What books are we reading right now?
Hi
I'm now reading "El Angel sin alas" from N. timoyco (peruvian writer)
Talks about south american transgender girls who immigrate to Europe hoping to find a better life for themselves, and everything they find is a life full of lies. I don't know the ending yet, but the way is going tells me it is going to have a happy one. :D
tinkerbell
EXTINCTION: How Life ON Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago by Douglas H. Erwin
This is better than any disaster novel since this is real!
Chaunte, the proudly self-professed science geek!
I wasn't reading any books, but I went to see what was on my bedstand and found a book that I had put off reading because of transition. I'll start reading it tomorrow or maybe even tonight. It's called The Codex (http://www.prestonchild.com/solonovels/preston/codex/index.html) by Douglas Preston. I picked it out a while ago, but my wife read it first. My wife said it was pretty good.
Melissa
"The Stolen Child," by Keith Donohue.
A novel illustrating the old myth about how faeries would swap lives with human babies (aka "Changelings") - the human growing up in faeryland, and the faerie baby having to grow up amidst humans, learning their ways... both always longing to go home again.
Hmmm...
*sigh*No books beside my bed. I used to be an avid reader of science fiction and doomsday books, but I think my life got in the way. I just don't seem to have the time, maybe I'm just being lazy and I should make time as I used to enjoy it.
Steph
I don't seem to have time for books at present - am here too much for them usually. But, do Magazines count?? if so, New Scientist, Fortean Times, Quadrant, Inside Sport (which I read for the really good articles not the girley pics, Truely :) )
Rana
ME:
Passion Marks, Lee Hayes
ME & the husband:
The Nature of Space & Time, Stephen Hawking
Chynna
These books are currently on my nightstand.
The Singularity Is Near (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670033847/002-8786299-7729656?v=glance&n=283155) (When Humans Transcend Biology)
by Ray Kurzweil
Amazon review: Humankind, it runs, is at the threshold of an epoch ("the singularity," a reference to the theoretical limitlessness of exponential expansion) that will see the merging of our biology with the staggering achievements of "GNR" (genetics, nanotechnology and robotics) to create a species of unrecognizably high intelligence, durability, comprehension, memory and so on. The word "unrecognizable" is not chosen lightly: wherever this is heading, it won't look like us. Kurzweil's argument is necessarily twofold: it's not enough to argue that there are virtually no constraints on our capacity; he must also convince readers that such developments are desirable. In essence, he conflates the wholesale transformation of the species with "immortality," for which read a repeal of human limit.
A Knight in Shining Armor (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671705091/002-8786299-7729656?v=glance&n=283155)
by Jude Deveraux (into my 2nd reading)
Amazon review: In 1988 Douglass Montgomery is on holiday with her live-in boyfriend in England. After a huge fight with him and his daughter Douglass is left behind with no money or passport. In grief she goes to the nearby church and cries out that she wishes she had a knight in shining armor. Low and behold Nicholas Stafford, the earl of Thornwyck appears out of sixteenth century England. At first Douglass doesn't believe him that he's from the sixteenth century. She finds his way of dress strange, his talk ridiculous and the fact that he doesn't know what a car is or how to use the bathroom is outrageous! Well, eventually Nicholas wins over Douglass and the two are set to finding out who tried to set Nicholas up for treason in Elizabethian times.
Quote from: Sandi on June 20, 2006, 02:29:13 PM
The Singularity Is Near (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670033847/002-8786299-7729656?v=glance&n=283155) (When Humans Transcend Biology)
by Ray Kurzweil
Amazon review: Humankind, it runs, is at the threshold of an epoch ("the singularity," a reference to the theoretical limitlessness of exponential expansion) that will see the merging of our biology with the staggering achievements of "GNR" (genetics, nanotechnology and robotics) to create a species of unrecognizably high intelligence, durability, comprehension, memory and so on. The word "unrecognizable" is not chosen lightly: wherever this is heading, it won't look like us. Kurzweil's argument is necessarily twofold: it's not enough to argue that there are virtually no constraints on our capacity; he must also convince readers that such developments are desirable. In essence, he conflates the wholesale transformation of the species with "immortality," for which read a repeal of human limit.
Hey, that's pretty neat! I've been wrestling with the Fermi paradox ("Why we don't see evidence of alien civilizations?") for awhile now, and that's pretty much what I've settled on as an explanation (that maturing civilizations inevitably hit some sort of evolutionary bump that transcends them beyond technology - at least as we understand it). I'll have to check this book out.
I am reading 'Middlesex' by Jefferey Eugenides. It is about a girl who transforms into a man. It is very long (I have been reading it for months) and I am just getting to the part where he talk about his life. It does not say so but from what I have read of the book he was born intersex.
