What are you reading now? vol.3

Today is a day for new threads!

I'm currently reading Fire by Kristin Cashore, and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Is The Namesake good?? It is on my wishlist . . .

>2 nctwila: I like it so far. I suspect I'll like it less once we analyze it to death in my literature class, but for now it is interesting.

I enjoyed The Namesake. I enjoy getting a glimpse into other cultures & their ways of looking at things.

FYI: for those of us who participated in the last "LTreadathon", there will be another one this Saturday, April 10.

Check the group:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/readathing

The discussion thread:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/88428

Check the schedule on the wiki page:
http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/ReadathonApril2010

Thank you for your attention.
This thread will now return to its regular programming.

I just picked up A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner from the library so I will be starting it tonight.

Finished Jina Rides to Win today. Second book I've read from this series. Okay, not great.

I just started The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.

I'm still reading Sincerely, Andy Rooney. But I've also started listening to The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett, on audio cassette.

Does anyone else like listening to their books while driving? I find it makes the drive time pass more quickly.

>9 iwillrejoice: it's just one more way to feed my addiction!! I ADORE IT!

Often, I listen to books that i know will be difficult to grasp all I want from the story...like now I'm listening to The Book Thief. The German dialect makes the book come alive for me. As did the dialect in The Thirteenth Tale.

But also when I am in a book that I can't stay away from I will read until I have to drive to my office and then pick it up on audio in my car. Audio's are new to me...but I'm a believer!!

Are those offered much on BM?

#10 - BONS,

I don't know if they are listed often on BookMooch. This is my first try with them! I received 2 audio books (on cassettes) with some books I acquired. So far, I'm liking them!

Plan on starting Certain Cure: Where Science Meets Religion by Jennifer Valoppi when I get home from work tonight. All the talk about audiobooks also reminded me that I have John Glenn: A Memoir on audiobook unopened so I tossed it in my car for riding to and from work. It's 6 and a half hours so it'll last me awhile!

Just finished How Starbucks Saved My Life
Starting Patty Jane's House of Curl - makes my choices look lightweight compared to some of the one's listed here!!

Just finished Patty Jane's House of Curl
On the war path for my next book . . .

#14 - nctwila,

I like Lorna Landvik. Did you enjoy this one?

I'm reading Shapechangers by Jennifer Roberson.

Just finished Beat the Reaper.

Going to start The House of the Mosque. Librarything predicts I won't like it, but I hope I will :P

#15 - iwillrejoice - I guess so - I have only read this one and then Oh My Stars. I do have Angry Housewives Eating BonBons but my mother's neighbor has it and I'm not sure when I will get it back. Anyway, lke Oh My Stars. there seems to be a lot of heartache along the way but things turn out ok in the end. An easy read - does all that make any sense??

OK - mission acomplished. I am now officially reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. I got it from my boufriend - a short read - we'll see.

Got Abandoned a few days ago and started reading it, sorta forgetting my self-promise to read some of my older TBR books before my newer ones.

I have Dare Truth or Promise in my purse to start at work tomorrow.

Finished Sincerely, Andy Rooney.

Now reading Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry.

I just finished a reread of The Giver by Lois Lowry (prompted by an argument about Utopias the day before), and I am almost done with Corambis by Sarah Monette.

For non-fiction I'm in the midst of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos

I'm not really sure what I feel like reading next.

I read Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences last year and quite enjoyed it, I hope you are enjoying it as well macsbrains.

Today I am trying to finish The Survivors Club.

Finished Slaves of Obsession.

Will probably start later tonight: The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman.

Just brought home 'Henry Adams and the Making of America' (2005) by Garry Wills. Even though is a softback book, at four dollars I could not pass it up.
For those who have never heard of Henry Adams, his masterwork 'The Education of Henry Adams' (1918) is considered as one of the finest English-language works of non-fiction of the twentieth century. It stands at the top of the list from Random House. The most distinctive thing about it is the extraordinarily melancholy viewpoint of the author. By his standards, Edith Wharton was a comedian.

I just bought a copy of The Accidental Time Machine at a booksale! I'm hoping to read it soon, but have a few others I'm working on first. I just started the Invisible Wall, which I am very much enjoying. (Thanks to michellereads who is kindly letting me read this first before I send it on to her as an angel mooch!). I'm also reading The Flag, The Poet, and The Song. And my book that I'm carrying in the car to read when I'm waiting for things while out is Dear Bess.

