What are you reading???
 

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

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

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.

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!

Warlord by Ted Bell. Pretty good so far.

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

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.

Still working on the first page of Ulysses!


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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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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.

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.


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I use Janet Evanavich for my medication in stressful times.

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

Horrors!

My eyes hurt if I read that long!

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.

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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.

Me too! :highfive:

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

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

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.

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.

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:

http://www.politicalwrinkles.com/ima...ies/tomato.gif You'll have to get by me first!:throwtomatoes:

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

Another wise guy!!!!


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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.

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

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


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Enjoy!

And for all you Kindle readers....

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

Some great books here!!!