Mrs. Readsalot Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I really enjoy summer reading. I get to read books I usually don't have time for during the school year. At the moment I am read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers. This is really a different type of book for me. It is pretty good, and very easy to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Right now I am reading "Revision & Self-editing". It is a book for writers, and it has been very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFP Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I am reading Lin Enger (Lief Enger's brother)'s Undiscovered Country and Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finished Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander (very funny) and Kubal Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez (so sweet and uplifting). I've started Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy, and Death of a Murderer by Rupert Thomson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I am reading History of the Ancient World, Eat Pray Love, 5 different calculus text books (I love Foerster by the way,) and one geometry textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finishing Stiff by Mary Roach and listening to the audio performance of The Road by Cormac McCarthy w/ dh. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finished these and returned them to the library last night: Never let me go / Kauzo Ishiguro. Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia / Elizabeth Gilbert. The Wal-Mart effect : how the world's most powerful company really works-- and how it's transforming the American economy / Charles Fishman. Just picked up these: Patriot hearts : a novel of the founding mothers / Barbara Hambly. So brave, young, and handsome / Leif Enger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm reading "Scarlet" by Steve Lawhead. Love his writing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finishing Stiff by Mary Roach and listening to the audio performance of The Road by Cormac McCarthy w/ dh. :) Hey, I'm listening to The Road right now too. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbyl Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I mostly stick to nonfiction: Deer Hunting with Jesus (Joe Bageant) - finished A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (Howard Zinn) - next on list Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Malcolm Gladwell) - currently reading Escape (Carolyn Jessop) - finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I really enjoy summer reading. I get to read books I usually don't have time for during the school year. At the moment I am read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers. This is really a different type of book for me. It is pretty good, and very easy to read. Oh, I LOVED that series, and I HATE vampire books!! Right now I'm reading What is So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancy and The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm rereading "Knit Together-Finding God's Pattern for your Life" by Debbie Macomber. Terrific! I'm listening to "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" by Connie Willis. I think I would have been better off with an actual book for that one as I keep wanting to rewind and listen to something again to make sure I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finished "Twilight" and "Water for Elephants". Next on the list is "Three Cups of Tea". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Still plugging away at A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas (which I'm going to rename "A Long, Glassy-Eyed Stare at St. Thomas Aquinas"). Also An Introduction to Philosophy by Jacques Maritain. Someone air-lift me some genre fiction, will you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston I'm not enjoying it much. It's hard to get used to the dialect in which it's written. It's been pretty boring so far, though it has gotten a little more interesting in the last third of the book, and I feel it's starting to go somewhere finally. I'm really just not feeling a lot of sympathy for the characters. I can understand Janie, but there isn't enough there to make me really like her and want to know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finishing Stiff by Mary Roach Oh, I loved this book. :) I'm finishing up A House Divided by Pearl Buck and a couple nonfiction books, and am getting pysched to tackle Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm reading "The Last Patriot" by Brad Thor. Pretty interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticklbee Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Right now I'm reading the A.D. Chronicles series by Bodie and Brock Thoene. It is historical fiction and I'm thoroughly enjoying it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm working my way through The Iliad and taking the edge off of that endeavor by also reading Little Women. It makes for great contrast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Grapes of Wrath (can you believe I've never read this? I don't know how I managed to not read it in High School. Probably something I was supposed to read but chose to wing it. I wasn't a big reader until I started homeschooling. THAT is amazing in itself) Anna Karenina - this is taking me a long time. I've been reading it off and on for the last 8 weeks. By the way, how do you pronounce that last name? I see it as it's spelled- care-a-neena. But every person I know corrects me and says it's care-eena. Which is it? Boundaries for Kids What to Expect the First Year Oh, and I'm reading the unabridged version of Around the World in Eighty Days to my dd. I've never read this before either and I'm loving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I mostly stick to nonfiction: Deer Hunting with Jesus (Joe Bageant) - finished A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (Howard Zinn) - next on list Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Malcolm Gladwell) - currently reading Escape (Carolyn Jessop) - finished I saw Deer Hunting With Jesus in your list and thought, "Nonfiction huh?" I had to look it up on amazon.com. It looks very interesting. What did you think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finished Bloody Secrets by Carolina Garcia Aguilera (an author I found out by reading Florida Crime Writers) Now I am reading the latest Riuth Rendell Not in the Flesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Grapes of Wrath (can you believe I've never read this? I don't know how I managed to not read it in High School. Probably something I was supposed to read but chose to wing it. I wasn't a big reader until I started homeschooling. THAT is amazing in itself) The Grapes of Wrath wasn't required when I was in high school. My ds read it his junior year and they made it tie into both American literature and American history. I don't know if dd had to read it last year. I think they change things up sometimes. Isn't it a great book though? I have to admit that I read the first chapter and thought "WTF?" at first, but then I realized the significance and thought it was pretty cool. Dh couldn't get past that first chapter though. He's not one who likes to read fiction anyway. All reading must have a very clear purpose for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I am almost finished with Deconstructing Penguins; it's quite good. Planet Narnia is fascinating! If you're a C.S. Lewis fan, you MUST read this book! What to Listen for in Music is by composer Aaron Copland. I'm currently listening to a lecture series called Masterpieces of Western Music, and was inspired to do further reading. On the nightstand, waiting for me to crack them open: Reason for God, by Tim Keller. That math book by Liping Ma. It's VBS week, so I'm a bit behind on my reading! