What are you reading?

[Fancy]

A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s

Stephanie Coontz

[Nina]

Today I read "The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine" by Steven Rinella

[alilhoneybee]

Business Law.....Torts, Crimes and Intellectual Property. :|

[Semantics]

And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave

[Andrew, Jr.]

"True Compass" by Edward M. Kennedy. Large Print.

[Greco]

[I]"The High Performance Mind"
by Anna Wise

["The Secret of the Golden Flower A
Chinese Book of Life"
translated and explained by Richard Wilhelm
with commentary by C.G.Jung
as a prelude to Jung's "Red Book"

"The Cancer Journals"
by Audre Lorde re-reading this one

"Veinte poemas de amor y una
cancion desesperada. Cine sonetos
de amor" - 100 sonnets of love
by Pablo Neruda

Readings for the next two and a half
months

Greco

[foxyshaman]

I am reading "Mind over Mood" Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think by Dennis Greenberger and some other author I cannot remember.

It has been an excellent read for me with more than a few :brightbulb: moments coupled with :hammer: - do I get it yet??

I have never ventured into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy before. :shocking: but true.

:eyebrow: who knows maybe this little fox can change :goodluck:

[afixer]

Amazon.com: The Finkler Question (Man Booker Prize) (9781608196111): Howard Jacobson: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Finkler-Question-Man-Booker-Prize/dp/1608196119/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295908985&sr=1-1)

okay, I'm really enjoying this book.

comedy/philosophy..sort of. :)

[afixer]

it seems that some folks I work with want to have bible study, so...

http://www.foodforyoursoul.net/ffys/bible-page.jpg

and this, because one heady book wasn't enough. :)


Amazon.com: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (9781587991905): Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Books

[Mitmo01]

The Spy Who came in from the Cold...John Le Carre

[Blade]

Legal papers....wtf do they say damn just speak in plain common talk please

[Fancy]

by Suzanne Collins:
(book 1) The Hunger Games
(book 2) Catching Fire
(book 3) Mockingjay

It's a simple quick read and fairly well written for building suspense and twists. I've made it through a book every two days so far.

[afixer]

almost done with this. I really like his writing. this book has amazing descriptions.

Amazon.com: Tinkers (9781934137123): Paul Harding: Books


starting this tonight.

Amazon.com: The Imperfectionists: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle) (9780385343671): Tom Rachman: Books



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[Fancy]

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel by Brady Udall


...wow what a wild ride and as thought provoking as it is visual.

[girl_dee]

Just finished Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison..

WOW.

[Starbuck]

Keeping You A Secret by Julie Anne Peters

Amazon.com: Keeping You a Secret (9780316009850): Julie Anne Peters: Books

[blush]

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

about HeLa cells

[dixie]

The Most Evil Women
And I don't remember who wrote it. It's a compilation of evil women ranging from ancient Rome (Messalina) to more modern day (Audrey Marie Hilley).

[Venus007]

Right now I am reading very disparate books:

"Anthem" Ayn Rand

"The Wind in the Willows" Kennith Grahame

[Daktari]

Re-thinking History - Keith Jenkins
Scourge of the Swastika - Lord Russell
Studying History - Black and Macraild
The Practice of History - G.R.Elton

[Soon]

Alice Munro's newest collection of (fabulous) short stories:

Too Much Happiness

[Fancy]

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Winifred Watson

...I was inspired to find this after reading about Ms Watson
http://www.annesebba.com/journalist/winifredwatson.htm

[daisygrrl]

Alice Walker's The Color Purple (again--and always with a new appreciation)

Kilcommons' & Wilson's Good Owners, Great Cats

Siegal's I just got a kitten. What do I do? [lots of preliminary information for any cat owner, no matter the age--of the kitty ;-)]

[Alpha Dog]

Letters For My Brothers - Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect - edited by Megan Rohrer and Zander Keig

[Luv]

Physiology by Professor Peter Abrahams

[Semantics]

I just finished 137 by Arthur I. Miller.

I'm now reading History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage.

[Kätzchen]

I bought a book to read last week and hope to get to it soon because it looks like a great story ...

Forever Amber
-Kathleen Winsor


Amazon.com: Forever Amber (9781556524042): Kathleen Winsor, Barbara Taylor Bradford: Books

[Massive]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

It may be an older book of his, but it does turn the whole idea of religion on its head.

[JustJo]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

It may be an older book of his, but it does turn the whole idea of religion on its head.

Loved this book! Enjoy! :)

Right now I'm reading World Without End by Ken Follett.... and just started Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges. I have the bad habit of reading several books at once. :|

[Semantics]

Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America by Matt Taibbi

I couldn't put it down.

[Jaques]

"Pies and Prejudice", in search of the north of england by stuart maconie, one of the best and funniest travel books i have ever read, save "The Tent, a bucket and Me" by Emma Kennedy which is absolutely hillarious, about a girl growing up in the 70's and her experiences with her camping family, i had to real several times becos i couldnt stop laughing.............

[justpjhere]

the art of racing in the rain...

[christie]

I am currently reading Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Its a story of four slave women who travel to spend the summer with their masters at a vacation resort in Ohio (set in the 1850's). I just started it and am already struggling to put it down!

I just finished The King of Lies by John Hart. A good read - especially for those familiar with small towns in NC!

[Melissa]

I just started a book called Into the Blue by Robert Goddard. I bought it at a second hand book sale and its been sitting in the closet for months. It has to be one of the best mystery books I have read in a long time.

Melissa

[wimsiclegirl]

I read anything that I can get my hands on... Right now I am reading:

Wives of Service...author?? (on my Nook)

To The Nines... Janet Evonavich (on CD in my car)


Trauma Alert... Radclyffe (book)


Femme Noir ...Clara Nipper (E-book on my computer)


All About My Brother: An Eight Year Old's Introduction To Her Brother Who Has Autism (Children's book for work and my nephew)

[EnderD_503]

I've been reading Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories on the subway the last week and a half or so. Finished The Pale Horseman, Lords of the North and Sword Song, just started The Burning Land today. All of the books have been great so far and I hope Cornwell publishes a new one soon since he's said there will probably be 7 or 8 books in the series total.

