What are you reading?

doodlebug

I read quite a bit and need some new ideas?!? Maybe something motivational/supportive or just a good read?

doodlebug

I read quite a bit and need some new ideas?!? Maybe something motivational/supportive or just a good read?

hmo4

I read a lot of fitness mags-M+F hers, oxygen, shape, women's world. They're greeeat!

iftcheiaf

I read the bible and mystery books - totally unrelated subjects. One for inspiration, one for relaxation.

havingitall

If you like humour. Read anything by Janet Evanovitch. I laugh outloud when I read those

TuscanySun

I read the Bible, and also am reading "Single parenting that works" and "have a new kid by Friday" both by Kevin Leman....all 3 are excellent

crosstitcher0563

I have 3x5 cards with verses on them to meditate on and I'm reading textbooks for online college classes. I haven't read a good book since Harry Potter.

heal4444

I've been reading One Small Step Can Change Your Life, the Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer.

Interesting, illuminating read.

I actually changed my ticker because of it.

It used to be set on my long term goal of 134.

Then, reading the book, I reset my ticker to my short term goal of 165. And will reset it to the next small goal after that I get closer to 165.

I love the book.

tabchanges

I love Memoirs. Anything by Augusten Burroughs is amazing.

WISHFULTHINKING

ive been reading
poetry i love poetry.
fitness magz.
manga and twilight saga books

Cerabell18

I read a lot as well...I tend to gravitate towards book series because I like to follow a long storyline. The books mentioned below are my favorite. Since I go through books so quickly I will go to my local library and check out about 7 - 10 books every few weeks. I will grab the ones recommended by staff or just take a few off shelves in different areas. I will read them all, putting aside early the ones I don't really like. Once I have finished them I will return and get a few more. I'm also a kid at heart and can never read Harry Potter enough (or similar books) so I've included them below as well.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
World without End by Ken Follett

Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King includes:
- The Gunslinger
- The Drawing of the Three
- The Waste Lands
- The Wizard and Glass
- Wolves of Calla
- Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini

yellow_pepper

I just finished "The Jane Austen Book Club" and enjoyed it very much!

Tiddle

I'm reading a book called The House of Mondavi, it's GREAT!

porka29

:happy: I just finished Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl and Twilight (this one on audio book) of which were both done during cardio only sessions.

I just started Cross Country by James Patterson and at home I'm browsing the Hungry Girl book I got w/recipes and tips:happy:

allaboutme

I am reading "A Nation of Wimps" The high cost of invasive parenting. An eye opener if you have children.

heather0mc

i think wicked is a really great book. it is a completely different perspective of the life of the wicked witch. i have read it once and i am reading it again because i discovered 2 additional books in the series!

i also read another book by gregory maguire called confessions of an ugly stepsister - which of course is relative to the cinderella story. completely different perspective there too. different than wicked in that wicked goes from the witch's birth to her death and stepsister is just pre-teen to teen years. less detail but just as addicting.

Cerabell18

i think wicked is a really great book. it is a completely different perspective of the life of the wicked witch. i have read it once and i am reading it again because i discovered 2 additional books in the series!

i also read another book by gregory maguire called confessions of an ugly stepsister - which of course is relative to the cinderella story. completely different perspective there too. different than wicked in that wicked goes from the witch's birth to her death and stepsister is just pre-teen to teen years. less detail but just as addicting.

Oh Oh...I want to add those to my favorite list too. If anyone gets a chance they should read these books. They are riviting!

ivykivy

I am reading..
The Bible Exodus
A Mary Heart In A Martha World- Joanna Weaver
Extreme Measures- Vince Flynn- espionage type. Usually his books are good but this one is kinda slow.

LuckyLeprechaun

Cerabell and I have very similar taste! I was reading the thread and about to recommend the Ken Follett books, and there they were! And I LOVE Stephen King!!!

I very much recommend the Pillars of the Earth.
I'm reading World Without End right now- and Loving it!

I also recommend East of Eden by John Steinbeck. (#1 fav)

also- Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley is great!

réalta

the last 5 books i read

1. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
2. Fade Away by Harlan Coben
3. The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
4. Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek
5. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

i use www.bookmooch.com to swap books :flowerforyou:

porka29

Oh, I gorgot the books I haven't started yet and won't until vacation in Curacao mid-June, Red Carpet Suicide by Perez Hilton and The Girls Next Door (playboy chicks). Usually my beach reads are entertainment driven so I don't enter any surreal depression while vacationing:laugh: but last year was Losing it by Valerie Bertenelli (sp) which was really good, no depression, amazed she did so many drugs here I thought I had been the lone ranger :laugh:

porka29

the last 5 books i read

1. Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
2. Fade Away by Harlan Coben
3. The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
4. Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek
5. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

i use www.bookmooch.com to swap books :flowerforyou:
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OMG what a moron am I, I never knew about swapping books. I have been giving my "hold me over books" to the Vetrans or Good Will for years!!! Thanks for this!

MFS27

Currently I'm reading The Cadence of Grass written by Thomas McGuane.

It's set in Montana and has sex, money, blood, and lots of cows. What more do you need?:glasses:

yellow_pepper

It's set in Montana and has sex, money, blood, and lots of cows. What more do you need?:glasses:

Moo...

doodlebug

thanks for all the great ideas......:happy:

marathongirly

check out the site goodreads great way to track your books your have read and also get ideas for others. Loved Pillars of the earth..but takes time to get into it. Just started Twilight to see what all the hype is..I know the audience is targeted at teenage girls however a friend just read it and she loved it...she's mid 30s..will see..

LuckyLeprechaun

i use www.bookmooch.com to swap books :flowerforyou:

I am so grateful you posted this info. I became a member and I love it! I have listed all the books in my classroom inventory, and it is so cool to get different ones for free!

Thanks for the super duper tip!:flowerforyou:

jhacker

I am currently reading "The Shack."

sassiebritches

I read a lot as well...I tend to gravitate towards book series because I like to follow a long storyline. The books mentioned below are my favorite. Since I go through books so quickly I will go to my local library and check out about 7 - 10 books every few weeks. I will grab the ones recommended by staff or just take a few off shelves in different areas. I will read them all, putting aside early the ones I don't really like. Once I have finished them I will return and get a few more. I'm also a kid at heart and can never read Harry Potter enough (or similar books) so I've included them below as well.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
World without End by Ken Follett

Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King includes:
- The Gunslinger
- The Drawing of the Three
- The Waste Lands
- The Wizard and Glass
- Wolves of Calla
- Song of Susannah
- The Dark Tower

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini

Huge King Fan here......have not read the Dark Tower series though believe it or not......I am into the Patricia Cornwell stuff. Forensic thrillers....love horror....getting started on the Twilight series, in the tub I am reading Brimstone......follows in the feel of te DaVinci Code....and on my Gazelle I am reading The Fit or Fat woman........

Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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keiko

I'm reading the Reader by Bernhard Schlink
next up is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

I wanted to read Pillars of the Earth, thanks for the reminder

jackeh

I'm reading the Reader by Bernhard Schlink
next up is Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

I wanted to read Pillars of the Earth, thanks for the reminder

I want to read Pillars of the Earth too and I actually have it sitting here right in front of me... but its really THICK and im afraid to start it LOL
My problem is if i start a book i HAVE to finish it no matter how bad it is ... so thick books scare me lol