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Time and Time Again, by Jack Finney, the sequel to Time After Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testimony Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 [B]How to Read a Book[/b Blessings, Karen http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Just finishing Stiff by Mary Roach and listening to the audio performance of The Road by Cormac McCarthy w/ dh. :) Loved both!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Oddly enough, so far the first chapter has been my favorite. It's so descriptive, so...John Steinbeck. I am able to get such a clear visual and you could tell from the first chapter how it was the basis for the entire book. Now, I'm only on chapter 5 (maybe it's 6 now) and it's actually starting to dull for me. I'm hoping it's interesting why Joad's family farm is vacant (he just came over the hill with the preacher and noticed that the house was "different" and no one was there). Hmm, makes me wanna go pick it up and resume my reading. Baby is falling asleep, pizza dough is rising in the oven, kids are outside getting ready to swim, house is a mess, laundry needs to be done...sounds like the perfect opportunity to resume reading. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Going Home by Wanda Brunstetter (Book 1 in the Brides of Webster County Series) How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire In the queue are Book 2 in the aforementioned series The Jewel Trader of Pegu by Jeffrey Hantover (a novel I picked up at the library) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" by Connie Willis. I read that last year or the year before. I found it to be laugh-out-loud-funny!! It was one of those books that I made into a movie in my head!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 "Water for Elephants". ". I read that one this past February. I thought it was very good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laylamcb Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 The Hobbit. So far it's slow going for me. I want so badly to put it down and reread Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but I won't do it. I will read The Hobbitt. I will. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm listening to "To Say Nothing Of The Dog" by Connie Willis.This is probably the funniest book I have ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritAnnia Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Still reading "The Great Indian Novel" by Sashi Tharoor. It has taken me months, I just can't get into it. This morning just started "Knots and Crosses" by Ian Rankin and liking it so far, just a few pages in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 War & Peace - this is the second time and I'm actually able to keep the characters straight :001_smile: and God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adrianne Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 After finishing my refresher books on childbirth, I have started Evaluating Writing, Writing Because We Love To, and God and Ronald Reagan. Can you tell what we are going to be concentrating on this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm reading The Creative Family by Amanda Soule - love her blog! http://soulemama.typepad.com/soulemama/ I'm also reading... Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century Something from The Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950's America both by Laura Shapiro I love books about the history of homemaking for some reason. Need a novel to read though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 To Say Nothing of the Dog and Sundays in America. Enjoying them both, but looking forward to finishing and going back to my Miss Read series :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 In the last week or so, I've read The City of Ember, Falling Angels (Tracy Chevalier), and Promises to Keep (Charles de Lint). I also re-read Onion Girl (also de Lint). I'm currently reading yet one more de Lint, Widdershins, plus pre-reading a couple of things on my son's list for next year: Boy of the Painted Cave and The Number Devil. And I'm waiting my turn for Superior Saturday (Garth Nix), which we just bought a couple of days ago. My son started reading the series, talked me into joining him, and then the two of us ganged up on his sister. They're kids' books, to be sure, but interesting and fun ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanG Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Haven't read much lately - things have just been too hectic for me to take the time to sit down and read. I just started Undead and Unworthy, which is book 7 of the Queen Betsy Vampire series. The books are light and very funny, and I'm enjoying it. I think I might re-read the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy books when I'm done with this one. I've got a stress-induced illness that's fairly severe right now, so anything light is GOOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm reading 'Know What You Believe' By Paul Little After that I will read, 'Know Why You Believe And I just found out there is another one...'Know Who You Believe' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I am working my way through the Harry Potter series. I'm almost finished with the 2nd book; my goal is to finish book 6 by the time the movie comes out in November ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinmom Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 The Diet Cure. Great intellectual stimulation, I know, but good for the summer redo of me! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Caribbean and making another attempt to get farther into Moby Dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 If you haven't already, you must read Three Men in a Boat next. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwcain Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Four Seasons in Rome, by Anthony Doerr The Protector's War, by S.M. Stirling Assorted books on gardening in preparation for breaking ground this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 In the last week or so, I've read The City of Ember, Falling Angels (Tracy Chevalier), and Promises to Keep (Charles de Lint). I also re-read Onion Girl (also de Lint). I'm currently reading yet one more de Lint, Widdershins, plus pre-reading a couple of things on my son's list for next year: Boy of the Painted Cave and The Number Devil. And I'm waiting my turn for Superior Saturday (Garth Nix), which we just bought a couple of days ago. My son started reading the series, talked me into joining him, and then the two of us ganged up on his sister. They're kids' books, to be sure, but interesting and fun ones. I loved City of Ember and People of Sparks, my dd wont give me the prequel yet. I just finished other dd's required reading The Dark is Rising, that was good. Now I have to see if she will lend me the series. On the adult end I am reading Pillars of the Earth, I think thats what is called, an Oprah book. I usually like her books, but this one is just trash. I am on pp 200 and cannot get through it. I dont like the language or s=x in the book. Not a fan. Anyone have another suggestion for a great summer read, thats not smutty. Jet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 At the moment I am read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers. This is really a different type of book for me. I'm currently reading the second book in the series, New Moon. My teen talked me into reading these and although it's a bit different the my usual reads I am enjoying it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Various and sundry digital photography books and Imperium, by Robert Harris, which I may never finish because I fall asleep within minutes of picking it up - not Mr. Harris's fault, I'm just... tired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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