I'm 3/4ths finished with Romancing Miss Bronte- not too bad, but it seems to move very fast in places, and in others too slow. Also there are a few passages were I feel like it looses the feel of a novel and starts to have more of a biography like tone. Overall though, an interesting novel.
I still have to decide what to read next-so many awesome TBR books backing up!

Well, I just finished The Accidental Time Machine. What can I say - science fiction, time travel, humor - I liked it!

Next up: Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie.

Finished The Survivors Club earlier this week. Today during a long appt. I began reading The house of the Mosque

I'm reading The Ruins by Scott Smith at the moment.
I read a movie review somewhere and then saw the book in a bookstore. I'm half-way through now and it's pretty good!

I'm reading The Spell Sword by Marion Zimmer Bradley and A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

I'm currently disliking A Passage to India, though I couldn't really tell you why.

I'm reading This One's Going to Last Forever by Nairne Holtz. I was ambivalent about it before, but now I'm starting to like it more.

I'm reading Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah.

I just finished reading The Burning Times by Jeanne kalogridis. I was a little disappointed as it was more about the "spiritual" love affair than actually about the Inquisition in France in 1350s.

Now I am reading Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King and The Passport by Hera Muller.

Working on reading Stories of Padre Pio right now for myself and screening all of my daughters books for this fall.

I'm reading The Beryllium Murder by Camille Minichino and listening to Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordinationby Pope John Paul II on audiobook in my car to and from work. An earlier discussion got me into the audiobooks and I'm finding them much more enlightening than talk radio. LOL

I'm reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

22> Corambis was my favorite of the series! I hope you enjoy it.

I'm reading Tea with the Black Dragon by R.A. Macavoy and an ER book called The Animal Review which is slightly amusing.

Finished Pebble in the Sky. Now reading The Stars, Like Dust. Both oldies by Isaac Asimov. (I don't think I've read anything by him since I was in high school, back in the Dark Ages!)

Finished The Stars, Like Dust - great ending!

About to start The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov.

Also listening to I'll Always Have Paris!: A Memoir by Art Buchwald. Posted on BookMooch, as I'm halfway done already.

I am reading an ER book The Crossroads Cafe that I am really enjoying. A little suspense, characters I like and then good humor. Then listening to A Secret Life Of Bees while driving to work...it is also good.

I'm currently reading Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett which is an ER book. So far so good - very Irish fairytale in tone.

About to start Escape! by Carolyn Jessop thanks to finding it today at my thrift for just $1 in hardcover.

I've (finally!) started reading The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey in five-minute increments as rewards for getting work done.

Oh, I like that thought process in so many ways!!!

45: That's similar to what I do at work. If I concentrate on a certain task for such-and-such amount of time, then I can take a reading break. :)

Started The Secret of the Fiery Chamber (Nancy Drew) today at work. Only about a chapter in, but I keep getting frustrated by the "updated" coverart. (That is NOT how Nancy Drew is supposed to look!)

>47 Heather19:: That is one reason I have yet to buy the 'new' ones...*sigh*

>47 Heather19:, 48

My favorites are the ones my mother had from when she was a child; that was back when Nancy was driving her roadster!

This week, I finished the Chainfire trilogy by Terry Goodkind. I had to steal Confessor from my husband because he reads slow. I had it back to him within the day. ;) I've also finished Eight Days to Live and Deliver Us from Evil. Next is Lord John and the Hand of Devils which I found on clearance at B&N! When I make myself step out into the real world, I'm working my way through Fibromyalgia for Dummies and Meditation for Dummies. I read Nice Ways to Say Bad Things in English and it made me a little ill. I hate homophone misuse!

Finished The Currents of Space - that was good!

Next up: I'm picking up where I left off a while ago in Comeback by Dave Dravecky.

How many of you have about a billion books with bookmarks in them, where you started & read a bit, but then got distracted or tempted to read something else, & laid that one down? Or is that just me?

Just finished Lost Boy which was an impulse buy at Half Price Books today as I forgot to carry a book to an appointment.

I had no idea it was so wishlisted - I only paid $3 in the clearance bin!

Just started Master and Commander I don't know much about sloops and brigs, but the story line is compelling. Fascinating look into the British navy of the 18th and 19th Century. the movie was terrific and gave me the desire to actually read the book!

>53 GlendaHam: Well, if you decide you really like it, there are nineteen-and-a-bit other books to follow . . . :)

>54 chelonianmobile: I noticed the full list of O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels!! not sure i'd read all the rest.. but I am enjoying this one. .My TBR pile is teetering now with all sorts of temptations.

