What are you reading?

SmoothButch · 09-06-2010, 04:25 PM

Journey of Souls by Michael Newton

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BBinNYC · 09-12-2010, 09:44 AM

Just finished a wonderful book:

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

This is an epic novel (in size - 600 pgs - and scope) about Hungarian Jews in the 1930s and into WWII. It focuses on the middle son of a working class Jewish Hungarian family, Andras Levi, who gets a scholarship in 1937 to go to Paris and study architecture. While in Paris he meets the beautiful and older Claire Morgenstern, and from there the book becomes an amazing love story and then a difficult tragedy as the Germans close in first on Paris and then Hungary. The writing is beautiful and the book holds you, even though it is long. Highly recommended.

waxnrope · 09-12-2010, 10:00 AM

Although I've read most of her other work, I have finally begun Anne Rice's erotica/bdsm, penned as A.N. Roquelaure. To start off, I am reading, The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. Um ...

Greco · 09-13-2010, 02:40 PM

continuing with Alice Miller's

"Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
The Liberating Experience of Facing
Painful Truth"

and an older one, "El Alquimista"
by Paulo Coelho

and still "walking" with Merton's
Vol 3 of his "...Solitude Journal..."

Jess · 09-13-2010, 02:47 PM

Listened to interview with this author today. The book sounds fascinating.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=129827444

wolfbittenpoet · 09-13-2010, 03:14 PM

Hell to Pay by Simon R Green
and Bone Key a Supernatural book
Just finished Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey

Highly recommend them all.

Darth Denkay · 09-12-2010, 10:02 AM

Finishing up Patricia Cornwell's latest Scarpetta mystery, The Scarpetta Factor. It's the 17th book in the series. Maybe around book 12 the story began to fall and the books became more disappointing. However, the book right before this one, Scarpetta, was once again excellent, as has been this one. I think she has another one coming out the beginning of November, which I'll definitely pick up as well.

dreadgeek · 09-13-2010, 03:20 PM

Trying to squeeze as much pleasure reading as I can in before classes start next Monday. So I'm trying to finish up:

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk -- Massimo Pigliucci
American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right -- Markos Moulitsas

And purely for fun:

The Heart of Valor -- Tanya Huff

Jess · 09-13-2010, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreadgeek

Trying to squeeze as much pleasure reading as I can in before classes start next Monday. So I'm trying to finish up:

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk -- Massimo Pigliucci
American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right -- Markos Moulitsas

And purely for fun:

The Heart of Valor -- Tanya Huff

The American Taliban is intriguing. I am so confused as to whom exactly the "Radical Right" are anymore as I see more and more people spewing that rhetoric now that do not fit what the old "image" of radical right was. I wonder if this can be downloaded? I have a terrible time anymore reading written word for more than a few minutes at a time, so I tend to do audio books.

Do you ever just read anything really naughty like " Natl Enquirer"? LOL

wolfbittenpoet · 09-13-2010, 04:45 PM

Only do the National Enquirer while in line at grocery pretending not to be annoyed by the little old lady with 30 items in the 10 items or less lane. I always wondered what happened to big foot's baby.

Jess · 09-14-2010, 06:21 AM

so, I read an article by Markos Moulitsas in Huff Post regarding his American Taliban book. From the snippets/ synopsis he gave it sounds like he is totally up my alley in looking at the bigger picture.

I still haven't found it downloadable yet, though I haven't given up.

Just wanted to give a big thanks to dreadgeek for the title.

Here's the article if anyone is interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos..._b_693281.html

dixie · 09-16-2010, 08:03 PM

My love for sparkly vampires made me start reading Breaking Dawn yesterday (and only have 2 chapters left). Odd, because I never read the book before the movie cause all I do is sit and cuss the screen. lol

afixer · 09-22-2010, 08:23 AM

Paula - Isabel Allende

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Paula-Isabel-Allende/dp/0060927216/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top"]Amazon.com: Paula (9780060927219): Isabel Allende: Books[/ame]

it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a while.

Tucker · 09-22-2010, 08:34 AM

Someone inspired me to listen to it again via my Iphone.
I have read it more times than I can count.
Everytime I read it I find something new in it.

