What are you reading???

[angiefox10]

What are you reading??? How would you rate it? Would you recommend it and why?

[linandvin]

The Help...third finished....so far, very good. Want to see it before I see the movie.

[barb1191]

Am in the middle of The Help and just can't get into it. Hubs read it and really enjoyed it and it's been so acclaimed by most critics that there's a movie coming out soon of it.

Must get back to my iPad and plug along again until it catches me.

[angiefox10]

I know... I have it but havn't started it yet. I also want to read it before I see the movie!!!

The Art Of Racing in The Rain is the same way... hard to get into and hard to put down when you do!

[FMF Doc]

What are you reading??? How would you rate it? Would you recommend it and why?

Warlord by Ted Bell. Pretty good so far.

[linandvin]

Just finished Art of Racing in the Rain! Loved it!

[ducati1974]

Just finished Black Cross by Greg Iles- very good! Now reading The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Enjoyed the first two books of the series.

[chuckinca]

Still working on the first page of Ulysses!


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[angiefox10]

Just finished Art of Racing in the Rain! Loved it!


Was it hard to get into??? I thought it started out cheesy.... But LOVED it!!!

[angiefox10]

Just finished Black Cross by Greg Iles- very good! Now reading The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. Enjoyed the first two books of the series.


A girlfriend told me to read 24 Hours by Greg Iles.. I couldn't put it down!!!

[angiefox10]

Still working on the first page of Ulysses!


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Seriously???? I mean... That sounds like heavy reading... Are you messing with me????

[chuckinca]

It's a joke - - -


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[angiefox10]

It's a joke - - -


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Whew..... *laughing* I thought it was... and didn't know how to ask!!! :a20:

[skyguy79]

I know... I have it but havn't started it yet. I also want to read it before I see the movie!!!

The Art Of Racing in The Rain is the same way... hard to get into and hard to put down when you do!I have never been a reader up until about 5 years ago at which I started reading quite a bit. A little over 2 years ago I lost my motivation to read and haven't read since.

When I read your OP the first book that came to mind was The Art of Racing in the Rain and it wasnt too long after reading it that I lost my motivation, but not because of the Racing book. I did love that book and it's the only book I kept after reading because I wanted to re-read it sometime into the future. However, I have about 4 boxes of books that I haven't read yet packed for our move to TV, and at the rate I'm reading I think I'll have to be re-incarnated a couple of time before I can get caught up and back to the Art of Racing! :D

[uujudy]

I really enjoyed The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a collection of short stories about Indians, and most of the stories take place in Boston, but a few are in India. I love reading about different cultures. :read:

On another note, a friend gave me an Amazon gift card for my birthday this week, and I can't find anything on their website that sounds REALLY, REALLY good to read. Racing in the Rain sounds very sad (I don't want a sad book for my birthday book), and 24 Hours sounds scary (I find I don't enjoy books where children are at risk anymore. Yes, I know it's fiction, but still...)

I LOVED The Help. Finished it in 2 days! lol

Any suggestions for my gift card?

[Barefoot]

I just found out how to download free books from the local library and read them on my iPad. Cool. Gotta love Picoult, Grisham, Delinsky.

[uujudy]

Bare, you can download them from The Villages/Sumter county library? Gotta get an iPad!

[skyguy79]

Racing in the Rain sounds very sad (I don't want a sad book for my birthday book) I don't want to give too much away about the book for the sake of those who want to read it but haven't yet, but "very sad" is not near how I would describe it.

What it is, is a heartwarming story about a man and his close canine companion, and what really makes it interesting is that it's told or narrated from the perspective of the dog. Although there is an element of sadness, the series of events dictated by the dog overshadows that sadness and replaces it with a feeling that somewhat resembles a feeling you get deep down inside when you first fall in love... at least it did for me!

I think I've described as much as I can without revealing that which can both surprise you and generate the feelings that I have described. I too was hesitant to buy and read it at first, but I was oh so glad I did by the time that I finished reading it!

BTW, the full title of the book is "Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog."

Racing in the Rain on Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/3gcqc79

[l2ridehd]

I read way to much. Just finished this week, Code of Honor by James Patterson, Star Island by Carl Hiasson, and The Spy by Clive Cussler. I would rate them Outstanding, just OK, and excellent.

Was disappointed in Star Island and I am usually a fan of his books. A little to far out in the not believable space.

[linandvin]

Angie, not hard to get into, as it was a fast read. I will re-read this in the future. It put the strength we need in life into perspective. Keep the shiny side up, and always look at the next turn in life.

[skyguy79]

I read way to much. Just finished this week, Code of Honor by James Patterson, Star Island by Carl Hiasson, and The Spy by Clive Cussler. I would rate them Outstanding, just OK, and excellent.

Was disappointed in Star Island and I am usually a fan of his books. A little to far out in the not believable space.Aah, Clive Cussler! Each book I read was a big adventure in a small package. Getting through each without getting the bends or even drowning is nothing short of a miracle. LoL! I have several titles of his in the books I have packed for our move and when I get removotivated to get back into reading, his will be one of two authors I'll be reading first!

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[brostholder]

Currently reading "State of Wonder by Ann Patchett and just loving the quality of the writing. Recently finished:
"The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos" ; "The Empire of the Summer Moon" .....both were great.

[angiefox10]

I really enjoyed The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a collection of short stories about Indians, and most of the stories take place in Boston, but a few are in India. I love reading about different cultures. :read:

On another note, a friend gave me an Amazon gift card for my birthday this week, and I can't find anything on their website that sounds REALLY, REALLY good to read. Racing in the Rain sounds very sad (I don't want a sad book for my birthday book), and 24 Hours sounds scary (I find I don't enjoy books where children are at risk anymore. Yes, I know it's fiction, but still...)

I LOVED The Help. Finished it in 2 days! lol

Any suggestions for my gift card?


If you are looking for LOL books. You might try Janet Evonivich Number series. I don't know of anyone who can read them without laughing!!!

I loved Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster.

[graciegirl]

I use Janet Evanavich for my medication in stressful times.

Funny, comfortable, witty....and I am becoming the grandma in the series.

Horrors!

[brostholder]

A girlfriend told me to read 24 Hours by Greg Iles.. I couldn't put it down!!!
My eyes hurt if I read that long!

[movinsoon]

Gracie -- I really enjoy her as well. I purchased all of her books for my Kindle and although I had read some of them I started with #1 and have now finished # 17 and can't wait for more.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Still working on the first page of Ulysses!


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That's ambitious! Good luck-- I've tried several times but was bested every time.
I did like "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" though. Joyce is not for the casual reader.:BigApplause:
Just finished "The Bell Jar"-- sad very sad.

[skyguy79]

My eyes hurt if I read that long!Me too! :highfive:

[angiefox10]

My eyes hurt if I read that long!


ummm NO... it's a book... Oh never mind.... :doh:

OK.. You are funny... but from now on.. I do the jokes!!!:cryin2:

[RichieLion]

I'm a constant reader and generally lean toward fantasy, sci-fi, westerns and other escapist genre. Right now I'm on a Louie L'amour kick. A friend of my wife heard I enjoy Mr. L'amour's books and gave me a box of, maybe, a hundred novels by him. Right now I'm reading Silver Canyon, but by tomorrow I'll be into another one.

Included in the box were all 17 Sackett Family novels and I'm wading through his singular works right now before I get into the Sackett Family saga. An interesting fact is that Mr. L'amour died before he completed the Sackett's saga, and that was the motivation that got horror fantasy Steven King off his keister to finally finish his Dark Tower series, which I always happily devoured some time back.

[another Linda]

Highly highly highly recommend Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Also Ape House by Sara Gruen, Secret Daughter by (not sure, an Indian), and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. I found Room (not sure of author) very difficult -- about a young woman kidnapped and held prisoner for many years in a wacko's back yard prison. Too close to reality.

I find myself in 2 book groups (how did that happen?) so I'm reading lots that I would not necessarily pick on my own.

[angiefox10]

I can't wait to go to TV to join a book club!!!! I have NEVER belonged to one. I think it will be one of the first clubs I join!:thumbup:

[skyguy79]

OK.. You are funny... but from now on.. I do the jokes!!!:cryin2:http://www.politicalwrinkles.com/images/smilies/tomato.gif You'll have to get by me first!:throwtomatoes:

[angiefox10]

:spoken:

[Tom Hannon]

Right now, Im reading comments from a Talk of The Village post titled "What are you reading?"

[angiefox10]

Another wise guy!!!!


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[ladydoc]

I read way to much. Just finished this week, Code of Honor by James Patterson, Star Island by Carl Hiasson, and The Spy by Clive Cussler. I would rate them Outstanding, just OK, and excellent.

Was disappointed in Star Island and I am usually a fan of his books. A little to far out in the not believable space.

I read way too much as well. Reading even more with the Kindle. I can barely tolerate reading a paperbook anymore. I am finally getting to reading The Help. Have had it for a long time and it finally is at the top of the list.

Just finished a couple of Vampire books by Guilleramo Del Torro (Director of Pan's Labyrinth) and Chuck Hogan. It is a trilogy and the first two are out and excellent. The first one is The Strain and the second is The Fall. These are not like any other vampire books I have read. The characters are memorable and fully fleshed out. The descriptions of the places events take place let you imagine exactly what it would look and feel like. Scary, scary books because of the way the vampires are created. You do not need to be a fan of this form of literature to enjoy them.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood books are also very good, but not as good as the Del Torro series.

[DandyGirl]

Just finished The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Read all three books in a week cause I couldn't put them down!

