What are you reading?

PA Girl · Post by **PA Girl** » Fri May 20, 2011 9:58 am

lprof wrote:
PA Girl wrote:
There is a copy floating around somewhere. I gave mine away to a forum member, can't remember who. It is a better book to borrow then to buy.
I think your book was "borrowed" by several forum readers. It came to me from NH and I sent it on to AR; this was two or three years ago. Maybe if you ask "Who has it" on the STJ Travel Forum, it can continue to circulate.

We all should have written a note on the inside.

lprof · Post by **lprof** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:48 am

PA Girl wrote:
We all should have written a note on the inside.

Yes! Thank you and the forum member you gave it to, for giving us the opportunity to read the book!

liamsaunt · Post by **liamsaunt** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:49 pm

I just finished the Hunger Games trilogy, read at the urging of my 12-year old nephew. He thought they were "awesome." They are actually not bad, but I have a lot of ideas now for better written books in a similar vein to send to his Kindle.

Other recent reads have been kind of meh. Bossypants by Tina Fey, Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen (I need a break from him), the new Sookie book. I think I am finally reading the Help next. I also have The Year We Left Home and The Wilder Life in my ipad queue.

What's everyone else been reading? I need some fresh ideas.

Marcia (Mrs. Pete) · Post by **Marcia (Mrs. Pete)** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:43 pm

Ugh, Becky, I've struggled in the last couple of weeks to find good books. You really should read "The Help." I know you will enjoy it.

For some reason, I put down "The Weird Sisters" I'll pick it back up later.

Recently read:

"On Mystic Lake" ~ Do not recommend, I felt like I was reading a Danielle Steel novel.

"Bossypants" by Tina Fey ~ It was okay.

"Sh*t My Dad Says" ~ ehh, don't bother.

and now I'm reading "Room." Just started it Monday and haven't had time to pick it back up, not sure how I feel about it yet.

I'm anxiously awaiting the release of "Once Upon A River" by Bonnie Jo Campbell on iTunes.

I need good book recommendations, too. Please guys, help!!

LysaC · Post by **LysaC** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:26 pm

"Discovery of Witches" was fun. It was Twilight for adults. And lovers of history, the occult and romance will like it

. The first quarter of the book did not flow perfectly but then the author really got into the groove. It was set up for a Part 2, probably a Part 3 too.

jmq · Post by **jmq** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:16 pm

liamsaunt wrote:...Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen (I need a break from him)
What's everyone else been reading? I need some fresh ideas.

That happens with Hiaasen - like eating too much sweet desert. I have to guard against that with the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child (I think there are 13 of them now). You cant read them too close together - it dulls the enjoyment and overexposes any formulaic aspects of the series.

Just read “A Visit from the Goon Squad” by Jennifer Egan - some interesting characters and well written, but it is an overrated critics darling.

“Blame” by Michelle Huneven is very good – the long path of atonement a history professor makes after she runs over a couple people during an alcoholic blackout. Caveat: “Blame” is written without quotation marks, even for dialogue, which takes some getting used to and some may not like.

Next up is “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” that my daughter is currently reading – she says its pretty fascinating.

Marcia (Mrs. Pete) · Post by **Marcia (Mrs. Pete)** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:44 pm

Whoooooooie, just got through a good bit of "Room" and it's got me now.

JMQ, I agree on Hiaasen. I usually take a good year or so between his books. In fact, I'd say his most recent ones have been less interesting than I recall his first ones being...

AH · Post by AH » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:44 am

I just read the best book for island lovers! I am not sure where I heard about it but it was on my book shelf (not sure where it came from

)It is "This Sweet Place-Island Living and Other Adventures" by Aileen Vincent-Barwood. It is a true story about a couple who buy an island home in Exuma in the Bahamas. Aileen shares their adventures of living as winter residents starting in 1986. The book was published in 1998. It looks like I must have purchased it at a used book store. Not sure why I never read it before!
AH

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:26 pm

'Heaven is for Real'...quick read and very inspiring.

Kealani · Post by **Kealani** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:16 pm

I just finished the Kitchen Room -good read

AH · Post by AH » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:04 am

I finally broke down and purchased a Nook. So far I love it but I have some things to learn yet. The first book I read on it was "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Although I watched his last lecture when it was first out I had never read his book.
AH

PA Girl · Post by **PA Girl** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:12 am

A Nook was my mother's day gift but I returned it. I am not ready to take the plunge, plus I rather have an Ipad because it is more useful for the entire family.

Anyway, I am on a WWII era kick right now. I just started The Good German, so far it is good. I have family in Berlin so many of the references are familar.

Next on the list is In The Garden of the Beasts:Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Eric Larson.

The one podcast I listen to raved about Mindy Kalin's (from The Office) Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? (and other concerns) It doesn't come out until November but the parts they were reading aloud were very funny.

I heard an interview with Nancy Pearl on NPR and her book Book Lust to Go:Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds and Dreamers sounds interesting.

mindehankins · Post by **mindehankins** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:06 pm

Marcia, I'm glad to hear you're enjoying "ROOM". I thought it was brilliantly written. How much thinkiing the author must have done, to make room into a "universe" amazed me, as did the language differences because so much language is not needed in room.
Fascinating book.

AH · Post by AH » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:17 pm

Read "Life's A Beach" by Claire Cook. Free Friday Nook book from Barnes & Noble.
AH

stjohnjulie · Post by **stjohnjulie** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:20 am

liamsaunt wrote:I just finished the Hunger Games trilogy, read at the urging of my 12-year old nephew. He thought they were "awesome." They are actually not bad, but I have a lot of ideas now for better written books in a similar vein to send to his Kindle.

I really enjoyed the Hunger Games... so what other books are you sending to your nephew's Kindle that are like it? I have been reading a lot of books that my 10 year old can read too and would love some new ideas!

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