Books! I love 'em!

[Michi_Knickers]

at the moment I'm reading 'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden. I adore it

 

[papillon24]

That is a great one.

I'm working on getting through
Moby Dick right now, and I'm doing it for fun. I know, I'm crazy

 

[MmmAndie]

For fun I read "War and Peace"

Just finished "Bad Twin" by Gary Troup

 

[alisonwunderlnd]

just read
Reading Lolita in Tehran--Azar Nafiski
am NOW reading
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace--Gore Vidal
next up is
A history of English in it's own words-Craig M Carver

 

[ForeverHisAngel]

Right now the only books I am reading are pertaining to college. But I love oy read and will read just about anything. Love any book by Nora Roberts.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I have three on the go at the moment...

The Girl In Times Square - Paullina Simons

A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana Gabaldon

....and Nigella Lawson's biography at work.

 

[tnblondie]

I just finished Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass, It was wonderful

 

[papillon24]

Just finished "COnfessions of an Ugly Stepsister"

 

[alisonwunderlnd]

just read
Reading Lolita in Tehran--Azar Nafiski
am NOW reading
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace--Gore Vidal
next up is
A history of English in it's own words-Craig M Carver

The Gore Vidal book was good,good,goooddd
enjoyed the History of English
NOW I start Leo Tolstoy---Death of Ivan Ilych

 

[charmed1]

Just started : Monkeewrench by P J Tracy

 

[Raidho]

Re: Memnoch the Devil.

Hands down, her best vampire book, IMO. It's been years since I've read it, but basically Memnoch takes Lestat on a tour of heaven and hell. I know it involves a good nun, her gangster father, and shadows. I can't remember what was so spectacular about it, now, only that I liked it far more than any of her other vampire chronicles, and almost as much as her Mayfair series.

Currently reading : Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. FABULOUS BOOK ! Takes a bit to get used to his style, but very much like I speak in real life, so wasn't all that tough. It's what I read when I'm on my exercise bike.

Already have its sequel, 'Tis, purchased. Just need to bike enough to get there

Essential Dialogues of Plato, Barnes and Noble special something-something. Currently reading the Symposium ... has a little history lesson before most of the pieces. Interesting stuff, especially on love. That's my read-at-work when I have a moment book. I'm trying to slowly work my way through the classics while still reading something "fun" while exercising.

I've read a couple of the Scarpetta novels. I really like them.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I loved Memnoch too. One of the best in that series definitely.

My all time fave by her was The Witching Hour - I preferred that series over the vampire one.

Didn't enjoy Angela's Ashes at all for some reason (I know I'm in the minority there), but my dad loved it.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Currently re-reading Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years by Misha Defonseca.

Blurb from Amazon:

One of the most extraordinary and poignant survival stories to come out of World War II Misha was only six years old when her Jewish parents were taken away from their home in Belgium by the Nazis. She was given a new name, a new home, and forced into a new religion. No one told her why her parents were no longer with her, only that they had gone East. So one day, equipped only with a tiny compass and a few provisions, she set out East to find them. Alone, Misha crossed Belgium, Germany and Poland on foot - hiding in woods, stealing scraps of food - until, close to starvation, she was adopted by a family of wolves. She ate and played with the wolf cubs, and was protected by their mother. Thanks to the wolves, she survived the war, and eventually found her way home via the Ukraine, Romania and Italy.

I love this book.

 

[Raidho]

I loved Memnoch too. One of the best in that series definitely.

My all time fave by her was The Witching Hour - I preferred that series over the vampire one.

Didn't enjoy Angela's Ashes at all for some reason (I know I'm in the minority there), but my dad loved it.

Definitely liked her Mayfair Witches series better. Must have been every bit of the New Orleans things (I love reading the descriptions of NO, and recognizing the places). Interview, for all of its storyline, was most likely one of the top 10 most unengaging books I've ever read.

About Angela's ashes ... I just loved the innocence of it. About to read 'Tis...after that, I'll be in the market for another book, though.

 

[Raidho]

Currently re-reading Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years by Misha Defonseca.

Blurb from Amazon:

One of the most extraordinary and poignant survival stories to come out of World War II Misha was only six years old when her Jewish parents were taken away from their home in Belgium by the Nazis. She was given a new name, a new home, and forced into a new religion. No one told her why her parents were no longer with her, only that they had gone East. So one day, equipped only with a tiny compass and a few provisions, she set out East to find them. Alone, Misha crossed Belgium, Germany and Poland on foot - hiding in woods, stealing scraps of food - until, close to starvation, she was adopted by a family of wolves. She ate and played with the wolf cubs, and was protected by their mother. Thanks to the wolves, she survived the war, and eventually found her way home via the Ukraine, Romania and Italy.

I love this book.

Sounds like something I'd enjoy. I really need to start a to-read list.

 

[mirrors2]

Everyone should read some of Haruki Murakame's stuff at some point.

I suggest "Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World."

 

[xelysex]

Also read The Time Traveler's Wife recently again, love that book. Sad ending though.

Love that book! I got it for Christmas and read it straight through twice- and I never do that! I also have about four books going right now. A Million Little Pieces- James Frey and Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides are the ones I'm really concentrating on finishing right now, though. I recently read The Pact by Jodi Picoult. It was a bit more love-centered than I usually read, but still very good.

 

[Raidho]

I feel the same way about Tom Robbins.

Found Murakami on amazon.com.

Looks like a fun read.

 

[papillon24]

Now I'm working on the SandMan graphic novels by Neil Gaimen.

They are awesome

 

[purrbaby]

"East of Eden" John Steinbeck, my all time favorite.

 

[tacticalgrrrrl]

Velocity by Dean Koonz, love his books, this one is a true thriller with a twist at the end.

 

[candiman40]

anything by Laurell K Hamilton -
if your into vamp fantasy / mystery -- she write a great sex scene

 

[zschachwitz]

"East of Eden" John Steinbeck, my all time favorite.

Good, but I prefer Grapes of Wrath (hence the trip I mention in my sig)

 

[sugarmagnolia77]

Envy by Sandra Brown is captivating. I highly recommend it.

 

[papillon24]

Just finished all the sandman series not starting on all the sin cities for thethird time