What are you reading?

Gráinne · 12-30-2010, 10:47 PM

Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment. Surely the most intriguing study of an axe murderer ever.

Medusa · 01-03-2011, 10:05 AM

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

Wryly · 01-03-2011, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

Have you read The Road by Cormac McCarthy? I read it last year. Apparently there is a movie adaptation - haven't seen it though.

afixer · 01-03-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wryly

Have you read The Road by Cormac McCarthy? I read it last year. Apparently there is a movie adaptation - haven't seen it though.

I read that one night at work last year and liked it even though it's sad.

afixer · 01-03-2011, 12:42 PM

wanna find tons of free ebooks to download to your Kindle?

if you select the option to search by price (cheapest first)...tons and tons.

01-03-2011, 03:36 PM

There's a humungous pile of books about the British industrial (r)evolution here, lots of them with post-it notes at points of interest. I can also see Val McDermid - A Place of Execution which sadly has been put onto the back-burner until the summer when I can do some reading for pleasure again.

Greco · 01-06-2011, 06:22 PM

"A People's History of the United States"
by Howard Zinn

This is on youtube as well in audio.

Greco

Cowboi · 01-06-2011, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

Im a little more than halfway through "The Passage". It's pretty creepy!

I have developed an thing for post-apocalyse storylines over the last few years. Does anyone have any good recommendations?

I have a book.... Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank in my on deck circle. It takes place after a nuclear holocaust in the US.

You might be interested in checking it out.

Kenna · 01-06-2011, 07:55 PM

After being the family caretaker and sole provider for many years, much of this book hits home. It isn't just about "stop controlling others".... it's about breaking a cycle and learning to nurture oneself...it's about learning to say No to those that constantly take advantage of your giving, caretaking nature.... and it's full of lessons that you tell yourself "WOW, I didn't know I was doing it that way...". It truly opened my eyes to many harmful habits and emotional stress and harm related to codependency that has been a part of my family and personal relationships since I was a child.

justkim · 01-06-2011, 08:35 PM

First I should mention I go a Nookcolor for Christmas and have been fondeling my Nookie since then... I LOVE her!
Right now I am doing mindless reading (since I really should be doing class work but this breaks up the study overload I put myself in to) I am also trying to figure out all of the perks of my Nookie...
I started reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward. Each book (I have only read the first two and I am currently reading the third one) takes a look at the men of the Brotherhood.
If anyone else has a Nookcolor and would be interested in trying out the lend feature I would gladly lend you the ones I have just finished.

blush · 01-06-2011, 08:46 PM

The Help-a slow start for me, but then I came to love it.

Water for Elephants-loved it from the start.

Starbuck · 01-06-2011, 09:14 PM

The one most interesting to me at this moment is Married to a Man & In Love With a Woman. It's "A guide for married women awakened to their attraction to other women." I'm learning A LOT from this book because most of it reads like my own diary.

blush · 01-15-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by blush

The Help-a slow start for me, but then I came to love it.

Water for Elephants-loved it from the start.

I have to revise my take on The Help. It seemed condescending.

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