What are you reading?

[Leader]

Linchpin, by Seth Godin
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Save the Cat, Blake Snyder
Story, Robert McKee

[Rook]

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
Yup still reading it, every so often I get curious and Scan the Internet looking into key subjects or names I find peaks my interest and the Authors picture on the Cover is hawt too-cough-...there's rumors it will be made into Film, Awesome !!!

Here's a nifty Link I loooove
http://www.steliart.com/angelology_angelic_orders.html


Re-Reading "Watership Down", "The Last Unicorn"

[afixer]

so I read this post last night and went to Barnes an Noble this morning.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake looks fascinating. I have thoughts about the food I eat and who's preparing it...weird I know.


I loved this book
I'm going to get her other book when I finish this.

Where Men Win Glory - Jon Krakauer
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030738604X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0385522266&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1E07ETSQEVKW3C5PAP2W)

[BBinNYC]

I loved Angelology as well. It's a step up from the Dan Brown books. A real page turner.

[Soon]

Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter--Barbara Robinette Moss

I just finished reading her other (first...I did it backwards) memoir, Fierce, so I am kind of overwhelmed with this protagonist and her family ... I keep putting the book down to take a break.

[nycfem]

Are they both memoirs?

Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter--Barbara Robinette Moss

I just finished reading her other (first...I did it backwards) memoir, Fierce, so I am kind of overwhelmed with this protagonist and her family ... I keep putting the book down to take a break.

[Stearns]

Are they both memoirs?

Answering for Soon, who has already closed up her laptop. Yes, they are both memoirs.

[daisygrrl]

I've been away for a few days (a week or two?) while I relocated and there's so much vibrancy in this thread--thank you all!

Currently, I'm rereading bell hooks' Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black as motivation for this new semester of teaching. I really do enjoy most of her work...

Hugs to all of you fabulous readers! :)

[Soon]

I've been away for a few days (a week or two?) while I relocated and there's so much vibrancy in this thread--thank you all!

Currently, I'm rereading bell hooks' Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black as motivation for this new semester of teaching. I really do enjoy most of her work...

Hugs to all of you fabulous readers! :)


I had the opportunity to listen to her read and speak when I was in uni (years ago!).

She gave me a lot to think about and was a fascinating speaker.

[EnderD_503]

8 Traits Successful People Have in Common by Richard St. John

A book that was passed on to me and was told it was interesting. It's alright so far.

[turasultana]

I'm reading Glamour.

(c'mon it's the September issue - it's huge!)

[Fancy]

Orpheus & Eurydice by Gregory Or

(clip)

When Eurydice saw him
huddled in a thick cloak,
she should have known
he was alive,
the way he shivered
beneath its useless folds.

But what she saw
was the usual: a stranger
confused in a new world.
And when she touched him
on the shoulder,
it was nothing
personal, a kindness
he misunderstood.
To guide someone
through the halls of hell
is not the same as love.

(/clip)

[theoddz]

I bought a Kindle a few months ago and have been getting back into reading. I had slacked off on my reading the past few years, primarily because my eyes have been getting weaker when it comes to seeing things up close. I HATE having to scramble for reading glasses, so when I found out about Kindle and the fact that I could enlarge the print and see more easily, well, I bought one and have been reading a lot these days!! :D

My mother recommended a book that's been on the international Best Seller's list in Europe. It's called "Hanna's Daughters" and is written by Marianne Fredricksson. Generally, it's about the volatile ties that bind the relationship between mothers and daughters. I'm just getting into it, but so far, it's a real page-turner and I don't want to put it down!! :|

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Sachita]

Matrix-Energetics-Science-Art-Transformation



Amazon.com: Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of…

Really interesting and amazing work.

[always2late]

Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult and These Children Who Come at You With Knives by Jim Knipfel

[afixer]

Let the Great World Spin

[JinxdGirl]

Greyhound by Steffan Piper

As someone that has spent many a long day on the furthest back seat of a Greyhound traveling to the far reaches of my wandering heart (and logging thousands of miles in the process) the book is a glimpse of life on the bus and the life of a loner and the life of a hurting child seeking home.

[Sachita]

Let the Great World Spin (http://www.amazon.com/Let-Great-World-Spin-Novel/dp/1400063736)

This looks like a good book. I'm putting on my list.

I just order a kindle but it doesnt ship until first part on Sept. Meanwhile been using Kindle for the PC which is ok just not the same as holding a 6 inch thin device. I love ebooks because for a long time I stopped reading as much because my eyes would get tired no matter what reading glasses I wore. With Kindle and most ebook readers you can increase the font really large.

[chefhottie25]

i am reading a great moroccan cookbook. looking for a little inspiration.

[sweet-sinner]

At present I'm reading John Symonds' "The Beast 666", about Aleister Crowley. It'll took me quite some time to finish it, given 666 is almost the number of the pages too! :D

[Greco]

"The Anthropology of Turquoise" by Ellen Meloy, great read
if you enjoy the SouthWest, and the outdoors.

"brainstorm Harnessing the Power of Productive
Obesessions" by Eric and Ann Maisel, great tool
for creativity

"The Truth Will Set You Free" by Alice Miller,
about effects of physical abuse on children-adults,
and she writes well

[torchiegirl]

The Heretics Daughter - Kathleen Kent

The White Queen: A Novel - Philippa Gregory

[afixer]

"The Truth Will Set You Free" by Alice Miller,
about effects of physical abuse on children-adults,
and she writes well


I've read this book and considering the material it was a good read that offered much insight.

[afixer]

Let the Great World Spin (http://www.amazon.com/Let-Great-World-Spin-Novel/dp/1400063736)


I liked this book a lot.
I believe we are all connected somehow in this life and this book does a great job exploring that connectivity.

[JinxdGirl]

The Girls

About craniopagus twins.

[rockybcn]

The Memory Keepers Daughter......Kim Edwards

[Kätzchen]

Chuck Klosterman IV

A Decade of Curious People & Dangerous Ideas

Author of:

Killing Yourself to Live
&
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

"]Amazon.com: Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (9780743284882): Chuck Klosterman: Books

[Boots13]

I was tired of surfin, tired of the tube so I got some bubblegum for my
brain because that's about all it can handle right now from too much work.

Stephen King, Under The Dome

its graphic, almost too graphic.

[BBinNYC]

Just finished Arthur Laurents: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood

This made my inner gay boy happy! :mohawk:

A bit long. He could have used a more rigorous editor but the highlights include:
the inside stories of Gypsy, The Way We Were and West Side Story (3 of my favorites)
an account of what it was like to be a gay man working in Hollywood and Broadway in the 40s and 50s
an account of the Hollywood blacklist and the Red Scare from the perspective of someone who did not inform.

BB

[BBinNYC]

A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell

A mystery for non-mystery lovers like me. The story takes place in 1931 Berlin and focuses on Hannah Vogel, a newspaper reporter who finds out that her gay brother has been murdered. As she sets out to find the culprit she is plunged into pre-Nazi Germany, including the infamous SA brown shirts.

A really good book especially for those who have an interest in late Weimar Germany and pre-Nazi era gay life.

BB

[Wryly]

American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson (autobiography)
- very funny and quite touching. Some good insights on alcoholism (I think).

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D (non-fiction)
- a brain scientist writes about her stroke

Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden (fiction)
- describes the journey home of a Cree WWI veteran

[leatherfaery]

I finished Magical Thinking and am now starting A Wolf at the Table. Augusten Burroughs


Note: I don't know if anyone in the thread is signed up with swap.com but if you like to read and don't mind swapping out your books you might want to give it a try. Also, you can add your friends so if anyone does happen to be on swap.com ( use to be swaptree) look me up. I am leatherfaery on there as well. You can also trade books for dvds, cds and for games.

[nycfem]

Thanks for the info on swap.com.

