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What book are you reading now?
Posted by dianaf86 • 11/28/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: book, free time, hobby, novel, read, reading
So what book are you reading now (and if you're not in the middle of a book, what did you last read)?
I'm reading "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger for the second time. It's such a great story, I definitely recommend it. And the movie adaptation is coming out sometime in 2009.
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I was reading The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, but I lost interest. The last book I finished was Armor by John Steakly.
Alien ants, interstellar war, bad sex scenes, great book.-
I read that and loved it!! I got up to the 4th book, but got too busy to continue. And once you forget where you left off, you're so lost. But I plan on starting the series over from the beginning and trying again, because it was so interesting.
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I'm assuming you mean the Wheel of Time series? Yeah, this is my second attempt to get through it. It's a good series. I think RJ.'s son is taking over where he left off?
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Actually it is a fellow author who is taking over by a guy named Brandon Sanderson who is a fellow author and was respected by R.J
This is a series I have followed since I was 13 years old and I must admit that, having read all the books up to book 11, I really wish he would have done all this in about 5-6. I mean really, how many times can the forces of light and dark circle around each other without actually getting in to it!
Sheesh! Let's get it on already!
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I am reading The Numerati by Stephen Baker. -
I am re-reading "Ten Little Indians" by Agatha Christy. -
I'm reading Seducing the Boys Club by Nina DiSesa. It's about how women can succeed in the business world as execs. It's AWESOME so far! -
"Ayat ayat cinta"
Best seller novel in my country -
I'm re-reading the Lucifer Principle. It's a book on philisophy and the concept that "evil" in inherit in nature as a survival mechanism, being more apparent in the more evolved creatures.
Good read, but sort of depressing.-
Some of the best books out there are depressing. Like "Grapes of Wrath". Or "Flowers for Alganon".
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I didn't find grapes of wrath depressing. However, two of my favorite books depressed me considerably the first time I read them (1984 & Brave New World) and always bring into question human integrity (or the lack thereof)
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I'm reading Smart Couples Finish Rich by David Bach. He's a great down-to-earth personal finance writer. -
lol ... I'm currently reading "International Economic Problems". It's not my usual kind of reading (I like fiction and philosophy) but I just don't get economics and I hope this will help a little. -
Currently reading "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Its a long read but very insightful and fulfilling-
Now there is a good title that nobody ever mentions.
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Are you an Ayn Rand fan?? This is my first book by her and I love it so far!! I can't wait to get done with this one and dive into The Fountainhead next!!
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I am actually. Atlas Shrugged is on my top twenty books of all time list.
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Ooh that's on my to-read list!
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My favorite book ever. And The Fountainhead is also must reading.
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i have been reading on a book called "the billie holiday companion". it's a collection of profiles, interviews etc with/of the singer.
and i'm reading thomas franks book "the wrecking crew" which is quite interesting. -
On The Road -
A thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li and Crime and Punishment for my lit. class. -
I just finished Bernard Lewis's "The Muslim Discovery of Europe". So I am looking for a new book now. -
my engg. books cause exams are ahead. -
vermilion sands - j.g.ballard - awesome read.. -
Just finished The Lovely Bones -
Just starting #3 in the Twilight series, Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. Yes, I admit, I've been bitten.
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A word of advice: if you actually like the series now, prepare for a horrid and disappointing 4th book. :/
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lol. i read all 4 books in a week and a half.
right now i am reading Creating Myself by Mia Tyler
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the manuel for my camera, by the time i get through it the camera will not work anymore kinda like the nintendo entertainment system, the xbox, and the atari -
I'm reading The Cathedral by the sea by Ildefonso Falcones which is quite thick and some work to get through. I love it though, in particular the descriptions of the beautiful cathedral that is being built parallel to the story that unfolds. -
Just finished Sleeping with Strangersby Eric Jerome Dickey, now reading Waking with Enemies by the same author -
I am reading “The Love of Learning and The Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture,” by Jean Leclercq. The book is a series of lectures given in Rome in 1955.
Here is a quote from the book on the importance of reading to the monastic life:
“[The] fundamental activity of monastic life is based on literature. For the monks in general, the foremost aid to good works is a text which makes possible the meditated reading of the word of God. This will greatly affect the domain of monastic exegesis, entirely oriented toward life, and not toward abstract knowledge... [The] importance of letters and of the ... activities which it has brought about through reading and meditation, [can be seen] since the beginning of the Benedictine tradition [since 530 AD]. There is no Benedictine life without literature. Not that literature is an end, even a secondary end, of monastic life; but it is a conditioning factor. In order to undertake one of the principal occupations of the monk, it is necessary to know, to learn, and, for some, to teach grammatica.
