What book(s) are you reading to start off 2006?

[bobthedrummer]

[Parrcrow]

1. Teacher Man

by Frank McCourt. My wife gave it to me for Christmas.:hug:

[kwassa]

51. I also got it, haven't read it yet.

[hellbound-liberal]

93. Teacher Man and Talk to the Hand by Lynn Russ

I saw Frank McCourt on Book TV. He must have been a great teacher. I can't get enough of Lynn Russ. If you liked Eats, Shoots and Leaves, you'll love Talk to the Hand.

[ZombieNixon]

2. Zen and the Art of Writing

by Ray Bradbury. It's formy screenwriting class.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I haven't started it yet, as it has yet to arrive...but

As soon as it gets here, I'll be reading "1776" by David McCullough.

I'm also going to read "The Elements of Style Illustrated" by William Strunk and E.B. White.....I plan to begin writing in a more serious way than I have up to now.

:)

[deadparrot]

4. I just finished Wicked, by Gregory Maguire.

Bought it on New Years' Day, finished it this evening. It was great. Much darker than, and different from, the musical.

[Parrcrow]

7. Did you know that Maguire has written a sequel?

Its called "Son of a Witch"

I haven't read it yet.

[deadparrot]

8. Yeah, I saw it at the store.

I'll definitely get it eventually (plenty of gift certificates over the holidays). I only saw it in hardback, however, and for the sake of money, I'll probably wait until I see it in paperback.

[Parrcrow]

11. I'm looking forward to getting to it too. n/t

[LSK]

5. in the middle of a couple

Bill Clinton's "My Life"

Joe Conason's "Big Lies"

Paul Krugman's "The Great Unraveling"

A biography on Warren Buffet

I have Joe Wilsons book and Howard Zinn's History of the United States waiting for me.

[LaraMN]

6. "Early Communication Skills For Children With Down Syndrome."

Since my young man feels it unnecessary to speak more than about five consistent, discernable words after nearly three years.:eyes:

[LynzM]

9. Hugs to you, Lara

:hug: That's gotta be really tough. I've worked with adults with Downs, but never small children.

[LynzM]

10. Pattern Recognition...

William Gibson. Escaping DU to go read more of it right now, in fact! :bounce: Crazy, and I love it!

[BlueIris]

60. Oh, man. This is one of the best novels I've read in the last five years.

It's one of the only ones from the last five years I've wanted to read again actually. One of my handles on another site is actually "CaycePollard." Best of luck to you when you get to the end, though. It's a hard one.

[LynzM]

70. Oy. Thanks...

I'm about 1/2 through it right now, and it's making me crazy to not have more time to read it. I've never read anything by him before... he's a phenomenal writer.

[LaraMN]

19. It's frusrating sometimes, what makes me sad is not really hearing "mama"

after all this time. Once in awhile when he's reeeeal crabby, I'll get a whiny "maaaaa," but he prefers to sign. He babbles alot so he may be saying things he just can't articulate well enough for us to understand. He's my sunbeam, though, no matter how much of a pain in the ass it is to get him to tell me he wants a cracker! :loveya:

[NMMNG]

32. If he is able to sign you already have something good there

It shows he is at least capable of some form of communication. Depending on his level of MR he may be very limited in his ability to verbalize, or just may take much longer than the average child. Many of the individuals I have worked with over the years have never developed speech capacity sadly enough, and many others have shown no aptitude for sign language either.

[LaraMN]

42. We're able to tell that he can understand a great deal,

it's just the expressive language that's a bear with him. He can follow relatively complex directions and remembers things without too much prompting. His hearing is normal as long as his ears stay clear. His speech therapist (who is absolutely great!) is at something of a loss to explain why he won't verbalize much. He's very noisy- I'm afraid he may just have a real problem with articulation.

[BlueIris]

63. It's good you're using all resources available to you. Hugs from me, too.

:-)

[0007]

12. The Scorpion's Gate"

[sleipnir]

13. The Bible. You should read it, or perish in the fires of Hell.

There's no hope in dope.

But a line of blow will make you glow.

[bobthedrummer]

21. Try Jeremiah 16 and 17 also all of II Peter

yes, I'm reading God's Word like a lot of other people sleipnir.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. Help! I'm In Love With a Narcissist...Steven Carter and Julia Sokol

It's a great book

[ForrestGump]

16. That's also the title of my autobiography

I do so love me.

And you, too, of course. :hug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. I bought it after our desert encounter so I could better serve your needs

[ForrestGump]

24. It's the least you could do for me

:D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

15. Paul Coelho " The Alchemist "

Interesting enough , I have the same birthdate as the author :)

[Flying Dream Blues]

84. Great book! I make a point of re-reading it every so often.

About time I did so again, thanks for reminding me. :)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

106. You're welcome .

:)

[SeattleGirl]

18. "Cash" by the editors of Rolling Stone

Good book!

[ghostsofgiants]

20. I've been (slowly) reading "House of Leaves" since mid December...

Started it over for the billionth time since last summer. I should ry to actually finish it this time. Great book, I just get distracted from it easily, haha.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

72. I really dug that book

Couldn't put it down, in fact.

I figured the sooner I finished it, the sooner the nightmares would stop.

[ghostsofgiants]

77. Yeah, it's great...

I just keep getting sidetracked. Pretty annoying, haha.

[mykpart]

22. The Truth (with jokes), Al Franken

Who Let The Dogs In? Molly Ivins

[Draill]

23. Just finished

American Gods and started Anansi Boys.

[EFerrari]

25. Founding Mothers, just in case we need a revolt

Cokie Roberts is an uneven writer but the stories are great.

[AngryAmish]

26. The Histories by Herodotus

Again. Perhaps the most important book anyone can read.

[tjwmason]

76. A wonderful book.

I used to have something from it as my sig. line. I think that it was a quote from Solon of Athens - something along the lines of "no man is foolish enough to choose war over peace, in peace men bury their fathers in war men bury their sons".

[Fox Mulder]

27. Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

The Crow, and Encyclopedia Of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales From Around The World...as well as many other books on the occult.

[RetroLounge]

28. I have a few started or in the Queue

A Million Little Pieces - James Frey

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

The Calligrapher - Edward Docx

In Other Words - Christopher J. Moore

On Writing - Stephen King

Selected Poems - Mark Strand

Colors Passing Thru Us - Marge Piercy

Bee Season - Myla Goldberg

RL

[Popol Vuh]

29. The Tao of Physics

By Fritjof Capra.

[Floogeldy]

30. I don't read books to start off the new year.

What is this? :shrug:

The Books Of The New Year Club?

;)

[KitchenWitch]

31. Chronicles of Narnia

[Spider Jerusalem]

33. "The Good Soldier Svejk"...

I'm about halfway through. It's very funny so far. Maybe a better comic novel than A Confederacy of Dunces.

[WCGreen]

34. Will in the World....

A wonderful biography of Will Shakespeare....

Uses quotes from the plays and the sonnets to build a life...

WS left little trace of himself behind....

But the picture that is built really gets to the art of writing...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Start Where You Are

which was a Christmas gift. :D

[China_cat]

36. Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

[XemaSab]

39. That's a GRUESOME read

:scared:

[tjwmason]

37. I can't remember the titles

But a history of the Ottoman Empire, and a history of the Arabs. Both obviously closely tied to the history of Islam.

[Not_Giving_Up]

38. Bush's Brain

I started it in 2005, but I'll be done in a day or two, if I can stay off of here.

[Beware the Beast Man]

40. "Reason 3 Power!" by Matt Piper and Michael Prager

Reason 3 is a synth software program I have had for months, but have only scraped the surface of its capability.

[Omphaloskepsis]

41. New Ideas from Dead Economists

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

43. American Psycho

[Shell Beau]

44. I am reading The Black Ice by Michael Connelly

[Scout1071]

45. "Still Life with Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins and "Endangered Values"

by Jimmy Carter.

Both are going to the Florida Keys with me next week.

[CBHagman]

46. History of Marriage, by Stephanie Coontz.

Surprise, surprise: Even Roman emperors tried to wrap themselves in the cloak of family values, and people were already reminiscing about the supposedly virtuous days of yore. :eyes: Interesting reading for DUers.

[Strawman]

47. Made in Detroit by Paul Clemens

and The Shroud of the Thwacker by Chris Elliot

[jane_pippin]

48. "A Taxonomy of Barnacles" and it's really good so far.

It's about an eccentric Manhattan family of 6 daughters who are issued a challenge by their father to immortalize the family name. The nature vs. nurture debate, (the mother and father were obsessed with the debate throughout their lives together), threads through the story in interesting, quirky ways. It's got a Royal Tennenbaums feel to it so far--sort of a modern fairy tale for adults, I suppose. If you need a break from current events or heavy reading but still want to read something smart, try this one.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312334834/qid=1136389040/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-7259920-4224939?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

[terrya]

49. "The Lincoln Lawyer" by Michael Connelly

I had previously read "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis and was looking for some escapist fare. I'd heard that "The Lincoln Lawyer" is very good and bought it. Very engaging so far.

[Richardo]

52. You'll dig it, my brother.

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

56. I'm enjoying it very much, my brother.

And yours is the main endorsement I took into account. I implicitly trust your judgement. :thumbsup:

[BlueIris]

67. Nice. "Los Alamos" is still one of my favorite novels.

Even though it was pretty close to commercial. He's one of the only writers producing quality writer in the pro-fic market.

[Shell Beau]

80. That is next on my list. Right now I am reading "The Black Ice"

by Michael Connelly. I just read his book "The Poet". I like him as an author.

[kwassa]

50. In 2006, I am reading "1776"

[Richardo]

53. Excellent book

One of my faves of 2005.

[GirlinContempt]

54. Re-reading Anna Karenina

Will probably re-read War and Peace right after

Also reading a collection of Marx & Engles writing about the Paris Commune

[kick-ass-bob]

55. The 8th Habit.

Covey.

[BlueIris]

57. I'm still trying to slog through "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel."

Next up, though are: "How to be your own P.I." and "Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong."

[mwdem]

58. Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter..

just started it.

[terrya]

61. An excellent, excellent book.

I admire Jimmy Carter quite a bit. This book explains why he's one of the most honorable people in America today.

[Richardo]

68. Based on your endorsement, I'll read this one...

I was going to anyway, but you've pushed it up a few slots.

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

69. You won't be disappointed.

:-)

[Richardo]

59. "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart Ehrman

Excellent study of textual criticism and how the New Testament came to be as it is today - who made changes in the original text and what the agendas were. Great - and accessible to the lay person.

[long_green]

88. Ehrman wrote the textbook for a history of Xty class

I will have to check this out. Thank you.

[Love Bug]

62. "The Letters of Jane Austin"

[alarcojon]

64. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Started it over Xmas - hope to finish it before classes start in two and a half weeks.

[bif]

65. Paris to the Moon--Adam Gopnik

New Yorker writer moves his family to Paris to tlive in 1995. Good read so far.

[SiobhanClancy]

66. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Trying to get into this one and get away from the British police procedural mysteries my lazy brain craves:)

[Rowdyboy]

71. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and its an excellent read!

Obviously, my choice in reading is a bit less serious and intellectual than most here.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

73. "Phantom Lady" and "1491"

I'm on the home stretch of Phantom Lady (great 40's noir by Cornell Woolrich -- been on a noir kick lately) and as soon as that's done it's on to 1491 to learn a lot more about the actual history of the Americas.

[Lumily]

74. "Not In Kansas Anymore...

...A Curious Tale of How Magic Is Transforming America." It's by Christine Wicker.

I just started it last night.

[JitterbugPerfume]

75. The Idiots Guide to Evolution

The Idiots Guide to Early Man

The Idiots Guide to Cloning


I found them on sale ---three for Fifteen dollars and I never pass up a bargain

[JitterbugPerfume]

79. I also bought a SET of

The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant , three dollars per volume at Good Will

I might plow headlong into THAT soon

[seemunkee]

78. Brewing Up a Business by the owner of Dogfish head brewery

And shockingly my wife had a serious discussion with me about my fantasy of opening a brewery and/or pub.

[kwassa]

82. Dogfish Head just opened a brewpub in my neighborhood, and ...

I took my parents there when they were visiting here for the holidays.

Food was good, and the pints were only $3 during happy hour! We sampled a variety.

[seemunkee]

89. G'Burg?

I work about 2 miles away. Went last week with some friends.

[kwassa]

91. Yes, that's the place. Across from NIST.

had a kickin' jambalaya.

[Sequoia]

81. The Stone of Heaven and Helen of Troy

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

83. "The War Zone" by Alexander Stuart

I saw the Tim Roth directed film a couple of months ago and picked up a copy of the novel soon after. It's probably not the happiest way to usher in new beginnings, but it is a very good book.

[lizziegrace]

85. 2 books

"Why Don't You Fly", by Christopher J. A. Smith. My younger sister lives in the UK and is a friend of his. He wrote this after cycling 16,000 miles through Eurasia. www.cycleuktochina.com

The other is "Lincoln's Melancholy. How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled his Greatness" by Joshua Shenk.

I've got some other fluffy books to fill in too. Sappy, happily-ever-after stuff.

[Montauk6]

86. "A Short History of a Small Place" by TR Pearson

[William Bloode]

87. Working on these i just got not long ago.

THE COMPLETE WORLD OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
By Chris Stringer and Peter Andrews

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS
By Janice Kamrin

THE GODDESS AND THE BULL
By Michael Balter

BEFORE SCOTLAND
By Alistair Moffat

[UrbScotty]

90. "The Dictionary of Republicanisms" and "What Liberal Media?" (nt)

[Lisa]

92. UNEP's "One Planet, Many People -- Atlas of Our Changing Environment"

--which my boss helped write! We're teaching a course based on it.

http://www.na.unep.net/OnePlanetManyPeople/index.php

Also Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values", and soon (I hope) "Bury the Chains", about the history of the anti-slavery movement.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

94. From the library -

Greenmantle by John Buchan
Dance of Death by Preston and Child
From the bookstore (at home) -
Crossing the Rubicon by Ruppert
Alexander the Great by Paul Cartledge
Intend to re-read
It Can't Happen Here by Lewis
Stashed at the office -
Re-reading Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
and What Would Jefferson Do by Krugman.

[last_texas_dem]

95. Several

I've been working on my (still growing) stack of books that I haven't read. Just when I start to make a dent, I get some new ones. At the end of '05/ beginning of '06 I finished Jimmy Carter's new one. So far this year I've read Vonnegut's new A Man w/o a Country and J.D. Salinger's Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters/ Seymour. (I wanted to read the last of his stuff that I hadn't gotten to; I liked the first story a lot and ended up liking the second one, although it was more difficult to get into than any of his others have been for me.) I'm now working on Joseph Heller's Something Happened which is hard to put down but is also making me wonder if I'll be able to complete it w/o sinking into some sort of major depressive funk!

[hopein08]

96. "Gullible's Travels" and "The Historian"

[Nikia]

97. I have to start on the many books I bought w/ my gift certificate

I think that I'll start off with fiction. I have Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (I already read Wicked and the sequel), Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride, and a collection of three novels by Paulo Coelho. The last book that I finished last year was Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch.

[timber84]

98. 'Bushit"

[2bfree]

99. The Master Butcher's Singing Club.

For book club.

[MiniMandaRuth]

100. The Year of the Hangman.

Very good 'What If' book.

Starts out at the end of the Revolution. One problem: The Americans lost. George Washington is about to be hung, and Ben Franklin has gone underground with his newspapers. Pretty interesting read.

[AVulgarianHue]

101. "The Complete Peanuts" and..

Elaine Pagels: "Adam, Eve, and the Serpent"

[threehensandacow]

102. can we count the ones we haven't finished in 2005?

a million little pieces - james frey
nobody's fool - richard russo
savage beauty, biography of edna st. vincent millay
looking to find the biography of shirley jackson
and lots of non-fiction : the social/historical histories of houses and customs pertaining to family life and social structures within, more about crows and ravens (the most beautifulist of birds. there is the cardinal, however, that takes my breath away) and cultural history of st. petersburg. fun, fun reading!
oh, and all the books i'm reading to my 3 year old.

[sakabatou]

103. Brave New World

[hobo_baggins]

104. I just read it last year for the first time...very good book

couple things i didn't like about it, but overall, i thought it was a good book in the vein of 1984

[politicat]

105. Philip K Dick is Dead, Alas by Michael Bishop and Song for Arbonne by

Guy Gavriel Kay and the archives of Slayage.

Come Jan 12, I'll go back to hard stuff.

[xchrom]

107. rereading henry james

portrait of a lady.

i hope to read most if not all of his work.

i want to get a good bead on the early roots of realism.

[NaturalHigh]

108. "If you really loved me" by Ann Rule.

I'm planning to finish it today or tonight. Then it's on to "Brisco", the autobiography of former world heavyweight wrestling champion Jack Brisco.