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[ms.petra]

Autobiography of Mark Twain: Vol.1
Some of the introductory material was rather dry, but the actual musings of Clemens/Twain are very good. I am about 1/2 done with this volume.

[Sarah]

I'm reading Bun's well-traveled copy of Lifelode but it's too nice to take out of the house. My backup book is The City & The City which I am hoping will be the first Mieville book that I can get through.

[[deleted user]]

If I ever finish this book I'm thinking about giving The Man in the High Castle another go...

[[deleted user]]

Don't get me wrong. I love Rob Sheffield's writing as much as anyone but his publishers should've gone with "Talking to OTHER girls About Duran Duran" as the title here because it only confirms what I've suspected all along: Sheffield is 82% girl himself, "Rob" being short for "Roberta."

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Winter's Bone.
Perfumes: The A-Z Guide.

[Aynge]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Into Thin Air was the best Everest book, IMO, but to be a completist (and for the other side) you should read The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everst, by the less pompous (and very impressive)..."

Why do you say it's pompous? I didn't get that at all when I read it.

[Aynge]

Southern Fried Britt wrote: "I'm reading Adam Carolla's book, In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks... because my brother is listening to the audiobook, and he said he's never laughed so hard. I like Adam Carolla, and I love what..."

I gotta get that! I used to listen to him and Dr. Drew on Loveline in the 90's. God, I miss that.

[Sally, la reina]

I think Ko was responding to me, I think his writing reveals just how very much he thinks of himself.

[Aynge]

I think I've read 2 of his books. He didn't strike me as pompous at all.

[Félix]

Well, at least he's not pedantic.

[Natalie]

I have finally started reading The Joy Luck Club . Always loved the movie and now enjoying the book .

[Phil]

Natalie wrote: "I have finally started reading The Joy Luck Club . Always loved the movie and now enjoying the book ."

I read that some years ago and thought it was very good. Nice choice.

[Janice]

Natalie wrote: "I have finally started reading The Joy Luck Club . Always loved the movie and now enjoying the book ."

I love all of Amy Tan's books. I must have lived in China in a previous life.

[Jim]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Sally wrote: "I think Ko was responding to me, I think his writing reveals just how very much he thinks of himself."

Yes. I did expand a bit in message 814.

ETA: I just started Murder in the High..."

Glad you like it.

[[deleted user]]

No idea. I finally finished that stupid Jean Rabe book. It had NO resolution and lead right into the next "trilogy". Uh, if there is not resolution and it leads into another three books that makes it ONE SERIES, you bloody LIAR, not two trilogies!! Sigh. I don't have the energy to read anymore of her rubbish just now.

Any suggestions?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Conversations with Capote.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Nine Tailors.

[[deleted user]]

I am reading In a Strange Room and really enjoying it so far. It is a quiet read though still compelling.

I am also re-reading for the umpteenth time Pride and Prejudicefor a group read . It has been quite a few years since I read it. I have watched the BBC 6 part mini series quite a few times (with Colin Firth, drool). It follows the book so closely I had forgotten some of the differences.

[janine]

jean rouaud - la femme promise (the dutch translation of course)

[[deleted user]]

I've been trying to give DFW another go (A Supposedly Fun Thing), it isn't working out very well. I think that the title is really fitting for my experience with the book.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm reading Lord of the Flies because I can't remember if I've read it before.

[Aynge]

Amelia wrote: "I've been trying to give DFW another go (A Supposedly Fun Thing), it isn't working out very well. I think that the title is really fitting for my experience with the book."

Skip to the last essay about his cruise.

[Kevin]

i am still slogging through ken follett's fall of giants. not great enough to not put down and not bad enough to put down.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I just picked up Infinite Jest, speaking of DFW. Not good bedtime reading, it's a chore just to hold it up while I'm lying in bed.

[Kevin]

no kidding jacks. fall of giants is like a cigar box filled with lead. i do arm curls in between chapters

[Helena]

Has anyone read Foucault's Pendulum? If so, what did you think?

