What book are you reading now? [Archive]

I'msoAfraid95

02-10-2013, 10:47 PM

olive

02-11-2013, 09:06 AM

Life - Keith Richards
Make up to Break up - Peter Criss

Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being -
Rudolph E. Tanzi , Deepak Chopra

Double Life: A Love Story from Broadway to Hollywood-
Alan Shayne(Producer) Norman Sunshine ( artist)

I am working myself up to this the story of the life of Louis Zamperini

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. - laura Hillenbrand

redbird

02-11-2013, 12:47 PM

I'm working my way through Ken Caillat's Making of Rumours, and also James Joyce' The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.

KarmaContestant

02-11-2013, 01:52 PM

I've been reading Anne Rice's Violin for months. It's a great book, but I rarely have time to read unless I'm taking the bus to work. I haven't been on the bus in a couple months....so I'm a little stuck.

Next on my list is this one. I'll be buying a house and moving soon, and chickens are tops on my list.

http://www.thegardencoop.com/images/free-range-chicken-gardens-book.jpg

estranged4life

02-11-2013, 02:31 PM

"The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles" by Donald H.Wolfe

"Area 51 - An uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base" by Annie Jacobsen

Plan to start reading "Seal Target Geronimo - The Inside Story of the Mission to kill OBL" by Chuck Pfarrer

Helping out here at the library has it advantages because when it comes time to order new books the librarian gets a few that I like.

Edit: Add it the behemoth sized "World War II - A Complete Photographic History" edited by Hal Buell (This thing is going to cause me a hernia to lug around)

beccamorrisfift

02-11-2013, 03:51 PM

Life of Pi -Yann Martel
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise - ""
...among others

I think you're wrong about no teenagers reading, by the way.

poetinmyheart

02-11-2013, 04:26 PM

^How are you finding Life of Pi Becca? Would you recommend it?

I'm currently reading 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking' by Susan Cain. It's very interesting, particularly as I consider myself to be an introvert who could quite happily lock myself away for days at a time.

I'msoAfraid95

02-11-2013, 05:03 PM

Life of Pi -Yann Martel
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise - ""
...among others

I think you're wrong about no teenagers reading, by the way.

I've been meaning to read The Great Gatsby. I've seen the movie and want to read the book.

As for the teenagers reading, where I live, my friends only read if they have to. They never read for fun. They say that reading is very boring.

bangdrum

02-11-2013, 07:35 PM

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara. (My boss is on a war-history book kick.)

Yes I know I haven't posted in a long time. :p

I'msoAfraid95

02-11-2013, 07:48 PM

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara. (My boss is on a war-history book kick.)

Yes I know I haven't posted in a long time. :p

I own both the book and movie. I'm a huge Civil War buff.

chelluversu

02-11-2013, 09:32 PM

Books I've started:

Jane Eyre
Beloved.

Books I've read recently:
The Bluest Eye
Pride and Prejudice (I wasn't expecting to love this book, but it got me)
The In Between
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

redbird

02-12-2013, 10:52 AM

Last year I did a blitz of F. Scott Fitzgerald books (he only had 5.5 so not a huge task). Gatsby is pretty short so if you have time, you could check out Tender is the Night as well, it's flawed but still really very good.

beccamorrisfift

02-12-2013, 03:05 PM

^How are you finding Life of Pi Becca? Would you recommend it?

It's something of a slow burner, I haven't touched it for a couple of days and don't feel that desire to read it like I did with The Kite Runner etc.
But I shall persevere! I'm using it as my further reading for A Level.

Last year I did a blitz of F. Scott Fitzgerald books (he only had 5.5 so not a huge task). Gatsby is pretty short so if you have time, you could check out Tender is the Night as well, it's flawed but still really very good.

Gatsby is a book that I am finding rather annoying for some reason, it feels like its taking forever, granted we are reading it as a class, making it a bit difficult to speed through anything.
But the opulence is rather enticing.

poetinmyheart

02-12-2013, 03:30 PM

It's something of a slow burner, I haven't touched it for a couple of days and don't feel that desire to read it like I did with The Kite Runner etc.
But I shall persevere! I'm using it as my further reading for A Level.

I read The Kite Runner last year. I thought it was wonderful. I couldn't put it down and for days after it played on my mind. I love when a book gets to you like that. I haven't had that type of reading experience for awhile.

beccamorrisfift

02-12-2013, 04:47 PM

I read The Kite Runner last year. I thought it was wonderful. I couldn't put it down and for days after it played on my mind. I love when a book gets to you like that. I haven't had that type of reading experience for awhile.

Me neither, it's such a strong novel, I really loved reading it.
But having to writ about 'How Hosseini tells the story in Chapter 2' is really taking the shine off.

cantgoback

02-12-2013, 05:04 PM

I love to read, so I'm curious as to what ya'll are reading or what you like to read.

