What're you reading?

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What're you reading?

I'm working on the first novel in the current Star Wars novel series before I get back to reviewing for my sci-fi blog (http://androiddreamer.blogspot.com) for which I'm currently reading David H. Burton's Scourge .

[Julia]

Matt, I didn't know you had a sci-fi blog. Very cool. I've been meaning to read some sci-fi books so I'll definitely have to check out your recommendations on there.

I am currently reading Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov. Not exactly 21st century material, but I have to read it for class. It's about a guy who doesn't get out of his bed.

[Gary]

I'm reading a novel from a self-published author from Australia, Thin Blood. The writing is good though I'm not sure if the story really appeals to me right now.

[Andre]

I'm starting to read the National Book Award winners. The first one is The Man with the Golden Arm. I'm also reading via audio book Acacia: The War with the Mein. I normally have something in the literary fiction genre, and something in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and something in the nonfiction genre in my Currently Reading list. I find if I try to read too many books of the same genre at the same time, I start to get confused. If I only read one book at a time I start to get bored. If a book really grabs me though, it will be the only one that I make progress with until I finish it. When this happens it usually means I have a 5-star book in my hands.

I'm looking forward to starting this book club as it seems to have some sci-fi fans in it as well as literary fiction readers.

[Regina]

Matt wrote: "What're you reading?

I'm working on the first novel in the current Star Wars novel series before I get back to reviewing for my sci-fi blog (http://androiddreamer.blogspot.com) for which I'm cur..."

I read Burton's The Second Coming and I enjoyed it, the first 1/3 immensely, but I slowed down around the 1/2 way point and I haven't finished it yet. But I keep meaning to.

I just finished All the Pretty Horses Parrot and Olivier in America I enjoyed both of them alot. Parrot and Olivier was a nominee for the 2010 Booker Award. It is a re-thinking of Alex de Toqueville's tour of America. I really enjoyed it.

Right now, I am reading some fantasy and urban fantasy, but when I am done I plan to read: Cloud Atlas Impatient with Desire

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I'm reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire as well as Middlesex and a couple self-published sci-fi books for my sci-fi blog.

Looking forward to getting Foundation and Empire done with because I'm really not as impressed with it as I Was the first book. Really loving Middlesex so far.

[Regina]

I plan to read Asimov's series in the next few months, it seems to be a must read for sci fi fans, dissapoitning that the 2nd isn't as good as the first.

I tried reading Middlesex a few years ago and I think I am the only person who has read this book (or tried to read it) who just couldn't get into it. I just was not interested. I did like the beginning, the historical part.

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Regina, I'm kind of a mutant when it comes to my sci-fi taste; I thought "I, Robot" was crap, for example, and I hated "Dune," so don't look at me as the overall trend in sci-fi fans, that's for sure. I do worship at the altars of Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin, though.

[Regina]

I am kinda new to sci fi, so my exposure is limited. I love LeGuin's fantasy though. With some exceptions, forays into and the beginning writings in new (historically) certain genres (fantasy, dystopia and sci fi) I find are not as enjoyable as the modern ones. I guess I could be convinced otherwise and as I type this I can think of a few exceptions (like Tolkien). But generally, in dystopia and fantasy for example, I prefer modern writers.

[Rob]

Regina wrote: "I am kinda new to sci fi, so my exposure is limited. I love LeGuin's fantasy though. With some exceptions, forays into and the beginning writings in new (historically) certain genres (fantasy, dy..."

Hi Regina, I notice you plan to read Cloud Atlas. I am 50% through it and highly recommend it to you. There are different stories loosely connected to each other set in different eras including a science fiction chapter that may appeal to your new found interest in sci-fi. Although I sci-fi has never been my favourite genre it is still a fascinating read.

[Jeremy]

Currently reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I don't usually follow series but this one caught my attention. I started it two days ago and I'm hooked. The writing isn't great, or rather the translation. But the story so far is solid.

[Sara]

Hi,
I'm reading "He liked Tuesdays best" polish bestseller The story of everyday life of John Paul II.
I think this could be interesting story because is wrote by his best friend and long associate Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki with journalist Brygida Grysiak.
The book speaks about an ordinary day of John Paul II in the Vatican,and why he liked Tuesdays..

You can find more about this book at http://www.jp2books.com/

[Booksy]

Hi, I am currently reading Italo Calvino's "When on a Winter's Night a Traveller". A kind of magical realism/book labyrinth novel (one book excerpt is hidden within another with no one being completed). A peculiar and very exciting read.

[Logophile]

Booksy wrote: "Hi, I am currently reading Italo Calvino's "When on a Winter's Night a Traveller"."

Oh, I loved that book!

I'm currently reading our current selection, Kafka on the Shore, but I've barely started it, so I'll save comments for later.

[Charlotte]

Elemental: The First by Alexandra May
I LOVED this book, its a great read, strong characters and Rose is awesome. Morgan is sweet, Daisy as a grandmother is like nothing I've read before and then there's Aiden who you just want to be the good guy but is so bad. The mystery carries you on into the story until the ending. This book is SOOO different from anything you've already read, its my book of the year so far...Definitely worth it!

[Deborah]

Hey everyone. I'm currently reading Skippy Dies, and I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying it. Actually, I'm listening to the audiobook, which feels like cheating, but time is short and it's much easier to listen and walk than read and walk. Safer too.

My only complaint is that I'm starting to hear everything I read in my head with an Irish accent. I expect that this will pass.

[Thom]

The Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren (I couldn't find the cover here when posting this) The book has unfortunately fallen fall short of my expected mark but I keep hoping, with the turning of each new page, that it will change.

[evie]

I'm readingEnglish Passengers by Matthew Kneale

[Kim]

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt.

[Rochelle]

The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz, by Ron Jeremy. Yeah...I know...Fortunately, it is much more interesting than I anticipated.

[Mickey]

I just started The Second Plane: 14 Responses to September 11 by Martin Amis. It's some essays and a couple of stories about the September 11th attacks. So far, it reminds me of the book he wrote about Stalin called Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million, which was very good.

[Razvan]

I'm reading Stoner, by John Williams. It's a book about a ordinary man who lives in Missouri and goes by the name of Stoner.
The narrative steps are simplistic and boring if you're looking for action, the actual essence of action it's that you're living the Stoner life, it's real, it's there, you can actually feel it. Nothing is at the maximum, only the anxiety of Stoner and his versatility about almost any decision. It's makes you think about you're life and future.