WHAT ARE YOU READING?

[Monika]

i just started The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

[Angela]

I'm now reading Guest House by Barbara K. Richardson. I was reading Gus the Great by Thomas Duncan (only a few pages in) until I received Guest House then sat it aside for the moment. ; )

[Maree]

I am reading Empire Rising by Thomas kelly. It is about corruption, gangsters,and a love story set around the buiding of The Empire State Building in NYC in 1930. I am really enjoying it. I am almost finished.

[Rachel]

I'm currently making my way through the YA Series "The Luxe" - my guilty pleasure.

[Ashley]

I am reading "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan. The final book in the Percy Jackson series.

[LaTrica]

The Born Queen by Greg Keyes. It's the last of the Kingdoms of the Thorn and Bone. It's okay but not as creative as his first two series.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. I'm loving it. It's very informative and Mandela is a natural born storyteller.

[Ashley]

I'm gonna start on "Glass" by Ellen Hopkins". I am going to continue with "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan and "Chelsey" by Chelsey Shannon.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne .

[Maree]

I am reading Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. It is so fantastic. It is a story of NYC and it's people set at the time when a a french man tight rope walked between the twin towers (sorry I am forgetting his name) in august 1974. It is a great read. I am really enjoying it. He really jumps into each of his characters lives.

[Jim]

Maree wrote: "I am reading Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. It is so fantastic. It is a story of NYC and it's people set at the time when a a french man tight rope walked between the twin towers (sorr..."

I thought this was a great book too especially how the author tied everybody into the tight rope walker

[Maree]

Jim wrote: "Maree wrote: "I am reading Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann. It is so fantastic. It is a story of NYC and it's people set at the time when a a french man tight rope walked between the twi..."

I am probably going to finish this weekend. I can't wait to see how this all ties in together. I see how it already is. Would love to discuss it then.

[LaTrica]

Finished Paladin of Souls and loved it. I'm now re-reading Hard Times.

[Cliff]

I'm currently reading just for my Victorian Period English class, The Importance of Being Earnest and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Not only that, I'm also reading The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson.

[Maree]

Cliff wrote: "I'm currently reading just for my Victorian Period English class, The Importance of Being Earnest and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Not only that, I'm also reading The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. And..."
The Importance of Being Ernest is one of my favorite plays of all time. It is so funny and ingenius. Absolutely love to reread it every once in a while.

[Cliff]

The Importance of Being Ernest is one of my favorite plays of all time. It is so funny and ingenius. Absolutely love to reread it every once in a while."

I'm an English major(I prefer the writing aspect), but I'm burned out from reading all of these "classics," so I don't really appreciate the subtleness of a lot of these novels, plays, poems after having studied Romanticism, Modernism, Victorian, etc so forth and so on for the last 6 years.

[Wes, Moderator]

Just started Flowers for Algernon... so far it is really good

[Maree]

Wes wrote: "Just started Flowers for Algernon... so far it is really good"

That book is so sad.....excellent...but so sad.

[Shawn]

Maree wrote: "Wes wrote: "Just started Flowers
That book is so sad.....excellent...but so sad."

I agree, it is an excellent, excellent book, but the story is sad. I've only read it once, perhaps 15 years ago, but it stuck with me. Good for you for reading it, it is definitely worth it.

[Catherine]

Jim wrote: "I am reading The Female Brain - I would recommend it to any one who is a male or female or who expects to interact with either a male or female at any time in the future - Read it and you'll see wh..."

Sounds interesting! Men and women are definitely wired differently and it does help relationships to understand this! I'm adding it to my to read list.

[Catherine]

pani Katarzyna wrote: "I'm reading "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx. I haven't gone too far with it yet (I'm on the page 70/320) and there's not much I can say about it. It's okay but it hasn't (at least not yet) grab..."

I'm interested to hear whether or not you finished it and what you thought when you were done. I found it interesting enough to finish, but it's not on my list of read-agains.

[Catherine]

I started The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold last night. The opening of the book certainly draws a person in. I'm not quite sure what to think about the sometimes shocking, sometimes nonchalante way the speaker talks about her horrific situation. Is it because she's now removed from it and the distance makes her relate to it more as fact than disturbing experience?

