May 11, 2009, I am reading: Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis.
I like the book. It had more politics in it than I can normally tolerate. I'm reading it anyway.
Blessings and happy reading,
Evy
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/evy...May 11
I'm reading
Market Forces by
Richard Morgan (recently mooched) and
Violence by Slavoj Zizek.
And if anyone has any other books by Slavoj Zizek they are willing to give away, please let me know! I'm offering extra points for his books.
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May 11:
The Mayor of Casterbridge, and
Rebecca on audiobook. Both are great, but
Rebecca is really stunning me this time around with its perfect, poetic writing. Anna Massey's sensitive reading is really wonderful.
May 11, 10:30pm: this thread.
May 11, 11pm: this thread.
1423 BST, 11 May - how bizarre - MrAndrew and I are reading exactly the same thing! Spooky ...
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May 11th - I'm reading
In a Wild Wood by
Sasha Lord which is a highlander type romance novel. After my mom has a chance to read it I will be putting it up on BookMooch. If anyone here is interested let me know.
May 11: I'm reading
Into thin air by Jon Krakauer and
Comedies by William Shakespeare. And I've been trying to read
Portrait of a Lady for a couple of months now, but every time I get around to do it, the postman arrives with a new mooch :P
I'm reading Message 8
>13
:)
And I am currently (May 11, 2009, a bit before noon EDT) reading this thread.
while riding public transport or waiting on lines:
Blowfly by Patricia Cornwell - contemporary American mystery - I'm a tad weary of this series but once I start a series it proves somewhat difficult for me to stop - in this one there is a plot twist that just makes one groan, or if a wall is handy bang one's head against it
when things are quiet and I can think:
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt. Very, very good.
"Speaking of Operations" by Irvin Cobb - this is hysterical - I LOL - and its cool to read humor written in 1915 - interesting historical references
I'm always reading the current week New Yorker; also 2 daily newspapers....and ....but you want to know about books so ok.
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May 11th, Reading:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - almost done and loving it!
Infected by Scott Sigler - almost done and not feeling the love...maybe it will redeem itself in the last couple of chapters
The Forest in the Hallway by Gordon Smith - a few chapters in and I'm liking it so far
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - I broke down and bought this at work today - only read a few pages so far but I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr - should finish this up tonight and looking forward to posting my review
Mystery at Castle Steep by Beryl Netherclift
ok...and there's 1 in my car but I can't remember the name of it :-)
I always love to find out what other folks are reading. It comforts me to know that others have a few books going at the time.
When folks write fondly of some book that I have forgotten about, I'm encouraged to seek it out and try it.
Happy reading!
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/evy...>#19: Is your car's name Herbie?
Current readng
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie.
Is everyone aware that these forum entries are automatically dated? Or is that just on my computer ;-) ?
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I find some of them dated, but many are classics.
#24 - HA!
#26 - HA again
oh, and the car's name isn't Herbie - it's NYGIRL :)
May 13th, 2009I'm reading
Eclipse. Should be interesting...
14 May 09
* a translation and commentary of the Gospel of John, by a philosopher named Jean-Yves Leloup.
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Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough
@31: I browsed through
The Discovery of France, but I can't say I liked it much - maybe because it presented as revelations basic concepts of French history (acculturation to the same language, the process of centralization, etc).
And I admit I was strongly put off by the last part of the book. OMG, life in rural France in the 18th-19th century was brutal and dirty! No kidding!
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May 14
I started
The King's General by Daphne du Maurier yesterday. It's fairly good so far. I'm still listening to
Rebecca on audiobook and loving every minute of it.
May 15 -- My birthday!
I'm in China teaching English for four months, and my luggage could only fit six books. I've been here fifteen days and I've already finished four: John Crowley's
Four Freedoms, Neil Gaiman's
The Graveyard Book, George RR Martin's
A Feast for Crows, and Naomi Novik's
His Majesty's Dragon.
I'm currently reading Sarah Monette's
The Mirador. After this I have only one book left before I have to resort to e-books (I don't really like reading off my laptop).
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Happy birthday Jibrailis. Hope it was a good one!
May 15, 2009
As to what I'm reading now -- how cool is this! We had a belated Mother's Day get-together last night, and my daughter gave me not one -- but
two Simon Winchesters!