[angiefox10]

I don't remember if I posted this here...


http://youtu.be/0eIFoz-Tjf8

Enjoy!

[angiefox10]

And for all you Kindle readers....

http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/

Some great books here!!!

[Mudder]

The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, a Norwegian writer. Just as good as Stieg Larsson's books.
Unbroken is another excellent book.

[missyomama]

I have just finished reading Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney. This is coming out in movie form soon so if your interested you should read the book first.
I also read two books by Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much is True. I found I could not put any of these down, they were all page turners.

[angiefox10]

I have just finished reading Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney. This is coming out in movie form soon so if your interested you should read the book first.
I also read two books by Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much is True. I found I could not put any of these down, they were all page turners.


I LOVED Sarah's Key!!!! I forgot about that... And along that line... The Book Thief!!!

[downeaster]

I am currently re-reading most of Mark Twain's works using Kindle.

[uujudy]

I don't want to give too much away about the book for the sake of those who want to read it but haven't yet, but "very sad" is not near how I would describe it.

. . . I too was hesitant to buy and read it at first, but I was oh so glad I did by the time that I finished reading it!

BTW, the full title of the book is "Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog."

Racing in the Rain on Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/3gcqc79

Thanks for the info, SkyGuy. Maybe I'll give it a try, but did you read the reviews at Amazon? Did you read the reviewers who said they cried while reading the book? They CRIED, SkyGuy! I still haven't gotten over Old yeller and Bambi. :(

[uujudy]

Thanks to everybody for their recommendations! I took notes!
:thumbup:

[Barefoot]

Bare, you can download them from The Villages/Sumter county library? Gotta get an iPad!

The last time I checked with the Sumter Library, they didn't have the download available. However I'm in Canada now and strangely, our tiny corner library has free book download. Goodbye to lugging bags of books around. Yes, Judy, get an iPad ... They are so handy! I loooooove my iPad! :thumbup:

[2BNTV]

Right now, Im reading comments from a Talk of The Village post titled "What are you reading?"

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[2BNTV]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading:

1. "Team of Rivals", by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It's about Lincoln and his combative cabinet.

2. "FDR", by Jean Edward Smith.

I was impressed by the amount of detailed information that was presented as these writers spent a lot of time researching their subjects.

IMHO - Not short reads but thoroughly engrossing to me.

[uujudy]

The last time I checked with the Sumter Library, they didn't have the download available. However I'm in Canada now and strangely, our tiny corner library has free book download. Goodbye to lugging bags of books around. Yes, Judy, get an iPad ... They are so handy! I loooooove my iPad! :thumbup:

Thanks for the info, Bare! I didn't know you were STILL in Canadia! (Sorry, my daughter calls it Canadia, and I 'caught' it from her. lol)

When you're in TV can you access your little library back home and download books? (I still belong to my little library back home, so I'm thinking ahead to my iPad... :laugh:)

Judy

[wendyquat]

Thanks for the info, SkyGuy. Maybe I'll give it a try, but did you read the reviews at Amazon? Did you read the reviewers who said they cried while reading the book? They CRIED, SkyGuy! I still haven't gotten over Old yeller and Bambi. :(

I'm with you uujudy! I sure ain't gonna pick it up and read it if I KNOW it will make me cry! I'll never get over Old Yeller and wish I'd never seen it!!:cryin2:

[Barefoot]

Thanks for the info, Bare! I didn't know you were STILL in Canadia! (Sorry, my daughter calls it Canadia, and I 'caught' it from her. lol)

When you're in TV can you access your little library back home and download books? (I still belong to my little library back home, so I'm thinking ahead to my iPad... :laugh:)

Judy

Yes, Judy, sadly I must be in exile in Canadia for six months each year. I'd much rather be in TV. (Although I think it is at least 20 degrees cooler here).

Yes, when I'm in Florida I can still access my little library back in Ontario Canada, and download books. It's just like magic. I've spent a lifestime hauling bags of books on car trips, in airplanes, to the cottage, etc. I could never be without a choice of books. :read:

Now I can download five books at a time. If I find them uninteresting, I just return them to the library and download more. Easy peasy. Love it. :thumbup:

[BeeGee]

so I read South of Broad a few months ago. Loved it!!! Was still in a Conroy mood, so I'm reading Prince of Tides now on my Kindle. It's one of his older books, but I realized that I had never read it (saw the movie, but don't really remember a lot about the plot). Anyway, I am really enjoying this book. Love Conroy's way of writing and love the references to South Carolina - The Help is next. Thought maybe I'd read Water for Elephants to compare with the movie. I love my Kindle - many reasons, but most important to me, there's no eye strain because the screen isn't backlit, so it's easier on my older eyes.

[zcaveman]

Bare, you can download them from The Villages/Sumter county library? Gotta get an iPad!

The Villages library does not have downloadable books. I asked (even though I do not have an Ereader).

Z

[zcaveman]

I am working on several authors. I am trying to finish all of the Robert B. Parker books. I have a few of the Spencer series to go. I am also working through the Vince Flynn series, the different Clive Cussler series and the Jack Higgins series. I also like all of the James Patterson series and the Michael Connelly series.

Back a long tine ago, one of the TOTV patrons posted this link:

http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp

If the author has a series with the same character you will be able to get a list of the books by that author in the series. It is very useful if the books follow one another. I use this to order books from the library. I keep the list in a file and check off the ones I have read. But be careful because the list will grow if the author puts out another book in the same series. Clive Cussler is one to watch for that.

Z

[uujudy]

I'm with you uujudy! I sure ain't gonna pick it up and read it if I KNOW it will make me cry! I'll never get over Old Yeller and wish I'd never seen it!!:cryin2:

And Sky Guy recommended it for a "birthday book." sigh
Nope. Ain't gonna happen.

[uujudy]

Yes, Judy, sadly I must be in exile in Canadia for six months each year. I'd much rather be in TV. (Although I think it is at least 20 degrees cooler here).

Yes, when I'm in Florida I can still access my little library back in Ontario Canada, and download books. It's just like magic. I've spent a lifestime hauling bags of books on car trips, in airplanes, to the cottage, etc. I could never be without a choice of books. :read:

Now I can download five books at a time. If I find them uninteresting, I just return them to the library and download more. Easy peasy. Love it. :thumbup:

That clinches it! Gotta get an iPad/E-reader/internet tablet/whatchamacallit! My little library in Utah has many, many books available to download. :read:
Magic indeed!

And Bare, 20 degrees cooler than Florida sounds very nice right about now.

[uujudy]

so I read South of Broad a few months ago... I love my Kindle - many reasons, but most important to me, there's no eye strain because the screen isn't backlit, so it's easier on my older eyes.

BeeGee what does this mean? I thought backlit meant that I could read it in bed? Wouldn't that be a good thing? Is backlit harder to see?

[collie1228]

I have a fourteen hour flight from Detroit to Korea tomorrow, with a continuing two hours to Taiwan. I just starting the fifth Women's Murder Club mystery (The Fifth Horsemen) by James Patterson (actually these are written "over his name" by assistant writers, which bothers me greatly, but the series is quite good). And I bought a second book, the latest of John Sandford's Lucas Davenport series, Buried Prey. Both are on my SONY E-Reader, which I absolutely love. Between these page turners (or is it page clickers on an ebook?) and the great entertainment system on Delta's Boeing 777 Business Class, I'll be well entertained tomorrow.

Plus the free business class wine is pretty good too . . . .

[Barefoot]

BeeGee what does this mean? I thought backlit meant that I could read it in bed? Wouldn't that be a good thing? Is backlit harder to see?

My iPad has reader's choices. One choice is for reading in bed at night .... I'd assume it is backlit, it has a black screen with bright letters, so you don't need to have a reading light on. I love it. And there is another type of screen for daytime reading. And the iPad also has a choice of the size of print.

[meowbunny]

Just finished Water for Elephants, The Kite Runner, Blue Gold by Cussler and The Confession by Grisham. All very good to excellent! Presently reading Sizzlin Sixteen by Evanovich, Cure by Robin Cook and The Vorpal Blade by Ringo Starr. Yes, all three at once. If you like scifi, I highly recommend Starr. Sizzlin Sixteen is my pool book. Cure is too easy to put down right now. I'm hoping it gets better.

[uujudy]

My iPad has reader's choices. One choice is for reading in bed at night .... I'd assume it is backlit, it has a black screen with bright letters, so you don't need to have a reading light on. I love it. And there is another type of screen for daytime reading. And the iPad also has a choice of the size of print.

I'm taking notes!

[BeeGee]

BeeGee what does this mean? I thought backlit meant that I could read it in bed? Wouldn't that be a good thing? Is backlit harder to see?

Kindle has "e-ink" whatever that is - it was explained that the reading is similar to a real page, as in real book, real newspaper - all I know is the online "geeks" (I mean this in the kindest way) that review the ereaders say that the e-ink is easier on the eyes - not like reading a computer screen, that's very tiring. Anyway, yes, you would need a reading light to read in bed....they have those especially for the kindles, attaches right to it. It is so user-friendly.....and best of all, it works for me!

[uujudy]

I'm reading This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy. It's a little gem of a book of short stories all centered around the Christmas season.

I love Maeve Binchy so I picked it up at Perkins Pancakes last week. (They have books that you can take home for a donation to a children's group)

And, I discovered another reason to get an e-reader while trying to hold the book open with a banana while I ate dinner tonight. E-readers lie flat all by themselves!

