What are you reading?

theoddz · 06-01-2010, 02:35 PM

I recently bought an Amazon Kindle electronic reader and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. One of the features I love the most about it is the fact that I can enlarge the print and not have to don my reading glasses.

Most recently, I am re-reading Frank McCourt's memoir of "Angela's Ashes" and it's just as good a read now as it was 10 years ago when it was on the best seller list.

~Theo~

....addicted to his Kindle.

Passionaria · 06-01-2010, 10:29 PM

I am reading The Emergent Self
An Existential-Gestalt Approach by: Peter Philippson
For a Gestalt Therapy reading group I am part of.

And Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas and Statagies by: Bensky

No light reading over here for awhile......

Pashi

2myladyblue · 06-01-2010, 10:38 PM

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

~LadyBlue

Enigma · 06-01-2010, 11:04 PM

D. H. Lawrence and the Body Mystical
by Frederick Carter

at this moment... this passage:

"...mysticism is the means through which man seeks within himself the secret springs of life that are common to all things alive, existing in the greatest as in the least. It seeks, too, the very extent of life, finding a kinship and the stirrings of a mutual state of being in unsuspected places. Contemplative, the mind withdraws from too close contact, the better to envisage the rushing stream of existence..."

Venus007 · 06-01-2010, 11:29 PM

The Children of Hurin
By JRR Tolkien as compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien

Martina · 06-02-2010, 12:36 AM

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. i think she lives in Ann Arbor. Pretty engrossing. Vampires and research in old archives.

Kätzchen · 06-13-2010, 12:58 PM

Bernard, Ted. (2010). Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and Sustainability. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers.

rawk · 06-13-2010, 01:03 PM

Severed book about the Black Dahlia murder.

daisygrrl · 06-19-2010, 09:31 PM

I just finished reading Martha O’Conner’s Bitch Posse. Yes, it unequivocally challenges what “chic lit” is—by its preface and conclusion, and it’s “content.” It’s been about three hours since I completed the novel, but I’m still impassioned. And maybe not in the best of ways. Yes, I adored the characters, the plot (or, rather, the supposed, dramatic “pinnacle”)— I predicted. But, I felt depressed and angered during the entire ordeal [and I choose the word “ordeal”] of reading the novel—and maybe that was the point. The novel, to me, feels like a compilation of Duncan Lois (Killing Mr. Griffin and Daughters of Eve, in particular) and any one of Carol Oates’ pieces [I’m thinking of her short story, “Where are you going, Where have you been?”—one of my favorites, in particular]. I’m aggravated, I think (in particular), because I expected to feel empowered by reading this text; instead, I feel like I’ve listened to an entire oeuvre of a music artist and still none-the-wiser—about the artist or myself. Maybe I expect too much from fiction, but I am totally dismayed.

Aggravated bibliophile (or am i just all punk?!),
D---

Fancy · 07-06-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

Bernard, Ted. (2010). Hope and Hard Times: Communities, Collaboration and Sustainability. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers.

I've read the reviews and this looks like a great read. What do you think so far?

Fancy · 07-06-2010, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martina

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. i think she lives in Ann Arbor. Pretty engrossing. Vampires and research in old archives.

It took me awhile and a few attempts to get started with this book (it seemed overly descriptive, long, and rambling). However, once I did get deeper into the book it was well worth it. Enjoy!

The JD · 12-12-2011, 08:37 PM

Count me in for another fan of The Hunger Games. Can't wait to see the movie in the Spring! Disturbing series, especially considering it's for young adults. I got to the end and still couldn't figure out if it was a comedy or a tragedy (you know, in the classic meaning: is there redemption or not?). It's not often I find that.

And... since everyone* on this site writes like David Foster Wallace (at least according to another thread), I'm re-reading his fantastic book of essays, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again.**

JD

* Except me
** Maybe if I include more footnotes, my writing will pass for his too...

Sachita · 07-04-2010, 12:54 PM

Mahabharata by Krishna Dharma

leatherfaery · 07-04-2010, 01:40 PM

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

Random · 07-04-2010, 01:42 PM

Chapter House Dune

Get Thin from the inside Out

How to outwit a cat

Dummies guild to Mentalpos..

Miss Scarlett · 07-04-2010, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leatherfaery

My Dark Places by James Ellroy

I haven't read this one but I have read his first novel "The Black Dahlia". These two works are somewhat related in that the murder of his mother led to his interest in the Elizabeth Short murder. Have you read "The Black Dahlia"? I'd be interested in your comments on the relationship between the two books/murders.

Semantics · 07-05-2010, 05:23 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Justin-Cronin/dp/0345504968"]The Passage by Justin Cronin[/ame]

It's so deliciously disturbing.

oblivia · 07-05-2010, 11:33 PM

the Sookie Stackhouse books (the series that the show Tru Blood is based on).

leatherfaery · 07-11-2010, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

I haven't read this one but I have read his first novel "The Black Dahlia". These two works are somewhat related in that the murder of his mother led to his interest in the Elizabeth Short murder. Have you read "The Black Dahlia"? I'd be interested in your comments on the relationship between the two books/murders.

I have not read "The Black Dahlia" by him but I am sure that I will want to after I finish reading My Dark Places. It has a lot of significance in this book. I am now curious about what perspective he writes from regarding that case.

Abigail Crabby · 07-04-2010, 02:59 PM

Blockade Billy -

By Stephen King

06-01-2010, 02:35 PM	#1
theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married to a beautiful babe whom I don't deserve. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,163 Thanked 9,940 Times in 2,517 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I recently bought an Amazon Kindle electronic reader and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. One of the features I love the most about it is the fact that I can enlarge the print and not have to don my reading glasses. Most recently, I am re-reading Frank McCourt's memoir of "Angela's Ashes" and it's just as good a read now as it was 10 years ago when it was on the best seller list. *~Theo~* ....addicted to his Kindle. __________________ *"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."* -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,281 Times in 4,165 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. i think she lives in Ann Arbor. Pretty engrossing. Vampires and research in old archives.

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