GirlsGetGoing - What are you reading?????

gemsab

02-12-2006, 09:37 AM

I just love to read and I am finally reading "The DaVinci Code"( almost done) after I read his other book "Angels and Demons". I just saw a commercial the other night for the movie version starring Tom Hanks. I would love to see the movie but I am usually disappointed in the ones I see after I have read the book. Books are sooooooo much better in most cases. So, what are you reading these days? I always like some good suggestions for further readings down the road.

Emily

Charger

02-12-2006, 02:11 PM

I :love: to read also!!

I just finished reading Sue Grafton's new book _S is for Silence_ . I have enjoyed most of her books and this one was good. Just started _The Same Sweet Girls_ by Cassandra King about the friendship of six women over the years.

Happy reading! :reading:

Always Over Pack

02-12-2006, 07:22 PM

Just finished The Broker (John Grisham) and Night (from Oprahs book club) Already read Angels and Demons and DaVinci Code. Loved them. I am in the middle of Rule of Four, but it is not holding my intrest. Looking for my next great read.

Kathy

02-12-2006, 08:40 PM

I'm reading one of my favorites again. Its called: Love is a Wild Assault. Yeah, it sounds like a romance novel but isn't.

Its historical fiction set in the day of Texas independence, the battle of the alamo, the victory at San Jacinto and surrounds the real woman: Harriet Porter and the men in her life (All real people with the story fluffed a bit to fill in the details).

Its a great book if you love Texas history and if you enjoy a strong women character...and a bit of romance.

Tennile

02-12-2006, 11:09 PM

I am reading Sylvia Browne's the other side and back! I love her books! It really makes you think what it is like on the other side..and i like her because she seems so real and down to earth. She tells it like it is..and says..hey you don't like it..don't read it!! She is a hoot!

Kate

02-13-2006, 12:13 PM

I'm STILL in the process of reading Devil Wears Prada. It's about a recent college journalism graduate who wants to be a writer. She is promised an editor position at a fashion magazine if she fulfills her duties of being the Edior-in-chief's personal assistant....Miranda! Miranda is the Devil. :) I love this book because it reminds me of a past job I held. Image isn't everything.

I hope to have this book finished before it comes out to the theater sometime this year!

royallady

02-13-2006, 12:19 PM

I am reading Two right now. Pigtopia, which tells the same lesson and mary shellys Frankenstien. Very good and ver deep, when i need a little change i read a fantasy called Clovis of Frank.

crunchies0313

02-13-2006, 04:21 PM

I am a sucker for a good love story...not the mushy ones thought. I am reading P.S. I love you by Cecila Ahearn. It's sad. The ladies husband dies, but has everything planned out for her becuase he knew what was coming. Every month she has a present from him...its really interesting and romantic!! Its taking me forever though, because school is requiring a lot of reading!!

RainbowVader

02-13-2006, 06:33 PM

Because I'm in college and we have to read a lot of books for classes right now I'm reading Insurgent Mexico by John Reed. It's actually not half-bad, but that's because I'm a history nerd. The last book I read that wasn't for class was Wicked. I had heard the musical first, and knew the plot line, but it wasn't like the book at all. Actually the book was a lot better. My favorite book of all-time is Ender's Game, a great science-fiction book.

Noelle

02-13-2006, 10:54 PM

I just finished Oedipus Rex, and tomorrow start Hamlet. (Can you tell I'm a high school senior?)
But in my free time I'm reading Villette by Charlotte Bronte.

arizonablossom

02-17-2006, 06:59 AM

I'm reading The Jane Austen Book Club at the moment. Anyone else read it? :)

rayofsun

02-17-2006, 11:56 AM

Well, I have books stashed everywhere!! Im reading a book my sister just gave me. It's called The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd. She wrote " The Secret Life of Bee's" which I also reccomend. I have "Ghosts Among Us" by Leslie Rule in the bathroom, I love anything about ghosts, Im a big Sylvia Browne fan. I have these cute little mini magazines called "Angels on Earth", they are published by Guideposts. They are packed in my bag for Monday's when I go to chemo with my mom. And In my van I have magazine called "Good Old Days". My dad gave it to me, along with his AARP books! I have to keep up on all of that because Im taking care of their medicare now! My sister in law just gave me the book " A Million Little Pieces" that I just have to read now because of all the hub bub! I have so many books laying in waiting!!

QuiltAngel

02-17-2006, 01:14 PM

i just finished Lisa Beamer's Let's Roll about her husband Todd Beamer who was on Flight 93 on Sept. 11. I am now reading Elie Wiesel's Night about his life as a Jew and being at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentrations camps.

Marian Paroo

02-18-2006, 11:13 AM

I'm reading The Jane Austen Book Club at the moment. Anyone else read it? :)

Isn't that written by the guy who writes the lady detective in Botswanna books? I'm reading book 5 of that series right now, and have the life on pi and Margaret Atwoods Penelope book waing on the night table.