[barb1191]

Hub Bill is reading "Atlas Shrugged" on the iPad and I'm reading "The Help" on the Kindle. This hi-tech stuff is fantastic and certainly makes it so easy to read more and more and more as these great novels are at one's fingertips......Luv it......b

[Barefoot]

Hub Bill is reading "Atlas Shrugged" on the iPad and I'm reading "The Help" on the Kindle. This hi-tech stuff is fantastic and certainly makes it so easy to read more and more and more as these great novels are at one's fingertips......Luv it......b

Barb .. In the iPad versus Kindle controversy, which is your preference for reading e-books?

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Hub Bill is reading "Atlas Shrugged" on the iPad and I'm reading "The Help" on the Kindle. This hi-tech stuff is fantastic and certainly makes it so easy to read more and more and more as these great novels are at one's fingertips......Luv it......b

You are an adventurous reader Bill--- Atlas Shrugged isn't for the casual reader.:coolsmiley::clap2::thumbup::22yikes:

[barb1191]

Barb .. In the iPad versus Kindle controversy, which is your preference for reading e-books?

BF....That's a good question that I never gave thought to as we enjoy both so much. However, a plus with the iPad is that one can read in "landscape" mode which allows you to read two pages on the screen (like an open book) and the kindle has the "portrait" mode only, showing one page at a time.

[Barefoot]

BF....That's a good question that I never gave thought to as we enjoy both so much. However, a plus with the iPad is that one can read in "landscape" mode which allows you to read two pages on the screen (like an open book) and the kindle has the "portrait" mode only, showing one page at a time.

The iPad has a landscape mode?? News to me, and I read on my iPad all the time. How do you access landscape mode?

I love the backlit feature for reading in bed, love it ... no reading light necessary to disturb Fireboy's sleep.

[barb1191]

The iPad has a landscape mode?? News to me, and I read on my iPad all the time. How do you access landscape mode?

I love the backlit feature for reading in bed, love it ... no reading light necessary to disturb Fireboy's sleep.

If your iPad doesn't automatically change from landscape to portrait just by holding it in either position, then go to "Settings" and then click on "Video" then turn "ON" "Widescreen."

When I first got the iPad, it would flip-flop automatically to widescreen or portrait, but recently it hasn't been doing that as it stays in widescreen (landscape language in computers). We're now up North at our inlaw digs and will ask my great-grandson Kyle (15 y/o) to check this out. Am still not too savvy on the iPad, but do enjoy what simple things I do on it, and of course the e-reader is great. Kyle has been doing the add-on's and fixin's for us. Amazing how easy this comes to the kids, and this hi-tech stuff is beyond me, although I do manage, with much patience and fortitude.

[Pat_RI]

Reading Pat Conroy.

[Avista]

I had my Nook a long time and loved it. My husband is now reading the Nook and I am reading on my iPad. There are a couple of benefits of the iPad. I downloaded Nook, Kindle and and iBook Apps and can price check each to see if the prices vary. If I think my husband would enjoy the book, I always order on the Nook as it will go to both devises-Nook and iPad. I prefer, just a little, the eink of the Nook or Kindle. However, one can turn the glare down very easily with the iPad. Once I discovered this, the reading was much easier on my eyes.

[Pturner]

I'm reading, Alice I Have Been, by Melanie Benjamin. It's a novel about the real life Alice Liddell, who was the inspiration for Lewis Carol's (real name,
Charles Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I'm about 1/3 way through and it is delightful so far. I was a big "Alice in Wonderland" fan as a kid, so this book peaked my interest.

My book club is reading, Babylon Revisited, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I've just started it.

Loved, The help, and highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.
:read:

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Reading Pat Conroy.

I've read him.. what a damaged childhood he must have had.:read:

[Larry Wilson]

"Rise To Rebellion" by Jeff Shaara

[alemorkam]

Jaycee Dugard. what an amazing person. survived all those years in the back yard of that pervert.

[uujudy]

Just finished Belle Weather; Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark. What a hoot! It's a great pool book, but don't drink anything while you're reading or it will shoot out your nose. There's a laugh on every page. :D

[Pturner]

Just finished Belle Weather; Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark. What a hoot! It's a great pool book, but don't drink anything while you're reading or it will shoot out your nose. There's a laugh on every page. :D

Love a good laugh! It's on my list. Thanks.

[Sherman931]

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes...novel about the horrors of the Vietnam war. Great reading.

[BeeGee]

I'm reading, Alice I Have Been, by Melanie Benjamin. It's a novel about the real life Alice Liddell, who was the inspiration for Lewis Carol's (real name,
Charles Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I'm about 1/3 way through and it is delightful so far. I was a big "Alice in Wonderland" fan as a kid, so this book peaked my interest.

My book club is reading, Babylon Revisited, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I've just started it.

Loved, The help, and highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it yet.
:read:
I too was always a "Alice in Wonderland" fan as a child....read it many times back then, and twice more as an older "child".:smiley:

[Barefoot]

I just finished "Not My Daughter" by Delinsky, an interesting read. The author reminds me of Jodi Picoult.

[babs1199]

What are you reading??? How would you rate it? Would you recommend it and why?

I just finished True Colors by Kristin Hannah, wonderful book could not put it down. Started reading it yesterday and finished today.....

[Barefoot]

I just finished True Colors by Kristin Hannah, wonderful book could not put it down. Started reading it yesterday and finished today.....

Did that author also write "Angel Falls"?
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Oh, never mind, I just googled her .. It looks as if she has written lots of easy-reading "beach books". Thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely be downloading her!

[collie1228]

I just got back from my trip and read both books I took with me. If you like police procedurals, you can't go wrong with Buried Prey, the latest in the Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford. A real page turner (not to be confused with PTurner, LOL). After a couple of duds, Sandford is back - really a good read. The second book I read was The Fifth Horsemen by one of James Patterson's ghost writers. This is the fifth in the Women's Murder Club series, and wasn't great. I loved one through four, but this one really pushed the envelope of believability. After this one, I'm not sure I want to read number 6. I'm still bothered by Patterson selling books under his name in large type, with the actual writer's name in small print. He's become nothing be

[collie1228]

Sorry - It hit submit rather than preview.

He's become nothing but a high priced editor, not an author.

[The Great Fumar]

GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC........by Amelia Earhart............

:read:.....fumar

[vclaes]

A girlfriend told me to read 24 Hours by Greg Iles.. I couldn't put it down!!!

Agree with you. Just a FUN :read:. Just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (GREAT :read:), Pink Boots and a Machete, and The American Heiress. Trying to finish Oracle Bones. This is a great thread. Really like the variety of books listed.

[Ohiogirl]

Thanks, everyone, for the additions to my book list. I've just started "The Book Thief," a little slow getting into it, but I loved Sarah's Key, so I'll stick with it on the previous recommendation. I also like most anything by Elizabeth Berg and Lorna Landvik (contemporary women's fiction would be the genre, I guess). Also like Robin Pilcher (Rosamunde Pilcher's son), and Marcia Willett (British) - reminds me of Maeve Binchy. Also enjoy Anne Rivers Siddons (usually) and Dorothea Benton Frank. A lighter Pat Conroy, although I like him too. On the lighter side, I like Marian Keyes (Irish, kind of chick-lit, but fun).

Liked the 1st half of "Unbroken," but got too depressed by the POW stuff and didn't finish it. On my request list at the library is "The Lost Summer of Louisa Mae Alcott and "The Devil in the White City."

My bookclub read "The Space Between Us" about the Indian class system, but I'm having trouble getting into "The White Tiger." Think all of that third world poverty is just getting too difficult to read about, depressing. Anyone know if "The White Tiger" gets better?

[cologal]

Just downloaded The Help to my Ipad...going on vacation this week so I have time.

[sunflower3630]

I recently finished Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It's about a 50 yr. old female professer at Harvard who is diagnosed with early-onsent Alzheimer's. The story is told through her eyes. I read it in a day. Some parts are scary, as I'm sure we can all identify with memory lapses. Overall, it was a very good book.

I loved Sarah's Key. Didn't think I would like it and put off reading it for several months, but once I started it, I couldn't put it down. Can't wait to see the movie!

Just today I picked up Where the River Ends by Charles Martin. It (and he) came very highly recommended by members of my Book Club. So far so good.

Love this thread! Keep the books coming!

[Barefoot]

I recently finished Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It's about a 50 yr. old female professer at Harvard who is diagnosed with early-onsent Alzheimer's. The story is told through her eyes. I read it in a day. Some parts are scary, as I'm sure we can all identify with memory lapses. Overall, it was a very good book.



Hey Sunflower ... I also just finished "Still Alice" and I thought it was an excellent book. I sat down and read it from cover to cover. I went on to read other books by Lisa Genova.

"Still Alice" is definitely scary in parts. It describes a brilliant woman trying to "outthink" her disease and plan ahead to deal with her eventual deterioration. It sounds depressing, but it's a compelling book. I highly recommend it.

[LovingLife]

Thanks, everyone, for the additions to my book list. I've just started "The Book Thief," a little slow getting into it, but I loved Sarah's Key, so I'll stick with it on the previous recommendation. I also like most anything by Elizabeth Berg and Lorna Landvik (contemporary women's fiction would be the genre, I guess). Also like Robin Pilcher (Rosamunde Pilcher's son), and Marcia Willett (British) - reminds me of Maeve Binchy. Also enjoy Anne Rivers Siddons (usually) and Dorothea Benton Frank. A lighter Pat Conroy, although I like him too. On the lighter side, I like Marian Keyes (Irish, kind of chick-lit, but fun).

Liked the 1st half of "Unbroken," but got too depressed by the POW stuff and didn't finish it. On my request list at the library is "The Lost Summer of Louisa Mae Alcott and "The Devil in the White City."

