What are you reading?

Tawse · 02-22-2012, 05:16 PM

my stories... usually start with a character. A feel... a smell.. a motive or incentive.

OR

It's like my brain turns off and starts watching a movie and I either write what I see down - or I drown in it.

characters have conversations in my head - talk to me, each other etc. I've entertained my therapist but she hasn't sent me away yet so I can't be that bad off.. lol

I can't throw my books across the room - that'd break my kindle! My precious... lol

foxyshaman · 02-23-2012, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Tawse

my stories... usually start with a character. A feel... a smell.. a motive or incentive.

OR

It's like my brain turns off and starts watching a movie and I either write what I see down - or I drown in it.

characters have conversations in my head - talk to me, each other etc. I've entertained my therapist but she hasn't sent me away yet so I can't be that bad off.. lol

I can't throw my books across the room - that'd break my kindle! My precious... lol

Inspiration hits us in so many wonderful ways. Spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally. Each a different entry into the world we view as reality.

Kindle eh... well one day I will be all grown up and have books that I like available from said ebook stores. I have run across very few titles I read on their lists. Kind of a shame in the big scheme of things.

<shoulder shrug> I will have to content myself with the sound of disappointing books splatting the wall...

Martina · 02-23-2012, 11:55 PM

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Not as funny as she means it to be. But it is keeping my attention.

SugarFemme · 02-24-2012, 01:18 AM

Fancy · 02-24-2012, 05:47 AM

The Merlot Murders
A Wine Country Mystery

Ellen Crosby

Not too thrilled with this book. The writing is flat and uninspired. Not even sure I'll finish it, but it's in my list for a library assignment.

Speaking of the assignment, I'm looking for any recommendations of books related to fitness, health, nutrition, or organic living. Fiction or nonfiction...

Tawse · 02-24-2012, 06:36 AM

Finished reading "enclave" (by ann aguirre) last night. Middle of the road as far as YA Dystopian goes... Had to research to find out if it were the first book of a series or a stand alone. It had that weird of an ending. They finished the story line (I thought) but there were a lot of loose ends that I wasn't sure if we were supposed to find out in a later book - or just build our own...

Yeah I guess what I'm saying is that it's not really even a middle of the road. I'd give it a 2 outta 5. And I think that may be me being nice.

But of course I'll give the second book a read - if I remember the series when the second book comes out.

Truly Scrumptious · 02-24-2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Fancy

I'm looking for any recommendations of books related to fitness, health, nutrition, or organic living. Fiction or nonfiction...

Have you read Skinny Bitch, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin?
Sounds like a diet book I know, but it's so much more. It's not a simple solution to weight loss, it's about eating for optimal health. It mostly promotes going vegan, but if that is not something you're interested in, you will still learn all kinds of things you (probably) didn't know about the food industry in North America (or at least I did).

It's a great read for anyone concerned about what we put in our mouths.

CrankyOldGuy · 02-25-2012, 07:38 AM

the portable nietzsche

Fancy · 03-07-2012, 07:50 AM

Rereading -

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Still as awed and amazed by the astronomical numbers and the surprisingly understandable writing style.

The JD · 03-07-2012, 08:18 AM

Just finished the fifth Game of Thrones book, A Dance with Dragons. I understand that George R. R. Martin is borrowing the narrative arc of Lord of the Rings, where the Fellowship of the Rings (AKA the children of Winterfell) must be scattered far and wide to fulfill their personal quests before they can be reunited for a single purpose. But whereas Tolkien kept his characters separated for one book, Martin is going on five. And didn't I read that there's at least two more books planned?? I can't figure out what I'm more frustrated by: the near-misses and waylaid quests of books four and five, or the fact that I'll no doubt be reading the sixth book as soon as it's out. Arrgh.

Next up: Cruddy by Lynda Barry!

