So, watcha' reading?

[ChattyLMS]

Still working on Eleanor Roosevelt.

Hey, is that pronounced like  Rose - a- velt  or Roos (as in rooster) - a - velt?

[Inkfink]

I'm in the middle of A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America by Tony Horwitz. This is part history, part travelogue and so far it's an eye-opener. It knocks the legs out from the stories we learned about the early days of America. Very surreal too.

[LaettnersLegacy]

just started Let the Right One In

[mike c]

Still working on Eleanor Roosevelt.

Hey, is that pronounced like  Rose - a- velt  or Roos (as in rooster) - a - velt?

I hear it both ways pretty equally. I'm willing to bet, though, that most folks say Rose-a-velt, long 'o' sound, and the 's' is a 'z' sound, not a hard 's'... RO-zuh-velt.
I've heard ROOS-uh-velt (hard 's') many times, though.
I've also heard Eleanor Roosevelt could be a real 'hard s' sometimes!

Mike C.

[ChattyLMS]

Mike I pronounce it Rose-a-velt
Anyway, I finished my Eleanor Roosevelt book and I'm waiting for my book about Houdini.

[Scatter]

Mike I pronounce it Rose-a-velt
Anyway, I finished my Eleanor Roosevelt book and I'm waiting for my book about Houdini.

Which one Chatty?? I'm currently reading "The Secret Life Of Houdini"........along with some classic Charles Spurgeon sermons.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

Which one Chatty?? I'm currently reading "The Secret Life Of Houdini"........along with some classic Charles Spurgeon sermons.

Scatter, I figured you would read only books with pictures in them or pop-ups

[Scatter]

Scatter, I figured you would read only books with pictures in them or pop-ups

The Charles Spurgeon sermons come with comic book illustrations of him kicking the arse of Jacob Arminius.

[ChattyLMS]

Well Scatter,
You're going to think I'm weird.  It's a biography that is about a 5th grade level.  There is a series of bios from a company called DK Books.  Eleanor Roosevelt was in the same series.  I also read about Helen Keller and Marie Curie from this series.  They don't get into the same depth as the adult level reading books, but at least I'm learning about these people.  I don't seem to have a long enough attention span for thicker books and these are quicker.  Maybe I should read short stories.  I do like biographies, though.     

Hey Dr G!
This company makes those cool picture books, too!

My secret's out!  I'm only in 5th grade!

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

That's okay, Scatter dun graduated from the 3rd grade, or was that Jethro

[Wicked Lester]

That's okay, Scatter dun graduated from the 3rd grade, or was that Jethro

Jethro's got one up on Scatter. Cuz Jethro gradiated from that double knot spy school.

[ChattyLMS]

Cuz Jethro gradiated from that double knot spy school

Hey Wicked - That is spelled double naught spy.  Naught in this case means zero.  You must've gradiated from the school as Jethro.  Maybe you can be a brain surgeon!

[Wicked Lester]

Hey Wicked - That is spelled double naught spy.  Naught in this case means zero.  You must've gradiated from the school as Jethro.  Maybe you can be a brain surgeon!

The way he says it comes out as knot. Besides I'd rather be a nukular fizzocist.

[Ynnad]

Hamsun and Mishima!  Ynnad, you have admirably interesting choices in reading material. 

Thanks! I am quite the literature junkie  (as I am with music & toys), so I find all kinds of stuff to read. I'm working on an English degree and am an English major at heart so I guess it's only natural! 

[Illoman]

The Charles Spurgeon sermons come with comic book illustrations of him kicking the arse of Jacob Arminius.

What's the tile of this book? Got a cover pic?

Mike