What are you reading?

[afixer]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Her-Wake-Psychiatrist-Explores-Mystery/dp/046501450X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294582350&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide (9780465014507): Nancy Rappaport: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Stormfields-Visit-Heaven-ebook/dp/B000JMKXYW/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=12945829 06&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven eBook: Mark Twain: Books[/ame]

[Liam]

I just finished Prodigal Summer, by Barbara Kingsolver. She weaves three stories of love together, all centered around Mount Zebulon, in southern Appalachia. The characters are delightful, as are the lessons of biology; Ms. Kingsolver has yet to disappoint me.

[christie]

I just finished Patricia Cornwell's, Post Mortuary.

I'm not sure I liked it. It just didn't "grab" me.

On another note, to all the Nook'ers and Kindle'ers - I see that some have said they are reading more but do you miss the tangible experience of reading?

I have been hesitant in purchasing one because I like feeling the heft of the book in my hand and the physical movement of turning the page. The tactile experience of the paper texture on my fingers.

I'm interested in hearing how the reading experience changes. This might seem kinda whacky, but reading is one of those things that I am passionate about and is an integral part of my life.

Off to the store to see if any of my reading addictions have new books out!

[afixer]

Originally Posted by christie0918

...to all the Nook'ers and Kindle'ers - I see that some have said they are reading more but do you miss the tangible experience of reading?

I'm digging my Kindle.
I love to read and will always prefer a paper book over a e-book.
the advantage to e-reader has for me is the ability to have lots of reading material on hand...just one hand.

I want to add that the kindle has exposed me to more titles than a retail outlet which makes me

[Laerkin]

I just finished the Hunger Games trilogy. WOW. Dark, intense, creative, engaging, and thoroughly memorable. I've restarted the 1st book again so I can soak it up again.

And I just read the entire Harper Connolly series by Charlaine Harris over Christmas. Pretty good!

Tomorrow, I start back on the textbooks. Hrmph. LOL.

[Laerkin]

...to add to the previous posts, I've been reading all of these books on my nook. I can even get most of my Business textbooks on it now, too. I love the feel and the smell of the page, but I just can't beat the convenience. We just went on a 10 day trip and I read 8 books during that time but I only had to carry my little nook to do it. It's awesome.

[Fancy]

Different Learners
By Jane M. Healy, Ph.D

[BBinNYC]

Originally Posted by June

Reading is reading to me. The feel of the book/paper I do not miss when I read a Kindle. I think sometimes our books can *own* us. In that we can accrue so many of them and never touch them again. Pretty soon, there are piles and boxes of them because they won't all fit on the shelves.

Some books, I need to own, but I am finding that I don't need to own or try to figure out where to store the others.

Yes! That is exactly why I started using a Kindle, the storage problem. I soon realized that I actually like the Kindle quite a bit. I love keeping a Wish List and then when I finish a book, I can download the next one in 30 seconds and start on it.

I just finished reading A Tale of Love and Darkness, a memoir by Amos Oz, which I read in connection with a trip to Israel I took with my synagogue (the gay synagogue in NYC). It's a wonderful look at Israel right before and after Independence and it is a chronicle of the eastern European immigration of that period.

Now I'm reading Once Upon A Country, a memoir by Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian who writes about the same subjects as Amos Oz, but from a Palestinian point of view. I'm liking it a lot.

BBinNYC

[Kobi]

"I Remember Nothing" by Nora Ephron - unfortunately she remembered to write this.

I wonder how long it will take Kindle type products to put publishers out of business?

[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by Kobi

"I Remember Nothing" by Nora Ephron - unfortunately she remembered to write this.

I wonder how long it will take Kindle type products to put publishers out of business?

I think publishers are safe, regardless of format books take they still need to be edited and published to garner any significant attention. Printers and distributors, however, need to worry; and from a green perspective this is not such a bad thing.

It is the independent book stores I worry for; and even though I own a kindle and I still buy hard copies of books I love and I buy hard copies of books for children and for friends (most of my friends have resisted e-readers thus far).

[nycfem]

If you have a chance to stop back and let us know what you thought of "In her Wake" when you finish it, I'd be very curious to know. Thanks. I'm thinking about whether to read it myself.

