What book are you reading? or what was your favorite book

[jakobscalpel]

Hmmm...you know, I Googled Gerald's Game, and unless my brain is nothing but cobwebs, I don't think I read that. But I did read Dolores Claiborne, which was supposed to have been tied in with Gerald's Game. Now I am going to have to scare up a copy of that book.

It is a good book but I didn't care for the ending.

[Meat Man]

Does playboy count?;):o

[Summer]

Just finished "Storming Heaven". It was about the start of the coal mines in W. Va. at the turn of the century and the start of the union. I was surprised at the control the mines had over the people. It was like a Gestapo. They completely ruled the miners' lives. You could be murdered if found out you were a union member. Pretty interesting stuff as a lot of my ancestors were miners in that area at that time.

[Yosemite_Wolf]

Reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

[Kahlua Kid]

Just finished "A Woman of Substance" by Barbara Taylor Bradford and then " 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey.

Now started in to "Moloka'i" by Alan Brennert about a young girl sent to the leper colony on Moloka'i in the early 19th century.

[Yosemite Joy]

Reading Atonement, need to finish it by Feb 1st, the Met gets it that day.

[Yosemite Joy]

Now reading The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot... sort of depressing, but everyone should read it.

[beebs]

I like reading about history, factual events or anything that increases my awareness and makes me contemplate this world we live in. The thing is, the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know!

Just finished “The March” by E.L. Doctorow – he’s a very descriptive writer, and “Lies My Teacher Told Me” about how the history books in our school system fail to give an accurate detail of this countries history. Very interesting. Another recent good one was “Escape” by Carolyn Jessop. This details the FLDS, am extreme branch of the Mormon church that still practices polygamy. The head of which, Warren Jeffs, was recently in court for charges related to the religion’s practice.

I’m going to add “Storming Heaven” and Foreskin’s Lament to my list.

[Yosemite Joy]

I love reading about religion. And history. I would like to read a book about Joseph Smith, and the massacre. And the entire "Enlightenment" is very interesting, and the three main religions that came from the false predictions of 1844(45).


I am reading Duma Key right now, yep, the new Stephen King.


Where did Jakobscalpel go?

[Kahlua Kid]

Just finished "The Russian Concubine" and "The Other Boleyn Girl"...

Now on to ... hmmm.... "The Giving Tree".

[Yosemite Joy]

Reading "The God Delusion"... where the heck is jakobscalpel? Wondering if he has read this book, seems his type.

[Ironhorse]

Waiting to find the new James Patterson book "7th Heaven" in paperback. NOT going to pay $28 for the hardback version!

[only1alphafemale]

Waiting to find the new James Patterson book "7th Heaven" in paperback. NOT going to pay $28 for the hardback version!

I am interrested in that one too! With my eye sight however, I need to see if I can get it in audio ~ if not, can borrow your copy when your done? :grin: I promise not to dog ear it or cry on any of the pages...LOL!

[Yosemite Joy]

Waiting to find the new James Patterson book "7th Heaven" in paperback. NOT going to pay $28 for the hardback version!


They are 11 bucks on amazon, used, new condition.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0316017701/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203833156&sr=8-1

[Ironhorse]

Thanks, I'll check it out! O1af, you can borrow my copy, but you'll have to wait for my mom to read it first, after me. She's a Patterson fan too and always gets the book next, LOL. PS, I also always try to find it in LARGE print, LOL.

[beautiful_mess38]

Just finished Molakai. Very good book. I guess Kaulaupapa on Molakai Island is a natl. park. 38 people with leprosy still reside there.
I now just started The Russian Concubine.

[only1alphafemale]

Thanks, I'll check it out! O1af, you can borrow my copy, but you'll have to wait for my mom to read it first, after me. She's a Patterson fan too and always gets the book next, LOL. PS, I also always try to find it in LARGE print, LOL.

Very cool, lol...thanks ! I have three audio books my mom sent to me, if your interrested in them, Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell Rapture in Death , Nora Roberts writing as JD Robb and The Woods , by HarLan Coben ~ :)

I havent had a chance to listen to them yet, so that will keep me busy while you and your mom read the 7th ~ :) Thanks!

[Dodgergirl]

Currently have Roses Are Red (another Patterson Novel) in my player in the car. I know I've heard it before, but thought I'd go thru all of my books on tape again...

[only1alphafemale]

Currently have Roses Are Red (another Patterson Novel) in my player in the car. I know I've heard it before, but thought I'd go thru all of my books on tape again...

Hey DG ~ have any your ready to get rid of yet? if you do get rid of them? will you think my way please???? :grin:

[Dodgergirl]

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[only1alphafemale]

....;)....

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[Ironhorse]

I can't do the audio books while I drive, and that would be the only chance I would have to listen to them. I get too distracted trying to listen to the story, LOL. But thanks for the offer. I've read Blowfly and it was really good. Hmmm, come to think of it, my mom has that book too, LOL.