"And what does grammatica mean? ... "The art of grammar, which we call literature, is the science of the things said by poets, historians, and orators; its principal functions are: to write, to read, to understand, and to prove." Thus grammar is the first stage and the foundation of general culture...”
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alright...most of the reading I do has to do with Mass Communication articles for school, however, I am planning on trying to read twilight asap...I know, I'm jumping on the bandwagon! -
Just finished reading 'Fade' by Kyle Mills. About to re-read 'Rising Phoenix' by Kyle Mills. -
I hate to admit but i'm reading the book twilight....its so wonderfully written though! -
I am currently reading this thread. -
Just finished "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" by Norman Mailer...gotta look through my to-read pile to decide what's next.... -
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill -
Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" - well, I've been trying to get myself to start reading it... it's next on my list.-
Oh great!I've finished with the entire Twilight saga.Famous as the entire series is,I'd still say Meyer's The Host makes for a much worthier read! -
I agree wholeheartedly!! i read that first, cuz i thought it might have been a prequel to twilight, and i loved it! definately not twilight, though! the part where they dissect the baby souls made me cry, though.
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I'm re-reading "Moby Dick". Best piece of antitranscendental literature I've read as well as my second favorite book of all time.
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Well...I read my blogs...does that count? In addition, I've become a fan of: www.therisingblogger.com - they highlight many interesting blog posts and then I hook into those blogs. One woman posted a comment to my A Soldier's Mother blog (www.israelisoldiersmother.blogspot.com) and that alerted me to her blog about her life and her son, who was killed in Iraq (www.knottiesniche.blogspot.com) and I think her blog is amazingly sincere and though hard to read from an emotional point of view, still well worth it.
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'Giant Steps' by Anthony Robbins and 'What Southern Women Know' by Ronda Rich. -
Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha - brilliant! Now reading Brick Lane -
I'm reading "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne, it's really a must-read! And on the fiction side I'm re-reading "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. -
I am reading 1634 The Ram Rebellion, and alternately listening to Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card and Black Swan by Nassim Taleb. I just finished reading Beyond the Gap by Harry Turtledove (wasn't impressed with it) and finished listening to The God Delusion which I have read a couple of times. -
Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino.
Peep some of its content at
businessmancode.blogspot.com -
The Historian by Elizabeth Kristova with a vampirish background but written with erudition and research. -
Psycho Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz-
An excellent read that I should put on my winter re-read list. Thanks
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I am finally getting around to reading Obama's second book, The Audacity of Hope. Last week, I finished reading Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sassoon that was absolutely fascinating. -
I wish I had time to read more. But, since I am going to school I am reading a Gender and Society book.. can't think of the name.
Oh, I am giving away free books on my blog, www.tawanastegall.com ...
As of this momemt, books up for grabs are Stephen King, Joel Osteen and Victoria Osteen... Check it out though -
I just started 'The Sky so Big and Black' by John Barnes today. It begins on Mars and is definitely sci-fi, but I can't say much more about it yet. -
Whatever happened to the American Dream by Larry Burkett -
Rain by V.C Andrews -
i'm re-reading a play by ostrovsky. -
I'm reading To Kill A Mocking-Bird by Harper Lee.Its been good so far.
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Grace by Linn Ullman -
I haven't found the one I want to read today but I'm sure there is one out there about "Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer." I did find some great reading on the internet that left me with my eyes wide and my mouth open. A story about the Harps boys(the first known serial killers in American History)Shocking but true.... -
"If You Want To Write" by Brenda Ueland - she is incredibly insightful about writing, relationships, the world in general. Beautiful book.
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"Who Am I – And If So, How Many?", by Richard David Precht. -
The Blue Tattoo:The Life of Olive Oatman
www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Tattoo-Olive-Oatman-Women/dp/0803211481 -
Currently i am reading brave new world, vampire academy, frostbite, blue is for nightmares, white is for magic, and the sixthe harry potter(in celebration of the sixth movie) i also just finished Jodi Piccoult's perfect match. very very sad book!
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I'm reading "The reader" by Bernhard Schlink. haven't seen the movie though... I'm halfway now.
Also reading "The Discovery of Heaven" by Harry Mulisch (In dutch ofcourse.)
And "The Witch of Portobello" by Paulo Coelho (In dutch as well, not that into this one, though I really like Coelho's work) -
i just finished "description" by monica wood...now onto "how to write a damn good mystery" -
Simply Javascript by Kevin Yank and Cameron Adams -
I am reading The Quran (revealed) by Allah (The Creator of the Universe).
Today I read about the day of Judgement. -
Portraits of Socrates
the Assistant by Robert Walser
Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace -
Bob Dylan's Chronicles. Yessum. -
I am currently reading Murder by the Numbers in hopes of becoming inspired. -
Ooooh Time Traveler's Wife was a great read.