So next on my reading list are:
The Map That Changed the World and
The Man Who Loved China(insert happy dance here)
;-)
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Happy Birthday, Jibrailis!! Hope you have a great one!!
I've really enjoyed that series by
Sarah Monette so far. I've been waiting for weeks and weeks for
Corambis to come in at the library. I have a hold but there was a mix up and it got checked back out by someone else by mistake :(
May 16, 2009
I finished
Sacred by
Dennis Lehane yesterday after reading
A Drink Before the War and
Darkness Take My Hand by the same author in the past week. I am very impressed by this series and began
Gone Baby Gone last night. I am upset that there is only one more in the series and hope that he will be writing more with these characters soon, although the last one was written about 9 or 10 years ago, I think. I looked at his website and it does not mention that he has any of these in the works. I always love a good series of suspense.
Thank you to several members that have recommended this author to me. I love his intelligence and his wit.
currently 4.17.09
devil and miss prym by
paulo coelho very good , i would suggest this, couple of times i wanted to toss it at the wall but i really wonder what i would do , who i would be in the story. check it out
38: I've enjoyed all Lehane's books as well. I thought
Prayers for Rain was the best of the Kenzie/Gennaro saga, but unfortunately I think he's finished with that series. :(
Hopefully he'll return it for one more, but if not, at least it ended with the best of them.
I've just started
2666 by Roberto Bolaño looks fascinating!
LaurenSeraph,
I finished
Gone Baby Gone yesterday and started
Prayers for Rain last night. Good to know that this one is the best. I love the intelligence and wit of Kenzie and Gennerao.
May 18
Jeeves in the Morning by P. G. Wodehouse. Not as nonstop hilarious as his other books, but there have been a few moments so far where I had to put the book down just to get my laughs out. Good stuff.
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May 18
I'm in the (actual) middle of two books and just started a third last night. Right now there's (1)
Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart (one of the writers of
Hook!), which I put down a few weeks ago and haven't managed to get back to. I'm not sure if I actually will . . . there are a lot of positive reviews on the LT page but I started to find myself a little bored.
Then there's (2)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley, which I also haven't touched in a few weeks. The great thing about books of essays is you can pick them up and put them down at your convenience without forgetting plot details! I have found this one quite funny so far.
Then last night I started (3)
The Colony of Lies by Colin Brake. I mooched that one (hurrah for fellow Doctor Who moochers!), and I hadn't realized there were
two Doctors in it and not just one. (If you are a geek like me, this is
super exciting.)
Of course the thing I should really be reading is my set of notes from class . . . the exam's tomorrow and I've barely studied!
May 18th
Started a reread of
Twilight (mostly to help my little sister with her book report :)
I think I'm going to like it less the second time through but we will see.
About halfway through with
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman. A pretty cool book. Carman always entertains :)
Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones - my 3rd Jones book and loving it :)
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett. A pretty cute book so far - should finish up this week.
May 18th
Haven't had too much time for reading lately, but I'm getting back on track. Today I read
He's Your Brother by Richard Parker.
>47 I've been trying to decide whether I want to give it up when I'm done or not. Luckily, I have about thirty other books that need to go up before I need to consider it! I am the worst decision-maker ever, especially when it comes to keeping books.
It is pretty funny, though.
I just finished
Prayers for Rain by
Dennis Lehane. It was so good! You were right, the best one of the series. They were all good, but got better as the series progressed. I hope that he writes more of them one day.
I'm reading "The end of the tether" by Joseph Conrad. It's in a book together with two other stories of his, "Youth" and "Heart of Darkness". I'm also reading Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea".
After finishing them, I'm going to put them on Bookmooch. If anyone's interested, let me know and I'll reserve them for you :)
May 25, 2009, I am almost finished with No Second Chance by Harlan Coben, which was one of my first mooches. I like the book and will mooch more by this author.
Just finished
Rocket Man, which I've posted on BM. Good book (lot of cussin', tho!) I like this author. =)
Just started
Uglies by
Scott Westerfeld. I won a set of that series in a contest. Brand new books!
55: Haha, why are you confused jan?
I liked
Shutter Island, but it's not my favourite Lehane. I remember feeling quite pleased with myself when I read it because I figured out most of the mystery early on.
They've made a movie out of it, to be released later this year. Leonardo DiCaprio's playing Teddy, Scorsese's directing.
May 28
Last night I finished
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay. It has been wainting for me two years since I bought it and I'm just wandering why I've waited so long, too many tbr's...