Alice
The Divided Self by R.D. Laing. Lots of big words a great many of which fly past me without going in. Not least of which is the phrase "existential phenomenological method" ??? Still good stuff though...i think.
Also now reading the the 4th book in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet called "Clea" These are great books set in Alexandria between the Wars and the prose pours off the page like a dream.
And some of Charles Bukowski's poetry. Just got two of his collections "The Last Night of the Earth Poems" and "You get so alone it just makes sense"
And Noam Chomsky's latest book "Failed States", this last one is breakfast reading rather than night time, too heavy to be dropping off to but nice to waken up with.
Ulysses by James Joyce
I've read that it is considered by some to be the "greatest English novel" but I am reserving judgement. (So far, I just started, I'm not too impressed.)
h
Currently I am reading Fitness RX mag because I think it has the best articles that are backup with scientific research for a change.
I am also reading "Three Weeks with my Brother" by Nicholas Sparks and by his brother too for that matter. It is a great book, they travel the world together and really expose the bond that they have. There father, mom and one sister all died a long time ago, and it goes into their processing of everything as they really do travel the world.
If I am going to read for the joy of reading and not because I am working on a research project I love to read outdoor adventures usually placed in Alaska or at least in cold weather. I love the Appalachian stories too.
Peace,
Taylor
Quote from: HelenW on June 20, 2006, 09:48:56 PM
Ulysses by James Joyce
I've read that it is considered by some to be the "greatest English novel" but I am reserving judgement. (So far, I just started, I'm not too impressed.)
h
I was told the same thing about
The Great Gatsby. I thought it was awful.
Chaunte
Not tg/ts related, but i'm reading Dean Koontz's, "Velocity". Still reading, so I can't tell you about it yet...
Just finished Extinction. The author makes a good case for the massive basaltic flows that cover Siberia releasing enough harmful gases to almost do life in.
Next on my list is The Other Side of the Closet. It is a collection of stories talking about how SO's have dealt wtih their spouses coming out as being gay, lesbian or bisexual. I am assuming that the same sort of felings apply to the SO's of the transgendered community. I'll post a review once I am finished.
Chaunte
I have a new book at my bedsite now.
In Search of Captain Zero by Allan C. Weisbecker. Haven't read much yet, just the first five pages....
tinkerbell
Hi Chaunte,
I absolutely loved the Great Gatspy lol.... I cannot even explain it...I think there is something about that culture that I liked. I try and tell my wife this on ocassion, how I love that book, and she looks at me like I am crazy lol...
Peace,
Taylor
PS Do you know who David Brower is?
Posted at: June 27, 2006, 03:01:49 PM
To All,
A book with a different pace, and that is really enjoyable to read should you want to try something different and new....
Running With Scissors it is just a must read! ;D
Peace,
Taylor
PS I love these little faces in here, they just bring character inside these boxes lol
Quote from: taylor on June 27, 2006, 03:04:32 PM
Hi Chaunte,
I absolutely loved the Great Gatspy lol.... I cannot even explain it...I think there is something about that culture that I liked. I try and tell my wife this on ocassion, how I love that book, and she looks at me like I am crazy lol...
Peace,
Taylor
PS Do you know who David Brower is?
I will admit that I had no idea who David Brower was until I looked him up just now. Impressive credentials. Maybe its better that he passed away so he couldn't see what W has been doing to the environment.
Chaunte
I read constantly, and just finished "genderqueer," a collections of essays about/by genderqueer folk. This was interesting and put some stuff in perspective, though I could only solidly identify with one person in there. I read it in, like, three days, which is quick, because I read painfully slow.
I just finished Startide Rising by Brin and TSOG by Robert Anton Wilson. I'm actually just in the ebb and flow of books right now, finishing about 4 or 5 of them at once, which is kind of neat, like an orchestra coming together at once. The other ones were "Stranger than Fiction" by Chuck Palinhuck (spelling?) and "Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf.
I keep picking up Murakami's "A Wind Up Bird Chronicle." That is awesome, and the only reason I keep putting it down because other stuff comes up that I "have" to read, but it's never far from my mind.
It's my summer reading before starting my linguistics course in the fall. There is, of course, the inner geek in me trying to learn PHP and other web-stuff so my website can be something meaningful instead of a wasted "placeholder" domain.
If you want a good classic, I can't recommend any of Hemmingway highly enough. That's if you're feeling particularly masculine. I like his short stories a lot (probably because I can read them in a sitting while I identify more as "male"). "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is an awesome story, and made me think a whole bunch about what it means to be a person in this world, in addition to my "male" self in that queer kind of way that it is for me. The interpretation is kind of cheesy, I know, but I'm still in school for English (M.A.), so it's habit at this point.
"Are you there God? It's me, Margaret" by Judy Blume. Not great literature but fun chick-lit.