I am a total fan of Augusten Burroughs (have read all of his books). A Wolf at the Table was very disturbing (anything with animal abuse is hard for me to read) -- but a great memoir, very powerful and almost surreal.

I finished Magical Thinking and am now starting A Wolf at the Table. Augusten Burroughs


Note: I don't know if anyone in the thread is signed up with swap.com but if you like to read and don't mind swapping out your books you might want to give it a try. Also, you can add your friends so if anyone does happen to be on swap.com ( use to be swaptree) look me up. I am leatherfaery on there as well. You can also trade books for dvds, cds and for games.

[greeneyedgirl]

The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson

what a page turner!

[Hack]

Storm Prey by John Sandford. And then starting the Stieg Larsson series.

[Venus007]

"Frankenstein, the Prodigal Son" (book 1) Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson

I really liked the "Odd Thomas" series by Koontz so I thought I would try this one out, book one so far so good, I like that he gives credit to other authors as well as artists who have inspired portions of his work in this book by calling them out and speaking of them.

[Kätzchen]

I definately plan to read this book soon:

The Alchemist
(a fable about following your dream)

~ Paulo Coehlo



It's an interesting novel written in a simple but beautiful way. Coelho's amazing storytelling powers enable the reader to imagine each scene from the novel... It's one of those books you cannot put down. A close lady friend to me recommended that I read this book. Originally written in Portuguese, it has, as of 2004, been translated into fifty-six languages, and has sold more than 40 million copies in more than 150 countries, making it one of the best selling books of all time.

[pajama]

Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn...some vampirey/witchy/romancy thing I picked up. To go along with my boring IS books and articles for class. (That's what I'm reading the most of.)

[dark_crystal]

if any of you have read any of these books and are willing to help me shoot me an e-mail librarygirl70@yahoo.com

Sabriel, by Garth Nix
Dragonbone Chair, by Tad Williams
Summer Tree, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Deed of Paksenarrion, by Elizabeth Moon
The Bone Collector, by Deaver
One for the Money, by Evanovich
Catering to Nobody, by Davidson
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, by McCall Smith
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, by Hamilton
Undead and Unwed, by Davidson
Dead Until Dark, by Harris
Dream Hunter, by Kenyon
The Bride's Farewell, by Rosoff, Meg
Emily's Ghost, by Giardina, Denise
Greatest Knight, By Elizabeth Chadwick
What Alice Knew, by Cohen, Paula Marantz
Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Art of Nonconformity, by Guillebeau, Chris
Blink, by Gladwell, Malcolm
I am, by Falco, Howard
A New Earth, by Tolle, Eckhart

[Gemme]

I'm reading:

The Leather Daddy and the Femme by Carol Queen

and

The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and For All by Cheri Huber

[Fancy]

The Mermaid Chair ~ Sue Monk Kidd

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint ~ Brady Udall

[Greyson]

Rebels In White Gloves - Miriam Horn

States of Grace - Charlene Spretnak

[Greco]

leisurely reading continues on "The Anthropology of Turquoise" by Ellen Meloy,

"Banished Knowledge" by Alice Miller

"The Untouched Key" by Alice Miller

"The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier
another leisurely read

"A Search for Solitude - The Journals of
Thomas Merton Vol Three 1952-1960

[nycfem]

I love the writing of Alice Miller, so intense and thought-provoking. "The Drama of the Gifted Child" had a real impact on me.

The Merton also sounds intriguing.

Would love to hear reviews of either of the Miller books or Merton when you are done.

leisurely reading continues on "The Anthropology of Turquoise" by Ellen Meloy,

"Banished Knowledge" by Alice Miller

"The Untouched Key" by Alice Miller

"The Measure of a Man" by Sidney Poitier
another leisurely read

"A Search for Solitude - The Journals of
Thomas Merton Vol Three 1952-1960

[Greco]

nycfembbw,

Yes, Alice Miller broke some ground didn't she? Interestingly, "The Drama of the Gifted Child" was originally published as "Prisoners of Childhood"? Can you give a review of "The Drama of...."? What made the greatest impact for you in it? I'm reading all her books. Immersing myself in a topic, a theme is one of the ways I enjoy critically thinking about it.

Greco


I love the writing of Alice Miller, so intense and thought-provoking. "The Drama of the Gifted Child" had a real impact on me.

The Merton also sounds intriguing.

Would love to hear reviews of either of the Miller books or Merton when you are done.

[nycfem]

I like to do that too.

Ya know, I actually never finished "The Drama..." It was years ago in grad school, and other reading ended up taking priority, and I never went back to it, though the book sits on my shelf waiting for me to go back to it. It's not light reading, so I seem to end up picking up other books instead. Still, it's great and powerful writing. What I was struck by is her psychoanalytic ability to just get right into MY psyche, such that I was having intense dreams about issues from childhood related to her writing that I'd never put together before in consciousness. That's a rarity for me, even though I am a therapist myself and certainly have read other books that examine childhood with depth. Another writer I like that reminds me a bit of Walker is D.W. Winnicot (e.g. the true self vs. the false self). His analytic philosophy and conceptions have a primal truth to them that make sense to me.

nycfembbw,

Yes, Alice Miller broke some ground didn't she? Interestingly, "The Drama of the Gifted Child" was originally published as "Prisoners of Childhood"? Can you give a review of "The Drama of...."? What made the greatest impact for you in it? I'm reading all her books. Immersing myself in a topic, a theme is one of the ways I enjoy critically thinking about it.

Greco

[nycfem]

Edited to add: I meant Miller of course, not Walker (though I love her writing too!). Just tired :)

[Greco]

Yes, I have found Alice Miller's ability to share on a personal level, and
her direct, forthright writing to be a breath of fresh air. It also shows
her level of commitment to her own healing, which she so eloquently
shares in her books. I respect that she has done her childhood wound
healing, and has been open to sharing her process, her discoveries, and
the forward movement that her life has taken.

Thanks for your sharing, enjoy your weekend.

Greco


I like to do that too.

Ya know, I actually never finished "The Drama..." It was years ago in grad school, and other reading ended up taking priority, and I never went back to it, though the book sits on my shelf waiting for me to go back to it. It's not light reading, so I seem to end up picking up other books instead. Still, it's great and powerful writing. What I was struck by is her psychoanalytic ability to just get right into MY psyche, such that I was having intense dreams about issues from childhood related to her writing that I'd never put together before in consciousness. That's a rarity for me, even though I am a therapist myself and certainly have read other books that examine childhood with depth. Another writer I like that reminds me a bit of Walker is D.W. Winnicot (e.g. the true self vs. the false self). His analytic philosophy and conceptions have a primal truth to them that make sense to me.

[Laerkin]

Took a little tryst into some fiction and finished the Steig Larsson trilogy starting with "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and finishing with "Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".

Moving back into some non-fiction:

"Woman: An Intimate Geography" by Natalie Angier

A biology-based look at womens bodies, genetics, evolution, and sexual function. The author's goal: to prove, using science and history, that women are far superior in practically every way from the cellular and chromosomal level to the evolutionary and cultural level.

It's hysterical, tongue-in-cheek, wonderfully academic, and laughs at itself while simultaneously making me want to beat my chest in proud honor of all of my predisposed fabulousness. Yes, despite current cultural attitudes, woman is the stronger sex.

*insert satisfied grunt*

[leatherfaery]

I finished A Wolf at the Table and am starting Dry both by Augusten Burroughs. After Dry I am planning on reading The girl with the dragon tattoo

[SmoothButch]

Journey of Souls by Michael Newton




.

[BBinNYC]

Just finished a wonderful book:

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

This is an epic novel (in size - 600 pgs - and scope) about Hungarian Jews in the 1930s and into WWII. It focuses on the middle son of a working class Jewish Hungarian family, Andras Levi, who gets a scholarship in 1937 to go to Paris and study architecture. While in Paris he meets the beautiful and older Claire Morgenstern, and from there the book becomes an amazing love story and then a difficult tragedy as the Germans close in first on Paris and then Hungary. The writing is beautiful and the book holds you, even though it is long. Highly recommended.