Anyways, definitely recommend these to fans of historical fiction, particularly about early Germanic history. Or if you're already a Bernard Cornwell fan in general :D

[Luv]

Im reading my notes and flash cards prepping for my psychology final..fun fun fun :readfineprint:

[StillettoDoll]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kbxO6aiCL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg
just started this book .

[afixer]

over the last week I've read...

Amazon.com: Wish List (9781935670278): John Locke: Books

Amazon.com: One Day eBook: David Nicholls: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir eBook: Elizabeth McCracken: Kindle Store


now reading...

Amazon.com: Half the Sky eBook: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Brittle Shadows eBook: Vicki Tyley: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives eBook: Cathleen Lewis: Kindle Store

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[Corkey]

Herodotus.

[DamselFly]

1. Te Tao Ching
2. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

[Wryly]

My SIL loaned this to me the other day:
Amazon.com: Guardian of Lies: A Paul Madriani Novel (Paul Madriani Novels): Steve Martini: Books

A good quick read - spy stuff.

[foxyshaman]

Loved this book! Enjoy! :)

Right now I'm reading World Without End by Ken Follett.... and just started Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges. I have the bad habit of reading several books at once. :|

Ohhh Jo that's not a bad habit, that's just a reality!!

[lionpaw]

Dalai Lama

[Turtle]

The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison

Habits of the Heart - Robert Bellah, et al.

[EnderD_503]

The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison


That's actually one of my all-time favourite books! Fucking brilliant!

I'm still reading Bernard Cornwell's The Burning Land, since I started reading some other stuff too.

Also reading The Testosterone Files and all I can say is: finally! I'm not a fan of ordering books off the net, so it took me forever to actually find this in stores...and at a Chapters at that :blink: Everytime I went to the Women's Bookstore (guess I could have ordered it from them, but I'm simple minded like that sometimes) to see if they had it they were out for like the last year :(

The third I'm reading is Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger. Didn't realise it was a teen book when I bought it and so I'm remembering why I rarely even read teen books as a teen (usually not terribly well written), lol. But overall I think it's awesome that there is now at least one book on FtMs geared toward teens. Wish I'd had something like that to read 10 years ago.

[SelfMadeMan]

Re-reading 'Mine' by Robert R. McCammon.... scary!

[lionpaw]

American Archeology magazines and medical research material....

[Luv]

I am reading "Medical Terminology,A Systems Approach,4th Edition for my Medical Terminology and Law class.

[girl_dee]

The Kite Runner...

So far it's GOOD!

[lionpaw]

All the dirt that's fit to print about nefertiti...

[Venus007]

"Venus in Furs" Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Interesting to note the author's name is where the term masochistic comes from.

"Effective Statistical Analysis in Government Reporting for Health Care Outcomes" AHIMA

[lionpaw]

Everything online about home ownership...

[afixer]

now reading...

Amazon.com: Half the Sky eBook: Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn: Kindle Store (http://www.amazon.com/Half-the-Sky-ebook/dp/B002MHOCTO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1298337973&sr=1-1)

Amazon.com: Brittle Shadows eBook: Vicki Tyley: Kindle Store (http://www.amazon.com/Brittle-Shadows-ebook/dp/B004FV4YNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1298338745&sr=1-1)

Amazon.com: Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives eBook: Cathleen Lewis: Kindle Store (http://www.amazon.com/Rex-Mother-Autistic-Transformed-ebook/dp/B001MJ07RO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1298338833&sr=1-1)
.

I finished Brittle Shadows but have failed to progress much with the other two books. :(
it's spring'ish here so... :)


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[girl_dee]

The Kite Runner...

So far it's GOOD!

Just finished this.. WOW ... Highly recommend!

[Medusa]

So last night I was restless and thought I'd buy myself a trashy book for my Kindle and pass out softly after reading a few chapters.
Now, let me preface this by saying that some folks think "trashy" equals "romance". I don't read romance. As a matter of fact, I have never read a romance book. Nope, for me, "trashy" is a work of fiction that I can dive into decadently (or sometimes not if it sucks) and forget the world.

I had read "The Passage" last month on June and Irishgrrl's recommendation (read it if you havent!) and thought it was pretty delicious so I wanted to find something similar. Went to Amazon and saw this on the "people who bought this also bought":

Amazon.com: The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel eBook: Alden Bell: Kindle Store

I must confess, I started reading at 9 last night and finished it this afternoon. It's a short book, about 300 pages but is a beautifully written post-apocalypse zombie fiction that reads much more like good literature than zombie trash.
If you liked "The Road", "The Passage" or most Southern Gothics, I highly recommend this one. The imagery is stark and often hard to read (triggery) but is well worth it if you have a few hours to spare.

I give it 4/5 stars only because I wished it was longer :)
And don't get me wrong, this isn't "War and Peace" or "Anna Karenina", but it's good fiction. I think you'll appreciate it.

[Selenay]

In the past 30 days I've read

The Alchemyst
The Sorceress
The Necromancer
The Magician
The Death of Joan of Arc

I Am Number Four

The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay

The Last Olympian
The Battle of the Labrynth
The Titan's Curse
The Sea of Monsters
The Lightning Thief
The Red Pyramid
The Lost Hero

Eat, Pray, Love
White Noise
The Help

Next up? Hmm...

[Semantics]

Last night I started A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates.

[Liam]

If you enjoy mysteries, you might want to check out Jon Loomis' series, which is set in Provincetown. I just finished High Season, and have started on Mating Season. Detective Coffin is trying to quit smoking and his lesbian partner, Lola Winters is a Butch who saved his life, in High Season. Most of the characters are quirky, and Provincetown is portrayed as a diverse, funky, and interesting place. Loomis scored extra points with me, because of his awareness of transgender issues. I'm looking forward to reading all of his books.

[AtLast]

Social Animal. David Brooks. Yes, he is a Republican.... but I am open minded- also interested in his analysis of social connectedness and trust.

[EnderD_503]

First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far) ed. Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel

[chefhottie25]

this months issue of food and wine magazine. i am feeling inspired to create.

[Luv]

Medical Terminology,A Systems Approach by Gylys and Wedding

[rainintothesea]

A Natural History of the Senses, by Diane Ackerman, which I started ages ago and let fall by the wayside until I picked it up again today.

[dixie]

Unfinished: A GLBT Domestic Violence Workbook by D.J. Burr-Welborn
Just got this from Amazon. I think it'll be a good tool for work. :)

[Sweet_Amor_Taino]

I just bought The girl with the dragon tattoo. I will start to read it next week.