Dawn
I have Bad Dates From Hell which is a collection of short stories, the first one being a story about a living vampire named Ivy by Kim Harrison. It ties into the little universe that she has created with her series of books.
The others are the Kushiel Legacy books except for the most recent, which I do not own.
Jeez, I usually am reading one book or another, but right now, Playboy's about the only thing keeping my attention. I did just recently finish Prozac Nation, which is awesome if you're interested in psychology, and on the way home I listened to the book on tape of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris. For those of you who might have seen the movie of this with Sam Rockwell, the book is a lot better, and I highly recommend it. Nothing like a good hit-man story for a long road trip.
Rafe
Quote from: Melissa on June 19, 2006, 09:37:50 PM
I wasn't reading any books, but I went to see what was on my bedstand and found a book that I had put off reading because of transition. I'll start reading it tomorrow or maybe even tonight. It's called The Codex (http://www.prestonchild.com/solonovels/preston/codex/index.html) by Douglas Preston. I picked it out a while ago, but my wife read it first. My wife said it was pretty good.
Melissa
I forgot. I finished this book shortly before going fulltime and it was pretty good. The last book I was reading was my TI-89 calculator manual :icon_wave-nerd:, but I think I'll read Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes next.
Melissa
Incubus Dreams.
I'm reading three or four books right now. First and foremost is Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. It's part two of the Uglies trilogy and I really suggest any of you check it out. It's great. It's about a future world where people get mandatory surgery at sixteen to make them pretty, so that everyone's the same. Sadly, no mention of sex change surgeries, but... well, one big issue at a time, right? ;D
I'm also reading The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene, and um... Abarat 2 by Clive Barker. Something else, also, but I don't remember what.
I just finished reading squirrel cage , and now I'm reading
NUT: Musings and Prose.
tinkerbell :icon_chick:
I'm in the middle of Girl Talk, All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told you by Carol Weston (3rd edition) that I bought at the local thrift store. It's a guide for teenage girls, not that I'm even close to being teen aged *sigh* (hee hee!) but a prepubescent female I may just be. The information is fairly basic for a 51 year old but it is valuable to me by how it illustrates the POV and concerns of girls and young women as they mature.
I have to get a new reading lamp for the couch, though, the spouse has ruled that the old one was ugly and just had to go so now I'm literally in the dark when I want to read there ;D
huggas & Smilees!
helen
Reading "Squirrel Cage" by Cindianna_Jones :P
I try to read just a little bit each day because A. Some of it is so reminiscent of my own life it's difficult to deal with and B. When I find a book that I enjoy reading I don't want to reach the end.
I don't have any books at my bedside right now because I just moved. Lol. Actually, I have been working on some puzzle books like sudoku and other puzzles. Anything to stimulate my brain.
Melissa
I am reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. A very popular tale of a boy from a popular family, that portrays modern Afghanistan after the Russians invade. And their journey to America. And the horrific boy experiences of post Nazi world after WWII.
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I have a brand new release that looks extremely interesting also ready to read. Its called Hood, by Stephen Lawhead a darker version of Robyn the Hood filled with historical context.
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Ooh, cool, Kendra! I've seen that Hood book around and it looks really interesting, but I wasn't sure if it'd be something I'd like or not. Maybe I'll give it a chance.
Tinkerbell,
If you talked to many of those that have been previously on Prozac or those that have worked with people coming off of prozac you would find that they will tell you putting it in the water will only increase suicide and the murder rate in the US. Prozac like many drugs may work for some, but then there is the other side of the coin. And the other side of that coin is a very dark and ugly picture my friend. I have not read the book your talking about, am wondering if they mention the other side of the coin??
Peace,
Taylor
Just Taylor's "All Points in Between"
Marco
"What to say When You Talk To Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter,Ph.D.
So far an incredible book that claims to teach how we can create the energy to turn our dreams into reality by knowing the secrets of what to say when we talk to ourselves.
I have been looking for a "better way" and so far these techniques are really helping. It has helped me realize that most of what I tell myself works against me. Most of us have been negatively programmed, this book helps to reverse the negative programming and claims that it will fill your life with new, vital energy.
So with the book, the daily exercise (that everyone here has been recommending, and the incredible new supplements I am taking, Life is really looking great!
Thank you all for the sharing on this site.
Quote from: taylor on September 29, 2006, 02:30:32 PM
Tinkerbell,
If you talked to many of those that have been previously on Prozac or those that have worked with people coming off of prozac you would find that they will tell you putting it in the water will only increase suicide and the murder rate in the US. Prozac like many drugs may work for some, but then there is the other side of the coin. And the other side of that coin is a very dark and ugly picture my friend. I have not read the book your talking about, am wondering if they mention the other side of the coin??
