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I am reading The Hunger Games. I rarely read fiction. The ten year old in my life loved this book and asked me to read it. Not exactly riviting for me but, I am very glad to see that a young woman is smart, strong, hero. And, I am touched that the 10 year old wants to share something meaningful to her with me.
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"Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales
"Surviving Survival" by the same author Read these two this past week and tonight I am re-reading "Final Gifts" by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley Yes, the themes are death, dying, surviving survival and above all and in all categories...resilience. What deep pleasure I get from reading...like holding subtle, and heart-wrenching conversations with intelligent and sensitive others. Life is good. Greco |
By Wednesday, I hope to be reading a biography about Lincoln's early life. Seeing the movie made me want to read alll about him....
I can't wait to be able to read again just in general. Without the clawing headaches that follow... :) <<< happy girl..if not a wee bit trepidatious :eatinghersheybar: |
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/The-Death-Bees-A-Novel/dp/0062209841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359253442&sr=8-1&keywords=death+of+bees"]The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell[/ame]
"Marnie and her little sister, Nelly, are on their own now. Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren't telling. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other. Besides, it's only a year until Marnie will be considered an adult and can legally take care of them both." |
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I am, for what seems the millionth time, rereading the entire Harry Potter series. Right now I'm on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers, written
by Anne Lamott. This book is written in the usual Lamott style of dissecting the way we communicate with a Higher Being. She brings the three essential prayers to life as only she can do. This is an easy read as far as time...however, processing of the content can be a bit more tedious. Somehow she weaves the content in such a way one comes away thinking...she just read the thoughts in my head. Anne Lamott glows again with the publishing of this jewel. |
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I just finished Game of Thrones
and am really really jonesing for the next book: but I have a book club book (The Big Burn) plus the new Jen Lancaster and the new John Green that people are really bugging me to discuss with them also a big stack of stuff for graduate seminar in British Enlightenment Literature What I am looking for here is for someone to tell me "Go ahead and plow through the entire Song of Ice and Fire series- book club can wait, Enlightenment Literature can wait, John Green can wait, and Jen Lancaster can wait" Is there anyone out there available to do that for me? |
Everything I can get my hands on! <3
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I'm reading a childhood favorite right now...The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
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Before Green Gables.
It's the story of Anne Shirley ( of Green Gables), before she was adopted and brought to Prince Edward Island. |
Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl
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Dancing the Dream-Jamie Sams ( a book on 7 spiritual paths of Native Americans)
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond.
I'm a big fan of Diamond's and I liked this book. It received a lot of negative reviews, and I think one of the issues is that his previous books, while non-fiction, focused on much more dramatic content. They were entertaining and yet one didn't need an anthropology degree to understand them. The World Until Yesterday has more of a textbook vibe than Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel. |
The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman
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The Stand...by Stephen King...only about the 50th time I have read it :blush: but I swear, every time I pick it up, I read something that I don't remember being there the time before...kinda like when you have driven the same route on your way to work forever and something suddenly pops up and you wonder...well when the heck did they build that, or how long has that been there? and someone in the truck with you says...Ohhhh that has been there forever...well holy crackers...I never seen it before...hahahahaha makes me kinda feel dumb, but surely I'm not the only person this happens to, or maybe I am and just don't realize it :|
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Fire by Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson
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I am currently re-reading a favorite book:
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (James McBride, 2006; Riverhead Books, New York) From the New York Times Book Review: "Complex and moving... suffused with issues of race, religion, and identity. Yet those issues, so much a part of their live and stories, are not central. The triumph of the book - and their lives - is that race and religion transcended in these interwoven stories by family love, the sheer force of a mother's will, and her unshakeable insistence that only two things mattered: school and church.... |
I happened upon Charlie Rose about two weeks ago and his guest was article and short story writer George Saunders.
His latest publication, In Persuasion Nation, is what I am currently reading. So far the serious social commentary laced with natural humor has me cracking it open every evening. I know it may sound pompous of me, yet it's not how I mean it, but few things hold my interest and very rarely, at that, fiction. So, I am quite pleased that I picked this one up. :) ~Bleu |
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Life-Memoir-Farming-Food/dp/1416551611"]The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love[/ame]
by Kristin Kimball It almost started out like a romance novel, but thank goodness it went beyond that and I'm currently learning more about farm implements and the milking process than I ever thought possible. So far it's quite inspirational; the tenacity of people united with a dream. |
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_20?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=emotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward&spre fix=emotional+blackmail+%2Caps%2C213&rh=i%3Aaps%2C k%3Aemotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward"]Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You [/ame]
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I am still reading Eat, Pray, Love. Its taking me a long time... I just can't seem to stay focused on getting through it, even though I am really enjoying it.
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The Slow Fix by Ivan Coyote
Ivan Coyote is a great short story writer/storyteller who has inspired me beyond belief... which is funny because we are very different people. Ze likes country life, is a storyteller, and socializes with more close minded people than I could ever bear... Still zirs writing inspires me in the erotica and erotic poems I've been working on.:typewriter: |
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After the Finish Line...(The Race to End Horse Slaughter in America)
by Bill Heller |
(3) Books going right now:
Team of Rivals: Doris Kearns Goodwin The Whiskey Rebels: David Liss Foucault's Pendulum: Umberto Eco |
At Home, a Short History of Private Life - Bill Bryson
Shakespeare on Toast - Ben Crystal Recovery's a Bitch - Jacqui Brown Living Clean - the approval draft The Etymologican - Mark Forsyth |
On the go...
Madness and Civilization:
A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Michel Foucault Other Kingdoms Richard Matheson The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon |
I hope you'll write us some brief reviews if time permits. These all sound like interesting reads.
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This Time I Dance! By Tama J. Kieves.
It is about the passion inside in expressing it to the world in what one does as in purpose. |
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Just started the Bryson today but always enjoy his wonderfully understated, wry style of writing. Shakespeare on Toast (non fiction) is wonderful thus far; I'm about two thirds through; It's made me laugh out loud and imparted new knowledge too...bonus! Not finished it but highly recommend to those who like language, literature, Shakespeare and theatre study. Recovery's a Bitch was not what I expected sadly mainly because I was a numpty and didn't read the Amazon synopsis, just went on the title alone. Doh! However, it's funny, hilarious in parts and I'm glad I got it...it's very much a 'dipper' though. The author is a woman who was dealing with her daughter's addictions and destructive behaviours concurrently with her own menopausal symptoms. I had been looking for info about dealing with man-o-pause in recovery Living Clean is the newly approved NA book and it's awesome! I could critique how it's written but won't, just because in this context, it wouldn't be helpful. Not finished it yet; enjoying reading it in chunks along with others at the meeting I currently chair. Everyone is loving reading/hearing it because it's not something we've already heard endlessly - although sometimes, endlessly is what it takes :| The Etymologicon is another dipper; A bathroom book if you will :winky: It is, as you might imagine, a book about where words come from. There's much more to it than that though. If you like words, etymology and language you might really enjoy this book. Not read enough to critque properly yet. |
Next on my list is Chicken Soup for the traveler's soul
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" You are not so smart." By David Mcraney
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Not reading, but listening to the audio books at work.
"Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals" by Thomas More "Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On" by Christine Benvenuto "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl "This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection" by Carol Burnett |
recent reads:
alex cross, run, james patterson negotiator, dee henderson quinn's christmas wish, lawna mackie currently readin': the rules of life, richard templar southern waters, d.g. mcintosh in a true light, john harvey |
I just downloaded Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James. It got mixed reviews, but I'm drawn to the oddball social science books, so what the hey.
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Currently reading: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Dog Show Confidential by Connie Newcomb
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