So now I've just started
Sanditon by Jane Austen.
May 28
I'm always reading at least 3 at a time. Right now they are:
Girls in Trucks by Katie Crouch
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
Coffee with the Buddha by Joan Oliver Duncan
#57 LaurenSeraph,
Why, oh why am I confused?? Very funny!
Let me count the ways...
I used to be considered intelligent! I don't think that I am any longer, plus I am so very gullible!
NK my brain just does not work as well as it should and the way that it used to and it is very frustrating.
Please pm me and tell me what was real and what was not real and explain the ending to me! It is driving me crazy!
It will likely be one of those movies that drives me nuts at the end and say WTH? I get upset when I invest time into something and then end up confused!
I watched a Scorsese move with my son a few weeks ago when I visited him and I felt this way. I forget the name of it...It had Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nichols, Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen in it. I will have to watch it again to figure it out or else read the book.
Scorsese must like twisted endings!
The Scorsese movie you're thinking of is The Departed (2006), a remake of a Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Both are indeed very clever movies.
That's it! Thanks for refreshing my mind.
Well, I finished
Uglies the other day, & now I'm almost finished
Pretties. They sure end with cliffhangers! I'm enjoying the series.
May 31
I finished
Fermat's Last Theorem. I plan to write a glowing review of the book but this space is too limited to contain it.
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Well, I finished
Pretties, & now I'm about halfway through
Specials by Scott Westerfeld. I don't like this one quite as much as the others, but it's still good.
June 1st
I mooched a giant pile of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, so yesterday I finished
Mort and now I'm about a third of the way into
Sourcery. They're pretty funny, but I'm finding that I like some more than others.
I agree with Macophile about agreeing about Terry Pratchett! They're all
good, but some of them are better than others.
Small Gods is most definitely a favorite.
Personally, I'm still reading
Capt. Hook, although I must confess that I've only read one chapter in the last two weeks. And about six or seven other books. I'm not allowed to read the next CHERUB (YA spy series) book until I finish slogging through this one and start writing some reviews.
I lost my job about a month ago and I've been catching up with all the dog fiction I own and/or have wanted to read (averaging 1 per day).
Mainly reading Carol Lea Benjamin, Lauren Berenson, & Susan Conant; any other suggestions? I've read everything by John Grogan & James Herriot; and, of course, my favorite: "God is my Co-Pilot"--absolute best collection of dog stories EVER!
Small Gods is a good one. I love the
Wee Free Men series too. But in the discworld series I like the ones surrounding the character DEATH (like
Mort and
Thief of time) but the one called
Reaper Man is my favorite... I just can't help laughing when I read that one.
It's strange that my favorite character is DEATH... but hey it is a world balanced on some giant turtle. - why shouldn't DEATH and death be funny? :D
June 2nd
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - so far, as good as everyone has told me it would be.
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood - got in a mooch! Loving it so far.
Dream-Maker's Magic by Sharon Shinn - the last in the series - an easy good read
The Wish List by Eoin Colfer - if you liked the
Artemis Fowl series you would like this as well
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - trying to get in as many classics that I've some how missed over the years :)
Currently reading
Extras by Scott Westerfeld.
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I'm currently reading
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World by Simon Garfield. (Which I did mooch recently. Probably within the last two weeks.)
(However, I don't foresee myself keeping it. It isn't bad, but it isn't a book for re-reading. So, if anyone would like to reserve it, leave me a comment here or on my profile and I shall read faster.)
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Until last night, I was dutifully reading
The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer, but stole a glance at
The Eyre Affair, and... is just *so* good! Mrs. Heyer will have to wait.
I'm reading... a lot of different things right now. lol Can't seem to keep my mind on anything serious/long right now, so joke books and trivia books are all I'm reading at the moment.
Whales & Dolphins by Mark Carwardine
The Book of Lists (a very old edition I found in a used bookstore... half the people/shows/etc I've never even heard of)
Presidential (Mis)speak: v. 1: The Very Curious Language of George W.Bush
(.... touchstones suck)
Right now I'm reading
Bogus to Bubbly by Scott Westerfeld. I've finished the
Uglies series, now I'm reading the book about the series. Interesting.
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I'm reading Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America and Baader-Meinof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F. currently.