My bookclub read "The Space Between Us" about the Indian class system, but I'm having trouble getting into "The White Tiger." Think all of that third world poverty is just getting too difficult to read about, depressing. Anyone know if "The White Tiger" gets better?
You mentioned two of my favorites: Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher... I've recently happened across a new-to-me author whose writing style I find hilarious: Dave Eggers. Currently reading his book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" - anybody besides me read it?

[joeken]

I recently finished "Still Glides the Stream" by Flora Thompson. She also wrote the books making up the volumne "Larkrise to Candleford". They all tell a very discriptive story of life in late 19th and early 20th century village life in England. They are well written and the story flows as a stream.

I have also finished "What Would the Founders Say?" Larry Schwei**** takes ten of todays political issues and formulates what our country's founders would have thought. Interesting and engrossing.

This has lead me to re-read the Constitution and dive into the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. For lighter fare I am also re-reading "The Scarlet Letter" and the Harry Potter series.

[bkcunningham1]

I recently finished "Still Glides the Stream" by Flora Thompson. She also wrote the books making up the volumne "Larkrise to Candleford". They all tell a very discriptive story of life in late 19th and early 20th century village life in England. They are well written and the story flows as a stream.

I have also finished "What Would the Founders Say?" Larry Schwei**** takes ten of todays political issues and formulates what our country's founders would have thought. Interesting and engrossing.

This has lead me to re-read the Constitution and dive into the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. For lighter fare I am also re-reading "The Scarlet Letter" and the Harry Potter series.

First, welcome to Talk of the Villages (TOTV). Also, thank you for the book recommendations. I'm going to look for "What Would the Founders Say?"

[2BNTV]

First, welcome to Talk of the Villages (TOTV). Also, thank you for the book recommendations. I'm going to look for "What Would the Founders Say?"

Ditto.

:welcome: to TOTV. Keep on posting.

[KatzPajamas]

Definitely will have to get a copy of Racing in the Rain. I love dog stories. I have an ancient copy of "Lad, a Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. It was written in the 1919 about the authors collies. I get my copy out every few years in the summer and re-read it! Just re-read Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegone Days". Laugh out loud humor especially for a Lutheran like me.

[Trish Crocker]

Just started 'The Help'...enjoying it when I can!

[2BNTV]

I just finished reading the first two of three books written by Stieg Larsson.
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tatto.
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire.
3. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet Nest is the one I am waiting for the library to tell me it's in.

Long books but page turners.

[skyguy79]

Definitely will have to get a copy of Racing in the Rain. I love dog stories. I have an ancient copy of "Lad, a Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. It was written in the 1919 about the authors collies. I get my copy out every few years in the summer and re-read it! Just re-read Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegone Days". Laugh out loud humor especially for a Lutheran like me.I'm not much of a reader but I did love Racing in the Rain. At the end I wished there were more.

After 2 years since I read my last book, I just started a Clive Cussler book titled "The Chase" (Issac Bell Series) on my droid Nook reader application. I had read a number of his works in the past and was surprised that this one wasn't nautical in nature like his NUMA Files and Dirk Pitt series. Never knew he wrote anything else! "The Chase" is a murder mystery! Sheese... I was a chapter in before I realized it!

[ladydoc]

I am reading the Dixie Diva books. About a group of outrageous southern women and their mishaps and adventures. VERY funny..laugh out loud funny. Almost as good as the Sweet Potato Queens books.

[quirky3]

I just ordered "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life". I will let you know how it was after it arrives!

It is supposed to be a refreshing look at the second half of life - instead of "I've fallen and I can't get up", it talks about the time in life when we learn patience, forgiveness, and concern for other people. We look at life realistically, and with joy and appreciation.

[Trish Crocker]

Just finished 'The Help'. I enjoyed it but honestly I was a little disappointed...I wanted to like it more than I did. I didn't feel as though I really knew any of the characters. I love a book that makes me love, hate, envy, root for or fear the characters in it. i just didn't feel any depth. Maybe it was just the mood I was in?

[angiefox10]

Just finished 'The Help'. I enjoyed it but honestly I was a little disappointed...I wanted to like it more than I did. I didn't feel as though I really knew any of the characters. I love a book that makes me love, hate, envy, root for or fear the characters in it. i just didn't feel any depth. Maybe it was just the mood I was in?

Don't you think that sometimes when you hear so much about a book or movie and you finally read it... it's somewhat of a let down? I think my expectations are too high.

I remember thinking that about E.T. Sooo much hype and by the time I saw it, I felt like, Is that all there is????

[LELANDJANE]

A friend recommended a series of books by Tasha Alexander . I downloaded the series to my Kindle and I'm on the
4th one. They're about a wealthy woman in the victorian period who shuns the rules of society to live a little outside the way of the women of that time.
She becomes a kind of detective in solving mysteries for friends and acquaintances. I'm really liking them.

[barb1191]

Don't you think that sometimes when you hear so much about a book or movie and you finally read it... it's somewhat of a let down? I think my expectations are too high.

I remember thinking that about E.T. Sooo much hype and by the time I saw it, I felt like, Is that all there is????

I share your feelings about HELP. Hubby enjoyed it along with so many others, yet I've attempted to get into the book and find it dull and boring. Each time I persevere and read a few more chapters, I set it down and forget about it as if it just didn't click with me. However, the movie has been well acclaimed so maybe I should see the movie and then finish the book. No big deal. I have sooo many books on my iPad that I'll never be lost for a good story.

I just finished a recently-published book, "Heartfelt Stories" written by Peggy Morgan Hatfield, who happens to be my dear friend and neighbor here in The Villages. The book is non-fiction, made up of short stories from her journal throughout Peggy's life. Easy read, delightfully amusing as well as portraying love and devotion to family, faith, and friends from which strength of character prevails. I purchased the book from Amazon, but not as an eBook as I would like her to sign the book.

[BeeGee]

I love crime stories/murder mysteries - I just finished CJ Lyons' Borrowed Time - and it was almost as if two different people wrote it. I got the sample on my Kindle, so I could "try before buying" and it was good, got my attention right away, but then after I bought it - it changed - there was a secondary theme (love, sex) that didn't seem to fit and didn't make sense for the characters that were introduced in the beginning (don't get me wrong, I have nothing against love and sex..highly recommend it!) but I was disappointed that it was written in such a way. Anyone else read any of her books and have that same impression? Also, has anyone else read any of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles series? I read The Silent Girl, then realized that I probably should have started in sequence, red the sample of The Surgeon and it seemed to be a little disturbing - (the murderer in this case performs awake hysterectomies on his victims....) seems too gruesome for me and I've been told that her books tend to be that way, although the Silent Girl wasn't that bad. Anyone else love crime/murder mysteries and can recommend something to me? Thanks!

[coralway]

Life - Keith Richards.

[mountaineergirl]

Have you tried Faye Kellerman or Laura Lippman? Two of my favorites.

[BeeGee]

Thanks!

[tpop1]

"The Hope" HermanWouk, another of his great historical novels.

[Golf View]

I love The Haj by Leon Uris. Yes, it's an oldie but a goodie. Probably my third time around. It certainly explains the world as it is today plus just a good read. I'm visiting my favorites like Pillars of the Earth by Follett and Poland by Michener. King Rat by Clavel is also waiting.

[BigMike]

http://davidbaldacci.com/images/stories/novels/hellscorner/hc-cover_150x99.jpg

Just started it and can't put it down even to get on TOTV!!!!:read:

[brostholder]

Just finished the new Lee Child book "The Affair". For all you Jack Reacher fans, I think this is the best one yet! It is a prequel that explains a lot.

[BeeGee]

Greg Iles "24 Hours" - literally could NOT put it down.....lots of twists and turns, which is what I like! I've read a few of Barbara Freehy's books - they were okay (sometimes too sugary and too much romance, though) - but Connie Shelton's Charlie Parker Series is pretty good, so far; then Michael Prescott got my attention with "Blind Pursuit" and "Last Breath"--just finished that one....had me on the edge of my comfy chair!!!:22yikes: Then after reading a good meaty murder mystery, I'll go with something classic or "soft" like "The Velveteen Rabbit" or something else that's a good sweet memory from my childhood. But I always go back to those chilling murder mysteries...love my Kindle!!!!

[jojo]

I love this thread. Thanks for the good reading suggestions. I am reading Steve Jobs and cannot put it down. Ironically we were visiting our son who lives in Woodside CA last week and took our six-year old granddaughter to a birthday party at the home of Jack Sculley. I was reading the chapters in the book about John Sculley at the time. The book is well written and a fascinating account of not only Steve Jobs but the culture of high tech.

[jblum315]

Let's see - I read Ulysses when I was 14, so I don't have to do that again. Finally got around to reading War and Peace about 3 years ago, took several months to finish. Read half of Moby Dick years ago, read the whole thing recently - stunning. Other than that, I read crime stories and mysteries mostly, never "chick lit." Almost all new fiction is about dysfunctional families - enough is enough.

[JenAjd]

"The Tehran Iniative" by Joel Rosenberg from a new series he's writing. Read 'The Twelfth Imam" first---both are very good! I highly recommend 'anything' by this author!!!

[Mudder]

Just finished Mission Compromised, now reading The Assassins both by Oliver North. Like the way he approaches the story from different angles at the same time.

[pooh]

Bridal Illusions an unpublished novel written a few years ago by a friend from Chicago. She is sending along a few chapters each day. If you are a female and went to a Catholic high school, you can relate!

[momesu]

I'm reading an amazing book called Good-bye is Not Forever by Amy George. It is a book that has been on my book self for years. The story is true and is about the experiences of the author as a young child growing up in Ukraine in late 1930's and then as a Russian prisoner of war who was taken to Germany during WWII with her mother and brother who were put to work by German's.

