What book are you currently reading?

[Sannum]

I am in the middle of "Diane Arbus-A Biography" by Patricia Bosworth

You?:hi:

[babylonsister]

1. "State of Mind" by John Katzenbach. A strange

combo of the hunting of a serial killer in a futuristic world - different and entertaining.

[xultar]

2. Deception Point - Dan Brown

[pitohui]

3. the sot weed factor by john barth

i can identify because i also have a confabulator who keeps popping up in my life, i guess we all do

i'm at the part where our put-upon hero has finally composed his poem

i hope he gets an uzi and mows down all his tormentors at the end in a big bloody blow-out but as it's a historical novel probably not

[Sticky]

4. I'm reading

Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison. I found it in a used book store Sunday and can't put it down. It's about a foster mom who can't say no and it's hilarious, though sad when you see the histories of some of her placements.
Used book stores.....Hmmmmm....heaven on Sundays :hi:

[motely36]

5. Wicked

the novel

[asjr]

6. Eats, Shoots& Leaves, by Lynne Truss

Very witty. Has anyone here read the parody of The DaVinci Code, entitled The Asti Spumonte Code?

[Tallison]

63. I'm re-reading the Elements of Style

by Strunk and White, a decision that reading Eats, Shoots and Leaves inspired.

Is The Asti Spumonte Code any good? I can't bring myself to invest the time in DaVinci Code from what I've heard.

[Demonaut]

7. Sand Pebbles

rereading

[Beaverhausen]

8. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Just finished Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley. It was GREAT!!!

[iconoclastic cat]

9. "Tools for Teaching" by Fred Jones.

Silly, considering:
A) I don't have a teaching job lined up for the fall, and
B) I might end up going back to copywriting

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. Is that a good book?

I don't think it's silly. I envy you. I never read teaching books in the summer.

Move to KC. I can get you a job here. :)

[iconoclastic cat]

42. The book seems to be well-researched, and it's style is engaging.

I wonder, however, if it will do any good. I was fired at the end of this year, my first as a teacher, because of two fatal errors: first, I had no success in managing discipline and behavior; second, I let other people find out about my problems.

Moving to Kansas City--as much as I love the city--would not change the root of my issue, which is that I have no natural aptitude for working with adolescents.

As you can see, I may have picked the wrong second career.

I'm still giving it a shot, for some bizarre reason. I just finished a grad course on behavior management, and I'm reading everything I can find. This may or may not ameliorate my nonexistent instincts.

How bad are my instincts? Well, perhaps it would be informative for me to tell you that I am a recreational "submissive." Got it? Yeah.

[proud2BlibKansan]

48. Why adolescents?

Not many teachers can manage adolescent behavior well. You are certainly not alone there. No way would I even want to try. My close friend was fired last year after one year teaching music in a middle school. It was a frickin nightmare. She finally just this month was hired to teach music in a charter school.

We need a computer teacher at my elementary school. You would be good at that. You should consider going down to elementary, IMO.

:hi:

[u4ic]

10. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

:scared:

[caty]

11. I just started

"Blind to the Bones" by Stephen Booth. Before that I read "Brimstone" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Very good--I love Preston and Child books.

[Reverend_Smitty]

12. Truman by David McCullough

good book but it is a long one

[Wetzelbill]

34. I bet that is awesome

I really need to get reading Mcullough.

[Reverend_Smitty]

35. He's such a great author

his book on John Adams is fantastic and I just picked up his book on Theodore Roosevelt (the title escapes me right now) along with the Truman book for 3.99 at Borders. I can't wait for the paperback version of 1776 comes out

[Wetzelbill]

36. I plan on hitting a hardcore McCullough, Edmund Morris and Arthur.....

Schlesinger Jr, streak when I finish my current group of books I have now.

[spinbaby]

13. The Time Traveler's Wife

[tinfoilinfor2005]

14. Spanking the Donkey by Matt Taibbi

so far ranging from boring to hysterically funny. Not decided yet on my critique.

[fishnfla]

15. The Glorious Deception

its about the magician Wm Robinson at the turn of the century. Pretty good bedside reading so far

[shugh514]

16. American Pastoral - Philip Roth

and Across The Great Divide - The Band and America - Barney Hoskyns
I always juggle 2 books.

[babylonsister]

17. Welcome to DU, shugh514! nt

[KG]

18. 'undaunted courage' - about the lewis and clark expedition

[two gun sid]

37. Great Book.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. On the Rez

by Ian Frasier

Just finished it today. It is a wonderful book about Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD.

[XemaSab]

20. Harry Potter

and the Goblet of Fire.

[smbolisnch]

22. Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston
:hi:

[deadparrot]

23. "The Shipping News," by E. Annie Proulx. nt

[LoZoccolo]

24. Um..."Blackbelt in Blackjack: Playing 21 As A Martial Art"

It's not an addiction so long as I'm ahead! :)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580421431

[flamingyouth]

25. Oooh, I'm reading a great novel, "The Shadow of the Wind"

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

[arwalden]

26. I Almost Bought "E Is For Evidence"... But Then I Saw The Price!!

Egads!! $8.00 for a 200 page paperback? (You can tell it's been a long while since I've bought a paperback.)

[flamingyouth]

30. I think I still have that one... somewhere

If I find it, I'll let you know and I'll send it to you. :hi:

[arwalden]

33. Wow!

Thank you! :hug:

[Bonhomme Richard]

27. Just finished The Coming of the Third Reich and Lone Voyager.

The Coming of the Third Reich was very interesting and educational. Exspecially in these times. Highly recommend.

