What are you reading?

katsarecool · 11-25-2010, 11:38 PM

An Indecent Obsession by Collen McCullough~ my alltime favorite author. Written in 1981, this neurologist turned writer can really get into the characters and make them come alive and so human. She also wrote the Thorn Birds a huge bestseller and later made into a movie that was a big hit. This story is about a nurse in the mental ward of a hospital in the South Pacific after WWII; she and all the patients are from Australia and she works her way through their healing and her own.

Colleen also wrote a series of books about Rome; First Man Of Rome, Grass Crown, Ceasar's Women, etc. Seven or eight in all that really capture Rome and it's most famous citizens in all their glory!

Soon · 11-25-2010, 11:42 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Loved-You-Would-Tell-This/dp/1400068576"]If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This.[/ame]

One of the best short story collections I have ever read (and I am not usually a fan of short fiction!).

JakeTulane · 11-25-2010, 11:56 PM

Night - by Elie Wiesel

Knock Out - Catherine Coulter

Awearness (yes that is how it is spelled) - Kenneth Cole

DamonK · 11-26-2010, 12:54 AM

Almost done with "An Interview with a Cannibal: Armin Mewin". Um, it's interesting. It's creepy.

Fixing to start "Holocaust: Eastern Jewry".

Bit of a story: In past 8 wks or so, we've had 10 residents pass away. The last one was a bitter blow for me. So, I'm not a fan of religion, but...picked up a bible, started thumbing through it. It's interesting. So I'm reading that too.

aldebaran · 11-26-2010, 02:04 AM

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read.

katsarecool · 11-26-2010, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by aldebaran

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read.

oh I want to read this!!!

katsarecool · 11-29-2010, 03:30 PM

Re-reading The Girls Sappho Goes To Hollywood by Diana McLellan. I love this book! Again! The story revolves around Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Tulluah Bankhead and the women who loved them. Large selection of amazing photograhps as well

11-25-2010, 11:38 PM	#1
katsarecool Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Woman Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Between Athens and Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,849 Thanked 1,765 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 323367	An Indecent Obsession by Collen McCullough~ my alltime favorite author. Written in 1981, this neurologist turned writer can really get into the characters and make them come alive and so human. She also wrote the Thorn Birds a huge bestseller and later made into a movie that was a big hit. This story is about a nurse in the mental ward of a hospital in the South Pacific after WWII; she and all the patients are from Australia and she works her way through their healing and her own. Colleen also wrote a series of books about Rome; First Man Of Rome, Grass Crown, Ceasar's Women, etc. Seven or eight in all that really capture Rome and it's most famous citizens in all their glory! __________________

11-25-2010, 11:42 PM	#2
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,093 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	just finished this--so good!! [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Loved-You-Would-Tell-This/dp/1400068576"]If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This.[/ame] One of the best short story collections I have ever read (and I am not usually a fan of short fiction!).

11-26-2010, 02:04 AM	#5
aldebaran Junior Member How Do You Identify?: trans dude Preferred Pronoun?: he, him, uncle, brother, amigo, paisano Relationship Status: confirmed batchelor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 26 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 530170	Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read. __________________ "I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye." -Stephen King (Roland Deschain/The Gunslinger)

11-29-2010, 03:30 PM	#7
katsarecool Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Woman Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Between Athens and Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,849 Thanked 1,765 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 323367	Re-reading The Girls Sappho Goes To Hollywood by Diana McLellan. I love this book! Again! The story revolves around Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Tulluah Bankhead and the women who loved them. Large selection of amazing photograhps as well __________________

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DamonK Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: May 2010 Location: . Posts: 2,199 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,527 Thanked 7,762 Times in 1,881 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Almost done with "An Interview with a Cannibal: Armin Mewin". Um, it's interesting. It's creepy. Fixing to start "Holocaust: Eastern Jewry". Bit of a story: In past 8 wks or so, we've had 10 residents pass away. The last one was a bitter blow for me. So, I'm not a fan of religion, but...picked up a bible, started thumbing through it. It's interesting. So I'm reading that too.