Its a gripping story and an easy read other than the subject matter.

Suzanne

[Yankee Quilter]

After years of not reading her for some forgotten reason, just started A is for Alibi! $1.99 on Nook - by the time I get to X it will be $1.99 too!!!!

[Halle]

Carl Hiaasen's Skin Tight. Boomer (one of my favorite TOTV posters) introduced me to Carl and I can't get enough of his books.

[asianthree]

I know this sounds weird but my granddaughter gave me twilight....finished it in five hours non stop..starting new moon as i write.

[Hancle704]

Recently read The Confession by John Grisham. Speaks volumes about Texas "justice".

Just started reading Rediscover Catholicism by Matthew Kelly. It was recommended for Catholics who need a refresher. It's available as a Kindle version or you can get a free copy from
www.dynamiccatholic.com

[dgc2861]

A Dog's Purpose by W Bruce Cameron-a book for anyone who has ever loved a dog. Touching, funny, sad.

Bonnie by Iris Johansen-Finally, answers to all the questions.

[jbdlfan]

]The Resolution for Men. Incredible book on being a husband, father, and grandfather. Can't put it down.

[Barefoot]

I recommend a book titled "Room" by Emma Donaghue. I was fascinated by the story. I usually read chick lit or Grisham-type books. So this was a bit different for me. I read it without stopping, and I still think about it.

[brostholder]

Just finished "Middlesex". A great read!

[2BNTV]

Just finished "No Ordinary Time" chronicalling the war years and the lives of Eleanor and FDR by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

I am fascinated by the amount of research that goes into these type of books. She also wrote "Team of Rivals" about Lincoln's contentious cabinet members.

She is an amazing writer.

[Ohiogirl]

I recently finished "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand," about racism, immigrant assimilation and the class system in Britain, fairly current time-frame. Enjoyed it a lot.

[HelenLCSW]

Just finished "Middlesex". A great read!

One of the best books ever! The author just came out with a new book but I haven't read it yet.:coolsmiley:

[Billyg]

Just read ROOM also. Fascinating story, great writer.
Major Pettingrew I listened to on tape, it was a treat.
Any takers for getting a Book Club together?

[HelenLCSW]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and the sequel World Without End

Of course all if his spy novels are great and have become classics. Neither of the above are spy novels although there is much intrigue.:coolsmiley:

[HelenLCSW]

Just read ROOM also. Fascinating story, great writer.
Major Pettingrew I listened to on tape, it was a treat.
Any takers for getting a Book Club together?

Yes yes yes--am leaving one I have been in for years in Miami --will be in TV in two weeks and will be looking for a book club --my new neighbor might be interested also.:coolsmiley:

[Barefoot]

Just read ROOM also. Fascinating story, great writer.
Major Pettingrew I listened to on tape, it was a treat.
Any takers for getting a Book Club together?

I'm so happy that someone liked "Room". I thought the author was so talented, to write a book from the perspective of a small child about such an unusual subject.

Count me in as a Book Club wanabee! Reading is my favourite pastime. I haven't joined a bookclub yet, as I'm seasonal.

[Ohiogirl]

I am already in 2 book clubs in TV, not sure I could handle any more, but maybe. . . Anyone ever been involved in an online book club?

[Irish Rover]

The Night Circus - a very good read. Well written, imaginative, and mesmerizing. Read the dust cover before buying but at least look at it.

[Billyg]

I'm seasonal too Barefoot. Let's do it anyway.
Shall we name some books we'd like to read or have read and start a plan?
I met a woman yesterday at Toning Circuit in Mulberry who wants to start a club too. That's already 4 or 5 of us. Makes a club in my book....get it?..... book...

[Happinow]

Any James Patterson book. If you like murder mysteries you can't go wrong. They make my heart beat fast when I read them. Suspenseful.

[Happinow]

http://davidbaldacci.com/images/stories/novels/hellscorner/hc-cover_150x99.jpg

Just started it and can't put it down even to get on TOTV!!!!:read:

Love this author!

[Happinow]

Highly highly highly recommend Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Also Ape House by Sara Gruen, Secret Daughter by (not sure, an Indian), and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. I found Room (not sure of author) very difficult -- about a young woman kidnapped and held prisoner for many years in a wacko's back yard prison. Too close to reality.

I find myself in 2 book groups (how did that happen?) so I'm reading lots that I would not necessarily pick on my own.

Oprah recommended this book for her book club.

[nitakk]

11/22/63 by Stephen King - what if Kennedy had lived? Not the usual King book at all - fascinating read that you don't want to end.

[elevatorman]

Just finished "The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo", "The Girl Who Played with Fire", "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest" for the second time. Great books. The first was very hard to get into until the first 100 pages were history. Then the rest was a great read. The movies (Swedish version) were good. The GWTDT was also a good American movie but only if you read the book. I could see it was hard to follow if the book was not read.

[dgc2861]

Just finished it. Couldn't wait to find out what happened at the end. Good story.

[TednRobin]

The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon.

[Irish Rover]

Just finished The Night Circus and The Hunger Games. Liked them both.

[Avista]

Just finished Diedrich Bonnehoefer Pastor,Spy. It was a great read about life in Pre World War 2 Germany and the war years. This book highlighted what happened to the church and its pastors including Bonnhoefer under Hitler.

[CFrance]

Count me in if you start a book club. We'll arrive Feb 1 to take possession of our sens... er, new house.

I heard there's a great new library down by the new sections somewhere.

[salpal]

Would also be interested in joining a book club. Already belong to Bookworms (membership is closed now...too many members). I'd like to belong to two clubs. Send me a private message if you are starting a club or know of another one I could join. Thanks.

[angiefox10]

That would be three of us! :coolsmiley:

We move in the 1st of march!

[Pturner]

When we become frogs, I want to join the book club too!

I just started reading, Fall of Giants by Ken Follet. It's an historical novel and the first of a trilogy than spans the 20th century. So far, I'm loving it!

My book club in ATL, which is on it's 14th year, just finished reading a series of short stories focused on The Seven Deadly Sins.

[oatmealgirls]

:agree:
I too am interested in joining a book club.

[mizzro]

Just read Tap Room Tales by Chuck Acquisto: downloaded for Kindle...also available for Nook and the IPad...great read!!

It's a fun history of Pebble Beach National Pro-Am with stories and quotes from some of the players and people directly involved in making this a major event

[caseylou5]

i just read The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen - If you like mysteries you will enjoy this - I found it hard to put down.

[Taltarzac725]

Still working on the first page of Ulysses!


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Run into a period yet?

[BeeGee]

i just read The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen - If you like mysteries you will enjoy this - I found it hard to put down.

Yes, yes, Tess Gerritsen is one of my faves. Now I'm reading the Alex Cross series from James Patterson - read Kill Alex Cross, then thought I'd "catch up" and start at the beginning. "24 Hours" by Greg Iles was definitely a read that hard to put down...give it a try....it'll keep you on the edge on your seat.

[Schaumburger]

To my great surprise my family gave me a Kindle Touch 3G for Christmas. I downloaded a couple of short stories for $2.00 each. Today I downloaded A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. I'm only about 10% of the way into this book which recounts Jaycee's 18 year ordeal of her abduction at the age of 11 by a pedophile sex offender and his wife who are now deservedly serving life sentences in California prisons. So far it's a compelling survival story written by a young woman who is trying to overcome her years of imprisonment.

Side note: It's amazing how many books these e-readers can store. According to the Amazon web site, the Kindle Touch 3G can store 3,000 books. I told my sister that by the time her 4th grader starts high school, I'm predicting that all of her textbooks for school will be on an e-reader. No more lugging around heavy books in a backpack.

[uujudy]

I just finished "Learn Me Good" by John Pearson. The book was a free download from Amazondotcom last week, so I downloaded it to the Kindle app on my Android tablet. I don't have an e-reader yet.

This is the first complete book I've read electronically, and I'm still not sure if I like reading this way. I did love being able to read in bed without a book light (the tablet is back-lit), but I really missed 'feeling' how far along I was in the book. I found myself asking, "Where am I? Am I near the end?" Yes, there's a percentage bar, but 85% doesn't register in my brain the same way that the thickness of the pages did. Plus, there were a few blank pages before the final chapter, which threw me off. I'm easily confused... :laugh:

Back to the book. The story is about an engineer who was laid off and took a job teaching third grade in Dallas. The book is a series of emails to his ex-cohorts at his old engineering company. He writes about his experiences as a new teacher, his students, their parents, the school district... Overall, it was an interesting (and funny!) book. If you can still get it for free, it's worth every penny! :icon_wink:

[Schaumburger]

I'm now reading Fairy Tale Interrupted - A Memoir of Life, Love and Loss, by RoseMarie Terenzio. The author was the personal assistant to John F. Kennedy Jr. during the last 5 years of his life. Interesting, not too gossipy. I wonder what would have happened if JFK Jr. had not died in that plane crash with his wife and sister-in-law in 1999.

[jojo]

I just finished "Learn Me Good" by John Pearson. The book was a free download from Amazondotcom last week, so I downloaded it to the Kindle app on my Android tablet. I don't have an e-reader yet.