[waxnrope]

Although I've read most of her other work, I have finally begun Anne Rice's erotica/bdsm, penned as A.N. Roquelaure. To start off, I am reading, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. Um ...:tease: :tongue:

[Darth Denkay]

Finishing up Patricia Cornwell's latest Scarpetta mystery, The Scarpetta Factor. It's the 17th book in the series. Maybe around book 12 the story began to fall and the books became more disappointing. However, the book right before this one, Scarpetta, was once again excellent, as has been this one. I think she has another one coming out the beginning of November, which I'll definitely pick up as well.

[diamondrose]

"The Well Of Lonliness" by Radclyffe Hall

[AtLast]

In a re-read mode...

This Side of Paradise, Pope Joan and In Cold Blood. But also a junkie contemporary crime novel (Scarpetta Factor).

Very weird combination... who knows!

:fastdraq:

[Logicaly]

I am currently reading Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson.

She is a friend of mine and was doing a book tour, and happened to be stopping here, so I went, had her sign a book and figured what the heck, might as well read it. Turns out shes pretty good.

[Greco]

continuing with Alice Miller's

"Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
The Liberating Experience of Facing
Painful Truth"


and an older one, "El Alquimista"
by Paulo Coelho


and still "walking" with Merton's
Vol 3 of his "...Solitude Journal..."

[Jess]

Listened to interview with this author today. The book sounds fascinating.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129827444

[wolfbittenpoet]

Hell to Pay by Simon R Green
and Bone Key a Supernatural book
Just finished Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey

Highly recommend them all.

[dreadgeek]

Trying to squeeze as much pleasure reading as I can in before classes start next Monday. So I'm trying to finish up:

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk -- Massimo Pigliucci
American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right -- Markos Moulitsas

And purely for fun:

The Heart of Valor -- Tanya Huff

[Jess]

Trying to squeeze as much pleasure reading as I can in before classes start next Monday. So I'm trying to finish up:

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk -- Massimo Pigliucci
American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right -- Markos Moulitsas

And purely for fun:

The Heart of Valor -- Tanya Huff

The American Taliban is intriguing. I am so confused as to whom exactly the "Radical Right" are anymore as I see more and more people spewing that rhetoric now that do not fit what the old "image" of radical right was. I wonder if this can be downloaded? I have a terrible time anymore reading written word for more than a few minutes at a time, so I tend to do audio books.

Do you ever just read anything really naughty like " Natl Enquirer"? LOL

[wolfbittenpoet]

Only do the National Enquirer while in line at grocery pretending not to be annoyed by the little old lady with 30 items in the 10 items or less lane. I always wondered what happened to big foot's baby.

[Jess]

so, I read an article by Markos Moulitsas in Huff Post regarding his American Taliban book. From the snippets/ synopsis he gave it sounds like he is totally up my alley in looking at the bigger picture.

I still haven't found it downloadable yet, though I haven't given up.

Just wanted to give a big thanks to dreadgeek for the title.

Here's the article if anyone is interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html

[Isadora]

Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men by Lori B. Girshick and Jamison Green

The Control Book by Peter Masters

[SimpleAlaskanBoy]

Lullaby, by Chuck Palahniuk.
Also, just finished The Things They Carried, by Tim O' Brien
& am starting 1973: Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and The Birth of Post-Sixties America by Andreas Killen.

~SAB

[blue33]

am starting the Dan Brown series again the davinci code, angels & demons & the lost symbol Wicked reads!

[EnderD_503]

Philosophy in the Present - Alain Badiou and Slavoj Zizek

I was buying some books for class today, saw it and immediately had to buy it.

[Velvetkitten]

Just finished "Helen of Troy" by Margaret George(Love all her books)

Down to the last few pages of "A Walk in the Woods" By Bill Bryson A true and funny story of a man & his friend attempting to walk the AT

[Darth Denkay]

What did you think of Transgender Voices? I was a part of that study - the picture of the butch with the absolutely adorable dog on pg. 19 - that's me.

Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men by Lori B. Girshick and Jamison Green

The Control Book by Peter Masters

[dixie]

My love for sparkly vampires made me start reading Breaking Dawn yesterday (and only have 2 chapters left). Odd, because I never read the book before the movie cause all I do is sit and cuss the screen. lol

[afixer]

Paula - Isabel Allende

Amazon.com: Paula (9780060927219): Isabel Allende: Books

it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a while.

[Tucker]

Someone inspired me to listen to it again via my Iphone.
I have read it more times than I can count.
Everytime I read it I find something new in it.


"Too bad dark languages rarely survive"



http://www.ghostwoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/house-leaves-small.jpg

[chefhottie25]

i am still reading medium rare by chef anthony bourdain. work has been keeping me away from it lately. i look forward to picking it up again tonight.

[Wryly]

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

[CrankyOldGuy]

The Anatomy of a Breakup-article on transitioning.

[Semantics]

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

by Bruno Bettleheim.


Love it. :)

[squeak]

What is the What, by Dave Eggers.

Infinitelty more readable than A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

xosqueak, only 2 degrees of separation!

[leatherfaery]

Haven't yet read girl with dragon tatoo as planned because I started and am still reading Look me in the eye by John Elder Robison.

[Kobi]

Jimmy Carters "White House Diaries"

[StillettoDoll]

:reader:Just finished..... Omnivores Dilemma by Micheal Pollan
History of meals .
I'm going to get a new book today:glasses:

[EnderD_503]

In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives by Judith Halberstam

Rereading Slavoj Zizek's Living in the End Times

[Fancy]

The calendar....

[QueenofSmirks]

Super System by Doyle Brunson - written in the 70's I believe, but still considered the "bible" of poker strategy.

[rlin]

i have been reading that mind numbing stuff lately... the kind where you spend 8 bucks for a couple of hours off the clock and 2 hours later you cant remember the book you just read...
sooo... someone gave me a bag of books... or i found some at a digg sale or something...

i am forever seeing little old ladies with laurell k hamilton around here... (repressive southern community)
now that i have read this author i now know that almost my entire family is as freaky as i am...

this is some heavy bdsm porn disguised as a harlequin... really...
i woulda been embarrassed sitting with my aunt if i had known what she was readin!...
seriously... its near scandelous... and... she prays for me because i am gay!....
im happy to know she is a freak... but dang...
i didnt have to know....

[Semantics]

i have been reading that mind numbing stuff lately... the kind where you spend 8 bucks for a couple of hours off the clock and 2 hours later you cant remember the book you just read...
sooo... someone gave me a bag of books... or i found some at a digg sale or something...

i am forever seeing little old ladies with laurell k hamilton around here... (repressive southern community)
now that i have read this author i now know that almost my entire family is as freaky as i am...

this is some heavy bdsm porn disguised as a harlequin... really...
i woulda been embarrassed sitting with my aunt if i had known what she was readin!...
seriously... its near scandelous... and... she prays for me because i am gay!....
im happy to know she is a freak... but dang...
i didnt have to know....


Her books must be yard sale specials. :lol2:

My brother just brought me a bag of books from a yard sale and there are three Laurell K. Hamilton books in there:

A Stroke of Midnight
A Lick of Frost
Mistral's Kiss

I've never read anything by her. Worth it?

[Maria]

Hitch-22: A Memoir (Christopher Hitchens)

[diamondrose]

I started reading The Persistent Desire by Joan Nestle.. what a great book!

