What are you reading?

Skywatch_NC · #61 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:51 pm

streetsoldier wrote:"Has anyone read '1776' yet? It has a list at the library and I am waiting to read it...."

I feel like I was THERE...

You feel like you were there?

Swimdude · #62 Postby **Swimdude** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:14 am

Currently reading "Perks to Being a Wallflower." Don't ask... My friend wants me to read it. So I wonder, what ARE the perks to being a wallflower... You get to smell yourself all day?

#63 Postby **streetsoldier** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:28 am

Skywatch_NC wrote:
streetsoldier wrote:"Has anyone read '1776' yet? It has a list at the library and I am waiting to read it...."

I feel like I was THERE...

You feel like you were there?

Yes, I do...and I don't need a powdered wig anymore, as what's left of my locks are WHITE! :larrow:

Dee Bee · #64 Postby **Dee Bee** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:24 am

This Wednesday evening, I'm leaving for a 4-day vacation to Chicago and bringing The Historian by E. Kostova. Between catching up with old friends, I hope to get a good start (it's a l-o-n-g book!). Also, I've ordered 1776 from zooba.com, which should arrive while I'm out of town.

Skywatch_NC · #65 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:51 am

Swimdude wrote:Currently reading "Perks to Being a Wallflower." Don't ask... My friend wants me to read it. So I wonder, what ARE the perks to being a wallflower... You get to smell yourself all day?

Swimdude,

You would enjoy reading a book titled "Peace Like A River" by Leif Enger.

My Dad read that book and now I've been reading it.

He's now reading one about the Mississippi River Flood of 1927...which I'll be reading after I finish "Peace Like A River." :wink:

Eric

#66 Postby **alicia-w** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:07 pm

Dee Bee wrote:This Wednesday evening, I'm leaving for a 4-day vacation to Chicago and bringing The Historian by E. Kostova. Between catching up with old friends, I hope to get a good start (it's a l-o-n-g book!). Also, I've ordered 1776 from zooba.com, which should arrive while I'm out of town.

That book is terrific so far!!! What do you think?

Dee Bee · #67 Postby **Dee Bee** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:15 pm

alicia-w wrote:
Dee Bee wrote:This Wednesday evening, I'm leaving for a 4-day vacation to Chicago and bringing The Historian by E. Kostova. Between catching up with old friends, I hope to get a good start (it's a l-o-n-g book!). Also, I've ordered 1776 from zooba.com, which should arrive while I'm out of town.

That book is terrific so far!!! What do you think?

Well, I actually haven't even opened it yet. But on the basis of your quick, enthusiastic response, I'm going to work harder at getting all my "weekend work" done ASAP so I can begin the book before Wednesday evening on the plane. Thanks for the encouragement!

#68 Postby **sweetpea** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:34 pm

weathermom wrote:We're going to need 5 copies of the new harry potter. Noone will be willing to wait their turn. My kids all have money tucked away for their own copies!

Has anyone read "1776" yet? It has a list at the library and I am waiting to read it.

I haven't heard about that book who wrote and what is it supposed to be about?

#69 Postby **sweetpea** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:36 pm

streetsoldier wrote:...and Harry Potter # 6, The Half-Blood Prince, will be out in the bookstores on Friday night....I'lll pass on the "midninght rush" party, but I have to get a copy of it.

I finished reading it yesterday. It was something else. I am going to have to read it again. I do recommend at least reading book 5 before if it has been awhile. I read them all again over the last few weeks preparing for the release of this one. Let me know what you think.

weathermom · #70 Postby **weathermom** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:26 am

sweetpea wrote:
weathermom wrote:We're going to need 5 copies of the new harry potter. Noone will be willing to wait their turn. My kids all have money tucked away for their own copies!

Has anyone read "1776" yet? It has a list at the library and I am waiting to read it.

I haven't heard about that book who wrote and what is it supposed to be about?

It is by David McCullough, the Pulitzer prize winning author (for biographies of Truman and John Adams), and it is about the beginning of the American revolution. I read his bio of John Adams and enjoyed it thoroughly.

#71 Postby **alicia-w** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:20 pm

Here's a book at read in two days. Couldnt put it down.

The Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.

OMG, it is simply the best book I've ever read in my life. I think Karan and Miss Mary would love it for sure.

Dee Bee · #72 Postby **Dee Bee** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:25 pm

Alicia, I loved it, too. Have you read The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver? It's fairly long, but excellent.

I've just finished Anita Shreve's latest (somewhat predictable; I enjoyed the "story-within-the-story" more than the main plot) and have started On Beauty by Zadie Smith .

Thanks for reviving this thread!

#73 Postby **SouthFloridawx** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:43 pm

I am reading this thread... :lol:

TexasStooge · #74 Postby **TexasStooge** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:22 pm

SouthFloridawx wrote:I am reading this thread...

I'm reading "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories".

#75 Postby **alicia-w** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:00 pm

Last night I finished reading Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. It's about her "secret life" as a restaurant critic for the NY Times. Very good book with some pretty decent recipes too. Also read Stephen King's "Cell" last week. I havent turned my cell phone on since then.

Miss Mary · #76 Postby **Miss Mary** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:30 am

alicia-w wrote:Here's a book at read in two days. Couldnt put it down.

The Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.

OMG, it is simply the best book I've ever read in my life. I think Karan and Miss Mary would love it for sure.

alicia - could you give me more info please? I'll be out of work soon and have more down time this summer. I'll be looking for a good book to get into....thanx.

Mary

#77 Postby **Pburgh** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:19 pm

Mary, try this http://www.rambles.net/kingsolver_psummer.html.

Thanks Alice. I'll pick it up - sounds great!!!

summer_chick · #78 Postby **summer_chick** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:44 am

I am reading Wicked. My brother suggested it to me. It is an interesting book, but it doesn't read very fast.

#79 Postby **Cookiely** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:32 pm

White Shadow by Ace Atkins. Anyone from the Tampa area especially Ybor City would enjoy reading this book if they like mystery novels. The book concerns the mysterious death of Charlie Wall, former mafioso.

Yarrah · #80 Postby **Yarrah** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:48 am

Libri ad Urbe Conditem by Titius Livius. It's about Hannibal and the 2nd Punic War. A nice story, too bad I have to read it in Latin for highschool, but I'm sure you can find a decent translation somewhere, if you're interested in an epic story with really nice descriptions of some of the largest battles ever fought by humans.

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