What book(s) are you currently reading?

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  • rheannaraye
    rheannaraye Posts: 62 Member
    "Perfect" by Ellen Hopkins.

    It's unique in that she writes in poetry. This book is in the point of view of 4 different characters, each dealing with their own idea of "perfection" and what that means for them. The main struggles are: perfect love (and denying one's true identity), the perfect body (and how far you're willing to go to get it), and the perfect life (and giving up on your true dreams for success.... or what it means to be successful).

    Here's a synopsis, if anyone is interested:
    "Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand. Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect? A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling Impulse, Ellen Hopkins’s Perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves." - See more at: http://ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/perfect/#sthash.dduxfYyH.dpuf
  • rikracer61
    rikracer61 Posts: 208
    The Fires Of Heaven- Robert Jordan
  • lucyloutoo
    lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
    Life after life, Kate Atkinson

    (I remember when I used to post on the what films did you last see topic way more than this...must get out more)
  • Jlmervin03
    Jlmervin03 Posts: 152 Member
    I just bought 5 James Patterson books from a garage this past weekend. Can't wait to get to them!
  • Spicer1
    Spicer1 Posts: 50 Member
    Recently read Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects all by Gillian Flynn. I wish she had more!
  • lucyloutoo
    lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
    1980 david peace
  • Pipsg1rl
    Pipsg1rl Posts: 1,414 Member
    My son and Husband got me 4 of the 5 Hannibal series books for my Birthday/Mothers day gifts :)
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    Just finished Allegiant, the third book in the Divergent series.

    currently reading:

    Field of Prey by John Sandford
    John Dies at the End

    I just got the Invention of Wings from the library.
  • bethphelpsfit
    bethphelpsfit Posts: 15 Member
    I Thought it Was Just Me (But It Isn't) by Dr. Brene Brown
    1 Corinthians (With a focus on Grace)
    The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    Lorrie Moore - Birds of America
  • daniellabella986
    daniellabella986 Posts: 325 Member
    War of the Roses by Alison Weir
  • kendall916
    kendall916 Posts: 4,222 Member
    Prey - Linda Howard
  • april27kelli
    april27kelli Posts: 338 Member
    In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen
  • morning_joy
    morning_joy Posts: 1,063 Member
    Trying to get through Eat To Live - Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Would rather be reading my new suspense.
  • GreenIceFloes
    GreenIceFloes Posts: 1,491 Member
    The Tommyknockers - Stephen King
    The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    Just finished - The Undead Pool - Hollows, Bk 12 by Kim Harrison


    Just about to start - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

    From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women — Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world.
  • JasonKnight85
    JasonKnight85 Posts: 67 Member
    The Dresden Files (series) - Jim Butcher
    The Dragonriders of Pern (series) - Anne McCaffrey
    Acacia (trilogy) - David Anthony Durham
    Watership Down - Richard Adams
    Maia - Richard Adams
    Fire Bringer - David Clement-Davies
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    Niles' Florida: Acquiring the New Territory. {from the Niles' Weekly Register/ 1811-1822} Compiled and edited by David D. Fowler.

    I love me some dusty old history. Add Seminoles, double dealing Creeks, Georgians and Florida Crackers, I couldn't be any happier.
  • sw33tp3a11
    sw33tp3a11 Posts: 4,646 Member
    I am reading Ps. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern . I loved the movie so I'm reading to book. I just finished if i stay by Gayle Forman good novel I was just unhappy at how the book ended. It felt incomplete for me.
  • arainiday1
    arainiday1 Posts: 1,763 Member
    Living Thelema by David Shoemaker

    I got it for Christmas and still haven't read it :frown: so I finally started.
  • StarvingInSuburbia
    StarvingInSuburbia Posts: 130
    I'm reading:
    Flowers for Algernon (AMAZING book)
    Earth Unaware (science fiction, also amazing)
    The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (difficult but super interesting)
    Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (very written and great for introverts and extroverts to read)

    And re-reading:
    Harry Potter
    Ender's Game
    The Fault In Our Stars
    This Star Won't Go Out
    Pride and Prejudice
    Emma
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes

    I'm a complete geek. I loooooove science fiction and will read any books I can get my hands on.

    EDIT: I forgot about Sherlock Holmes
  • __Jes__
    __Jes__ Posts: 3
    Consumed by Emily Snow

    &

    How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carniege
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    Who has time to read?

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    Well, lots of people if this thread is anything to go by.
    I guess you make time for it if you want to do it - just like other people make time to watch TV, go on Facebook, whatever.

    I have just finished reading. And the mountains echoed, another really good book by Khalled Houseini, the author of The kite runner and A thousand splendid suns.
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
    just finished lynda la plante's "Above suspicion" and have now started A Game of Thrones (yes im late to the party, with both the books and the tv show, just finishing up 2nd season of tv show now)
  • aprildaguilar
    aprildaguilar Posts: 1,926 Member
    Love Me Slender and Utopia a Hybrid
  • awinner_au
    awinner_au Posts: 249 Member
    Great expectations. Im going through the classics.
  • cbarn025
    cbarn025 Posts: 939 Member
    The Miseducation of the Negro. Powerful stuff
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    The Black Book by Lawrence Durrell.

    *I like this interview in Paris Review - The Art of Fiction.

    http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4720/the-art-of-fiction-no-23-lawrence-durrell
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    Just finished: The Fault in Our Stars
    Currently reading: Insurgent and A Dance with Dragons
  • janellyf
    janellyf Posts: 74 Member
    Just started Both Sides Now by Nancy Sharp

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