What are you reading? - Page 87

Talon · 02-11-2013, 02:04 PM

Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl

StrongButch · 02-11-2013, 02:08 PM

Dancing the Dream-Jamie Sams ( a book on 7 spiritual paths of Native Americans)

Semantics · 02-11-2013, 07:52 PM

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond.

I'm a big fan of Diamond's and I liked this book. It received a lot of negative reviews, and I think one of the issues is that his previous books, while non-fiction, focused on much more dramatic content.
They were entertaining and yet one didn't need an anthropology degree to understand them. The World Until Yesterday has more of a textbook vibe than Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel.

KCBUTCH · 02-11-2013, 08:20 PM

The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman

Chancie · 02-11-2013, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dark_crystal

I just finished Game of Thrones

and am really really jonesing for the next book: but I have a book club book (The Big Burn) plus the new Jen Lancaster and the new John Green that people are really bugging me to discuss with them

also a big stack of stuff for graduate seminar in British Enlightenment Literature

What I am looking for here is for someone to tell me

"Go ahead and plow through the entire Song of Ice and Fire series- book club can wait, Enlightenment Literature can wait, John Green can wait, and Jen Lancaster can wait"

Is there anyone out there available to do that for me?

You may read books about Fire and Ice after you've finished your homework, and not one minute sooner.

:missy:

JinxieB · 02-12-2013, 03:07 AM

The Stand...by Stephen King...only about the 50th time I have read it

but I swear, every time I pick it up, I read something that I don't remember being there the time before...kinda like when you have driven the same route on your way to work forever and something suddenly pops up and you wonder...well when the heck did they build that, or how long has that been there? and someone in the truck with you says...Ohhhh that has been there forever...well holy crackers...I never seen it before...hahahahaha makes me kinda feel dumb, but surely I'm not the only person this happens to, or maybe I am and just don't realize it

DamonK · 02-12-2013, 03:52 AM

Fire by Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson

Kätzchen · 02-12-2013, 02:24 PM

I am currently re-reading a favorite book:

The Color of Water:
A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
(James McBride, 2006; Riverhead Books, New York)

From the New York Times Book Review:

"Complex and moving... suffused with issues of race, religion, and identity. Yet those issues, so much a part of their live and stories, are not central. The triumph of the book - and their lives - is that race and religion transcended in these interwoven stories by family love, the sheer force of a mother's will, and her unshakeable insistence that only two things mattered: school and church....
It's her voice - unique, incisive, at once unsparing and ironic - that is dominant in this paired history, and its richest contribution.... The two stories, son's and mother's, beautifully juxtaposed, strike a graceful note at a time of racial polarization," (The New York Times Book Review).

Bleu · 02-12-2013, 03:03 PM

I happened upon Charlie Rose about two weeks ago and his guest was article and short story writer George Saunders.

His latest publication, In Persuasion Nation, is what I am currently reading.

So far the serious social commentary laced with natural humor has me cracking it open every evening.

I know it may sound pompous of me, yet it's not how I mean it, but few things hold my interest and very rarely, at that, fiction. So, I am quite pleased that I picked this one up.

~Bleu

Fancy · 02-13-2013, 05:52 AM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Life-Memoir-Farming-Food/dp/1416551611"]The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love[/ame]
by Kristin Kimball

It almost started out like a romance novel, but thank goodness it went beyond that and I'm currently learning more about farm implements and the milking process than I ever thought possible. So far it's quite inspirational; the tenacity of people united with a dream.

Soon · 02-13-2013, 06:03 AM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_20?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=emotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward&spre fix=emotional+blackmail+%2Caps%2C213&rh=i%3Aaps%2C k%3Aemotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward"]Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You [/ame]

JustLovelyJenn · 02-13-2013, 11:47 AM

I am still reading Eat, Pray, Love. Its taking me a long time... I just can't seem to stay focused on getting through it, even though I am really enjoying it.

falloutmk · 02-13-2013, 01:10 PM

The Slow Fix by Ivan Coyote

Ivan Coyote is a great short story writer/storyteller who has inspired me beyond belief... which is funny because we are very different people. Ze likes country life, is a storyteller, and socializes with more close minded people than I could ever bear... Still zirs writing inspires me in the erotica and erotic poems I've been working on.

TheMerryFairy · 02-13-2013, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by falloutmk

The Slow Fix by Ivan Coyote

Ivan Coyote is a great short story writer/storyteller who has inspired me beyond belief... which is funny because we are very different people. Ze likes country life, is a storyteller, and socializes with more close minded people than I could ever bear... Still zirs writing inspires me in the erotica and erotic poems I've been working on.

Ivan is one of the best spoken performers I have ever heard, such a wonderful inviting presence.

Talon · 02-15-2013, 09:08 AM

After the Finish Line...(The Race to End Horse Slaughter in America)

by Bill Heller

justanolecowboy · 02-16-2013, 10:42 AM

(3) Books going right now:

Team of Rivals: Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Whiskey Rebels: David Liss
Foucault's Pendulum: Umberto Eco

02-16-2013, 11:23 AM

At Home, a Short History of Private Life - Bill Bryson
Shakespeare on Toast - Ben Crystal
Recovery's a Bitch - Jacqui Brown
Living Clean - the approval draft
The Etymologican - Mark Forsyth

femmeInterrupted · 02-16-2013, 11:38 AM

Madness and Civilization:
A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Michel Foucault

Other Kingdoms
Richard Matheson

The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon

nycfem · 02-16-2013, 11:50 AM

I hope you'll write us some brief reviews if time permits. These all sound like interesting reads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daktari

At Home, a Short History of Private Life - Bill Bryson
Shakespeare on Toast - Ben Crystal
Recovery's a Bitch - Jacqui Brown
Living Clean - the approval draft
The Etymologican - Mark Forsyth

MegBluEyz · 02-16-2013, 11:58 AM

This Time I Dance! By Tama J. Kieves.

