What are you reading right now? (possible RotE spoilers)

[fool-ish]

Neither! Feathers don't fall under the banner of my favourite things!

['thul]

Then finish the book, and you won't get tarred and feathered. A simple deal, really.

[fool-ish]

I can't yet, reading a Stephen King..

['thul]

oh well... *starts heating up the tar*

[Albertosaurus Rex]

I have so much spare time these days due to being unemployed, but the strange thing is that this does not translate to reading more but rather to reading less. I hope this will change next month, when I'm due to start a one-year course to become a high school teacher and the included internship. I'm probably going to miss my precious spare time. Nonetheless, I managed to read two non-fiction works by Stephen Prothero: God Is Not One (about the world's eight most influential religions) and Religious Literacy. I'm currently reading Darrell Schweitzer's The White Isle, an older and fairly obscure fantasy novel which is okay so far.

[Valarya]

fool-ish... I'm gonna be the one to go ahead and say it:

If you aren't completely in love and sucked in by Tom Bombadil, I'd just set it down and call it a good try.

That, or maybe it's just not your time. I absolutely cannot be forced to read a book - if I get forced, I won't enjoy it nor read it. So set it down, or come back again when the 'thul beings aren't threatening you.



(I'm almost done with book 11 of Wheel of Time. Moving on to book 12 after that.)

['thul]

its not a threat... its a promise...

meat? where is meat?

[fool-ish]

Valarya, it was a case of *I really should read it* rather than *I want to read it* so maybe you're right and it wasn't 'my time.' I can't say I felt anything but mild irritation towards Tom Bombadil. I found the monotonous descriptions of scenery far more annoying and laborious to read in the extreme...can't be doing with waffle!

As for threats...those beings are all bluster and big softies at heart

[Albertosaurus Rex]

You know what I really want to read? Tuf Voyaging, a collection of stories by George R. R. Martin that was supposed to get a hardcover re-release by Gollancz 17 januari. However, it didn't come out that day. Most stores are now listing it as unavailable, Amazon UK lists it as "not yet released" (with an unchanged release date of januari 17th) and Waterstones lists it as "publication abandoned". I have contacted the publisher but I've had no response so far, which is really annoying. I want to know what's going on!

[Farseer]

I have so much spare time these days due to being unemployed, but the strange thing is that this does not translate to reading more but rather to reading less.

This is like my being on school holidays (which ended a week ago!) or having children grow up and become less dependent! I read more while teaching my eldest two as youngsters and hauling around a new baby!

I hope this will change next month, when I'm due to start a one-year course to become a high school teacher and the included internship.

This sounds exciting! What made you consider taking this direction and what will you be qualified to teach once you're done, Albertosaurus Rex?