Peace,
Taylor
The month I was on prozac was the worst in my life. I was confused and my family and job life suffered. I literally thought of suicide daily as I got used to taking it and finally had to stop and move on.
Take it if your doctor recommends, but watch out, and be prepared to change a couple times to find out what drug is right for you.
Finished Kite Runner. Loved it. Deep, magical, shocking at times.
A third the way through Hood. Reads like a movie. My first Lawhead book. Keeps me reading even at lunch breaks and 10 min breaks.
I got 4 books free from a meeting that had authors trying to promote books. For some reason the 4 I got were the teen fantasy books, but thats ok with me. Free Advance copies are always good, so might find something interesting from these.
Endymion Spring is supposed to maybe be made into a children's movie, so It looks good to read.
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Last year I got shakespear's biography, which I havent touched yet lol. Though the year before that I got a set of the Gear novels "People of the ..." Indian Novels signed. Pretty cool.
Anyway, after Hood, I might read one or more of the these 4 books.
Ken / Kendra
Just read Memory Keepers Daughter. It made me cry. Very rarely do I cry from a book.
Now I am reading the Epic of Gilgamesh. Very entertaining and learning experience.
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.
tink :icon_chick:
J R R Tokien's New book (yes he has been dead for nearly 35 years)
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On page 72 already.
"Les iles" by Jean Grenier
"Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathon Safran.
This movie was recommended to me by a good friend. Then the Amazon review said "it is not easy to make a movie of a cult novel." My first reaction was "A cult novel and I missed it?" So I bought both. I watched the DVD first and I am glad it did. The novel was much more convoluted. It is about a Jewish young man who goes back to the Ukranine to find the woman who saved his grandfather's life during WWII. Really beautifully done; both the movie and the book. The other characters are the worst kind of eastern Europeans; coarse, crude, violent and vulgar. As the story progresses sensitivity and gentleness emerges in them. It is really beautiful.
"Grammaire italienne"
baci,
MVER XXX
I'm re-reading Darcey Steinke's "Suicide Blond" and I also have Melissa Banks' "The Wonder Spot" that I'm reading. I typically read fiction at the same time and non fiction at the same time. I like reading 3 or 4 books at the same time and just alernating between the books depending on my mood.
I am re-reading Temple Grandin's "Animals in Translation". This book is terrific. Temple is a high functioning autistic person. She has a PhD in Animal Science. She thinks that animals think the same way she does. In pictures and extremely sensitive to contrast and movement in those pictures. She has designed most of the feed lots in this country and although she wishes people didn't eat animals she thinks that if we do eat them then they should have a reasonable quality of life and a quick, painless, fearless death when the time comes. What is extremly interesting is what she says about current research in animal learning.
I can't praise this book enough.
I am in the middle of reading Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko
I have just finished reading Without Consent by Kathryn Fox. Which I must say was a I cant put down book absolutely brilliant! I am now going to start Harry Potter and the half blood prince, and then the final one again! :)
Oh I love Harry Potter! But I'm going to be pissed if Harry doesn't do the martyr thing.
I'd like to see him have to sacrifice himself to kill Voldie or something along those lines. I think he'd be better remembered as a tragic hero.
Not to mention I can't stomach 'happily ever afters'. ::)
The hidden book I am reading is the autobiography of Christine Jorgensen with introduction by Susan Stryker. I also am reading the New Revised Standard Version of the Student Bible which is not hidden.
I was born in the same town as Christine and Dr. Harry Benjamin gave Christine credit for Dr. Benjamin's publication. Christine looked like a pretty boy and I think she was a pretty girl.
I am happy to have found Susan's Forum but for whatever reason that thought made me cry.
Am reading:
Mona Simpson "Anywhere But Here"
Joan Didion "The Year of Magical Thinking"
Am planning on reading:
Jumpa Lahiri "Interpreter of Maladies"
ciao,
Gina M.
Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
Red Lightning by John Varley
Red Thunder by John Varley
Methinks there be a pattern here though none intended and instead merely the whims of high Olympus.
Beverly
Quote from: Kiera on July 30, 2007, 09:33:32 PM
Quote from: Wendy on July 30, 2007, 07:18:51 AMI was born in the same town as Christine . . .
Wasn't that the Throgs Neck area of the East Bronx Wendy? (only later did she move to LI). Driven by there a million times since & kept my boat at the Shea Stadium Marina adjacent the Worlds Fair Grounds. Small world indeed.
Kiera, I was not far from the Throgs Neck Bridge. I visited the 1964 World's Fair many times. I was a Yankee fan and I used to watch Micky Mantle and the other Yankee greats. We have a number of other events in our lives that are similar. We will chat about this stuff in private so that we keep our families safe.
Christine Jorgensen was very dynamic!
