What are you reading???

[bobthedrummer]

[Lucian]

1. Your thread.

:)

[Arugula Latte]

2. "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

It's ... Wow...Hard to put into words...Just so sad and disturbing, but beautifully written.

[bif]

7. I agree

Very depressing, but beautifully written. I don't think I could watch the movie though. I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic stories/movies.

[stuntcat]

36. the movie

I was afraid to see it, but it wasn't that bad. I mean, they did succeed in making at about as disturbing as the book.
I like the book better still, and the movie didn't spoil that for me.

[mwdem]

3. "Life", by Keith Richards.

I love me some Keef!

[NightWatcher]

16. Not reading it yet, but I just got it last week

I havent had time to read much lately, but it's on the top of my list

[applegrove]

25. Is it worth it? Is it as good as they say?

[mwdem]

28. I'm about 1/4 into it.

I really like it so far. I'm enjoying reading about his childhood, learning guitar, and discovering Elvis. Good stuff.

[kentauros]

4. About to pick up "Flowdreaming" during lunch here.

Yeah, more new age 'stuff' about which all you intellectuals could not even give the tiniest shit :P

[bookworm65t]

5. The LOLcat Bible

don't have the author's name at the moment.

I needed some religion for the holidays, only it's the feline way. Srsly.

:evilgrin:

[Crankie Avalon]

6. "The Great Divorce", Ilyon Woo

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Divorce-Nineteenth-Century-Mothers-Extraordinary/dp/0802119468/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1292351035&sr=8-2

[Mojambo]

8. Just finished "The Company" by KJ Parker

It's dry, but has a good amount of psychological tension. Good characters who act appropriately.

Parker does a good job when she's inside their heads.

[JTG of the PRB]

9. Finished "The Two Towers" earlier this morning and just started "Return of the King."

I guess one thing about staying home sick is that I have plenty of reading time.

[Dr. Strange]

10. Just finished "The Nymphos of Rocky Flats."

An interesting vampire/detective tale.

[Richardo]

11. Just finished 'The Given Day' by Dennis Lehane

Fantastic historical novel about 1920s Boston - race relations, the burgeoning labor movement (including the Boston police strike), terrorism, the Great Influenza, World War I and Babe Ruth.

Excellent book.

[MorningGlow]

12. Re-reading two at the moment

Emma (Austen) and Possession (Byatt). In the middle of two mainly because Emma is in a massive doorstop of an Austen compendium, so I leave it on my bedside table and take Possession with me when I need to go to the doctor's office or wherever.

Just finished The Help, which was better than I expected (since it's a bestseller and being made into a movie and all the bad signs :P ) but still had some plot issues (certain twists were clearly telegraphed, and then it looked like they were edited out at the last minute).

[abq e streeter]

13. Also, coincidentally, re-reading two...The Shock Doctrine ( should be required for every American

citizen)....and Monday night Class...a reissue almost 40 years later of transcribed sessions of meditations/rants/Q and A's etc from a psychedelic-based pure hippie spirituality.

[bobthedrummer]

14. I'm spending some time with Shakespeare's tragedies-especially MacBeth

in addition to Susan Faludi and John Steinbeck.

[MicaelS]

15. Truman by David McCullough

Terrific. I'm reading a little at a time to enjoy it more, instead of racing through it like I normally do with a book.

[frogmarch]

17. Angel Gabriel, the Elusive English Galleon

http://www.tidewater.net/~kgal/angel.htm

The book describes the search for the remains of the ship Angel Gabriel, which sank during a hurricane in 1635 near Pemaquid Point, Maine. My ancestors the Cogswells arrived in New England on the ship's last voyage.

[bikebloke]

18. Anniversary Man by RJ Ellory

An intelligent popcorn read, so far.

[nolabear]

19. Mudbound, about black, and white, families in MS post WWI. Brilliant writing

and I want to read The Warmth of Other Suns, about the Great Migration, so this is fiction prep of a sort.

Just reread Brave New World, after a strange local high school brouhaha over the use of the word "savage". Man do we need to read that book and marvel at how we are in the grips of being controlled by pharmaceuticals and distractions.

[Callalily]

20. The Lemon Tree

By Sandy Tolan

http://www.fictionawardwinners.com/reviews.cfm?id=1097

[applegrove]

21. I just finished a biography of Simon Wiesenthal. Really good.

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[kimmerspixelated]

26. I'm reading between the lines.

I couldn't resist!!!

[cbayer]

27. Moderator note

There was not a very, very bad person here. The deletes above were due to a posting error and were dupes.

[Forkboy]

33. lol...I was thinking to myself, "Who trolls a book thread?"

:)

[rurallib]

29. I am reading all the MiddleFingerMom I can get my hands on

he touches my inner soul.

[clyrc]

30. 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang. It's good stuff.

[Phentex]

31. Finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog...

thought it was very good!

[stuntcat]

37. I'm gonna read that next!

:headbang:

[Aristus]

32. "Growing American Roots" by Senator Bob Menendez - D, NJ.

It's pretty good, so far. It's about the coming possibilities for the Latino minority in the U.S., now that political barriers to color and ethnicity are crumbling.

[tigereye]

34. Louise Penny novels Inspector gamache series - wonderful

Also just finished Colm Toibin's Brooklyn for book group.

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. "The Lounge" :^P

[lukasahero]

38. Three: David Sedaris "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" and

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (not really by choice...) and "The Memory Thief". Guy at work heard I was a reader and lent me the "girl" and my mom gave me "thief". Sedaris was my choice.

[Odin2005]

39. "The Pillars of the Earth" By Ken Follett. Excellent historical fiction.

The story takes place in the 12th Century around a fictional English town and monastery in the East Midlands. Wonderful book, it ends with the murder of St. Thomas Beckett.

[Iggo]

40. Game Of Thrones; and The God Delusion.

[soleiri]

41. I'm reading

PISA 2009 Results:
What Students Know and Can Do

STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN READING,
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

VOLUME I

Eventually I'll read all 6 or 7 (I forget how many) volumes.

Hopefully before classes start again in Jan.