What are you reading the week of February 27, 2011?

[DUgosh]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

[CAG]

1. The Fall of Giants - Ken Follett and The Nearest Exit - Olen Steinhauer

Fall of Giants is the first of a "20th century trilogy" by Follett. Its about intertwined families from Britain, Germany, Russia, and New York pre-WW1 and during WW1, and its so far awesome, really recommend to anyone.

Just got The Nearest Exit at the library and will start it once I'm finished with Follett's. Steinhauers last book "The Tourist" (not like the Depp-Jolie movie thank god) was a really good espionage novel and this is the follow-up.

[The Roux Comes First]

25. There's an Author I Lost Track of

I seem to recall one or more terrific suspense Folletts in my past, but names elude me now. Unclear why I fell off his bus, other than what I would guess is a chronic problem for those of us engaged like this, namely limning our bookophilia. Too many books, too many authors, too many genres, too little time!

So of course my next few clicks will involve local library and Follett, despite, 8+ library books in hand, 12 with pending holds, and the dozen I have purchased in the last few weeks.

And of course there are those stacks lining the walls of a couple rooms!

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. Why is it the more rooms I have the more bookcases I seem to need???

Not even counting the oodles of e-books stored on disc and puter.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Open veins of Latin America

[frazzled]

3. The Hare with Amber Eyes

by Edmund de Waal. Just finished it. Best thing I've read in a long time. It's nonfiction, but written in such a beautiful, reflective style you'll think it is something completely other.

Reviews here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090105971.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2010/0907/The-Hare-with-Amber-Eyes

[lordsummerisle]

4. Rebooting the American Dream

by Thom Hartmann.

[AC_Mem]

5. Buddha

by Deepak Chopra

[Lindsey]

6. The Healing Code. I just purchased it today and a good friend

highly recommended it. It's in the "Metaphysical" arena- just an FYI.

[AC_Mem]

12. I' ve been looking for the Healing Code

Watching for it to come down to a better price for the audio.

Before reading Buddha by Deepak Chopra, I read his story of Jesus. Amazing work! As soon as I'm done with this book I'll be going to the bookstore to see what else he has written. I'm really enjoying his story telling.

The Healing Code is on my "list"~!

Thanks,
Annette

[sueh]

7. The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

[hippywife]

8. Finished Bonobo Handshake last night

before I fell to sleep. Excellent book. :thumbsup:


Bedtime's about the only time I get to read anymore, well except in the porcelain library. LOL I'm waiting on Bill Bryson's newest book, but it looks like it will be a while.

:hi:

[DUgosh]

9. Porcelain Library

lol

[hippywife]

10. It does hold the largest

collection of reading material in the house. :rofl:

:hug:

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. Just Kids by Patti Smith. Have you read it?

I started it last night , and I fell asleep around 1AM . It is a real page turner if you are interested in the artistic scene in the '60s. It is about the early years(so far) of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe.


I loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[hippywife]

13. That one is definitely on my list.

:hi:

[DUgosh]

22. Dragon tattoo

I think it's better than The Girl Who Played With Fire

[fadedrose]

14. R

Not done yet with Haig's Private Sector..it's a page-turner, but over 400 pp....

[closeupready]

15. Either Alice in Wonderland or

Guards! Guards!

[DemoTex]

16. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"

James Agee and Walker Evans

[Curmudgeoness]

17. The Handmaiden's Tale--Atwood. I saw this one listed

as one of the can't put down books, and realized I had never got to it. This book title never did entice me. Don't judge a book by the title, that is all I can say.

[Luciferous]

18. Going Bovine by Libba Bray

[krispos42]

19. Harry Turtledove's "Liberating Atlantis"

Last book of the trilogy.


I just wish they had included a damn map with the series. :grrr:

[The Roux Comes First]

23. Map Huzzah!

It depends on the individual book, obviously, and I am not familiar with the Turtledove series you mention, but I would always prefer to have the author err in the direction of too much map. Of course there are instances where cartography does not anything to the book, but as a personal preference, in most cases, even a little sketch can help; for me any map is better than none.

[fadedrose]

20. PRIVATE SECTOR by Brian Haig

Good, great dialogue..











Book 13

[fadedrose]

21. A DRINK BEFORE THE WAR by Dennis Lehane

PI's Patrick Kensie and Angela Gennaro - the first in a series of six. Takes place in Dorchester, MA.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/L_Authors/Lehane_Dennis.html


Book 14

(I've posted this at least 4 times and a mistake has been made every time and I can't seem to find the others. Please forgive duplicates if there are any).

[fadedrose]

26. I liked this...

in spite of it being a beat-up soft cover. Would have been a lot better in hardback.

Never read a Lehane book before; I think he's pretty good.

[fadedrose]

27. PRAIRIE GOTHIC by J. M. Hayes

Just started it and its pure white pages are a turn-off for me anyway. Lots of goofy characters, and I can't seem to get the family relationships straight - some people murdered parents, some incest, you know, the normal things we do everyday..

Some humor..

[fadedrose]

28. It's like "I'm My Own Grampa" with a few murders and incest

describe this stupid book. The last one was funnier - Plains Crazy, but Plains Gothic - this one was just stupid.

Since I got these books thru inter-library loan, will finish the last book I have in the house.



Book 15

[The Roux Comes First]

24. The Book of Air and Shadows

That by Gruber, and I am groping my way into Gussow's Growing, Older (non-fiction). My ear-buds are broadcasting Preston's Panic in Level 4 (also non-fict). I have Jance and McGarrity in the long queue, as well as a couple of Mrs. Pollifax. Thanks partly to Ms. Pearl's recommendations (and those of others), and perhaps a certain abhorrence of things current and political, for the first time in my records, my reading is heavily canted towards fiction.

Not necessarily a good thing, but there you have it.