What are you reading?

[Wakey]

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Founding-Fat ... 0306818086

[lust4life]

Just about to start reading "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. Co-worker said it was really good, hard to put down and an easy read.

[Agent99]

Sedaris sounds like exactly what I like on vacation. I've never read anything of his. What would be the favorites?

[canucknyc]

Has anyone else read the Outlander series (by Diana Gabaldon)? A friend recommended the books to me, insisting that I would love them. Well, it took me a long time to get into the first one...by halfway through I still wasn't convinced... I'm not really a historical romance/time travel fan, so it wasn't my cup of tea. But because I new my friend was dying to hear if I liked it or not, I stuck it out. And let me tell you, without even realizing it, I got sucked in and LOVED it! I finished the first book and promptly downloaded the second to my Kindle. So good!

[LysaC]

Sedaris sounds like exactly what I like on vacation. I've never read anything of his. What would be the favorites?

"Dressd Your Family In Corduroy and Denim" or his latest "When you are Engulfed in Flames".

These two titles made me laugh the most.

[Agent99]

Thanks Lysa! I'm going to pick them up today. Life's simple pleasures! I love vacation book shopping on a gloomy winter day!!

[sherban]

Thanks Lysa! I'm going to pick them up today. Life's simple pleasures! I love vacation book shopping on a gloomy winter day!!

99- When I lived on Cape Ann, I loved to go to Stage Fort Park or to "The Backshore" and gawk at the ocean and enjoy her wild disposition(especially in stormy/bad weather)...sometimes I miss that place...no Ocean here

[Agent99]

99- When I lived on Cape Ann, I loved to go to Stage Fort Park or to "The Backshore" and gawk at the ocean and enjoy her wild disposition(especially in stormy/bad weather)...sometimes I miss that place...no Ocean here

It is beautiful..even in a storm Sherban. No storm this far north today tho.....just cold, damp and grey.

There is a seal pup on the stone pier on the Lanesville Web Cam that's been there about 24 hours. There have been reports of other strandings in the area. The marine folks are aware and keeping an eye out for him. The thought is that the water is too cold and they are trying to get south but the pups are to little and getting worn out. Here's the link http://www.lanescove.us/bonfire/

[lprof]

There is a seal pup on the stone pier on the Lanesville Web Cam that's been there about 24 hours. There have been reports of other strandings in the area. The marine folks are aware and keeping an eye out for him. The thought is that the water is too cold and they are trying to get south but the pups are to little and getting worn out. Here's the link http://www.lanescove.us/bonfire/

That is rather hard to watch, but I am glad that you linked it. Any idea what can be done for the stranded pups?
During the long stretch of freezes in Florida many chilled green sea turtles had to be rescued; about forty were brought to UF for care.
The elements are not always friendly.

[Agent99]

I heard about the turtles in Florida Iprof, and also heard that the manatees were hard hit.

I do know that the marine life experts are watching this little guy but it seems like an awfully long time for him to be without food and exposed.

[Wolfhound]

Just about to start reading "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. Co-worker said it was really good, hard to put down and an easy read.

Lust4life--just read that for my book club. It does suck you in pretty quickly. easy and enjoyable.

[Agent99]

Just got back from Barnes and Noble with copies of Dress Your Family in C & D and When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Thanks for the recommendations.

#2 son is reading Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan and loves it so we picked up the rest of the series also. I've been enjoying it, too. If you've got a youngster looking for a good read they might enjoy it.

[KatieH]

Love Sedaris and my son loved the Riordan series. Right now I'm reading Wally Lamb's "The Hour I First Believed". So far, so good, but I don't like the main character all that much.

I recently read two by Carlos Ruiz Zafon , "The Shadow of the Wind" and "The Angel's Game" , along with Diane Setterfield's "The Thirteenth Tale". I loved all three of them.

[StJohnRuth]

Another good one: In the Woods by Tana French. Almost done, can't wait to start the 2nd book in the series.

The synopsis: As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children, gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled shoes, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.

Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox – his partner and closest friend – find themselves investigating a case with chilling links to that long-ago disappearance. Now, with only snippets of buried memories to guide him, Rob has the chance to unravel both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.

Flip-flop, I started this last night. Great so far, can't wait to finish cooking dinner and get back to it. Good thing I have the second book on deck and ready as soon as I finish.

- Ruth

[flip-flop]

They are both very good reads, Ruth. Her third is coming in JULY and I can't wait. I needed to read more slowly!

Glad you are liking it.

Currently I am on Sue Grafton's U is for Undertow. Always a fun read but pretty light.