I'm most of the way through "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
Megan
Am reading Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Very sad but wonderful.
ciao,
Gina M.
out of the dark by linda caine and robin royston. very interesting. i began to read it as my mum went through something similar when i was a child.
For this summer I have chosen Stephen King : Dark Tower.
First 3 of them read already and now I'm starting up the IV Wizard & Glass....
Quote from: Alice on June 20, 2006, 04:24:14 PM
I am reading 'Middlesex' by Jefferey Eugenides. It is about a girl who transforms into a man. It is very long (I have been reading it for months) and I am just getting to the part where he talk about his life. It does not say so but from what I have read of the book he was born intersex.
Alice
i already read that (in 2 1/2 days!!!)....its a BEST SELLER (here in Greece), i suggested to everyone, but u have wrong she/he's hermaphrodite!!!!!
Also u can search for "Shanghai Tango" by Jin Xing, its a thrilled biography of a extraordinary MtF person, a path from the chinese army to the recognition in the world of balet, DONT LOOSE THAT BOOK.
http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Tango-Jin-Xing/dp/1843546329/ref=sr_1_1/105-4282550-8748432?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187471704&sr=1-1
now im in "The Swarm" :) (A Novel by Frank Schatzing)
i just read 'england, england' and 'arthur and george' both by julian barnes. I preferred the first, the story is tighter although the writing itself less flamboyant and enjoyable.
i may read 'monsignor quixote' by graham greene next, or the second gormenghast book or jane eyre.... not sure yet. to be honest i want to write the next great book rather than read one.
The Latest Adventures of Eddie, a Famous Pigeon Goes to France
By Pauline Hyde
I haven't read it all yet, but it is certainly a "must read"
tink :icon_chick:
Quote from: evelynaGR on August 18, 2007, 04:18:55 PM
Quote from: Alice on June 20, 2006, 04:24:14 PM
I am reading 'Middlesex' by Jefferey Eugenides. It is about a girl who transforms into a man. It is very long (I have been reading it for months) and I am just getting to the part where he talk about his life. It does not say so but from what I have read of the book he was born intersex.
Alice
i already read that (in 2 1/2 days!!!)....its a BEST SELLER (here in Greece), i suggested to everyone, but u have wrong she/he's hermaphrodite!!!!!
Also u can search for "Shanghai Tango" by Jin Xing, its a thrilled biography of a extraordinary MtF person, a path from the chinese army to the recognition in the world of balet, DONT LOOSE THAT BOOK.
now im in "The Swarm" :) (A Novel by Frank Schatzing)
And swallow "The Secret" in a day!!!!!!! It was sticky in my hand!!!! LOL
If you read it maybe you change your way of thinking and living, its a "must read".
Quote from: evelynaGR on August 19, 2007, 11:21:17 AM
Quote from: evelynaGR on August 18, 2007, 04:18:55 PM
Quote from: Alice on June 20, 2006, 04:24:14 PM
I am reading 'Middlesex' by Jefferey Eugenides. It is about a girl who transforms into a man. It is very long (I have been reading it for months) and I am just getting to the part where he talk about his life. It does not say so but from what I have read of the book he was born intersex.
Alice
i already read that (in 2 1/2 days!!!)....its a BEST SELLER (here in Greece), i suggested to everyone, but u have wrong she/he's hermaphrodite!!!!!
Also u can search for "Shanghai Tango" by Jin Xing, its a thrilled biography of a extraordinary MtF person, a path from the chinese army to the recognition in the world of balet, DONT LOOSE THAT BOOK.
now im in "The Swarm" :) (A Novel by Frank Schatzing)
And swallow "The Secret" in a day!!!!!!! It was sticky in my hand!!!! LOL
If you read it maybe you change your way of thinking and living, its a "must read".
isn't the secret that you can make an awful lot of money by rehashing old, worn, new age, untruths?
yeap that's it,
but isnt the money the wealth or the power, its the way u can see u r life from the reading of that book and then.
It is the way you make u r needs (i think...!!!).
Quote from: evelynaGR on August 18, 2007, 04:18:55 PM
Quote from: Alice on June 20, 2006, 04:24:14 PM
I am reading 'Middlesex' by Jefferey Eugenides. It is about a girl who transforms into a man. It is very long (I have been reading it for months) and I am just getting to the part where he talk about his life. It does not say so but from what I have read of the book he was born intersex.
Alice
i already read that (in 2 1/2 days!!!)....its a BEST SELLER (here in Greece), i suggested to everyone, but u have wrong she/he's hermaphrodite!!!!!