Right now I'm trying like hell to get through Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. I had such high expectations for it. But it just isn't dunking my Oreo. I will finish it on principle, but only in the name of pop culture party references. -
The Three Musketeers.
Haven't actually started, but I threw it in my bookbag today so I can read a bit while in college. -
the harlequin's novels although most of them are boring cinderella stories,but still like it anyway and some translated japanese mangas/comics. -
New moon,it's a good one -
The Charm School by Nelson Demille
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Reading Lock And Key by Sarah Dessen...not upto the usual Sarah Dessen standards though.But you won't find it boring.
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re-reading Liquor by New Orleans writer Poppy Z Brite -
Mind War by TL Stenzelbarton
if you like sci-fi you'll enjoy this. it's short but has a great story line. perfect for the beach or summer reading.-
New one to me - but so much is.
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currently i am reading dangerous angels, a very, VERY strange book, that for all its weirdness, i can't seem to put down. it's this collection of the weetzie bat books, and i really enjoy it! i also am reading children of men, rose and the beast, and i was a teenage fairy. rose and the beast is my favorite of all the others, though. the author like, rewrote all the classic fairy tales so they were all dark and depressing, and i just eat that stuff up! lol...
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Re-reading Beyond good and evil by Nietzsche, the best book ever written in my opinion. -
I just about to start reading Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy. I'm looking forward to a refreshing change from reading technical works on oceanography and marine biology.
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I'm still trying to decide between Far Horizons by Frank Gardner, In Xanadu by William Dalrymple and God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens...decisions decisions...
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Why not read The Lost Symbol while you're deciding?
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I have just begun a book titled "Christless Christianity". I have finished the first chapter so I have a pretty good idea where the author is headed and I am excited to join him as he reviews the current state of Christianity in the United States of America. -
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World -
"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen.
I couldn't put it down. And I was sad to finish it. -
The only reading I do now are BC blogs. I don't read books anymore. Can't see the point.-
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what is the point of reading blogs? -
Could you elaborate?
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I Hear ya. I didn't read books for a long time. I was reading magazines and Blogs. Then I picked up a John Irving book and that got me back into it. Now I'm back in the mix. It's cyclical for me.
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Patricia Cornwell's Portrait Of A Killer - Jack The Ripper: Case Closed. It's a bit ridiculous.
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did you get through it? I only made it halfway and it's sat in the bookcase for over a year since.
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The Bible. -
"The Forgotten Garden," by Kate Morton.
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Sounds promising ( www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/kate-morton/forgotten-garden.htm )
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The Alchemist! -
I am reading the ancient book-how human should behave? -
The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams: creepy eccentric family saga with more than a touch of the Tim Burton about it.
Filming on a Microbudget by Paul Hardy: lots of useful stuff but I don't want a book telling me what I can't do, I want a book telling me how to do it... -
James Cain's collection, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce, the last 2 of which were made into memorable movies with the kind of Hollywood stars that aren't seen anymore. -
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk -
Essentials of Investing - Mark Skousen -
Oblivion by Peter Abrahams
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I'm almost done with "Shelf Discovery" by Lizzie Skurnick. Of course, now I'm fighting the urge to re-read the books of my youth next.-
why fight it? read them and re-enjoy them
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Just finished the series called Fionavar Tapestry (again)
www.hadean.org/2009/10/22/the-fionavar-tapestry-books/
Also, before that was a book called Crusader Gold however I haven't done a review of that one yet. -
The Gun Runner by Hugh Laurie -
"The Ascent of Wonder - The Evolution of Hard SF" David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, editors (1994).
It's research for Drifting at the Edge of Time and Space - and, once I get to the anthology of stories, will also be fun to read. -
read the scarlet letter, moby dick, and some walt whitman poetry for american history. have a paper about the effect of the civil war on american literature due tomorrow, so...
i also read a couple more clique books, um... the pact by jodi piccoult, which made me cry, part of blue moon, but i liked evermore a lot better, and... my lost and found life, which i liked a lot! -
Until I Find You by John Irving. -
"Inside my Heart" by Robin McGraw "Dr. Phil's wife" Fantastic, moving book! -
I frequently read and re-read David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, because I write in a somewhat similar style, and because reading some of their better material seems to bring out MY better stuff.
I also have several other books beside my bed (much to the chagrin of my neat-freak wife) that I peek at from time to time...some on author self-promotion, and some on whatever caught my fancy at a given moment. -
I've just finished "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott. Now I'm on "The Fractal Geometry of Nature" by Benoit B. Mandelbrot. What can I say...I like math!
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