What are you reading the week of December 13, 2009?

[DUgosh]

My Nerdy Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson

[marmar]

1. Nevermind....I just realized this is the fiction books forum

nt

[hippywife]

6. You can still post what you're reading.

Many still do.

[DUgosh]

12. It's all good

Even a fiction junkie like me appreciates a good non fiction recommendation.

[Burma Jones]

2. Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Anxiety

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Headwind by Jack Nance

a old re-read...

[azmouse]

4. "Drood" by Dan Simmons

Pretty good so far.

[eleny]

5. The School at the Chalet, by Elinor Brent-Dyer 1925

This is the first in a long British series of books written for girls about a boarding school. The series was referenced in a mystery novel and I was intrigued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalet_School

[hippywife]

7. Kinda into two books again.

Let the Great World Spin by Colin McCann and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

[Peregrine Took]

8. "Rabbit Run" and "Rabbit at Rest."

That John Updike was some kind of writer.

[tigereye]

17. he was so good- it's a shame that the unpleasantness of some of his char-

acters overshadows his skill in some folk's minds. He is much missed. His short stories are incredible.

[matt819]

9. Here goes

Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - No cutesy vampires here - Nasty vampires, excellent read
True Blue by David Baldacci - Listening to this one, typical Baldacci (that's a good thing), well-read. So far, so good.
By Order of the President by Greg Robinson - I picked this up after listening to the novel, The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. The novel was more of a young adult book, but still a good read - touching, more than a little treacly, but a human look at a difficult time - internment of Japanese during WWII. The non-fiction account provides 50 years of context leading up to this action. What's remarkable is that the same sorts of analyses that went into that decision have been at play since 9/11. A bit of a slog, but a good book.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

16. I just came up on

Strain at the library a couple of hours ago and brought it home. Looks good.

[silverweb]

10. Still working on "Cryptonomicon."

Mixed feelings about it. It's sometimes brilliant, sometimes fascinating, and sometimes very funny.

However, I think the author likes his clever turns of phrase a little too much. He's getting to be like a person who goes on and on just because he loves the sound of his own voice. I find I'm skimming rapidly through more and more paragraphs just to get back to the storyline.

Instead of being kept up most of the night because I can't put the book down, I'm getting sleepy within an hour. That's not a terrific review. About 2/3 of the way through now, so maybe another week....

[murielm99]

11. The Yard Dog, by Sheldon Russell

It is the first in a mystery series, and a good read.

It is set in WWII Oklahoma, near a prison camp for German POWs. The protagonist is Hook Runyon, a railroad detective.

[Onceuponalife]

13. Hyperion by Dan Simmons

My first foray into Dan Simmons territory.

[azmouse]

14. Simmons is one of my fav authors.

I'd also recommend 'Ilium' and 'Olympos' if you like sci-fi.

'Summer of Night' is a quick, fun read and will take you back to childhood when things that went bump in the night scared you.

'The Terror' is just plain genius.


I hope you enjoy this author as much as I obviously have! :)

[Onceuponalife]

22. Thanks, I'm finding it hard to put down.

I'm a huge sci-fi fan so I try to read anyone who has any kind of a name in the field. I think I'll go out and buy up the rest of the Hyperion series!

[tigereye]

18. those books are simply incredible - a modernist Chaucer, if you will

Simmons is a hell of a smart guy. We enjoyed reading the series out loud with our son. Those books still stick in my head. The characters are so wonderfully complex.

[LWolf]

27. I really enjoyed the Hyperion series. nt

[LWolf]

28. .dupe

[Hayabusa]

15. Dracula by Bram Stoker

rereading it after not reading it for ten years. Good book, I love how the story is comprised of journal entries and letters, even though they're a little exact to be completely realistic.

[YankeyMCC]

19. "You are here" by

Thich Nhat Hanh

Also plan to pick up "Flashforward" by Robert Sawyer

[Ignis]

20. _The Story of the Stone_ by Barry Hughart

If you haven't read any of Hughart's Master Li & Number Ten Ox books, you're missing out.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. "Hardball" by Sara Paretsky

In this volume, V.I. Warshawsky takes on the case of a man who has been missing for 40 years. Along the way, she gets in a few digs at the ramifications of the Patriot Act and "anti-terrorism."

I thought this was one of her best.

[japple]

23. Barbara Kingsolver latest: The Lacuna n/t

[hippywife]

24. How is it?

I just checked my account at the library and it's in transit to the branch close to home for me to pick up...probably tomorrow! :bounce:

That means the four Ruth Moore books I'm picking up tomorrow, too, will have to be set aside until I read that one. Won't be able to renew it with such a waiting list for it.

:hug japple!

[japple]

26. It was slow going at the beginning, but I've gotten into the rhythm

and now I can't wait to get back to it every night. Usually, I only read in bed at night, but with the cold, rainy (maybe snowy) weather in the forecast for the next several days, I might be reading more. I need a spanish/english dictionary, though.

[krispos42]

25. "The Guns of the South" by Harry Turtledove

Just finished reading "Days of Infamy" by the same author (Japanese occupy Hawaii after the attack) so I figured I'd stay with the author. I haven't read this one in about a decade, so...



Damn, I'm glad the South lost.

[LWolf]

29. Re-reading for the purposes of

discussion with an after-school book club:

Pride and Prejudice

Also re-reading, for the same purpose: The Book Thief

For myself, I just finished "Confessions of a Jane Austin Addict."

Also working on books for my classroom library; currently: "The Hunger Games."

[fadedrose]

30. LA OUTLAWS by T. Jefferson Parker nt

[fadedrose]

31. THE WIDOW'S REVENGE by James D. Doss

(finished)

[sueh]

32. Stephen King's The Dark Tower VII