I finished
The Stalin Epigram last week, which was a very good read. It's highly recommended if you like historical fiction, 20th century literature, and Russian history.
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I'm reading
The Inimitable Jeeves. This is the first time since, say, sophomore year of high school that I've read a P. G. Wodehouse story, and I'd forgotten how enjoyable and fluffy his books are.
I am currently rereading Charlaine Harris' vampire novels. Reading the new
Dead and Gone got me started.
I enjoy rereading books, often.
I also got the new Laurell K. Hamilton book. That is the last one I get new in hardback. I think I am going to sell
Skin Trade on Half.com. Her books don't do it for me any more.
On the side, people here will understand, I am reading Non-violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg.
I still haven't put my new books to give away on Bookmooch.
Soon.
Happy reading,
Evy
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/evy...^ How is that, iwillrejoice? I just picked it up Tuesday at a library sale. It looks interesting.
#95 - wisewoman,
It started off a little slower than I thought it would. It's good - but this may be one of those rare instances where I like the movie better than the book. But I'm not finished yet, so maybe I'll still change my mind.
Let me know what you think!
#90 My daughter loves those bathroom readers. I have about 7 of them. I mooch them every chance I get. I even found one at my favorite thrift store for 25 cents.
#98 - Wow, what a find! I buy a lot of books from my library's weekend book sales, in which case it's generally up to chance what I find.
I just finished
The Graveyard Book and
Hex and the City.
Graveyard book was adorable. Hex and the City wasn't one of Green's best, which is a little disappointing, because I love his Nightside novels.
I'm currently in the middle of
Les Miserables and
Wyrd Sisters.
I hope to start The Stupidest Angel when I finish, or
Pyramids. Depends on what kind of mood I'm in.
Saturday, 11th of JulyI'm reading
The Graveyard Book :) it's the first book I've read by Neil Gaiman and I'm loving the original plot even though I'm not very far into it.
I read my first Niel Gaiman book this year - it was
The Graveyard Book and I loved it! I can see why it won the Newbery Award for 2009.
I have a ton of books on my plate right now...always seems to happen...
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Over See, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - almost finished with this one - interested to see where the rest of the books in this series goes.
The Name of Annabel Lee by Julian Symons
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
I've been horrible about my reading habits lately, but it's for a good reason: instead of reading a lot at work because it's so slow, I've actually been busy! lol
I've been reading Ahh-Inspiring
Bathroom Reader, on and off. I love trivia books like that and usually read them before bed.
>107
Over Sea, Under Stone is okay, but I must say that the third and fifth books of the series are really my favorites. There is a big shift between the first and second books, I think.
Right now, I'm working on Cornelia Funke's
Inkdeath, although it's been a few days because I dread terrible things happening. (
Inkspell nearly broke my heart a few weeks ago.) There's also Libba Bray's
A Great and Terrible Beauty and William Sleator's
The Green Futures of Tycho, both temporarily on hold because they were getting too creepy for me.
I also finally officially abandoned
St. Ursula's Girls Against the atomic bomb yesterday. Do we have a "books I didn't finish" thread? Maybe we should.
I'm a reading an excellent bio (for a change)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. I can't put it down. I'm also planning to visit Oyster Bay (The Roosevelt Summer White House) on Long Island later this summer. This reading should be great preparation.
>113
I grew up on Long Island and absolutely loved visiting Sagamore Hill (Roosevelt's Oyster Bay home). I haven't been in years and years but I'm sure it's still great. Enjoy your trip!
Started rereading
I Was a Teenage Dominatrix, because the first time I read it I kinda sorta forgot to take notes (research for a novel). lol
Halfway through
Auto-da-Fe by
Elias Canetti and not liking it much. Uncharacteristically skimming over (or skipping entirely) vast swaths of internal dialog of confused & benighted one-dimensionals. Yikes.
>114 Thanks for best wishes on my up coming trip. Just curious though, where in LI did you grow up. I also grew up there many moons ago in Dix Hills (Huntington Township), Suffolk County.
Earlier today I finished off
The 10th Kingdom which turned into a very enjoyable fantasy. It will be going into my BookMooch inventory if anyone is interested.
13 July- Reading Eleven Hours by Paullina Simons, should finish it this evening...but what next? my TBR pile is 30 books!
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About to begin reading
Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham. Time travel, alternative history - sounds interesting!
July 16th.
