I Got My Books From Amazon.com What Are You Reading?

[Parche]

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
:hi:

[TZ]

1. Hey Parche OT but I found a good place for you...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7743767
:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. The Hours (thanks to PassingFair)

For such a thin book, it is taking me quite a while to read. Sometimes I have to close the cover and just think for a few days. The words, the thoughts, the images...they stay with you.

[RetroLounge]

37. I loved that book...

As soon as you are finished, while it is still fresh, go rent the movie...

I loved both the book and the movie...

:hi:

RL

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Did you find it very difficult (emotionally speaking) to get through?

I really have to set it down and just think sometimes. It's just a really great book. I will put the movie on my netflix list.

:hug:

[RetroLounge]

42. It was a bit intense for me at times...

and yes, I did put it down here and there...

But it was worth it.

:hug:

RL

[BarenakedLady]

3. I'm on the second book of His Dark Materials

The first being The Golden Compass. This one is called The Subtle Knife.

[Cant trust em]

12. I think I enjoyed these three books as much as one Harry Potter book

The Dark Materials are entertaining, but I love Harry Potter.

[BarenakedLady]

21. Oh me too.

I really enjoyed the Harry Potter series.

[redqueen]

22. Oooh I loved that series.

Hope you enjoy it as much. :)

[zingaro]

33. I've heard

from a very reliable source, that the series is worth it. You think too? I'm sold then.

[BarenakedLady]

53. So far, so good

I'm about 1/2 way through book 2.

[Parche]

60. Books

I just started on the 'Spadefish' and it is already awesome.......

as it is raining here, and me relaxing inside

:woohoo:
:hi:
:hug:

[AllegroRondo]

4. Im re-reading the Ender series

currently on book 3: Xenocide

[VenusRising]

57. Have you read Ender's Shadow?

It's Bean's life story and how he got to the Battle School. I would say it's a must read if you really liked Ender's Game.

[Fox Mulder]

5. I'm re-reading A Feast for Crows by George R R Martin.

[TZ]

6. ooh I loved that one!

I so can't wait for the next one, but it was fun to see some of the bad people, Cersei, get what what was coming to them!

[Fox Mulder]

7. I'm impatiently waiting for A Dance With Dragons.

I hope it doesn't take five years like A Feast for Crows did. x(

[yellowdogintexas]

24. our whole household is waiting for A Dance With Dragons.

the other day my husband just out of the blue says I WANT BOOK 5 NOW!!! dammit.

There is only one book five to which he could be referring

[zingaro]

8. Women & Society in Greek & Roman Egypt. And yes,

it's reading for pleasure. :rofl:

[YankeyMCC]

10. heh well I'm reading

Herodotus, The Histories - for pleasure :)

[zingaro]

31. oh come on - just watch 300 instead.

:rofl:

:hi: Hello, fellow Ancients geek. It is my pleasure to make your acquaintance. :)

[YankeyMCC]

36. Well met friend

come let me break out the honey mellowed wine and good things to eat. Then when we've put aside our desire for food and drink we will tell each other of our fathers!

And don't ever EVER suggest such a fowl thing as watching 300 again! Or may Ares strike you down for foolish beliefs about great feats of war! ;)

[Adsos Letter]

9. A new release by Jurgensmeyer...

"Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, From Christian Militias to Al Qaeda."

Jurgensmeyer also wrote "Terror in the Mind of God," which was great.

[madinmaryland]

11. Democratic Underground.

:hi:

[Cant trust em]

14. It kind of takes over, doesn't it.

Since January most of my other hobbies have been pushed to the wayside.

[Cant trust em]

13. The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

Very well written, but not exactly a page turner.

[madinmaryland]

18. I read that a few years ago. Very interesting read.

It takes a while with Rushdie's works, but once you figure out his writing style and vernacular, it makes for an interesting read.

[Cant trust em]

20. Reading Rushdie is like eating a meal at a well reviewed restaurant

I can appreciate the intricacy and level of detail in what I'm eating, but afterwards I kind of need to go get a taco to fill me up. I know that I just ate something amazing, but somehow I'm not entirely satisfied.

[EFerrari]

29. Omg, I have to read that. n/t

[redqueen]

15. The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien

I *love* his style.


Oh, and I got it at Barnes and Noble. :)

[khashka]

16. Ok...

Rolling Thunder - John Varley
Big Lies - Joe Conason
China Mountain Zhang - Maureen McHugh
Slow Decay - Andy Lane

Khash.

[Chan790]

17. Beautiful Boy by David Sheff

Work-reading, not fun reading.

[zingaro]

32. oh man

I was supposed to be reading that very book for my book group. Since they've all decided we're now a dinner-and-drinks group cleverly disguised as a book group, I don't feel too guilty. Is it worth picking up from one of them to read later?

[Chan790]

39. I can't get into it...

it's not the story, it's the setting. He starts off with Nic's early life and I find mid-90's San Fran emotionally and intellectually inaccessible...I had the same problem with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. I can't relate to the people so I can't relate to the story thus far...I'm bulling through hoping I can build a connection to the characters because I like his style and I think the topic has potential.

It's a longer version of the NY Times Magazine article from last year which I loved. It was honest. Nic is a lovable child before the drugs and it's easy to see where things went wrong because his father, by his own admission, has a tendency towards being a screw-up. There is a confessional honesty to the book, he doesn't sugar-coat things or rationalize.

I'm only 40 or so pages in at this point...I'll post a review when I'm done.

[zingaro]

44. hmm sounds like the boy version of Come Back

by Mia and Claire Fontaine. That was an amazing story. Now I'm even more interested in Beautiful Boy. I'll look forward to hearing how it goes if you chose to plow through it.