[Kobi]

Safe Harbor - Nicholas Sparks

[Soon]

After You'd Gone--Maggie O'Farrell

[Greco]

"For Your Own Good" Alice Miller

"Shadow Tag" by Louise Erdrich
fiction, relationship depth

and "The Opposite of Fate" by
Amy Tan beautiful woman and
writer

Merton's journal continues

[rlin]

im in the middle of a couple of books right now...
the one that is tryin to monopolize me is
Getting Mother's Body
by Suzan - Lori Parks
it is a really decently written account of 1963 southern poor black trash... the leads mother was buried with jewels... a pearl necklace and a diamond ring... a supermarket is about to plow over her grave where the bulldagger that she lived with buried her with her own hands... her 16 year old daughter needs money for a 5 month abortion... so she is going to dig her up... ostensibly so that she isnt under a parking lot... actually because she wants the 'treasure'...

[dixie]

I'm actually reading two books at the moment.

"Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence" by Lori Girshick

and

"Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism" by Suzanne Pharr

[sweetfemme247]

right this moment I am reading how to get into low in come housing

[Jess]

http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/_images/ISBNCovers/Covers_Large/9780316015486_154X233.jpg

heh.. it's a non-fiction piece..

[dark_crystal]

keep this under your hats, cuz i don't want my geek license revoked...
*whispers*
i am just now reading Neuromancer by William Gibson
SHHHHHHH! Stop all that loud gasping- the geek police will hear you!

[Intuitive_Bird]

"The Passion of New Eve" by Angela Carter
and
"Written on the Body" by Jeanette Winterson

[rlin]

i just noticed this was addressed to me... sorry bout that...
the books you have mentioned are about a faery land in the US... not a bad waste of time... if you are in the mood to waste time...
the porn/smut i am speaking of are from the
Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series...
she is on a roll with these books it seems... as far as i can tell the later the book the more risque it is...
the books are a tad violent.. and may have story lines...
for a pure fantasy read... not the worst i have experienced...
hows that!


Her books must be yard sale specials. :lol2:

My brother just brought me a bag of books from a yard sale and there are three Laurell K. Hamilton books in there:

A Stroke of Midnight
A Lick of Frost
Mistral's Kiss

I've never read anything by her. Worth it?

[rainintothesea]

Death With Interruptions, José Saramago.
On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.

[Rook]

Bhagavad Gita

The Search for the Panchen Lama by Isabel Hilton

The Dance of 17 Lives, The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa by Mick Brown

[Kätzchen]

The latest book I am reading underpins my latest project concerning...

Elie Wiesel


Mark Chmiel (2001). Elie Wiesel and the Politics of Moral Leadership.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

[katsarecool]

I am really glad I found this thread. Well with a lot of help.

reading: the Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
on deck: Matisse the Master~ Hilary Spurling
A Room of One's Own~Virginia Woolf
Living To Tell the Tale~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Thomas Jefferson~ Christopher Hitchens
Her Mother's Hope~Francine Rivers

[aldebaran]

Lid off the Cauldron by Patricia Crawther:tarot:

[chefhottie25]

still reading medium raw by chef anthony bourdain

[Wryly]

Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope

fiction:
A brother and sister - who were each adopted - go in search of their birth mothers. A look at how their decision affects their adoptive parents, spouses and other family.

Usually not my type of book but was rec'ed by my (nice) SIL.

[UofMfan]

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis De Berniéres.

[Enchantress]

The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

[katsarecool]

Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou awesome!!!!

[Venus007]

"The Unfinished Tales" Tolkien
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Larsson

When I finish these I am planning on rereading the "Harry Potter" series to get ready for the new movie. (Yes, I have noticed I am a bit of a nerd, ahem)

[Julie]

Bhagavad Gita

[/I]

Thank You Rook! Brought me back to a place, I needed to be.

As an atheist... I tried to put into perspective my fathers death and what it meant to me and to him almost 10 years ago. as he was dying, we would have long discussions on what death meant, and often would read the Bhagavad Gita together, the different passages.

This one always stayed with me - and I read this at his service, along with other passages from non-Judea-Christian religions.

For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time.
He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being.
He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval He is not slain when the body is slain.

Bhagavad-gita 2.20

[CherryFemme]

Law in Social Work Practice (The Nelson-Hall Series in Social Welfare)
By
Andrea Saltzman
David M. Furman

I do not recommend this book. I find it to be so incredibly outdated it is almost obsolete. (Yes, I am bitter that I am reading this when I could be reading something fun regarding the Unification of Silla or how to make my own tin ties)


~CF

P.S. to Saltzman + Furman on the off chance you are on this site and reading this: I am sure this text was cutting edge a few years ago, but in 2010, we actually ARE able to research court cases online. No major offense intended. :) ~CF

[katsarecool]

Now reading Homespun by Nilita Vachani. so far so good! I absolutely adore going to the library and choosing this week's books.

[afixer]

an old journal of mine. *eeck*

http://insideofadog.com/

and the last of "the girl who..."

[theoddz]

I'm reading a really great book about Queen Victoria and Prince Albert called "We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals " by Gillian Gill.

I'm a huge history buff and have always been curious about the Queen and Empress whose name was given to an era in Great Britain. I've found this book to be an interesting and excellent read and I can hardly put it (the Kindle version) down!! :winky::thumbsup:

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Softly]

The Passage - Justin Cronin


Amazon.com: The Passage (9780345504968): Justin Cronin: Books

[Miss Scarlett]

"Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective" by The Dalai Lama

[socialjustice_fsu]

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk~ David Sedaris

[Miss Scarlett]

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk~ David Sedaris

I am sooooooooooooo jealous! I'm like 200+ on the waiting list at the library for this book.

Let us know what you think of it.

[socialjustice_fsu]

Miss Scarlett:
It is one of his very best by far! I am close to wrapping it up...I would be delighted to mail it to you if you would like! PM me your address. After you read it pass it onto someone else for me - that is all I ask. And...I would love to talk with someone about their thoughts on the layers of symbolism!

[AtLast]

Hummm... We should start our own book swap group! Postage for books is WAY cheap!

[sweetfemme247]

I read to much honestly, I read a book every 3 days

[asphaltcowboi]

court docs for my hearing next monday.... trying to stay out of trouble..
lol i swear... grrr to much to explain but it wasnt my fault!!

[sweetfemme247]

uh huh sure cody thats what they all say

[Miss Scarlett]

I read to much honestly, I read a book every 3 days

You can never read too much! I'm a "book whore" and have been all my life. I love getting lost in one to the point of losing track of time. It's not uncommon for me to have at least 3 going and there are usually several in my bed. To quote Jefferson "I cannot live without books."

[katsarecool]

You can never read too much! I'm a "book whore" and have been all my life. I love getting lost in one to the point of losing track of time. It's not uncommon for me to have at least 3 going and there are usually several in my bed. To quote Jefferson "I cannot live without books."

Do you stuff books under your pillows? :) I am re-reading The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. Pretty good so far. My library books are due in a few days and this is tiding me over till I can get up there. I love to escape into books too.

[Kelt]

Linchpin - Seth Godin

[Venus007]

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" J.K. Rowling
This is the first time I am rereading it since I finished the entire series. I have to say that this time through knowing now the various betrayals, back story, subterfuge and underpinnings it makes it a different book. I am actually in the process of rereading the entire series.

[Miss Scarlett]

Do you stuff books under your pillows? :) I am re-reading The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. Pretty good so far. My library books are due in a few days and this is tiding me over till I can get up there. I love to escape into books too.


Occasionally they find their way under the pillows. More often they are made up into the bed. I've been known to wake up hugging one like a teddy bear.

I've read The Last of the Mohicans and enjoyed it tremendously. I cannot have any other distractions when reading it though. Cooper likes detail, lots of detail.

[MrSunshine]

The Pilot's Wife ~ Anita Shreve

So far so good.

[Kelt]

The Art of Non-conformity - Chris Guillebeau

[katsarecool]

The Pilot's Wife ~ Anita Shreve

So far so good.
I love her books!!!! So well written and the way she builds here characters generates concern with the readers.

[Kobi]

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris.

Thank to whomever recommended him. I'm enjoying this so far.

