What are you reading?

The JD · 02-09-2014, 12:14 PM

I'm reading the Vampire Academy series. I'm fascinated by vampires in pop culture, and how they're becoming less like monsters and more like superheroes. Thanks to Twilight, they even sparkle.

That said, the Vampire Academy series is quite horrid. And I'm on the third book. Clearly, I'm a masochist.

ONLY · 02-09-2014, 12:21 PM

Last night I finished "The Husband" by Dean Koontz (was okay not as good as his other stuff)

Now I am reading "Crave" by J.R. Ward

Genesis · 02-09-2014, 01:47 PM

Currently reading:

1) "The Emperor of all Maladies: The Biography of Cancer"
By Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.

2) "Forensic Anthropology - 2nd Edition"
By Steven N. Byers

Kätzchen · 02-10-2014, 01:30 PM

Winter weather has kept me from going to my favorite bookstore or library to check out alternate reading materials, so I am here to say that I am still reading from a couple of books I spoke about last time.

I read "Dancing with Embers" and "Written On the Sky" but was touched more by the former book of poetry than the previous book of poetry.

My interest in the Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley "The Annotated Frankenstein" bored me to tears, sadly. I think I'll ask a few more questions about works like this, next time I visit the library.

On the other hand, I find the book of poetry (The Poems of Li Ho) rich with dense history not only about Li Ho, but about cultural impacts during the life and times of Li Ho. It's not a very big book of poetry but what makes it hard to just read for leisure is that editor David Hawkes painstakingly provides footnotes about people or places or things or even highly-regarded cultural notions upheld and revered by members of society, back in his lifetime. So, what I'm trying to say is that a person can't just read the poetry for sheer pleasure without reading a commingling of other ideas which, at times, can puncture what seems like a complete picture. So I'm still wading with poetry by Li Ho.

I am wait-listed for a book I placed on hold, weeks ago.
I imagine it will be available some time in March, maybe early April.

Talon · 02-10-2014, 03:45 PM

Republic Of Outsiders
~The Power Of Amateurs, Dreamers, and Rebels~

By Alissa Quart

homoe · 02-10-2014, 05:21 PM

Slices of Life by Georgia Beers

(I tend to like any book this author writes)

homoe · 02-10-2014, 05:30 PM

The Rape of Europa~ Lynn Nicholas

After finishing the Monuments Men I thought I'd give this a try. Very similar but a more detailed account.

~baby~doll~ · 02-15-2014, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The JD

I'm reading the Vampire Academy series. I'm fascinated by vampires in pop culture, and how they're becoming less like monsters and more like superheroes. Thanks to Twilight, they even sparkle.

That said, the Vampire Academy series is quite horrid. And I'm on the third book. Clearly, I'm a masochist.

Try O Captain my Captain by Katherine V. Forrest. This is a short read but excellent.

fatallyblonde · 02-15-2014, 11:03 PM

I just finished a great juicy bonkbuster A Kept Woman... very fun and salacious.

sis · 02-15-2014, 11:17 PM

I'm in a race with myself to finish reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho by next Friday which is when the monthly meeting of the Guangzhou Foreign Book Club meets to discuss this book. Actually, I'm thinking that as I started it during late December I should start reading it from the beginning. Its not an easy genre for me to read BUT I'm learning a lot about me and where I'm at in life.

Deb

Greco · 02-16-2014, 11:23 AM

"An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth

Reading this once again...delectable writing

Greco

Martina · 02-16-2014, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greco

"An Equal Music" by Vikram Seth

Reading this once again...delectable writing

Greco

I didn't like it. I loved A Suitable Boy. I read that he has written a sequel called A Suitable Girl, I think. Not released yet. He's still editing. I hate it when a writer you like takes years and years to write a book.

I am reading The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. So far, it's entertaining.

Hollylane · 02-17-2014, 01:24 PM

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 (1-6 issues) a graphic novel by Robert Kirkman

Strangely, for me, this is a really good read.

Greco · 02-23-2014, 07:04 AM

Yes, I have heard that "A Suitable Girl" is not yet out. As for "An Equal Music" I found the writing, the plot, and of course I "heard" the music throughout this story. His novel "A Suitable Boy" I also liked but not as much.

Now am reading Nikki Giovanni's "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid"

It is beautiful, sad, and heart-warming for me, and a G_d send.

Greco

=Martina;893037]I didn't like it. I loved A Suitable Boy. I read that he has written a sequel called A Suitable Girl, I think. Not released yet. He's still editing. I hate it when a writer you like takes years and years to write a book.

I am reading The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. So far, it's entertaining.[/QUOTE]

02-09-2014, 12:14 PM	#1
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02-09-2014, 12:21 PM	#2
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02-09-2014, 01:47 PM	#3
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02-15-2014, 11:03 PM	#9
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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	music Yes, I have heard that "A Suitable Girl" is not yet out. As for "An Equal Music" I found the writing, the plot, and of course I "heard" the music throughout this story. His novel "A Suitable Boy" I also liked but not as much. Now am reading Nikki Giovanni's "Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid" It is beautiful, sad, and heart-warming for me, and a G_d send. Greco =Martina;893037]I didn't like it. I loved A Suitable Boy. I read that he has written a sequel called A Suitable Girl, I think. Not released yet. He's still editing. I hate it when a writer you like takes years and years to write a book. I am reading The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. So far, it's entertaining.[/QUOTE]