What book are you reading?

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  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    edited October 2020
    ^^That sounds really cool! Would make a great gift for a couple people on my list. Thanks for sharing! eta: Do you recommend, @KosmosKitten ?

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Why read books when you can just watch television??

    It’s unrational!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    stevehenderson776 wrote: »

    A better book I read recently is Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. If you like books about genetically engineered super-intelligent spiders who convey complex information and memories through the exchange of sperm then this is the book for you.


    This book is exceptional in every regard.

    The sequel, Children of Ruin is also very, very good.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    ^^That sounds really cool! Would make a great gift for a couple people on my list. Thanks for sharing! eta: Do you recommend, @KosmosKitten ?

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    I'm enjoying it. I found it at King's Canyon or Denali (one of the two) when I visited, but pretty sure you can nab copies of it on Amazon. The original had a preface and was compiled by Horace Albright's daughter (Albright is credited as the founder of the group of men and women we now know as "park rangers").

    If you have friends who would enjoy that book, they'd probably enjoy "Wild Muir" as well.
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    Educated was one of my favorite books this year as well as Where The Crawdads Sing. Educated is a tough read but where it goes is really the message....your beginning does not define your ending. You can make of your life what you choose!!! Tara is an inspiration! Having nothing, coming from crazy parents and yet finding a way toward educating herself to the extent she did, is why i believe there are no excuses for staying in the miserable situation you are in. If you want change bad enough, you’ll find a way! On a side note, it’s so fascinating to me how some people who come from disastrous, miserable situations tend to be the ones who are most grateful and willing to do the exhausting work to create the lives of their dreams instead of boohooing about how unfair it all is and complaining about the unfair advantage of others.
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    ^^^^In other words, I think you’ll really like Educated if you want to be inspired by the life of a really hard worker😊
  • dragontamerjackson
    dragontamerjackson Posts: 9 Member
    I am reading Journey to Ixtlan, the lessons of Don Juan.

    And I just picked up a new stack from the used book store!!!
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    ^^^me likey
  • Taytaylynn92
    Taytaylynn92 Posts: 230 Member
    A loving on the edge series. There are 9 books and they are wonderfully hot and fun to read!
  • IronIsMyTherapy
    IronIsMyTherapy Posts: 482 Member
    Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,740 Member
    IronIsMyTherapy wrote: »
    Atomic Habits by James Clear

    I'm also reading this for a work related book club. I recently downloaded a habit tracker on my phone. It's Repeat Habit Tracker, if you're interested.
  • slessofme
    slessofme Posts: 7,740 Member
    A thriller for October
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  • GoJohnGo71
    GoJohnGo71 Posts: 439 Member
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  • Bluetail6
    Bluetail6 Posts: 2,984 Member
    The Power Of Habit - Charles Duhigg
  • stevehenderson776
    stevehenderson776 Posts: 324 Member
    I made it about a quarter way through The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. It really made me think hard about how ridiculous my book burning taboo was.
  • Nerys52
    Nerys52 Posts: 86 Member
    The Complete book of Herbs - Lesley Bremness.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,455 Member
    edited October 2020
    stevehenderson776 wrote: »
    I made it about a quarter way through The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig. It really made me think hard about how ridiculous my book burning taboo was.

    For me, that was Sophie's Choice and Babbit.
    Nerys52 wrote: »
    The Complete book of Herbs - Lesley Bremness.

    That sounds interesting and useful. Is it?
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    The Glass Castle, a reread for me but absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. IMO
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    The Glass Castle, a reread for me but absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. IMO

    This sounds fascinating! Adding to my ever growing list!
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  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,628 Member
    edited October 2020
    I've been on a WW2 kick lately (i'm a history freak) so just starting Paris Never Leaves You. And I just finished the Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards
  • steph6556
    steph6556 Posts: 575 Member
    The Kingkiller chronicle part 2
    The Wise Man’s Fear!
    Has anyone here read these? excellent! Cannot put down!
  • stevehenderson776
    stevehenderson776 Posts: 324 Member
    Just finished the first book in the Hyperion Cantos series. Very good.
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  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,455 Member
    steph6556 wrote: »
    The Kingkiller chronicle part 2
    The Wise Man’s Fear!
    Has anyone here read these? excellent! Cannot put down!

    I've read Wise Man's Fear...also Name of the Wind. Really like his work.
  • KickassAmazon76
    KickassAmazon76 Posts: 4,678 Member
    The subtle art of not giving a fu*k.

    It's a really good book!
  • BordeauxBee
    BordeauxBee Posts: 69 Member
    In search of weight loss positivity I learned Khloé K had a book called Strong Look better Naked. It does feel like your in a one on one conversation.

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  • brustmannzwei
    brustmannzwei Posts: 1,124 Member
    SEC560
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    KickassAmazon76 wrote: »
    The subtle art of not giving a fu*k.

    It's a really good book!

    A couple Christmases ago, that book seemed to be on everybody's wish list so there were a lot of copies under the tree. :) I read it but need to do a reread because I don't remember a lot about it.

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