Kathy

02-18-2006, 11:27 AM

I think you are thinking about "The Sunday Philosophy Club"

Jane Austen Book Club is written by Karen Joy Fowler ;)

Marian Paroo

02-19-2006, 11:25 PM

I think you are thinking about "The Sunday Philosophy Club"

Jane Austen Book Club is written by Karen Joy Fowler ;)

Thanks for the correction.

Finished the Botsswanna one. A joy, like the four that came previously.

Light reading at it's best, and now I'm dying to go to Botswanna!

Penske40

02-20-2006, 05:09 PM

I read everything Stephen King. Right now, I'm reading "Cell".
I also have book 3 of the Harry Potter series going. It's not unusual for me to have 2 or 3 books going at once. If I only wasn't so tired by the end of the day..... <yawn>....I'd get a lot more reading in!!

Penny-

SnoSpud

02-20-2006, 05:13 PM

I just went to Barnes and Noble today and bought "Marley and Me" by John Grogan. Anybody heard of it? :confused:

missy

02-20-2006, 06:44 PM

Last week I read lots of Poe short stories because I had my HS art kids choose one to illustrate and I needed to refresh my memory. I've also been reading the book "Body Clutter" to help me keep my enthusiasm up for the new lifestyle I'm trying to embrace. My guilt read for me was a reread of Kim Harrison's 3 witch books. I just finished the last earlier today and I'm desperately wanting the next to come out soon.

missy

madbo

02-22-2006, 03:18 PM

I've usually got several books on the go (at least one in every room) ... my current reads:

- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Networking Survival Guide by Diane Darling
- A Breathe of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaladon
- Acorna's Rebels by Anne McCaffrey
- Goddess for Hire by Sonia Singh

gemsab

02-22-2006, 03:22 PM

Can I ask how you ladies who have several books going keep track of them in your head? I have a hard time with one book let alone several. Maybe it's my age?

Emily

madbo

02-23-2006, 05:18 AM

Can I ask how you ladies who have several books going keep track of them in your head? I have a hard time with one book let alone several. Maybe it's my age?

Emily

I think for me it's just the same as how I can keep track of conversations I've had with different friends and things going on in their lives. Usually each book I have on the go is a different genre so that helps too. Hard to mix up a sci fi novel with the chick lit romance :D

Marian Paroo

02-23-2006, 05:27 AM

I think for me it's just the same as how I can keep track of conversations I've had with different friends and things going on in their lives. Usually each book I have on the go is a different genre so that helps too. Hard to mix up a sci fi novel with the chick lit romance :D

I got the same problem, so I think I'll try it your way - make sure I'm reading different genres!

marybeth8890

02-23-2006, 07:49 AM

Dora the Explorer by day and Stephen King by night!

SnowMagnolia

02-23-2006, 06:08 PM

I just read 2 of the funniest books... can't remember the name of the author, but the books were:

The Sexiest Dead Man Alive
A Hard Man is Good to Find

crmson_lady

02-23-2006, 07:56 PM

As a nursing student, you can be guaranteed that I'm always reading some medical book. Soon I hope to be able to start back on my leisure reading and read alot of the books listed here.

Normally I tend to read and reread classics, anything related to history, and an occasional romance novel.

madbo

02-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I'm one of those people how HAS to read. I read the back of the toothpaste tube when I'm brushing my teeth, I read the back of the cereal box, can of soup, or whatever is near me. If there are words I'm reading them.

I don't watch much television but I'm a voracious reader... I'm not picky either... if it's got words I'll read it, any genre.

joyinaz

02-24-2006, 11:39 AM

I just finished reading the story of Lacy Peterson written by her mother...very moving book...

abbie0407blue

02-24-2006, 04:24 PM

I'm loving Diane Mott Davidson's books right now. They're light and have great recipes. They're mysteries, but, with a different flair. I love to read and will read just about anything, but, I like mysteries or spy novels the best.

CocoinTX

02-28-2006, 02:56 PM

I just finished reading, "The Nosey Neighbor" by Fern Michaels. Good book!

royallady

02-28-2006, 03:43 PM

Can I ask how you ladies who have several books going keep track of them in your head? I have a hard time with one book let alone several. Maybe it's my age?

