What books are you reading that are not 'health' related.

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  • Chika_2015
    Chika_2015 Posts: 357 Member
    I'm currently reading the new ESPN book, "Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN" by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. I really enjoyed their SNL book.

    My husband would love this, i will recommend this to him.
    Thanks
  • CyborgDreamSt8
    CyborgDreamSt8 Posts: 18
    I personally loved "City of Bones" =)

    I read that book nearly five years ago, when I was living in San Antonio. Once I started it I just couldn't put it down. I never did read any of the others though, it's a whole series now I think. I would have to start over and that just doesn't really appeal to me.
  • tjradd73
    tjradd73 Posts: 3,495 Member
    I am currently piggy backing two!! I am working on a list of the "classics" which I have put togethor, so my first one is "A Tale of Two Cities", and I will be starting Dean Koontz' 4th "Frankenstein" book this weekend!!
  • tjradd73
    tjradd73 Posts: 3,495 Member
    OH!! I also recommend "the Hunger Games" series that is out!! Best books ever!!!
  • ummommyme
    ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
    I don't get to read alot and often find it hard to keep my attention but when i do I prefer nonfiction more-right now i'm reading "The Lost Painting" by Jonathan Harr. And i really liked "The Sistine Secrets, Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican" it was very interesting and i love that it has pics of paintings so you can see it right there. "Dante's Inferno" is good as well but i haven't read the other two in the set-The Divine Comedy. I will probably redo that soon and read the whole thing next time.
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
    Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner) is the best book I ever read. I also really enjoyed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and am currently working my way through Michelle Moran's books, which are phenomenal (Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, Cleopatra's Daughter, and Madame Toussand). And Lamb, by Christopher Moore, is hysterical, but if you're a reverent religious type person, I don't recommend it (it's about Jesus's childhood friend, Biff. Go from there, lol).

    I've read a few Christopher Moore books and they have all been hilarious!
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Oh wow, i didn't think i would get that many responses, but wow....AWESOME. I have to load my kindle up. You guys/gals gave me some great idea and i will check them out. Right now i have to start with the "the girl with the dragon tattoo" by Steig Larsson, I saw the movies and loved them and now i want to read all the books, 3 of the.

    Thanks Eveyone ;0)

    I read those books before watching the first movie. They are an excellent read. I just finished reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on my Kindle and bought "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel. It's the final book in her Earth's Children series (Clan of the Cave Bear, etc.) and I have been waiting for a very long time for her to finish it. I can't wait to have some free time to start in on it.
  • Cindib13
    Cindib13 Posts: 234 Member
    I'm currently reading " Dead Reckoning" on my kindle. It's the latest in the Sookie Stackhouse Series. For those of you that don't know, "True Blood" on HBO is based on the Sookie Stackhouse series. What can I say, I'm a sucker for vampire books. :smile:
  • Chika_2015
    Chika_2015 Posts: 357 Member
    Oh wow, i didn't think i would get that many responses, but wow....AWESOME. I have to load my kindle up. You guys/gals gave me some great idea and i will check them out. Right now i have to start with the "the girl with the dragon tattoo" by Steig Larsson, I saw the movies and loved them and now i want to read all the books, 3 of the.

    Thanks Eveyone ;0)

    I read those books before watching the first movie. They are an excellent read. I just finished reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on my Kindle and bought "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean M. Auel. It's the final book in her Earth's Children series (Clan of the Cave Bear, etc.) and I have been waiting for a very long time for her to finish it. I can't wait to have some free time to start in on it.

    OMG OMG OMG, I read those books like a decade ago and I loved them. I might have to add those to my list. Thanks I forgot all about Jean A.
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    I like the idea of a kindle, but I'm a nerd, and I LOVE books. I love bookshelves also.

    I like to read fantasy world stuff.

    I like Gregory Maguire - Wicked, Wicked - Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
    I also LOVE the Harry Potter Series I am currently reading the 5th year.
    I read Charlene Harris books also, not just the Sookie Stackhouse series, but that series for sure :)
  • Zombielicious
    Zombielicious Posts: 246 Member
    Oh wow, i didn't think i would get that many responses, but wow....AWESOME. I have to load my kindle up. You guys/gals gave me some great idea and i will check them out. Right now i have to start with the "the girl with the dragon tattoo" by Steig Larsson, I saw the movies and loved them and now i want to read all the books, 3 of the.

    Thanks Eveyone ;0)

    I have a kindle too - love that thing. I know these movies were AMAZING...so I can't wait to read the books as well. Right now I'm reading World War Z - it's actually a really good read, although I'm not sure how they're going to make it into a movie.
  • parvati
    parvati Posts: 432 Member
    Just finished Water for Elephants which was really good and now I'm starting Secret Daughter.