[girl_dee]

Angela's Ashes... Frank McCourt

Finally able to READ again... So happy I can see again! :nerd:

[wolfbittenpoet]

Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas
I want a cim sym now.

[Pixie]

The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde :drool:

[Semantics]

Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue.

Riveting.

[AtLast]

Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire - Jennifer Wright Knust

[Sparkle]

I just finished 'Room' by Emma Donoghue

and I'm just starting 'The Imperfectionists' by Tom Rachman

[Melissa]

Almost done with Rainbow's End by Martha Grimes. A very slow mystery that I picked up once before, put down, then finally went back to and finished. Last month I finished a book called Into the Blue by Robert Goddard that I could not put down. I zoomed through it. I love books like that and hate it when I get to the end.

Melissa

[Melissa]

Im reading my notes and flash cards prepping for my psychology final..fun fun fun :readfineprint:


Well I'll add my Modeling with Technology textbook to the list then for my educational technology class.

[Medusa]

Hey Folks - Just merged this thread with Lady Wu's "Whatcha Reading" since they were the same - Hope it makes it easier to find!

[Fancy]

Heartsongs - Mattie J. T. Stepanek

[Medusa]

Also, don't forget that if you purchase books (or anything else) from Amazon that you can purchase them through our bookstore here at The Planet and we get a few nickles from the sale of each item. Great way to help us out. All proceeds go to the scholarship fund!

http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/index.php?pageid=Bookstore


I just started "Swan Song" by Robert McCammon and so far it's wonderful! I had to get it on the Kindle because it's something like 900 pages but I kinda love being immersed in a good book for a week or two. I am a fast reader and was reading a book every day or two if they arent over 300 pages so this one feels truly decadent.

It's a modern post-apocalyptic but the reviews say it is reminiscent of Steven King's "The Stand".

[Nina]

I read a book, about which I was really excited, only to be w-a-y disappointed and even disturbed by it. It is "Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword" by Barry Deutsch.

It was, is, about an orthodox girl who wants to have a sword, have adventures etc. I found it to be filled with painful stereotypes and, (dare I say?) anti-Semitism. I realize that is a subjective comment, and is true for me, is my true experience reading the book, is my authentic experience reading the book. I hope I have covered whatever I need to cover by my statement. It is my own, very special person, response to the book.

Has anyone read it? If so any thoughts?

I look forward to a new book by Daniel Silva. Don't know when it's on it's way, but I have faith!

So, I guess my 'what am I reading' is more of a 'what I just read' :)

[wolfbittenpoet]

Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five

So it goes

I find this book strangely like my grandfather and his war buddies talking about the burning of the forest after the bombing of Dresden. I fear I am half in love with this book.

[Camo Eagle]

Ive been trying to spend less time online, and more time reading.

Last 30 days:

Awakened Bk 8 of House of Night Series
Code Red
The Swarm
The Way to Happiness
Multiple Blessings
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
Wild Indigo
Wild Inferno
Wild Sorrow
Wild Penance
X Files - Antibodies
Plum Lucky
Season of the Snake

[EnderD_503]

Half way through Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom.

[Medusa]

I could NOT get into "Girl who kicked the hornet's nest" - Is it just me? Does it pick up after the second chapter?

I might pick it up again but the writing feels tedious to me!!

[daisygrrl]

After much debate (with myself), I ended up purchasing a Kindle because I was going on a long trip (and couldn't justify paying for a heavier luggage bag, which was already crammed). So far, so good...after I've played with it some more, I'll post in the Kindle thread :)

I'm about half-way through reading Wench by Perkins-Valdez and am really enjoy it it--thanks, Christie, for the recommendation! :rrose:

[Massive]

Just finished A Casebook of Murder by Colin Wilson and just started reading another of his titled A Criminal History of Mankind and am working on getting more of his work.
No, I'm not morbid or planning on killing people, I just find the psychology of criminals and the various study of criminology fascinating, and I've always foudn Colin Wilson doesn't bullshit his research.

[wolfbittenpoet]

I am reading through the banned book list. I spent a satisfying 15 minutes looking at And Tango Makes Three. Now I believe Farenheit 451 again because first they burn books then they burn people.

[Luv]

I am reading my Physiology homework :seeingstars:

[SF_Boi]

I'm reading (book) "The Serpent in Paradise" by Dea Birkett.

[Luv]

I am reading my homework on the Lungs and the Kidneys..interesting stuff !

[Camo Eagle]

I could NOT get into "Girl who kicked the hornet's nest" - Is it just me? Does it pick up after the second chapter?

I might pick it up again but the writing feels tedious to me!!

I thought it was the best of the three, but only because I knew the whole story.
I dont like the writing style of the author, it was tedious.
I had to try 2 diff times to read the 1st book. OMG it was horrible. But I loved the story, and I could ID with Salander, so just had to know how it all ended.

Have you seen the movies? They are out in a US version and Swedish version.

DO watch the Swedish version. You can turn on the English dub which isnt bad. The main character was cast perfectly. She is interviewed in the extras section of the 1st DVD I believe.

Most books are better than the movie, but in this case its def the reverse. It leaves out all that tedious back chatter.

[wolfbittenpoet]

I think with most of Steig Larsson's books the issue is the language barrier. Overall they are awesome books though but I have to agree the movies flow better.

[Soon]

Her Fearful Symmetry--Audrey Niffenegger

Death and the Maiden--Ariel Dorfman

[Camo Eagle]

I think with most of Steig Larsson's books the issue is the language barrier. Overall they are awesome books though but I have to agree the movies flow better.

I liked how the movies stuck to the book story exactly. Im often disappointed w/ US movies based on a book. Some bear lil resemblance to the original story.

[wolfbittenpoet]

Kipling- The Collected Works

More Vonnegut

Rereading "Street Haunting- A London Adventure" by Virginia Woolf
For want of a good quality lead pencil

[Kätzchen]

I bought a book to read last week and hope to get to it soon because it looks like a great story ...

Forever Amber
-Kathleen Winsor


Amazon.com: Forever Amber (9781556524042): Kathleen Winsor, Barbara Taylor Bradford: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Amber-Kathleen-Winsor/dp/1556524048)


I needed a break from my ordinary reading load for classes and opened up this book last night and read a bit... I really like what I've read so far but will probably not get to devote too much attention to the story - So, I'll save my review for later when I can finish it.

:sidenote for Medusa:

re: Larsson book you were reading?

Over a year ago, I began to read the "Dragon Tattoo" and it took me a bit to get into his style of storytelling - much of that story triggered me in ways I didn't expect - but I did enjoy all three of his works in that series.

[Camo Eagle]

If you like books, reading, recycling, trading, discussing it all, heres the place for you.

www.bookcrossing.com

Its a fun way to pass on books that you no longer want to keep.

Im EnigmaQ on that site. If you join put me down as the person that referred you over. Also send me a PM there or here, and I'll friend ya. if ya want.

[afixer]

If you like books, reading, recycling, trading, discussing it all, heres the place for you.

www.bookcrossing.com

Its a fun way to pass on books that you no longer want to keep.

Im EnigmaQ on that site. If you join put me down as the person that referred you over. Also send me a PM there or here, and I'll friend ya. if ya want.


cool beans !


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[Diva]

I'm reading about Minimalism...... > > HERE (http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/08/19/solitude-where-your-life-is-waiting/) < <

...because MAXilism hasn't exactly worked out in pleasant fashion for me, personally speaking.

Edited to add: These points have really hit home for me....
Consider that when we embrace solitude…

■We intentionally remove the influence of others for period of time.
■We intentionally remove the expectations of others.
■We are able to hear our own heart speak.
■We find rest and refreshment.
■We discover that others can live without us.
■We find that the world does not rest on our shoulders.
■We can adequately reflect on our past and chart our future.
■We break the cycle of busyness in our lives.
■We become better equipped to show patience with others.
■We feed our souls.

[girl_dee]

The Weight of Water
Anita Shreve

[Softly]

Mockingjay from the hunger games trilogy

:rubberducky:

[DamselFly]

i'm listening to 2 books right now. One is the sequel to Three Cups of Tea and is called Stones Into Schools. This continues the story of Greg Mortensen's efforts to build schools for boys and girls in remote villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Highly recommended! The second is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and tells the story of the woman from whose cancer came all the cells used today in devoping medicine, doing research into cancer and other diseases. They are called HELA cells. Another librarian recommended it. Unexpectedly fascinating!
DamselFly:glasses:

[DamselFly]

for those of you who are vision-impaired, like i am, the Library of Congress in every stste has a program whereby you can get books on digital format (BARD) or on DB or cassette. free, as long as a librarian or dr. signs that you need it. go to your local library for more info, or PM me and i'll try to help. this program has literally saved my life. hades for a scholar not to be able to devote long hours to reading/study!
DamselFly:glasses:

[SF_Boi]

The science of crime scene investigations, "The Forensic Casebook" by N. E. Genge. Just some light reading before I go to bed! Just kidding! It is for work. I always like to see what other people are writing about the subject. :glasses:

[AtLast]

John F. Mariani’s “How Italian Food Conquered the World”

... is on my list...

[wolfbittenpoet]

Hocus Pocus by Vonnegut
Inner Circle by Meltzer
Plus anything else I can get my hands on by Kerouac

[UofMfan]

The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho.

[Melissa]

I'm reading The Body by Stephen King (for a class, but I'm liking it so much I might read the other three novellas that come with it) plus a mystery by Elizabeth George called For the Sake of Elena. If you've ever watched any of the Inspector Lynley mysteries on TV (I think PBS mystery series) then you might like these, George wrote the Lynley books. She has a long list of them. I think I am on my fourth. We hit two second hand book sales last week and oh my, scored big. Lots of 25 cent paperbacks and hardbacks for 34 cents. Sorry, had to get some book bragging in there. I also scored some Val McDermid, Tami Hoag and PD James. I'm in mystery hog heaven right now. I probably won't surface till the end of summer.

M

[wolfbittenpoet]

Jack Kerouac On the Road the Original Manuscript
James Joyce Reader
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier

[Turtle]

"Writing Alone and with Others" by Pat Schneider

"Too Soon to Say Goodbye" by Art Buchwald

[Semantics]

Fences and Windows by Naomi Klein.

[Starbuck]

I'm reading a nice Radclyff book called Night Call. I've only gotten through the first chapter and this book is going to be good!

Amazon.com: Night Call (9781602820319): Radclyffe: Books

[Venus007]

"A New Earth" Eckhart Tolle
and for fiction
"My Man Jeeves" P.G Wodehouse

[JakeTulane]

Just finished:

Made in the U.S.A. - by Billie Letts

The Honk and Hollar Opening Soon - Billie Letts

The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks

I absolutely recommend all of these. I recently discovered Billie Letts's work.. and her writing is just phenomenal.

[justkim]

I just finished reading, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I LOVED it!

You can read more about Kathryn Stockett here...
http://kathrynstockett.com/

The Art of Racing in the Rain written by Garth Stein
I just started reading this one and it a easy read and so far I have enjoyed it.

You can find out more about Garth Stein here...
http://www.garthstein.com/index.php

[JakeTulane]

Hi kim,

I was gifted one Christmas with this book. I absolutely loved it. I also bought the other novel by Garth titled How Evan Broke His Head. Truthfully, I did not find it as enjoyable as the Racing in the Rain.

I hope you end up enjoying the whole read. It will be interesting to hear your take on it.

As Always,
Jake



The Art of Racing in the Rain written by Garth Stein
I just started reading this one and it a easy read and so far I have enjoyed it.

You can find out more about Garth Stein here...
http://www.garthstein.com/index.php

[Fancy]

Enjoying this blog...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/disunion/

[wolfbittenpoet]

The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
Absolutely excellent in my humble opinion. Definitely a steampunk masterpiece.

[violaine]

[QUOTE=wolfbittenpoet;319153]The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar
Absolutely excellent in my humble opinion. Definitely a steampunk masterpiece.

!! steampunk !!

:rrose:

[justkim]

I am going to finish Racing in the rain this weekend...
As for anymore reading, I am going to have to focus on my A & P II for a while...
So my only reading is going to be Structure and Function of the Body until further notice...
If I can I will sneak in a quick read of something or other...

Happy reading everyone!

[wolfbittenpoet]

The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs
So far it's breathtaking.

[Camo Eagle]

Didnt get to do as much reading this last 30 days.

