What are you reading?

katsarecool · 11-29-2010, 05:35 PM

Those are good!!!

socialjustice_fsu · 11-29-2010, 06:04 PM

Objects of Our Desire: Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
Salman Akhtar

This is a brilliantly written book by a psychiatrist that examines why we hang on to stuff and simply can't part with it for various reasons. He explores our rationale for becoming 'collectors.' Here is a quote from the preface..." We are surrounded by things. We are involved with them, indebted to them. We speak to things and things speak to us. To say that we are interdependent is banal. Let us be courageous. Let us admit it: we are lovers."

Easy, delightful read. I recommend it.

girl_dee · 11-29-2010, 06:39 PM

I just read Water for the Elephants.. Sarah Gruen

EXCELLENT read.. not like my style of books but I loved it!

little_ms_sunshyne · 11-29-2010, 07:55 PM

Clockwork Orange

Wryly · 11-29-2010, 09:29 PM

Was visiting a friend who loves, loves, loves to read (even more than me!).
Naturally I left with a bag full of books. :-D

King Leary
by Paul Quarrinton

fiction - an old hockey player recounts his life as he prepares to do a commercial for ginger ale.

Julien · 12-03-2010, 11:35 AM

Fractured by Karin Slaughter
Good mystery and suspense novel with murder and mayhem.

Mitmo01 · 12-03-2010, 11:44 AM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Firebrand-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0451459245"]Amazon.com: The Firebrand (9780451459244): Marion Zimmer Bradley: Books[/ame]

an interesting revision on Kassandra and her family and the fall of Troy

justkim · 12-06-2010, 08:06 PM

For some reason I knew you would like this book... I remember the first time I read it... also the second time...

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Originally Posted by sassy_girl

I just read Water for the Elephants.. Sarah Gruen

EXCELLENT read.. not like my style of books but I loved it!

afixer · 12-14-2010, 10:33 AM

working on [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Hour-First-Believed-ebook/dp/B0018QQQFS/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"]The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb[/ame]

just finished [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Memoir-Tom-Grimes/dp/0982504896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343856&sr=1-1"]Mentor A Memoir - Tom Grimes[/ame]

I really enjoyed the writers perspective on this book.

about to start [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343976&sr=1-1"]Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen[/ame]

dark_crystal · 12-14-2010, 10:55 AM

i saw this on the shelf and i though "no WAY! AWEsome!"
Wishin' and Hopin', A Christmas Story. By Wally Lamb

katsarecool · 12-14-2010, 11:33 AM

I just love, Love, LOVE wimmin who love to read!!! I am reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. So far so good. I am enjoying the history of Savannah!

afixer · 12-30-2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by afixer

working on The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb

just finished Mentor A Memoir - Tom Grimes

I really enjoyed the writers perspective on this book.

about to start Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

finished Lamb. still haven't started Gruen.

got myself a

I'm always gonna love paper books...even old stinky ones.

Sparkle · 12-30-2010, 10:53 AM

I'm about to start reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue

In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time.

dixie · 12-03-2010, 11:20 PM

"By Their Father's Hand: The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre" by Monte Francis

12-06-2010, 08:01 PM

Francis Scovel Shinn wrote “The Game of Life and How to Play It” in 1925, this classic work focused on positive thought and affirmations, one of my favorite exercises is... When you ask for something from the Universe also ask for it's equivalent, that way you get exactly what your soul needs. We may think we know what that is but the creator knows better.

diamondrose · 12-14-2010, 12:01 PM

Trans Liberation Beyond Pink or Blue
By Leslie Feinberg

Semantics · 12-14-2010, 12:10 PM

I'm reading [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Other-Liars-Amy-Bourret/dp/0312586582"]Mothers and Other Liars[/ame] by Amy Bourret. It's good so far.

Greco · 12-16-2010, 08:05 PM

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
not for the faint of heart, but if you've had
a significant loss you'll understand/supportive
in an intense way...but no more intense then
what you've already been through.

"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri
the Best

and

"Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich
Writing, mysterious, something I am
sinking my teeth into.

nycfem · 12-16-2010, 08:33 PM

I loved "The Year of Magical Thinking."

If you don't mind can you say more about the other two books?

Quote:

Originally Posted by greco

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
not for the faint of heart, but if you've had
a significant loss you'll understand/supportive
in an intense way...but no more intense then
what you've already been through.

"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri
the Best

and

"Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich
Writing, mysterious, something I am
sinking my teeth into.

