What are you reading? April 2013

[Melanie]

I'm reading a play called Fences by August Wilson.

[Joe]

I'm reading , which some of you might recognize better as the book that Field of Dreams is based on. It has been a while since I saw the movie, but I can see the movie play in my mind while I'm reading the book...

I also notice I'm reading more fictions books now than ever... which is a good thing. It's still not my genre of choice, but at least I'm finally getting over the bias I had because of school and the alleged "great works" that were shoved down my throat which I couldn't stand while in school.

[Mike]

I've begun reading in the Discworld series. I'm laughing like a loon at the humor.

[Ronald]

Mike wrote: "I've begun reading in the Discworld series. I'm laughing like a loon at the humor."

That series has some really good books.

[Ronald]

I am still making my way through that I started a few days ago.

[Luke]

Right now, I am re-reading The Return of the King. Read it in middle school many moons ago, and am enjoying it even more now. Also, in honor of baseball season, Run Home & Take a Bow, a devotional book based on the 2011 KC Royals. It is surprising good so far.

[Melanie]

Luke wrote: "Right now, I am re-reading The Return of the King. Read it in middle school many moons ago, and am enjoying it even more now. Also, in honor of baseball season, Run Home & Take a Bow, a devotional ..."

A Royals Fan? We are few and far between.

[Melanie]

I just finished Fences by August Wilson last night before going to bed. It is a Pulitzer Prize winning play. I would have loved to seen it performed, but very doubtful it would be around here. It deals with mental, emotional, and physical fences. I do recommend this quick and easy read.

[Melanie]

I'm going to start City of Thieves by David Benioff for my book club.

[Jocelyn]

Still working my way down Mel's BBC Top 100 books list. Just finished George Orwell's 1984. Sure remember liking it better when I read it in high school. This time, not so much.
Will start "Little Women" next, another book I haven't read since grade school.
Hmm, can't seem to post books in here anymore...

[Bill]

I've been meaning to read for some time since I read volume 1 in the series The Hunger Games some time ago. Here goes.

[Melanie]

Jocelyn wrote: "Still working my way down Mel's BBC Top 100 books list. Just finished George Orwell's 1984. Sure remember liking it better when I read it in high school. This time, not so much.
Will start "Little..."

I wasn't trying to make you conquer the list. :)

[Melanie]

Bill wrote: "I've been meaning to read for some time since I read volume 1 in the series The Hunger Games some time ago. Here goes."

I loved The Hunger Games, liked Catching Fire, and was disappoined by Mockingjay.

I do recommend reading Divergent and the follow up Insurgent by Veronica Roth. The 3rd book will be coming out in September and I can hardly wait.

[Melanie]

Melanie wrote: "I'm going to start City of Thieves by David Benioff for my book club."

David Benioff is married to Amanda Peet.

I'm over 1/2 way through and haven't spent a lot of time reading this. It is very good and I want to see what is going to happen next. It is about the battle of Leningrad during WWII.

[Luke]

Melanie wrote: "Luke wrote: "Right now, I am re-reading The Return of the King. Read it in middle school many moons ago, and am enjoying it even more now. Also, in honor of baseball season, Run Home & Take a Bow, ..."

Maybe if they keep winning, it won't be so hard. A Royals fan, a Chiefs fan, a K-State fan - I know loss and disappointment! But hope springs eternal. This is the year!

[Melanie]

I'm back to reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. I just had too much on my plate and other people wanted it from the library. It really is a good book.

[Bill]

I'm now reading by Stephen King. I wanted to get it in before the tv mini series starts. Hopefully the tv show will be as memorable as "The Stand" and not as dreadful as "The Langoliers"! I'm not at all worried about enjoying 1000 pages of the book; I'm sure I will.

[Mike]

I might read Under The Dome, but for the most part I overloaded myself on big huge novels last year, and I'm trying to spend more time with lighter stuff for the time being. Maybe later on this year or sometime next year.

[Donna]

I loved The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The beginning of Under the Dome was very good, but by the end of it, I was less than impressed.

Currently I am reading Bright Shiny Morning, by James Frey. Despite the controversy surrounding the author, I enjoyed the first two books. He has an unusual writing style. I am about 2/3 through Bright Shiny Morning and I think it is quite good.

[Melanie]

I'm doing a bit of young adult chick lit with Destined by Aprilynne Pike. It is the conclusion to a series and should be a quick easy read.

I think next up will be Thomas Jefferson. Slightly dread reading this because I really didn't like him in the biographies I read on Washington and Adams.

[Melanie]

I got distracted and started Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. This was a recommendation made by the guy I'm seeing. Back in November I had created a list of books he recommended.

[Bill]

After finishing over 1000 pages of Under the Dome and loving it, it's time for something a bit shorter and on a lighter note.

We may never know why Benedict XVI resigned, but may have some insight into his life.

[Mike]

I completed and gave it five stars. This is a mindblowing zombie story that stops to consider aspects of the zombie apocalypse that no one has looked at before. And the author spent a lot of time and research on the virology of the zombie virus to make it look realisitc. I actually got the book signed over last weekend in Atlanta.

So now I've moved onto , which I also got signed, along with the sequel.