false 3 219 219 true 5631555 read 0 true 2806719 currently-reading 0 true 2806718 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/45420-what-are-you-currently-reading AM made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

Karen wrote: "AJ Jacobs is great to listen to on audio because his nerdy voice is just what you would expect from someone who would set out to read the entire encyclopedia."

I loved Know-it-All on audio. Very funny.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/239778-fads-in-books AM made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

Some of my favorite retellings are of the Tam Lin ballad. There is Tam Lin by Pamela Dean, Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones, and the Queen of Spells by Dahlov Ipcar (which I believe is out of print). ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76815331 to: Torchwood: Everyone Says Hello (Audio CD) by Dan Abnett
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76815306 to: Impossible (Hardcover) by Nancy Werlin
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76815285 to: Keeping It Real (Quantum Gravity, Book 1) by Justina Robson
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/177019-episode-35-road-to-dystopia AM made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

Heather wrote: "It seems dystopian novels, movies, and whatnot are in fashion right now. Which is good, since I enjoy them so much!

There are several dystopian YA reads I can recommend. The Hunger Games by Suzan..."

Life as We Knew It, gave me anxious dreams. I live in south Louisiana and I read this book after Hurricane Katrina. I think it cut a little close to home at the time and I haven't been able to bring my self to read the sequel. It is very well written and I recommended to people, but I feel compelled to warn them that it might bring up sensitive subjects. Most people do enjoy it in spite of or because of the anxious feeling it invokes.


]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/221093-episode-42-books-for-the-occasional-reader AM made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

I always ask what is the last book they've read, but my fiction stand by list is
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunnet
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Non-fiction
Know it all by A.J. Jacobs
Candyfreak by Steve Almond
84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our Behavior, and Set the Course of History

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74361069 to: Waiting for Columbus (Hardcover) by Thomas Trofimuk
I don't think I'd have ever picked this book up except for the intriguing review that Books on the Nightstand gave it. They made it sound a bit like that movie Don Juan Demarco with Johnny Depp and Charlton Heston. I decided I'd give it a try. I am very glad that I did. This is a wonderful story, part adventure, part romance, part tragedy. I didn't quite know what was going on, but I didn't mind being lead down the path the author had sketched out. This was a good story and beautifully written. I really recommend it. For me in was new and different. A fresh and beautifully story to clear the mind after too many mediocre books of late. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/223042-the-magicians AM made a comment in the Books on the Nightstand group:

I finished it but did not love it. I explain more in my GoodReads review, but plainly I never caught me in a sense of wonder or exploration that I look for in my fantasy novels. It actually left me kind of annoyed at all the characters. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73862495 to: Torchwood: The Sin Eaters: (Audio Original) by Brian Minchin
These are fun. Like watching Torchwood in the car. ]]>