Greco · 12-16-2010, 08:51 PM

" Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich's first novel.

She wrote her latest "Shadow Tag" and was the
book I read first. I wanted to explore all of her
writing so I have gone to her first and will
continue from here. It is about family relationships.

Her writing is as real as it gets.

"The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri is for artists
and art lovers well lovers of the creative
process. I understand he was a loved teacher
of art, and he was a painter.

Enjoy if you pick these up.

Greco

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Originally Posted by nycfembbw

I loved "The Year of Magical Thinking."

If you don't mind can you say more about the other two books?

11-29-2010, 05:35 PM	#1
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Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	The Firebrand [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Firebrand-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0451459245"]Amazon.com: The Firebrand (9780451459244): Marion Zimmer Bradley: Books[/ame] an interesting revision on Kassandra and her family and the fall of Troy

12-14-2010, 10:55 AM	#10
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katsarecool Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Woman Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Between Athens and Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,849 Thanked 1,765 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 323366	I just love, Love, LOVE wimmin who love to read!!! I am reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. So far so good. I am enjoying the history of Savannah! __________________

11-29-2010, 06:04 PM	#2
socialjustice_fsu Member How Do You Identify?: Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: It’s all good. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The gulf waters are sapphire blue and the beach sand is white as snow. Posts: 607 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,866 Thanked 2,156 Times in 439 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Objects of Our Desire: Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us Salman Akhtar This is a brilliantly written book by a psychiatrist that examines why we hang on to stuff and simply can't part with it for various reasons. He explores our rationale for becoming 'collectors.' Here is a quote from the preface..." We are surrounded by things. We are involved with them, indebted to them. We speak to things and things speak to us. To say that we are interdependent is banal. Let us be courageous. Let us admit it: we are lovers." Easy, delightful read. I recommend it.

11-29-2010, 06:39 PM	#3
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12-14-2010, 10:33 AM	#9
afixer Member How Do You Identify?: human Preferred Pronoun?: ma'am Relationship Status: adrift in my head Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: in and out of the woods Posts: 989 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 491 Thanked 1,508 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 8660555	working on [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Hour-First-Believed-ebook/dp/B0018QQQFS/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"]The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb[/ame] just finished [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Mentor-Memoir-Tom-Grimes/dp/0982504896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343856&sr=1-1"]Mentor A Memoir - Tom Grimes[/ame] I really enjoyed the writers perspective on this book. about to start [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Water-Elephants-Novel-Sara-Gruen/dp/1565125606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292343976&sr=1-1"]Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen[/ame]

12-30-2010, 10:53 AM	#13
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,555 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I'm about to start reading 'Room' by Emma Donoghue In many ways, Jack is a typical 5-year-old. He likes to read books, watch TV, and play games with his Ma. But Jack is different in a big way--he has lived his entire life in a single room, sharing the tiny space with only his mother and an unnerving nighttime visitor known as Old Nick. For Jack, Room is the only world he knows, but for Ma, it is a prison in which she has tried to craft a normal life for her son. When their insular world suddenly expands beyond the confines of their four walls, the consequences are piercing and extraordinary. Despite its profoundly disturbing premise, Emma Donoghue's Room is rife with moments of hope and beauty, and the dogged determination to live, even in the most desolate circumstances. A stunning and original novel of survival in captivity, readers who enter Room will leave staggered, as though, like Jack, they are seeing the world for the very first time. __________________ I am made of stars

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12-06-2010, 08:01 PM	#15
moonfemme Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Long Time Fav Francis Scovel Shinn wrote “The Game of Life and How to Play It” in 1925, this classic work focused on positive thought and affirmations, one of my favorite exercises is... When you ask for something from the Universe also ask for it's equivalent, that way you get exactly what your soul needs. We may think we know what that is but the creator knows better.

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diamondrose Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 1,384 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2 Thanked 2,895 Times in 923 Posts Rep Power: 13536274	Trans Liberation Beyond Pink or Blue By Leslie Feinberg

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12-16-2010, 08:05 PM	#18
Greco Senior Member How Do You Identify?: GNC, not Trans, REAL. TIME. ONLY. Preferred Pronoun?: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Relationship Status: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In a good life. Posts: 3,200 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,160 Thanked 6,618 Times in 2,287 Posts Rep Power: 0	three "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion not for the faint of heart, but if you've had a significant loss you'll understand/supportive in an intense way...but no more intense then what you've already been through. "The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri the Best and "Love Medicine" by Louise Erdrich Writing, mysterious, something I am sinking my teeth into.