Also u can search for "Shanghai Tango" by Jin Xing, its a thrilled biography of a extraordinary MtF person, a path from the chinese army to the recognition in the world of balet, DONT LOOSE THAT BOOK.
http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Tango-Jin-Xing/dp/1843546329/ref=sr_1_1/105-4282550-8748432?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187471704&sr=1-1
now im in "The Swarm" :) (A Novel by Frank Schatzing)
It only took a year for me to finish that - it was a big chore to get throught it all. The second part when her talks about his intersec life was very interesting. I can however see why someone from Greece would enjoy the whole story.
I am now reading 'Alice in Genderland' for the second time :).
Alice
Quote from: Dweia on August 18, 2007, 03:43:58 PM
For this summer I have chosen Stephen King : Dark Tower.
First 3 of them read already and now I'm starting up the IV Wizard & Glass....
I'm a huge Stephen King fan. I have read the first 5 books of the Dark Tower series. I'm am currently reading The Stand for the second time.
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i'm going to read 'prick up your ears' by John Lahr about Joe Orton
it's like the sad fact that john cleese has grown into being one of the people he caricatured.
The film of prick up your ears is great. And I once played Mr McCleavy in Loot
Quote from: Dweia on August 18, 2007, 03:43:58 PM
For this summer I have chosen Stephen King : Dark Tower.
First 3 of them read already and now I'm starting up the IV Wizard & Glass....
Funny Dweia I am also reading this series right now. I'm on Series II, "The Drawing of the Three". You never know where he's going with this book. Not usually much of a fiction reader but a friend insisted and I needed some new reading material. So far so good though. :laugh:
Currently about 10 books by John Varley. I just finished The Golden Globe and am working on both Mammoth and The Ophiuchi Hotline.
Beverly
I'm reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" right now(third time). Actually have a whole pile of books by the bedside I have yet to start, mostly history.
In the Land of Pain by Alphonse Daudet
"Wastelands" Book III of VII of The Dark Tower Series
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
A must read kitty cats! :)
tink :icon_chick:
Clive Cussler with Dirk Cussler...Black Wind
Beverly
"Charlie Y La Fabrica Chocolate" spanish version of "Charile and the Chocolate Factory"
Anecdotes of Destiny by Isak Dinesen. it's not her best collection of stories, but i'm determined to read everything she ever wrote.
I started reading "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff last night. It's an interesting book.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories by Dorothy Scarborough. Pretty scary. >:D
tink :icon_chick:
Principia by Isaac Newton. The king of nerd books. ;)
Cindi
"Operating instructions for your new Panasonic DVD Player" ;D...lol, oh and I'm reading "Haunted Tales of H.P. Lovecraft" too >:D
Otherland by Tad Williams.
VR gone mad.
I didn't know there was four of them when I started.....still on the first one.
The Amber Room - Steven Berry
Quote from: funnygrl on October 07, 2007, 10:26:07 AM
"Haunted Tales of H.P. Lovecraft" too >:D
i love HP. Lovecraft! kinda scary, though.
"Liquor" by Poppy Z. Brite. I love all his books but this serie contains definitely some of my favorites. ;D
I do read a lot of different genres; Butat the moment Medicine cards by Jamie Sams
I am reading two books right now. At home I read the original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes stories. Very entertaining, even almost 150 years since they were written.
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I was recommended this series long ago but finally decided to read it. Very enjoyable so far.
I have just finished 'Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction' by Sue Townsend. It is really funny and I literally laughed out loud at the airport and on the plane home. I just love Adrian!! :)
Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds. It's about Post Punk and so far good.
By the bed...."Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". I find that I am hypnotized by JK Rowling's talent. Also reading various nursing books, until I graduate from LPN school.
Quote from: ell on October 07, 2007, 05:38:27 PM
Quote from: funnygrl on October 07, 2007, 10:26:07 AM
"Haunted Tales of H.P. Lovecraft" too >:D
i love HP. Lovecraft! kinda scary, though.
Read
"The Thing On The Doorstep."~Kate~
Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky :P
tink :icon_chick:
I usually have a couple of books going. Right now it's the Physicians' Desk Reference.
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A Load of Old Rubbish by A Stephan Nonsense. >:D
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (Not in the original Russian, though.)
In parallel with:
Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt.
Next up: The Republic, by Plato. (Not in the original Greek, of course.)
I'm not selecting books that demand anything less than full focus lately. This makes them more satisfying to read, but makes them less effective at passing the time when you're sitting somewhere around people.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by Gregory Maguire
as an original BOOK...EATER!!! i get new "supplies" among others is "GREEN MILE" by Stephen King.
I just bought Calpernia Adams "Mark 947" and started reading it last night :)
Goodbye Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind by John Wiley. I just started it. It is highly recommended by some people at work so we will see...
tink :icon_chick:
I think I am in a minority here but to each their own lol.