Finished The Stupidest Angel and
Wyrd Sisters this week.
I still haven't finished
Les Miserables, it's so dense. I feel bad because I listed it on BM, because I told myself If someone mooched it I would HAVE to send it this week, aka FINISH THE BOOK ALREADY, SELF!
I'm also about 2/3rds of the way into
The Ruby in the Smoke. I never read a Pullman book that wasn't His Dark Materials before, and I'm enjoying this so far!
What I'm really excited about is
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, which I'll be starting and hopefully working through soon. I'll also start
The Shadow in the North this week.
>121 If you like
Weapons of Choice you might try Birmingham's latest
Without Warning .
A very unusually idea: A wave mysteriously obliterates all life forms within most of the USA...now what?
#123 - stevetempo,
I *am* liking
Weapons of Choice (despite the so-so reviews here) - I'll check into your recommendation. Thanks!
July 20
I'm reading
The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan. I'm enjoying it so far but am getting increasingly irritated at the constant use of the f*ing word. Sometimes it makes sense to use it as a curse word but the author insists on doing it every other sentence, in thought and dialogue, and by practically everyone regardless of status. It has come to a point it's throwing me off the flow.
I'm currently trying to catch up on all the comics and manga I have acquired but have yet to read. As much as I am a cheerleader for Team Comics and stand in firm support of them as a valid artform, I still feel faintly embarrassed that I have about 20 unread/unfinished comics volumes (Don't even ask me about the singles I have piled up. Sheesh.) On the chopping block:
Gorgeous Carat, Volume 3Gorgeous Carat, Volume 4Avengers NextUmbrella Academy: Apocalypse SuiteWitchblade, volume 1District X, vol 1: Mr. MCasanova, vol 1: LuxuriaFell, vol. 1: Feral CityCatwoman, vol. 3: RelentlessCaptain America: NomadCaptain America: MadbombCaptain America: The SwineCaptain America: Operation RebirthCaptain America: HomelandHonour Among PunksMadame Xanadu, vol. 1: DisenchantedOmega the UnknownTo The Heart of the StormAstro Boy Volumes 1 & 2
Hel: L'Éveil de la bete
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I think this thread needs bumping.
Still reading: Time, Space & Knowledge: A New Vision of Reality by Tarthang Tulku
My current fiction book:
Tintentod by Cornelia Funke.
Some nice nonfiction: At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity by
Stuart KauffmanAnd some Buddhism that's a bit easier to understand than TimeSpaceKnowledge: Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-point Mind Training by
Alan B. Wallace#132 - Hey Mac, You'll be glad to know that I don't think it's horrible - it's just not consistantly holding my interest. It's probably out of my usual genre (I'm reading it for my bookclub) - or it could be just the flu, which has cut my attention-span wwwaaaayyyyy down :)
Will let you know what the final verdict is. I'm only at the part where Isabelle arrives back at the family estate with her two "packages".
M.
Lol! # 133: Strangely enough I too have a flu. :P It's awful isn't it? Hope you and your Bookclub enjoy it (the book I mean- not the flu!).
133 & 134 Hope you feel better soon!
127 - I really enjoyed the
Gorgeous Carat manga series, hope you like them too!
I've set aside but technically am still reading
Bio of an Ogre which I've been getting through bit by bit since the beginning of August. I'm also reading
Kiss of Midnight by
Lara Adrian.
Thanks Jenson - for your get well wishes.
#134 - oh no - yuck - really? It is going around like you wouldn't believe here. I'm almost at the 48 hour mark now and still saddled with this fever and brutal cough. I hope that you are nearing the end of your bout?
Get well soon!
Michelle
Yes Jenson (is your screen name a reference to Supernatural?) thank you for the Well wishes!
#136- I hope so- its about the 48hr. mark for me too- and I'm still miserable. And that cough is enough to turn you inside out- I've managed to pull muscles in my neck and back from it. (on top of all the body aches this is not fun). I am basically glued to the room with the humidifier in it. I hope yours gets better soon.
So nice to commiserate with you, macophile. Sounds like we both have the same thing, for sure. I heard the only way to distinguish between seasonal and swine flus is to be tested, which I haven't been. Will you be tested or vaccinated?
Sorry everybody else for going off-topic here....
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Like so many here I tend to read several at once, usually a mix of fiction and non-fiction.