I'm enjoying it, so far. I'm having to wiki every other word and I don't mind that at all, kind of fun:D

[Mary]

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I just picked up Infinite Jest, speaking of DFW. Not good bedtime reading, it's a chore just to hold it up while I'm lying in bed."

I am so weirdly intimidated by that book! Not the size, the hype. I've been "reading" it for quite some time (not since July though) and frankly I don't really like it that much so far which makes me feel like I'm not getting it somehow.

Currently I'm reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down which is really good.

[Natalie]

I'm really enjoying The Girl Who Chased the Moon . Loved Sarah Addison Allen's first two books and now this one too .

[R]

Currently I'm reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down which is really good.

That's a great (and very sad) book. Shortly after reading it, I went to a nice town in the North of Vietnam and found that my tour guide was Hmong. I asked her if she had thought of moving to Saigon or Hanoi and she told me that none of the Hmong in the area would ever, ever, EVER consider moving so far away. I can barely imagine how bewildered new Hmong immigrants to the US must be.

Anyway, I'm reading English, August: An Indian Story. It is hilariously vulgar and I love it.

[Félix]

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

[Sarah]

Oh, The SPirit Catches You was wonderful!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Helena wrote: "Has anyone read Foucault's Pendulum? If so, what did you think?

I'm enjoying it, so far. I'm having to wiki every other word and I don't mind that at all, kind of fun:D"


It was informative, and paranoid, Helena. It was a good primer on everything you need to know to be a conspiracy theorist. All those secret groups, all over the world!
Maybe!
Or maybe not!

Honestly, I didn't know what to make of the storyline.

[Helena]

Larry wrote: "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West"

One of my favourites! Enjoy :D

@ Jackie- I’ve heard that the story line gets a bit lost in the details. I think this is one I may have to read again (and again,and again) to figure it out!

Well, in any case, I’ll either feel smarter for having read it or not so smart. I’m leaning towards the latter, at the moment. Or maybe I’ll just get even more paranoid.

Thanks :D

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'm reading Lord of the Flies because I can't remember if I've read it before."

LotF sucks!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Homer & Langley, hating it.

[Janice]

Since I quit listening to The Expected One, I will start the audiobook Faithful Place on my way home tonight.

[Sarah]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Homer & Langley, hating it."

I enjoyed Homer & Langley, mostly for the intellectual exercise I imagined it was for the author, who got to start with a list of belongings and turning them into a narrative arc.

[ms.petra]

Steve Martin An Object of Beauty

[Jim]

Bury Your Dead

I have enjoyed the whole series.

[Aynge]

I'm rereading Lamb by Chris Moore. As funny as ever.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

[Michele]

Just ordered "River Marked" by Patricia Briggs. Looking forward to reading it.

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

I still need to get caught up on that series. I stopped about halfway through Iron Kissed.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The Wagon and Other Stories from the City.

[Janice]

Lobstergirl wrote: "The Wagon and Other Stories from the City."

How many books do you have going at the same time? How much time do you spend reading each day? I'm impressed!

Right now, I have 3 on the go. One is an audiobook that I listen to on my way to and from work. Another is an ebook that I read on breaks at the office or sitting in a waiting room. The third is a "book" book that I read at home in the evenings.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I finished Homer and Langley (it was short). I have bookmarks in two nonfiction books which I haven't actually opened in maybe a week. I'm actively reading The Wagon and will finish it soon, as it's short. I just got a bunch more from the library. I do tend to read a lot.

[Jammies]

Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

[Margarida]

I just started Orhan Pamuk's The New Life. Excited about it, I really love the way he writes.

[Kira]

I am about to start this: but I am already in the middle of so I am going to finish it up (It's pretty good so far), I have heard some god things about it. Oh and I can't wait to read :)

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

Bumped is up on Netgalley right now, isn't it? I forgot to request that one.