What book are you reading?

[C2ShiningC]

Originally Posted by Ketabcha

Thanks, Midge. Stegner is such a treat to read and Angle of Repose sounds like a great book. I'm still wondering how I managed to have never heard of him. Thank goodness for you and other members of this forum who introduce me to some true winners in the world of books.

I also had never heard of him until the posts here. I checked my library and the only book of his they have is "Angle of Repose," so I put a hold on it. I really do rely on folks here for my "what should I read next."

[pinetreelover]

This thread is soooooooo expensive! I now have THREE books waiting for me - one on my Kindle, one on the way from Amazon and one at the library. In order of acquisition:
1. Veronika Decides to Die
2. Crossing to Safety
3. The End of Your Life Book Club

I am currently finishing "The Alchemist". Slower than it should be because I'm enjoying reading and discussing it with my 17 year old daughter who is such a cool girl.

[Ketabcha]

Originally Posted by pinetreelover

This thread is soooooooo expensive! I now have THREE books waiting for me - one on my Kindle, one on the way from Amazon and one at the library. In order of acquisition:
1. Veronika Decides to Die
2. Crossing to Safety
3. The End of Your Life Book Club

I am currently finishing "The Alchemist". Slower than it should be because I'm enjoying reading and discussing it with my 17 year old daughter who is such a cool girl.

The Alchemist is considered by many to be a classic book. I enjoyed it and it sort of reminded me of The Little Prince. In my opinion Veronika Decides to Die leaves The Alchemist in the dust.

I'm putting The End of Your Life Book Club on Boris the Kindle right now.

Isn't all of this just too much fun? I feel so secure when I have a lot of good books waiting to be read by me.

[miguel's mom]

I started "The Pillars of the Earth" two days ago. Yesterday I decided to put it back in the to-read-pild since I'm not in the mood for anything historical right now. Instead I took out "Twilight" again It's the third time in 4 years that I read this But shallow is quite right at the moment I guess I have to order some new books on amazon today

[DawnMTL]

I finished The End of Your Life Book Club last night. It was good. Not great, but good. He's not a "perfect" writer -- because his conversations with his mother were written from memory, the dialogue was a bit stilted at times. Nobody lets the other person speak in entire PARAGRAPHS during a conversation. But it's a lovely and touching story and I found a lot of interesting books to buy while reading it.

[Rho Ophiuchi]

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, having finally given up on Pale Fire.

The former is a refreshing return to a traditional narrative; I just couldn't handle the endless flipping from the footnotes to look up the referenced line of the poem in the latter, and the work itself wasn't interesting enough to keep me putting up with the hassle. But I was impressed with the unconventional structure of the work.

[DawnMTL]

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordana. So far (on page 29)... disturbing book.

[phonelady61]

Im loving this mrs kimble book by Jennifer Haigh. I hope it continues to be this good all the way through.

[Yeledaf]

Main-Traveled Roads by Hamlin Garland.

A collection of short stories and an early example of "prairie realism". Suffering homesteaders, strong frontier women, the early stirrings of populism, and a partial explanation of how the midwest got to be the way it is. As someone who is totally unfamiliar with that area, but fascinated by the more obscure writers who dealt in American regionalism, I have found Garland's writing quite interesting, in its flaws as well as in its modest successes.

[ylisa7]

Charley's Web by Joy Fielding. A quick read so far. I finished half of it last night.


I'm going to the big library today to see what they have.