Book ideas - what are you reading right now?

javafate
javafate Posts: 98 Member
edited November 11 in Chit-Chat
I go through about 50 books per year because of all the time I spend flying. Right now I am finishing up Tony James Slater's third book Kamikaze Kangaroos!: 20,000 Miles Around Australia. One Van,Two Girls... And An Idiot. You definitely need to check him.

Looking for new ideas for books to read. Ideas?
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  • AmberStarr_87
    AmberStarr_87 Posts: 1,291 Member
    I'm reading The Bell Jar for the umpteenth time- but it's not for everyone! What genres are you interested in?
  • northlandmum
    northlandmum Posts: 91 Member
    And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.
  • sweetsorrow18
    sweetsorrow18 Posts: 54 Member
    edited February 2015
    My problem is I start too many books and get around to finishing a couple lol but here's what I have bookmarked all over my room:

    Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
    Interview with the Vampire
    Paper Towns
    Mindy Kaling's "Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me?"
    Sarah's Key
    White Oleander
    Drop Dead Healthy - A.J Jacobs

    I think you might enjoy the last one - it's an interesting read on how A.J Jacobs attempts to become the "healthiest person alive" by challenging every study and health advice one organ at a time.
  • Buu_kz
    Buu_kz Posts: 89 Member
    Invisible Monsters
  • stronghealthywoman
    stronghealthywoman Posts: 44 Member
    Super Immunity by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Fiction:
    "The Orchardist" (one of the best books I have read in a long time)
    "Gods of Gotham" and its sequel "Seven for a Secret"
    "The Museum of Extraordinary Things"

    Non-Fiction
    "The Lost Tribe of Coney Island"
    "Shadow Divers"
  • dln1975
    dln1975 Posts: 62 Member
    I'm currently reading "American Sniper" (autobiography of Chris Kyle) - very difficult to put down!
  • javafate
    javafate Posts: 98 Member
    amberstarrcogle wrote: »
    I'm reading The Bell Jar for the umpteenth time- but it's not for everyone! What genres are you interested in?

    Any and all...if it's good I read it from beginning to end.
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    50 Shade of Grey! :open_mouth:

    Hahahaha! Just kidding... I would be blushing all day! :flushed:
  • score45609
    score45609 Posts: 36 Member
    northlandmum wrote: »
    And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.
    Loved kite runner, definitively will try this one!
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    Body Double by Tess Gerritsen. It's really good so far.

    I'm about to start the first Game of Thrones book.
  • darkestdreams06
    darkestdreams06 Posts: 40 Member
    I'm currently reading "Wild". A fantastic book on finding ones self.
  • diegops1
    diegops1 Posts: 154 Member
    edited February 2015
    QED by Richard Feynman - (the complete idiots guide to quantum physics)
    The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert - (we're all gonna die)
    Os Lusíadas - Luís Vaz de Camões (16th century epic poem of the history of Portugal)
    La muerte de Artemio Cruz - Carlos Fuentes (the corruption of the Mexican Revolution)

    This thread reminded me that I wanted to buy "The Black Box Society - The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information" by Frank Pasquale

    So I just downloaded it onto my Kindle. Now I've got enough for the next month.
  • JD2006
    JD2006 Posts: 791 Member
    I just finished The Maze Runner series and loved it. I also like The Giver quartet. Im very much into dystopian books!
  • SangreViento
    SangreViento Posts: 289 Member
    I really liked Carol Goodman's Seduction of Water on audio. Really sweet and adorable, esp if you are into enchanted legends and characters you ship to death.
  • maeld51
    maeld51 Posts: 3,415 Member
    edited February 2015
    I last read Dan Simmons, "The Terror"
    Wonderful historical fiction with a bit of scare, took place during the Arctic Explorations in the 1800's, my teeth were chattering!
  • summerhaze71
    summerhaze71 Posts: 1,204 Member
    Check out "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Jean-Dominique Bauby. It's older, but really unique and interesting.
  • jillshadow
    jillshadow Posts: 76 Member
    Cursor's Fury, the third book in Jim Butcher's epic fantasy series, Codex Alera. After that I am going to read the fourth book in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. I am a fantasy freak!
  • javafate
    javafate Posts: 98 Member
    Thanks for the ideas! That's what I love about forums...some I've read, some I've heard of, most I didn't know existed. I hope people keep adding to this!
  • maeld51
    maeld51 Posts: 3,415 Member
    Every book by Preston & Child
  • anaisbutterfly7
    anaisbutterfly7 Posts: 71 Member
    I just finished Descent today (forgot the author). Are you on Goodreads?
  • karen_fitzgibbon
    karen_fitzgibbon Posts: 736 Member
    Son of the shadows...
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    javafate wrote: »
    Thanks for the ideas! That's what I love about forums...some I've read, some I've heard of, most I didn't know existed. I hope people keep adding to this!

    Yes, I have already put a couple of holds with my Public Library Consortium's digital library so I can download to my Nook. Heading off to the physical library this morning for something else so I will be checking out a couple of the titles. I typically read about 2 books a week.

  • MommysLittleMeatball
    MommysLittleMeatball Posts: 2,064 Member
    maeld51 wrote: »
    I last read Dan Simmons, "The Terror"
    Wonderful historical fiction with a bit of scare, took place during the Arctic Explorations in the 1800's, my teeth were chattering!

    I love historical fiction. I am definitely going to look into this! Thanks :)
  • LouLouStBijou
    LouLouStBijou Posts: 987 Member
    Just finished The Paying Guests - very good
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    LouisaM162 wrote: »
    Just finished The Paying Guests - very good

    That looks good. I just put a hold on the audiobook since I need something new to listen to while I swim my laps. Thanks for the suggestion.

  • 530roman
    530roman Posts: 1,819 Member
    I gotta have pictures brah...

    the-rainbow-fish.jpg

  • Benjinkan
    Benjinkan Posts: 1,107 Member
    jillshadow wrote: »
    Cursor's Fury, the third book in Jim Butcher's epic fantasy series, Codex Alera. After that I am going to read the fourth book in the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne. I am a fantasy freak!

    I've read all the Dresden books, but never tried and of Jim's fantasy stuff. Might need to give it a go...

  • javafate
    javafate Posts: 98 Member
    northlandmum wrote: »
    And the Mountains Echoed, is what I've just started. Same author who wrote The Kite Runner. One of the best books I've ever read.

    How are you enjoying it? I also loved The Kite Runner but haven't yet read And the Mountains Echoed.
  • javafate
    javafate Posts: 98 Member
    FabulousFantasticFifty wrote: »
    50 Shade of Grey! :open_mouth:

    Hahahaha! Just kidding... I would be blushing all day! :flushed:

    I sat across from someone in the airport as they were reading this. Let's just say she was also blushing.
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