Recent content by Bluraven

Well, there's Goodreads, which is almost a mashup of being a Facebook/IMDB for books. You could also try Worldcat, which is a catalog for almost every library in the world. Good places to start, if anything.

I'm on there (and so sorry for not having posted here in a while!): Carlton (Bluraven) - Colorado Springs, CO (207 books)

This is a curious way to describe these particular books. I certainly don't find them "Highbrow" at all, but then, if I were highbrow myself, I wouldn't likely see it that way. Perhaps what they mean is that these books are challenging? They offer more than a trite story with meager moral and...

I usually read on the couch. But my absolute favorite place to read is at our local public library! They have the most comfortable chairs there, as well as nice tables for me to rest my arms upon.

I have read both The Time Traveler's Wife and Ender's Game, and some of Great Expectations. I absolutely LOVED The Time Traveler's Wife, and I should emphasize that it is almost nothing like the movie based upon it. There is a lot of depth there, and the ending is rewarding and endearing...

When I was in High School, I was reading stuff like Poe and Agatha Christie, as well as a ton of Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance books. My brother and his friends usually mocked my devotion to books, calling me a nerd and Steve Urkel and all that. Now, though, I usually am on the giving end of...

I read the first book of the Spiderwick Chronicles in one sitting...then, several days later read the other 4 books in one sitting. I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in one day, but managed to fit in a small nap, so its not quite technically one sitting.

Well, I personally didn't have a problem with The Golden Compass, and didn't pick up on Mr. Pullman's anti-Christian worldview at all. In fact, I only later learned of such views when the movie was soon to premiere. I own the whole trilogy, and have read to about half-way through The Subtle...

I'm not exactly sure what my favorite genre would be, though I'd wager its a tie between Fantasy and Mystery. As for the Fantasy element, I actually developed a hunger for them by reading The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, by Howard Pyle. I was young (I think 5th Grade) when I picked it...

I would imagine Christian Fantasy to be a sub-genre of general fantasy, most noticeable by the use of Christian symbolism or the implementation of Christian principles. I'm not particularly a fan of Christian Literature as such, since I consider it too obvious and blatant. I'm all for infusing...

I suppose I should be the first both to welcome you to this Forum, and to suggest the ever-popular Chronicles of Narnia. I think that they're sort of the bedrock upon which all other Fantasy (Christian or otherwise) is built upon...well, alongside the Lord of the Rings, of course! Also, I...

Overclocked: Tales of the Future Present, by Cory Doctorow. Its a collection of short stories by one of Sci-Fi's most prominent up-and-coming authors. I read this after completing his other book, Little Brother, in July.

According to Bacon, "some books are to be tasted, others swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested". Thus, the Library serves to provide books of the first two sorts, those that I merely want to taste and sample. Books that may be a good read, but not necessarily momentous. Ah, but then...

My favorite is the Dawn Treader as well, but I do love the Silver Chair almost equally. The Horse and His Boy was probably my "least favorite", if it could be called such. Its all much like choosing between chocolate ice-cream and strawberry and vanilla, and saying which is my least favorite...

I prefer to read Historical Fiction that has its facts in order, but I can tolerate those that have minor inaccuracies. However, it also depends on the author's intent for misrepresenting (or, under-researching) history...i.e., if they're trying to make a theological/philosophical point which...