Currently on the nightstand:
The Book of the Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi,
Hakagure, The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Iai, The Art of Drawing the Sword by Darrell Max Craig
Soon to come:
I-Ching
Confessor by Terry Goodkind (the final installment of the Sword of Truth Series, a must read for any fantasy novel fan :) )
Quote from: Ayana on November 19, 2007, 07:16:10 PM
Hakagure, The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
i loved
Hagakure: Book of the Samurai, and i recommend it to all future samurai's.
"Right Side Out"- by 'Annah Moore' (M2F), EXCELLENT!!!!
The comprehensive forensic services manual: the essential resources for all experts by Steven Babitsky, JD, James J. Mangraviti, JD, and Christopher J. Todd, JD.
just preparing for finals ;)
Im reading a book called 'Goodbye California'- its all about how easy it is to steal Uranium 235 from your power stations over there to build a bomb to blow up California along the San Andreas Fault.
You better be careful you Californians there are a lot of terrorists around today and this book was written about your inneficiant security at these stations.
Quote from: Kirstie on November 20, 2007, 11:41:05 PM
Im reading a book called 'Goodbye California'- its all about how easy it is to steal Uranium 235 from your power stations over there to build a bomb to blow up California along the San Andreas Fault.
You better be careful you Californians there are a lot of terrorists around today and this book was written about your inneficiant security at these stations.
Don't be scared there is
CTU and Jack Bauer for those situations :-)
I tend to read multiple books at once, and it takes me forever to finish them. Right now I am reading Naked by David Sedaris I highly recommend it. Sedaris is the most funny and insightful writer I have read in a long time. I can't wait to finish this one and pick up the rest of his books. I also started reading Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis. I find Ellis intriguing, but thouroughly depressing, so I don't think I will finish this one. I have started reading Imperial Life in the Emerald City by a guy whose name escapes me. This book is surpisingly enjoyable for a book that is a detailed jornalistic study into our blunder in Iraq.
National Geographic- Essential Visual History of World Mythology
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I'm currently reading a number of books by Ursula le Guin (I tend to read multiple books at the same time - one day I might read one and the next day I might read another and the day after that go back to the first one).
For fiction I'm reading "Valentine of Majipoor," which is a single-volume that has "Lord Valentine's Castle," "The Majipoor Chronicles," and "Valentine Pontifex."
For nonfiction, I'm reading "Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life" by Marjorie Garber.
The former was a birthday present from my son, and the latter was a birthday present from my wife.
Wow... what books am I reading right now...
That's problematic, since my ADHD keeps me switching from book to book. I essentially wind up reading like 20 books at a time, even though I do finish.
Walden - Thoreau
The Druidry Handbook - John Michael Greer
The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio
Red Star Over China - Edgar Snow
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
The Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms Player's Guide - Cordell, Greenwood, & Sims
The History of Western Philosophy - Bertrand Russell
Republic - Plato
Basic Writings of Nietzsche
The Will to Power - Nietzsche
The Children of Hurin - Tolkein
The Return of the Shadow - Tolkein
The Silmarillion - Tolkein
Practical English Handbook, 11th Ed. - Watkins, Dillingham, & Greer
Democracy In America- Alexis de Tocqueville.
It'll probably take me several months to finish. I'm a very slow reader.
Wow. This thread goes WAY back. Anyway... I just finished some random book by Dean Koontz... it was lame, but kept my attention well enough. Now I'm on to Speaking With the Devil by Carl Goldberg... excellent psychoanalytical perspective on the nature of evil, with a little religion and philosophy thrown in.
SD
I'm more of fiction reader myself. So right now I'm in the middle Star Trek: A Singular Destiny. I know I'm a Trekkie and lovin' it.
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I'm currently reading Agatha Christie's "Murder in the Vicarage". It's pretty entertaining.
Did Dean Koontz ever finish the Frankenstein trilogy?
I want the last one. Pout. :P
I'm reading Lee Childs. Persuader
Cindy
Quote from: CindyJames on October 24, 2009, 04:58:21 AM
Did Dean Koontz ever finish the Frankenstein trilogy?
I want the last one. Pout. :P
Yes! I ran across it at Walmart the other day, and did a little happy dance in the store. Got some strange looks, too. ;D It's called Frankenstein: Dead
and Alive.
Quote from: Jamie-o on October 24, 2009, 05:03:29 AM
Yes! I ran across it at Walmart the other day, and did a little happy dance in the store. Got some strange looks, too. ;D It's called Frankenstein: Dead and Alive.
Excellent :-* :-*
Thanks Jamie, I'll go looking for it
Cindy
"Streams in the Desert" - Oct. 14 (http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/desert/1436259/) (the 'online' version is off one day from the revised book), "What about the Kids (http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?id=2390&type=book&cn=28#)" and "VAMPIRATES BLACK HEART (http://thenocturn.webs.com/blackheart.htm#)" . . .
