What are you reading?

daisygrrl · 06-03-2011, 05:23 PM

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 · 06-03-2011, 05:55 PM

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

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 · 06-03-2011, 06:20 PM

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.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Kicked-Hornets-Nest/dp/1906694176"]Amazon.com: Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (9781906694173): Stieg Larsson: Books[/ame]

pajama · 06-03-2011, 06:45 PM

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

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 · 06-03-2011, 06:51 PM

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.

Sparkle · 06-05-2011, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pajara2

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.

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 · 06-05-2011, 11:25 PM

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

Camo Eagle · 06-06-2011, 06:35 PM

Secret Societies by Sylvia Browne

StillettoDoll · 06-24-2011, 07:40 PM

Semantics · 06-27-2011, 06:32 PM

My friend loved it so much that she drove it over as soon as she was finished.

Andrew, Jr. · 06-27-2011, 08:20 PM

Rosie and I listened to Chaz Bono's lastest book on tape while driving to Richmond. It was very well done. We enjoyed it.

Elijah · 06-27-2011, 08:49 PM

I am reading Transition by Chaz Bono, I may be wildly unpopular for saying this, but I am a little disappointed, I am up to Chapter 6.

Also, is there really a way to share Kindle books, or is that a myth?

amnesia.bfp · 06-28-2011, 09:35 AM

I can't remember.

Who am I?

JAGG · 07-14-2011, 07:40 AM

Just finished a book called Higher Consciousness.

pajama · 06-03-2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommi

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

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

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