By Janet Evanovich

High Five
Hot Six
Plum Spooky
Plum Loving
Seven Up
Hard Eight
To The Nines

By George W. Bush

Decision Points

[AtLast]

All that is Bitter and Sweet, Ashley Judd

[Venus007]

"The Time Machine" by HG Wells
"Bringing Out the Dead" by Joe Connelly

[KatieStar]

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Kite_runner.jpg/200px-Kite_runner.jpg

I chose this book for a reading assignment I have due in a few weeks. I'm so glad I picked it up. So far... I'm in love :)

[Canela]

Bodas De Sangre
Federico Garcia Lorca

[violaine]

[QUOTE=Canela;320331]Bodas De Sangre
Federico Garcia Lorca

love lorca! have you found "the cricket sings" ? really wonderful little book collection of poems and folk tunes.

i was just gived a david sedaris book "squirrel seeks chipmunk,' and plan to read it over pet sitting this weekend.

i love just about anything by john mcphee and i've typed that a time or two!

[DamonK]

Multitude of books.

Night -- Elie Weisel
Deviations: Domination -- Chris Owen and Jodi Payne
Deviations: Submission -- "" ""

[socialjustice_fsu]

Inspirational Leadership

Lance Secretan, author. This masterpiece looks at taking leadership to a higher level by providing an underpinning of trust, loyalty, and dedication through a spiritual modality to all leaders - be it a formal leader or an informal leader.
Can you imagine being greeted every morning by your supervisor bowing to you reciting "Namaste?"

Me, either.

[rockybcn]

just finished Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones......EXCELLENT read!!
a story based on many historical facts of Barcelona during the 1300´s. A few of which were the Inquisition,the building of a church,wars,the plague and womens rights, which happened to be a big fat zero!

I am now beginning The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

[afixer]

lot's of stuff, mostly work related these days.

[Corkey]

The Land Of Painted Caves.
The 6th book in the Clan of the Cave Bear series.

[DamselFly]

listening to:
The Nation (excellent magazine)
How to Be Happy, by H.H.The Dalai Lama
Fool, by Christopher Moore
The Shock Doctrine:The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein (should be on every thinking person's required reading list)
The Platform Sutra, by Hui-Neng
namaste,
DamselFly

[amiyesiam]

addiction to perfection
the still unravished bride
by Marian woodman

[Melissa]

I finally finished Different Seasons by Stephen King. It is a set of four novellas. I am not a horror reader but was reading The Body for a class. I ended up reading the whole book. The other stories are Shawshank Redemption (loved it), Apt Pupil (couldn't stop reading it and it gave me bad dreams one night), The Body (Stand by Me was based on it) and The Breathing Method. Even if you are not a King fan or horror fan, and I am not, I do recommend this book.

[Butterbean]

Criminal Evidence- Marjie Britz

Beautiful Lies- Lisa Unger

[Legendryder]

I am rereading Grube's translation of Plato's Republic. I love the lyric quality of this translation. Nearly poetry, at least to me.

[Soft*Silver]

I just got my book for my time in the hospital. Its about the only Amish man convicted of murder. It happened where I lived in Pa. And when he was let out, he harrassed his community so badly, they left, one by one until the amish was sparse in our area. It was a frightening thing to witness, these passive people, being tormented by this man...

[Tommi]

Beauty's Release

A.N. Roquelaure
http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/61ATB56W60L._SL500_AA300_.jpg


:moonstars:

[Soft*Silver]

and Odd Thomas

[nycfem]

I just got my book for my time in the hospital. Its about the only Amish man convicted of murder. It happened where I lived in Pa. And when he was let out, he harrassed his community so badly, they left, one by one until the amish was sparse in our area. It was a frightening thing to witness, these passive people, being tormented by this man...

What's the name of the book, softness?

[JakeTulane]

Introduction to Italian Poetry - Luciano Rebay

The Code: 10 Intentions for a Better World (Use the Laws of Manifestation to Achieve Your Highest Good) - Tony Burroughs

The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell

[Janny]

Smoke by Elizabeth Ruth

[EnderD_503]

Rereading Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse) and Losing Control (Tom Warner).

[Chazz]

The Plague, by Camus.

Again.

[wolfbittenpoet]

Herodotus The Histories
Neil Gaiman American Gods and Stardust

[T4Texas]

Currently reading a couple of things, The Lost Life of Eva Braun by Angela Lambert and Houston's Silent Garden, a History of Glenwood Cemetery which is about a beautiful old cemetery here in town.

[turasultana]

Reading a compilation of stories called "Zombie's, The recent Dead"

e-reader book for cheap. But it's got some great authors including Neil Gaiman.

[Melissa]

I am looking for science fiction recommendations. Any one have any favorite authors or titles?

Melissa

[wolfbittenpoet]

Do you want straight scifi or fantasy or steampunk?
I like Asimov and Orson Scott Card for scifi plus Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut.Can't go wrong with H.P. Lovecraft either though he is more horror.
For urban fantasy I like Neil Gaiman, comedic fantasy is Terry Pratchett, and straight fantasy I like Michael Moorcock.
For steampunk H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lavie Tidhar and Gail Carriger.

[Melissa]

Do you want straight scifi or fantasy or steampunk?
I like Asimov and Orson Scott Card for scifi plus Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut.Can't go wrong with H.P. Lovecraft either though he is more horror.
For urban fantasy I like Neil Gaiman, comedic fantasy is Terry Pratchett, and straight fantasy I like Michael Moorcock.
For steampunk H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lavie Tidhar and Gail Carriger.



Thanks Wolf. Any Sci fi subgenre (no fantasy). I especially like Cyberpunk (William Gibson, for example). I also like Card. I think Gaiman and Lovecraft might suit me.

Melissa

[miss entycing]

The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty
A.N. Roquelaure
and
Deviations: Submission
Chris Owen, Jodi Payne

[Turtle]

90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper

and

Five Wishes by Gay Hendricks

[Kätzchen]

I gave up on the book I was reading (Forever Amber) by Kathleen Windsor
and traded it in for a different book:


I'm currently reading this story:

Imperfect Birds
by Anne Lamott

http://thegirlfromtheghetto.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/birds.jpg

[Greco]

"What I Talk About when I Talk About RUNNING a memoir"
by Haruki Murakami

reading this again, can't seem to get enough of it

Greco

[WolfyOne]

I'm back reading James Patterson's Alex Cross series...way behind.
Right now I'm reading I, Alex Cross and have no idea at the moment how many more he's written since that one.

