Bookworms

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  • EternalTruth
    EternalTruth Posts: 491 Member
    edited June 2016
    curvylicious369 wrote: »
    Here! Ugh it cut off my whole response. Anyway I have been a bookworm since middle school when I discovered Christopher Pike and RL Stine. They were my escape from a hard life and I would devour books and get lost in them. Was always in the library taking max amount of books. My faves now are Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, Karin Slaughter. I read other genres too but mystery is my fave. I always come back to my whodunit's.

    I still have most of my Pike and Stine books...lol... I have a hard time letting go of books.

    I mostly like Fantasy books like the Harry Potter series and Mortal Instruments series but I also like some thriller authors like Koontz and King.

    Right now I am reading 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. Not a fantasy novel but still a great read. :smiley:
  • Riffraft1960
    Riffraft1960 Posts: 1,984 Member
    a great source for ebooks for free is the Gutenberg project. they have well over 50,000 books. It seems just about any book that is out of copyright can be found there.
  • lessismoreohio
    lessismoreohio Posts: 910 Member
    I love books as well (no Kindle or electronic devices for me - love the library and the feel of a book in my hands). I especially like mysteries and crime novels. I'm currently reading the Inspector Erlendur series by Arnaldur Indriðason. Then on to the Jesse Stone series.

    Please feel free to add me as a friend.
  • lilthings1
    lilthings1 Posts: 46 Member
    Just bought Zoo 2. By James Patterson. Loved the first one.
  • wonderwoman8613
    wonderwoman8613 Posts: 8 Member
    I am a bookworm . I LOVE a good mystery . I am currently reading Stalking The Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall . I am also hooked on the Cat Who series.
  • keodell1966
    keodell1966 Posts: 141 Member
    Love to hear what everyone is reading! Just finished I Said Yes, by Emily Maynard Johnson. Kind of a fluff type book, but some behind the scenes of The Bachelor were interesting.
  • marleebeale
    marleebeale Posts: 12 Member
    I love reading! I used to work at the public library!
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    Yay reading!!!! I'm going retro, and reading The Stepford Wives. I just finished The Whites, which is probably the best "mystery" I've ever read.

    Pro tip: if you feel guilty about the time you spend reading and not moving, read on a recumbent stationary bike.
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    I'm a bookworm. I read 3-5 books a week. I read a lot of Fantasy...but I like a lot of different genres. Right now Amazon has all the Pat Conroy books as part of their kindle unlimited so I went back and read the Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. I love those books. He died in March so it kinda prompted me.
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    me too! me too! me too!

    i read on my commute on the train and in the sun on the weekends, and anywhere else i can get a chance.
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I'm a bookworm. I read 3-5 books a week. I read a lot of Fantasy...but I like a lot of different genres. Right now Amazon has all the Pat Conroy books as part of their kindle unlimited so I went back and read the Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. I love those books. He died in March so it kinda prompted me.

    I LOVE prince of tides, i think i've read it 4 times, i didn't realize he passed away. :(
  • mayoosh_primrose
    mayoosh_primrose Posts: 131 Member
    jader8993 wrote: »
    Right here! Aside from reading my textbooks I'm currently reading a storm of swords from the song of ice and fire series!

    How is it? :star: I stopped at A clash of Kings :/
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    mayoosh_primrose wrote: »
    jader8993 wrote: »
    Right here! Aside from reading my textbooks I'm currently reading a storm of swords from the song of ice and fire series!

    How is it? :star: I stopped at A clash of Kings :/

    i know you didn't actually ask me - but i really liked the whole series so far, now if we could only get the next book before hbo blows it all to hell . . .
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  • mayoosh_primrose
    mayoosh_primrose Posts: 131 Member
    lithezebra wrote: »
    Yay reading!!!! I'm going retro, and reading The Stepford Wives. I just finished The Whites, which is probably the best "mystery" I've ever read.

    Pro tip: if you feel guilty about the time you spend reading and not moving, read on a recumbent stationary bike.

    I do that actually!! Time doesn't exactly flow by but it's more efficient :lol:

  • mayoosh_primrose
    mayoosh_primrose Posts: 131 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I'm a bookworm. I read 3-5 books a week. I read a lot of Fantasy...but I like a lot of different genres. Right now Amazon has all the Pat Conroy books as part of their kindle unlimited so I went back and read the Prince of Tides and The Great Santini. I love those books. He died in March so it kinda prompted me.

    3-5 books a week! I finish 2 and a half and people gape at me :lol: Keep up the great work!!!

