Hope you'll stop by with a review after :).

(I love Emily Dickinson!)

Whether I need to or not...;-)
 

I know this thread lends itself more toward books etc but I just have to say that I recently decided I need to be more informed in my citizenry--and certainly more globally informed as well. So I recently subscribed to the New York Times, which in addition to being fairly global in it's scope also has the most amazing pictures! I've been enjoying them on my iPad...good for the soul. And also, the LGBT wedding announcements are fucking wonderful to read. That is all. Carry on. :-)

Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls

I never read fiction. But I loved her Glass Castles

i bought the
wool omnibus edition - hugh howey
just finished book 1

fan-freakin'-tastic

I loved that series.

I read that 20th Century Fox bought the movie rights and that Ridley Scott is heading the project. If they do it right it's going to be awesome.

An excellent book, also a film. Good choice.

Juvenile Fiction
 

So for years everyone has been trying to get me to read Harry Potter and Twilight and stuff, and I'm like "Hmmm, no. How about I read some Mian Mian or Dostoyevsky or Michelle Tea because I'm a grown-up, no thank you." I'm pretty embarrassed about it, but I'm kinda super into the Hunger Games now. I had to buy the third book in hard copy, and I wanted to wear sunglasses and a trench coat to the juvenile fiction section. But I guess I don't care... I love those books.

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Each chapter details one night/one customer...fascinating. Read in one soak in the bath.

"There is something open and honest about the words written in this book. I always feel a little more bare, a little more vulnerable after reading something so raw. Even if you think that this book isn't for you, I would encourage you to read it anyways. You might be surprised at what you learn about yourself in the process." - Chelsie Perkins

Travels with Epicurus : a journey to a Greek island in search of a fulfilled life /

Daniel Klein

Klein (Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, 2008, among others) returned to the Greek island of Hydra at age 73. His return had a new and specific purpose: I want to figure out the most satisfying way to live this stage of my life. Prior experience with the island led to conclude that the old folks of Hydra have always struck me as uncommonly content with their stage in life. But just observing and absorbing what the people had to show and tell him didn't seem like quite enough. To augment his on-site learning, he took with him a stack of philosophy books by ancient Greeks as well as some modern writers. It's an interesting formula, resulting in a lovely little book with both heart and punch, an argument against the forever young syndrome so prevalent in contemporary American society. His contemplative time spent observing the old men of Hydra while reading his small library of the great thinkers led him to an evolving philosophy of a good and authentic old age. --Hooper, Brad Copyright 2010 Booklist

I just finished the Mortal Instruments series, and have started re-reading The Host.

A friend sent me a good 20 novels for the Kindle that I have to transfer over.. I am excited :)

I bought all three at once, figured if they were so popular I would love them.. Honestly, it took me a lot to get into the first book. It was so hard I even asked the wife if I should just return them! Glad I stuck it through because I liked them. I don't love them per say, but they are a good read. I am not fond of the movie, not sure why, I think I built up District 9 as more glamorous in my mind, and did not imagine the other districts looking so.. old-fashioned?

Either way, glad you are enjoying it. Our 9 year old has finished the Harry Potter series I believe, and is now reading The Hunger Games.

I will have to go look that up! I didn't know about it! I am doing the free 30 days of Amazon Prime and that is a little addicting :)

What are you reading?
 

The Bible... New Standard Revised Edition.. I think that's what it's called.. It's so easy to understand and read...

Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer