What are you reading today DU? I'm reading Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

[applegrove]

It won the pulitzer prize so I'm very hopeful it will be great. You?

[lizziegrace]

1. I'm working on 3 books

Breach of Faith - Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City

B is for Bad Poetry

A Prayer for Owen Meany

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13. Hey, lizzie!

You've got George back in your avatar!

How are you?

[lizziegrace]

17. hey!!

Catch me up on your life!

Hope all is good with you.

:hug:

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26. I'll get you a longer message soon, probably on FB or by phone.

But in short, things are great. I'm just back from two long weeks getting the new house ready. I've got a week left here at my old place, then I fly back to officially move Renee. I'll fly home once more, load up my truck, and I'm away.

Hope your summer has been full of good garden food and great weather. Football season is upon us!

[lizziegrace]

33. Yay football!!

Call when you get a chance. I'll need your new # and address.

Have I told you how happy I am for you???

:pals:

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35. Thanks, lizzie.

You've been there for me through so much. I really appreciate it. I'll PM address. No number yet; we're still deciding what we want to do for phones.

[Kaleva]

2. I'm reading your post.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. "The Scarlatti Inheritance," Robert Ludlum's first novel.

I've never read his stuff, so I figured the first one would be a nice place to start. It's really good so far. After this, I have Lee Child's "Killing Floor" to read.

[lizziegrace]

5. hey stranger!!!

:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Hey!

:hug:

[Swede]

4. The Commonwealther Saga- by Peter F. Hamilton.

So far,so good.

[Dappleganger]

6. "Broken" by Karin Slaughter

She's one of my favorite authors. If you enjoy her books, make sure you follow her on Facebook as she interacts with readers quite regularly (she's a real sweetheart!).

[lovemydog]

7. Wowee Zowee

by Bryan Charles. It's about the Pavement record of same name. Part of the 33 1/3 series about great albums.

[jobycom]

8. I finished "The Time Paradox" a couple hours ago, and started "The Adventure of English."

The first is an Artemis Fowl novel by Eion Colfer, the second a history of the English language by Melvyn Bragg. I'm still plugging away at "Christianity: The First 3000 years," but have been stalled in it for a while. It's very good, but I keep getting sucked into other books.

[struggle4progress]

10. I'm on a "German revolutions" kick. I've got some books open on

Thomas Müntzer and the Reformation era peasant rebellion, the events of 1848, and the period of revolutionary crisis 1918-1923

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Some lightweight fun science fiction by Spider Robinson from his "Callahan's Bar" series...

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...and something I've just started by Barbara Kingsolver.
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I go a long time between her books and, when I get another, I've forgotten
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Sometimes, it seems as though her whole novel is one really interesting,
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[Flaxbee]

41. I adore Barbara Kingsolver

She is an incredible writer who can get complex ideas across beautifully.

I'm hoping to pick 'The Lacuna" up at the library next trip... what are you reading, do you mind saying?

[Petrushka]

12. 1) Robert Frost and a Poetics of Appetite; 2) Able Muse Anthology; and 3) American Babylon.

http://img.amazon.ca/images/I/41qWd-j2SLL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU15_.jpg

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14. I'm actually stuck right now.

I have a couple of novels going, but am tied up more with the details of moving.

When I settle in a few weeks, reading will be much more a thrill.

[csziggy]

15. No Bone Unturned By Jeff Benedict

It's about Dr. Doug Owsley, who is pretty much a real life male version of the Temperance character from the TV series Bones. This guy has looked at more human bones than probably anyone in the world. He was one of the lead scientists in the law suit trying to get permission to study Kennebeck Man. The book is a good read.

[cemaphonic]

16. Here you go

hrm, this might be a bit spoilery if you're just starting...
















































Really funny site - http://betterbooktitles.com/

[MilesColtrane]

23. Genius web site!

My favorite:

[applegrove]

30. I am only at the very begining. That does give it away. Fortunately I am partial to the title.

[cemaphonic]

32. It's pretty minor as spoilers go, and the title cracked me up too.

I liked the book

[BurtWorm]

18. Two books primarily: How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer and Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol

by Tony Sherman and David Dalton

Both quite interesting and enjoyable.

I'm also reading an advance copy of a book called The Whistleblower about sex slavery for DynCorp in the Balkans. Haven't gotten far enough into it yet to be able to say anything intelligent about it.

[BillStein]

19. I loved that book!

"Cavalier and Clay", I mean.... I like Chabon's writing in general

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[BillStein]

20. and in answer to the question

Just finished "American Gods" by Niel Gaiman (highly recommended) and getting into "Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography" by Stephen Knight

[Odin2005]

37. Anything by Gaiman is good!

Great sci-fi author!

[ismnotwasm]

21. World War Z

An Oral history of the Zombie War by Max Brooks--It's a great book.

[MilesColtrane]

22. I am reading "The World in Six Songs" by Daniel Levitin

Levitin tells the story of the co-evolution of music and of the human brain, how each one influenced the development of the other over tens of thousands of years.

In "Six Songs" he shows how six specific forms of music (songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love) played a pivotal role in creating human culture and society as we know it.

[Odin2005]

38. OOOH! I have got to get that!

Thanks!

[Jean Louise Finch]

24. 2666

I loved Kavalier and Clay. It's one of my top books of all time, I hope you enjoy it. I slowed down immensely toward the end because I couldn't bear the thought of it ending. I hope you love it as much as I did!

I'm now about 50 pages into 2666 by Roberto Bolano. So far, so good, but it's a huge one.

[Chan790]

29. Me too!

Also about 50 pages into 2666. It's slightly unnerving but I cannot place why. Tomorrow is my last day of work before vacation and I'm hoping to make a dent over the next 10 days.

[WinkyDink]

25. "Blood, Money, and Power: How LBJ Killed JFK".

You asked.

[tigereye]

27. The Geographer's LIbrary - by John Fasman

and an old Donna Leon - I was in the mood for Brunetti.


My mom loved Kavalier and Clay

[femmocrat]

28. "Death Comes for the Archbishop" by Willa Cather.

I was looking for short novel to finish by the end of summer.

[Broken_Hero]

31. I'm re-reading

The Annals of the Black Company by Glenn Cook. I'm in book III, The White Rose.

Its a very good series, read it the first time about 6 yrs back...re-living the adventure so far, has been fun. :)

[Sisaruus]

34. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: a work of fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Recommended by a friend.

[Odin2005]

36. "In Search of the Multiverse" by John Gribbin

http://www.amazon.com/Search-Multiverse-ebook/dp/B002RI92MA

Some of the most mind-blowing and philosophically deep physics stuff I have read in a while. The author supports a form of the "parallel universes" interpretation of Quantum Mechanics that left me in near shock.

The is the same guy that wrote the excellent books In Search of Schrodinger's Cat and In Search of Schrodinger's Kittens.

For function, I a have started reading Dante's The Divine Comedy.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. I have that book, not read it yet.

Is it worth the reviews?

[applegrove]

40. I'm enjoying it so far. I'm half way through. Characters are interesting.

[snagglepuss]

42. I've just re-discovered Agatha Christie mysteries. I read some eons ago

when I was in high school and I had a couple at home I never read. I leafed through one the other week and now I'm hooked. I'm steaming through Hercule Poirot. They are so hard to put down.

[av8rdave]

43. The Russian Debutantes Handbook by Gary Schteyngart

Though it took me a bit to get into it, I loved his "Absurdistan.". A great satire.