Reading Books For Pleasure

[FurryFury]

I started reading Friday by Robert Heinlein (for the umpteenth time). It was written by him in the 1950's and it is astounding how accurate his prediction of the future was back then... and there is a definite bdsm twist to some of what he writes.

One of my fav authors of ALL time!

Friday is one of his bests, though my personal fav would be another. I notice men LOVE that one.

 

[NALA CAYENNE]

Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich was great fun!

This was a great book! I just started Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich.

 

[FurryFury]

This was a great book! I just started Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Full Tilt, is, I believe one of her romances. It's also probably co-written . I don't personally like those but I hope you enjoy it. The next one in the Stephanie Plum series is Two For the Dough.

 

[FurryFury]

I need to start reading two of my three book club selections soon! I've already finished one. Gawd, I love MY book clubs.

 

[NALA CAYENNE]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

Full Tilt, is, I believe one of her romances. It's also probably co-written . I don't personally like those but I hope you enjoy it. The next one in the Stephanie Plum series is Two For the Dough.

It is one of the romances and while I'm not a romance person, it was loaned to me to try. The only one I haven't read in the Plum series is Visions of Sugar Plums which is on my schedule to read right after I finish the new Patricia Cornwell book, Book of the Dead.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

One of my fav authors of ALL time!

Friday is one of his bests, though my personal fav would be another. I notice men LOVE that one.

I keep referring people to Friday and Starship Troopers. I think those books are accurate predictions of the future.

 

[FurryFury]

Okay, then I wanna be one of those women in charge of the group marriages on the moon! And I wanna have a cat that goes everywhere with me! Yeah!



Oh and for a while I want my brain transplanted into the hot bod of a male and then go back to being female, after I've tried a bunch of stuff.

Woooo hooooo!

 

[FurryFury]

It is one of the romances and while I'm not a romance person, it was loaned to me to try. The only one I haven't read in the Plum series is Visions of Sugar Plums which is on my schedule to read right after I finish the new Patricia Cornwell book, Book of the Dead.

Are you sure, because there is a longer book after Visions of Sugar Plums. I just read it recently and it was GREAT!! (As Tony the tiger would have said.)

I'm behind on my Patricia Cornwell. When she killed of that FBI lover? I lost momentum reading her stuff back then. Just after that she wrote an unrelated book. I've never really gotten back in the grove on her. I do know that the character is/was back alive.

And to think that I once crafted a character based on one of her characters.

*le sigh*

 

[NALA CAYENNE]

Are you sure, because there is a longer book after Visions of Sugar Plums. I just read it recently and it was GREAT!! (As Tony the tiger would have said.)

I'm behind on my Patricia Cornwell. When she killed of that FBI lover? I lost momentum reading her stuff back then. Just after that she wrote an unrelated book. I've never really gotten back in the grove on her. I do know that the character is/was back alive.

And to think that I once crafted a character based on one of her characters.

*le sigh*

Unless something popped up on me that I missed, YUP read them all I collect her books and so have an entire 2 shelves of the Plum series

As for Patricia Cornwell, I only read the Kay Scarpetta series. Its the only series that I can get into sort of like Alex Cross with Patterson and Stone Barrington and Holly Barker with Stuart Woods.

 

[Luvkitty33]

One of my fav authors of ALL time!

Friday is one of his bests, though my personal fav would be another. I notice men LOVE that one.

Chris recommended Heinlein to me (thank you), and I just finished reading Friday , and before that I read Starship Troopers . I really, really enjoyed Friday and will probably read his other books, too at some point. I have a few other books to read first.

Next on my list is a book I bought at the airport on my way to Washington. It's called Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen and was recommended to me by a friend. I also bought Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's actually Oprah's Book Club selection for this month, and I believe the movie is coming out this month, too. I'll definitely read the book before seeing the movie.

Another friend actually gave me her copy of Oprah's last book club selection called Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. She didn't enjoy it, but I saw the author on Oprah so now I want to read the book.

Have any of you read any of these three books I mentioned? If so, what were your thoughts?

 

[FurryFury]

Chris recommended Heinlein to me (thank you), and I just finished reading Friday , and before that I read Starship Troopers . I really, really enjoyed Friday and will probably read his other books, too at some point. I have a few other books to read first.

Next on my list is a book I bought at the airport on my way to Washington. It's called Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen and was recommended to me by a friend. I also bought Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's actually Oprah's Book Club selection for this month, and I believe the movie is coming out this month, too. I'll definitely read the book before seeing the movie.

Another friend actually gave me her copy of Oprah's last book club selection called Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. She didn't enjoy it, but I saw the author on Oprah so now I want to read the book.

Have any of you read any of these three books I mentioned? If so, what were your thoughts?

Oprah books are sad, epic and NOT my thing, nope, I haven't read them. I am somewhat interested in Water For Elephants though. It's a teen book set in the Depression era.

Eat, Love, Pray, sounds good for a non fiction book too.

Love in the Time of Cholera is one I tried to read but couldn't get into.

You should try I Will Fear No Evil, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and The Door Into Summer by Heinlein. Those are my favs of his books.

 

[Luvkitty33]

Oprah books are sad, epic and NOT my thing, nope, I haven't read them. I am somewhat interested in Water For Elephants though. It's a teen book set in the Depression era.

Eat, Love, Pray, sounds good for a non fiction book too.

Love in the Time of Cholera is one I tried to read but couldn't get into.

You should try I Will Fear No Evil, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and The Door Into Summer by Heinlein. Those are my favs of his books.

Thanks for the recommendations. I hope that I don't have the same problem you did with Love in the Time of Cholera. Was there anything in particular that made it hard to get into?