Emily

For me it is like a movie in my head so i just rewind a page and pick up where i left off... I have 3 books going right now. and am looking forward to picking up the newest steven king tonight on the way home from work.

joyinaz

02-28-2006, 03:52 PM

Fern Micheals has a great series of vendetta type books. It is where these women all get revenge on the wrongs that have happened to them in thier lives. Very inspirings ways of getting that revenge also...:)

msmona

03-01-2006, 08:24 PM

I just finished Alice Hoffman's The Ice Queen. I've read all her books and this one was awesome. I read it in two days, She sees the magic in everyday lives. I'm going to read a Janet Evanovich next - Four to Score.

lavenderladybug

03-04-2006, 07:41 PM

Hi--- I just finished Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult. Now I am reading My Sisters Keeper also by Jodi Picoult. I would recommend both.
My book club is reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls--I havent started it yet, but its a memoir and they arent my favorite. We'll see.
~~~~LL

Renata333

03-04-2006, 09:30 PM

oh wow, my favorite topic..books!!! I have recently read Roots, alex haley...sooo powerful, worth the read..if you can get through the graphic part of it, the story is just amazing. read the da Vinci code and angels and demons...what an awesome read. i am an english lit grad, so have read some great books. right now i am reading "tales from a traveling couch" different, ok though. really recommend if you want some brain candy....white oleander..and somewhat based on a true story...Memoirs of a geisha...just amazingly powerful all around. book worm here...i could go on and on!!!

KCGal

03-04-2006, 11:59 PM

I'm a biblioholic. I have 25 books checked out from my library right now. All the library staff know me by name. It doesn't help that I have access to the Booklist and Library Journal reviews everyday at work. :o

Just finished a biography of Elspeth Huxley (she wrote The Flame Trees of Thika) I'm getting ready to read Rasputin's Daughter which just came out, and The Huntsman for my book group. I also have Pigtopia checked out. Hope it's good.

GirlyGirl

03-05-2006, 10:11 AM

I'm reading Fatal Burn by Lisa Jackson. I'll read just about anything, but I seem to be into romantic suspense lately.

Pipkitty

03-05-2006, 12:17 PM

I am reading "Chicken soup for the dog and cat lovers soul. Mmm noodle soup challange and I am listening to "Little Women" (books on tape) for the crack open a book challenge. does listening to book count as reading it? :confused: At the end of every tape when the credits are listed the reader says "Thank you for be a books on tape reader." I am also listening to a book on CD called "Dating is Murder" by Harley Jane Kozak. She was in "Parenthood" as the wife of Rick Moranis. It is so funny I laugh out loud while I am driving. :D I read at work during my lunch and breaks and at home when I have a minute. I listen to books on tape (cassette) when I walk. I listen to books on tape (CD) when I am driving to and from work, it's a half hour comute each way.

TessiNY

03-05-2006, 01:51 PM

I am currently ready "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns,
Dr Oz's "You, The Owners Manual", Hilary Clinton's "Living History" and in my purse is the Dali Lama's "Advice on Dying : Living a Better Life". :eek: Got my books all over the house

homeschooling_momma

03-05-2006, 03:59 PM

I am always reading the Bible, and I always have a few Biblestudies going. Right now Im into 'The Patriarchs' by Beth Moore, and I am starting to read 'The Calling' by Brother Andrew.

I just finished 'Relinquishing the bonds of insecurity and resentment' and it was life changed my life! lol

admitted nerd.

clogaholic

03-05-2006, 04:23 PM

I'm a reader, always have a book and usually a magazine or two going. I read "The Memaid Chair" a few weeks ago and enjoyed it. My favorites are "cozy" mysteries. I don't like graphic anything.. I've read all of Diane Mott Davidson's books, am waiting for her to write another :). I'm trying a series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, the main character is a feline detective. That's right, a talking cat :D. Sounds crazy, but, it's been a good book so far. :thumbsup:

Pipkitty

03-11-2006, 10:54 PM

Marian Paroo

03-12-2006, 12:11 AM

I'm trying a series by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, the main character is a feline detective. That's right, a talking cat :D. Sounds crazy, but, it's been a good book so far. :thumbsup:
I have read a couple of books by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, The Joe Grey mysteries, right? I have a hard time accepting a cat that talks, my kitties never say anything to me. I enjoy the "cat who" mysteries written by Lillian Jackson Braun. As a cat fancier I find cat stories "PURRFECT. :D[/QUOTE]

Sounds like ripoffs of, or inspirations from, Rita Mae Brown's cat detective.

I am always amused to hear how popular Brown's books are in Germany. In '33 they would have tossed her into Ravensbruck and pinned a black triangle on her...

Seashell

03-12-2006, 09:55 AM

"Three Cups of Teas" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. The book is about Greg's experiences in Pakistan and Afghanistan and what he hopes to accomplish by building schools there primarily for girls. Greg was interviewed this past week on "Good Morning, America" by Diane Sawyer. And what can I say -- he's a relative!