This is the first complete book I've read electronically, and I'm still not sure if I like reading this way. I did love being able to read in bed without a book light (the tablet is back-lit), but I really missed 'feeling' how far along I was in the book. I found myself asking, "Where am I? Am I near the end?" Yes, there's a percentage bar, but 85% doesn't register in my brain the same way that the thickness of the pages did. Plus, there were a few blank pages before the final chapter, which threw me off. I'm easily confused... :laugh:

Back to the book. The story is about an engineer who was laid off and took a job teaching third grade in Dallas. The book is a series of emails to his ex-cohorts at his old engineering company. He writes about his experiences as a new teacher, his students, their parents, the school district... Overall, it was an interesting (and funny!) book. If you can still get it for free, it's worth every penny! :icon_wink:

Thanks to your post I downloaded the book also. My husband is an engineer and I have worked in several facets of education (now consulting) so I related to it. Well written with humor throughout.

[angiefox10]

Put your email address on this site and they will send you new free books every day! More then you can EVER read. Some good, some bad... Some really GREAT!

eReaderIQ.com | The Easier, Faster, Smarter Way to Kindle! (http://www.ereaderiq.com/)

New books that need reviews, new authors, oldies but goodies. Every thing from soup to nuts... Yep.... Cookbooks too!

[uujudy]

Put your email address on this site and they will send you new free books every day! More then you can EVER read. Some good, some bad... Some really GREAT!

eReaderIQ.com | The Easier, Faster, Smarter Way to Kindle! (http://www.ereaderiq.com/)

New books that need reviews, new authors, oldies but goodies. Every thing from soup to nuts... Yep.... Cookbooks too!

Thanks for the tip Angie! I signed up!

[Bucco]

Last two books I have read were by Erik Larson, who is simply a fantastic writer.

He actually writes history with concentration of particular events with great detail. Last book was "Thunderstruck" where he tells two stories and finds a way to intertwine them...1st the story of Marconi's invention of the wireless which is woven with one of the biggest murder mysteries in England of that era.

The first was also by Larson..."The Devil in the White City"...again, with great detail he intertwines the story of the making of the Chicago Worlds Fair, with that of a serial killer on the loose in Chicago at the same time.

Great detail.....and a great sense of the culture of the time.

Currently about half done with "Steve Jobs"

[salpal]

Currently on Book #3 of The Hunger Games...riveting...movie comes out next month.

[lanabanana73]

Here's another vote for "The Hunger Games" trilogy. I put off reading them for months because I thought, based on the subject matter, that I wouldn't like them. I was wrong!! It's a facinating concept and there is a great parallel between the state in which the main characters were left at the end of the books, and our returning war veterans.

I have "The Help" on audio book and have listened to it THREE times! It's great for a long car trip. It's done in different voices and greatly enhances the experience of the book, I think. Loved it.

Another vote for Sarah's Key. I felt like I was locked in the closet for the whole book, like I was holding my breath. Hurry up! Hurry up!.....I kept thinking.

I am also a lover of books by Sarah Addison. "Garden Spells", "The Sugar Queen" and a few others. There's a bit of fanciful magic in all of them and I loved all the characters. Easy reading. Good for a cruise.

I appreciate everyone's suggestions. Keep 'em coming!

[uujudy]

I just finished The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper.
The librarian at the Villages Belvedere library recommended it to me, and I must say it's not a book I would have chosen, but I'm so glad she did!

Did you know that in the early 1800s America founded a colony in West Africa? I didn't know this. The government gave free black descendants of slaves the option of returning to Africa. The first ship set sail for Africa in 1822, well before the beginning of the Civil War.

The book is both an autobiography of Helene Cooper, diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, and a history lesson we never learned in school.
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2643182-the-house-at-sugar-beach)

PS: The book has both a map and a family tree. I needed the visual aids. :p

[momesu]

I just finished The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper.
The librarian at the Villages Belvedere library recommended it to me, and I must say it's not a book I would have chosen, but I'm so glad she did!

Did you know that in the early 1800s America founded a colony in West Africa? I didn't know this. The government gave free black descendants of slaves the option of returning to Africa. The first ship set sail for Africa in 1822, well before the beginning of the Civil War.

The book is both an autobiography of Helene Cooper, diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, and a history lesson we never learned in school.
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2643182-the-house-at-sugar-beach)

PS: The book has both a map and a family tree. I needed the visual aids. :p

I think that's what became Liberia.

Suzanne

[birdawg]

Coming Apart;; The state of white america 1960-2010 by charles murray

[uujudy]

I think that's what became Liberia.

Suzanne

Suzanne Smartypants, you're right! :ho:

[Yankee Quilter]

Suzanne Smartypants, you're right! :ho:

Book club here in Marietta, GA just finished Major Pettegrew's Last Stand, beautifully written but slow. Next on the list is Devil in the White City. I need to start it this week. I am typically reading historical or mysteries. It is fun to. Get suggestions from different sources and sure will be looking forward to abookclubonce we are frogs!!!!!

[zcaveman]

I just finished Stephen King's latest book - 11/22/63. It was a very interesting book and was a good read. Long - 800 plus pages but it did not bog down.

It was about someone going back in time and (based on the date I will let you figure it out).

I hate to give away story lines.

Z

[DeborahL]

"What Does the Bible Really Teach" by Jehovah's Witnesses, a excellent book.

[Davidalvin]

Harry Potter....
my favorite one...love it!

[Taltarzac725]

Never thought I would get into something written by Bill O'Reilly but am enjoying Killing Lincoln.

Have not got to any meaty conspiracy theories yet though in this book.

[Taltarzac725]

Someone recommended a book to me that only came out in Kindle and paperback.

Cannot remember the name of it nor the author. It is about a bunch of experimental animals which go berzerk and threaten to take over the world.

No, not the Republican party.

Anyone remember the name and author of this book?

[Carmpat]

I just got done with the Help and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I enjoyed both books. I am now reading The Girl Who Played with Fire. Continuation of 3 main characters of the Dragon Tattoo. I couldn't put the book down. I thought the Help was a bit long and couldn't wait to see the movie. I finally did and the book was better. I download all these books on to my Nook.

[uujudy]

I want to send a big THANK YOU to Angie Fox for recommending eReaderIQ.com!

I have been downloading free ebooks every day for the past 2 weeks, and right now I'm reading Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise by Joyce Magnin. It's a 'beach read' about a widow who sells her home and buys a double-wide trailer in Paradise Trailer Park, sight unseen. Of course the trailer isn't the same trailer in the photo (The one she bought is a raccoon-infested dump), but she's making new friends & starting a women's softball team. Sometimes you need a fun book with no real literary asprirations, and so far this is it. (Oren's cataract surgery went fine, thank you very much, but I'm in charge of the eyedrop schedule, so I needed something to read that wouldn't matter if I were interrupted every few minutes -- or so it seems. This book is perfect for that!)

I also finished Kary Munger's Legwork Amazon.com: Legwork (Casey Jones Mysteries #1) (9780380791361): Katy Munger: Books

I can't wait to start Rashomon Gate Amazon.com: Rashomon Gate (9780143035602): I. J. Parker: Books

These books were all FREE! I also have a new collection of Slow Cooker Recipes, thanks to eReaderIQ.com. And Angie, of course.

Thanks! :BigApplause:

[Taltarzac725]

I want to send a big THANK YOU to Angie Fox for recommending eReaderIQ.com!

I have been downloading free ebooks every day for the past 2 weeks, and right now I'm reading Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise by Joyce Magnin. It's a 'beach read' about a widow who sells her home and buys a double-wide trailer in Paradise Trailer Park, sight unseen. Of course the trailer isn't the same trailer in the photo (The one she bought is a raccoon-infested dump), but she's making new friends & starting a women's softball team. Sometimes you need a fun book with no real literary asprirations, and so far this is it. (Oren's cataract surgery went fine, thank you very much, but I'm in charge of the eyedrop schedule, so I needed something to read that wouldn't matter if I were interrupted every few minutes -- or so it seems. This book is perfect for that!)

I also finished Kary Munger's Legwork Amazon.com: Legwork (Casey Jones Mysteries #1) (9780380791361): Katy Munger: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Legwork-Casey-Jones-Mysteries-1/dp/0380791366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332016941&sr=1-1)

I can't wait to start Rashomon Gate Amazon.com: Rashomon Gate (9780143035602): I. J. Parker: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Rashomon-Gate-I-J-Parker/dp/0143035606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332017082&sr=1-1)

These books were all FREE! I also have a new collection of Slow Cooker Recipes, thanks to eReaderIQ.com. And Angie, of course.

Thanks! :BigApplause:

Good to hear-- eReaderIQ.com | The Easier, Faster, Smarter Way to Kindle! (http://www.ereaderiq.com/)

If I ever get a Kindle, I will look into this site.

[uujudy]

Good to hear-- eReaderIQ.com | The Easier, Faster, Smarter Way to Kindle! (http://www.ereaderiq.com/)

If I ever get a Kindle, I will look into this site.

Tal, I don't have a Kindle. I have a free Kindle app for my Chinese knock-off Samsung Galaxy tablet. I bought the tablet (It was $150) to see if I would actually use a Kindle or a 'real' tablet or an iPad. I also have the free Kindle app on my smartphone. Little did I know that you could read a book on a phone, but you really can -- if you don't mind turning pages frequently! ;)

[jojo]

I want to send a big THANK YOU to Angie Fox for recommending eReaderIQ.com!

I have been downloading free ebooks every day for the past 2 weeks, and right now I'm reading Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise by Joyce Magnin. It's a 'beach read' about a widow who sells her home and buys a double-wide trailer in Paradise Trailer Park, sight unseen. Of course the trailer isn't the same trailer in the photo (The one she bought is a raccoon-infested dump), but she's making new friends & starting a women's softball team. Sometimes you need a fun book with no real literary asprirations, and so far this is it. (Oren's cataract surgery went fine, thank you very much, but I'm in charge of the eyedrop schedule, so I needed something to read that wouldn't matter if I were interrupted every few minutes -- or so it seems. This book is perfect for that!)