I am currently reading:
Comfort Me With Apples by
Ruth Reichl (Thanks, Michellereads, for letting me read this before I send it on to you!)
Brave Companions by David McCullough
The Feasts of the Lord by
Kevin Howard and
Marvin RosenthalTwo Roads to Sumter by William Catton
I just finished
A Good Yarn by Debbie Macomber.
Next I will probably go for something light and finish up the Debbie Macomber series.
Michelle and Macophile, I hope you both are feeling better soon!
Thanks so much for your well-wishes dadena....I'm such a baby when I'm sick - everyone needs to know about it :)
It's my pleasure to have you read the book first. Are you enjoying it so far?
(don't worry, I'll still want it, even if you hate it).
Michelle
Thanks for the well wishes Dadena! I appreciate it. I hate being sick (much like everyone else!)
Goodness -- sounds like we could track the trans-global spread of the flu just by checking Bookmooch members!
Hope that you both feel better soon!
Snuggle up with a really good book and some hot herbal tea. (At least since you're sick, you should be able to spend your time reading guilt free!)
>137 - LOL! Nope, not a Supernatural reference (although I really wouldn't mind be associated with Jensen Ackles *sigh*). More an amalgamation of my real name tacked on to a reference to my former LT name.
It's a good thing we can't catch the flu through computer association :-)
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# 144- it is good we can't catch the flu through the computer or else I would be spreading it like wildfire. I admit I like Jensen (who wouldn't), But I'm more of a Jared fan. *grin* I love Sammy.
#143- That would be interesting to see a map of the people with the flu on BM- I wonder how many people have it? And I wish I could curl up with a book guilt free, but I missed my Midterm I was so sick and I have to study for it, plus keep up with all my other classes classwork. College prof. are somewhat understanding- but if you get behind you are in major trouble!
#143 - Thanks geophile - I thought about starting a new flu thread, but realized that it would only be me and mac posting on it (unless there are other flu-riddled lurkers out there!). I HAVE really enjoyed the quiet time :)
#144 - yep, I have kept myself away from humanity for the last four days, so I've really been relying on my internet friends for social contact. Thank goodness I can cyber-hug you guys, without disinfecting myself first :)
#145 - That sucks (being a sick student). Hope you can catch up fairly easily macophile - hang in there.
M.
Sorry for our flu-moochers- I had the flu about a month ago and it was not fun. I was too sick to really read which was a total bummer. Towards the end when I was feeling better I did manage to blast through a few Agatha Christies, which are total brain candy, so that was nice. The flu stinks!
#141
Michelle, I am enjoying it very much, which is quite a treat since I'd never even heard of it until I angel-mooched it for you. The enjoyment of reading it is an unexpected blessing. I'll probably finish it up tonight or tomorrow, so hopefully your last book will arrive soon and I can get your package on the way.
My brother and his family came to visit yesterday, and I was able to loan him and his wife several good books before they left. I am always happy to loan to them because they take good care of the books and they always come back to me in the end. Then we get to have pleasant discussions about them. My brother and I share a nerdy love of books about American history, and I am accumulating a very nice little library on the subject, so I always have something that interests him. I haven't found a lot of people who like to read history books, so it is always fun for us to discuss books we have both read on the subject. Isn't it fun to share the love of a good book with others?
On a similar note- (about people reading) I just took this little quiz:
http://macophile.wordpress.com/2009/10/2...I think it is really sad that most people would have only read 6 of these books, because somehow I felt I should have read all of them!
Very interesting blog post, Macophile- I just posted a comment.
Whew, I have more than six. I have 25 with several others sitting in my TBR pile. Still, the list seems like a curious mix of classics and pop fiction. I see a few that I feel like I "should" have read by now, but several others that I don't think I'll feel guilted into reading. And I'm sure we could all add other things that we feel should belong on a must-read list. It would actually be interesting to see what kind of "must-read" lists different people would come up with.
I absolutely loved
The Thirteenth Tale! My memory is so poor that I can't remember exactly why I loved it so much! I do remember that there was something special about the writing style of the author.
So sorry to hear you guys are suffering from the flu, but glad that you are still able to read. It's really awful when we are too sick to read. Two of my sons also have had the flu for the last few days and they are miserable and mostly just sleeping or half way watching television and taking a lot of Nyquil. They are both living with us at the moment. My husband and I are fearing that it will hit us soon. I got a seasonal flu shot the day before they became ill, so it was too late to help out this time. I hope that you feel better soon.