;D ;D ;D
I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein for the 4th time
It is about a rich man who is dying and his brain is transplanted into the body of his beautiful female assistant who is killed.
Quote from: Randi on October 25, 2009, 08:23:52 PM
I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein for the 4th time
It is about a rich man who is dying and his brain is transplanted into the body of his beautiful female assistant who is killed.
That sounds rather good. I think I'll read that at some point.
I'm about halfway through Frankenstein: Dead and Alive now. I'm enjoying it. I must say Bucky and Janet Guitreau are some of the most entertaining psychopathic killers I've read about in a long time. :D Chapter 2 has one of the best opening lines of all time:
"When the Pizza-delivery guy, looking for the Bennet house, made the mistake of going to the Guitreau house next door, Janet Guitreau surprised herself by dragging him into her foyer and strangling him to death."
"The Spiral Dance" by Starhawk (checked out from the library for a re-read)
Lots of different ones! A collection of Commando war comics that I got from my local library, a Batman comic book, a book about the Royal Marines Band that I'm reading for my dissertation, the SAS fitness book by Chris Ryan, Wall and Peace by the artist Bansky, and several musical scores, all in a big pile that is about to fall over any time now!
Perhaps Ulysses isn't the greatest English novel because it was written by an Irishman. Just finished the latest Le Carre. Not one of his best
Quote from: Randi on October 25, 2009, 08:23:52 PM
I will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein for the 4th time
It is about a rich man who is dying and his brain is transplanted into the body of his beautiful female assistant who is killed.
Heinlein is my favorite author!
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NO shame in being a Trekkie!
I haven't seen that title though. the last Trek book I read was the Captain Pike book by Margaret Wander Bornero who's a fellow boardie of mine at the Forum that I've been a regular at for years.
Quote from: Amrisa Jones on October 24, 2009, 02:24:40 AM
I'm more of fiction reader myself. So right now I'm in the middle Star Trek: A Singular Destiny. I know I'm a Trekkie and lovin' it.
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twilight by stephenie meyer
"Shut up, Quit Whining and Get a Life" another t-grrl friend of mine lent it to me because of all of the crap that has become my life recently. ;D
I started reading Whipping Girl by Julia Serano and am finishing up The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker. I don't normally read Ted Dekker, but I find the trilogy to be a good read.
Quote from: Jamie-o on October 24, 2009, 05:03:29 AM
Yes! I ran across it at Walmart the other day, and did a little happy dance in the store. Got some strange looks, too. ;D It's called Frankenstein: Dead and Alive.
Hi Jamie,
It has just arrived in Australia, bought a copy yesterday. But I decided I'd better read the previous two to get back into the plot. Thats OK 'cos I have them.
BTW I was reading a David Eddings book. The Redemption of Althalus. Am I the only person who thinks Eddings has written the same book twenty times or so but with a different title?
Cindy
"Why Zebras Dont Get Ulcers"
It's an examination of stress and disease and the first textbook I've ever enjoyed.
Quote from: Natasha on November 15, 2009, 01:29:49 PM
twilight by stephenie meyer
As soon as I finish
Valentine Pontifex, I'm going to start the Twilight series.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I'm reading it because it's assigned, but everyone I know who has read it says it is very good, so I'm enthused.
"the scarpetta factor" by patricia cornwell
Any good?
Loved her early novels but the last three were boring. Same paranoid stuff.
Cindy
Therapy by Jonathan Kellerman. Boring as hell but I'm about half way and can't stop. It may get better. I have read all of stephen kings novels and Clive Cussler is great.
silly I guess but I found a novelization of the "Knightfall" storyline from the Batman comics at a yard sale or something for a quarter and I've been using that for casual reading lately...
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz and The Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith.
Selfish Gene, By Richard Dawkins.
@Megan, I love that book, Oscar Wilde was amazing
@Ayana, actually I too have Musashi's "Book of Five Rings" at my stack of books I am reading
My little stack is as follows
"Globalization and its Discontents" by Joseph Stiglitz
"Book of Five Rigns" Musashi Miyamoto
"Starship Troopers" Rober Heinlein
"Tao Te Ching" Lao-Tzu
and underneath all that somewhat covertly inside the TIME magazine titled "The Best Laws Money can Buy" is a dirty gay mag... - -;;
Journey to the End of the Night by Ferdinand Céline
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham (3 copies of it, I'm a nerd, it's amazing though)
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
And a giant manuel of writing AppleScripts. Woo..
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Utopia - Thomas More
Big Chief Elizabeth - Giles Milton
Cheers!
Rayalisse
Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
The Naughty Girls Guide to Life by Tara Palmer Tomkinson & Sharon Marshall
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
The Conquest of Cool by Thomas Frank
Confederate Emancipation by Bruce Levine