[LipstickLola]

Ford County, by John Grisham

[daisygrrl]

:eatinghersheybar:Chained to the Desk: A Guide for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians who Treat Them by Bryan Robinson.

This is a fantabulous book that I keep on my coffee table; I haven't read it all, yet--but I'm savoring it all. As a teacher (and I consider this to be a "helping profession"), I've always needed help establishing boundaries between work and play.

:vigil:Where Hope Begins: One Family's Journey Out of Tragedy-and the Reporter Who Helped Them Make It by Alysia Sofios.

Amazing story of trauma--and survival.

:blueheels: How They Met & Other Stories by David Leviathan--how can the world get any lovelier? This is like Mardi Gras for the brain and heart. Damn, I love this author. He's like David Sedaris with a peppermint. Seriously, he's sweet, witty, and...gawd, so adorable. Don't forget his Boy Meets Boy. Both of his books that I've mentioned will make absolute heart-warning Valentines' gifts.


Sending my love out to all you bibliophiles! :hangloose:

[socialjustice_fsu]

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris.

Thank to whomever recommended him. I'm enjoying this so far.


Sedaris is a writer that has consistently massaged my every emotion. His storytelling is amazing. For me, I would go from tears to really laugh outloud episodes that literally scared my cats off of the couch. Make SURE you read When You Are Engulfed In Flames. Let me know your critique of his writing style. ~ T.

[Wryly]

The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama

[EnderD_503]

Losing Control: Canada's Social Conservatives in the Age of Rights by Tom Warner

[socialjustice_fsu]

Still Alice
Lisa Genova, author.

This book focuses on a 50 year old Harvard Professor of Psychology Linguinstics. She begins to have some unusual symptoms that lead her to the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease. It follows her descent into forgetfulness, the loss of her dignity and so on. This is a must read for anyone that may be genetically loaded for this disease or if you are caring for anyone in the middle stages of this dreaded diagnosis.
Although the character is fictional the disease facts and the sequential events as the disease progresses is factual. The book has a most unusual ending.

This is worth the time, money and energy to read. I highly recommend it.

[afixer]

The Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini

this book made me cry. loved it.

just finished The Girl Who ___ series. loved it too.

[nycfem]

I am reading 'Unbearable Lightness' by Portia de Rossi. This is a memoir of her life with a focus on modeling, Hollywood, family issues, and her eating disorders. What an intense and well-written book. She really pours her soul into the pages. Celeb books are always questionable but this one feels genuine and shows talent.

[nycfem]

Oh, and it's also about coming out as a lesbian and being married to Ellen DeGeneres, of course! :)

I am reading 'Unbearable Lightness' by Portia de Rossi. This is a memoir of her life with a focus on modeling, Hollywood, family issues, and her eating disorders. What an intense and well-written book. She really pours her soul into the pages. Celeb books are always questionable but this one feels genuine and shows talent.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex :)

(for the second time lol)

[Outlaw]

Letta Neely Here

Friday Nights

Mona nibbling neck in the restroom at the theatre.
Lisa didn't think she would make it
through dinner and a movie without coming.
Mona take her food into her mouth slow, she chew slow,
she smile when she chew. She take in every
taste, look up a Lisa. Swallow when
she ready. Smile again. Chew.

Some Friday nights, Lisa
don't wear no panties.
Some Fridays she like
it when Mona rip 'em off
and she got to search
the Sunday ad pagers
for lingerie sales. Some
Fridays she put Mona's dick
and harness in her purse.
Tell Mona to hold her purse while
she go to the restroom. Tell Mona
her breath stank and to check in
there for some chewing gum or something.
Some Fridays, Lisa flirts with every butch
around while Mona watches. Some Fridays,
she let Mona dance with other femmes,
just so she can interrupt,
take her sweet daddy back
behind the coat rack,
give her something special
special, 'fore they
get home.

:)

[katsarecool]

An Indecent Obsession by Collen McCullough~ my alltime favorite author. Written in 1981, this neurologist turned writer can really get into the characters and make them come alive and so human. She also wrote the Thorn Birds a huge bestseller and later made into a movie that was a big hit. This story is about a nurse in the mental ward of a hospital in the South Pacific after WWII; she and all the patients are from Australia and she works her way through their healing and her own.

Colleen also wrote a series of books about Rome; First Man Of Rome, Grass Crown, Ceasar's Women, etc. Seven or eight in all that really capture Rome and it's most famous citizens in all their glory!

[Soon]

If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This.


One of the best short story collections I have ever read (and I am not usually a fan of short fiction!).

[JakeTulane]

Night - by Elie Wiesel

Knock Out - Catherine Coulter

Awearness (yes that is how it is spelled) - Kenneth Cole

[DamonK]

Almost done with "An Interview with a Cannibal: Armin Mewin". Um, it's interesting. It's creepy.

Fixing to start "Holocaust: Eastern Jewry".

Bit of a story: In past 8 wks or so, we've had 10 residents pass away. The last one was a bitter blow for me. So, I'm not a fan of religion, but...picked up a bible, started thumbing through it. It's interesting. So I'm reading that too.

[aldebaran]

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read.

[katsarecool]

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read.oh I want to read this!!!

[katsarecool]

Re-reading The Girls Sappho Goes To Hollywood by Diana McLellan. I love this book! Again! The story revolves around Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Tulluah Bankhead and the women who loved them. Large selection of amazing photograhps as well

[Laerkin]

Just finished re-reading the Sleeping Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice.

[katsarecool]

Those are good!!!

[socialjustice_fsu]

Objects of Our Desire: Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
Salman Akhtar

This is a brilliantly written book by a psychiatrist that examines why we hang on to stuff and simply can't part with it for various reasons. He explores our rationale for becoming 'collectors.' Here is a quote from the preface..." We are surrounded by things. We are involved with them, indebted to them. We speak to things and things speak to us. To say that we are interdependent is banal. Let us be courageous. Let us admit it: we are lovers."

Easy, delightful read. I recommend it.

[girl_dee]

I just read Water for the Elephants.. Sarah Gruen


EXCELLENT read.. not like my style of books but I loved it!

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Clockwork Orange

[Wryly]

Was visiting a friend who loves, loves, loves to read (even more than me!).
Naturally I left with a bag full of books. :-D

King Leary
by Paul Quarrinton

fiction - an old hockey player recounts his life as he prepares to do a commercial for ginger ale.

[Julien]

Fractured by Karin Slaughter
Good mystery and suspense novel with murder and mayhem.

[Mitmo01]

Amazon.com: The Firebrand (9780451459244): Marion Zimmer Bradley: Books

an interesting revision on Kassandra and her family and the fall of Troy

[Sparkle]

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

a quite queer story of intertwined lives moving backwards in time from 1947 (post war) London.

[diamondrose]

I am being a BADDD girl again!! I am swapping from textbook to my new book

And the new book is!!!!........

Elbows on the table, palms flat by LeftWriteFemme!!!

Fabulous book!

[moonfemme]

Beyond Death, The Gnostic Book of the Dead, What you should know about the Afterlife by Samael Aun Woer

[dixie]

"By Their Father's Hand: The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre" by Monte Francis

[moonfemme]

Francis Scovel Shinn wrote “The Game of Life and How to Play It” in 1925, this classic work focused on positive thought and affirmations, one of my favorite exercises is... When you ask for something from the Universe also ask for it's equivalent, that way you get exactly what your soul needs. We may think we know what that is but the creator knows better.

[justkim]

For some reason I knew you would like this book... I remember the first time I read it... also the second time...


I just read Water for the Elephants.. Sarah Gruen


EXCELLENT read.. not like my style of books but I loved it!