[only1alphafemale]

I can't do the audio books while I drive, and that would be the only chance I would have to listen to them. I get too distracted trying to listen to the story, LOL. But thanks for the offer. I've read Blowfly and it was really good. Hmmm, come to think of it, my mom has that book too, LOL.

Well today I started to "listen" to rapture in death" ~ Is seems pretty good so far, but I had several interruptions today...... I need to find some kind of personal player I think with head phones to listen to at night when I go to bed.....lol

[kellieflan]

I just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter, a novel by Kim Edwards. I read it in large print, from the library, over 700 pages. While the idea was intriguing - how secrets kept can creep into the very seams of life, and possibly destroy the fabric of living - the book was pretty dense, and pretty depressing. I had to really struggle to get through it, but I was determined to find out what happened in the end. My review? "Eh." The Memory Keeper's Daughter is being made into a movie - and I think the movie could be good.

What are YOU reading?

[CatdaBrat]

I am reading a mystery called "Death Match" by Lincoln Child. It's about a major computerized dating service and how the rare couples referred to as "super couples" (the ones who match in every way) are seemingly committing suicide. I like the book so far, but I don't pick it up as often as I should. It takes me forever to get all the way through a book these days. I have my hands into too many projects.

[dorseygirl]

I am almost finished with "Sisters" by Danielle Steele. Love her books - it has been a long long time that I have ready a book, with three new kids and all. I see that she has written quite a few that I need to catch up on.

[Yosemite Joy]

I'm reading "There Is A Slight Chance I Could Be Going To Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble" for the comic relief. It is extremely funny. I just finished "The Birth House" about a midwife and midwife apprentice during World War 1.

Next is "The Bell Jar"...

I am a book nut.

[csciacca]

I just started reading Snow Falling On Cedars it's not new, written in 1995, sometimes it takes me YEARS to get around to reading a book, I do try to keep a list of what I want to read. I just finished reading a book and I am so embarrassed I can't remember the name of it. It was about a girl who had an emaginary friend. I just loved it!!!! Couldn't keep my nose out of it, read it in two days. I have already mailed it off to my daughter-in-law because I thought they might like it for their book club. I wish I had more time to read!!!!

[beautiful_mess38]

I read Memory keepers daughter. As a matter of fact I chose it for my bookclub, because it is a good discussion book.

I finished the Shack by Phil young and now I'm reading stephainie meyers twilight. Yep my firiend got me into vampires. Can't put the darn book down I love it.

[kellieflan]

So Beautiful, you liked it? I kept chugging away but I guess I thought it was a little depressing and people were making questionable choices (understatement). I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't read it yet. I think I would have liked it much better if I could have discussed it... I had a hard time with many of the choices the characters made and maybe the views of others would have made it seem to drag less for me. As I said before, I look forward to seeing the movie (on DVD!). Let me know if you ever have an opening in the book group, I am a relentless reader!
K

[Edana]

Still working through that Bible - its amazing how much more rich the text has been for me this time around. Also Authentic Christianity, which couldnt have come at a better time in my life, and Selling Out America's Children; How America Puts Profit Before Values and What Parents Can Do.

[kellieflan]

America's Children sounds interesting.

I am aware of a process called "compression," I think, in the advertising business, where advertisers try to make older childrens' products appeal to younger children, thereby gaining more revenue over a longer period of time, even when the products are clearly inappropriate age-wise.

Also, the mixed messages our children receive! Ug! I remember taking my daughter (then 8) and her friend to the "American Girl" store in Los Angeles, and sitting on the balcony having lunch with my girls and their dolls... what was across the street, in staring range? A HUGE building sized mural for the Victoria's Secret store inside. :no:

I will check out this book, thanks.

[HIS_MOM]

im reading girl left out the hidden aggression in girls it is a great book

[Dawn]

The wonderful book I am reading is called:

God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong

by S.T. Joshi

[Yosemite Joy]

America's Children sounds interesting.

I am aware of a process called "compression," I think, in the advertising business, where advertisers try to make older childrens' products appeal to younger children, thereby gaining more revenue over a longer period of time, even when the products are clearly inappropriate age-wise.

Also, the mixed messages our children receive! Ug! I remember taking my daughter (then 8) and her friend to the "American Girl" store in Los Angeles, and sitting on the balcony having lunch with my girls and their dolls... what was across the street, in staring range? A HUGE building sized mural for the Victoria's Secret store inside. :no:

I will check out this book, thanks.


You should read "Affluenza" too. I can not recommend this book enough.

[Patagoniamaniac]

Christ out of Egypt again..and ofcourse..the Bible.... :O)

[only1alphafemale]

"S is for Silence" by Sue Grafton. ( Its the first one of hers I have tried ) and I am starting "The Last Coyote" by Michael Connelly.

Does anyone else here listen to Audio books either on CD's or Tape? I would be interrested in "swapping" back and forth if anyone is interrested.....:) However, right now my titles are kind of limited to forensic and murder mysteries.....