It is about the passion inside in expressing it to the world in what one does as in purpose.

02-11-2013, 02:08 PM	#1722
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02-11-2013, 08:20 PM	#1724
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02-12-2013, 02:24 PM	#1728
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: As a very feminine woman. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near smoke signals in the sky. Posts: 16,209 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,450 Thanked 33,612 Times in 10,707 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	I am currently re-reading a favorite book: The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (James McBride, 2006; Riverhead Books, New York) From the New York Times Book Review: "Complex and moving... suffused with issues of race, religion, and identity. Yet those issues, so much a part of their live and stories, are not central. The triumph of the book - and their lives - is that race and religion transcended in these interwoven stories by family love, the sheer force of a mother's will, and her unshakeable insistence that only two things mattered: school and church.... It's her voice - unique, incisive, at once unsparing and ironic - that is dominant in this paired history, and its richest contribution.... The two stories, son's and mother's, beautifully juxtaposed, strike a graceful note at a time of racial polarization," (The New York Times Book Review). __________________ “The way someone treats you is not a reflection of your worth: It’s a reflection of their emotional capacity,” — Jillian Turecki. I’m doing my part, as an American citizen, who is concerned about losing our Democracy: I boycott agencies and businesses and service providers who do not support the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Support Democracy: Vote Blue

02-13-2013, 11:47 AM	#1732
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02-16-2013, 10:42 AM	#1736
justanolecowboy Member How Do You Identify?: ftm Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: committed. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: IL Posts: 493 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,110 Thanked 1,957 Times in 458 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	(3) Books going right now: Team of Rivals: Doris Kearns Goodwin The Whiskey Rebels: David Liss Foucault's Pendulum: Umberto Eco __________________

02-11-2013, 02:04 PM	#1721
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Lessons in French by Hilary Reyl

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02-12-2013, 03:07 AM	#1726
JinxieB Junior Member How Do You Identify?: lesbian...soft butch Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: married Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 70 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 254 Thanked 242 Times in 60 Posts Rep Power: 2792218	The Stand...by Stephen King...only about the 50th time I have read it but I swear, every time I pick it up, I read something that I don't remember being there the time before...kinda like when you have driven the same route on your way to work forever and something suddenly pops up and you wonder...well when the heck did they build that, or how long has that been there? and someone in the truck with you says...Ohhhh that has been there forever...well holy crackers...I never seen it before...hahahahaha makes me kinda feel dumb, but surely I'm not the only person this happens to, or maybe I am and just don't realize it

02-12-2013, 03:52 AM	#1727
DamonK Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: May 2010 Location: . Posts: 2,199 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,527 Thanked 7,762 Times in 1,881 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Fire by Midnight by Lisa Marie Wilkinson

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Bleu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Bleu Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: @ home Posts: 2,771 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,565 Thanked 2,699 Times in 733 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I happened upon Charlie Rose about two weeks ago and his guest was article and short story writer George Saunders. His latest publication, In Persuasion Nation, is what I am currently reading. So far the serious social commentary laced with natural humor has me cracking it open every evening. I know it may sound pompous of me, yet it's not how I mean it, but few things hold my interest and very rarely, at that, fiction. So, I am quite pleased that I picked this one up. ~Bleu

02-13-2013, 05:52 AM	#1730
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,077 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Life-Memoir-Farming-Food/dp/1416551611"]The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love[/ame] by Kristin Kimball It almost started out like a romance novel, but thank goodness it went beyond that and I'm currently learning more about farm implements and the milking process than I ever thought possible. So far it's quite inspirational; the tenacity of people united with a dream.

02-13-2013, 06:03 AM	#1731
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,094 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	[ame="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_20?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=emotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward&spre fix=emotional+blackmail+%2Caps%2C213&rh=i%3Aaps%2C k%3Aemotional+blackmail+by+susan+forward"]Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You [/ame]

02-13-2013, 01:10 PM	#1733
falloutmk Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Queer Preferred Pronoun?: Ze, Zir, or She, her, ect if needed. Relationship Status: Single, Poly, and happy. Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 88 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 105 Thanked 296 Times in 68 Posts Rep Power: 3839796	The Slow Fix by Ivan Coyote Ivan Coyote is a great short story writer/storyteller who has inspired me beyond belief... which is funny because we are very different people. Ze likes country life, is a storyteller, and socializes with more close minded people than I could ever bear... Still zirs writing inspires me in the erotica and erotic poems I've been working on.

02-15-2013, 09:08 AM	#1735
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	After the Finish Line...(The Race to End Horse Slaughter in America) by Bill Heller

02-16-2013, 11:23 AM	#1737
Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	At Home, a Short History of Private Life - Bill Bryson Shakespeare on Toast - Ben Crystal Recovery's a Bitch - Jacqui Brown Living Clean - the approval draft The Etymologican - Mark Forsyth

02-16-2013, 11:38 AM	#1738
femmeInterrupted Member How Do You Identify?: Queer femme Preferred Pronoun?: she works out well ;) Relationship Status: Happily married. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ontario Posts: 812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,885 Thanked 3,215 Times in 666 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	On the go... Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Michel Foucault Other Kingdoms Richard Matheson The Wretched of the Earth Frantz Fanon __________________ "If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together." Lila Watson You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when its shining. You say you love wind, but when its comes you close your window. So that's why I'm scared, when you say you love me. -- Bob Marley

02-16-2013, 11:58 AM	#1740
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