[afixer]

working on The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb


just finished Mentor A Memoir - Tom Grimes


I really enjoyed the writers perspective on this book.

about to start Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

[dark_crystal]

i saw this on the shelf and i though "no WAY! AWEsome!"
Wishin' and Hopin', A Christmas Story. By Wally Lamb (http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Wishin-Hopin-Wally-Lamb/?isbn=9780061941009)

[katsarecool]

I just love, Love, LOVE wimmin who love to read!!! I am reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. So far so good. I am enjoying the history of Savannah!

[pajama]

Tom Fitzmorris's Hungy Town, A Culinary History of New Orleans.

[foxyshaman]

Currently:

Remarkable Healings: A Psychiatrist Discovers Unsuspected Roots of Mental and Physical Illness by Shakuntala Modi

Spirit Releasement Therapy: A Technique Manual by William J. Baldwin and Edith Fiore

Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012 by Drunvalo Melchizedek

and just for fun:

Holy Ghosts: Or How a (Not-So) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things That Go Bump in the Night - by Gary Jansen - a very quick light read

Do I know how to party or what?? :canadian:

[diamondrose]

Trans Liberation Beyond Pink or Blue
By Leslie Feinberg

[Semantics]

I'm reading Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret. It's good so far.

[Greco]

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
not for the faint of heart, but if you've had
a significant loss you'll understand/supportive
in an intense way...but no more intense then
what you've already been through.

"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri
the Best

and


"Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich
Writing, mysterious, something I am
sinking my teeth into.

[nycfem]

I loved "The Year of Magical Thinking."

If you don't mind can you say more about the other two books?

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
not for the faint of heart, but if you've had
a significant loss you'll understand/supportive
in an intense way...but no more intense then
what you've already been through.

"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri
the Best

and


"Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich
Writing, mysterious, something I am
sinking my teeth into.

[Greco]

" Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich's first novel.

She wrote her latest "Shadow Tag" and was the
book I read first. I wanted to explore all of her
writing so I have gone to her first and will
continue from here. It is about family relationships.

Her writing is as real as it gets.


"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri is for artists
and art lovers well lovers of the creative
process. I understand he was a loved teacher
of art, and he was a painter.

Enjoy if you pick these up.

Greco



I loved "The Year of Magical Thinking."

If you don't mind can you say more about the other two books?

[Wryly]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
by Aron Ralston (http://www.amazon.com/Between-Rock-Hard-Place-Ralston/dp/0743492811)
- trapped hiker amputates his arm to free himself from a canyon in Utah.

[amiyesiam]

Just finished reading the first 4 twilight books

[pajama]

Just ordered the new Mark Twain autobiography. It won't get here until after Christmas...but then...that's what I'll be reading. :D

[Turtle]

"Soul Friend" by Kenneth Leech

[katsarecool]

Toward the End of Time by John Updike what a fantastic author! Very well written and it is futuristic! Set in 2020 after a war with China.

[afixer]

working on The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb (http://www.amazon.com/Hour-First-Believed-ebook/dp/B0018QQQFS/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2)


just finished Mentor A Memoir - Tom Grimes (http://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Memoir-Tom-Grimes/dp/0982504896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343856&sr=1-1)


I really enjoyed the writers perspective on this book.

about to start Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen (http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343976&sr=1-1)




finished Lamb. still haven't started Gruen.

got myself a

http://www.notcot.com/images/2009/02/kindle1.jpg

I'm always gonna love paper books...even old stinky ones.:glasses:

[Sparkle]

I'm about to start reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue

In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time.

[Fancy]

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

Edwidge Danticat

[PinkieLee]

I love the feel of the pages of a book in my hands, but I must admit, I'm really enjoying my new Kindle that my honey bought me for Christmas!

It's pretty cool that there are hundreds of FREE books that you can dowload! **yay**

I just started reading, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[Cowboi]

Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy.
The 1st book is, All the Pretty Horses.
I just started the 2nd book, The Crossing.
The 3rd book is, Cities of the Plain.

[katsarecool]

Now re-reading The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough. I have read the entire series many years ago and am enjoying delving back into them. In hindsight, it sure reminds me of the political climate facing many parts of the world today...

[Glenn]

Hagakure-Book Of The Samurai--Full Text
It's dope as f**

[julieisafemme]

Portia De Rossi's Unbearable Lightness. It was hard to read. I thought she did an excellent job of describing eating disorders and being closeted.

[Soon]

Holiday Reading: A Friend of the Family: A Novel--Lauren Grondstein (it's good!)

Re-reading (teaching it this month): The Bell Jar--Sylvia Plath

[Duchess]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GI-Yu-WvL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

[Martina]

Changes -- Jim Butcher (are the Harry Dresden books getting worse, or is it just me?)

Elementary and Middle School Mathematics -- John A. Van den Walle

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom -- Rick Hansen and Richard Mendius

And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi Occupied Paris -- Alan Riding

Bitten: Dark Erotic Stories -- edited by Susie Bright

Classic Comic Verse -- Naxos Audiobook (no editor listed)

American Visions: The Epic History of American Art -- Robert Hughes

[Medusa]

I'm about to start reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue

In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time.

This is probably going to be next on my list too! I heard an interview with the author on NPR one day at work and her thought process behind the book was pretty fascinating :)

[Medusa]

I love the feel of the pages of a book in my hands, but I must admit, I'm really enjoying my new Kindle that my honey bought me for Christmas!

It's pretty cool that there are hundreds of FREE books that you can dowload! **yay**

I just started reading, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo



RED ALERT! RED ALERT!!


I got a Kindle for Christmas too and did you know that TODAY they announced a new "book sharing" program?!!!!!

YES! If you bought a Kindle book, you can "loan" it to a friend for up to 2 weeks!!!!! It's a one-time deal and not all books are eligible for sharing (it's up to the publisher), so I'd LOVE to start a sharing list! WEEEE!

[Medusa]

I had forgotten how good a well-written piece of fiction would feel! It had been a long while since I read anything that wasn't an biography, a case study, a tech manual, or academia so imagine my surprise when I got my Kindle and dove back into the world of fiction :)

Jack had been reading some of the Kindle forums and saw a lot of chatter about a book called "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z Brite. It's about 2 Gay Cannibalistic Necrophiliacs. I read it in 2 days. It was definitely different, not nearly as gross as most people made it out to be (well, except for that ONE part) and a totally wild ride! LOVED it.

I just started "The Passage" by Jonathan Cronin and am loving it already!

[Wryly]

Finished:
Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais.
An apparent suicide victim is identified as a possible serial killer. A private detective who helped free him a few years previously tries to determine if it is true.

Afternoons with Mr. Hogan: A Boy, A Golfing Legend and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Jody Vasquez
As a teenager, the author was hired to chase golf balls for Ben Hogan. Great insights into Hogan's character and some golf tips thrown in.

Currently reading:
Points of View by Rex Murphy
Collection of 30 years of his writings and speeches.

Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters by James M. Tabor
An examination of the doomed 1967 expedition to scale Alaska's Mt. McKinley.
For some reason I seem to be interested in extreme sports lately!

Family Knits - 25 Handknits for all seasons by Debbie Bliss
Looking for some new projects for the new year!

[katsarecool]

I do love this thread! It has to be my favorite on BFP! Almost finished with The Grass Crown and will start Ceazar's Women next; which is skipping around a bit. As I just finished reading Cleopatra by Stacy Schriff I want to refresh my memory about what Colleen McCullough had to say about her.

[Turtle]

Worlds in Harmony - The Dalai Lama

[Gráinne]

Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment. Surely the most intriguing study of an axe murderer ever.

[Medusa]

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

[Wryly]

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

Have you read The Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road) by Cormac McCarthy? I read it last year. Apparently there is a movie adaptation - haven't seen it though.

[afixer]

Have you read The Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road) by Cormac McCarthy? I read it last year. Apparently there is a movie adaptation - haven't seen it though.



I read that one night at work last year and liked it even though it's sad.

[afixer]

wanna find tons of free ebooks to download to your Kindle?

if you select the option to search by price (cheapest first)...tons and tons.