On 10/25/09
woman in white which I've found hard to put down. It is a crime/mystery written in the early 19th century. What I find sound attractive, it is not predictable. I am 75% through and still am getting surprised.
150:
Its a very interesting list. It seems to have many of the books that my english teachers would classify as 'classics' on it, but at the same time, there are so many other books that I would believe to belong on such a list too.
I've read 16 of them, and have a 17th in my tbr pile.
Edit: I forgot to add that right at this moment I am reading
The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin. Its a collection of 4 short stories.
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October 25th 2009
At the moment I'm reading David Gibbins
The Last Gospel.
I'm enjoying it, I took a religion course back in January and picked this up then (unrelated to the course) and its been sitting on my self waiting for me. I think though I should have begun with his Atlantis book.
~ Missy
>150 I've read 16 of them although some I read in elementary/high school and have mostly forgotten. Three or four of them are currently in my TBR pile.
I thought having both the Chronicles and Narnia and
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on there was a little redundant.
#145 & 153 - Thanks you guys, for the sympathy. I'm sure macophile appreciates it as much as I do :) janmpb, I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that you and your hubby don't catch it, unless you can use a little forced time-off/R&R, because it's certainly been good for that.
#150 - That was fun! I've only read 19, with a further 17 in my TBR pile/room (somewhere).
#149 - dadena - that's great! so glad that you are enjoying it. I'm not even really sure how it got on my wishlist in the first place - lucky for both of us that it did. Glad you had a nice visit with your brother. I love history, but it has to be "dumbed down" for me. I love my "Canadian History for Dummies" book, which has come in handy now that the children see statues and monuments in our rather historic town and want to know the backstory.
#155 - mare, is the Ethan Canin one good? Ive got another of his (it's a family saga, the name escapes me) in my TBR pile.
Michelle, so far I've only read the first short story and found it quite good. He has a unique writing style, which took a bit to get used to but actually is pretty cool. I mooched this book cuz Nicholas Sparks had it on his list of top books. I like reading books that are on others 'must read' lists as they are generally something that I wouldn't normally pick and are sometimes quite good.
# 151: lahochstetler: Thanks for the comment! :)
#154: jmundale: Is that book good I showed the quiz to my aunt who immediately said I had to read
Woman in White. And
Cold Comfort Farm.
#153: janmpb: I think you've hit it on the head- there is something really unique about they way
The Thirteenth Tale is written (my grandmother kept saying how it was the most well written book she had read in a while- I don't know about that, but because of the way it was written it really stands out or something.)- I fell in love with it, as did my whole family.
#155, 157, 158: I think it is a fun little quiz, and it is very interesting the books that were picked- I suppose they say if you have read all 100 you are a well rounded reader. I suppose since I have read half of them I am a semi-circular reader. :D
And I hope all of you stay healthy w/ no sign of the flu to be seen!
October 27thI'm currently reading
Black Beauty, a children's classic. It's very cute and I'm enjoying it a lot!
Oct 27th - I'm currently reading the 7th Tarzan book.
# 160: Your aunt is correct. It is a great read. You need to be aware the language and social situations are archaic. i.e. it is hard to relate to the actions of some of the characters by today's standards, but the author does a great job of building suspense and dramatic tension.
# 163: I def. have to read it then!
Just started
Silverhair by Stephen Baxter - Bk. 1 in the Mammoth trilogy. I'm liking it!
I just had to jump in and agree with the
The Woman in White love. The first time I read it, I was a little bit thrown off and put off by the abrupt change in tone from one half to the next, but I re-read it some time ago, and loved all of it wholly and without reservation. It should be so much more well-known than it is!
I'm among they who read bunches of books at a time, so I'm currently reading
The Divine Comedy,
The Inimitable Jeeves,
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street,
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn, and
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality. I'm enjoying all but one (I have yet to form an opinion on Street Gang).
I just finished
Trumpet by Jackie Kay, which was
beautiful, and
An Inconvenient Truth, which was entirely a retread of the documentary film. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie, but it was kind of a snooze to read after having already learned absolutely everything in it.
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OK I am 62 and was an English major. I've read 47 of the books.
I am currently in a down period which means I am rereading Charlaine Harris' vampire series, again. All of it.