>55 GlendaHam: I spread them out over a year or so, from the summer before my senior year of high school to the summer after, taking into account school, homework, a part-time job, and other books. I think I finished the last one a few weeks before leaving for university.

It was an interesting ride. :)

What a great accomplishment, but you also gave me an idea. I have a couple of high school age grandsons. I'll see if I can get one of the interested in the series!!

I'm currently enjoying The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman. Next up is Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall.

Just finished American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld - what an amazing book! I can't quite explain why it was so compelling, but it'll stay in my mind for a long time ...

Just finished a bunch since I had a long bus ride.

Bluestem, Land of Hope, Land of Dreams, and In The Face of Danger

And I just discovered that the Author Joan Lowery Nixon of three of those passed away, so the series about Ellis Island that I so enjoyed will never be finished!

I just finished No-Impact Man and surprised myself by almost crying twice (in the biographical parts). It was better than I think I was expecting.

I am between books at the moment, but the semester just ended - so I can dive back in!

I just got Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and The Practice Effect in from BookMooch, both of which have been bumped to the top of my TBR pile.

I've had The Secret of the Fiery Chamber in my purse for almost a week now. I'm still only about three chapters into it.

I just keep getting distracted by other books! While redoing some of my catalogue a few nights ago, I rediscovered a few older books I didn't remember. So I ended up re-reading Pony-4-Sale and The Baby Pony in one sitting (both are short kid's books), and now I'm re-reading Dawn and Whitney, Friends Forever, a BabySitter's Club book.

I'm reading Mephisto on Wing by Antoinette Pannard. It's intriguing as to what the main character's amnesia until he was 12 years old is to reveal.

Just finished reading Orphan Train Children: David's Search, Caught in the Act, Will's Choice and Keeping Secrets: The Orphan Train Adventures

Now I'm waiting on the rest of the series to come from BM.

just finished reading People of the Book it was a totally compelling book. I could hardly put it down.

>66 dakotamidnight: dakotamidnight, I love Joan Lowery Nixon! I went to two of her book signings in the late nineties when I lived in Houston, and I still have all of her mysteries. I've never read any of her series', though. Are you still enjoying them?

68: I am - they are young adult fiction but still very good for adult reading. I do love historical fiction though!

My main issue is that she passed away without finishing the Ellis Island Series! Now I'll never know if Rebecca managed to go to the Women's College and if she ended up with Aaron.

I've not read her mysteries myself as I'm not a big mystery fan really.

Just finished Comeback by Dave Dravecky. Inspirational story of faith & courage.

Next up: Manifold: Space by Stephen Baxter, for a change of pace.

Just finished Trouble's Daughter

I'm spending the weekend with several dying old men. One is tragic, Siamese, by Stig -----, a Norwegian novel about a dying man who refuses to leave the bathroom. Another is sardonic and snarky and fascinating, The Abyss of Human Illusion. The last is poignant and beautiful and lovely and modest, Winter Garden by Pablo Neruda.

Reading the three together is fascinating to compare both the regional differences and personality differences in the face of death.

Just started the audiobook Fatal Deception : The Terrifying True Story of How Asbestos is Killing America by Michael Bowker in the car. Very interesting.

73: Is it factual? It sounds really interesting!

>74 dakotamidnight: - Yes it is. Michael Bowker is an investigative reporter. It doesn't contain updated legislation though since it was written in 2002 but the history is interesting and I think Asbestos is still an ongoing problem.

I just got The Man With The Knives by Ellen Kushner in the mail today. It's a beautiful limited edition chapbook and I am beside myself with joy and can barely keep from reading it right this second. I will read it on the commute home.
http://www.librarything.com/work/9914774/book/59821137

Just finished A Family Apart and Land of Promise

Now I'm even more upset that Joan Lowery Nixon didn't finish the Ellis Island series!

I'm in the ReadaThing this Saturday & I'm planning on reading Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. I've got two hours scheduled first thing in the morning. I've also got two backup books ready, too. The Forgotten Door & Lassie, Come Home. All are good reads.

The theme of this ReadaThing is Children/YA Fiction.

I could have read any of my Robin McKinley Books, but I didn't want to neglect my other good reading books!!

The Wiki Page of Books Read

The Wiki Page for Timeslots to Read

edited to try to get the links right

79: Thanks for letting me know about the ReadaThing - I've signed up.

What happens with the readathing if we finish the book before the hour is up? I'm not sure it will take that long to read the book I've selected.

#79 dakotamidnight: have a backup book or books.

