What are you currently reading.

[Gwangi]

I always heard that watership down was a movie that scared kids who were took to see it by mistake.


I am now reading several Text Books for College .

Both the movies "Watership Down" and "The Plague Dogs" aren't really appropriate for younger children without parental guidance. They both contain scenes of death and suffering and blood (The Plague Dogs more so). That said, "Watership Down" was my favorite movies growing up and one of the first movies I ever recall watching and it didn't scare or traumatize me.

[Weaver]

Right now, I'm reading one of my all-time favorite books "The Curse of Chalion" by Lois McMaster Bujold.

[Roselaar]

Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide

I'm not all that fond of Cameron's Avatar, but this is a fun little book. It's kinda like The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (BEST BOOK EVER!), except the artwork is not nearly as exciting and it's Avatar instead of King Kong.

[tyrantqueen]

The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams.
Actually read this first about 30 (!) years ago.  Very English/Lakeland  dialog.  A good read, tantalizing in the sense that one can just sort-of, barely remember what happens next.  Recommended for anglophiles.  Having worked on occasion with animals in some similar contexts in the US, at least I can say that humane procedures have improved  since this time.

I've read Watership Down and some of The Plague Dogs. I stopped reading Plague Dogs 'cause it was too sad and disturbing

[radman]

The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams.
Actually read this first about 30 (!) years ago.  Very English/Lakeland  dialog.  A good read, tantalizing in the sense that one can just sort-of, barely remember what happens next.  Recommended for anglophiles.  Having worked on occasion with animals in some similar contexts in the US, at least I can say that humane procedures have improved  since this time.

I've read Watership Down and some of The Plague Dogs. I stopped reading Plague Dogs 'cause it was too sad and disturbing

I'm having a hard time getting through it the second time, now that I know more about these things.  The Lakeland accent is a bit of a challenge as well; 'roondaboot hyers, ya hinney!'.

Still I'm determined to finish it, again.

[tyrantqueen]

The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams.
Actually read this first about 30 (!) years ago.  Very English/Lakeland  dialog.  A good read, tantalizing in the sense that one can just sort-of, barely remember what happens next.  Recommended for anglophiles.  Having worked on occasion with animals in some similar contexts in the US, at least I can say that humane procedures have improved  since this time.

I've read Watership Down and some of The Plague Dogs. I stopped reading Plague Dogs 'cause it was too sad and disturbing

I'm having a hard time getting through it the second time, now that I know more about these things.  The Lakeland accent is a bit of a challenge as well; 'roondaboot hyers, ya hinney!'.

Still I'm determined to finish it, again.

I love dogs so whenever I see them being hurt or abused I subconsciously imagine my own dog in a similar situation and it upsets me. I saw the Plague Dogs and Watership Down animated films too. I did find WD a bit disturbing as a child (especially the trippy parts with the dead rabbits in the warrens) but found Plague Dogs much more saddening. Especially the part when that man gets accidentally shot in the face

As for the accents, I am English but I struggle a bit with Northern accents. Must be the North/South divide XD

I am reading this book right now



Bela Lugosi ftw

[Takama]

I found vampires to be less scarey since they were ruind in Twilight.

But i think they can still be desturbing if done right.

[ZoPteryx]

I'm currently reading my anthropology textbook for school.   Don't get me wrong, there's some interesting information there, but it's pretty dry on the whole.

What I wish I was reading is the new field guide to the birds of New Guinea, which was supposed to have come out yesterday after two years of delays.  I just checked my supplier's website, and it's not even listed anymore!!!  It better not have been pushed back again!

[Gwangi]

I just got done reading "Illumination in the Flatwoods: A season with the wild turkey" by Joe Hutto. Excellent book about his experience rearing and living with imprinted wild turkeys. I highly suggest it and since turkeys are extant dinosaurs why wouldn't you?


If you don't want to read the book I suggest at least watching the PBS documentary "My Life as a Turkey", a very abbreviated re-telling as told by Hutto himself. The documentary is very good and was the catalyst for my eventual purchase of the book.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/my-life-as-a-turkey/full-episode/7378/

[tyrantqueen]

I saw that turkey thing on television once! It was interesting, but a bit...weird.

The part at the end with Turkey Boy was pretty sad though

I found vampires to be less scarey since they were ruind in Twilight.

But i think they can still be desturbing if done right.

Erm..comparing Dracula to Twilight is like comparing apples to oranges- there is no comparison :/

My favourite vampire is Count Von Count from Sesame Street....I loved it as a kid



XD He is waaay more awesome than that overrated Elmo

[Gwangi]

I saw that turkey thing on television once! It was interesting, but a bit...weird.

Is it because he thought about eating a grasshopper?

The part at the end with Turkey Boy was pretty sad though

It was but in actuality their relationship did not end as the documentary described, not even close. I understand the filmmakers had to edit down his story but the part about Turkey Boy was very misleading. I don't want to say too much about the book but the two actually parted ways on a positive note and as friends. The fight between them did occur but it was not the end of their relationship.

[Takama]

Im now reading several Creative Writeing student works from the Creative Writeing class at school.

I had to write one myself, and yes Its about dinosaurs. Something thats diffrent from the other peoples storys .

[CityRaptor]

After having recently ( Okay, probably a month ago ) read "The Dinosaur Heresies", I'm currently reading a different, classic, but  at the time however heretic book by a bearded man also named Robert: "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Robert Darwin.

[Takama]

Got this book for a buck seven, and i must say, its worth more then that

[Gwangi]

I'm reading "Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in North America."

[Roselaar]

Watching the Watchmen by Dave Gibbons.

[ZoPteryx]

Lizard Care: A to Z and Terrarium Basics for about the tenth time each.  Hoping to get some Flat-rock lizards soon!

[tyrantqueen]

An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting. I like reading about Poltergeist related incidents.

[Jetoar]

I am reading The dragon lance chronicles 

[deanm]

A Dover republication the classic "Dragons of the Air" by  H. Seeley