1cat2ferrets Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just finished reading "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom. This was the first book I've read by this author. I think he's fantastic. He's a new favorite author for me. The next book I'm going to read by him is "Tuesdays with Morrie". I hope it's as good as the last one. So what's everyone else reading?:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Simon Scarrow's series of historical fiction set in Roman times. Currently into The Eagle's Prey. Also rereading O'Brian's Treason's Harbor as I (again) work my way through the Aubrey/Maturin books. I have the latest Elizabeth Peters Vicki Bliss book awaiting attention, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 "Atlas Shrugged". I figured now was a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm reading Last of the Mohicans by Cooper and The Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone. Mohicans is for my classics book club on the 5th next month. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSMP Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 "Atlas Shrugged". I figured now was a good time. Oh wow....my husband just finished that one as an audio book. He downloaded it from Librovox. It was the full unabridged edition. I admire you....:lol: That is not a short book....:001_huh: I just finished reading the The Eyre Affair series by Jasper Fforde. They are around 350+ pages. These are great. I loved them. My daughter is reading them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just finished reading the The Eyre Affair series by Jasper Fforde. They are around 350+ pages. These are great. I loved them. My daughter is reading them now. Details please--haven't heard of this--Jane Eyre related? I did a light read--"Remember Me?" by Sophie Kinsella--from the Shopaholic series (I adore her! Hey, I was on pain meds! I've progressed from Archie comics!!). It was wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret in GA Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just read Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. What an amazing, educational book. I'm going to make my dd, 14 ,read it when my dh finishes it. I just started Blindness by Jose Saramago. Great book so far! (the movie just came out to mixed reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1188215-blindness/) Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I keep coming back and back to that book. It reflects a deep Christian spirituality, meditative, truly contending with modern life, with roots in Judaism and in historic Christianity that I don't often find in contemporary Christian writing. It's so well written and it always makes me think, and pray. What I am not reading: "The Coming Economic Earthquake" by Larry Burkett. I already read that book. A long time ago. I do not need to remind myself about what that book says. Nope, I do not. I'm doing all I can, and that is all I can do. That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just finished "Showdown" by Ted Dekker. Amazing, creepy, deep.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie in IL Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm finishing up Pilgrim's Progress (for my 888 list), and just starting Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages for Teenagers. I have a 13 yo dd. 'Nuff said. :0 I also finished up Kristen Heitzmann's The Edge of Recall - she is one of my favorites. That was my "fun" book for the week! For book club, I'm getting ready to start The Begotten by Lisa T. Bergren. Looks very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Armadale, by Wilkie Collins. I finally got around to reading The Woman in White and The Moonstone last year and just loved them. Unfortunately, they are pretty much the only Collins books you find on most bookstore shelves. So, I've been scrounging at the library (where it's tough to find a copy that has print large enough to be readable), and my husband even printed from Project Gutenberg and had bound one of the titles I especially wanted. Anyway, I'm thoroughly enjoying this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just finished To Kill A Mockingbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinderSafari Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Yep, I eat up those parenting books! Haven't read a fiction title in a long time..... There's just so much to try to understand about these cute little guys! I like reading all the insight others have shared in books! Hopefully I can stay 1/2 a step ahead of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 July and August It is a fun book about family and the ups and downs of dealing with your people! It has sad parts and funny parts and everything in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Pillars of the Earth and Wuthering Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Original Intent by David Barton Homeschooling Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them, and Not Burn Out Money, Posessions, and Eternity by Randy Alcorn I usually have 3 or 4 books going at once:001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSMP Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Details please--haven't heard of this--Jane Eyre related? I did a light read--"Remember Me?" by Sophie Kinsella--from the Shopaholic series (I adore her! Hey, I was on pain meds! I've progressed from Archie comics!!). It was wonderful! This what the Wall Street Journal says about this author's book. "Filled with clever wordplay, literary allusion and bibliowit, The Eyre Affair combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Its quirky charm is all its own." It does have the occasional cuss word in the book. The D word and BS. That being said, I still allowed my 14 year old daughter to read them. They have heard worse than that from sister....:glare: Here is the description from the back of the book. " Meet Thursday Next. She's part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry. Welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature. When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Bronte's novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter the novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide." http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Eyre-Affair/Jasper-Fforde/e/9780142001806 http://www.jasperfforde.com/index2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just picked The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory & Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice up from the library. I don't know which one to start first. The last book I read was Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisefor3 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 To Live is Christ - by Beth Moore. I haven't been able to get into it like some of her other stuff I've read but I still keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 For my homeschooling book group (that's reading "the classics" starting with young adult stuff and moving up): Anne of Green Gables. I've