[bixente]

19. The last book I read

"Attack of the Mutant," the 25th in the long-running Goosebumps series. :D Next up will probably be Les Miserables. Aside from that, I also have my eye on some Japanese contemporary material - Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami is maybe standing at the front of the pack in that regard.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. "Shaman's Crossing" by Robin Hobbe

I like it, her books are wonderful.

[Fleshdancer]

25. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

[zingaro]

35. And what do you think of Eat Pray Love?

I read it and have some strong feelings about it. I'm always interested to hear what the rest of the world thinks.

[Fleshdancer]

43. So far I'm enjoying it....

I just started the second part with her going to India.

I see pieces of me in her so I appreciate what she's attempting to do and why she's doing it. I was uncomfortable with her stubborn desire to rid herself if her antidepressants only because I wouldn't want others to read this book and attempt the same thing. On the other hand, I had a nasty case of postpartum depression but I refused professional help for the same stubborn reasons. Asking for help takes a level of strength I don't yet have.

Her Italy "binge" was very entertaining and a quick read. I'm now aching to go to Naples to eat the thin doughy pizza and walk the streets of Rome. I appreciate her honesty and her internal struggle of giving in to her own angst and then realizing how little her problems truly are in the grand scheme of things. She really put herself out there for everyone to read which must have been very difficult and counterproductive to her attempt at self appreciation...how does she now deal with criticism?

I love her writing style and the way she divided the book into 3 parts that were then divided into 36 tales and equal 108 pieces. For someone who claims to not notice a lot of things (like the pink bathroom in Italy) she sure does think through everything she does.

Can I PM you when I'm done to understand your strong feelings about it? I'm hoping to finish sometime tomorrow.

[zingaro]

45. You bet.

This was a book my book group read and I came away with a very different take on it than anyone else. I'll save the rest of my thoughts until you've finished. :)

[Fleshdancer]

48. Great!

I'm looking forward to hearing your take on things! Hopefully I'll PM you tomorrow, but if not, then it will be Wednesday. :D

[otherlander]

26. Armageddon In Retrospect

Babyji

[Forkboy]

27. A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin

I love submarine stuff, so I'll have to check out what you're reading.

[peacefreak]

28. I read a lot of Advance copies

Just finished "The Lace Reader" by Brunonia Barry
Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
(both of these authors are from Salem, Mass. There must be something in the water, they are both wonderful)
Amen & Goodbye by Beth Gutcheon

Up next is Books by Larry McMurtry.

Yes, I'm spoiled to have access to all these.

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Thank you to whomever on this site recommended

Bookmooch.com.
It is great !
I now have 30 NEW books stacked up, waiting for the real heat of summer, when I can read all day.
And while I used to not-so-patiently wait for book prices to drop on amazon, the mooched books average around 2.50.

so far since spring I have finished the 3 vol. Robert Caro biography of Lyndon Johnson...magnificent and detailed, tons of information.
Now halfway thru his book on Robert Moses...which weighs at least 5 pounds with tiny print.
Before that, it was Rising Tide, story of the 1927 Mississippi flood..good read.

Waiting inthe wings is
3 vol biography of Franklin Roosevelt.
I seem to be in a mood for early 20th century political history.
Any recommendations along those lines????

[datasuspect]

34. i'm reading "The Twilight of the Lungers" by Vinton Q. Staunton Cavendish III, Ph.D., esq.

[RetroLounge]

38. I'm near the end of Ahab's Wife

by Sena Jeter Naslund.

It's pretty darn good...

:hi:

RL

[zingaro]

46. oh I just fondled this at B&N the other day.

It's good? I felt sort of compelled to read it but resisted the urge. If it's worthy, I can always put up resistance to my resistance. :)

[Shine]

40. "A New Earth: Discovering Your Life's Purpose" by Eckhart Tolle.

:thumbsup:

[BurtWorm]

47. Vienna 1814 (nonfiction, about the Vienna peace conference after the Napoleonic wars)

and Madame Bovary en francais (taking a very long time).

Just finished: Fatal Purity, about Robespierre, and (Parche, you might like this) The Airmen and the Headhunters, about a group of WWII airman shot down over Borneo in 1945 and their rescue by local Dayaks and an Australian undercover operation led by a maverick British major. Also Drudgery Divine, by John Z. Smith, an idiosyncratic critique of the hegemony of Protestant ideology over all religious scholarship.

[My Good Babushka]

49. The Body Emblazoned

It's an awesome history of anatomy and dissection.

[Callalily]

50. Just picked up "Shadow Divers"

Can't wait to start it!

http://www.robertkurson.com/book.html

[old mark]

51. Just discovered a New Orleans detectiv fiction writer

named Ace Atkins. Read 3 of his books so far, still have another ordered than has not yet arrived.

I get most of my books from Goodwill, but when I want something specific, I go to Abe Books and buy them used.

I have read 2 to 4 books per week for over 50 years, could not afford to buy them new.

mark

[lizziegrace]

52. "Hinge and Sign"

Heather McHugh poems sent to me by a dear friend. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

54. Groucho and Me by Groucho Marx.

[Left Is Write]

55. The Black Dahlia Files

[Doityourself]

56. Re-ordered and re-reading...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519GTKCCVXL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

Fantastic read...

[VenusRising]

58. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber.

http://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Petal-White-Michel-Faber/dp/015100692X

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YKHHPGWHL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

[tjwmason]

59. 3 Books on the go at the moment.

Richard Bosworth - Mussolini's Italy: Life under the Dictatorship, 1915-1945

Simon Jenkins - Thatcher and Sons: A Revolution in Three Acts

Aristotle - The Ethics

I recently finished two, and will pick some out of the large waiting pile to start soon.