What book are you reading?

[J-CityRelo]

Originally Posted by peppermint

I agree. I was disappointed. I was expecting something much, much better. I found it in Cutting for Stone. Very good novel. In a day or two I'll be starting The Help. I hope it's better than TLE or Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Folks keep telling me it's good. I hope so. What's your next one?

I may check out The Help too; I've heard so much about it on here and keep meaning to pick it up.

[Pivot Point]

Originally Posted by peppermint

I agree. I was disappointed. I was expecting something much, much better. I found it in Cutting for Stone. Very good novel. In a day or two I'll be starting The Help. I hope it's better than TLE or Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. Folks keep telling me it's good. I hope so. What's your next one?

So far I'm really enjoying it. It captures the place and times well; however, it is a bit depressing.

[TRosa]

Originally Posted by janetvj

I really loved Angela's Ashes. It made me laugh and made me cry - often in the same paragraph. Some of my friends complained that it was too depressing, but I don't agree at all. In fact, I found it more uplifting than depressing, in that someone could live through such a horrible, tragic childhood and not only survive, but thrive.

Count me in as having loved this book. It stands as one of my all time favorites. Angela's Ashes, could have been depressing if not for Mr McCourts wonderful way of spinnig this part of his life's story. One minute you might find yourself in tears, but, by the next paragraph you'll likely be laughing too much to harp on the previous troubles of the characters. No doubt, there is great sadness in the story, but it is more a story of accomplishments, pushing through obstacles and over coming in spite of hardships.

[netwit]

I finished Lucifer's Hammer and I miss it . It was a good, solid story. The challenge now will be finding another story equally absorbing. Last night I finished a fairly thin book that came my way via Amazon, called When I Came West by Laurie Wagner Buyer.

It is a true story of a young woman from the eastern parts of the US, who packed up her bags and went to Montana in the 70s to live with a man she'd never met. And in a cabin without running water or electricity and having never gone camping in her life.

Sounded interesting on Amazon. The book...not so much. The man is a self-absorbed arsehole - his excuse being that he is a Vietnam vet, and the woman comes across as a girl in the way that she thinks she has to put up with his crap. And for a long, long time.

(Hey, maybe I just solved the mystery of why I prefer male authors)

And she seems to think it is normal and 'proving' something to kill all kinds of animals, including mice and kittens, and tanning their little skins. I would get killing kittens if you have too many cats. That is just how things are/were in rural areas. But for mittens? I don't think I'd want to admit that in print.

I grew up in a rural area and we had an outhouse, so rural life in the 70s isn't unfamiliar to me, but the kinds of things her man convinces her are part of rural life as just pure BS.

I didn't learn anything except how stupid some women can be.

Started then on an old book by a writer I discovered accidently, in the last year - Eric S. Nylund. He writes very strange fantasy books and I think Pawn's Dream is his first book. So based on his later books, I ordered this one through Amazon and I'll see how I like that one.

[Ketabcha]

I finished "Those Who Save Us" by Jenna Blum. It was so-so and I was really disappointed.

Right before that one I decided to read an old novel by Leon Uris titled "Armageddon." It's about the Berlin Air Lift. I had read it in the 60s as a teenager and decided to read it again. It's a great book. There is a lot of military history in it. I was surprised to learn that the man who put together "The Hump" also put together the Berlin Air Lift. The Hump was the dangerous CBI (China-Burma-India) flight that the US military pulled off in WWII. My father "flew the Hump" and so that was of interest to me.

But, it's not just a military history it's a love story and it's a good one.

[Rakhi]

I just finished the last of Barry Eilser's books and my my, I LOVED his books. ALL of them.

[peppermint]

I've got The Help going now. It's much better than I feared. I'm only into chapter 7, but I'm enjoying it so far. It engaged me from the first chapter, which is sometimes a challenge in my case. Thanks to those who recommended it.

[netwit]

I'm reading The Nineteenth Wife by David Ebershoff. 150 pages into a 500 plus paged book, I am finding it very interesting in spite of the fact that I have no particular interest in Mormon history. I guess that is the highest compliment one can give a writer - when the quality of their writing is high enough to grab your attention even when the subject itself isn't up your alley.

The only thing that is a bit aggravating is that because I know so little of Mormon history, I don't know due to the brilliant way the book is written, when he is inventing, and when he is writing about actual events or people.

Tomorrow I'm taking my mom to the city, and perhaps - - I will have the opportunity to sneak into a bookstore and 'browse.' It's not like I need more books - I have a ton of them waiting to be read. But...

[light_shimmer]

Originally Posted by netwit

It's not like I need more books - I have a ton of them waiting to be read. But...

But.....is there really such a thing as TOO many books??

[netwit]

Originally Posted by light_shimmer

But.....is there really such a thing as TOO many books??

Okay, okay. Enough already! You talked me into it...