What are you reading?

[Kätzchen]

I traded a bunch of my books in today, at Powell's Book Store,
for a book called...


"Stieg Larsson, My Friend" ~ by Kurdo Baksi


here's a link to an online review of this book:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010...o-baksi-review

[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!

[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

[Wryly]

So the 3 books I had listed as "currently reading" (Points of View by Rex Murphy, Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters by James M. Tabor and Family Knits - 25 Handknits for all seasons by Debbie Bliss are still in the mix but I seem to be reading a lot of stuff in addition to that. (BTW - have also started a pair of socks).
Am 2/3 of the way thru [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Long-Way-Down-Motorcycle-Scotland/dp/B003A02WZ8"]Long Way Down[/ame]. Have also finished (and gotten a headstart on wishful thinking) [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Golf-Annikas-Way-Elevated-Best--/dp/1592403565/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1294595751&sr=1-1"] Golf Annika's Way [/ame].

[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).

[Starbuck]

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman.

The book also includes The 5 Love Languages Personal Profile so the reader can find out what their primary love language is and share that with their partner.

Now it's written for married hetero couples but we can use which ever term we prefer, right? And there's an additional profile so hy or she can find out what their primary love language is, thereby creating a stronger love bond between the two of you.

[Greco]

"Invisible Heroes Survirors of Trauma and How They Heal"

by Belleruth Naparstek

Greco

[Semantics]

Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott.

[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