I want to weep when I realize that Octavia Bulter only wrote one of what I was sure would be another of her series,
The Fledgling.
When I get truly desperate, I reread Laurell K. Hamilton's early Anita Blake books including Guilty Pleasures.
I've also been reading
Diamond Star by Catherine Asaro.
And
Why We Make Mistakes. And
The End of Overeating.
There might be a cookbook or two in there.
Evy
Happy reading!
http://bookmooch.com/m/inventory/evy47I am reading
Going Bovine by Libba Bray. There are parts that are just hilarious and I think she is seriously channeling a 16 year old boy to get some of this dialog but I still enjoyed The Gemma Doyle Trilogy more.
I also read several books simultaneously. Scroll down to the bottom of
this page where I keep track of them :)
"Het oneindige verhaal" is "The neverending story" in English. Click on a link to the Dutch Librarything, change the .nl into .com (or whatever you want) and you get the English title of the book (if not on the page itself, you can see it in the browser title bar).
Today (Nov 30th), I'm reading Aravind Adiga's
The White Tiger, and my list of pending (need to send) Bookmooches :)
Just finished
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham.
Just starting (a re-read!)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I haven't read it since 1980-something, so I guess it's time!
Today was a very boring day at work, so I started and finished
Otter in the Outhouse by Lucy Daniels (aka Ben Baglio).
Tomorrow will be even worse, so I think I'll need to take a thicker book. lol
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I've been tearing through Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko series. I started with
gorky park, then went on to
polar star and
red square.
havana bay came just in time as a Mooch, then on to
wolves eat dogs.
stalin's ghost was a Bargain Book I picked up last summer and I only have about 20 pages left before I finish it. So sad, like loosing a good friend! Luckily I have a HUGE TBR pile!!! :)
So many great books on this list. Some I've read and enjoyed immensely, others I'm dying to read. BTW, Geophile, (message 171) - if you don't want to keep
half broke horses when you finish it, I would LOVE to Mooch it from you!!!
>176
Sorry, doggroomer --
Half Broke Horses is from the public library.
I only own about a third of what I actually read. I even have another profile (Harvester) to track the books I read, but don't own. (I had the second profile long before LibraryThing was modified to make it easier to separate books in different "collections".)
I'm reading
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym (and I'm probably going to re-list it as soon as I finish it), but some of my mooches arrived yesterday and I'm tempted to leave it (again) :P I have also several books "on hold", as you can see on my profile. So many books, so little time...
That's kinda cute geophile. (Msg 177) I have 2 profiles on facebook - 1 for gaming & 1 for real life....
did you like
half broke horses? I have
glass castle but can't bring myself to read it. It sounds so depressing. I thought maybe if I knew the back story, it would all make more sense. Besides, who doesn't like a good story with animals?
So I finished the Martin Cruz Smith series last night (sob!) and I started
caravan today.
Hope everyone has a good night!
Oooo, I have read 63 of the list and own the ten or so listed that I havent read that I actually want to. I love classic literature though and went through a stage where I read loads of it, although some of that list are a bit bizarre.
At the moment I am reading
Poisoned Arrows by George Monbiot as in an attempt to clear my shelves I am purposefully reading everything that has been owned and unread for more than a few years. I have avoided it as it didnt look very interesting but even though the politics is out of date (written in 1987) the parts about his travels in Indonesia and meeting some of the tribes who live on Irian Jaya is fascinating, wish I had read it years ago. I'll probably put it up for mooching in a week or two once I am done. I am reading much more slowly than usual as we are buying a house, my husband is away on experiment (physicist), our current house is leaking and I have both my 4.5 year old and 12 week old in my room as they are both sick.
I am also reading Grimms Complete Fairytales and
Cousin Kate by heyer as it is light enough to balance on my son's body whilst I give him his bottle-the complete fairytales is a little too heavy!
Not changed much since October.
Still reading:
Time, Space & Knowledge: A New Vision of Reality by Tarthang Tulku (reading it with some other people now - this book merits deep reading),
Tintentod by Cornelia Funke, At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity by
Stuart Kauffman and Buddhism with an Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-point Mind Training by
Alan B. Wallace.
Also reading now:
Living with the Devil by
Stephen Batchelor.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Also just finished two books by Margot Livesey, The Missing World and The House on Fortune Street.
Recently finished Under the Dome by S. King. That counted as two on my yearly book list. LOL
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