What Book Are You Reading Now.....

[roxanne916]

or just finished?

I am reading 2 books at once at the moment. LOL. A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag, kind of a mystery-romance book...pretty good so far, just a slow read.....

and The Confident Woman by Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz...good book, kind of self-help but not in the talking down kind of way.

What's on your nightstand to read????

[skipthisone]

First of all great thread Roxanne

I am also reading two at the moment (I usually do <--nerd)

I am reading The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub (This book has the best bad-guy Ive ever read)

I am also reading Son of A Circus by John Irving which I have just started.

[roxanne916]

Thanks, Skip

This is my 100th post <looking around for balloons and fanfare> LOL!

You are not a nerd by reading 2 books at once, i do it all the time.

John Irving wrote "The World According to Garp" and "Hotel New Hampshire", if I am not mistaken, right?

I remember taking Hotel New Hampshire out of the public library and having the librarian act like i was doing something illegal. I was 16 at the time, but looked younger......ahhh, to have that happen again!! LOL

<I did get proofed last time I went out tho>

(giggles)

[skipthisone]

well thanks and yes you are right about those being Irving books, My favorite of his is "The Fourth Hand"

and congrats on being proofed

[Devillishgirl]

Originally posted by roxanne916

John Irving wrote "The World According to Garp" and "Hotel New Hampshire", if I am not mistaken, right?


(giggles) [/B]

First of all Roxanne, absolutely terrific thread! A woman after my own heart. :D If reading two books at a time makes someone a nerd, I wonder what I must be since it's always two at once, if not more, for moi.

Right now I'm reading "When Christ and His Saints Slept" by Sharon Kay Penman...it's a historical fiction about England's past Queen Maude..

And "The Ill-Made Mute: The Bitterbynde Book I" by Cecilia Dart-Thornton....fantasy novel(my particular weakness).

John Iriving has written scads of wonderful books, the best of which(in my opinion) is "The World According to Garp". Some of his other good ones are "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The Cider House Rules".

Is there any particular author that you have to read absolutely every book that they have ever written?

[skipthisone]

Now i will sound like a nerd, Authors that I have read everything of at least once: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Irving, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, JRR Tolkien (Including his sons books), William Buckley jr., and more.

That is how i read, I find an Author and read all his/her books in chronological order.

[Clint]

Great thread! Right now I am reading the Chronicals Of Narnia....I know I've read the whole thing at least five times, but I just can't get enough of it. It's an amazing series.

*Clint

[skipthisone]

clints right, (as usuall, damn i hate smart kids lol) I still reread that from time to time, never outgrow it.

[Grumble]

I too am an avid reader

reading 'Four Fires' by Bryce Courtenay (Power of One, Tandia are other well known titles) also 'The Shelter of Stone' by Jean Auel the latest and long awaited sequel in the Earth's Children' series, Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of the Horses, The Mammoth Hunters and Plains of Passage, all of which I have read at least 3 times

I like historical fiction (or should that be hysterical LOL) like James Clavell 'Shogun'. I like Stephen King, the way he develops characters that you can identify with is great, but man what a scary imagination.

[Reverend Silky]

readin the Zen handbook for about the 78th time.

[legend]

i read the tv guide....usually just to know what the date is

[Devillishgirl]

Originally posted by skipthisone
Now i will sound like a nerd, Authors that I have read everything of at least once: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Irving, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, JRR Tolkien (Including his sons books), William Buckley jr., and more.

That is how i read, I find an Author and read all his/her books in chronological order.

I do the same if the author really hits me the right way. I love Tolkien..but there is one book I cannot seem to get through. The Silmarillion. I've tried to start it at least 5 times and come to a dead stop about 3 chapters in. Is it really worth digging in for the long haul Skip?

[jjjjbo]

I just started the Count of Monte Cristo -- its the book our book club has chosen ... we're taking August off from meeting, so it allows for us to read the 1000+ pages ..... I'm really enjoying this one!

[skipthisone]

Devillishgirl - Reading the Silmarillion all the way through is like reading the Bible (and this is exactly what Tolkien wanted it too be) I read an interview with one of his sons on it and he said that his dad wrote it just cause he wanted a beginning to middle earth.

[Summer]

Besides reading children's books all day. I have started a new book on my own called The Millionaire Next Door. So far I have gotten a few nuggets of wisdom. ;)
-Summer :D

[Saddaddy]

I'm reading "Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose
My 2 favorite Authors are W.E.B. Griffin & Leonard B. Scott .
I like War novels .

[mack606]

right now...lets see...."3 Books of Occult Phiosophy", "Necronmicion" and from time to time some more of the pern books i'm have

If any one is a nerd its me...i read "the Hobbit" at 11 and i have read all of the magic: the gathering books (ya know from the game) all of the Shannara books (huge fan of terry brooks) the first 2 runelords books by David Farland, all of the Wheel of Time books (another great series) a few of the pern books, in 8th grade i read treaties about the dead sea scrolls and nearly failed english cuz i was too busy reading LOL that is something i would never forget

[Murphy]

Originally posted by Devillishgirl


I do the same if the author really hits me the right way. I love Tolkien..but there is one book I cannot seem to get through. The Silmarillion. I've tried to start it at least 5 times and come to a dead stop about 3 chapters in. Is it really worth digging in for the long haul Skip?