I might add The Noisy Book or That's My Favorite. Those are short ones.... would it count if I read those aloud to my pets?

Here's the thread since I forgot to post it: http://www.librarything.com/topic/89841

I'm reading English Passengers by Matthew Kneale, which combines a whole slew of stories about Australia being colonized, from the Aboriginal points of view and the colonists', as well as a story about a boat smuggling goods into Australia with the namesake English passengers on board. It's really interesting, up to what I expected after his Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance, but it's also, obviously, horrifying (what colonization story isn't?)

Just finished reading The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen. I thought it was one of the better fictionalized art history books I have read lately. The story focuses on Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian Renaissance artist at a time when men dominated the art world.

I picked up Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson during a bout of insomnia last night. The sleep deprivation did not help me understand what the heck was going on. A decent amount of sleep has not helped either.

It's interesting, though.

Just started Our Lady of the Lost and Found: A Novel of Mary, Faith, and Friendship by Diane Schoemperien and enjoying it so far.

Just finished reading The Book of Air and Shadow by Michael Gruber. Interesting book about lost manuscripts and forgery.

Starting a 'quickie' fast read ; Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher. I'm tired of "intellectual effort" so my mind needs a break. lol

edited to try and get "touchstone" to work.

Just finished Manifold: Space by Stephen Baxter. A bit slow-going at times, but interesting.

Next up: Nora, Nora by Anne Rivers Siddons. I've been told I'll like the main character (LOL!)

The Bolter by Frances Osborne - fascinating!

Currently reading Adventures of Prickly Porky a chapter at a time for my daughter's bedtime story.

Returned from Calgary last night! Finished Tourist Season while I was there and set it free bookmooch style on the train before leaving. I did that with another when I arrived in Calgary and someone caught it immediately :)

At the used book store in Calgary I was lucky enough to snap up Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe which was a fun book to read on the plane. I am about halfway through it right now :)

My girl and I are listening to Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer on audiobook whenever we're in the car. It's, um, entertaining.

Finished Nora, Nora - Good book! I enjoy funny, Southern (US) characters.

Next up: Murder at Midnight by Elliott Roosevelt.

I'm most of the way through Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Paul Magrs. The cover is very, very pink.

Just finished reading Winter Soltice by Rosamunde Pilcher. an okay book, nothing to write home about, but nevertheless a sweet story.

now I am going to read Little Bee by chris Cleave. Must be pretty good since it has been very popular on bookmooch. (94 people have it on their wishlist).

I have had Little Bee for a while now and have been hesitant to start it for some reason. I would love to hear what you think when you are done, Glenda.

I also have Little Bee on my TBR pile! Can't wait to hear what you think :)

I just received Little Bee in a trade the other day!! Maybe I'll start it this weekend and then we can have a book club meeting . . .

i'm about half way through Little Bee and so far, it's not like anything I have read lately and quite an eye-opener when it comes to "politlcal asylum" and the abuse of women in "developing countries" told from an original point of view. I'll give you my final opinion when I am done.

>97 GlendaHam: Oh, well, that puts a damper on the lighthearted (and terrible) "hive mind" joke I was going to make.

It sounds interesting, though.

I am working on a collection of short stores by Gore Vidal called Clouds and Eclipses. I picked it up today at Chapters in the discount section but so far it seems to be pretty good.

I have also started The Spire by Richard North Patterson. I love his stuff, and so far this one seems to be pretty good too.

I'm reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

I finished the book at 3 a.m. today. Just could NOT put it down Little Bee It is hard to summarize the plot without creating a "spoiler" but I highly recommend it!

Now starting The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

>100 Teipu: That's one of my favorites to give to friends.

I'm working on The Blind Assassin as a reread, a couple books on ecofeminism for course work, and will be starting The Elegance of the Hedgehog fairly soon.

Finished The Help book & also audio, enjoyed it greatly. I have started My Name Is Memory and I so enjoy a book that is just different like this one.

I discovered The Year of the Flood at the university library, so we may both be reading Atwood after the long weekend Willow :)

Didn't do any heavy reading this week due to upcoming thesis meetings (and much panicked work :P) but I did finish two Stuart McClean Vinyl Cafe books :P Now I am starting once again to work through Galway Bay.

Finished Address Unknown. Compelling little book!

About to start: A Certain Justice by P.D. James.

I'm just about to start The Little Book by Selden Edwards as soon as I'm checking the threads.

