It's June! What are you reading?

Post by **Spudd** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:07 am

Reading: "Prior Bad Acts" by Tami Hoag - so far so good. Not earthshattering.

Listening: "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut - bizarre, but I'm loving it so far.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:22 am

Spudd, I'm not much of a book listener, but I've been looking for a book-book copy of Slaughterhouse Five, and they're pretty hard to come by right now. RIP Kurt!

Me:
I've been starting so many books that I've got about five (that I've mentioned in previous posts) to finish. I did finish "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" and it was really good.

Post by **Spudd** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:55 am

I listen to the audiobooks while I'm walking to work. It makes my commute more enjoyable.

Isn't Slaughterhouse Five still in print? It's such a classic!

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:05 am

It's summer! I have time for reading!

I finished my re-read of the fifth Harry Potter book, and I immediately started rereading the sixth.

After this, though, I'm going to move onto something else.

We have a paperback copy of Slaughterhouse 5. J had it, probably from high school or something. This reminded me that I had started reading it but put it down. I seem to do that whenever I try to read Vonnegut.

Maybe I'll try it again someday.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:21 am

Of course it's still in print. I think there's just been a run on copies since he passed away.

Stacy · Post by **Stacy** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:56 pm

Probably going to re-read Dune while in the field

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:18 pm

Still enjoying Angela's Ashes here. I'm halfway through. It's great how he manages to be funny in the middle of all that tragedy. I was just reading a part this morning where his friend says he should die for his Faith, and he says "sorry, I can't. I'm already booked to die for Ireland", lol.

Malanee · Post by **Malanee** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:43 am

A Widow for One Year by John Irving - good, but a bit long
Jemima J and Bookends by Jane Green - fun chick lit
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish - made me cry

To be read:

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark
To Have and To Hold by Jane Green
Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:26 pm

I'm just about halfway through "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." I had heard that it's a difficult book, but I'm really enjoying it. Plus, it makes me want to get a motorcycle even more than I did before, even though it's not really about motorcycles.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:31 pm

ZATAOMM made me want to kill myself by the end. That and "On the Road" I just think you have to be high to appreciate.

Bugsy · Post by **Bugsy** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:15 pm

What? Really?

Why did it make you want to kill yourself? It just makes me really curious to hear more about this Phaedrus character. Plus, I guess I've been in a somewhat philosophical mindset lately, so I'm really finding it appealing.

Crystal Meth · Post by **Crystal Meth** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:26 pm

Well, there's a bit of a twist so I don't want to tell you much...

I didn't mean I was literally depressed by it, LOL. But I found it very sloggy and long-winded. But that's me, and it was about 5 years ago.

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:10 pm

Everyone must read The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

I read it in 3 hours.

That is all.

Post by **Spudd** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:04 pm

I finally finished my Tami Hoag book. It was a page-turner, I'll give it that. The writing style was kinda pulpy, but the plot had me hooked.

Sílvia · Post by **Sílvia** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:38 am

I'm reading The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. I'm only on page 80 or so, but it seems good. Terrifying, but good. Has anyone read it?