I posed this You Tell Me once before and I thought it was really fun to hear about what people are reading. Well, some time has elapsed and so here’s a repeat, this time with feeling:
What book(s) are you reading right now?
I’m reading WELCOME TO THE WORLD BABY GIRL by Fannie Flagg, getting in touch with my small town roots.
What about you?
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Jennifer L. Griffith says
Where Rivers Change Directions
by Mark Spragg
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
Yes, I have three going at one time.
bucketgirl says
The complete Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout, in chrono order.
dan says
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. But I only just started.
Bakerman says
RE: “I think being a 16 year old writer hinders many agents from wanting to review my work. Got any tips?” – Crystal Alexander
Sixteen or sixty, acquiring an agent is a hit or miss proposition. Stay in the game and you’re bound to get lucky. As a minor, however, entering into a legal contract is another matter entirely; be sure you have a parent or trustworthy guardian at the ready.
Also read Nathan’s tips listed on the main page, a reliable path to impressing an agent and getting published. If your work is ready for market, age will be a minor factor.
In the meantime, if you want to be a good writer, keeping writing. If you want to be a great writer, live a little – experience all you can. Get to know the stars, the moon in its phases – and before you know it, we’ll be reading your books and experiencing your travels. Good luck!
Kate says
Robin Hobb’s Liveship Traders book 2: The Mad Ship.
Not as good as the Farseer or Tawny Man trilogies, but still a great read!
reality says
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Mary Witzl says
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Actually, I’m re-reading it. This is a habit I have when I enjoy a book. I’m not a fan of watching movies again and again, but if I really like a book, I almost always want to read it several times.
Eric G. says
DEVILISH by Maureen Johnson
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS, BOOK 2 by Rick Riordan
THE BONE COLLECTOR by Jeffrey Deaver
Lafreya says
Hunting in Harlem by Mat Johnson
Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
Southern Writer says
CICADA by Eric Laing and WHEN MY SISTER WAS CLEOPATRA MOON by Frances Park.
Josephine Damian says
Wendy/Anon 11:32 – Any Julian Barnes is worthwhile, but agree that “A & G” can’t compare to his others, especially “Flaubert’s Parrot.” Agree that George was more compelling than Arthur.
Katie: A gal in my book club raved about the Lymond series; said it’s kind of a slow start, but entirely worthwhile sticking with it. I have the entire series and plan on diving into the whole saga as soon as I finish grad school.
Gina and Original Bran Fan: I too plan on revisiting “Wrinkle” after all these years.
I just started Chelsea Cain’s “Heart Sick” yesterday, and am deep into a classic satire of writers and the NY Literary world by Dawn Powell – “Turn, Magic Wheel.”
Thought I’d include that book’s first line: “Some fine day I’ll have to pay, Dennis thought, you can’t sacrifice everything in life to curiosity.”
Lupina says
I must agree with Bran Fan’s observation..I was also surprised to see that everyone’s reading list is unique.
How about a column devoted to: “I’ll never get that 30-6000 minutes of my life back – what I wish I had NOT read recently” lists? I, for one, have read a real stinker that still annoys me to think about.
Derek says
Divisadero, by Michael Ondaatje. I just finished Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss.
Vinnie Sorce says
Don’t have the title right here on my desk but it’s a Jonathan Kellerman book. Just recently finished Saira Rao’s “Chambermaid” which recent news says is being madae into a TV series, https://www.sairarao.com/News/chambermaid-goes-to-hollywood
I met her in NY recently, what a lovely woman…
Andrea says
THE ULTIMATE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Douglas Adams. Ultimate only because it’s all 5 in one binding.
Marlene Dotterer says
Wait. Do you just read one book at a time?
The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil – dense stuff. It’s on the bedstand.
Einstein by Walter Isaacson. In the living room by the easy chair.
The New Time Travelers by David Toomey. Kitchen table.
I’m hitting some fiction next!
serenity says
READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN: A Memoir in Books, by Azar Nafisi. It’s really beautiful, and it has officially replaced any obligation I felt to actually read LOLITA.
Crystal Alexander says
Thanks Bakerman, for the information and inspiration!
😀
-Crystal Alexander
Julie K. Rose says
Awesome question! Now my library wishlist is significantly longer (I’m especially interested in picking up the Roman Britain books by Gillian Bradshaw).
On my last trip, I controlled the urge to reread Good Omens and instead picked up The Plague Tales by Ann Benson. I’m also reading a stack of non-fiction on the origins of plainchant.
Anonymous says
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
cyn says
labyrinth by kate mosse.
picked it up on a lark with a buy 2 get 3 deal in london.
this after i returned court of the air by stephen hunt. i was three chapters in and the story simply didn’t draw me.
Subservient No More says
I’m finishing up The English Patient. Last week I read The Accidental by Ali Smith and I really enjoyed that. I wanted to mention that one because it’s great and I haven’t found many people who have heard of it.
Kanani says
Well, I’m reading “Steps In Time” by Fred Astaire. Yup, that Fred Astaire, written in the 1950’s. Thoroughly light and enjoyable read.
I’m also reading a book about Emily Dickinson.
Alison_C says
MIND DESIGN AND MINIMAL SYNTAX, but that’s only because I’m taking a class … mostly.
lis
Demon Hunter says
I just finished reading THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy and I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson. I am currently reading CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED by Laurell K. Hamilton, THE LIVING BLOOD by Tananarive Due, and DARK SYMPHONY by Christine Feehan. Then I’ll read THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold and THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson.
P.G says
I am reading Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde. I just am loving the Thursday Next series.
Katrina Stonoff says
Wow, we’re all over the library!
Mine is TRIANGLE by Katharine Weber, about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that killed about 150 people in 1911.
Eric Orchard says
I am reading Diana-Wynne Jones’ The lives of Christopher Chant and Borges’ Book of Imaginary Beings.Thanks for asking.