[LaTrica]

I'm almost finished The Stuff of Dreams, 5th in the Vampire Hunter D series. It's one the few vampire series I follow.

Next I'll finish up the Narnia series with The Last Battle.

[Cheryl]

I am almost done with Foxy by Pam Grier it's
actually very good
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[Lianne]

I'm currently reading Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and finishing up Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World.

[Jim]

Li wrote: "I'm currently reading Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and finishing up Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World."


I thought Ferguson's book was really good
am reading The Big Short by Michael Lewis about the subprime mortgage fiasco and it's really very good

[LaTrica]

Finished the Last Battle and it was okay. Now I'm reading The Hallowed Hunt by Bujold. I'm trying to get through a lot of unfinished series on my TBR shelf.

[Jim]

Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabbe
set in 1920's Germany
very noir and provides great atmosphere of times

[Lianne]

Jim wrote: "I thought Ferguson's book was really good "

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! My brain has problems wrapping itself around economic/financial history and details but his work was really accessible, which is great.

I am currently reading Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls, Thomas Bokenkotter's A Concise History of the Catholic Church and re-reading Louise May Alcott's Little Women (read it many years ago but I think it was an abridged version or something) =)

[Judy]

I am currently reading the lastest installation to the Sookie Stackhouse Series, Dead in the Family. So far, I feel like I'm waiting for something to happen. (I am only 50 pages in.) I love the series and I hope I enjoy it as much as I have the others.

[Ashley]

I have started Flyte by Angie Sage. It is the second book of the Septimus Heap series. I will also be continuing with a couple of other books I'm reading

[Maree]

I am almost finished Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster. What a fantastic read. I really like his writing. Since this is my first Auster book I will go out and get all his other books. I like him that much. Next books up are How I Became a Famous Novelist and The Solitude of Prime Numbers.

[Lianne]

I'm currently reading Terry Pratchett's Going Postal and Timothy Ware's The Orthodox Church: New Edition.

[Maree]

Jo wrote: "I'm reading Ash Wednesday"Is it the one by Ethan Hawke? I have always wondered how he is as a writer.

[Jim]

I'm reading A Week In December
it's set in contemporary London and about multiple characters' lives becoming intertwined
very thoughtful and well written

[LaTrica]

Reading The Well of Tears. I wasn't certain I wanted to continue this series but since I loved Cecilia Dart-Thornton's first trilogy so much I'll keep going.

[Bxdoc]

currently reading Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel. completely engrossing and an interesting contrast to the myth(?) of Cromwell's evil and Thomas More's sanctity.
also reading The Other Side of Desire. Fascinating study of 4 people with paraphilias. thought provoking

[Ashley]

I am currently reading and

[Lianne]

I'm currently reading Thomas More's Utopia and Arturo Perez-Reverte's The Club Dumas (I'm about a third into the novel and am absolutely intrigued by it!) =)

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I am in the middle of Anil's Ghost. Wonderful writing! The story takes place in Sri Lanka during it's civil war. I highly recommend it.

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Li, i pretty much love any book by Perez-Reverte!

[Kristen]

I'm reading The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest right now.

[Lianne]

I am currently reading Louis de Bernieres's Birds Without Wings and Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit =)

[Ruby]

I'm alternating between reading more Lovecraft (some stories from The Doom that Came to Sarnath and some online from the Lovecraft page on dagonbytes.com) and starting the series about Richard Hannay by John Buchan, of which the first is The 39 Steps. But I got my copy of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down back from my mom, who didn't like it, and I luuuvve it so much I'm rereading it today instead!

[Kimberly]

I'm reading Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith. It's the third book in his series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. I love his style of writing.

[Ashley]

I'm contining with The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan and starting Physikby Angie Sage

[Catherine]

Right now I'm reading Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Safran Foer.

[Kimberly]

Right now I'm reading Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.

[Catherine]

The Namesake
I started this last night and am very interested in the cultural insights woven into the story. So far, so good.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith. I'm almost halfway done. I like it a lot.