reading.
I hope that helps you.

^^ I really need to reread LOTR again! I have not read those since October!
and The Hobbit.....

I've never heard of Anthony Howartz before, IloveFauns. Are his book interesting?

I've been reading Pride and Prejudice, and I love it so far. It's such a witty story, and it's sweet, too. I've got a huge pile of other books I need to finish as well (thank goodness for spring break!).

yeah they are very interesting to me. But it really depends on what you like. You should read some of his later books.

LH, i havene't gotten around to reading those books yet but i will make sure to in the future.

^^ you mean LOTR or Gordon Korman?

Raven's Gate and the Diamond Brothers booksi meant.

Finally finished the Space Trilogy yesterday! Yes, I read That Hideous Strength in the airplane.

I do not think I liked the third installment as much as the previous two- though having a female protagonist was a refreshing change. At first I wondered if I had the wrong book, since it was clearly not as sci-fi as the others, and Dr. Ransom does not show up till the middle. It has the same Christian message. I liked the subtle reference to Narnia with the "Experimental School" like the one Jill and Eustace attended.

People complain about Narnia being sexist- but the only very subtle example of sexism that I have found in Lewis' works has been in the Space Trilogy, not in the Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis refers to planet Earth as Tellus- not the official scientific name of Terra. Why is this? The planet's spirit is named Gaia- not Gaius. So why did he use the masculine name Tellus instead of the official feminine name Terra? Subtle sexism trying to change the planet's perceived genre?

^that's odd. Maybe he just wanted to change up the name a bit.

Thanks for answering, 7chronicles, perhaps I'll just have to try it again. It took me my second try to get through the Silmarillion. "The Legend" isn't that hard to read, but because it's in a different writing style, I have a hard time keeping track of what's going on. I'll just have to get used to it.

^^ I really need to reread LOTR again! I have not read those since October!
and The Hobbit.....

Yes, the last time I read them was in January -- and I'm already getting ready to do it again!

Tellus is the same goddess as Terra. You might want to do some research before suggesting sexism over alternate name use.