What are you reading?

deathbypoem · 08-12-2013, 12:09 PM

Reading a book online that I read in paperback a few weeks ago.

It's about a woman in a polygamist group that fights with her entire might to get the hell out of there.
It's called Escape.

nycfem · 08-12-2013, 12:47 PM

I loved that book!

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Carolyn-Jessop/dp/0767927575/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376333242&sr=8-1&keywords=escape"]Escape: Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer: 9780767927574: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

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Originally Posted by deathbypoem

Reading a book online that I read in paperback a few weeks ago.

It's about a woman in a polygamist group that fights with her entire might to get the hell out of there.
It's called Escape.

deathbypoem · 08-12-2013, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nycfem

I loved that book!

Escape: Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer: 9780767927574: Amazon.com: Books

oh my goodness. Me too. Little did I know that all of that really existed. I mean to an extent I knew of things here and there but that is beyond disturbing.

glad you enjoyed it too

Soon · 08-12-2013, 01:56 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Clean-A-Memoir-ebook/dp/B00B77UDXO/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376337146&sr=1-1&keywords=coming+clean"]Coming Clean: A Memoir: Kimberly Rae Miller[/ame]

Both Blurbs Taken From Amazon:

Kim Miller is an immaculately put-together woman with a great career, a loving boyfriend, and a tidy apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. You would never guess that Kim grew up behind the closed doors of her family’s idyllic Long Island house, navigating between teetering stacks of aging newspapers, broken computers, and boxes upon boxes of unused junk festering in every room—the product of her father’s painful and unending struggle with hoarding.
In this moving coming-of-age story, Kim brings to life her rat-infested home, her childhood consumed by concealing her father’s shameful secret from friends, and the emotional burden that ultimately led to an attempt to take her own life. And in beautiful prose, Miller sheds light on her complicated yet loving relationship with her parents that has thrived in spite of the odds.

Coming Clean is a story about recognizing where we come from and the relationships that define us—and about finding peace in the homes we make for ourselves.

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The Chronology of Water: A Memoir Paperback
by Lidia Yuknavitch

This is not your mother’s memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young woman’s developing sexuality that some define as untraditional because of her attraction to both men and women. Her emergence as a writer evolves at the same time and takes the narrator on a journey of addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.

KCBUTCH · 08-12-2013, 04:01 PM

The 40 day Prosperity program

blush · 08-12-2013, 08:06 PM

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Miller
President Garfield spent $150 on his Presidential campaign. It's an amazing account of his presidency.

The Language of Flowers
In spite of the plot holes big enough to drive a Mac truck through, I loved the characters.

The Perfume Collector
It's a great realistic fiction about classic perfumes.

The Cuckoo's Calling
I almost gave up on the stereotypical characters, but they're intentional. I loved the kitten stationary. Very Dolores Umbridge.

RockOn · 08-12-2013, 08:11 PM

CLR via C# 4th edition 2012 by Jeff Richter

I am very familiar with parts of it but decided today to study/read one chapter a day at work ... I believe it will be beneficial. It is some 900 pages of pure geek.

puddin' · 08-13-2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by nycfem

I loved that book!

Escape: Carolyn Jessop, Laura Palmer: 9780767927574: Amazon.com: Books

wow, will hafta check that one out.

"buried (a bone secrets novel)", by kendra elliot

""let's explore diabetes with owls", david sedaris

ONLY · 08-13-2013, 02:41 PM

Affliction by Laura K. Hamilton (the Anita Blake series)
Excellent series ( I think this is book 21 or so) SS

got me hooked on them

nycfem · 08-15-2013, 08:55 PM

Tried out:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Cow-An-Indian-Adventure/dp/0767915747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376621390&sr=8-1&keywords=holy+cow"]Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure: Sarah Macdonald: 9780767915748: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

but I just couldn't get into it. I stopped the book towards the beginning. I love travel writing but I found her sense of humor to be condescending or something. Some others on Amazon felt the same way.

nycfem · 08-15-2013, 09:15 PM

Oh, I forgot. I knew I was reading a good book! I'm also reading:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Roseannearchy-Dispatches-Farm-Roseanne-Barr/dp/B00509COIW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376622556&sr=8-1&keywords=Rosannearchy"]Amazon.com: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm: Roseanne Barr: Books[/ame]

I didn't expect to like this book but I'm loving it! It's a memoir by Rosanne Barr that focuses a lot on:

-her experience growing up as a fat child
-her many years as part of a lesbian feminist collective (even though she's straight, she has a lesbian sister- and they are politically aligned)
-her fierce feminism and living outside the box

It has some very interesting and moving stories and also is very funny! I tend to prefer reading books on feminist theory by lesbians but Rosanne really holds her own. Surprisingly enjoyable read.

Slowpurr · 08-15-2013, 10:17 PM

Kurt Vonnegut

Look At The Birdie

Katelar · 08-16-2013, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nycfem

Oh, I forgot. I knew I was reading a good book! I'm also reading:

Amazon.com: Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm: Roseanne Barr: Books

I didn't expect to like this book but I'm loving it! It's a memoir by Rosanne Barr that focuses a lot on:

-her experience growing up as a fat child
-her many years as part of a lesbian feminist collective (even though she's straight, she has a lesbian sister- and they are politically aligned)
-her fierce feminism and living outside the box

It has some very interesting and moving stories and also is very funny! I tend to prefer reading books on feminist theory by lesbians but Rosanne really holds her own. Surprisingly enjoyable read.

That looks really good, I may have to get a copy when the price comes down a bit.

I've just started reading ' The unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'. It's different to what I usually read as I'm a non fiction person mainly. So far it's enjoyable.

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Unlikely-Pilgrimage-Harold-Fry/dp/0552778095/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376654018&sr=8-1&keywords=the+unlikely+pilgrimage+of+harold+fry "]The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry: Amazon.co.uk: Rachel Joyce: Books[/ame]

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