i'm reading the weekly flyers...i wish it was a book....but i need to make my grocery list somehow *laughs*

joyeaux noel...
 

dis...

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Amor Towles | Rules of Civility (August 2011)
 

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Do you like reading about particular rules of engagement?

I do!

This book is about the culture of a 1930s New York society: cocktail parties, silk stockings, the world of Jazz, and rules that a certain class of people will bend or break in order to experience life to the fullest.

I do believe this book is a keeper!

I'm just about to start Stephen King's 11/22/63.
It weighs about 500 lbs and I haven't figured out how I'm going to read it in bed without knocking myself unconscious . . . . time for an ereader, methinks.

I have been thinking the same thing but I hesitate because of the type of books I read. Do you know what the subject availability is like for those ereaders?

I don't know much about ereaders at all. But here is a link to a kindle thread
http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...ead.php?t=2628

Maybe that will be helpful.

Thankyou
 

This is a thread I enjoy. For instance the book Dark Chrystal shared Generation Loss. Im walking out the door to go buy it

I have ripped thru the first two Hunger Games books and am almost finished with the third... I was surprised in that I couldn't put them down!

I'm currently reading Steve Jobs Biography,"Persistence, All Ways Butch and Femme", and possibly going to start the first "Hunger Games". I downloaded it on my Kindle... it's ready and waiting!

:-D
Starry

stone butch blues by leslie feinberg

I plowed....and I do mean PLOWED...through "The Hunger Games" trilogy over Christmas.

Started the first book on the 23rd and finished with the last book by Christmas evening. I was entertained, which is saying a lot considering how much I read and how many books I run into that are just...bad.


"The Hunger Games" was entertaining and smart in a lot of areas. It wasn't perfect, don't get me wrong. There were several moments when I was frustrated and the last book dragged in several spots.

Over all? Good series.


I am now starting on "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski. It's 709 pages which I LOVE when I need something meaty and is already looking like a complete eye-fuck with the way it's written.

'Sacred Country' - Rose Tremain

Envy ~ Sandra Brown

beowulf....i dug out an old english book and i knew i needed to read it again

Before its sent off
 

"Ultra Marathon Man Confessions of
an All Night Runner"- Dean Karnazes

Inspiring

Greco

I like it so far.

Soon to be reading...
 

I just ordered:

Scarred: A Memoir by George Molho

and a book from when I was young that scared the crap out of me

Watcher in the Woods

Anyone who is reading Steve Job's book... how do you like the book? I am thinking about getting that one soon.

Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right - Thomas Frank

I finally finished Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (2003) and wow, what an intense historical account of what happened at the World's Fair in Chicago at the turn of the century (late 1890s)! I found it to be dense in factual information as well as rich in history of culture during that period of time. I'm definately keeping this book!

I got another book today at Powell's because traffic was nearing gridlock conditions tonight:

Laini Taylor's - Daughter of Smoke and Bone (September 2011)

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Taylor's book is the first of a trilogy, with the second book due later this fall (2012). The genre is sci-fi and not to give too much of the story away, the story is about Chimeras, angels and a girl who lives in Prague (with peacock blue hair)!

Laini Taylor is the author of the National Book Award finalist Lips Touch, as well as the novels Blackbringer, which Kirkus said "belongs at the top of everyone's fantasy must-read list," and Silksinger. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter, Clementine.

Here's a NYTs review: >>> LINK <<<

About half way through "Divergent" and I've decided it's the strong woman's answer to Twilight. Some good light romance but the lead protagonist (female) is not weak and her potential boyfriend would never consider her weak. No saturated pining (yet, please don't let there be).

that being said, this new YA dystopian future genre... ROUGH. lol

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Forum.......

I'm halfway through the 3rd book in the "Game of Thrones" series. I want to read them all before I watch the show. So far I'm so engrossed that I spend every free second reading. :)

Finished "Divergent" last night.

Hmmmm. I can see certain "formulas" starting to develop within the YA Dystopian genre. I know all genre's have a bit of formula to them - but it's disheartening when it's so obvious (not talking about the fact that most are after a huge war - that is after all what defines the genre).

This trilogy has potential - but it is no Hunger Games. Maybe it's a bad thing to read Hunger Games first as far as the genre goes. Kinda like reading Lord of the Rings before the Dragonlance series...

Hmmmmm

Greedy Bastards! by Dylan Ratigan. And in the middle of my annual re-read of This Side of Paridise, F Scott Fitzgerald.

I've been done with the Hunger Games - I was surprised at how quickly I blew through them. I've mentioned them to random strangers in airports. Sigh. I am such a nerd sometimes.

I am currently reading "At Risk" by Patricia Cornwell. For those who remember my vehemence about e-readers vs. books... I've surrendered and downloaded the Kindle app on the iPhone AND the iPad. :blink: :blink:

What genre do you enjoy?

One of my favorite authors is Jacqueline Carey - the Kushiel series is one that I can re-read over and over.

I also enjoyed "Room".

Sherri Reynolds lives here in VA and is, IMO, a wonderful southern author.

On my Kindle app waiting to be read are:

A Tinker's Damn
Keeper of Keys
Dead Wood
Big Lake
The Collectibles
The Wedding Gift

I love the Dresden File series... about a PI who also happens to be a Wizard. I believe there are 13 books at this time...

whole grain, organic, ciabatta, or twinkie. it's all the same.
 

Still on the food science tip. After Gary Taubes' groundbreaking Why We Get Fat: And What To do About It, Wheat Belly is a quick read.

Books
 

Picked-up Haruki Murakami's new book "IQ84"
willl crack its 900 pages open as soon as I finish

Paulo Coelho's "Las Valkiras"

Greco