[christie]

I recently finished

http://ec5.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fn%2BOXtRLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I really, really liked it.

I am currently reading No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon and anxiously awaiting the latest Charliane Harris Sookie Stackhouse book as well as the next Jacqueline Carey Namah installment.

[Sparkle]

I've just finished 'The Imperfectionists' by Tom Rachman
It was enjoyable but quite slow and ambling.

Now I have several books that I started but wasn't immediately taken with..
I used to have a rule that I would read at least the 1/3 of a book, and if that point I still wasn't in to it - I could walk away from it. Now I seem to have a shorter attention span.

Any feedback on this list?

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

[Venus007]

"Star Begotten" HG Wells

[Mitmo01]

I've just finished 'The Imperfectionists' by Tom Rachman
It was enjoyable but quite slow and ambling.

Now I have several books that I started but wasn't immediately taken with..
I used to have a rule that I would read at least the 1/3 of a book, and if that point I still wasn't in to it - I could walk away from it. Now I seem to have a shorter attention span.

Any feedback on this list?

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz



i loved the Crimson Petal and the White---you need to give that a try, there entire first chapter is set in the second person....its short but it drew me in and i thought the book was very interesting...its main protagonist is a victorian prostitute....very good book

[Martina]

Living in End Times by Slavoj Zizek

[justkim]

The end of the term is a week from Wednesday. Which for me means I can read something other than A & P II stuff. I have loaded my Color Nook with some wish list items and have many paper books I hope I can make a dent on in one weeks time before next term begins. Wish me luck? I have some titles I would like to share but can't remember them off of the top of my head. Happy reading everyone!

[Sparkle]

i loved the Crimson Petal and the White---you need to give that a try, there entire first chapter is set in the second person....its short but it drew me in and i thought the book was very interesting...its main protagonist is a victorian prostitute....very good book

Perhaps I need to give it another try, thanks.

I got a ways in to it. I'm usually a big fan of any literature set in London, and the premise of this appealed to me, but I wasn't really drawn in.

I know it was a well liked book when it came out.

[pajama]

Finished Thirst - Volume 2, slowly trudging through the Autobiography of Mark Twain that I haven't been able to read all semester. And have now discovered that I apparently packed the plethora of other books on the "to read" list, so Twain is all that's left. :|

[dark_crystal]

I've just finished 'The Imperfectionists' by Tom Rachman
It was enjoyable but quite slow and ambling.

Now I have several books that I started but wasn't immediately taken with..
I used to have a rule that I would read at least the 1/3 of a book, and if that point I still wasn't in to it - I could walk away from it. Now I seem to have a shorter attention span.

Any feedback on this list?

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

I just read Juliet, Naked and I liked it a lot. It helps if you have lived with music snobs tho

[dark_crystal]

http://www.redemmas.org/eventimages/ftw_us_big.jpg

[wolfbittenpoet]

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

I think I like it better then OTR. Now if only I could get Big Sur and Desolation Angels in.

[Sparkle]

I just read Juliet, Naked and I liked it a lot. It helps if you have lived with music snobs tho

I may or may not be a music snob myself :D

I'll try that story again. I do love Nick Hornby.

Thank you.

[Camo Eagle]

A lil something for all da book lovers on board.

MyBookDroid, an app for Android users. It allows you to bar code scan your books or search & add from the net. Now I have my whole collection list at all times. No more accidentally buying a book that I already own. Lets you make, name, and org your own shelves.

I created a Wish List so its quick & easy while out at a store.

Its free in the android market place.

[rockybcn]

I just finished Pillars of the Earth and will now begin

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

[Kobi]

Pasta and Politics by Vincent Cianci Jr......former mayor of Providence. Funny guy.

[Fancy]

Dewey by Vicki Myron

The Cat Who Could Read Backward by Lillian Jackson Braun

[Gráinne]

The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot, Dostoyevsky

[Liam]

In Suspect Terrain, by John McPhee. I think I enjoyed this more the second time around. John McPhee writes about geology in a way that makes it come alive. If you live in the east or are interested in geology, this non-fiction page turner might teach you a few things you didn't know.

[scootebaby]

Empire of Illusion-the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle

[Indianaguy]

I just started reading A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

[AtLast]

The Bhutto Murder Trail -- From Wazirstan to GHQ, Amir Mir.

[Camo Eagle]

Taming the Tiger Within by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Forgotten Books of Eden by Rutherford Platt Jr.
The Didache by Charles H. Hoole
Slavonic Life of Adam & Eve by R.H. Charles
Ten Big Ones By Janet Evanovich
Eleven on Top
Twelve Sharp
Nightworld Vol 1. by L.J. Smith
Secret Vampire
Spellbinder
Daughters of Darkness

[dark_crystal]

i am reading Makers, by Cory Doctorow. This is my 4th Cory book in a row. You can download them all for freeeeeeee

[dark_crystal]

did anyone participate in Pynchon in Public Day (http://www.pynchoninpublic.com/)? I made a book display and free stickers

[miss entycing]

The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty
A.N. Roquelaure

was reading it, now having it read to me.
completely taking it to a whole new level of a delicious read.

[violaine]

mein meerschweinchen i <3 immanuel birmelin.

most of the books i have ever picked up to browse through about cavies are not a very good source of information for living with a small animal-friend. this one is entirely different, refreshing, and story-telling! there are fun questions/answers and for each new chapter, a few sentences on tips about health, housing, nutrition, play, communication, et c. this is the best book that i've ever found guinea-pig related thus far - but i have not completed mine yet! ;)
i love the pages full of colour, cuteness overload, and mainly, huge respect for guinea pigs who have specific needs in some areas more than others. he sees their little free spirits and how there is a lot going on inside of their mind [despite people thinking they are boring and lacking intelligence/trainability]. he dispells those myths! oh, this book smells nice too.

[wolfbittenpoet]

White Chapel Gods by S.M. Stirling

[Camo Eagle]

did anyone participate in Pynchon in Public Day (http://www.pynchoninpublic.com/)? I made a book display and free stickers

Nev heard about it, but it sounded like a cool event. I read in public all the time. I take a book everywhere. I like to leave the books behind after I finish, so another can find the joy.