[Daktari]

There's a humungous pile of books about the British industrial (r)evolution here, lots of them with post-it notes at points of interest. I can also see Val McDermid - A Place of Execution which sadly has been put onto the back-burner until the summer when I can do some reading for pleasure again.

[Greco]

"A People's History of the United States"
by Howard Zinn


This is on youtube as well in audio.

Greco

[Cowboi]

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

I have a book.... Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank in my on deck circle. It takes place after a nuclear holocaust in the US.

You might be interested in checking it out.

[Kenna]

http://www.bookhills.com/images/Codependent-No-More-How-to-Stop-Controlling-Others-and-Start-Caring-for-Yourself-0894864025-L.jpg

After being the family caretaker and sole provider for many years, much of this book hits home. It isn't just about "stop controlling others".... it's about breaking a cycle and learning to nurture oneself...it's about learning to say No to those that constantly take advantage of your giving, caretaking nature.... and it's full of lessons that you tell yourself "WOW, I didn't know I was doing it that way...". It truly opened my eyes to many harmful habits and emotional stress and harm related to codependency that has been a part of my family and personal relationships since I was a child.

[justkim]

First I should mention I go a Nookcolor for Christmas and have been fondeling my Nookie since then... I LOVE her!
Right now I am doing mindless reading (since I really should be doing class work but this breaks up the study overload I put myself in to) I am also trying to figure out all of the perks of my Nookie...
I started reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. Each book (I have only read the first two and I am currently reading the third one) takes a look at the men of the Brotherhood.
If anyone else has a Nookcolor and would be interested in trying out the lend feature I would gladly lend you the ones I have just finished.

[blush]

The Help-a slow start for me, but then I came to love it.

Water for Elephants-loved it from the start.

[Starbuck]

The one most interesting to me at this moment is Married to a Man & In Love With a Woman. It's "A guide for married women awakened to their attraction to other women." I'm learning A LOT from this book because most of it reads like my own diary.

[torchiegirl]

The Unexpected George Washington, His Private Life

~ Harlow Giles Unger


*squeal*

[Gentle Tiger]

This thread (honest!) lol
God's Armor Bearer, Vol. 1 & 2 - Terry Nance

[Kätzchen]

I traded a bunch of my books in today, at Powell's Book Store,
for a book called...


"Stieg Larsson, My Friend" ~ by Kurdo Baksi


here's a link to an online review of this book:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/31/stieg-larsson-my-friend-kurdo-baksi-review

[afixer]

Amazon.com: In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide (9780465014507): Nancy Rappaport: Books

Amazon.com: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven eBook: Mark Twain: Books

[Liam]

I just finished Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver. She weaves three stories of love together, all centered around Mount Zebulon, in southern Appalachia. The characters are delightful, as are the lessons of biology; Ms. Kingsolver has yet to disappoint me.

[christie]

I just finished Patricia Cornwell's, Post Mortuary.

I'm not sure I liked it. It just didn't "grab" me.

On another note, to all the Nook'ers and Kindle'ers - I see that some have said they are reading more but do you miss the tangible experience of reading?

I have been hesitant in purchasing one because I like feeling the heft of the book in my hand and the physical movement of turning the page. The tactile experience of the paper texture on my fingers.

I'm interested in hearing how the reading experience changes. This might seem kinda whacky, but reading is one of those things that I am passionate about and is an integral part of my life.

Off to the store to see if any of my reading addictions have new books out!

[nycfem]

If you have a chance to stop back and let us know what you thought of "In her Wake" when you finish it, I'd be very curious to know. Thanks. I'm thinking about whether to read it myself.

Amazon.com: In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide (9780465014507): Nancy Rappaport: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Her-Wake-Psychiatrist-Explores-Mystery/dp/046501450X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294582350&sr=1-1)

Amazon.com: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven eBook: Mark Twain: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Stormfields-Visit-Heaven-ebook/dp/B000JMKXYW/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294582906&sr=1-1)

[Wryly]

So the 3 books I had listed as "currently reading" (Points of View by Rex Murphy, Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters by James M. Tabor and Family Knits - 25 Handknits for all seasons by Debbie Bliss are still in the mix but I seem to be reading a lot of stuff in addition to that. (BTW - have also started a pair of socks).
Am 2/3 of the way thru Long Way Down. Have also finished (and gotten a headstart on wishful thinking) Golf Annika's Way .

[afixer]

...to all the Nook'ers and Kindle'ers - I see that some have said they are reading more but do you miss the tangible experience of reading?



I'm digging my Kindle.
I love to read and will always prefer a paper book over a e-book.
the advantage to e-reader has for me is the ability to have lots of reading material on hand...just one hand. ;)

I want to add that the kindle has exposed me to more titles than a retail outlet which makes me :)

[Laerkin]

I just finished the Hunger Games trilogy. WOW. Dark, intense, creative, engaging, and thoroughly memorable. I've restarted the 1st book again so I can soak it up again.

And I just read the entire Harper Connolly series by Charlaine Harris over Christmas. Pretty good!

Tomorrow, I start back on the textbooks. Hrmph. :( LOL.

[Laerkin]

...to add to the previous posts, I've been reading all of these books on my nook. I can even get most of my Business textbooks on it now, too. I love the feel and the smell of the page, but I just can't beat the convenience. We just went on a 10 day trip and I read 8 books during that time but I only had to carry my little nook to do it. It's awesome.

[Fancy]

Different Learners
By Jane M. Healy, Ph.D

[BBinNYC]

Reading is reading to me. The feel of the book/paper I do not miss when I read a Kindle. I think sometimes our books can *own* us. In that we can accrue so many of them and never touch them again. Pretty soon, there are piles and boxes of them because they won't all fit on the shelves.

Some books, I need to own, but I am finding that I don't need to own or try to figure out where to store the others.

Yes! That is exactly why I started using a Kindle, the storage problem. I soon realized that I actually like the Kindle quite a bit. I love keeping a Wish List and then when I finish a book, I can download the next one in 30 seconds and start on it.

I just finished reading A Tale of Love and Darkness, a memoir by Amos Oz, which I read in connection with a trip to Israel I took with my synagogue (the gay synagogue in NYC). It's a wonderful look at Israel right before and after Independence and it is a chronicle of the eastern European immigration of that period.

Now I'm reading Once Upon A Country, a memoir by Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian who writes about the same subjects as Amos Oz, but from a Palestinian point of view. I'm liking it a lot.

BBinNYC

[Kobi]

"I Remember Nothing" by Nora Ephron - unfortunately she remembered to write this.

I wonder how long it will take Kindle type products to put publishers out of business?

[Sparkle]

"I Remember Nothing" by Nora Ephron - unfortunately she remembered to write this.

I wonder how long it will take Kindle type products to put publishers out of business?

I think publishers are safe, regardless of format books take they still need to be edited and published to garner any significant attention. Printers and distributors, however, need to worry; and from a green perspective this is not such a bad thing.

It is the independent book stores I worry for; and even though I own a kindle and I still buy hard copies of books I love and I buy hard copies of books for children and for friends (most of my friends have resisted e-readers thus far).

[Starbuck]

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman.

The book also includes The 5 Love Languages Personal Profile so the reader can find out what their primary love language is and share that with their partner.

Now it's written for married hetero couples but we can use which ever term we prefer, right? And there's an additional profile so hy or she can find out what their primary love language is, thereby creating a stronger love bond between the two of you.

[Greco]

"Invisible Heroes Survirors of Trauma and How They Heal"

by Belleruth Naparstek

Greco

[Semantics]

Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott.

