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Duchess 12-30-2010 06:12 PM

Always trying to stay on top of my craft. :)
 
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Martina 12-30-2010 06:57 PM

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 12-30-2010 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparkle (Post 256134)
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 12-30-2010 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PinkieLee (Post 256260)
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 12-30-2010 09:50 PM

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 12-30-2010 09:56 PM

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 12-30-2010 10:06 PM

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 12-30-2010 10:34 PM

Worlds in Harmony - The Dalai Lama

Gráinne 12-30-2010 10:47 PM

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

Medusa 01-03-2011 10:05 AM

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 01-03-2011 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 258519)
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 by Cormac McCarthy? I read it last year. Apparently there is a movie adaptation - haven't seen it though.


afixer 01-03-2011 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wryly (Post 258572)
Have you read 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 01-03-2011 12:42 PM

psst...
 
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 01-03-2011 03:36 PM

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 01-06-2011 06:22 PM

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


This is on youtube as well in audio.

Greco

Cowboi 01-06-2011 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa (Post 258519)
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 01-06-2011 07:55 PM


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 01-06-2011 08:35 PM

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 01-06-2011 08:46 PM

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

Water for Elephants-loved it from the start.

Starbuck 01-06-2011 09:14 PM

My book
 
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.


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