What book are you reading?

[jackmccullough]

Originally Posted by netwit

I'm reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's a few years old - I had originally bought it for my husband but he wasn't interested in it, but I'm finding it fascinating. Originally, I thought, with reference to New York by Rutherford, that it would be of interest to those who enjoyed that book (which I haven't read), but I hadn't realised until Googling it now that New York is fiction - Mayflower is nonfiction.

Being set in your neck of the woods, Dandj, maybe you'd find it interesting?

I haven't finished it yet - I'm about halfway through. I highly recommend it for lovers of history, or for lovers of American history.

If you're enjoying Mayflower you might also like In the Heart of the Sea, also by Philbrick.

[jackmccullough]

I just finished reading Dracula yesterday and I just downloaded Heart of Darkness, but I've barely started that.

They're both available for free download at the Kindle store.

[Doll Eyes]

I like to get several going at once . I just finished "Running with scissors" a week ago and it was a good read. Here's my current list:

The Book of Ruth

Invisible Monsters

American Music

Red Hook Road

[The Time Baroness]

Originally Posted by netwit

I don't know what to read next. My dad had a small stroke and I need something I can concentrate on. I had planned to read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger but it isn't a sequel to The Time Traveller's Wife, and I'm wondering if it is as engaging as the previous book. I need something that will grab my attention and not let my mind wander.

So sorry to hear about your dad. I loved Her Fearful Symmetry, loved, loved, loved it. I'm a big fan of Niffeneggar's anyway, she's a great inspiration to me as a writer, but HFS isn't exactly romantic like TTTW. It's actually quite dark and sometimes scary. I even had a nightmare about it while reading it, but don't let that scare you away...I'm just rather sensitive As a matter of fact, any book that can affect me that way is worth reading in my view. I say, give it a try, it's definitely a read you can sink your teeth into.

[PhxBarb]

Just finished "Imperfect Justice" by the lawyer who proscecuted Casey Anthony in Florida.
After reading it, I cannot understand the verdict of the jury. And the details in the book are graphic, including the photos in the middle. She is a monster and needs to pay for what she did.

[DawnMTL]

I hate when I've just finished a few fabulous books, New York being the most recent, and then nothing else seems worthy of my time.

I started All the Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner. Nope. Not interested at all, and won't ever be.
I started Age of Iron by J.M. Coetzee. I'm not going to ever get through that either. Too weird for me.

I have a couple more books in my night table but none of them are calling out to me. I have a bunch of books that are en route to me. I hope something arrives today. Maybe the big box of books from my friend in NYC will arrive this week. And I have a few books that I'm on the wait list for at the library (for the Kindle editions) so maybe one of those will come through soon.

[CarolinaWoman]

Originally Posted by PhxBarb

Just finished "Imperfect Justice" by the lawyer who proscecuted Casey Anthony in Florida.
After reading it, I cannot understand the verdict of the jury. And the details in the book are graphic, including the photos in the middle. She is a monster and needs to pay for what she did.

I just finished "Imperfect Justice" and it was a good book. I found the behind the scenes work the prosecution did was amazing with Baez trying to block them anyway he could.

I just started John Grisham's new book "The Litigators."

[kevxu]

Originally Posted by cablejockey

Because its Christmas time I went back to a book I read years ago--The Joyous Season by Patrick Dennis. I am happy to report it hasnt lost a thing over the years--still funny and good to read!
The Joyous Season « the stacks my destination

I loved Patrick Dennis's books.

[jazzcat22]

Dawn, I thought you loved Wallace Stegner. Is the love affair over? Do I need to find you a new literary boyfriend?

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by jazzcat22

Dawn, I thought you loved Wallace Stegner. Is the love affair over? Do I need to find you a new literary boyfriend?

BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Maybe... and preferably one who's still alive.

I do still like him. I just kind of feel like I read his best book (or at least the one that *I* liked the best) first, and it kind of set the bar high. I loved -- absolutely LOVED -- Crossing to Safety. And while I really, really, really enjoyed Remembering Laughter, and also very much liked Angle of Repose, I think that I hit the jackpot on that first one. I have one left that I want to read -- The Spectator Bird -- and I *will* read it. But, yeah, I think the bloom is off the rose.