I also finished Kary Munger's Legwork Amazon.com: Legwork (Casey Jones Mysteries #1) (9780380791361): Katy Munger: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Legwork-Casey-Jones-Mysteries-1/dp/0380791366/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332016941&sr=1-1)

I can't wait to start Rashomon Gate Amazon.com: Rashomon Gate (9780143035602): I. J. Parker: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Rashomon-Gate-I-J-Parker/dp/0143035606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332017082&sr=1-1)

These books were all FREE! I also have a new collection of Slow Cooker Recipes, thanks to eReaderIQ.com. And Angie, of course.

Thanks! :BigApplause:

I just checked on the book by Joyce Magnin and it is now $8.99. You did well to get it free. Enjoy your posts. Thanks.

[Ohiogirl]

by Nancy Horan - really liking this, on page 162, trying to finish by tomorrow morning's book club. It's written from the perspective of Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress in the early 1900's, really good food for thought and should make a great book club discussion.

I have a Nook, and love it, sometimes get the free Friday books offered by B & N - the other free ones are mostly the ones published before 1923, some good classics available.

Can anyone who has had both Nook & Kindle comment on which they think is better, and why? Which has more free books available? I mostly download either free books or library books (from a library in Ohio right now), but have discovered that a lot of books are just not available as e-books. I tend to find a new-to-me author and then want to read all of their books.

I also have a stack of about 15 unread books I have picked up for next to nothing at garage sales - certainly not struggling to find things to read!

Thinking about getting a tablet - either the B & N tablet or the Kindle Fire, both as another reader for Ohioboy and a 2nd computer to take when traveling and also to have access to some of the neat apps that are out. I know we won't be able to share books between them, but as I understand it, with the Nook Simple Touch (which is only $79 bought on occasional specials), you can't share anyway, even with another Nook.

I'm trying to find out if I can download purchased books to my Macbook and then transfer to either a Nook or Kindle - anyone know that as well?

[jojo]

I have a Nook Color and Kindle Fire. I download books on both. Have a slight preference for the Kindle because I think more books are available. Also the Kindle Fire is less bulky when I'm travelling and on planes. For awhile I was downloading most of the Free Friday books and then they seemed to go the Vampire route. The Kindle Fire has some neat features including Pulse - trending updates. My mother has one of the early versions of the Kindle and is on my account so whatever I download goes to both devices.

[jblum315]

What a good idea to share your account with your mother. I have an early Kindle and a Kindle Fire and when I want to share a book with a friend I just lend them one of the Kindles.

[uujudy]

I just checked on the book by Joyce Magnin and it is now $8.99. You did well to get it free. Enjoy your posts. Thanks.

JoJo, I discovered that by accident. I saved the eReader daily emails until I had time to really investigate the books, and then they weren't free anymore. Now I make sure to check the list every day. :wave:

[Schaumburger]

Downloaded The Help onto my Kindle. Read about 42 pages on the flight back to Chicago from Houston...love it so far. Wondering how different it will be than the movie.

[rmcpklinefelter]

I've been on a Waltons kick for about 6 weeks now. This book is a nice companion to watching the show, synopsis of each episode and many background notes from the actors, writers, directors etc. Next up, Spencer's Mountain.

[Cgirmo]

I fought temptation but finally downloaded Hungar Games. Havent sarted it yet.

[daca55]

I just finished reading Unbroken. It was very good and I would recommend if you like reading stuff about WWII. Presently I am reading The Five Families. Being of Sicilian decsent I thought I would read about some of the bad guys from Sicily.:popcorn:

[PR1234]

by Nancy Horan - really liking this, on page 162, trying to finish by tomorrow morning's book club. It's written from the perspective of Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress in the early 1900's, really good food for thought and should make a great book club discussion.

I have a Nook, and love it, sometimes get the free Friday books offered by B & N - the other free ones are mostly the ones published before 1923, some good classics available.

Can anyone who has had both Nook & Kindle comment on which they think is better, and why? Which has more free books available? I mostly download either free books or library books (from a library in Ohio right now), but have discovered that a lot of books are just not available as e-books. I tend to find a new-to-me author and then want to read all of their books.

I also have a stack of about 15 unread books I have picked up for next to nothing at garage sales - certainly not struggling to find things to read!

Thinking about getting a tablet - either the B & N tablet or the Kindle Fire, both as another reader for Ohioboy and a 2nd computer to take when traveling and also to have access to some of the neat apps that are out. I know we won't be able to share books between them, but as I understand it, with the Nook Simple Touch (which is only $79 bought on occasional specials), you can't share anyway, even with another Nook.

I'm trying to find out if I can download purchased books to my Macbook and then transfer to either a Nook or Kindle - anyone know that as well?

I just finished reading Loving Frank and all I can say is WOW....I am still not sure how I feel about this book. Intriguing....but disturbing, overall worth the read, especially if you are a Frank Lloyd Wright fan.

[BaylorBear]

"Fall of Giants" is incredible!!:pepper2:

[senior citizen]

I just finished reading Unbroken. It was very good and I would recommend if you like reading stuff about WWII. Presently I am reading The Five Families. Being of Sicilian decsent I thought I would read about some of the bad guys from Sicily.:popcorn:

We both read "Unbroken" on our kindles last year while in the Villages during November. It was a page turner, for sure. How stoic he was.

Who is the author of "The Five Families"???......or I can google it.

Presently, I'm reading: "Fallen Masters" by John Edward

What do you get if you combine William Young’s The Shack with Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons? The answer is Fallen Masters, by New York Times bestselling author John Edward.

In the near future, signs and portents have begun to appear that point to a rushing cataclysm. Both political and religious world leaders see the patterns, and the scientific community confirm evidence of what they call “a dark matter” that is expanding into our universe, threatening the very fabric of our world.

But it will not be governments or religions upon whose actions the fate of the world rests. Rather it will be up to a small diverse group of men and women who will have to decide to use their free will to aid in the last great cosmic battle between good and evil as these apocalyptic forces clash—both here on Earth and on the Other Side.

An internationally renowned psychic, John Edward has helped millions of people to connect with loved ones on the Other Side. In Fallen Masters, Edward has written a riveting novel of metaphysical suspense, a final confrontation between good and evil as it unfolds on both the Earthly plane and the Other Side.



Fallen Masters: John Edward: Amazon.com: Kindle Store


Hyperlink above has "first chapter" plus other readers' opinions of book. It also is available in a hard cover version; besides the kindle e-book.

[Taltarzac725]

I am reading Lee Child's A Wanted Man right now. Got about 100 pages into it. It's kind of slow for one of these Jack Reacher books.

[Patty55]

As soon as I get back from B&N I'll be reading The Panther by Nelson DeMille and Elsewhere by Richard Russo.

Can't wait.

[mickey100]

by Nancy Horan - really liking this, on page 162, trying to finish by tomorrow morning's book club. It's written from the perspective of Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress in the early 1900's, really good food for thought and should make a great book club discussion.

I have a Nook, and love it, sometimes get the free Friday books offered by B & N - the other free ones are mostly the ones published before 1923, some good classics available.

Can anyone who has had both Nook & Kindle comment on which they think is better, and why? Which has more free books available? I mostly download either free books or library books (from a library in Ohio right now), but have discovered that a lot of books are just not available as e-books. I tend to find a new-to-me author and then want to read all of their books.

I also have a stack of about 15 unread books I have picked up for next to nothing at garage sales - certainly not struggling to find things to read!

Thinking about getting a tablet - either the B & N tablet or the Kindle Fire, both as another reader for Ohioboy and a 2nd computer to take when traveling and also to have access to some of the neat apps that are out. I know we won't be able to share books between them, but as I understand it, with the Nook Simple Touch (which is only $79 bought on occasional specials), you can't share anyway, even with another Nook.

I'm trying to find out if I can download purchased books to my Macbook and then transfer to either a Nook or Kindle - anyone know that as well?

Just so you know, I have a Nook Simple touch and you can share Nook books with Nook friends. As far as transferring books, if they are in the Nook format, i.e. the book filename ends in .epub or .pdf, yes you'll be able to read them on the nook.

I just finished "The Language of Flowers" by Diffenbaugh. Our book club loved it and rated it very highly, as did I.

[Judith Ann]

What are you reading??? How would you rate it? Would you recommend it and why?

I recently read Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.
It is soooo funny! I have seen it at Barnes and Noble, but I got it from the
library in our town in Wisconsin. I had to be on a waiting list to get it. This
woman just looks at the world in a different way. I LOVED it!

[Judith Ann]

I recently read Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.
It is soooooo funny! This woman just looks at the world in a whole
different way. They have it at Barnes and Noble, but I got it at our
library in Wisconsin. I loved this book!

[SALYBOW]

Just finished The Black House by Peter May. He is a Scottish mystery writer. I enjoyed it. Does anyone have a nook who would be willing to lend books with me?

[kbace6]

What are you reading??? How would you rate it? Would you recommend it and why?

I haven't started reading it yet, but it is due to be delivered today. I have listened to Ric Edleman's podcasts and am excited to read his book. It is all designed for me to get to TV as soon as possible!

[Ohiogirl]

I have a Nook Simple Touch but thought they told us at the training session at B & N that you could not share with a Simple Touch. At any rate, I read mostly ebooks from the library, and they disappear when due. I occasionally download the Free Friday book if it looks any good, and also some other free books.

[janeg]

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn good so far but really looking forward To Gone Girl!