I'm currently reading Bram Stroker's Dracula.
*gasp* There is actually a teenager who likes to read? :lol: :p

Sorry I had to put that little joke there.

haha, i love to read to! (i'm a teenager as well)
currently i'm reading John Green's An Abundance of Katherines

Blueletter18

02-13-2013, 06:26 PM

I just finished Chad Harbach's book "The Art of Fielding." I rarely enjoy fiction, but this was PERFECT! Totally awesome, and I don't even like baseball. I'm also struggling through the second book in George R.R. Martin's "Song of Fire and Ice" (Game of Thrones) series.

Blueletter18

02-13-2013, 06:27 PM

GypsySorcerer

02-13-2013, 08:37 PM

Glad to see some some of the younger ones enjoy reading. :)

Let's see...recently, I finished In the Woods - a mystery, a genre of which I'm not particularly fond. But this was a compelling read, with really lush prose. I also finished Escape From Camp 14, an account of a man who escaped from the harshest of North Korea's prison camps. It is quite disturbing in parts, but I couldn't put it down.

WildHearted

02-13-2013, 08:39 PM

I read Silver Linings Playbook last night. It was a good read, but I have to say I enjoyed the movie more.

redbird

02-14-2013, 12:00 AM

Gatsby is a book that I am finding rather annoying for some reason, it feels like its taking forever, granted we are reading it as a class, making it a bit difficult to speed through anything.
But the opulence is rather enticing.Reading things in class can ruin a lot of great books unfortunately. I'm looking forward to and dreading the movie at the same time.

I'm also struggling through the second book in George R.R. Martin's "Song of Fire and Ice" (Game of Thrones) series.The third book is a lot more exciting than the second book FWIW.

TrueFaith77

02-14-2013, 05:24 AM

Exquisite Desire by Carey Walsh (have just previously read: Chasing Mystery by Carey Walsh).

http://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Desire-Carey-Ellen-Walsh/dp/0800632494

Blueletter18

02-14-2013, 03:26 PM

Reading things in class can ruin a lot of great books unfortunately. I'm looking forward to and dreading the movie at the same time.

The third book is a lot more exciting than the second book FWIW.

Good to know, I will persevere!

SpyNote

02-14-2013, 07:00 PM

Detroit City Is the Place to Be: The Afterlife of an American Metropolis (http://www.amazon.com/Detroit-City-Place-Afterlife-Metropolis/dp/0805092293/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360886360&sr=8-1&keywords=detroit+city+is+the+place+to+be)

A great book, so far. I'm rooting for Detroit. It could definitely be a great city again.

Musicman408

02-15-2013, 08:20 PM

Just took a break from "Belinda" by Anne Rice and picked up one of my newer favorite authors - Michael Palmer. He does medical thrillers - if I wasn't a choir director, I'd be a doctor. The book is called "A Heartbeat Away".

Awaiting me is a Daniel Silva book - haven't read him, but it looks intriguing!!

I'msoAfraid95

02-15-2013, 11:42 PM

I'm fixing to reread Sammy Hagar's autobiography. By next week, I hope that the library will have the 2 books I ordered.

Ghost_Tracker

02-16-2013, 06:29 PM

I'm currently reading a book by a Peruvian writer named Mario Vargas Llosa called "Conversation in the Cathedral." It's a little confusing but in my opinion it's very good! :nod:

TheSorcerer

02-18-2013, 10:24 AM

I've just finished Cyndi Lauper's biography. I love her so much :p

estranged4life

02-20-2013, 03:30 PM

I'm fixing to reread Sammy Hagar's autobiography. By next week, I hope that the library will have the 2 books I ordered.

online there was a link to the original manuscript of Sammy's autobiography, and it was not the same one that was released - the original I read online was so open on issues within the Van Halen camp that those issues mentioned had to be removed or face libel suits over what was stated inside.

Just finished "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe" by Donald Wolfe (I have a new respect for Ms.Monroe now, she was not a 'blonde bimbo' at all - but someone who wanted to be taken serious when the rest of the world saw her as only a "sex symbol/sex toy")

Plan to start on the following books:

"Let's Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage" by Lisa Beamer
"The Death of a President - November 1963" by William Manchester

I'msoAfraid95

02-20-2013, 05:15 PM

online there was a link to the original manuscript of Sammy's autobiography, and it was not the same one that was released - the original I read online was so open on issues within the Van Halen camp that those issues mentioned had to be removed or face libel suits over what was stated inside.

Man, I wish I could read that one. Why do people not want us to know what really happened? :shrug:. We deserve the truth!

I'msoAfraid95

02-20-2013, 08:41 PM

I'm going to read The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane while I wait for the county library to get the books I ordered in.

estranged4life

02-25-2013, 05:05 PM

"Report from Ground Zero" by Dennis Smith - A very good look at what happened inside the WTC/9-1-1 attacks from those who were inside the WTC after the attack.

http://www.amazon.com/Report-Ground-Zero-Dennis-Smith/dp/0452283957

Btw, tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the first WTC attack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center#February_26.2C_1993_bombing