  • mayoosh_primrose
    mayoosh_primrose Posts: 131 Member
    jessiferrrb wrote: »

    i know you didn't actually ask me - but i really liked the whole series so far, now if we could only get the next book before hbo blows it all to hell . . .

    Thanks! Will give it another shot once I finish the Steinbeck book I'm reading :smiley: What are you currently reading? ;)
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    I just started Wildwood by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. It's YA fantasy but I'm loving his writing. I'm not surprised, his songwriting is amazing.
  • keodell1966
    keodell1966 Posts: 141 Member
    marleebeale wrote: »
    I love reading! I used to work at the public library!

    Oh awesome. My dream job! Though I'm not sure I would get anything done if I worked there.

  • keodell1966
    keodell1966 Posts: 141 Member
    Reading Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. Loving it already.
  • bshedwick
    bshedwick Posts: 659 Member
    I don't really have time to read, but I love audiobooks.
  • jammer1963
    jammer1963 Posts: 106 Member
    mayoosh_primrose wrote: »
    *_* *_* Sent a friend request to all!
    Maybe everyone can share what's currently on their reading list? I have Stephen King's 11/22/63 :love:

    Great book. The series they produced for Hulu staring James Franco was excellent. I am a huge Stephen King fan. The Dark Tower series is a must read for all his fans. He's the reason I wrote a book :)
  • lessismoreohio
    lessismoreohio Posts: 910 Member
    Currently reading "Silence of the Grave" by Arnaldur Indridason to be followed by "Night Passage" by Robert B. Parker. I really like the Inspector Erlendur series by Indridason.

    Has anyone read any of the Jesse Stone series by Parker? Your thoughts?
  • saranne1015
    saranne1015 Posts: 180 Member
    Currently reading
    "The Interior Circuit" by Francisco Goldman (a journalist's memoir)

    "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan (an approach to economics for a non-economist)

    "The Labyrinth of Solitude" by Octavio Paz (super prosy look at Mexican identity)

    and I just finished "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (a novel about immigration and self discovery).
  • shijay
    shijay Posts: 23 Member
    I am a huge bookworm. Always have something to read with me.
  • lisciousg24
    lisciousg24 Posts: 189 Member
    lessismoreohio wrote: »
    I love books as well (no Kindle or electronic devices for me - love the library and the feel of a book in my hands). I especially like mysteries and crime novels. I'm currently reading the Inspector Erlendur series by Arnaldur Indriðason. Then on to the Jesse Stone series.

    Please feel free to add me as a friend.

    I'm the same!
    Got a kindle so can share account with my sister. That way I get more books without having to buy them all myself.
    Read off of it only when on vacation. Otherwise love reading actual books
    No comparison
  • BioShocked89
    BioShocked89 Posts: 330 Member
    Stephen King is where I make my home. Most recently I just finished Mr. Mercedes. I also picked up his last volume of the Mr. Mercedes series End of Watch and got to see him speak in Louisville. (It was everything I hoped it would be and more)I also love Agatha Christie, autobiographies, and some of the old stuff like Beowulf, The Illiad, The Oddessy, ect. My favorite book is to Kill a Mockingbird.
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    Hey Bookworms. Check your Amazon accounts. The antitrust suit that Amazon lost to Apple means that you might have a credit in your Amazon account. I just got an email to check and I've got $15.23. lol. Same thing with Ticketmaster if you are concert goers. Some class action suit filed against them in 2003 just paid out like yesterday. You might have ticket vouchers in your account.
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    hunter0922 wrote: »
    Any good horror books you could recommend?!

    House of Leaves
    Bird Box
    Rosemary's Baby
    The Stand
    Something Wicked This Way Comes
    I am Legend
    Let the Right One In
    The Girl Next Door
    The Wasp Factory
    American Psycho

    Not all necessarily "horror", but creepy and haunting.
  • Toronto6fan
    Toronto6fan Posts: 461 Member
    Just started the Magicians by Lev Grossman, just finished Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis.
  • rph2t
    rph2t Posts: 34 Member
    mayoosh_primrose wrote: »
    *_* *_* Sent a friend request to all!
    Maybe everyone can share what's currently on their reading list? I have Stephen King's 11/22/63 :love:

    I am reading a book about Henry Knox, one of the generals in the Revolutionary War, and Henry James' Portrait of a Lady. I'm on a bit of a history kick since I'm going back for my Master's in Historic Preservation in the fall, and I'm trying to get back in that mindset.

    Also, I am halfway through Metro 2033, the book the video game was based on, post-apocalyptic novel set in Russian Metro system. It's a little weird, but very good.
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