WolfyOne · 03-07-2012, 09:56 AM

I'm reading a cute little mystery by Joanne Fluke called Devil's Food Cake Murder

She has a series of these kind of books using the same characters
She even puts recipes in all these books
I've used a few of the cookie recipes and 1 muffin recipe from earlier books

Hollylane · 03-11-2012, 09:31 PM

I just bought:

Curious Gorge
by Scott Cook

Non fiction

"Over 100 Hikes and Explorations in the Columbia River Gorge"

I'm reading and browsing it. So far, great book!

PaPa · 03-11-2012, 10:25 PM

I am currently reading Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich by Joachim C. Fest. I think the title is self-explanatory especially if you know anything about the ending of the Holocaust and Hitler's reign of terror.

pajama · 03-19-2012, 06:07 AM

I have been sucked into the Sookie Stackhouse series because the new season of True Blood will not come soon enough! It's fast reading and okay. I am on book three, but figure I will get bored in another book or two. It's simply written, which I like sometimes to give the mind a break.

I am however loving reading it on my new-to-me Kindle that I've had since Xmas 2010 and never got around to using it. I can't imagine reading paper again. (Except for the series that I actually collect.)

A

The JD · 03-20-2012, 06:53 PM

Last night, I finished Cruddy by Lynda Barry... I loved Barry's weekly cartoon strip years ago, and her world of quirky adolescents. Cruddy is a novel, but her characters still come off as exaggerated, absurd and cartoonish. And yet it works.

It's also very dark. It has this weird disturbing sociopathic twinge to it, reinforced by the main character (an adolescent girl raised as a boy) referring to her parents as "the mother" and "the father." Well, that, and the trail of carnage and destruction she leaves. If you like your reading to unsettle you, this is the book.

On another note... I just got an iPad. Can anyone recommend their favorite ereader app?

justkim · 03-20-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The JD

Last night, I finished Cruddy by Lynda Barry... I loved Barry's weekly cartoon strip years ago, and her world of quirky adolescents. Cruddy is a novel, but her characters still come off as exaggerated, absurd and cartoonish. And yet it works.

It's also very dark. It has this weird disturbing sociopathic twinge to it, reinforced by the main character (an adolescent girl raised as a boy) referring to her parents as "the mother" and "the father." Well, that, and the trail of carnage and destruction she leaves. If you like your reading to unsettle you, this is the book.

On another note... I just got an iPad. Can anyone recommend their favorite ereader app?

i think you can download all of the apps...

The JD · 03-21-2012, 04:22 PM

Just started In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard. Her last book, Boys of my Youth, is on my top 10 favorite books list. She's got a knack for capturing the tiniest and often conflicting details of a child's view, that dread feeling of "mom's going to kill me when she finds out" combined with the exhilaration of doing whatever it is that's about to get you in trouble. And she's hilarious. This book looks like it's on the same path- here's the first paragraph:

"We can't believe the house is on fire. It's so embarrassing first of all, and so dangerous second of all. Also, we're supposed to be in charge here, so there's a sense of somebody not doing their job."

Off to read more.

JAGG · 03-27-2012, 09:34 AM

"Physics of the future". By Michio Kaku

Sparkle · 03-27-2012, 10:44 AM

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

I've not seen the film, I'm not sure if I want to see it at all.

The book is very beautiful: the narrator delightfully odd and loveable, the story is terribly sad.

I'm a big fan of Foer's writing; if you've not read anything of his I would recommend "Everything is Illuminated" highly (the film adaptation is quite good too).

tonaderspeisung · 02-27-2012, 06:29 PM

i just finished this one
even with cliche characters and the wheels falling off at the end - i think this book is worth a read while on the library wait list for the book you want

it held my interest and given the time period of the story - the language used was easy to follow without being too modern and distracting

rating: borrow it

02-24-2012, 01:18 AM	#4
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02-24-2012, 05:47 AM	#5
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03-07-2012, 08:18 AM	#10
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03-07-2012, 09:56 AM	#11
WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,391 Times in 4,138 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I'm reading a cute little mystery by Joanne Fluke called Devil's Food Cake Murder She has a series of these kind of books using the same characters She even puts recipes in all these books I've used a few of the cookie recipes and 1 muffin recipe from earlier books __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo

02-22-2012, 05:16 PM	#1
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	my stories... usually start with a character. A feel... a smell.. a motive or incentive. OR It's like my brain turns off and starts watching a movie and I either write what I see down - or I drown in it. characters have conversations in my head - talk to me, each other etc. I've entertained my therapist but she hasn't sent me away yet so I can't be that bad off.. lol I can't throw my books across the room - that'd break my kindle! My precious... lol

02-23-2012, 11:55 PM	#3
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,283 Times in 4,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Not as funny as she means it to be. But it is keeping my attention.

