What are you reading the week of December 6, 2009?

[DUgosh]

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen

[Hestia]

1. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

It's interesting so far

[Hawkeye-X]

2. reading an e-book

"The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown.

I think the next book will be a hardcover copy of "Intervention" by Robin Cook. Have a hankering for medical thriller.

[Skittles]

3. The Die Song, by Doanld Lunde

a journey into the mind of a mass murderer (Herbert Mullin), published in 1980; got if for 50 cents at a Half Priced Books store

[Stardust]

4. Under the Dome by Stephen King. I haven't read any King books for

years but I was just in the mood for a nice, fat King story as only he can tell. King's penchant for throwing in as many slang words he can come up with is as strong as ever but his ability to draw you into a story is, as well.


Edited for errant comma. :)

[DesertFlower]

5. "Reinventing the body, Resurrecting the Soul"

by Deepak Chopra.

[InternalDialogue]

6. "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery is waiting for me at the library.

I should pick it up tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, based on a lot of recommendations.

[hippywife]

21. I've read it but

I didn't recommend it to anyone else. Maybe you'll like it. :hi:

[silverweb]

7. Cryptonomicon.

By Neal Stephenson.

Getting through the first couple hundred pages of war stuff was a bit of a struggle, but now it's getting good.

Stephenson's Anathem was pure delight, so I had to read this one next. So far, I think Anathem was better.

[bpcmxr]

13. Reading Anathem now,

Cryptonomicon earlier this year. Really enjoying/enjoyed both. :)

[silverweb]

18. Very cool!

I really, really liked Anathem a lot. Have you read any of his other books?

When I really like a book by an author who is new to me, I'm in the habit of trying to read all of that author's books that I can get my hands on (in order, if possible). Cryptonomicon is only my second by Stephenson, so I've got some reading ahead of me -- especially if all his books are the size of these two! :D

[sam sarrha]

8. The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran.....

[spiritsong13]

9. A totally awesome book

Black Elk Speaks

[jules1962]

10. True Compass by Ted Kennedy

great read by great man

[MuseRider]

25. That is a wonderful book.

I agree. It has been years since I read it. Probably should again.

[mwb970]

11. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time " by Mark Haddon /nt

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian n/t

[independentpiney]

14. you're 2 books ahead of me!

I'm about 3/4 of the way through HMS Surprise, reading the entire Aubrey-Maturin series.

[Bonhomme Richard]

19. LOL, I also bought the whole series. I already had about 5 paperbacks

That I had already read but decided I would start the series from the beginning and finish it. Great descriptive writing.

[The_Commonist]

15. The Salmon os Doubt

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[hippywife]

16. The Flamingo Rising by Larry Baker n/t

[MaineDem]

17. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson

On audiobook as I knit.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island"

His travels around Britain in a "farewell tour" after living there for twenty years.

It's laugh-out-loud funny in some spots, especially if you've been to the UK. Like all good humor, it's just a slight exaggeration of reality.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Vanity Fair

I read it for the first time when I was a teenager and I don't remember it at all, so it's like reading for the first time. I probably didn't get a lot of the social satire back then, either.

[MrCoffee]

23. The Gone-Away World

A completely bizarre and hilarious post-apocalyptic kung fu coming of age story. Did I mention that it's utterly bizarre?

[hippywife]

24. After reading The Help, I decided

to check out the book she mentioned that kind of spurred Kathryn Stockett to write it:

Telling Memories Among Southern Women : Domestic Workers and Their Employers in the Segregated South / Susan Tucker.

[MuseRider]

26. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson. Can't say much yet, just now getting interesting. It was recommended by my husbands cousin. She is reading it in Swedish. Also reading "We'll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives" by Paul Shaffer with my husband. Then partly and slowly "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan. I have to wait until my husband is done with that one before I can really get started with it.