(Ignore the touchstone. I don't know why that one came up...although I'll admit The Poky Little Puppy is a very good book)

>106 dadena: I think if you click on the "other" button next to the title that comes up in the touchstone menu you can change the book it links to. Touchstones are weird like that.

Yes, but this time it only showed the one choice, which seems very strange since it doesn't even have the same title.

Today I started the book I got from this last Early Review, Mothers and Other Liars. It's pretty good so far. A little slow-starting, but it's getting good now.

Oh Janice, do tell me if it's wonderful. I have it on my queue to buy as soon as it's released in paperback.

Finished The Elegance of the Hedgehog and loved it.

I want to start on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest but I'm trying to be good and not get sucked into another novel until after the quarter is over (or at least until I have all my work done). We'll see how long I hold out.

I am between books and don't know what to pick next! I am trying to narrow my choices to a genre, but I'm feeling between genres at the moment also.

>111 macsbrains: Pick a few titles from each genre, write them on slips of paper, and stick 'em in a hat?

Currently reading two books: Paris: the secret History by Andrew Hussey. Really a great, entertaining history book that, for once explains why Parisiens are so different from other French people (lol)
and the second book "La reine dans le palais des courants d'air" aka The Girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson. It will be interesting to see if the French translator kept the same quality and style that the English translator did.
When I was in France, it had not yet been released in the English version in the US and I was in a hurry to read it.

Just started The Story of the Trapp Family Singers thanks to a fellow LT BM forum member - so far it's very good!

#114 I LOVED that book! I would also highly recommend her book Maria. She was such a wonderful woman with a great sense of humor and so willing to laugh at herself. I would love to read everything she has written.

I'm reading The Boric Acid Murder by Camille Minichino and listening to the audio People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks in the car. I had a little trouble with the readers accent at first but am fine now that I listened for awhile. I find it very interesting since the chemistry of all the book making materials is discussed.

I'm reading Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White. She's a speaker on NPR radio, & has been likened to a female Garrison Keilor. Southern (US) anecdotes & humor.

Still reading Thornton Burgess works as of late. About to start on Old Mother West Wind tonight, finished Adventures of Buster Bear last night.

I'm mid-chapter three of The Death Collector by Justin Richards. Several of the characters work at the British Museum, the cover has an embossed dinosaur skeleton, and the author has written a number of Doctor Who books. Despite all this, I am feeling a little blah about it so far, possibly because my previous read was Gideon Defoe's The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists and of course The Death Collector is not nearly as funny . . .

I just started The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust. So far it looks like it is going to be a pretty interesting memoir.

The Namesake was an excellent book. I will have to check out Fire. Sounds like a good read!

I am currently out of books to read so I have resorted to reading my fanfiction again off the internet. Although I have an imponderables book by David Feldman that is supposively on its way so hopefully something soon he he

122: Same here - out of books to read so reading Fanfiction.

What type of Fanfiction do you like? I'm a sucker for Harry Potter fanfic.

>122 oswaribakabaka:, 123 How are you out of books to read? Is it like the fabled Inbox Zero that some of my friends have been talking about?

For me, fanfiction often takes over because my TBR is so intimidating at this point that I'm almost afraid to read any of the books . . .

124:

Well - I just haven't found anything much for me on BM or at my thrifts, and I speed-read so it's not unusual for me to finish 3 or 4 adult books in a day, especially if I'm stuck riding city bus around as I have been lately.

My only TBR right now is kids books and lesson plan ideas, which I need to do at home when it's quiet. Did I mention I have a almost 4yo who thinks she is a cross between a monkey and an banshee? It's never quiet.

#123...

I read quite a few fanfictions... InuYasha (huge Sess/Kagg fan here!!!), Bleach, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Twilight and Avatar: The Last Airbender (go Zukara!!!). I also belong to more than just fanfiction.net. There is also Dokuga (a Sesshomaru and Kagome site) and Live Journal.

#124... I am a stay at home mom whose youngest started kindergarten last fall so before he started school I had a huge TBR pile of over 100 books and now... well I ran out in a year *blushes*. I can go through 3-4 books a week and that doesn't include the books I read to my children, collect for our school (we a poor district and in need of either more tape or better books) or books my children want themselves.

#125.... Our children must be related ha ha... I enjoy the quiet while they are in school and during the summer I invest in tylenol.

126:

I rarely read fanfiction.net - I stick to Ashwinder, Petulant Poetess, and adultfanfiction.net

I'm into to a few odd pairings {or so I'm told by my local Harry Potter Fan friends} so Ashwinder and Petulant Poetess might not be your cup of tea.