02-24-2012, 06:36 AM	#6
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Finished reading "enclave" (by ann aguirre) last night. Middle of the road as far as YA Dystopian goes... Had to research to find out if it were the first book of a series or a stand alone. It had that weird of an ending. They finished the story line (I thought) but there were a lot of loose ends that I wasn't sure if we were supposed to find out in a later book - or just build our own... Yeah I guess what I'm saying is that it's not really even a middle of the road. I'd give it a 2 outta 5. And I think that may be me being nice. But of course I'll give the second book a read - if I remember the series when the second book comes out.

03-07-2012, 07:50 AM	#9
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03-11-2012, 09:31 PM	#12
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03-11-2012, 10:25 PM	#13
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03-19-2012, 06:07 AM	#14
pajama Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Klingon Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Just South of Nashvegas Baby Posts: 3,115 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,546 Thanked 7,476 Times in 1,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I have been sucked into the Sookie Stackhouse series because the new season of True Blood will not come soon enough! It's fast reading and okay. I am on book three, but figure I will get bored in another book or two. It's simply written, which I like sometimes to give the mind a break. I am however loving reading it on my new-to-me Kindle that I've had since Xmas 2010 and never got around to using it. I can't imagine reading paper again. (Except for the series that I actually collect.) A

03-20-2012, 06:53 PM	#15
The JD Be the Fearless Bunny How Do You Identify?: Hers. Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: Medusa’s Snake Charmer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: This must be the place. Posts: 649 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,740 Thanked 2,676 Times in 540 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Last night, I finished Cruddy by Lynda Barry... I loved Barry's weekly cartoon strip years ago, and her world of quirky adolescents. Cruddy is a novel, but her characters still come off as exaggerated, absurd and cartoonish. And yet it works. It's also very dark. It has this weird disturbing sociopathic twinge to it, reinforced by the main character (an adolescent girl raised as a boy) referring to her parents as "the mother" and "the father." Well, that, and the trail of carnage and destruction she leaves. If you like your reading to unsettle you, this is the book. On another note... I just got an iPad. Can anyone recommend their favorite ereader app? __________________ I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ~Flannery O'Connor

03-21-2012, 04:22 PM	#17
The JD Be the Fearless Bunny How Do You Identify?: Hers. Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: Medusa’s Snake Charmer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: This must be the place. Posts: 649 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,740 Thanked 2,676 Times in 540 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Just started In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard. Her last book, Boys of my Youth, is on my top 10 favorite books list. She's got a knack for capturing the tiniest and often conflicting details of a child's view, that dread feeling of "mom's going to kill me when she finds out" combined with the exhilaration of doing whatever it is that's about to get you in trouble. And she's hilarious. This book looks like it's on the same path- here's the first paragraph: "We can't believe the house is on fire. It's so embarrassing first of all, and so dangerous second of all. Also, we're supposed to be in charge here, so there's a sense of somebody not doing their job." Off to read more. __________________ I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ~Flannery O'Connor

03-27-2012, 09:34 AM	#18
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03-27-2012, 10:44 AM	#19
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02-27-2012, 06:29 PM	#20
tonaderspeisung Member How Do You Identify?: asleep at the synthesizer Preferred Pronoun?: crown prince of dirty disco Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: the dollar bin Posts: 1,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,082 Thanked 1,751 Times in 849 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	i just finished this one even with cliche characters and the wheels falling off at the end - i think this book is worth a read while on the library wait list for the book you want it held my interest and given the time period of the story - the language used was easy to follow without being too modern and distracting rating: borrow it