chiguirre Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I just finished The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. I really enjoyed it a lot. I'm reading Atonement now and will start Out Stealing Horses next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Heaven, by Alcorn and War of Words, by Tripp. ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm also reading The Devil's Arithmetic for a read aloud. We have about one more reading time with that. Then we start Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Who said you have to read Christmas books at Christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have a TON of books I want to read....we all know how that works. ;) Currently, I am reading Eat, Pray, Love. My grandmother bought this for everyone in our family as a gift. Also, reading WTM (again). I love this thread....I am adding to my reading list. ;) Happy Saturday!! Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading Jerusalem Countdown and White Chocolate Moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading Moby Dick. You know, it's not nearly as difficult and boring as I had been led to believe. Honest. I'm enjoying it. I'm also reading some school-y books (The Great Tradition, Deconstructing Penguins). And then next in the pile is Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry's autobiography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I finished Charlie Wilson's War and haven't started anything else. I'm having a hard time getting back into the routine of our school stuff after the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andie Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading this as well. I hope to finish this evening. I have the dvr set to record PBS Sunday night, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I am reading Inklings, the first of The Oxford Chronicles by Melanie Jeschke. I'm captivated. And it is a good diversion of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I just finished All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel and loved it. It was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I'm now reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith. How is Joy in the Morning? My favorite book of all time is her book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I've never read anything else by her, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Just finished "Pillars of the Earth." Good read. I've started "The Kite Runner." I'm studying "Having a Mary Spirit" in prep for teaching it as a ladies Bible class. We start 'The Autobiography of Ben Franklin" as a lit project on Monday. My to be read pile remains high and growing. A simple stroll through Half Price Books the other day let three more books jump on the stack. But they ALL look so good! How can you resist something called 'French Dirt' about gardening in France????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia in WA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have accepted the Triple 8 Challenge so currently the desk is stacked with: 1421: The Year China Discovered America - love it Band Of Sisters - Not far into it. I don't know what I think yet. The Autobiography of Ben Franklin - I want to travel back in time and have a chat with him. ;) Reflections of Osiris - Not far into this either. I want to finish 1421 before really plunging into this one. Women with Big Eyes - This has the stories in English and Spanish and I am reading them in Spanish first and then in English to check that I understood it properly. It is helping tremendously. I grew up speaking Spanish but I never read or wrote in it. :o The Fate of Africa - I have to walk away from this from time to time. :mad: And I recently finsihed The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield and I want to read more of his work. The Amazon reviews say this was not his best work so I want to investigate for myself. I really enjoyed it and am having dh read it. Let's see what he thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketmaker Amy Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading Mansfield Park, Deconstructing Penguins, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, The Explorers Who Got Lost (read aloud) and the Bible -2 Kings for Community Bible Study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I am reading Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now and am enjoying it very much. It is satire and a fascinating look into society and its ills in the 1800's. I just love that kind of story. :+) Warmly, Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I just finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and plan to start Ken Follett's World Without End this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill- OK Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Well, I made it about halfway through Pillars of the Earth...and tossed it aside. I've decided to read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, instead. (Nope. I've really never read it. But I'm intrigued, lol.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 The Tightwad Gazette is one book, and I Suffer Not A Woman by Kroeger and Kroeger is the other. But how many people will make it this far down the thread? See, I'm still missing the old format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diann Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Just finished The Kite Runner by the same author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 This has to be my third or fourth time reading through it, but it's fun comparing notes with her.:rolleyes: She (my teen) is in love with Mr. Darcy. We will be watching the BBC version soon. I just know it.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Not much that's too impressive. I try not to be reading more than one book at a time, so I need to push 2 of these aside and finish up. I'm rereading Harry Potter 3 for fun, Making The Terrible Twos Terrific and Susan's SOTW for adults. I'm enjoying them all and getting something I need from all of them at the time though. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 How is "Love in the Time of Cholera"? I've got it on reseve at the library, but I'm waaaay down on the list. :p Hi, Tonia! I just saw your reply. :) I have only read the introduction and, personally, I like it so far. My neighbor, to whom I gave the book, says it's a difficult read and is trying to stick it out until the end. So I don't know what to tell you about how it is except that the professor saw the movie and said not to waste our money. She said it wasn't as good as the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal in VA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm reading Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I am reading Ever After by Karen Kingsbury and Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill. Just finished Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury. Debbi in Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson Deconstructing Penguins by Goldstone The last two were recommendations from the old board, the first is difficult to follow (probably because I sorely lack knowledge of that part of the world) Penguins is a fun read - both are library books but not ones I would probably read again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan M in WA Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I've had The Other Boleyn Girl on my shelf for so long, I'm determined to get to it this year! I just got this book for Christmas and can't wait to read it. I also got one of the Amazon Kindle devices. I am reading more now than I have in years. Does anyone else here have one? Currently reading or just finished: The Omnivore's Dilemma Book of the Dead - Patricia Cornwell Three Cups of Tea Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm reading Man's Search For Meaning right now too. It is interesting because I just finished reading Elie Wiesel's autobiography All Rivers Run to the Sea. I'm finding the differences in their life philosophy after experiencing the same thing very interesting to compare and contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodyInTx Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I am reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and Great Expectation by Dickens. I just finished The Quickie by James Patterson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodyInTx Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I just finished Patricia Cornwell's new book -- Book of the Dead -- and I enjoyed it. Ohhh, I did not know she had a new one out. I will be on the look out for that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Habits of the Mind by James W. Sire and Sacred Reading by Michael Casey. I don't want either of them to end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 The Seven Daughters of Eve by Brian Sykes. And Maternity Nursing. And Psych Nursing. And Peds Nursing. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I am trying to read Tale of Two Cities, but I'm not sure if I am going to get it finished. It's hard going. I took a breather to pre--read Spiderwick Chronicles for dd. Now I am pre--reading Tuck Everlasting for dd, then I will go back to Dickens. Julia mom of 3 (8,7,5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug hollow Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm a few pages from the end of Women in Love D.H. Lawrence. The repititionn, oh, the repitition... Also started reading A History of the Ancient World Just now catching up w/ where we are in SOTW. Looking forward to Antony and Cleopatra - the long awaited latest in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series. Oh, also Little House on the Prarie before bedtime. Great thread - so many ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieKris Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Right now one book group is doing Siddhartha, so I read that a couple times and am reading Herman Hesse's autobiographical writings. Another book group is doing Dark Night of the Soul and The Faith Club, so I read those, and I am reading some of Theresa of Avila's work and May's modern guide to the Dark Night of the Soul. I have this text book for school that I am supposed to be reading that is NOT holding my interest... something about research methods.... I'm going to dig in and do my assignment from that so I can get back to the fun stuff! I'm sure I have other things I am in various stages on, but that's enough for now!! Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm trying to read this too, and it's going slow for me as well. Sounds like a good story, but it's confusing in parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm now reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith. I *love* Betty Smith! I picked up Elie Weisel's Dawn and Day, and I plan to re-read Night then move into the other two. Maybe I'll find a copy of All Rivers... to read along side them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy B Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Susan Wise Bauer. :) It is an excellent read, although I have difficulty following the "family tree" (not just in this book, in any book - and certainly in real life! I just don't do well with cousins!) I'm only about a third of the way through, and the plot is starting to thicken. I like that it is set in Virginia. ::sniff, sniff:: Makes me a little homesick but that's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tia in Wa Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I am reading The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer and I just started Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti. We will start Lord of the Rings aloud tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa at Home Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I finished The Year...by A.J. Jacobs just a short while ago . I highly recommend it! I haven't laughed out loud like a lunatic like that in a looong time! I might have to order it. I started Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz today. It was a resource used for the Skinny B*itch book. I ordered it along with both Skinny B books...I made a cake out of the cookbook the other day, and it was just divine! ~Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 :D and, knitting patterns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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