What are you reading now? (February 2006)

Post by **aly** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:48 am

I just finished The Namesake.

Started Pride and Prejudice on Audio.

Reading 1984

Reading Give it Up also, when I can.

chickenlittle · Post by **chickenlittle** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:23 pm

I just finished Walking Shadow by Robert B. Parker. It's not at all the type of book I'd normally read (mass-market mystery), but my neighbor loaned it to me and therefore I felt obligated to read it. It was actually surprisingly good... completely far-fetched and ridiculous, but a really fast read that provided a relaxing mindless way to pass a couple of evenings.

Next up? I'm undecided. Leading candidates include...

Three Junes by Julia Glass (chicklit)
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (travel memoirs)
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (scifi, suggested by a friend)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
No Logo by Naomi Klein

I'm too 'blah' to read tonight, so we'll see what I'm in the mood for when the reading bug hits tomorrow.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:35 pm

I've read "Main Street" and "No Logo". They're both really dense books; you'll never read them straight through. But they're good.

I think you should start with "Three Junes".

chickenlittle · Post by **chickenlittle** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:06 pm

Dense or not, I always read books straight through

We'll see what kind of mood I'm in tomorrow - dense or fluffy.

Post by **Spudd** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:56 am

I just finished my Maeve Binchy (Evening Class) and I've started on "From a Buick 8" by Stephen King.

I ordered Interpreter of Maladies from Amazon, but they say it won't arrive until mid-March! Bastards!

Post by **aly** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:56 pm

Argh, Pride and Prejudice started skipping on the first CD! I quit listening (couldn't get through several parts...) and started For Laci by Sharon Rocha.

Still reading 1984 but momentarily pausing to squeeze in some short stories by Nikolai Gogol (because I read The Namesake and got interested).

Also reading Give it Up still.

Post by **Spudd** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:02 pm

Update: I cancelled my Amazon order and ordered from Chapters instead. It should be here this week! I'll definitely have time to read it in Cuba.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:47 pm

I just read A Paper Life, Tatum O'Neal's biography. She strikes me as a bit of a wingnut, but her life is really sad, and Ryan O'Neal comes off as a complete a**hole. I was also obsessed with "Bad New Bears" when I was little.

Now I have a self-help book called Complete Confidence, but I need some fiction to offset it. Any thoughts?

Lady Bug · Post by **Lady Bug** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:40 pm

Read out book club book!

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:47 pm

Post by **aly** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:32 pm

Crystal Meth wrote: I was also obsessed with "Bad New Bears" when I was little.

Me too!

That and Paper Moon.

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:50 pm

I am reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. This guy is a genius. Here's the entry on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell

He also wrote Blink, which I read last week, and loved as well.

Stacy · Post by **Stacy** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:45 am

I am still reading Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley. It is very interesting.

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:34 am

I'm reading Shantaram, the best novel ever written according to a lot of amazon reviewers and a bunch of other people. I hope they're right, since it's 940 pages long and I'm only on page 138! I found the beginning boring, but I find most books boring in the beginning, so we'll see.

Lady Bug · Post by **Lady Bug** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:47 am

I am reading a fantastic book called Somebody's Someone by Regina Louise - it's a memoir of a black girl growing up in foster care in the South. This is one of those so-good-you-miss-you-train-stop books!

Malanee · Post by **Malanee** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:52 pm

I'm reading The Hungry Ocean about a female fishing boat captain. It's really good!

Beana · Post by **Beana** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:12 pm

Blush, I really liked The Tipping Point. It's a pretty popular book here at work. I actuall just started Blink by the same author.

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:53 pm

I actually enjoyed The Tipping Point more.

I just finished The Bitch Posse by Marth O'Connor. This was definitely a darker look into the lives of teenage girls than is usually portrayed in novels. Sheesh.

Now I'm reading Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. I think it's a character driven novel about a small town.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:19 pm

I just got Interpreter of Maladies from the library.

It's really good so far; the language is beautiful.

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:57 am

Hey Crystal, that's short stories, right? I'm not crazy about short stories, but I LOVED The Namesake, so I might give Interpreter... a try.