Just fin a great lil gem I found at the dollar store.
Dichotomy - Amish Justice

The Medicine Buddha Sutra

[Massive]

"The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" - Robert A. Heinlein

Taking a break from reading about serial killers lol

[LaneyDoll]

The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty - A.N. Roquelaure was reading it, now having it read to me. completely taking it to a whole new level of a delicious read.

I am curious. Have you read "The Marketplace Series"? I am a huge fan of both Anne Rice and Laura Antoniou and have wondered what other people think of the two series-assuming they have read them both.

[LaneyDoll]

I am reading "Stone Butch Blues" by Leslie Feinberg. I received it a few weeks ago and honestly thought I would be finished with it by now. But, I also ordered seven books of short stories (lesbian erortica) that have been taking all of my reading time. I have been reading bedtime stories to a girl I am dating and I must admit, it is really sweet to read someone to sleep-even across the miles.

[purepisces]

Thought I would share this link for anyone who might share my love of books that make you cry!

http://flavorwire.com/177382/required-reading-10-devastatingly-sad-books

[Novelafemme]

I am reading Dreams From My Father by President Obama. It is assigned reading for a summer course I am taking and I wasn't sure I would enjoy it, but I am somewhat in love with his writing style! It's always nice when I become enchanted with required readings :)

[Greyson]

Soul Work - edited by Marjorie Bowens-Whaeatley & Nancy Palmer Jones

[hpychick]

At First Sight - by Nicholas Sparks

[UofMfan]

I just finished Other Colours by Orhan Pamuk

A trip to my favorite bookstore is now in order.

[wolfbittenpoet]

Desolation Angels and Big Sur both by Jack Kerouac

[Liam]

Every Living Thing, by Rob Dunn—a book about the obsessive quest to catalog life. A great read for those interested in history and/or science.

[wolfbittenpoet]

Anansi Boys- Neil Gaiman

The Tenth Chamber- Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

[Kätzchen]

Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

~ Wells Tower

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/literaryminded/files/2009/09/everything2.jpg (http://blogs.crikey.com.au/literaryminded/2009/09/11/everything-ravaged-everything-burned-christopher-currie-interviews-wells-tower-part-the-second/)

[AtLast]

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan E. Coyote, Zena Sharman (Editor) And yes, it inspired me to use the cover art for an avitar. We do come in all ways...

[dixie]

We ordered almost $3000 worth of new books for work from Amazon. They all came this week. This is the one I just started:

http://redpillpress.com/retail/images/wwlp_cover.jpg

[Diva]

Everyday.............I read my Gratitude Journal from Pinkie.........................


It's a gift. Gift.

[Camo Eagle]

By Janet Evanovich
Lean Mean Thirteen
Fearless Fourteen

By LJ Smith
Nightworl Vol 2
Dark Angel
The Chosen
Soulmate

[Greco]

"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey"

by Walter Mosley

[Pixie]

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

[lionpaw]

"Atlantis" by David Gibbins

[Greco]

"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey"

by Walter Mosley

and re-reading

"Life Lessons"

by Elisabetgh Kubler-Ross
& David Kessler

[Semantics]

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen.


Ouch.

[foxyshaman]

"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey"

by Walter Mosley

and re-reading

"Life Lessons"

by Elisabetgh Kubler-Ross
& David Kessler

I love Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her amazing work!! Her writings and studies have helped me tremendously in my work.

I just finished "Escaping Emotional Entrapment"... freaking awesome
I am currently reading:
Exploring Intimacy: Cultivating Healthy Relationships through Insight and Intuition
By Suzann Panek Robins

and
Relationship Saboteurs: Overcoming the Ten Behaviors That Undermine Love
by Randi Gunther

[StillettoDoll]

http://s.ngm.com/2011/03/table-of-contents/march-2011-ngm-cover-360.jpg

[Fancy]

The Girl Who Played with Fire ~ Stieg Larsson

[EnderD_503]

Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States by David Rayside

So far so good!

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlDU_hfyF6dKMgruV_jdFjiK5BFnVGO i7h_bxbjXaThDerqdKb&t=1

[WolfyOne]

Finally finished my James Patterson book and since I don't have the next one in the series, I reached for a Karin Slaughter book I've had for a while.
So, my new book is Fractured....like me a good mystery :)

[pajama]

The Golden Compass series. Just on the first book right now.

[justpjhere]

i needed a mind snack.....

re-reading The Sound and the Fury....

been a while and i love Faulkner....

[Kobi]

Between Barack and A Hard Place - Tim Wise

interesting and thought provoking

[Mitmo01]

these are on my hold list at the library :

Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen

Man is Wolf to Man--Janusz Bardach

Surviving Freedom: After the Gulag--Janusz Bardach

cant wait to read them...

[Kätzchen]

I picked up two books tonight on my way home from work
to read this weekend:

Tattoos of the Heart by Gregory Boyle

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

[Daktari]

Designing Web Usability - Jakob Nielsen....it's too old but introduced some good thoughts for my assignment

[Stud_puppy1991]

Your Heart Belongs To Me by Dean Koontz

[Semantics]

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl.


It's fiction.

I'm struggling through it so far but I've heard it gets better. I hope so.

[girl_dee]

Memories of the Old Plantation Home: A Creole Family Album


Laura Locoul Gore

After visiting the plantation home, her memoirs called out to me. Amazing story.

[RamblinStar]

Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts

[dixie]

Other than the wayyy too many textbooks for this semester, I've started "The Nice Girl Syndrome" by Beverly Engel.

[pajama]

Now moved on to The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. Can I just say how much I am enjoying NOT being in school anymore well for the momment, I'm sure I'll find something else to study some day. And I love McKay's Bookstore! I think I've said it, but it merrits saying again. :D

[Abigail Crabby]

A lil fairy whispered in my ear the other day that I was going to receive the Sookie Stackhouse series as a belated birthday gift.

