what are ya reading....

jackeh
jackeh Posts: 1,515 Member
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Looking for a new book to read.... I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini OMG it was so good definately on my top 5 list of all time... i think i cried through more than half the book:blushing:

jackie
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  • jackeh
    jackeh Posts: 1,515 Member
    Looking for a new book to read.... I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini OMG it was so good definately on my top 5 list of all time... i think i cried through more than half the book:blushing:

    jackie
  • Katy009
    Katy009 Posts: 579 Member
    'the town that forgot how to breath'
  • greysweatshirt
    greysweatshirt Posts: 411
    Looking for a new book to read.... I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini OMG it was so good definately on my top 5 list of all time... i think i cried through more than half the book:blushing:

    jackie

    Have you seen the movie? I saw it and really liked it. I didn't know if it was close to the book. I've found that the books are almost ALWAYS better than the movie.
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    No Country For Old Men

    Pretty good so far.
  • Erica92627
    Erica92627 Posts: 576
    The Kite Runner. I have not started that one yet. I heard it was excellent.

    I'm reading the Double Bind. Not sure right now who wrote it (I don't have it here with me). But what I have read so far is excellent. Be sure to read the intro, because it does help make sense of what is going on in the book.

    I skipped it at first read the first two chapters and was like "?":ohwell: Once I read the first few pages before the chapters actually start it all came to me.

    I think you'd like it
  • jlauren6
    jlauren6 Posts: 209
    I just finished Nights in Rodanthe by Nicolas Sparks, it was a good love story. I just started The Glass Castle.
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    The choice of Nicholas sparks. Very good.


    -Adrienne:heart:
  • Sarandipity
    Sarandipity Posts: 1,560
    I am reading Jack and Jill by James Patterson right now. It is the third book in the Alex Cross series. I am reading them in order again before I start on the 3 latest ones I haven't read yet. Patterson is so prolific it is hard to keep up! (especially when you are like me and have many favorite authors that are also prolific!)
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    Looking for a new book to read.... I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini OMG it was so good definately on my top 5 list of all time... i think i cried through more than half the book:blushing:

    jackie

    Have you read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (also by Hosseini)? It is such a beautiful (sad) story - I couldn't put it down. I loved "The Kite Runner" as well.

    I recently finished "Codex 632" - a novel about the true identity of Christopher Colombus (kind of along the Da Vinci Code lines), and even though I'm no history buff - it was fascinating because the author used so many actual historical documents and the story line held my attention (which history classes never have :laugh: ).
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).
  • rosemarymint
    rosemarymint Posts: 132 Member
    The Historian is a great book that I read a few months ago. Also Promise not to tell.
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    I also read "Running with Scissors" - and keep in mind that it is supposedly a memoir. The story line is so out-of-this-world (in a good attention-grabbing way). I'm not totaly sure how truthful it is to the author's real life (think "A Million Little Pieces".) BUT it is a good read!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    I also read "Running with Scissors" - and keep in mind that it is supposedly a memoir. The story line is so out-of-this-world (in a good attention-grabbing way). I'm not totaly sure how truthful it is to the author's real life (think "A Million Little Pieces".) BUT it is a good read!

    Have you read "Glass Castle" (or the Glass Castle, maybe). It's a memoir about neglectful parents that is un-freakin'-believable too.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Hey guys....



    would you be interested in a book club???



    One book a month, selected by a participating member. Meeting up in person isn't feasible, but we could make a thread about the book , with the person who made the selection kicking off the discussion of the book.



    Whaddya think??
    :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    I also read "Running with Scissors" - and keep in mind that it is supposedly a memoir. The story line is so out-of-this-world (in a good attention-grabbing way). I'm not totaly sure how truthful it is to the author's real life (think "A Million Little Pieces".) BUT it is a good read!

    Have you read "Glass Castle" (or the Glass Castle, maybe). It's a memoir about neglectful parents that is un-freakin'-believable too.

    Ohhh..no, I haven't read that one yet! I just googled it, and looks good. I'll add it my list "to-read" and see if the library has it. I rarely buy books (I'd be broke if I did :laugh: ) so the library is my 2nd best friend!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    I also read "Running with Scissors" - and keep in mind that it is supposedly a memoir. The story line is so out-of-this-world (in a good attention-grabbing way). I'm not totaly sure how truthful it is to the author's real life (think "A Million Little Pieces".) BUT it is a good read!