arizonablossom

03-12-2006, 10:38 AM

I just finished the Da vinci code and loved it. Can't wait to see the film.

I am also reading a book about a cat detective though he speaks to other animals not humans. There is a whole series about midnight louie a black cat who lives in Las vegas with his owner. They are written by Carole Nelson Douglas.I do have a black cat!
I also love the Stephanie Plum books by janet Evanovich. :D

gemsab

03-23-2006, 03:10 PM

Since I started this thread, I finished "Cross Bones" by Kathy Reichs and I am now reading "The Dogs of Babel".

Emily

Mslmt

03-25-2006, 12:20 PM

I just finished Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle by Anne Rice and in process of reading Merrick by Anne Rice. I am a big fan of Anne Rice and have read all of the Vampire Chronicles. My favorite series is the Lives of the Mayfair Witches by of course Anne Rice. :D

Mykhal Jaems

03-25-2006, 04:38 PM

I used to read all the time. Loved the Da Vinci Code, the number books by Janet Evanovich, the alphabet books by Sue Grafton.

The "cat who" books were okay, but predictable, those other cat books sound interesting. I will have to check them out at the library. Do the cats speek to people?

I'm currently just trying to keep up on my daily Bible reading and studying and reading a book called "What does the Bible really teach."

Hopefully life will slow down and I will get to do more reading.

Gwenhwyfar

03-27-2006, 10:59 PM

Marian Paroo

03-28-2006, 12:21 PM

I am currently reading all kinds of cool stuff………

Longitude by Dava Sobel
Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz
Gilgamesh A new English Version by Stephen Mitchell
Fiver Quarts by Bill Hayes

Numerous research papers and textbooks, hence the enjoyable books listed above!

Longitude is INCREDIBLE. Did you ever see the Hogarth print, I think it is one in the Good/Bad Apprentice Series (or maybe The Rake's Progress) where there is a guy in Bedlem, trying to create a formula for figuring out Longitude?

Can't get a hold of the Gilgamesh translation you are using.

Have finished Life of Pi. You know a book is good when you are unhappy that you finished it!

MichelleMyBell

03-28-2006, 12:45 PM

I recently finished John Grishams The Broker, I love his books. I am now in the process of reading Nicolus Sparks, The Wedding :-D Very sweet book. I LOVED The Notebook, was very disappointed in the movie, but that is for another day, hehe. I really really enjoyed the O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson, and Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book :-D (although it took me a while to get through it, I read it when I was like 20 or so).

Pipkitty

04-01-2006, 08:03 PM

[QUOTE=MichelleMyBell] I am now in the process of reading Nicolus Sparks, The Wedding :-D Very sweet book. I LOVED The Notebook, was very disappointed in the movie.
I have read all of Nicholas Sparks books. My favorites are The Rescue and The Guardian. Books are always better than movies. I have read "Gone with the Wind" at least five times and the movie left so much out that I never watch when it comes on TV. If you get a chance read "True Believer" and the sequel "At first Sight". I just Finished reading "Little Women" for the "Crack open a book" challenge. I am going to read "Little Men" as soon as I can get it from the library. I have to go to the library tomorrow to pick up Danielle Steel's new novel "The House"
which I have had on hold for awhile now.

Marian Paroo

04-02-2006, 01:53 AM

I'm reading _Fingersmith_ by Sarah Waters, the same woman who wrote _Tipping the Velvet_ and other books.

It's lilke _The Woman in White_. but with the sexual element more obvious (but so far, 2/3 through the book, not graphic).

babs30224

04-02-2006, 04:50 PM

I love to read also! I am reading : SEA GLASS by Anita Shreve. very good. I also like Danielle Steel,and many others I can not think of now.

Jojo

04-02-2006, 05:11 PM

I just finished "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa Lee. It was a great book about the lives of two young girls as they grow up, go through foot binding, engagement, marriage, and life during China's Qing dynasty (I think this is the time period) It was an excellent book.

Now I'm reading "The Healing Path" by Dan Allender which is great as well. Being in college I don't have the time to read for myself much anymore!

gemsab

04-02-2006, 05:34 PM

I just started "Jewel" by Brett Lott an Oprah pick from some time ago.

Marian Paroo

04-02-2006, 11:42 PM

Oh, my! I just got to a passage in _Fingersmith_ that made even me blush!

But the writer sure knows her Wilkie Collins, Dickens and the entire genre of Shilling Shockers (the British = of penny dreadfuls).

gardengal

04-03-2006, 05:56 AM

I'm reading Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani it's O.K. I just finished the third Yada Yada Prayer Group which I just love. I think think there's just one more in the series. Also just finished Where The Red Fern Grows, my boys love this book! I enjoy anything from Francine Rivers and Nicholas Sparks.
I listened to a couple books on tape this summer while on a road trip with my sister. This was new for me but I really enjoyed them. We listened to Forrest Gump it was read by the author, and oh my goodness was it funny! Completly different from the movie, other than some of the same character names the story is so different.

Michelle