Lone Voyager is about the life of Howard Blackburn, born in Nova Scotia and sailed out of Gloucester Ma. Another great read if you are into inspirational books about overcoming very bad odds.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Harry Potter, Contemplative Prayer (Merton), Hitler's Pope, Rama Revealed

Contemplative Prayer:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385092199/qid=1122432513/sr=1-11/ref=sr_1_11/002-8009139-4281638?v=glance&s=books

Hitler's Pope:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140296271/qid=1122432567/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8009139-4281638?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Rama Revealed:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553569473/qid=1122432673/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8009139-4281638?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[joneschick]

29. Hen's Teeth by Manda Scott

She's a new author for me. Set in Scotland, murder mystery, genetic engineering, a little gay scene and forensic pathology. It's all good!

[two gun sid]

31. 'Ireland in the 20th Century' by Tim Pat Coogan

[Wetzelbill]

32. "Senator Mansfield:The Extraordinary Life Of A Great American Statesman...

And Diplomat" By Don Oberdorfer. I haven't actually started it yet, but I am tonight.

[all.of.me]

38. Parenting Teens with Love and Logic

I also just got a book about Ansel Adams in the mail. Can't wait to get into that one!

[Telly Savalas]

39. Freakonomics.

It's nothing earth shattering, but the authors offer a lot of interesting anecdotes so it's a good read.

[blonndee]

40. Oh gawd. You busted me...or I'm busting myself.

I'm taking a break from all the grad school intellectualism and I'm reading Stephen King's "Desperation." Sorry, no matter how many degrees I get, I'll always love SK.

[lizzieforkerry]

41. What's the Matter with Kansas?

I was so tired of hearing every one reference it I finally went and got it at the library last week. It really is very good and informative!

[StaggerLee]

43. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

By Christopher Moore.

It's hilarious!

:hi:

[Redneck Socialist]

44. The Road Home by Jim Harrison

The narrator's engaging but not all that likable. The tale seems to be sucking me in though, so that's a good sign.

[khashka]

45. A Density of Souls by Christopher Rice

How could that little boy write something so powerful it made me cry? I hate him and admire him in equal measure.

Khash.

[Robeson]

46. The Last Pagan by Adrian Murdoch.

...among others. I usually keep several going at a time.

[aaronbees]

47. The Best American Nonrequired Reading

In the same vein as the annual Best American Short Stories and Best Essays series. Edgier fiction, non-fiction, and comics. Some good readin' so far.

... before that ... it was ... Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, which I loved! Coming of age tale with punk kids in Chi-town.

[tjwmason]

49. Herodotus, The Histories; von Clausewitz, On War, and a book about the

Serbs - can't remember the title (surprisingly it starts with "The Serbs") or author.

I got them for a little light reading to take on holiday with me.

[swag]

50. Love the Bosworth Arbus bio.

Me, I'm finishing up "Running with Scissors," that first crazy Augusten Burroughs memoir.

[Clintmax]

51. "The Stand" by Stephen King (the unabridged version)

For the umpteenth time! But I also like the "Mission Earth" series by L. Ron hubbard. It's a 10 book series and one of the funniest I've ever read! I must have read those books a thousand times!

[terrya]

52. "The Lottery and other stories" by Shirley Jackson

Rather, re-reading them. Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite writers.

[FourStarDemocrat]

64. Yes, I found 'The Lottery' pretty shocking & frightening back in college.

I haven't had a chance to read anything else by Jackson since then, but she is a very good writer.

Currently I'm in the middle of 'The Namesake' by Jhumpha Lahari.

[auburngrad82]

53. Fundamentals of Extremism

It's about fundamental Christianity in America and how they are trying to change our culture into a Christian nation.

[RebelOne]

54. Velocity by Dean Koontz

Typical Koontz weirdness. This is a really creepy book.

[Left_Winger]

55. I'm reading (once again), "The Age of Revolution" by Eric Hobsbawm

[Mutley]

56. Nothing yet.

I'm in the middle of my summer semester, and I try not to get into any non-school related books. In two more weeks I will have three weeks to read something before I go back in the fall.

[Bluebear]

57. "Like a lampshade in a Whorehouse", Phyllis Diller autobiography

[mtnester]

58. "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian and

"Robbing the Bees" by Holly Bishop

and a couple other books about bees.

[unsavedtrash]

59. The New White Nationalism in America, Sexing the Cherry, and Hitchhikers

Guide to the Galaxy. Also looking over volumes I & II of the Encyclopedia of Genocide. I finished Harry Potter the other day.

[NuttyFluffers]

60. Dante's "Paradiso" and "Evil: Shadow Side of Reality," Sanford

because i'm very boring. just finished "Ender's Game" a few days ago. only took around 6-7 hours to finish, so it's popcorn reading. dunno if it's worth all the hype i heard about it. but then i find sci-fi to be a rather shitty genre on the whole. maybe i should read more sagan and asimov, but i don't look forward to it.

[catbert836]

61. I just finished "Hour Game" by David Baldacci.

A serial murder mystery is just what I needed to take my mind off of my own problems.

[flordehinojos]

62. OUR LADY OF THE FOREST - by David Guterson

unlike SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS with which i fell immediately in love with, i am not sure how i feel about OUR LADY OF THE FOREST.