What are you reading?

apretty · 01-25-2012, 07:28 PM

i'm about 5 pages from finishing and idon't want it to end.

TheDreadPirateRoberts · 01-25-2012, 11:05 PM

water wars by vandana shiva.....i read this book awhile back....but decided to re read since a dear one just finished it today...

Truly Scrumptious · 01-28-2012, 11:07 AM

When She Woke, by Hillary Jordan

It’s the mid-21st century, after Roe v Wade has been overturned, and a woman who has an abortion is now guilty of murder. Her punishment? Her skin is genetically altered . . . turned bright red for the duration of her 16 year sentence. (Prisons are overcrowded, so now people are marked for their crimes.)

Comparisons to The Scarlet Letter and The Handmaid’s Tale are inevitable, and in fact Hillary Jordan describes it as "a deliberate riff" on The Scarlet Letter. It’s dark and disturbing on so many levels, and I can’t put it down.

sugarnspice · 01-28-2012, 11:20 AM

This sounds like a fantastic book! I will go load it on to my Kindle right now!

TheDreadPirateRoberts · 01-28-2012, 02:16 PM

the girl with the dragon tattoo......again...since my lil sister brought my copy back

Sparkle · 01-28-2012, 03:49 PM

my clever ploy to read more by canceling the cable is working...

Last week I finished "Snowdrops" by AD Miller and *HATED* it. It is not thrilling, it is not noir, there are no redeeming characters, every character is shallowly drawn and stereotypical and if I hadn't read it on my kindle I'd have flung it cross the room after reading the last few pages.

In an attempt to scrub my brain of that bad reading experience I was very kindly gift with the "Hunger Games" trilogy which I read between Monday night and this morning. As everyone has said, a very compelling read, I really enjoyed the story.

I'm not sure which next...
Possibly "IQ84" by Murakami which I've been meaning to start for weeks but am feeling a bit daunted by, possibly "The Marriage Plot" by Eugenides, possibly something different all together.

Stud_puppy1991 · 01-28-2012, 07:23 PM

I am currently reading Stephen King's newest novel, 11/22/63, which is about a man that goes back in time to prevent JFK's assassination

01-25-2012, 11:05 PM	#2
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01-28-2012, 02:16 PM	#5
TheDreadPirateRoberts Member How Do You Identify?: self made Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: perfectly content with true love Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Here&There Posts: 576 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 407 Thanked 895 Times in 487 Posts Rep Power: 6114335	the girl with the dragon tattoo......again...since my lil sister brought my copy back __________________ "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Thoreau

01-28-2012, 03:49 PM	#6
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,554 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	my clever ploy to read more by canceling the cable is working... Last week I finished "Snowdrops" by AD Miller and HATED it. It is not thrilling, it is not noir, there are no redeeming characters, every character is shallowly drawn and stereotypical and if I hadn't read it on my kindle I'd have flung it cross the room after reading the last few pages. In an attempt to scrub my brain of that bad reading experience I was very kindly gift with the "Hunger Games" trilogy which I read between Monday night and this morning. As everyone has said, a very compelling read, I really enjoyed the story. I'm not sure which next... Possibly "IQ84" by Murakami which I've been meaning to start for weeks but am feeling a bit daunted by, possibly "The Marriage Plot" by Eugenides, possibly something different all together. __________________ I am made of stars

01-25-2012, 07:28 PM	#1
apretty Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: sea shell Relationship Status: married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: san diego Posts: 1,687 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,927 Thanked 4,373 Times in 1,012 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	i'm about 5 pages from finishing and idon't want it to end.

01-28-2012, 11:07 AM	#3
Truly Scrumptious Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: She's my mirror twin, my next of kin Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse Posts: 667 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,047 Thanked 1,757 Times in 548 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	When She Woke, by Hillary Jordan It’s the mid-21st century, after Roe v Wade has been overturned, and a woman who has an abortion is now guilty of murder. Her punishment? Her skin is genetically altered . . . turned bright red for the duration of her 16 year sentence. (Prisons are overcrowded, so now people are marked for their crimes.) Comparisons to The Scarlet Letter and The Handmaid’s Tale are inevitable, and in fact Hillary Jordan describes it as "a deliberate riff" on The Scarlet Letter. It’s dark and disturbing on so many levels, and I can’t put it down.

01-28-2012, 11:20 AM	#4
sugarnspice Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 51 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20 Thanked 184 Times in 34 Posts Rep Power: 1400515	This sounds like a fantastic book! I will go load it on to my Kindle right now!

01-28-2012, 07:23 PM	#7
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