Keep reading! The Simarillion is a tough book for about 5 chap, but well worth it. As well as giving the complete story of all 20 rings, it also reveals the origin of Gandalf and the White Council, and of Hobbits and Elves.

[Murphy]

Oh, forgot...Just finished "Macrocope" by Piers Anthony, and am browsing my SF bookshelf for my next selection...Whose next? Asimov?, Asprin?, AH! "Time Wars" by Poul Anderson! What's that doing out of order?....oh well...

[Radies]

I'm reading Beyond Good and Evil....Yes i'm a philosophy geek :-P

[Clint]

Okay, I just finished reading the Chronicals of Narnia for the billionth time *lol*, and now I'm going to start a bood that I picked up at BAM! a couple of weeks ago. It's called Les Miserables............I'm sure that everybody has heard of it, but I haven't read it yet.....Does anybody know if it's pretty good?

*Clint

[Lilith]

*bump with my hump

I'm reading Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

[BIBI]

Finally getting around to reading The daVinci Code

[Booger]

rereading A Widow For One Year by John Irving

[Neige]

I am reading Le bandeau, by Jean-François Mopin. Excellent - right out of my fantasies...

[wyndhy]

i just finished the historian and started a kat martin novel...i can't even remember the name. lol. mindless smut anyway. :D :p

[maddy]

I'm reading "A Million Little Pieces" and have a Sue Monk Kidd novel next in the lineup - "Secret Life of Bees" I think is the name. It came to me highly recommended.

[Lion]

A good one.

[Lilith]

I'm reading "A Million Little Pieces" and have a Sue Monk Kidd novel next in the lineup - "Secret Life of Bees" I think is the name. It came to me highly recommended.

I'm reading Mermaid Chair by her because I LOVED Secret Life of Bees!!!

[Steph]

rereading A Widow For One Year by John Irving

Wow! What a bump, Lil! I'm also reading John Irving ~~ his memoir, "The Imaginary Girlfriend" & "Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris.

[mayhem1978]

LOL im reading

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

I went through the first three in just under a week and had to slow down for the last 3 as they are thicker and need more attention lol. Ive only just joined the band wagon with these but they are good books.

Also read Catch me if you can.. Great book full of some interesting con's and moments when you say " I cant believe he got away with that"

[sodaklostsoul]

I'm not reading anything right now :(

If I started reading again I would never get ANYTHING done around here.

[jseal]

"The Lords of Discipline" by Pat Conroy

[osuche]

"The Lords of Discipline" by Pat Conroy


Have I ever told you that Pat Conroy is my favorite author *ever*? <sigh> Might have to back and re-read that one.

[FallenAngel5]

So much Irving going on here! My favorite author at work. A Widow For One Year, btw, is my favorite.

Anywho, I'm working my way through The Water-Method Man by John Irving.

[Scarecrow]

Right now I'm reading Prey by Michael Crichton. Have also started Narnia and Regime, which is a prelude to the Left Behind series. I am waiting for the next Harry Potter and Anne McCaffrey Pern series book.

[jay-t]

Finished the lateist Harry Potter book then started on a Readers Digest book called Through Indian Eyes , a history of American Indians

[Loulabelle]

Just finished Sharon Osbourne's autobiography, 'Extreme'. It was amazing.....I realised how little I knew about her life as I read it....I now have even more respect for her than I had before. Fascinating.

[mayhem1978]

OK new book time

Now im reading "Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett

[lizzardbits]

I cheat...i listen to audio books when i drive and doing housework. i rarely have time to sit and read, unless it is homework related, which is on the internet, so, i listen to audio books.

I am listening to "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown and read by Paul Michael. i am half way through it and it is getting so that i am finding excuses to have it turned on so i can finish it!

one bummer of audio books is that they are often abridged. But the Harry Potters that i listened to weren't and they were anywhere from 19 to 27 hours of listening WOW but the guy that reads for them is BRILLIANT!

[Neige]

I am reading the Da Vinci Code now :)

[Lilith]

I really enjoyed it.


I download audio books from my library!

[Neige]

I've never listened to an audio book before...

Finished Da Vinci Code last night (and loved it!!! - I adore treasure hunts :D) and am now reading Chocolat by Joanne Harris.

[Lilith]

Every Tongue Got to Confess~ Zora Neale Hurston

[Oldfart]

Scarecrow, I have some sad news for you.

McCaffery has done a family franchise thing with Pern, and the latest dragon

book was written by her son. I saw it in hard cover at the bookshop yesterday.

I'm just starting a book called "The Gestapo Hunters", about the WW2 Mosquito squadron

which took out the walls at Amiens.

It's full of technical and historical stuff.

[Neige]

I am reading Seductions of Rice by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. I love reading cookbooks :D