Wildiris Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Happy New Year! What book are you reading this month? Share what you are reading, what you plan to read or link your blog with thoughts on your reading. Comments about the book, what you got out of it and recommendations good bad or otherwise are always welcome, but not necessary. What I am reading now: The Road by Cormac McCarthy I started this book before Christmas, but now I am going to reread the beginning and finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'm currently reading Good Omens (which I'm finding hilarious). I've also just barely started Teach Like Your Hair is on Fire & already like it. Also sitting here for me to read: The Canon and Bicycle Diaries. Not sure if I'll get around to them anytime soon or not.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diann Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'm almost finished reading The Devil in the White City. I plan on starting Stephen King's newest, Under the Dome, next week. That's a long one, not sure how long it will take me to read it. Diann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'm about 40 pages into Going Rogue by Sarah Palin. I'm not sure I like reading an autobiography about a current figure...the whole time I'm reading I hear her voice in my head and it gets annoying!!! I can only get through about 10-15 pages and then I have to put it down.:001_unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I have started Packer's Knowing God. I thought this would take me awhile to get through but it seems to be reader friendly. I have also been convicted about some things that I have read in it. That is always a good sign. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Hi! I'm reading Outliers. I didn't realize it was written by the author of The Tipping Point, which I had to read when I was still working! I'm feeling lots of pressure since picking up the book at the library last night: it's a 14 day loaner! :eek: Going to do my best to get through it. Luckily, it has big type, so even if I misplace my reading glasses, I'm hopeful to get 'er done. Thanks Wildiris for starting this up! Happy New Year everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I read The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers today. 1 book down, at least 11 more to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I'm re-reading Emma by Jane Austen. It's been probably a decade since I read it for the first time, so I don't remember all of the intricacies of the plot, which makes it pleasantly fresh as well as familiar. The Complete Works of Jane Austen is my favorite book, and also the most worn from use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Argh! Are we combining all the reading challenges into the one thread? Or not? Do I belong here? :001_unsure: Rosie -who read a silly novel yesterday called Only Human by Susie Boyt. Only recommended if you don't want to pay attention to what you are reading; and started St Augustine's confessions. Edit: Oh my goodness. I usually posted just above or just below Nakia in last years book threads. I don't know if I can handle this change of routine:svengo: Edited January 2, 2010 by Rosie_0801 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Mine was pretty short and I'm done already-Fahrenheit 451. I can't believe I haven't read it before. Amazing that the book was written in the 50's and feels so relevant today. And I clearly have people in my life that are more like Mildred, and some more like Clarisse. The hound was pretty creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 The Black Swan is a book about the improbable and how humans aren't very good at understanding or adapting to things that are outside of the ordinary. The guy that wrote it is some super-geeky mathematician/philosopher. One of his big points is that humans like narrative so much so that we would rather throw out a good portion of the details of history in order to make a narrative of it. At first I was a bit annoyed by the book, but it has grown on me. I had to slow down my reading pace in order to absorb and think about what he is saying. I bought it for myself for Christmas as part of my plan to read a challenging and thought-provoking book each month instead of just devouring my favorite sci-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I read Under the Dome last week. It was an interesting story and kept me involved but not my favorite Stephen King. Now I'm reading Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson. It's another amazing true adventure by a real hero about real heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne in TX Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I just started Under the Dome-but when I read it I nearly wrench my elbow or it is so heavy on my chest I cant fall asleep...it was not my choice but hubbies Christmas gift, I read Stephen King when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mta Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm reading Diary of a Provincial Lady, Cathedral:the English Cathedrals and the world that made them and Howard's End is on the Landing. The last two I was fortunate to receive for Christmas; the former is a library book that's in a lovely series of reissues of (mostly) early 20th century novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm currently reading Good Omens (which I'm finding hilarious). I've also just barely started Teach Like Your Hair is on Fire & already like it. Well, I'm going to have to read these books. If you're reading them and like them, I must check them out. :D and started St Augustine's confessions. Good luck with that one. Took me forever because I was so bored. I just started Jo's Boys by Lousia May Alcott. It's the last book in the Little Women series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm halfway through The Illuminator. It's about a man in 14th c England who is an artist and is contracted to illuminate a copy of scripture for the Catholic church, but is also secretly illuminating (more simply) a copy of scripture for Wycliffe in common English. So far I am loving it, but I need to pick up the pace because the library wants it back eventually I'm sure.:glare: I am also reading Spirit Led Eating that I got from PBS. It's by a psychologist who has lost weight by imposing some eating rules he found in scripture. We'll see. I always take this stuff with a grain of salt. HA! No pun intended!:D I have waiting Portrait of an Unknown Woman, which I had better get to because the library wants it back too! It's about an unknown woman in a portrait done by Holbein of Sir Tomas More's family. Can't wait to dig into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Good luck with that one [st Augustine's Confessions.] Took me forever because I was so bored. I just started Jo's Boys by Lousia May Alcott. It's the last book in the Little Women series. Hehehe. Jo's Boys has a lot more action, yes :D Still, Confessions can't be as painful as War and Peace was. At least it is shorter ;) Has anyone read Jostein Gaarder's letter to St Augustine? I had that recommended to me. Should I wait until I've finished studying 'Confessions?' Or would it be a lighter read to accompany it? I assume the former, since Jostein Gaarder is generally not fluffy reading. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Well, it was a short and easy read, but YOU HAVE TO READ Same Kind of Different as Me. Blew me away. perspective-changer, faith-builder. awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 okay, let's be honest. I'm supposed to be reading Don Quixote, but don't feel like picking up the tome. better sign off and get to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I just finished Innocent Traitor from a rec. here and it was just fabolous. I wrote a little summary at my blog Johnsen Crew linked below. I am currently reading The Once and Future King which may take me awhile. I just started so I'm not into it enough to get motivated yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I am currently reading The Once and Future King which may take me awhile. I just started so I'm not into it enough to get motivated yet. Ahhh, had to read that in high school. Read it again in my 30s. To me, a worthwhile read. I hope you do get into it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I just finished Innocent Traitor from a rec. here and it was just fabolous. I wrote a little summary at my blog Johnsen Crew linked below. I am currently reading The Once and Future King which may take me awhile. I just started so I'm not into it enough to get motivated yet. I LOVED Innocent Traitor!!! I'll keep an eye out for your review of Once and Future King. You must be an English Hist Fiction lover like me! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Argh! Are we combining all the reading challenges into the one thread? Or not? Do I belong here? Sorry you are getting confused. I'll be posting the first week for 2010 52 books on Sunday. Built into that will be the challenge of 12 classics in 12 months. The first classic I plan on reading for 2010 is Aristotle's Poetics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherMayI Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I am reading Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time. There are so many books out there that I should have read years ago- but haven't gotten around to. My goal is to tackle some of them during the next 12 months (at least)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'll be posting the first week for 2010 52 books on Sunday. Built into that will be the challenge of 12 classics in 12 months. The first classic I plan on reading for 2010 is Aristotle's Poetics. Oops! I think I wrongly posted in this thread. I didn't realize it was for classics. I'll be sure to pop over here & post if I do read any classics this year. Plus, I'll be reading to get some ideas.... :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Not sure where I belong! I hope to do more than a book a month but probably not a book a week. I've got some classics on my list before we head back into Ancients next fall--Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid. I was thinking of setting a goal of 10,000 pages for the year. The book I just finished is the pick for my book club for January--Sarah's Key. Interesting and I learned a bit but I had a bit of trouble accepting a main part of the plot. And it kind of dragged on at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Starting the year off with "Customs of the Country" by Wharton. Like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Oops! I think I wrongly posted in this thread. I didn't realize it was for classics. I'll be sure to pop over here & post if I do read any classics this year. Plus, I'll be reading to get some ideas.... :001_smile: Well, my goal is a min. of 2 books a month so I'm in between "A Book A Month" and the "A Book A Week" threads. ;) I figure I won't be banished if I post in either thread. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I'm reading Careless In Red, by Elizabeth George this month along with Don Quixote, but that book may take all year to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I have decided to listen to audiobooks from Librivox . . . I find I actually "read" a book when I can listen to it. First book is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Adrianne in IL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) The book I just finished is the pick for my book club for January--Sarah's Key. Interesting and I learned a bit but I had a bit of trouble accepting a main part of the plot. And it kind of dragged on at the end. :iagree: It was a page- turner until you found out what happened to her little brother then it turned into a romance novel :confused: Edited January 3, 2010 by SusanAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 along with Don Quixote, but that book may take all year to finish. So, you are planning ahead and getting a start on December's book, eh? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I started it back in the summer, and I've gotten about 3/4 of the way through it. I like it all right -- I don't have issues with its "non-theologically accurate" nature as I know others do -- but it's just not holding my interest as I had hoped. But my mom really wanted me to read it, so I will finish it because I told her I would. After that, I'm not sure... I want something that is light reading but not twaddle, and NOT school-related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Right now I'm reading The Screwtape Letters - finishing up by Monday for book club. I'm also reading Anna Karenina, which has been on my reading list for about 8 years now. Not a classic (yet?) but I started reading Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl and I think it's going to be a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Not sure where I belong! I hope to do more than a book a month but probably not a book a week. QUOTE] I'm not sure either! I am lost LOL I think I signed up for the 20/20 one. I am doing Under The Dome also. Got it for my birthday this week. I am a King fan from waaay back, but finding his stuff of late kind of formula-ish. I hope this one is not. It is keeping my attention so far, already fallen into having to know who put the dome there and why. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I have promised myself that I will finally read Fatal Misconception this month. It's been sitting on my to-read pile longer than any other book in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I am reading Uncle Tom's Cabin for the first time. There are so many books out there that I should have read years ago- but haven't gotten around to. My goal is to tackle some of them during the next 12 months (at least)! Good book. I'm glad I read it. I have decided to listen to audiobooks from Librivox . . . I find I actually "read" a book when I can listen to it. First book is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Adrianne in IL I'm going to give audio books a go as well. I'm using dh's ipod. I started "The Book Thief" last night. It's 13 hours! After putting the boys to bed, I sat and crocheted while listening. I'm loving it so far. I love love the adjectives used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Finished Outliers last night because I couldn't sleep. I'm glad I got it from the library. It was more like a long journal article than a book, and the concepts are easily remembered. It wasn't something I need to have permanently on my bookshelf. It did explain the redshirting threads here at The Hive, though. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I just finished The Book Thief. That was a good story. I'm about half way through Jo's Boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I am reading The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, but I am finding it hard going. I keep wanting to smack the narrator and tell him to get over himself, he's just NOT this important. I am hoping that it gets better, although that's not my impression.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 /I have finished Under the Dome, and have moved on to Thoreau- On Walden Pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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