[dreadgeek]

Currently working my way through:

The Left at War -- Michael Berube

A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy -- Jonathan Israel

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America -- Eugene Robinson

I'm also listening to a couple of audiobooks:

Eye of the World: Wheel of Time Book 1 -- Robert Jordan

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany -- William L. Shirer

When I'm done with Shirer (which I should be by next week) I'm going to start at the beginning of Richard J. Evans "Third Reich Trilogy" (The Coming of the Third Reich) and then go through all three books in sequence. In part this is done for comparative purposes. Shirer's book, while a work of history, is mostly a work of journalism (he was a reporter). Evans, on the other hand, is considered the world's foremost scholar on Nazi Germany and having read through books 2 and 3 of his trilogy, I want to go back and catch the whole magisterial sweep of his work.

Cheers
Aj

[amiyesiam]

I am currently reading sock patterns!

[Wryly]

Finished Long Way Down (http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=long+way+down&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=6204727152804812754&ei=ipovTfeDOoT6lweT8f3LBg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=17&ved=0CHoQ8wIwEA#ps-sellers) last night. Working on finishing My Stroke of Insight and Notes From a Small Island. And then there's still a pile of books that I've just started.

amiyesiam - what pattern book? How do you knit socks - toe up or cuff down?

[Greco]

kindle-less and for good reason...to each their own

I love books the texture of their pages the ink forming
their words

a book the patience it shows to my reading
from right to left or from back to front and back again

when we fall asleep together and I accidentally crush it with
my body in the morning to find it happy to be alive and
read

I love to throw them into my "man's" bag as we go off to the
office and there take a few moments together between folks.

the feel of their weight in my hands, my total control of how
we will proceed...alright going off here.

yes, I love books, hard cover, paperbacks, books.

love in print.

Greco

[CeriseNin]

Water for Elephants. It's a fascinating read.

On my bed table: Wanderlust

[socialjustice_fsu]

kindle-less and for good reason...to each their own

I love books the texture of their pages the ink forming
their words

a book the patience it shows to my reading
from right to left or from back to front and back again

when we fall asleep together and I accidentally crush it with
my body in the morning to find it happy to be alive and
read

I love to throw them into my "man's" bag as we go off to the
office and there take a few moments together between folks.

the feel of their weight in my hands, my total control of how
we will proceed...alright going off here.

yes, I love books, hard cover, paperbacks, books.

love in print.

Greco


Your views speak to my love of 'physical' books, as well.

And there is a sweet feeling that overcomes me when the book has been a gift to me. Someone has thought enough of me to want to share something they had spent their precious time ingrossed in perhaps over days, weeks, months. Take it a step further...to in turn, pass the book on to someone for their pleasure and on and on it goes. Pay it forward.

Some of my dearest, sweetest thoughts left to me from my precious father were those written in the front of his favorite books.

I certainly understand the want/use of a kindle or something similar for some folks, however for me, my books are a part of my being. They help define my interests, my likes and yes, even my needs.

I studied British Literature throughout college. I just don't think I could read William Shakespeare from an e-reader. At least not for a long time.

[Greco]

Yes, exactly. I have known love through what was written between the covers of my soon to be favorite books. and the ritual of spending an afternoon looking through shelves of books in old used book stores while leaning against each other then going out with our "new" finds and taking her home for readings to each other between mouthfuls of comforting food.

and well you know the rest...and all because of books. Lately, I've been keeping my forever favorites and actually writing in the margins for my nieces and nephews to find after I'm gone from here...they are in my Will for them...books what gifts.

Greco

[rainintothesea]

I'm definitely one of those reading-several-books-at-once people. And while I do love the tactile pleasure of physical books, I am also a complete iPhone cyborg, and I do appreciate being able to carry numerous tomes with me without, well, carrying numerous tomes.

Currently reading:

An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears

FM 6-22 Army Leadership Manual (no, I'm not in the military, but this was recommended to me by an Army Captain friend of mine as an excellent guide to leading people in general)

Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time and Light, Leonard Shlain

Living Buddha, Living Christ, Thich Nhat Hanh

[afixer]

left my bag at the house and picked this up at work.

Amazon.com: A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father (9781615544851): Augusten Burroughs: Books
.

turning page after page hoping it would get better... it did not.

[Kätzchen]

http://freerangetalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cover-at-350.jpg

Here's a link to Rebecca Skloot's blog and a brief review of her book:

LINK (http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/) <<~ click me

[Wryly]

Finally finished Notes From a Small Island while waiting to see the doctor. I've had this book for a few years - - I think I bought it right after my first trip to the UK.
I've tons of books to finish but also all those books my SIL got me for Christmas. Knitting tonight and reading tomorrow!

[Passionaria]

Ancient texts on herbal medicine; Formulas and Strategies in Traditional Chinese medicine. I best get back to it........

[Kobi]

"I Still Dream About You" Fannie Flagg

[christie]

Thanks for your responses about ebooks - I see the points of view about space/storage, the upside about green issues and also the concerns for the publishing and related industries. I see where the ebook can impact not just printers and publishing houses, but also the logging, paper manufacturers, ink manufacturers, transportation and warehousing industries.

For now, I think I will stick with old school. I like being able to hand a book to someone and saying, "I'm done with this now and I think you will love it. When you are done, pass it to someone else." I like that my son has children's books that were mine as a child and that I have a collection of his that I envision him reading to his children.

These days, I have two paperbacks I am reading - "Live To Tell" by Lisa Gardner and "Eight Days to Live" by Iris Johansen.

I am attempting to patiently wait for "Namah's Blessing" by Jacqueline Carey - June 2011 seems SO far away! Charliane Harris has a new Sookie Stackhouse book due out in May 2011 - "Dead Reckoning". I'm tellin' ya - for those of us with gnat-like patience, its a conspiracy to make us buy other books as we wait!

[Wryly]

When I got back from the doctor yesterday I was cold and had a headache and just felt blah. So I thought I'd lay down a bit and warm up. Of course I fell asleep! A 2 1/2 hour nap.
Needless to say I wasn't very tired in the evening - so I finally finished up My Stroke of Insight (http://www.mystrokeofinsight.com/).
Today I'm going to knit/watch a DVD and then maybe read a bit of one of the other half dozen books I have going!

[blush]

The Help-a slow start for me, but then I came to love it.

Water for Elephants-loved it from the start.

I have to revise my take on The Help. It seemed condescending.

[afixer]

Water for Elephants. It's a fascinating read.


this book has been in my bag for over a month. why did i wait so long?

it's a page turner...liking it.

[CeriseNin]

this book has been in my bag for over a month. why did i wait so long?

it's a page turner...liking it.
Isn't it though. I had it on my shelf for months, and I'm so glad I just happened to grab it on my way out one day.

[MysticOceansFL]

Human anatomy 101 in three chapters fun fun fun

[afixer]

starting Exley tonight I guess.

Amazon.com: Exley (9781565126084): Brock Clarke: Books

Amazon.com: Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back eBook: Todd Burpo: Kindle Store



Water for Elephants was a wonderful story.

[Pretty Woman]

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. Hilarious

[julieisafemme]

I rarely buy books anymore. During the holidays I splurged and got Tim Gunn's Gunn's Golden Rules. I love him on Project Runway. What a huge disappointment! He is a passive-aggressive crankster! He talks smack about people and then turns around and tells us that we should "take the high road". It is a bizarre rambling book. I don't think I can look at him the same way. I am shocked they let him publish it!

[Mitmo01]

Im still finishing up The Firebrand its an awesome read but very complex and layered

jsut like the other book on my nightstand---Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy by John Le'Carre and i like him so much im also going to read The Spy Who Came In From The Cold...

[afixer]

starting Exley tonight I guess.

Amazon.com: Exley (9781565126084): Brock Clarke: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Exley-Brock-Clarke/dp/1565126084/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295575676&sr=1-1)


just finished this book (enjoyed) which made me want to read this book.

Amazon.com: A Fan's Notes (9780679720768): Frederick Exley: Books

also picked up.

Amazon.com: The Finkler Question (Man Booker Prize) (9781608196111): Howard Jacobson: Books