 

[Kierae]

Finally got my surgery done on Tuesday and started my long reading list for my recovery time. I read Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (who wrote Stone Butch Blues) and once again, ze makes us realize that our sense of self and identity can transcend beyond the societal stereotypes. This book was set post 9/11, demonstrated how gender, race, and religious issues were all interconnected - definitely was a call for activism. I just can't say enough good things about Feinberg's writings.

 

[FurryFury]

Thanks for the recommendations. I hope that I don't have the same problem you did with Love in the Time of Cholera. Was there anything in particular that made it hard to get into?

It was so long ago, that all I can remember was the sloooow pace and just not being into it.

Everyone is different though. Quite a few love that book!

 

[FurryFury]

Finally got my surgery done on Tuesday and started my long reading list for my recovery time. I read Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (who wrote Stone Butch Blues) and once again, ze makes us realize that our sense of self and identity can transcend beyond the societal stereotypes. This book was set post 9/11, demonstrated how gender, race, and religious issues were all interconnected - definitely was a call for activism. I just can't say enough good things about Feinberg's writings.

Awesome!

I'm putting that one on my list!

Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

 

[Luvkitty33]

Finally got my surgery done on Tuesday and started my long reading list for my recovery time. I read Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg (who wrote Stone Butch Blues) and once again, ze makes us realize that our sense of self and identity can transcend beyond the societal stereotypes. This book was set post 9/11, demonstrated how gender, race, and religious issues were all interconnected - definitely was a call for activism. I just can't say enough good things about Feinberg's writings.

I'm sorry to hear that you had to have surgery. I hope you're not in too much pain and that your recovery goes quickly.

I'm going to add your recommendation to my list, too. It sounds really good, and I love reading an author I've never read before. Thanks!!

 

[snowy ciara]

Right now, I'm reading Uglies, by Scott Westerfield. It's a quite chilling view of the possible future. I find it especially relevant as I read the recent threads here about fitting in, gender-wise and role-wise, and other-wise.

Mild Spoilers Below:

In Westerfield's scary vision of our future, everyone receives extensive plastic surgery and genetic manipulation on their 16th birthday, so that their looks are not too far from a homogenized norm. Everyone's face and body are perfectly symmetrical, and accented and highlighted to show their best features. But it's all done for our own good: studies have shown that pretty people are favored in today's society (This takes place in an undesignated time period, and our era is pretty much over. But the studies and research that inspired the book are going on right now, even as we speak and there are multiple references to our time period.). The tall are favored over the short, the thin over the fat, the symmetrical over the asymmetrical, so now we're all equal. We all fit in.

But what happens to the people who don't want to be pretty?

 

[FurryFury]

Right now, I'm reading Uglies, by Scott Westerfield. It's a quite chilling view of the possible future. I find it especially relevant as I read the recent threads here about fitting in, gender-wise and role-wise, and other-wise.

Mild Spoilers Below:

In Westerfield's scary vision of our future, everyone receives extensive plastic surgery and genetic manipulation on their 16th birthday, so that their looks are not too far from a homogenized norm. Everyone's face and body are perfectly symmetrical, and accented and highlighted to show their best features. But it's all done for our own good: studies have shown that pretty people are favored in today's society (This takes place in an undesignated time period, and our era is pretty much over. But the studies and research that inspired the book are going on right now, even as we speak and there are multiple references to our time period.). The tall are favored over the short, the thin over the fat, the symmetrical over the asymmetrical, so now we're all equal. We all fit in.

But what happens to the people who don't want to be pretty?

I read the book and two of the sequels Pretty and Specials recently. The first one, Uglies had a bit of a Logan's Run feel to it crossed with The Giver. That may just be me.

I was surprised by how much I liked the book. Usually with Teen or YA Lit, I feel it's too light and shallow. This one seemed like a complete book with a good story and some interesting characters.

I'm looking forward to Extras when it comes out. I also want to read his vampire series. I think it starts with Peeps.

 

[FurryFury]

Blood Is the New Black by Valerie Stivers was pretty good. A little short, and shallow, it's still funny and different in the vampire genre. I'd read a sequel.

 

[FurryFury]

When You Were Me by Robert Rodi is an interesting book. It's about two gay guys. One young with "nothing in life." The other one is older with "everything" in life but who regrets not sowing his wild oats when he "could."

They switch bodies.

A lot of it seems pretty shallow and superficial.

But wow, at the end, it really paid off for me.

Has anyone else read this book?

 

[FurryFury]

Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris was an enjoyable read for me. I don't like these as well as I do her Sookie Stackhouse books but they are still pretty fun!

 

[ShyVixen]

I'm reading Blowing My Cover - My Life as a CIA Spy by Lindsay Moran. It's funny, witty and at times, down right scary.

 

[ShyGuy68]

I'm currently reading John Sandford's Dead Watch

I'm reading Blowing My Cover - My Life as a CIA Spy by Lindsay Moran. It's funny, witty and at times, down right scary.

That sounds like an interesting read, I looked it up to see if my library have it, but it didn't, but thanks to their on-line service, I could ordre it from another library that have it in Denmark, and borrow it through my local library. That's very nice indeed.

 

[FurryFury]

That sounds like a cool book!

 

[snowy ciara]

I too love to read books to relax and immerse myself into another reality. I can to this day still remember that the first book I read all by myself was "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren, and since then I've almost always been reading a book of some kind. I very seldom go anywhere without having a book with me, just in case I'll get some free time that I can spend reading.

I read many genres of book, such as sci fi (have just started reading star trek books within the last couple of years), crime novels, fantasy, biographies, and what else catches my eye.

Didn't Astrid Lindgren write Pippi Longstocking too?