I simply cn't imagine being "out of books" to read!! Of course my quick reads are usually who-dun-its and I can't managed to read more than one per day. My other books are non-fiction/history/ or contemporary serious fiction that takes at least two days to read. Even with that, I read about three books a week. But my TBR list is at about 120 right now and I'm reading as fast as I can.

Just finished Paris The Secret History It's pretty heavy, so took me three days to read.

And now I am reading The Devil's Queen historical fiction about Catherine de Medici. I got caught up in the de Medici saga because of the great series on PBS.

Reading Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr because my inner martyr needs nourishment.

Probably because I am also trudging through Camille by Alexandre Dumas fils yaaawwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn and I have to finish it cuz I said so.

At other times I'm reading Death in a Strange Country for my mystery moments and Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life for my non-fiction moments.

#127...

Actually it might very well be. Even though I enjoy the average couples I have a knack of enjoying the out of the ordinary as well. As for AFF... was leary of posting it here incase anyone went to the site and then went "WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE READING!!!!" ha ha Of course the nice thing about Live Journal is you can post stories that would be booted from AFF.

#128 I never thought I would be out of reading material but for some reason I am... and I forsaw it coming which is why I joined Bookmooch to add to my book collecting. If nothing comes in by Monday's mail I will be at Goodwill for 50% off book day to see what is there.

I currently have 192 books in my tbr pile. Some are parts of a series in which I don't wish to start until I get the whole thing. My goal is to always keep it under 200 books and to be at 150 by September. Considering the high amount of books coming to me from various sites, I have some reading to do this weekend.

I do believe I will start with The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. It's book three of the series but after the disapointment that was book 2, I was delaying starting it.

Finished Mama Makes Up Her Mind.

Now reading: The Postcard by Beverly Lewis.

The Postcard is very good - I read it a few months ago after finding it at the thrift shop.

I decided that, due to life-crap, I needed to switch to some light reading. Which is why I'm now in the middle of Sin Seer and Making Out: The Book of Lesbian Sex and Sexuality. So, um, obviously "light reading" in my mind is thinly-disguised porn. .... Oh well.

#133 - dakota,

I agree on The Postcard! (Did I mooch that from you?)

I think you might have - I know someone did!

Just finishing up The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as part of the What is Stephen Harper reading book challenge.

Just finished The Devil's Queen and I like Jeanne Kalogridis' style so much I will read I, Mona Lisa next.

With all the TBR's I have, I can't believe I actually BORROWED "the Devil's Queen" from the library, but I was able to mooch "I, Mona Lisa" so if anyone wants it when I am done, speak up!!!

YEAH! Finally some books arrived... wow a nice amount too... so

on the back of my master bedroom toilet I will have The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck . (been wanting this for a little while now)

on my nightstand I now have Do Penguins Have Knees? by David Feldman

and in my living room I have Starlight Warriors: The New Prophecy by Erin Hunter (yeah I read all of the books before handing them off to my daughter over protective mom syndrome ha ha)

I just finished The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the What is Stephen Harper Reading challenge. Thanks again to my angel!

Still working on Galway Bay. As this summer does not seem to be lending itself to heavy reading, I have also started reading Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen.

I'm reading My Soul to Keep by Melanie Wells. I like her writing style and her humanizing "evil" in the character of Peter Terry. I enjoyed the first book in the series, the second not so much but this has started out good.

I'm reading Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl.

