What book(s) are you currently reading?

FloraSin
FloraSin Posts: 188 Member
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I just finished the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and don't know what to read next so I'm curious about what everyone else is reading or even what books you love so much that you would read again.

I'm currently rereading Dune, but that's only a week worth of reading to get through the original stuff (his son's additions don't do anything for me).

I'm not all Fantasy and SciFi either. One of my favourite authors is Haruki Murakami.

Anyway.... Suggestions? General book love? Amuse me!
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  • juditanne
    juditanne Posts: 59 Member
    John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Sam Amirante

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9650142-john-wayne-gacy

    NEXT:
    12/22/63 by Stephen King

    http://www.helium.com/items/2270909-11221963-by-stephen-king?page=2

    :)
  • FloraSin
    FloraSin Posts: 188 Member
    John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Sam Amirante

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9650142-john-wayne-gacy

    NEXT:
    12/22/63 by Stephen King

    http://www.helium.com/items/2270909-11221963-by-stephen-king?page=2

    :)

    I love Stephen King. I'm waiting for my Mom to finish up so I can read borrow her copy.

    I also have a kind of morbid fascination with criminals. Not an idolization, but more a curiosity about what makes them do what they do. I'll definitely have to check out the book on Gacy.
  • Danger2OneSelf
    Danger2OneSelf Posts: 883 Member
    Alice in Quantum Land
  • neniplatas
    neniplatas Posts: 25 Member
    How I killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown, the Cal Tech astronomer responsible for demoting Pluto's planetary status. :)
  • Danger2OneSelf
    Danger2OneSelf Posts: 883 Member
    How I killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown, the Cal Tech astronomer responsible for demoting Pluto's planetary status. :)

    ^ That makes me wonder what his plans are for Uranus :laugh:
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    How I killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown, the Cal Tech astronomer responsible for demoting Pluto's planetary status. :)

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  • wolfelements
    wolfelements Posts: 117 Member
    I'm currently reading Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber. For those that don't know, it's the true story of a woman with Multiple Personality Disorder (now called Dissociative Identity Disorder). It's good, in parts horrifying, and in other parts a little slow.
  • klross
    klross Posts: 49 Member
    Started Ken Follett's "A Dangerous Fortune", enjoying it so far. I like anything he's written though.
  • FloraSin
    FloraSin Posts: 188 Member
    Thank you all so much! I feel like I want to read all of those.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks, and Good Night, Good Night Contruction Site.
  • survivor1952
    survivor1952 Posts: 250 Member
    I just started Life of Pi. It is very good so far.

    If you are interested, "Cutting For Stone" is a fantastic book.
    Long but worth the read. Your library may even have it on CD.
  • MirjaH79
    MirjaH79 Posts: 53
    Started "The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl" by Shauna Reid (my copy is in Finnish) the same day I joined MFP! :bigsmile:
  • juditanne
    juditanne Posts: 59 Member
    John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster by Sam Amirante

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9650142-john-wayne-gacy

    NEXT:
    12/22/63 by Stephen King

    http://www.helium.com/items/2270909-11221963-by-stephen-king?page=2

    :)

    I love Stephen King. I'm waiting for my Mom to finish up so I can read borrow her copy.

    I also have a kind of morbid fascination with criminals. Not an idolization, but more a curiosity about what makes them do what they do. I'll definitely have to check out the book on Gacy.

    yes, i am the same. i read a lot of true crime books. the Gacy book is super interesting because it's written by HIS defense attorneys. haha. it's cool to see the story from that perspective.

    the stephen king book is HUGE. so looking forward to it. also, i am very much looking forward to his conclusion of the shining! ahhhh! horror! :)
  • lizdavis07
    lizdavis07 Posts: 766 Member
    I'm reading Stephen King's "It"
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Barbara Einreich's "How Positive Thinking Is Ruining America." An interesting exploration of manifest destiny gone wrong. I'm really enjoying it.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Barbara Einreich's "How Positive Thinking Is Ruining America." An interesting exploration of manifest gone wrong. I'm really enjoying it.
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
    I'm working my way through the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's a really good series! Life of Pi is next on my list
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    I'm working my way through the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's a really good series! Life of Pi is next on my list

    YES!!!! I LOVE THOSE BOOKS! It is honestly one of the few things I actually look forward to every year, when he releases the next book. Fantastic choice of reading!!!
  • Riemersma4
    Riemersma4 Posts: 400 Member
    The Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything that You Want. By Mike Hernacki.

    It is fantastic and has totally empowered my own person success for the last 2 years.
  • the_texreb
    the_texreb Posts: 138 Member
    The Pioneers by James Fennimore Cooper. 3 books down, 2 to go in the Leatherstocking Tales.
  • Ramberta
    Ramberta Posts: 1,312 Member
    Oh lol, I just posted a similar thread. Oh well, I'll just keep tabs on these responses too then. :)
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    Currently reading Sacred by Dennis Lehane. It's the third in the Kenzie/Gennaro series. Just a little mystery fluff before I start something dark and heavy again. I do love Dennis Lehane. He throws some mad twists into his books.
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
    I'm working my way through the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's a really good series! Life of Pi is next on my list

    YES!!!! I LOVE THOSE BOOKS! It is honestly one of the few things I actually look forward to every year, when he releases the next book. Fantastic choice of reading!!!

    I absolutely love them so far! I have no idea how I didn't know about them until recently!
  • jessmoore_84
    jessmoore_84 Posts: 70
    Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
  • kaseysospacey
    kaseysospacey Posts: 499 Member
    I'm on the fourth book of A Song of Ice and Fire :)
  • kylee_marie
    kylee_marie Posts: 299 Member
    I'm about 60 pages in to Arcadia by Lauren Groff and I have been sucked in... made the mistake of starting it before bed last night and didnt want to put it down!
  • mingecrackers
    mingecrackers Posts: 152
    'Running with Scissors' by Augusten Burroughs
  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
    Trout Kill by Paul Dage a Northwest writer. This book is not one of your happy dance books but certainly one that kept me interested and waiting for his next book.

    Shirley in Oregon
  • Nerdinista
    Nerdinista Posts: 69 Member
    Finished "Wheel of Time", well done! I'm on book 5 and I know it's literaly going to take a decade to finish (I read a lot in between books). A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones) is another good, dense sorta-fantasy series. I just started "City of Bones", too early to tell if I'll like it or not though. Yay reading! :drinker:
  • KrissyKris10
    KrissyKris10 Posts: 68 Member
    my Leisure reading is kind of going at a snail's pace. mostly because I'm stuck in the whole of textbooks right now. I've been working on A Storm of Swords though. It's the 3rd book of the Game of Thrones series

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