    Have you read "Glass Castle" (or the Glass Castle, maybe). It's a memoir about neglectful parents that is un-freakin'-believable too.

    Ohhh..no, I haven't read that one yet! I just googled it, and looks good. I'll add it my list "to-read" and see if the library has it. I rarely buy books (I'd be broke if I did :laugh: ) so the library is my 2nd best friend!

    check out www.paperbackswap.com
    That is how I get all my books.
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    Hey guys....



    would you be interested in a book club???



    One book a month, selected by a participating member. Meeting up in person isn't feasible, but we could make a thread about the book , with the person who made the selection kicking off the discussion of the book.



    Whaddya think??
    :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

    Great idea Lauryn - I'm game! Maybe start a new post with "Book Club: Month" in the title?
  • wtchywmn
    wtchywmn Posts: 193
    Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer:smile:
  • peej76
    peej76 Posts: 1,250 Member
    Hey guys....




    would you be interested in a book club???



    One book a month, selected by a participating member. Meeting up in person isn't feasible, but we could make a thread about the book , with the person who made the selection kicking off the discussion of the book.



    Whaddya think?


    Great idea!!!






















    :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    I also read "Running with Scissors" - and keep in mind that it is supposedly a memoir. The story line is so out-of-this-world (in a good attention-grabbing way). I'm not totaly sure how truthful it is to the author's real life (think "A Million Little Pieces".) BUT it is a good read!

    Have you read "Glass Castle" (or the Glass Castle, maybe). It's a memoir about neglectful parents that is un-freakin'-believable too.

    Ohhh..no, I haven't read that one yet! I just googled it, and looks good. I'll add it my list "to-read" and see if the library has it. I rarely buy books (I'd be broke if I did :laugh: ) so the library is my 2nd best friend!

    check out www.paperbackswap.com
    That is how I get all my books.

    WOW!! Thank you - I checked out the website and it is awesome - will def try it out!
  • Sarandipity
    Sarandipity Posts: 1,560
    Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer:smile:

    I read that one on the weekend! :happy: I have to go get Breaking Dawn now.
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    A book club would be fun:bigsmile:
    That site was good, but if you don't want to swap and keep your books I get mine from zooba.com they are 9.95 a month free shipping and handling.



    -Adrienne:heart:
  • oldredhorse
    oldredhorse Posts: 8
    Hi,
    If you liked The Kite Runner, you'll love a 1000 Splendid Suns by the same author. It also takes place in 70's Afghanistan during the invasion of the Taliban. It will break your heart.
    If you want something funny, some of the memoires that are out like David Sedaris' Engulfed in Flames is great and Chelsea Handler's Are There Vodka, It's Me Chelsea are very funny. Also, (forgive me I'm an English teacher who's been reading all summer) The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc is slightly trashy, romantic mush-gush to read on the beach.
    Happy reading!
  • mello
    mello Posts: 817 Member
    an easy mindless read "Piece of Work by Laura Zigman
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    FYI -- drafting up info on the book club. I'll be posting it today, possibly as late as tonight, but by tomorrow for sure!
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    I just started readin "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides... so far its really good.
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Also, if you are Irish, try "Trinity" by Leon Uris.... great reading - coulda been a movie!
  • watch48win
    watch48win Posts: 1,668 Member
    Looking for a new book to read.... I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini OMG it was so good definately on my top 5 list of all time... i think i cried through more than half the book:blushing:

    jackie

    I just watched that movie the other night----soo good
  • watch48win
    watch48win Posts: 1,668 Member
    I just went thru my Jane Austin phase, now reading some Steven King.

    Just finished Duma Key and starting The Cell.

    But I did pick up Emma by Jane Austin.
  • Erica92627
    Erica92627 Posts: 576
    I don't think I could stand to watch "The Kite Runner" in movie form with as much as I cried reading the book too!

    I'm getting ready to start "Running with Scissors" by August Burroughs (maybe... sounds like the right name).

    read that one Running with Scissors, good book easy read, you'll get through in a week - two tops!

    If you did finish it , did you like it? Funny about the doctors special room huh? ewwy
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