Originally Posted by afixer

Amazon.com: In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide (9780465014507): Nancy Rappaport: Books

Amazon.com: Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven eBook: Mark Twain: Books

[dreadgeek]

Currently working my way through:

The Left at War -- Michael Berube

A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy -- Jonathan Israel

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America -- Eugene Robinson

I'm also listening to a couple of audiobooks:

Eye of the World: Wheel of Time Book 1 -- Robert Jordan

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany -- William L. Shirer

When I'm done with Shirer (which I should be by next week) I'm going to start at the beginning of Richard J. Evans "Third Reich Trilogy" (The Coming of the Third Reich) and then go through all three books in sequence. In part this is done for comparative purposes. Shirer's book, while a work of history, is mostly a work of journalism (he was a reporter). Evans, on the other hand, is considered the world's foremost scholar on Nazi Germany and having read through books 2 and 3 of his trilogy, I want to go back and catch the whole magisterial sweep of his work.

Cheers
Aj

[amiyesiam]

I am currently reading sock patterns!

[Wryly]

Finished Long Way Down last night. Working on finishing [ame="http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insight-Scientists-Personal/dp/1430300612"]My Stroke of Insight[/ame] and [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Small-Island-Bill-Bryson/dp/0380727501"]Notes From a Small Island[/ame]. And then there's still a pile of books that I've just started.

amiyesiam - what pattern book? How do you knit socks - toe up or cuff down?

[Greco]

kindle-less and for good reason...to each their own

I love books the texture of their pages the ink forming
their words

a book the patience it shows to my reading
from right to left or from back to front and back again

when we fall asleep together and I accidentally crush it with
my body in the morning to find it happy to be alive and
read

I love to throw them into my "man's" bag as we go off to the
office and there take a few moments together between folks.

the feel of their weight in my hands, my total control of how
we will proceed...alright going off here.

yes, I love books, hard cover, paperbacks, books.

love in print.

Greco

[CeriseNin]

Water for Elephants. It's a fascinating read.

On my bed table: Wanderlust

[afixer]

Originally Posted by CeriseNin

Water for Elephants. It's a fascinating read.

this book has been in my bag for over a month. why did i wait so long?

it's a page turner...liking it.

[socialjustice_fsu]

Originally Posted by greco

kindle-less and for good reason...to each their own

I love books the texture of their pages the ink forming
their words

a book the patience it shows to my reading
from right to left or from back to front and back again

when we fall asleep together and I accidentally crush it with
my body in the morning to find it happy to be alive and
read

I love to throw them into my "man's" bag as we go off to the
office and there take a few moments together between folks.

the feel of their weight in my hands, my total control of how
we will proceed...alright going off here.

yes, I love books, hard cover, paperbacks, books.

love in print.

Greco

Your views speak to my love of 'physical' books, as well.

And there is a sweet feeling that overcomes me when the book has been a gift to me. Someone has thought enough of me to want to share something they had spent their precious time ingrossed in perhaps over days, weeks, months. Take it a step further...to in turn, pass the book on to someone for their pleasure and on and on it goes. Pay it forward.

Some of my dearest, sweetest thoughts left to me from my precious father were those written in the front of his favorite books.

I certainly understand the want/use of a kindle or something similar for some folks, however for me, my books are a part of my being. They help define my interests, my likes and yes, even my needs.

I studied British Literature throughout college. I just don't think I could read William Shakespeare from an e-reader. At least not for a long time.

[Greco]

Yes, exactly. I have known love through what was written between the covers of my soon to be favorite books. and the ritual of spending an afternoon looking through shelves of books in old used book stores while leaning against each other then going out with our "new" finds and taking her home for readings to each other between mouthfuls of comforting food.

and well you know the rest...and all because of books. Lately, I've been keeping my forever favorites and actually writing in the margins for my nieces and nephews to find after I'm gone from here...they are in my Will for them...books what gifts.

Greco

[christie]

Thanks for your responses about ebooks - I see the points of view about space/storage, the upside about green issues and also the concerns for the publishing and related industries. I see where the ebook can impact not just printers and publishing houses, but also the logging, paper manufacturers, ink manufacturers, transportation and warehousing industries.

For now, I think I will stick with old school. I like being able to hand a book to someone and saying, "I'm done with this now and I think you will love it. When you are done, pass it to someone else." I like that my son has children's books that were mine as a child and that I have a collection of his that I envision him reading to his children.

These days, I have two paperbacks I am reading - "Live To Tell" by Lisa Gardner and "Eight Days to Live" by Iris Johansen.

I am attempting to patiently wait for "Namah's Blessing" by Jacqueline Carey - June 2011 seems SO far away! Charliane Harris has a new Sookie Stackhouse book due out in May 2011 - "Dead Reckoning". I'm tellin' ya - for those of us with gnat-like patience, its a conspiracy to make us buy other books as we wait!