read it at least a couple of times before, but not for a long time. And then, because I like to feel overwhelmed by obligations, I started a politics/political history book club on another board I post on, and we're reading The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It by Richard Hofstadter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself - in my purse Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods - by my bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzdaisy Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The Fountainhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The Likeness by Tana French-atmospheric mystery ,needs editing... A Cornel West Reader by Cornel West-great teacher and thinker Habits of the Heart by Robert Bellah-poli sci-community rather than self oriented...been there done that but well written. The Black Hand by Will Thomas-Holmes pastiche great stuff if that is your obsession it is certainly one of mine- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris(on cd he is a riot) Liberty by Garrison Keillor Soon I really need to get back to reading books with dd ,this winter Les Miserables by V.Hugo and Democracy in America by de Tocqueville are up for discussion. Great ideas to read this year particularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Simon Scarrow's series of historical fiction set in Roman times. My husband loves that series. I'm reading The Chosen by Chaim Potok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missplacedalaskan Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 This sounds like a good book. I am going to have to see if I can get it from the library. I am reading the Outlander series...I read about it here on the boards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 "Atlas Shrugged". I figured now was a good time. You can say that again. ;) I've been thinking about re-reading it lately, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm still reading John Adams, by David McCullough. I'm really enjoying it, but it's taking me forever to get through it because I only have time to read a little at night before bed. This educatin' children business takes up far too much time. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, Richard Maybury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 You can say that again. ;)I've been thinking about re-reading it lately, myself. I'm only about 60 pages into it (what is that, like 1/5000 of the book?) but the one thing I wasn't expecting is how lovely the writing is. Its actually totally engaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 My husband loves that series. I'm reading The Chosen by Chaim Potok. That's a beautiful book, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I just started House of Wolves by Matt Bronleewe. I stopped as soon I received an ARC of Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins in the mail yesterday. I finished reading a short time ago - it's excellent. :thumbup: Back to House of wolves.:001_smile: Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just finished "Showdown" by Ted Dekker. Amazing, creepy, deep.... That book gave me the chills. Sinner is next on my book pile. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm only about 60 pages into it (what is that, like 1/5000 of the book?) but the one thing I wasn't expecting is how lovely the writing is. Its actually totally engaging. :iagree: It really is a great book. I loved reading it. Okay, now you've gone and done it! I'm officially putting Atlas Shrugged back on my reading list! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The Myth of Certainty Mississippi in Africa Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Finished American Wife and need to decide between Other Queen and Winter Rose for entertainment. Simultaneously reading Prince and the Pauper and The Penderwicks with the kiddos for school, and A History of China at DH's request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Just finished Jane Eyre for the first time, then downloaded Pilgrim's Progress from Libravox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 :iagree: It really is a great book. I loved reading it. Okay, now you've gone and done it! I'm officially putting Atlas Shrugged back on my reading list! :tongue_smilie: Oh good! If it slows down and I need a push to keep reading I know who to ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Les Mis. Still. 980 pages read. 483 to go. Interesting ideas and characters. Great language at times. But if ever a writer needed an editor . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 and still... Bleak House. It is fabulous and it is LONG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I only have time for very light reading these days... Reading The BFG with the kids. We are seeing the play next week. Love and Respect...a marriage self-help type book Eldest...cause I still like fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Wicked, The Anxiety Cure for Kids, & The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just read Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. What an amazing, educational book. This is one of my all-time favourites - it is amazing, isn't it? I just finished The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This would go on my top 5 life-changing books list, if I had one. :001_smile: Also finishing up Writing With Ease and will start The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, as recommended by so many of you... I hope it lives up to its billing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I'm about halfway through "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory. So far it's a really good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I just finished The Great Man by Kate Christiansen...it was amazing. I just started The Fig Eater by Jody Shields I also plan to begin Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn, thanks to one of the other posters! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Well I finally finished Innocent Traitor last night! Finally. I've been in a reading slump and taking forever to finish a book. This one was about Lady Jane Grey. It was pretty good. Still reading I Capture the Castle, but I haven't been actively reading it...I have a bookmark in it and haven't picked it up in weeks, now I need to get going. Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spiritby Terri Maxwell The Facts of Life and Other Lessons My Father Taught Me by Lisa Whelchel (a reread, I find it very inspiring) To the children I'm reading Trumpet of the Swan and God King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMere Academy Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I'm about halfway through "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory.So far it's a really good read. I really enjoyed that book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. It's going to hurt, but we're doin' it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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