What are you reading?

[MJG_Write]

Finished Fablehaven, now trying to decide between The Hero and the Crown, or the first book in The Rangers Apprentice series...

 

[larocca]

Next on the agenda is WHY NOT ME? by Al Franken, not to be confused with the Judds song.

 

[Alessandra Kelley]

Thurber Country, by James Thurber.

 

[larocca]

MY LOBOTOMY by Howard Dully

 

[Devil Ledbetter]

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society.

 

[wheelwriter]

I read Guernsey a while back and thought it was okay. It held my attention but wasn't overly memorable. Right now I'm struggling with At Home by Bill Bryson. I loved A Walk in the Woods, but this feels like a lot to wade through.

 

[.303 Bookworm]

The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold.

 

[Riyyah]

I'm reading The Andromeda Strain. Not the type I'd normally read, but so far I think it's a great book. I like books like this one that I can learn a lot from, rather than just being entertained.

 

[heatherleacubs]

The Kite Runner. I'm about 120 pages in, and am entranced.

 

[maggi90w1]

Ken Folletts "World Without End". Not as good as pillars of the earth.

 

[Devil Ledbetter]

I read Guernsey a while back and thought it was okay. It held my attention but wasn't overly memorable. Right now I'm struggling with At Home by Bill Bryson. I loved A Walk in the Woods, but this feels like a lot to wade through.

I'm on page 21 of Guernsey and still not hooked. So far we have a writer character (again - jeez, are their any literary novels that don't have an MC who's a writer?) I hope it gets better.

I loved A Walk in the Woods too. It's not like the bears signed a treaty ...

 

[Diana_Rajchel]

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. No opinions about it yet; waiting to see if it seems useful.

 

[Alan_Often]

Read a lot lately. In the last three weeks I've gone through 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, True Grit, Frankenstein, and now I'm almost a quarter through Last of the Mohicans. When my commute isn't four hours anymore my reading pace will slow considerably, but it's been nice to catch up on some classics!

 

[Bookmama]

I'm reading (counting listening to audiobooks) Pursuit of Happyness, because I find the story interesting -- what makes some people dare to dream and others not. And I also always like to know what is truth in movies based on real life stories.

And then I'm reading Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy, so I can get more things done! Actually both books in some ways are about continuing to grow my motivation and productivity.

 

[Alessandra Kelley]

Dante, Vita Nuova. He explains the circumstances of how he met Beatrice and how he wrote his poems, with examples.

 

[Graz]

Cry Hard, Cry Fast

 

[Kennetht04]

As it seems, I've just come accross my uncle's collection of old books. Prior to that I found about 1000 old Marvel's.

Right now I'm reading my uncle's book, The Silmarillion. Well... Not this very second, because I'm typing this. You get me

 

[COchick]

The Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood

 

[Kennetht04]

Also... Conan the Barbarian. Lots and lots of those.

 

[Alessandra Kelley]

Dante, Vita Nuova. He explains the circumstances of how he met Beatrice and how he wrote his poems, with examples.

And then it ends and Beatrice is dead and he's been moping aboout writing emo poems for a while (it choked me up) and then he ends it like this (translation by Barbara Reynolds):

After this sonnet there appeared to me a marvellous vision in which I saw things which made me decide to write no more of this blessed one until I could do so more worthily. And to this end I apply myself as much as I can, as she indeed knows. Thus, if it shall please Him by whom all things live that my life continue for a few years, I hope to compose concerning her what has never been written in rhyme of any woman. And then may it please Him who is the Lord of courtesy that my soul may go to see the glory of my lady, that is of the blessed Beatrice, who now in glory beholds the face of Him qui est per omnia secula benedictus.​

He is, of course, talking of The Divine Comedy.

 

[PEBKAC2]

Reading Slaughterhouse-5 again. I remembered it being my kind of humor, but I'd forgotten how sad it is.

 

[Tienci]

The Bone People- Keri Hulme

 

[Paperback Writer]

I'm close to finishing "On Writing" by Stephen King

 

[Purple Ladybug]

I'm rereading The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner.

 

[xenophile]

I'm rereading the ASOIAF series! Loving the show.