#142 - dadena,

I have that book on my TBR - Are you enjoying it?

~~~

Finished The Postcard - good book!

Now reading: London Bridges by James Patterson.

#143 Yes, I'm about halfway through and enjoying it very much, as I have all her books. It talks about her experiences working as a restaurant critic for the New York Times and all the disguises and different personas she has to adopt to keep her identity a secret in the process. Very entertaining.

#144 -

Sounds great! I'm looking forward to reading it!

143: have you read the sequel to The Postcard yet? It's just as good if not better.

I'm currently working on reading Trapping North American Furbearers that I picked up at my thrift shop for .33 - it's actually very interesting and the illustrations are just beautiful!

#146 - dakota,

No, I actually just put it on my wishlist today. I'm looking forward to reading it. :-)

Just started The Art of Racing in the Rain today at the hairdressers. I know she thought something was really wrong w/me - I was already crying on page 16 . . .

>146 dakotamidnight:

Ermmmm....could I please have the Trapping North American Furbearers when you are done with it, please?

Unless, of course, you are going to keep it for your own library!

149: I would, but I am keeping it for my personal library.

But I'll keep my eye out for another copy - they had someone who did trapping donate at my local thrift shop as they had traps and gear as well - maybe there will be another copy!

Heehee... am adding that one too my wishlist too :P

#148 I so enjoyed that book! It has made me look at things entirely different. Enzo taught me something!

>150 dakotamidnight:

I would appreciate that! I know I would keep such a book for my own library, so I figured you would want to keep it for yourself :D .

I just started Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale this morning, and so far it seems like it may just be made of awesomesauce.

>154 macsbrains: I am so jealous right now!

>155 chelonianmobile: *grin* I actually mooched it! But for me, no matter what else happens in the plot, after 50 pages it's enough to be a keeper.

154> Wow you mooched that!????? Luckyyyyyy!

>157 Belladonna1975: I mooched that and Scarlet and the White Wolf together a month or so ago - brand new condition. I haven't read that one yet, but maybe I'll bump it up the queue. I couldn't believe it when it showed up on my wishlist.

I hadn't heard of Scarlet and the White Wolf but I have now added it (and it's two sequels) to my ginormous wishlist. Thanks! :-P

Just started The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. It's early yet, but so far I'm enjoying it. It's quite a change of pace from what I usually read.

I am "trying to read" Beatrice and Virgil. I am 98 pages into this small book and it's just a little ummmm....quirky.

#161 Oh do I ever need to make the correction to my post above.

Last night I sat down and finished this book like it was a short story. Thank goodness I did not stop reading at page 98.

Such a major turn if one presses on. No wonder LT thought I would really like this book..

Currently reading: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. (Just started!)

I just started The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and it already looks like it's going to be incredibly interesting.

> 163.. One of my favourites! Enjoy! :)

#165,

Took me FOREVER to mooch a copy! Now to settle in for a good read...

Just got done reading

The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck which was my bathroom read and my living room reader I just finished Starlight (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 4) by Erin Hunter.

I replaced them with Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine and The Last Wild Place by Rosa Jordan which are reads for the school that I have to get done before they can go on the shelves.

>166 iwillrejoice:: I believe it! I have a few of his on my wishlist now I believe :P

I've just started reading The Lacuna, after forgetting I owned it, reading about it winning the Orange Prize for Fiction the other day, and then immediately diving in. I love it already. It's like reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez, without the associated brainache.

I finished Wicked Gentlemen 5 minutes ago and it is indeed a serving of awesomesauce just as suspected. On to Scarlet and the White Wolf. I'm taking recommendations for something to follow that up with.

# 169 oh my! I thought i was the only one who got headaches reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I feel the same about Rushedi... beautiful language but exhausting to read!!

I just started The Abyss of Human Illusion by Gilbert Sorrentino. I mooched it from another bookmoocher, who failed to note in the conditions that a previous reader inked in copious notes and commentaries on the text. I'm sure I'll enjoy the book, but that just ticks me off.

Just finished Hominids and now I get to read The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest which I was not allowed to start until the quarter ended. Graduation was today so now I get a book as a reward :D

Just started Dog On It by Spencer Quinn sounds like it's going to be a fun book.

> 173 I have "Dog on It" on my WL. Let me know how you like it!!

Just finished Do Penguins Have Knees? by David Feldman from night stand and replaced it with When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? another David Feldman book. For some reason lately I have been finding these addictive. Plus it gives me and hubby something other than the bills and kids to talk about.

About to start The Preacher's Daughter and From the Angel's Blackboard

175: I looooove those books! I like curling up with one of those when my mind is too flail-y to concentrate on an actual plot.

In the middle of The Mystery of Misty Canyon right now, yet another Nancy Drew book. Trying to wittle down my TBRs.

Half way through Richard Dawkins' latest, The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution, borrowed from the local public library and one of several Bookmooch books on the Apollo project Apollo 13: Lost Moon.

Just finished The Art of Racing in the Rain. A good read - sad but thoughtful. Just started The Lady and the Unicorn. Also very good - alot like The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
Ditto - trying to whittle down the TBR pile.