"Too bad dark languages rarely survive"

leatherfaery · 09-25-2010, 10:07 PM

Haven't yet read girl with dragon tatoo as planned because I started and am still reading Look me in the eye by John Elder Robison.

Fancy · 09-30-2010, 07:36 AM

The calendar....

dixie · 10-13-2010, 10:28 AM

I'm actually reading two books at the moment.

"Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence" by Lori Girshick

and

"Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism" by Suzanne Pharr

StillettoDoll · 09-26-2010, 05:29 AM

Just finished..... Omnivores Dilemma by Micheal Pollan
History of meals .
I'm going to get a new book today

EnderD_503 · 09-30-2010, 07:31 AM

In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives by Judith Halberstam

Rereading Slavoj Zizek's Living in the End Times

diamondrose · 09-12-2010, 12:36 PM

"The Well Of Lonliness" by Radclyffe Hall

09-06-2010, 04:25 PM	#1
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09-12-2010, 09:44 AM	#2
BBinNYC Member How Do You Identify?: butch Preferred Pronoun?: Fine with he or she. Just don't call me late for dinner. Relationship Status: married to the best femme in the world Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York City Posts: 115 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 297 Thanked 589 Times in 75 Posts Rep Power: 6430377	Just finished a wonderful book: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer This is an epic novel (in size - 600 pgs - and scope) about Hungarian Jews in the 1930s and into WWII. It focuses on the middle son of a working class Jewish Hungarian family, Andras Levi, who gets a scholarship in 1937 to go to Paris and study architecture. While in Paris he meets the beautiful and older Claire Morgenstern, and from there the book becomes an amazing love story and then a difficult tragedy as the Germans close in first on Paris and then Hungary. The writing is beautiful and the book holds you, even though it is long. Highly recommended. __________________ Please check out my new lesbian romance novel, Exception to the Rule, available in e-book format with paperback coming soon!

09-13-2010, 02:40 PM	#4
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09-12-2010, 10:02 AM	#7
Darth Denkay Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: I'm good with whatever Relationship Status: in love and loved Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tennessee (Memphis, from Chattanooga) Posts: 315 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 456 Thanked 463 Times in 150 Posts Rep Power: 891935	Finishing up Patricia Cornwell's latest Scarpetta mystery, The Scarpetta Factor. It's the 17th book in the series. Maybe around book 12 the story began to fall and the books became more disappointing. However, the book right before this one, Scarpetta, was once again excellent, as has been this one. I think she has another one coming out the beginning of November, which I'll definitely pick up as well. __________________ Darth

09-13-2010, 03:20 PM	#8
dreadgeek Power Femme How Do You Identify?: Cinnamon spiced, caramel colored, power-femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Married to a wonderful horse girl Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lat: 45.60 Lon: -122.60 Posts: 1,733 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,132 Thanked 6,841 Times in 1,493 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Trying to squeeze as much pleasure reading as I can in before classes start next Monday. So I'm trying to finish up: Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk -- Massimo Pigliucci American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right -- Markos Moulitsas And purely for fun: The Heart of Valor -- Tanya Huff __________________ Proud member of the reality-based community. "People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so, the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people. As soon as you saw people as things to be measured, they didn’t measure up." (Terry Pratchett)

09-12-2010, 10:00 AM	#3
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09-13-2010, 02:47 PM	#5
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09-13-2010, 03:14 PM	#6
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09-14-2010, 06:21 AM	#11
Jess Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: decidedly indifferent Preferred Pronoun?: other Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Patrick Springs, VA Posts: 2,812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,247 Thanked 5,700 Times in 1,682 Posts Rep Power: 0	so, I read an article by Markos Moulitsas in Huff Post regarding his American Taliban book. From the snippets/ synopsis he gave it sounds like he is totally up my alley in looking at the bigger picture. I still haven't found it downloadable yet, though I haven't given up. Just wanted to give a big thanks to dreadgeek for the title. Here's the article if anyone is interested: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos..._b_693281.html

09-16-2010, 08:03 PM	#12
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09-22-2010, 08:23 AM	#13
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09-22-2010, 08:34 AM	#14
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09-25-2010, 10:07 PM	#15
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10-13-2010, 10:28 AM	#17
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09-26-2010, 05:29 AM	#18
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09-30-2010, 07:31 AM	#19
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