    I just finished Secret Daughter.... It was amazing!! I definitely recomend it!!
    Enjoy... :)
  • zzmdfh
    zzmdfh Posts: 3 Member
    The Dark Hunter series by Sherrlyn Kenyon. Funny boy meets girl, girl finds out boy is immortal and hates him, they kill a bunch of bad immortals, fall in love, live happily ever after - literally! My 19 year old daughter got me to read these and they are really a lot of fun to read.
  • tjradd73
    tjradd73 Posts: 3,495 Member
    oh!! is there a new sookie book?!?!?! I didn't know that!!! make that 3 books that I will be reading then! LOL

    I'm currently reading " Dead Reckoning" on my kindle. It's the latest in the Sookie Stackhouse Series. For those of you that don't know, "True Blood" on HBO is based on the Sookie Stackhouse series. What can I say, I'm a sucker for vampire books. :smile:
  • joeysrib
    joeysrib Posts: 158 Member
    I just finished the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Now I'm reading Kathy Reichs first in her Bones series. I dovnot have a kindle, but use the app on my phone. Love it!
  • BellaCoconut
    BellaCoconut Posts: 87
    Hi!
    I love my Kindle, too- being a voracious reader, i can plough through a book in a few hours- so on holidays I love it now that i don't end up with like, 10 books to take home with me! Too much luggage...
    ( Mind you, i do miss that fresh "book smell", I wonder if amazon can incorporate that into the kindle somehow? haha)
    I just finished reading "People of the Mist" by H. Rider Haggard, its a lost race fantasy novel- highly recommended if you like this genre.
    Otherwise...I could go on for hours, but can recommend some of my faves:
    "Pillars of the earth" and "World without End"- Ken Follett
    "Oryx and Crake"- Margaret Atwood- some challenging themes but a really amazing read. I love anything by Margaret Atwood!
    "Foucaults Pendulum", "Baudolino", "the Island of the Day before" By Umberto Eco- i love everything by Eco, he's a genius!
    "Cathedral of the Sea" Ildefonso Falcones

    ...i won't go on, cause now I'm just nerding out. :glasses:
  • jend114
    jend114 Posts: 1,058 Member
    Reading the first book in the Hunger Games triology
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    I'm reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward..I am on Lover Avenged right now.,.It's paranormal romance..they are great..
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    Perks of Being a Wallflower. For probably the 1,000th time.
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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    I'm reading Naked by Davis Sedaris. I love him. When I am finished I am starting Game of Thrones.
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    I am currently reading the third book in the A song of ice and fire series by George RR Martin. I HIGHLY recommend them, they are incredible books!

    LOVE this series!!!!!!
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    I'm reading "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. It's a fiction book about black maids and their employers set in the 1950s-60s in Mississippi. It's very good!
  • ANeWcRe8N
    ANeWcRe8N Posts: 1,180 Member
    I am reading Heaven Is For Real. It's a four year old boy's account about how he went to Heaven. The story is written by his father. It is so refreshing on how he gives his accounts of how heaven is. Check it out it will truly strengthen your faith. Oh it's by Todd Burpo

    I soooo want to read this book... hoping to get it soon :)
  • Talako
    Talako Posts: 79 Member
    Congrats on your kindle, and wishing you many happy reading hours.

    Am reading to and with my 8 year old son, and we're on the third Harry Potter book.
    I also just finished: Because They Hate, by Brigitte Gabriel.

    I read the whole Potter Series to my son. I miss doing that.
  • Maya1979
    Maya1979 Posts: 37
    I'm currently reading Persuasion by Jane Austen.
  • j_zanzig
    j_zanzig Posts: 113 Member
    I am currently reading Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks!
  • Zombielicious
    Zombielicious Posts: 246 Member
    oh!! is there a new sookie book?!?!?! I didn't know that!!! make that 3 books that I will be reading then! LOL

    I'm currently reading " Dead Reckoning" on my kindle. It's the latest in the Sookie Stackhouse Series. For those of you that don't know, "True Blood" on HBO is based on the Sookie Stackhouse series. What can I say, I'm a sucker for vampire books. :smile:

    Ya know...I love vampire books...and I love True Blood...but I didn't really like this book series. I couldn't get past the first few chapters of the first book. I just don't like her writing style.
  • lkirchner82
    lkirchner82 Posts: 32 Member
    I just got back from a beach vacation and was able to catch up on a lot of reading!

    Riding the Bus with My Sister - Rachel Simon
    Thinking in Pictures - Temple Grandin
    To Kill a Mockingbird (I've read it at least a dozen times, but it is still fabulous every time!) - Harper Lee
    The first three Harry Potters - again!
  • lcoulter23
    lcoulter23 Posts: 568 Member
    I just got back from a beach vacation and was able to catch up on a lot of reading!

    Riding the Bus with My Sister - Rachel Simon
    Thinking in Pictures - Temple Grandin
    To Kill a Mockingbird (I've read it at least a dozen times, but it is still fabulous every time!) - Harper Lee
    The first three Harry Potters - again!

    Temple Grandin is awesome. Have you seen the movie they made about her? It is amazing.
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