myfunnybunch Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I am currently between books and need ideas. Also, I enjoy the variety of reading material at (in?) the Hive! Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I just finished this: http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Like-Us-Generation-Headphones/dp/1605148660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Just finished Jane Eyre and beginning State of the Arts by Gene Edward Veith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I just finished "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. It's a true story about a young woman in Kabul, Afghanistan who started a tailoring business when the Taliban took over and the economy collapsed. It's a good book. Pretty easy read, but very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) . Edited July 18, 2012 by ksva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hmmm, need some fiction in my life. The War Against Grammar Norms & Nobility Perhaps I'll pick up a trusted friend like: Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2OandE Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well I guess I'm confessing but I'm reading Fifty Shades Freed. ;) I also have a book about Dyslexia that I've been reading all week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm halfway through Assessment and Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorder In the Educational Setting - by Teri James Bellis Three Philosophies of Life - by Peter Kreeft One Thousand Gifts - I can't remember the author and don't have the book nearby right now. I like bouncing from book to book depending on my mood. The Three Philosophies of Life is probably the hardest one for me to read. But then philosophy tends to slow me down a little most times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannanlee Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Game of Thrones and Anne of Green Gables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well, I am supposed to be reading Great Expectations, but Outlander found its way into my hands again (for the 5th or 6th time, lol). :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelia9805 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The 5th book in the Percy Jackson series. It is a very easy read, but also entertaining. The Well Trained Mind again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Reading aloud to the kids: Lad, a Dog Listening to audio CD of InkHeart in the car with the kids Learned Optimism by Martin E. P. Seligman, also his The Optimistic Child The Well-Educated Mind, but I've only just begun ch. 2 LOTR series, always, just for they joy of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Unbroken (Hildebrand). The book is very well-researched and well-written, but the topic is incredible. Louie Zamberini was a star runner and Olympian whose plane was shot down during WWII. He survives 40 days drifting at sea and a Japanese POW camp, but it is the attitude with which he does so that is inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 In Pursuit of the Unknown (17 Equations that Changed the World) by Ian Stewart Raising A Thinking Preteen Just finished Xenophon's Anabasis ("The March Up Country" trans by W H D Rouse), and reviewed it under kalanamak on Amazon. It has joined my "top 100 books in my lifetime" list. For study, I'm just finishing outlining Unlocking the Logic of English with Cornell notepaper, and I feel I've stepped up one more cloud toward cloud 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Nobody's fool by Richard Russo The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks and Half- broke horses are the 3 I am going between right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The War Against Grammar Wasn't he lovely? I am reminded of the old truism "the perfect evening in the perfect place with the perfect people for the perfect amount of time". He wrote a short, neat book to make a quietly passionate point, and I just loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm reading the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. I'm enjoying the tales a lot, I'll probably read the Pink Fairy book next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I just finished Anna Karenina. Now I'm reading Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn, which I also assigned to the kids as we're doing a classification unit over the summer. I also just started 1491 by Charles Mann when I was out and left the other book at home. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm in the middle of my all-time favorite series, The Belgariad by David Eddings. It's a 5-book fantasy story that is basically about a teen's long quest to save the world from an evil god. I've read this series several times and the characters are like friends. I'm actually sad that I'm halfway through. That means it will be over before I know it, and I'll be left without their company. Yes, I'm emotionally invested in these characters. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I do have a recommendation for a quick read. It's called The Pact, and is about 3 African American young men who come from an inner city where gangs, violence, and drugs are just the way of life. They made a pact to go to college and become doctors. It was a rough road for them but they did it. It was a very inspirational story and I'm glad I found it at the library on accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Peace like a River. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I did a lot of reading last week while waiting for DS13 during Filmmaking camp so I'm reading some uber-light kid fiction right now. Currently on the first book in the Guardians of Ga'hoole series; "The Capture." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavis Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I just started The Sisters Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guorian. I'm not far, but it's very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Right now I'm reading Deep Fathom by James Rollins. I've also got The Art of Chi Kung going. And still trying to muddle through Mansfield Park on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I just read The Night Circus, which I loved. It was very imaginative. :) I'm reading Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. I'm still early in the book and it's very sad. It's pretty detailed about what went into foot binding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm reading a thread entitled, "What are you reading?" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 A Texan's Promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Just finished The Wild Wood. It's a wonderful YA book by Julie Anne Nelson, who happens to be one of my friends from high school and college. It's a really good read and appropriate for 14 and above. My 12yo will be reading it, but he's my own kid. :) Give it a try if you want to support a new writer and it really is a great read! Available on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Anne of Green Gables because The Hive told me to do it :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (the newer translation by Tina Nunnally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillian Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Fahrenheit 451 - I havent read it since high school and I'm really enjoying it. I'm thankful for this thread, because I'm in the unusual position of needing a book and we're heading camping. I just downloaded a sample of The Optomistic Child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Just finished a YA series called The River of Time.. It was ehhh. I had to finish it because I always have to finish stories to know how they end but it was quite predictable and disappointing. It definitely wasn't as bad as Wuthering Heights :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (the newer translation by Tina Nunnally) Can you compare it to the old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I am reading these books http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp I am enjoying them, I am on the second one. One might just read the first one and think it might be ok for younger audiences but there is some tea making in the second one. Just wanted to give warning in case anyone might hand it to a teen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-M- Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Today? ■ Falling for Hamlet (Michelle Ray; YA fiction) ■ Happy Endings Are All Alike (Sandra Scoppetone; YA fiction) ■ A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah; non-fiction) ■ The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need (Andrew Tobias; non-fiction) I'm thisclose to finishing three of the four -- my only "obligation" for today. (*smile*) I recently finished these four: ■ Amped (Daniel H. Wilson; fiction) Entertaining if thin sci-fi from the author of Robopocalypse, which I enjoyed last summer. ■ Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Joshua Foer; non-fiction) This was our audio accompaniment for our ill-fated trip to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. (Temps were 105 when we arrived in Bloomington. As it turned out, the Festival had cancelled the evening's events about an hour and half after we had gotten on the road. Sigh.) All of us give it an enthusiastic thumbs-up. ■ The Group (Mary McCarthy; fiction) Robin challenged us to read a NYT bestseller from the week and year we were born. As it happens, The Group was #2 during my week. It was a dated but compelling read. ■ The Age of Miracles (Karen Thompson Walker; fiction) I loved this quiet work of post-apocalyptic fiction, even if others didn't. There is something about summer reading for me, though: It's more... forgiving. I do a monthly reading life review, if you're interested. They're collected here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Can you compare it to the old? I haven't read the earlier translation, but from what I understand Nunnally's translation keeps the more simple, straightforward tone of the Norwegian, and does not use antiquated "thee's and thou's" which the notes in my book say do not acurately represent the simple prose of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 ■ The Group (Mary McCarthy; fiction) Robin challenged us to read a NYT bestseller from the week and year we were born. As it happens, The Group was #2 during my week. It was a dated but compelling read. "Who'da thunk it!" ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well Educated Mind I have been reading Total Truth in small pieces for a few months. I plan to start the novels from WEM....I have to order a couple that I don't own and add in a few I do own and have wanted to read...Hunchback of notre Dame, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and some others....I figure I will have a.list long enough to keep me reading for a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 ■ The Group (Mary McCarthy; fiction) Robin challenged us to read a NYT bestseller from the week and year we were born. As it happens, The Group was #2 during my week. It was a dated but compelling read. I have TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, by John le Carré in my list. Nice. I was going to read that anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Anne of Green Gables because The Hive told me to do it :001_smile:. You should also go to Prince Edward Island to see where Anne's stories are set (as long as you're taking orders ;)). It's so picturesque and beautiful, and the earth really is red! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkien Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life - Roald Dahl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltop Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Unbroken (Hildebrand). The book is very well-researched and well-written, but the topic is incredible. Louie Zamberini was a star runner and Olympian whose plane was shot down during WWII. He survives 40 days drifting at sea and a Japanese POW camp, but it is the attitude with which he does so that is inspiring. I just started reading this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright_Future Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Behind the Beautiful Forevers -Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katerine Boo Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster There are several others being worked at my bedside, but these are the ones I carry in my bag with me in case I have a spare moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Once Upon a Time, There Was You (Berg) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Can any one recommend any good non-fiction that isn't homeschool/education/disability/disease related? Or historical fiction (I love history if that helps :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountitallJoy Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Game of Thrones and Anne of Green Gables. OoOoo...this is a book? Is this what the (HBO, maybe?) series my sister keeps telling me I *must* watch is based upon? If so, I'm happy because I don't have HBO and would prefer to read the book first anyway! On topic, I'm currently reading The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Nothing! I can't seem to get into anything lately. Nothing has held my interest long enough to make it past a few pages in months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyK Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 :glare:Making Children Mind (Without Losing Yours) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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