What are you reading?
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I've bought the first Felix castor novel as well thanks to it getting stuck in my head after you lot mentioned it 
Reading A Christmas Carol at the moment because i always do this time of year 
Due to start the third in the MYTHAGO WOOD CYCLE soon, and was sad to hear that the author of these wonderful books Robert Holdstock died last Sunday 
R.I.P Mr Holdstock.
Reading A Christmas Carol at the moment because i always do this time of year Due to start the third in the MYTHAGO WOOD CYCLE soon, and was sad to hear that the author of these wonderful books Robert Holdstock died last Sunday R.I.P Mr Holdstock.
Jan Van Quirm said:
Pooh - in a way yes but, on the other hand, not in the slightest - the thread's not 300-odd pages long and just about what one person's reading is it?
It IS why I don't post in here v. much, although I do read it to see if there's something new I fancy trying
It IS why I don't post in here v. much, although I do read it to see if there's something new I fancy trying
Batty said:
Jan Van Quirm said:
Pooh - in a way yes but, on the other hand, not in the slightest - the thread's not 300-odd pages long and just about what one person's reading is it?
It IS why I don't post in here v. much, although I do read it to see if there's something new I fancy trying
It IS why I don't post in here v. much, although I do read it to see if there's something new I fancy trying
Will you please stop agreeing with me all over the place you ratbag! You're not supposed to agree with me - how can we digress and get everyone all mixed up if you do that?!!!!! Plus it's bloody unsettling that you might just be as mad as I am!!!!! Think of the others I beg of you! We're rocking the status quo far too much going round gratuitously agreeing all over! :twisted: 
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Reading Shadowplay by Tad Williams, that should keep me occupied for almost a week if I only read before sleep... tis Only 721 pages and has a compendium at the end as Tad puts it "For those who wish to feel securely grounded in the Who, What, and Where of things, there are several maps and at the end of the book, indexes of characters and places and other important things."
Gee, I cannot imagine anyone like, oh, say Jan and I who would be so obsessive :twisted:
Gee, I cannot imagine anyone like, oh, say Jan and I who would be so obsessive :twisted:
I've just finished reading straight through in Greg Mortenson's brand new book--Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off and focuses mainly on the more recent work which has been in Afghanistan. I heartily recommend this book with its extraordinary foreword by Khaled Hosseini (of The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns).
While most of the book deals with Afghanistan, the terrible earthquake in Pakistan in the fall of 2005 killed thousands of children whose schools collapsed on them. The Central Asia Institute shifted into gear trying to set up tent schools and help in what ways they could. The account of the reason for constructing hundreds of desks for these schools because one brave 9 year old explained that the children only felt safe in schools with a desk--the ground itself had become unsafe is moving.
But the bulk of the book deals with what has happened during the building schools in Afghanistan in an effort to fulfill his promise to build a school for the Kirghiz (the most remote of the tribes in Afghanistan). Many schools have been built in the more remote parts of the country, and at the request of the Afghan women, a program of paying the salaries of teachers for women's vocational centers set up in the homes of various teachers has been launched. They have completed successfully a series of schools in the heart of the Taliban country. On July 15th, 2008 they opened the second of two schools in Panjshir, with the opening address given by Admiral Mike Mullen, accompanied by reporters from America and Britain. But the last school for the Kirghiz presented huge problems of transportation of the supplies necessary for the building. For the last 15 miles materials had to be brought by Yak train. At the end of September of this year, having been supplied with the materials and designs, the Kirghiz finished the four room school. No further word about the school and its success will be possible until well into spring of 2010 when the snows melt.
While most of the book deals with Afghanistan, the terrible earthquake in Pakistan in the fall of 2005 killed thousands of children whose schools collapsed on them. The Central Asia Institute shifted into gear trying to set up tent schools and help in what ways they could. The account of the reason for constructing hundreds of desks for these schools because one brave 9 year old explained that the children only felt safe in schools with a desk--the ground itself had become unsafe is moving.
But the bulk of the book deals with what has happened during the building schools in Afghanistan in an effort to fulfill his promise to build a school for the Kirghiz (the most remote of the tribes in Afghanistan). Many schools have been built in the more remote parts of the country, and at the request of the Afghan women, a program of paying the salaries of teachers for women's vocational centers set up in the homes of various teachers has been launched. They have completed successfully a series of schools in the heart of the Taliban country. On July 15th, 2008 they opened the second of two schools in Panjshir, with the opening address given by Admiral Mike Mullen, accompanied by reporters from America and Britain. But the last school for the Kirghiz presented huge problems of transportation of the supplies necessary for the building. For the last 15 miles materials had to be brought by Yak train. At the end of September of this year, having been supplied with the materials and designs, the Kirghiz finished the four room school. No further word about the school and its success will be possible until well into spring of 2010 when the snows melt.
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