[Barefoot]

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn good so far but really looking forward To Gone Girl!

I really like Gillian Flynn. I'm currently reading "Bad Habits" by Jenny Mc Carthy. It's amusing, and rather graphic in places. Not something I would normally choose but I'm bored and sick and it was a free download.

[cbg150]

Just finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. It was quite funny in a Brit Com kind of way. It is also a deeply spiritual yet nonreligious novel. The author wrote it for her father who was dying. A wonderful reflection on the most important things in life and a "how to" guide on self compassion!

[graciegirl]

You will know how not profound my reading habits are when I tell you I just finished Jonathan Kellerman's most recently released paperback.

It made me stay up almost all night two nights.

I enjoy his books so much.

[rhood]

As soon as I get back from B&N I'll be reading The Panther by Nelson DeMille and Elsewhere by Richard Russo.

Can't wait.

Bout halfway through The Panther. Good story but long.

[Patty55]

Bout halfway through The Panther. Good story but long.

Doesn't it make you feel like you got your money's worth.

[glwcww]

So hard to find a book for our Book Club...has to be a good one...but can't be one that's been read by any of us! Any good Book Club choices from anyone?

[uujudy]

So hard to find a book for our Book Club...has to be a good one...but can't be one that's been read by any of us! Any good Book Club choices from anyone?

My old book club back home is reading In the Garden of the Beasts. I haven't read it so I can't give a review, but it sounds interesting. Here's the article from the New York Times: ?In the Garden of Beasts? by Erik Larson ? Review - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/books/in-the-garden-of-beasts-by-erik-larson-review.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)
:read:

[Patty55]

So hard to find a book for our Book Club...has to be a good one...but can't be one that's been read by any of us! Any good Book Club choices from anyone?

11/22/63 by Stephen King, it would make for a good discussion.

[uujudy]

Somehow this post was posted twice.

[uujudy]

Doesn't it make you feel like you got your money's worth.

Hahahaha! True! There was a time when I would buy a 425 page book over a 350 page book because I would get an extra 75 pages for the same price!
:read:

[Patty55]

Somehow this post was posted twice.

The damn DITTO key got stuck again.

[Ohiogirl]

My book club recently read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time," by Mark Haddon. Hard to describe, but worthwhile reading for a book discussion. Because I recognized the author's name, I then picked up "A Spot of Bother," by the same author at a garage sale. Different but possibly even better, I thought.

Has your group read "Defending Jacob?" Great for book clubs as well. Or how about "Loving Frank?"

I think the best book club books stimulate different opinions, or at least get us into some in-depth discussions of issues or life circumstances.

[Golfer in Sanibel]

Daniel Silva's "Portrait of a Spy" I am reading the whole Gabriel Allon series in the order it was written. It is riveting to me.

[billjudy]

I'm reading an amazing book called Good-bye is Not Forever by Amy George. It is a book that has been on my book self for years. The story is true and is about the experiences of the author as a young child growing up in Ukraine in late 1930's and then as a Russian prisoner of war who was taken to Germany during WWII with her mother and brother who were put to work by German's.

Its a gripping story and an easy read other than the subject matter.

Suzanne

Am not sure whether you will find this response, but I will definitely read this book!! It sounds like the story of my mother!!!

[BarryRX]

Just finished GoneGirl and enjoyed it very much. I am now reading "18 in America" by Dylan Dethier. It's about a young mans goal to play a round of golf in every one of the 48 states. Very enjoyable and very well written.

[rhood]

Under The Dome by Steven King. Good read and different from the TV series.

[salgal]

I'm reading a series of Detective books by J.D. Jance. She has three main Detectives; Sheriff Joanna Brady, Ali Reynolds and J.P. Beaumont. I've r ead the Brady and Beaumont series and am now reading about Ali Reynolds. Make sure you read the books in the order they were written, as the story lines and characters reappear.

[Barefoot]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachael Joyce.

[chachacha]

La Bella Lingua, about the evolution of the beautiful italian language..full of interesting anecdotes. by Dianne Hales, who is obviously writing her love story with italian!

[maryanna630]

Pixelofink.com
Bookbub.com

Both are free and or discount sites for ebooks. Sme are good, some are excellent
But all are free or discounted. Since I am a voracious reader I love these sites. I now have more than 100 books downloaded on my kindle. Life is good!
Maryanna

[patfla06]

I just finished 2 Tom Clancy books that I loved.

[ylisa7]

I am almost finished with Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans. It is a fairly good book but I guess I lost interest since I skimmed a lot of pages.

[Cedwards38]

The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy

[wilkinsm1]

Loved Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley so I ordered A Thousand Acres....much darker but also great.....am looking for the rest of her books. I also loved The Art of Racing in the Rain....am reading Prayers for Rain by Dennis LeHane and really enjoying it now...he's one of my favorites. I have three Randy Wayne White novels to read after that.

[JP]

Robert Parker, Carl Hiasen, Lee Child, John D. McDonald, Jonathan Kellerman, Etc.

[wilkinsm1]

Like them all....John D. MacDonald is my all time favorite.

[JP]

:thumbup: I Agree. He's Awesome. I really like Travis Mcgee and the busted flush plus it's all based out of Florida!

[Irish Rover]

Bad Monkey by carl Hiaasen. It's a hoot.:BigApplause:

[Ohiogirl]

on this post. I write them on the list I keep in my Nook.

Currently reading "The Round House," by Louise Erdich. Only 60 pages in, but good so far, set on a North Dakota Indian reservation, contemporary, and the narrator is a 12 yr old Indian boy, facing some personal tragedies in his family.

Not my typical read - this is for a book club - but I am finding it to be good.

[patfla06]

Now reading "The Hit" by David Baldacci.
It's really good so far.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

I just tried "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac but didn't like it and gave up so now the next is gonna be nos4a2 (sound it out to get unabbriated title) by Joe Hill.

[Midvale]

Reading "The Hammer and the Cross" by Harry Harrison. 1st book in a trilogy taking place in the ninth century which explores the Viking invasion of England, and speculates on what might have happened had the Vikings been more entrenched against the ruling Christian churches.

Pretty exciting!

[graciegirl]

Reading "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" given to me by our granddaughter. The "immortal" part has to do with her DNA.


http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/2383/The-Immortal-Life-of-Henrietta-Lacks

[Parker]

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Very interesting but oh so difficult to take in. Hitler really was a madman. How he got everyone to follow along remains a mystery to me. The term 'swept up' comes to mind. And how he got the world to pamper him is, especially in light of current events, eye-popping. I'm near the end of this book and I can't wait for it to be over.

[gomoho]

Swimming with Maya - a gut wrenching tale of grief of a mother whose 19 year old daughter died.

[Midvale]

"Four Months in a Sneak-box" by Nathaniel Holmes Bishop. An account of the author's 1874 2600 mile journey down the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico in a 12 foot "sneak-box" boat.

[asianthree]

a manual for work...LOL but candy crush keeps getting in the way:throwtomatoes:

[graciegirl]

I sometimes just love a good read that always, always is fun and/or a can't put it down book. Two of my favorite authors that fill that bill are Jonathan Kellerman and Janet Evanovich.


When I feel stressed they are my escape. I just finished Naughty Nineteen and Guilt.

[kittygilchrist]

The Bible, and The Power of Right Believing by Joseph Prince who's on TV.
My son, attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh. pr 4:20-22

[jblum315]

I checked out Joyce Carol Oates' new book, "Carthage," from the library but I can't finish it. It just goes from horror to horror, so much damage and human misery. It starts with a 19-year-old girl missing from home and you can bet that nothing good happens to her. Way too disturbing, don't read it.

[Midvale]

Finished Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Eric Dolin; started reading Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King.

[gatherer47]

I Remember Me by Carl Reiner

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I just finished Tune In, the first book of a trilogy entitled, The Beatles, All These Years by Mark Lewishon. It is absolutely awesome. It covers the period up until the end of 1962.

I am about half way through a book called "Grain Brain" by Dr David Perlmutter about the damage we are doing to ourselves by eating gluten and grains in general. Amazing stuff.

[CFrance]

I am reading Wally Lamb's We are Water. I've been reading it and reading it and reading it. Despite the fact that his other two novels (She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True) I couldn't put down, this one is getting me down. Long and tedious.

I keep having a feeling it's going somewhere, but if it doesn't get there soon, I will go on to something else.

[ylisa7]

I am reading Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. So far it is excellent.

"Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.

Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined."

[2BNTV]

The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin. This woman, really knows how to make history come alive.

The story of the relationship between Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft and the rise of journalism in the early 20th century. I am always amazed at someone who can write such a long book on history, and keep you captivated, as she weaves her characters well.

Doris, aslo won the Pulitzer Prize, for Team Of Rivals - The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Much different from the movie version.

Highly recommend Doris Kearns Goodwin as she has written several historical books and Jean Edward Smith, (male), who wrote the definitive biography of FDR, Grant and Eisenhower - The War Years. Both writers do a ton of research, and all of their books are rich in details, that I find amazing.

They are pretty big books, so put your reading shoes on. :smiley:

[ylisa7]

Cutting For Stone was an excellent book.

Now I am reading Three Little Words by Ashley Rhode Courter.
"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system.

Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative,humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family. In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed - and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice."

[Cedwards38]

The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates. Really enjoying it.

[SantaClaus]

Just read the Steve Jobs bio. It was very enlightening, even to a long-time Apple fan.

[Mudder]

The Boys in the Boat. It's about the journey to the 1936 Olympics involving a bunch of kids from U. Of Washington. Very excellent.