Books: Are you reading anything?

atsteele · April 2013

I'm reading American Sniper by Chris Kyle. Chris was a Navy SEAL who was recently killed while trying to help veterans with PTSD. As a retired military man, RIP brother.

Great book! I read it too!

And I'm currently reading Riordan's The Last Olympian. Yes, I know it's a kids' series. It was a fun read.

Jesmoko · April 2013

I'm currently tring to trudge myself through Lord of the Flies. My daughters recommended it but obviously our tastes in books are waaaaay different.

You're the first person I've ever heard to dislike Lord of the Flies. I thought it was fantastic, I'd say it's well worth to just power through...it's like 150 pages or something.

jconnon · April 2013

Brian Sanderson's Mistborn series and Darkly Dreaming Dexter.

Lisafrazier71 · April 2013

"Sum It Up Pat Summitt" by Sally Jenkins. This woman is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this book so far.

Meaganandcheese · April 2013

Deadocked, the latest Sookie Stackhouse book by Charlaine Harris. Love that series!

Humbugsftw · April 2013

Aside from books for revision for university exams, I am reading The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

ClementineGeorg · April 2013

I am currently enjoying Haruki Murakam, Remains of the Day.

DeeDel32 · April 2013

Snow Flower And The Secret Fan by Lisa See. Just getting into it, but, so far finding that it's written extremely well.

jacklis · April 2013

Author Jo Nesbo - the Harry Hole mysteries. Currently on the latest "The Phantom". I could stay up all night reading about my buddy Harry.

nightengale7 · April 2013

I'm currently tring to trudge myself through Lord of the Flies. My daughters recommended it but obviously our tastes in books are waaaaay different.

You're the first person I've ever heard to dislike Lord of the Flies. I thought it was fantastic, I'd say it's well worth to just power through...it's like 150 pages or something.

Both my husband and I did not like Lord of the Flies. Both of us had to read it in high school, and neither of us could finish it, we disliked it that much. :noway:

themommie · April 2013

I am currently reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, Iam almost done, I love ALL of her books that I have read so far,but they are not for light reading they are all on controversial subjects, that let you see how all sides feel and deal with it. I have to say this one and The Pact are my favorites so far I love to read and am always looking for good books

etoiles_argentees · April 2013

Birds of America, a collection of short stories by Lorrie Moore. Love!

JoD929 · April 2013

Persuasion by Jane Austen. I just finished Sense and Sensibility. I figured I would just read through Jane Austen's novels.

M______ · April 2013

Just finished Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain. Recommend it if anyones a fan of his. It's not amazing but it is good.

etoiles_argentees · April 2013

Oh! Next up is The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner.

Laura_Ivy · April 2013

I am ccurently reading Under the never sky and Unholy Ghosts,lol, I have reader's a.d.d bad...I constantly switch between books.

If any of you are on goodreads add me, I would love new book ideas!!
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9266446-laura

miriamwithcats · April 2013

I read, a lot. I have read at least half of the books listed here. Comments on a few of them:

Under the Banner of Heaven- it is a scary religion!

The Help- this was my childhood in Nashville in the early 60s. My dad was an Episcopal minister and struggled with the racism in the parish.

Anne Perry's books- have loved everything she has written

Sara Perotski (not spelling that right. writes about a female private eye in Chicago. She is from U of Chicago, my school) Very well done series with a touch of "home" for me.

I mostly read things like history, politics, black studies, religious issues, medicine and psychology. I get them from the library, so do not have the complete title and authors. A few of the most recent ones are :

Looking for Trouble- about the mixed messages of Jim Crow, such as blacks were criticized for being uneducated, but penalized by lynching if they tried to educate themselves. Lots of no win situations and horrible mistreatment. I did not understand the black rage until I read this book.

500 Days- about the first 500 days after 9/11. Really enlightening.

What is Wrong with White People- about the split in the Democratic party where the middle class whites joined the Republican party and the politics behind it.

On average I read a book a day. Not serial detective stories- those are an evening read. I am disabled, so can read a lot and am an extremely fast reader. Just genetics- never trained to read so fast. It is a problem at times- cannot afford to buy books since I read them so fast.

JLPaige · April 2013

I just started reading Everneath by Brodi Ashton. I'm only 30 pages in so I don't know how it is yet.

I just finished reading The Unidentified Redhead and The Redhead Revealed by Alice Clayton. They are both hilarious.

jmc0806 · April 2013

reading The Beach by Alex Garland right now but I haven't had time the past few weeks to finish it

SteelersFan7 · April 2013

I'm currently reading The Stupidest Angel; A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore.

All of his work is hysterical. I'd recommend Fool and Lamb too.

Skeena4 · April 2013

Just started reading the Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, don't know how it is yet as I am only a few pages in but I think it might be delicious!

slkehl · April 2013

I just read The Professor and the Madman. It's an excellent work of nonfiction. It's about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and the people that contributed to it, one of which turned out to be a man locked away in an insane asylum.