what books are you reading?

[Dawn]

Here are some of the books I read last year (with notes):

J. Maarten Troost:
The Sex Lives of Cannibals
Getting Stoned With Savages
-Troost is a really fun writer and both of his books are about personal experiences while living in Tarawa, Fiji, and Vanuatu. Sex Lives is better, but both are funny - and GREAT books to read while on a beach vacation! I laughed out loud many times.

Jennifer Weiner:
I've read all of her books, and Little Earthquakes is BY FAR my favorite.

Emily Giffin:
Baby Proof is my favorite of her three books. I prefer her style of chick-lit over Sophie Kinsella.

Stephenie Meyer - Twlight Series
LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. I have a weird thing for vampire books and movies, but Meyer's writing really sucked me in.

Christopher Moore
You Suck, Bloodsucking Fiends, and A Dirty Job.
I love his warped sense of humor (can be a bit raunchy). A Dirty Job was my favorite of these and he has many more to read!

Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods - this is about his experience walking the Appalachian Trail. He's a really entertaining writer but also provides a lot of history. I also read In a Sunburned Country (about his travels in Australia) and while I learned a lot about Australia, I found his writing really stale in some parts.

[LVuittonLover]

Royal Scandals by Ralph Faquar (sp?)

[sara999]

Originally Posted by Virgo

Just started the classic Stranger in a Strange Land

i ADORE heinlein. you should check out more of his books, esp Job: A Comedy of Justice

[chessmont]

Originally Posted by sara999

i ADORE heinlein. you should check out more of his books, esp Job: A Comedy of Justice

I love Heinlein too, and Arthur C. Clarke. Haven't read them in years though.

I was plowing through, "The Looming Tower: Al Queda and the Road to 9/11" (non-fiction) I put it down quite awhile ago, may have to start over.

Waiting in the wings is "Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell. I love her forensics and crime books. I also love true crime and just love Ann Rule - she wrote about serial killer Ted Bundy, the book was fascinating. She actually had worked with him many years before on some kind of (suicide?) hotline. What are the chances of that?

A book I like to re-read every so often is "East of Eden", John Steinbeck.

[Blue824]

Originally Posted by i_wona

I found a copy of Flowers in the Attic by Viriginia Andrews on a bench at work (I'm going to take it back when I've finished) - it's terrible LOL

LOL I read those books back in jr high! I remember loving them then! I am sure I would think they are terrible now too, but I read nearly everything by VC Andrews, back then!!

Just finished Eat, Pray, Love - I definitely don't get why everyone is soooo impressed with it, I didn't love it, thought it was just OK.

Currently reading Love in the Time of Cholera. Its a slow start for me.

[iluvhandbags]

I am reading The Golden Compass trilogy. I have finished the first two and am on the third. If you like Harry Potter, you might want to give these a try.

[claireZk]

Originally Posted by dawn71675

Jennifer Weiner: I've read all of her books, and Little Earthquakes is BY FAR my favorite.

^ I love her too!

Right now I'm reading "Size 14 is not Fat Either" by Meg Cabot. It's the sequel to "Size 12 isn't Fat," a chick lit murder mystery. It sounds godawful, but I swear it's good She's the author of The Princess Diaries btw.

I love Sophie Kinsella, too. I've read all her books so now I'm reading the Madeleine Wickham books, starting with "The Gatecrasher".

Can you tell I'm into chick lit?!?!

[ragamuffin]

^^^
I have never heard of those books by Meg Cabot, I'll have to check them out. I love the Princess Diaries.
I'm still waiting on my shipment from Chapters for two Madeleine Wickham books. I'm so excited!!

[Sunshine]

Meg is my buddy!! I love reading nice things being said about her...makes me happy.
I just finished Eat, pray, love and I just loved it!!!

[twinkle.tink]

I just read Rhett Butler's People, it was well written, but I hated that it didn't fit it into the storyline already set by the previous Gone with the Wind 'authorized' sequel, Scarlett. That made no sense to me...what is the point of being 'authorized' if they don't form a cohesive story.

The beginning Shopolics were good, but become very formuled, very quickly. If you like Sophia Kinsella, I thought Can You Keep a Secret was better.

[claireZk]

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Meg is my buddy!! I love reading nice things being said about her...makes me happy.

^ Is she really???
That's awesome! I first read one of her stories in "Girl's Night In" and I ran out right away and bought a bunch of her books. I've read ~6 of them so far and I can't wait to read more!

For you ladies who mentioned other chick lit novels, I highly recommend "Girl's Night In," which features short stories by Meg, Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Wiener and others. "Girls Night Out," "American Girls About Town" are also great!

[sara999]

Originally Posted by chessmont

Waiting in the wings is "Book of the Dead" by Patricia Cornwell. I love her forensics and crime books.

i love crime and forensic fiction, have you read anything by kathy reichs?

i used to really really love p.cornwell but her most recent few books are disappointing me. they are so far apart and so i forget what happens from book to book. they just aren't grabbing me like they used to

[chessmont]

Originally Posted by sara999

i love crime and forensic fiction, have you read anything by kathy reichs? i used to really really love p.cornwell but her most recent few books are disappointing me. they are so far apart and so i forget what happens from book to book. they just aren't grabbing me like they used to

-No I am not familiar with kathy reichs - I will look her up. I do agree re Cornwells' books, but as a fan I feel like I must read each one so I don't miss out on a possible return to fine form!

[ladyjane76]

We should start some type of book club, after were down reading it, send it to a tpfer, they read it, write just there first name in the cover date and city and keep it passing on. I have so many books I've read that are just sitting here. I know I could just donate them, I never do. And I hate moving with so many books. I'm guilty of going to barnes and noble buying like 4 books at a time and then they just sit after being read.

[sara999]

Originally Posted by chessmont

-No I am not familiar with kathy reichs - I will look her up. I do agree re Cornwells' books, but as a fan I feel like I must read each one so I don't miss out on a possible return to fine form!

kathy reichs is a forensic anthropologist and writes about her experiences.


i know what you mean though, despite my disappointment with cornwell's recent books i won't stop reading them!