What are you reading?

bright_arrow · 04-09-2013, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollylane

I just discovered something new on my Kindle Fire, there is an app called "Audible", and they have a 30 day free trial for Audio Books. I work on Data entry at work sometimes, and today was one of those days. I really enjoyed listening to a book while I was working. In fact, it was awesome! It really made the day fly by.

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

Kent · 04-09-2013, 10:48 PM

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

Rope · 04-09-2013, 11:02 PM

Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

always2late · 04-09-2013, 11:19 PM

A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power

Katniss · 04-10-2013, 09:13 AM

I am currently reading "Kyudo---the Essence and Practice of Japanese Archery."
by Onuma and De Prospero

Kyudo-the Way of the Bow-is the oldest of Japan's traditional martial arts and the one most closely associated with bushido, the Way of the Warrior. Kyudo at a granular level is the search for Truth, Goodness and Beauty and to find those concepts within the self. I will admit I am currently taking classes in kyudo so there was a method to my madness in starting in on this book. I at first found it challenging and the stillness and centering difficult for my very Western spirit to embrace. As time has passed I find I enjoy this new way of thinking and am leaning into the challenge.

VeganDebbie · 04-10-2013, 05:36 PM

Usually its a cookbook, but I've started Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GWYNNE

Hollylane · 04-09-2013, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by desd

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

Oh my Dog...I am an Amazon Prime addict...I hardly use my Netflix since I signed up for Amazon Prime, and don't get me started about the free shipping during the holidays!

Talon · 04-10-2013, 10:20 PM

Gabriel's Woman....by Robin Schone

MysticOceansFL · 04-10-2013, 11:22 PM

Da Vinci code

wahya · 04-12-2013, 03:14 PM

What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?: 200 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers.

I went out and got this to educate myself for those never ending questions my 7 yr old grandson stumps me on from time to time. lol

Kobi · 04-18-2013, 12:27 PM

Not becoming my mother : and other things she taught me along the way / Ruth Reichl

Bestselling author Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed and openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own.

Sparkle · 04-18-2013, 01:21 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-A-Novel/dp/0316176486/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366312599&sr=8-1&keywords=kate+atkinson"]Life After Life by Kate Atkinson[/ame]

from the book description:

"What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.

Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?

Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best."

It is very readable, as are all her books. And it's a great concept. I'll let you know what I think when it's done.

Fancy · 04-23-2013, 07:53 AM

Minimalist Parenting: Enjoying Modern Family Life More by Doing Less
by Asha Dornfest and Christine Koh

Ok, so I was thinking this book was going to tell me to get rid of my stuff, but not so. Here's a partial review from Moxie, which I think is spot-on:
"This book is probably going to overwhelm you if you have a first baby under three months. If you have kids older than that, though, this book will give you a nice framework for thinking about all the areas of family life so you can assess what you can control and streamline things so you can process the chaos as it happens and spend more time enjoying life and less time feeling like it's dragging you around."

girl_dee · 04-23-2013, 09:03 PM

Incidents in the life of a slave girl

Harriet Jacobs

Kobi · 04-24-2013, 09:21 AM

Where Have All The Leaders Gone

~Lee Iacocca

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