Since I have recently been reading some books with a time travel theme I am now currently reading A Shortcut in Time by Charles Dickinson.

I just started reading Biting the Wax Tadpole by Elizabeth Little. It is a delightful book about languages. Definitely not for everyone, but as a linguist, i am totally fascinated by how peoples of the world communicate in their respective languages. This is truly fun reading if you love nouns, adjectives, declensions, and conjugations... to say nothing of weird language abberations.

#181 Ooooh, that sounds like a great read, Glendaham. If you ever want to put that one up on Bookmooch, I'd mooch it in an instant!

okay, Carol, i haven't decided yet. But i put a "post-it" with your name on it on the inside front cover (my memory isn't what it used to be).

As for the title, if anyone is interested. When the Chinese try to pronounce "coca cola" it comes out as "Bite the wax tadpole" so the Coca Cola company had to come up with a different name for its product in China.. lol ( I think they named it "Heavenly Beverage").

Just finished Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg by Gail Carson Levine which was a read for the library at the school and now onto Bayala, The Daughters of the Elf King by Gecko Keck, which happens to be another book I have to read before approving it for the school bookshelf.

#183 LOL I can see how a new name would be better for selling the drink!

Finished The Day of the Triffids - Good book!

About to start: ??? Not sure!

184 > I loved that Gail Carson Levine book! She's a great writer.

I'm almost done with Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C. J. Cherryh- my first Cherryh read and it definitely won't be my last.

This has been a good week for reading. Things are slowing down at work, so I finally got around to finishing The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I also resolved to read some old literature this summer, so I read Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus today. Next up is To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck.

>174 Weelass: I enjoyed Dog on It. It was a fun quick read.

Great! I'm looking forward to reading it then. I think there is a second book in ther series as well.

I started Spaceman Blues last night. It seems interesting.

About to start: Equivocal Death by Amy Gutman.

I am reading the shack by WM. Paul Young

I am in the middle of the book and it is diffidently not my cup of tea...at all.

Finally finished reading The Last Wild Place by Rosa Jordan. That was the slowest plot line I have ever read for a book that is to go to 6th-8th graders. I am unsure if this is going to make it to the school shelves.

Now I am onto The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1) by Erin Hunter. I have already read a few in this series for the school library but I plan on reading them all, especially when children come up with those questions like "you know that book that such and such happened in...". So I better have read it LOL

Finishing up The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower which is more interesting than I thought it would be.

And then This Alien Shore

willowbean... will you be posting The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower when you are done with it? I would be willing to smooch extra credits for it on bookmooch or if you give me the specific ISBN numbers I am willing to take it through PBS if you prefer.

>197 oswaribakabaka: Alas, it's on loan to me from booksfree.

I just finished The Art of Fiction by David Lodge. And also near the end with Yes by Thomas Bernhard.

198-- thats ok, I figured there was no harm in asking.

Last I finished my nightstand book of When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? by David Feldman and I am excited to finally start reading Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin.

I still have on my coffee table The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1) by Erin Hunter and my bathtub reader (yes I enjoy really long baths) Bayala, The Daughters of the Elf King by Gecko Keck.

Thank goodness the books I read for our school library are easy reads for middleschoolers or I might go nuts.

This thread is awesome. I get so many great ideas for books to mooch!!

I just finished reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and simply could not put it down.

Reading Bike Snob by BSNYC. It is a beautiful little book, and the writing is very entertaining!

I just started Blood Bank by Tanya Huff yesterday and I'm almost done already.

203>My wife just discovered the Bike Snob website and she WILL NOT stop talking about it. I'm a little afraid to learn they've issued a book!

I finished Blood Bank and now I'm reading Local Custom by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller- I love the Liaden series!

205> BSNYC is really a very talented writer. I love his blog, and his book!

Just started To Dance with the White Dog.

208: That's on my wishlist! Let me know how it is...

Started reading Adam Bede on the plane... this book is squat and easy to pack, so it came with me :)

BSNYC has been a much loved read of many in the cycling world. I haven't seen his book show up yet (although I suppose I could order it online), but I will eventually read it.

As to what I am currently reading--Le Tour: a history of the Tour De France by Geoffrey Wheatcroft.

Started Wifey last night. How different it is to read it when I'm *not* a young kid sneaking looks at the "naughty book" I found. lol

I managed to finsh 2 books the last couple of days: Bayala, The Daughters of the Elf King by Gecko Keck and The Sight (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 1) by Erin Hunter and now my bathroom and living room books have become A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg and The Wings of Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin) by T.A. Barron.

Sort of looking forward to the Wings of Merlin. I heard for anyone that loved Harry Potter that this is along the same lines and a good read. A lot of children in the school have been asking for the series, this is the last in the series but it happened to be available before I placed orders for the school, so I will start there LOL

THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED

Please go to the new one!

I haven't read a thing in the last two days *gasp*

I've been too busy setting up bookshelves and sorting books. I found books I had no idea I already had!