[kellieflan]

"S is for Silence" by Sue Grafton. ( Its the first one of hers I have tried ) and I am starting "The Last Coyote" by Michael Connelly.

Does anyone else here listen to Audio books either on CD's or Tape? I would be interrested in "swapping" back and forth if anyone is interrested.....:) However, right now my titles are kind of limited to forensic and murder mysteries.....

My husband listens to books on tape or CD incessantly, in the car, on his drive to and from Clovis. He borrows them from the library in Clovis. If we ever are given or buy anything - will let you know. Good idea to share. Also on Ebay they have good prices on these items.

PS Not very linear, eh, to start a Sue Grafton on the "S!" I love it!

[yosemitewriter]

If you're looking for something different to read, check out the book I just had published.

http://www.e-booktime.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=E&Product_Code=EFF-PB&Category_Code=SU

[beautiful_mess38]

So Beautiful, you liked it? I kept chugging away but I guess I thought it was a little depressing and people were making questionable choices (understatement). I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't read it yet. I think I would have liked it much better if I could have discussed it... I had a hard time with many of the choices the characters made and maybe the views of others would have made it seem to drag less for me. As I said before, I look forward to seeing the movie (on DVD!). Let me know if you ever have an opening in the book group, I am a relentless reader!
K

Some of my choices for books are discussion books for the book club. Memory keepers daughter I thought was good, because it was a good discussion book. Why did these people make the choices they did? I don't want to choose a book with a happy ending all the time. My next book for the club is The Glass Castle. True story about her child hood. She's a succesful journalist now and works for msnbc. I think my next choice will be The story of Edgar Sawtell. Again great discussion book.

Kellie, I'll talk to the ladies at the club meeting this month about you joining. We do take December off. We have a myspace page of the books for future reading. I believe we have them listed thru April of 09.

[Dodgergirl]

Just finished The Year Of Fog, sort of a mystery, but more of a personal awareness read

[only1alphafemale]

My husband listens to books on tape or CD incessantly, in the car, on his drive to and from Clovis. He borrows them from the library in Clovis. If we ever are given or buy anything - will let you know. Good idea to share. Also on Ebay they have good prices on these items.

PS Not very linear, eh, to start a Sue Grafton on the "S!" I love it!

Thanks K! Appreciate it ~! I get loads of them on Ebay...lol.....its the only way I could afford to get through an entire series of books! LOL. I have just gotten my player from Audio books for the blind too, so that helps! But for those I just have to read? Its generally Ebay for me!

Do keep me in mind if you (or anyone else for that matter ) has any they want to swap back and forth~ Its a good way to develop new reading interrests too ! ;)

LOL on the Sue Grafton... I think the next one of hers I got is "Q is for Quarry" ~ ;) Soooo many of them, like the JD Robbs Eve Dallas Series., I just jumped in where I could....:rofl:

[Patagoniamaniac]

Any suggestions for a scary, suspense murder mystery?...its been a while since I read a good one.

[Dodgergirl]

Any suggestions for a scary, suspense murder mystery?...its been a while since I read a good one.

Almost anything by James Patterson, many of his continue the characters across a series. I have a few Koontz titles that are creepy too.

[only1alphafemale]

Any suggestions for a scary, suspense murder mystery?...its been a while since I read a good one.

I also like Patterson, and I really enjoy Patricia Cornwell. I liked "Blow Fly" the best out of her foresnic mysteries. Amy Tans, *Saving fish from Drownding* wasnt bad either......
There are also the Kathy Reichs books, ( which I think is based on the TV show "Bones".) I have tried only one of those however, and found it a bit dry, but there are several that have been written.

[Dawn]

I heard that this book was good:

Death Dance by Linda Fairstein

[kellieflan]

Beautiful, the Glass Castle is one of the best books I ever read.

In Mexico in the summer two years ago, some friends of ours got together and rented a house on the beach. I was reading Glass Castle and was so impressed, I gave it to my friend (a voracious reader, he devours books!) and HE was so impressed that he bought ten copies to give out to friends! Of course, he's a little crazy anyway.

Glass Castle is a remarkable book, I look forward to hearing what you think about the mother, and the whole family, really.

[jakobscalpel]

Missing Mom, Joyce Carol Oates

[beautiful_mess38]

Pata, I like Patricia Cornwell for murder mysteries. Stephen King I read when I want to get my mind messed with. He's one of my favs.

Kellie, I absolutely loved The glass castle. It took me 2 days to read it which is very rare with 3 kids and a busy schedule. The book brought me right in from the beginning. I can't really talk to much about it here because there are book club members here lol. However; I will say this. It amazed me that the mom let them live like that knowing she could have sold off some property to give them a better home and food in thier bellies. The shack in W. Va. just grossed me out.

Speaking of The Shack, by Phillip Young I finished that before starting Twilight. Another great book.