So I shall be reading them as soon as they arrive. Yep total mindless fluff. Vampire Fluff - heheheheheheh

[Camo Eagle]

Nightworld Vol. 3 By LJ Smith
Huntress
Blk Dawn
Witchlight

Silent Witness : The Terri Schaivo Story by Mark Fuhrman

[StillettoDoll]

http://www.diet-blog.com/upload/image/the-life-you-want-bob-greene.jpg

[Kobi]

Conversations With Myself - Nelson Mandela

[Soon]

http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41xwGNLTPOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[JakeTulane]

Introduction to Italian Poetry - A Dual Language Book - by Luciano Rebay

(A promise to My late maternal Grandmother)

Gore Vidal - Snapshots in History's Glare - by Gore Vidal

(I have never been one to read autobiographies .. however, so far this is very good)

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline

(This one is a re-read - a heartwarming story about a china doll rabbit and his adventures around the globe)

[Sparkle]

I'm very excited to start reading:

'The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making'

"Bibliophilic wyverns, enchanted woods, an evil Marquess, a magical talisman, dwarven customs agents, djinns, velocipedes--and that doesn't even take into account what's in the title of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. A fantastical tale that's somewhere between Lewis Carroll and Terry Pratchett, Cathrynne Valente's book follows twelve-year-old September, a girl from Omaha, Nebraska, who finds herself whisked away by a fast-talking gentleman called the Green Wind to the world of Fairyland where she has to retrieve a witch's spoon from the fickle Marquess. Still, Cathrynne Valente's imaginative cast of characters and spirited prose turn what could be a standard heroine-on-a-quest story into something on par with the best (and weirdest) classics. --Darryl Campbell"

[dixie]

Daily Affirmations for Forgiving & Moving On
Tian Dayton

[Martina]

From Dead to Worse -- Charlaine Harris, book 8 of the Sookie Stackhouse serie

[daisygrrl]

For class:
Anne Bradstreet's poems
John Smith's narratives (or, rather, propoganda of the Americas in the 1600s)
Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative

For leisure:
Accidental Slave by Claire Thompson (I identify more with the female character in this book...but I like her Obsession better)
Firebird by Annabel Joseph...downloaded to the Kindle

[Tommi]

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too. (f)

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

[Reader]

Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

by Stieg Larsson

The Swedish movie can not be topped by anything done by Hollywood, and it goes without saying that the book is better than the movie.


Amazon.com: Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (9781906694173): Stieg Larsson: Books

[pajama]

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too. (f)

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

I wnoedr why it can do tihs? And why a solw rdeaer can raed it? Seplilng is oratreved.


A

[pajama]

Sabriel by Garth Nix.

I was at McKay the other evening and a young lady was telling her boyfriend that he haaaad to read it. I introduced myself and asked her why? What was so good about it? Sounded interesting enough, so I got it. Kinda interesting so far.

Had to get all the Feegle voices out of my head after Wee Free Men, before I picked up the next one in the series.

[UofMfan]

The bookstore just called to let me know this one is in. I think I will be able to pick it up tomorrow and start on it right away.

Hoping to get a Kindle for my birthday then I won't have to wait as long for books.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/translator08/incognito-cover-image_custom.jpg

[Camo Eagle]

The Buddha Book by Lillian Too

[Sparkle]

Sabriel by Garth Nix. (http://www.amazon.com/Sabriel-ebook/dp/B000FC13MM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1307148155&sr=8-2)

I was at McKay the other evening and a young lady was telling her boyfriend that he haaaad to read it. I introduced myself and asked her why? What was so good about it? Sounded interesting enough, so I got it. Kinda interesting so far.

Had to get all the Feegle voices out of my head after Wee Free Men, before I picked up the next one in the series.


The Sabriel series is REALLY good! REALLY REALLY.
Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorrsen - are the three titles.

like the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy (or more loosely the HP series) these are YA fiction that are based on a 'coming of age/rites of passage' format. BUT just likst HDM and HP when they are read by adults they have greater meaning and content.

I loved the Sabriel series because the series is lead by a very strong young female character.

[SimpleAlaskanBoy]

Victorian America Transformations in Everyday Life 1876-1915 by Thomas J. Schlereth.

[Camo Eagle]

Secret Societies by Sylvia Browne

[Maria]

Just finished Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

This is an inspiring book for many runners. For this runner, it shed new light on the biomechanics of running and the bill of goods we've been sold as far as running shoes are concerned. Looking forward to shedding my running shoes for those Five Fingers now. The little sexist flourishes (and notable omissions!) irked me.

[Venus007]

"The Blue Fairy Book" Andrew Lang

It is a collection of fairy tales. I have been on a fairy tale, folk tale tare lately. I can't get enough.

[Greco]

This book came out in 2007

I am reading it starting today 2011


"Animal, Vegetable, Miracle A year of Food Life"

by Barbara Kingsolver

one of my favorite authors

Greco

[dixie]

I'm currently reading some research articles and essays. Among them...

"Is Homosexual a Noun?" Paul R. Abramson and Steven D. Pinkerton
"The End of Gay (and the Death of Heterosexuality)" Bert Archer
"A New Paradigm for Understanding Women’s Sexuality and Sexual Orientation" Letitia Anne Peplau and Linda D. Garnets

[Arwen]

Just read Conquistadora by Esmerelda Santiago. Ok. Not stellar.

Reading The American Heiress: A Novel by Daisy Goodwin. I'm enjoying this one so far.

[amiyesiam]

I need a good book to read.
maybe I will drag Corkey to Barnes and Nobel tomorrow
he doesn't know this yet
I want something mindless that involves vampires, witches, or fairies, or some such nonsense. Or something set in some doesn't exist outer or inner world. Something where I don't actually have to remember it all 6 months later!

[Leigh]

My mom got a new book in that I hope to begin reading soon called Autism Tomorrow: The Complete Guide to Help Your Child Thrive in the Real World. Because My sister has autism, I'm looking forward to reading this and learning how to better help her to succeed in the world :-)

[Arwen]

I need a good book to read.
maybe I will drag Corkey to Barnes and Nobel tomorrow
he doesn't know this yet
I want something mindless that involves vampires, witches, or fairies, or some such nonsense. Or something set in some doesn't exist outer or inner world. Something where I don't actually have to remember it all 6 months later!


If they have it, get Jeri Smith-Ready's WVMP series. 3rd one just came out. Do NOT recommend reading out of order though.

[amiyesiam]

If they have it, get Jeri Smith-Ready's WVMP series. 3rd one just came out. Do NOT recommend reading out of order though.

I will check them out and thank you

I don't read books in series out of order(f)

[Queerasfck]

Passive aggressive notes. (http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/)

[StillettoDoll]

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