What are you reading the week of March 29, 2009?

[DUgosh]

I am reading Bed Bugs by Taylor McCafferty and on tape. Scandal in Fair Haven by Carolyn G Hart.

[villager]

1. Riddley Walker. Finally.

n/t

[Skittles]

2. Heart of Ice - Greg Olsen

bought it at an airport in Charlotte NC when I forgot to take an airplane book with me :o

[Wwagsthedog]

3. A couple of Bernard Cornwell books

Parts 1 & 2 of the Saxon Chronicles. Thought I'd try them out.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Believe it or not,

I'm finally reading "Dreams From My Father." Damn, but Obama's a gorgeous writer.

Joseph Heller's "No Laughing Matter."

"Alone In The Kitchen With An Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone." I bought this one because the title was so good, but it's a delightful read - a collection of essays by writers about dining by themselves. It's lovely.

[oldtime dfl_er]

5. Just finished The Whale Warriors

by Peter Heller. I missed the TV show that just ended, and hope it gets rerun. I highly recommend the book.

[Believing Is Art]

6. Aeroelasticity by Bisplinghoff

Sometimes interrupted by Theory of Wing Sections, a much lighter read.

I hate my life.

I'd like to get my hands on a copy of We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land by Jimmy Carter, but the library doesn't have a copy yet. Anyone read this?

[Golden Raisin]

7. Pompeii

by Filippo Coarelli.

[YankeyMCC]

8. The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis

[shirlden]

9. Common Wealth

Economics For A Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Just started on it, but it is recommended by Al Gore and E.O. Wilson. That made it a "must read" for me.

:thumbsup:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Still on Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

As you may know, it's a thick book. :-)

[peacefreak]

12. I started that a couple of weeks ago.

About half way through right now. Just build the freaking church already.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. I don't know---I'm enjoying the side plots

I start reading faster when Follett begins describing the details of the building.

[Qanisqineq]

11. Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery

I loved the movie "Anne of Green Gables" as a kid (and still do) but realized that I have never actually read the book. I was afraid they would be very different and I wouldn't like the book. I just finished that book and have started on the second one.

[MaineDem]

14. "Corsair" by Clive Cussler

On audiobook.

[mentalsolstice]

15. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Very good so far!

[Araxen]

16. The Legend of Drizzt, Book I Collector's Edition

http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Drizzt-Collectors-Book-I/dp/078694837X

First time reading them and they are fantastic so far.

[MrSlayer]

17. Excellent.

Drizzt is one of the greatest characters in fantasy and R.A. Salvatore is one of the genre's best authors. Drizzt Do'Urden's journey through life is one of the most interesting ever written in fantasy. You'll be entranced the whole way through and make sure to check out the offshoot "Sellswords" series and the "Cleric Quintet" also by Salvatore.

[MrSlayer]

18. "Without Warning" by John Birmingham

Birmingham’s acclaimed Axis of Time trilogy, an alternate history of World War II, now seems a mere warm-up for this blockbuster set on the eve of the second Gulf War. On March 14, 2003, as coalition forces ready their assault on Iraq, a massive energy wave envelops the continental U.S. and portions of Canada and Mexico. Quickly dubbed the Disappearance by baffled onlookers, the wave mysteriously obliterates all life forms, human and animal, within its shimmering borders. As politicians and scientists try to make sense of the anomaly, some foreign observers, including Iraqis, start celebrating, while others descend into chaos. Birmingham follows the volatile developments through the eyes of an American general in Guantánamo Bay, near the wave’s perimeter; a city engineer in Seattle, the only major U.S. city left unscathed; and an American secret operative fending off assassins on the streets of Paris. While Birmingham’s shocking premise may unnerve some American readers, a story line replete with full-throttle action should appeal to Anglophones everywhere.


http://www.amazon.com/Without-Warning-John-Birmingham/dp/0345502892


I read his "Axis of Time" series and it was quite good. I'm about a hundred pages into this one and it's very interesting. If you like alternative history Birmingham is one of the best in the business.

[DemoTex]

19. "Poets on the Peaks" by John Suiter

An excellent, beautifully illustrated book about Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Jack Kerouac and their stints as fire lookouts (and how it influenced their poetry/writing) in the Pacific Northwest. I am following in these masters' footsteps .. I have been hired by the USFS as a fire lookout ranger for the 2009 fire season (mid-May through late October) in the Deschutes NF, Oregon. I turned 61 two days ago, but I feel like I'm 35 again.


My new home from mid-May through late October!

[DUgosh]

20. That is totally cool

very cool!