What book are you reading?

[peppermint]

Originally Posted by Jess5

Well, I didn't like Room either, and I said Ugh too.
I have read A Handmaid's Tale also, and really liked it.
I'm currently reading In the Still of the Night, Ann Rule's newest.
Right now I'm in a Mary McGarry Morris mood. Mary McGarry Morris - Author's Official Site (http://www.marymcgarrymorris.com/morris-books.htm - broken link)

I'm looking forward to A Handmaid's Tale. My husband liked it so it's my turn now! Keep me posted on books you like.

[Jess5]

Originally Posted by Opyelie

Small World by Tabitha King (wife of Stephen).

I liked this book. As a matter of fact, I've liked all of her books that I've read.

[Jess5]

Originally Posted by peppermint

I'm looking forward to A Handmaid's Tale. My husband liked it so it's my turn now! Keep me posted on books you like.

You do the same, OK. Here are some of my favorites:

The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
I know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

[artemis agrotera]

The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine.

Quite interesting take on the differences and changes to the female brain over a lifetime

[Ketabcha]

I just finished Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout. I knew I would not like it as much as I enjoyed Olive Kitteridge.

But I did. I actually liked it more than Olive Kitteridge. It's a very good book. I enjoyed all the characters and identified with several of them. I actually got a little scared toward the end because things were in a turmoil and I had no idea who had do what to whom. But, I found out to my great relief. It is well worth the time I spent reading it.

[Ketabcha]

Originally Posted by peppermint

I'm looking forward to A Handmaid's Tale. My husband liked it so it's my turn now! Keep me posted on books you like.

A Handmaid's Tale is wonderful. I totally enjoyed that book.

[peppermint]

Thanks for the support for A Handmaid's Tale! Started it last night.

Originally Posted by Jess5

You do the same, OK. Here are some of my favorites:

The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
I know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Several of these are on my "to-read" list. I have read To Kill a Mockingbird and really liked it. I don't read much fiction because it's so difficult for me to find things I like. Here are a few:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - LOVED
Bleak House by Charles Dickens (takes a bit to really get into it)
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Love Tolkien, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, John Jakes (total fluff, I know) and Larry McMurtry (again fluff). *sigh* Maybe I'm more a classics girl.

[hutch5]

"Hard Times" by Dickens.

I read it 25 years ago in school and found it terribly tedious while I am really enjoying it now.

[Ketabcha]

I'm reading Why Sinatra Matters by Pete Hamill.

It's excellent. I'm about half way through. It's a thin tome but packed full of interesting facts about people who were/are known to my generation: Early Boomers and our parents. Hamill really liked Sinatra a lot. They were drinking buddies. I've read nearly everything that Hamill has written. He's one of my favorite authors/journalists. He cuts to the chase and cutting with Hamill is always great fun and extremely informative.

It's not a biography. It's more of a character sketch of Sinatra and myriad other interesting folks. It's actully very humorous, sensitive and a fond remembrance which includes fights. LOL. My first thought was that my father would have loved this book.

It's a very quick read and totally enjoyable, IMO.

[Jess5]

Originally Posted by peppermint

Thanks for the support for A Handmaid's Tale! Started it last night.



Several of these are on my "to-read" list. I have read To Kill a Mockingbird and really liked it. I don't read much fiction because it's so difficult for me to find things I like. Here are a few:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving - LOVED
Bleak House by Charles Dickens (takes a bit to really get into it)
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Love Tolkien, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, John Jakes (total fluff, I know) and Larry McMurtry (again fluff). *sigh* Maybe I'm more a classics girl.

I've read most of those, but, I didn't care for Owen Meany. That kid got on my nerves much like the kid in Room. I keep picking up Cutting for Stone, but it just doesn't grab me, so I always put it back, but, then next time I'll pick it up and look at it again.