Thanks for all of the well wishes, I’ve been laid low by the flu and so responses to queries and things are going to be a little delayed.
In the meantime, every now and then I like to get a snapshot of what people are reading to get a sense of the pulse of the book world.
So. What are you reading at the moment?
Cathy ~o says
Just finished rereading The Dark Half…Stephen King
almost finished with Rhett Butler's People..Donald McCaig
started rereading Street Lawyer..John Grisham
also reading pages from a YA book my daughter is writing as she finishes them, as well as editing her 1st YA manuscript.
Jason Arnett says
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming; Zen in the art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, and bought a copy of The Hunted by Elmore Leonard.
Dave F. says
The Man Who Was Thursday by Chesterton
Justin says
I am reading HAMILTON by Ron Chernow – WATCHING BASEBALL SMARTER by Zack Hample – COSTA RICA by Eyewitness Travel Guides – PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE by David Boehl (et al) – and FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES by Minuchin and Fishman.
Mira says
Okay, I finished Neverwhere. It was good but not great.
I've moved on to a very old Carolyn Hart murder mystery someone gave me. It's silly and fun. I have no idea who did it.
Nathan, I really hope you feel better before I finish any more books!
If you feel well enough, I hope you'll check in sometime and let us know how you are. If you feel well enough. I think some of us, including me, are starting to get a bit worried….
Anonymous says
Anne of Green Gables. All the recommendations here encouraged me to get a copy. Enjoyable.
Nanci says
Shattered by Dick Francis
Candice says
Dean Koontz Sole Survivor and The Taken. Next on the list Warren Buffet The Snowball.
Anonymous says
I just finished Getting The Girl and I'm about to read The Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Elaine 'still writing' Smith says
Glad to see you're on the mend.
You have to get better – obviously – but then save us all from book titles 🙂
Mariana says
Hope you feel better soon!
Here are mines:
Evolve Your Brain, by Joe Dispenza, D.C. (from the movie "What the bleep do we know?")
The Color of Magic, by the fabulous and hilarious Terry Pratchett
Anonymous says
I'm reading the Wheel of Time series, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the next young James Bond book, and hopefully soon the Secret Garden.
Not all new, but that's what I'm reading. 🙂
hannah says
I'm *still* in the middle of Paper Towns by John Green, and I'm re-reading My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr. One of my favorites. I'm also reading Maybe by Brent Runyon to my sister right now.
terri says
Since Nathan has left the inmates in charge of the asylum, I'll ask y'all.
I'm bored to tears . . .
Can anyone recommend a good book?
I prefer genre – horror, post-apoc, military thriller, legal thriller, police procedurals with no romance and historical fiction ala Michener. And zombies, which, in my opinion, are better than monkeys . . .
Plot driven, not literary, no waiting-for-Godot-the-lack-of-action-is-the-action.
Any suggestions?
Verify word: culpe (as a lawyer, I just gotta love it)
Anonymous says
Terri –
Lol. There are 519 suggestions on this thread. Any of them interest you?
Katie Koulos says
I'm reading Uninvited by Amanda Marrone. It's a vampire book…very good!
Awriter says
reading: fragile eturnity- melissa marr
NightWorld – L.J. Smith
and
Gone -michael grant
Le blĂ–g d'Ă–tli says
OpĂ©ration Ahnenerbe by Heather Pringle – aphorisms and other books by Arthur Schnitzler…
Anonymous says
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
YA writer, but very well-researched and thought out.
terri says
Anon 8:33 – trust me, I've definitely been taking some notes! Just hoping someone was in a deep post-apoc funk and had sumpthin sumpthin new to recommend!
Anonymous says
Excuses Begone! Yep, I've got issues finishing my first novel!
Nat says
I just finished The Hunger Games. SO GOOD. I couldn't put it down. Unfortunately now I'll have to wait for the sequels. Catching Fire comes out in September but the final book in the trilogy is probably a few years away. WHY?!?!
Hope you're feeling better!
Anonymous says
just finished Angels and Demons. Had to put on media blinders to NOT see trailers and interviews…VERY challenging but it was very good.
Anonymous says
Three in progress at the moment — Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (a protest purchase & read), an advance copy of Marjorie M. Liu's Darkness Calls, and Edward Willett's Terra Insegura.
Anonymous says
The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin
RachelB says
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I've wanted to read it for a while, and I finally bought it. It's an interesting read. I like his writing style. It's not as formal as a lot of the stuff I read – very easy to follow, yet disjointed and chaotic all at the same wonderful time.
Just finished Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (for the umpteenth time).
I'm always somewhere in one of the Twilight books – they're great for me when I need a 5-20 minute read because I've read them so many times.
I'm slowly working my way through The Iliad in between other projects.
To follow Slaughterhouse Five will be Bram Stoker's Dracula.
KG says
6 Characters in Search of an Author
Hyun says
On Writing by Stephen King
Sandra says
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Newbery Silver Award). His Bud, Not Buddy won the Gold and was a delightful book as well. (Ditto The Watsons Go To Birmingham–1963…can you tell I really like this author?)
Jess says
For some reason, I'm reading 3:
– Blood Lite by Various Authers (comedic horror shorts – some significantly better than others!)
– The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters (mystery)
– The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (historical fiction)
Jolie says
Currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife. I gave my sister a copy for Christmas, although I'd never read it myself, because it's so widely praised and sounded like something she'd like. She finished it quickly and let me borrow it.
Last week I read Mansfield Park. The week before that I finished Middlemarch with this online book group, which I had spent about 6 weeks reading. During breaks from Middlemarch I also read Austen's Persuasion (You can see I'm craving classics lately) and Courtney Summers's YA debut Cracked Up To Be.
After the Niffenegger, I will probably move on to one of the following:
-Elise Blackwell's first novel, Hunger, about the siege of Leningrad
-The Things They Carried, another Christmas gift to someone else that I'm now borrowing
-Heinlein's The Door Into Summer
Whew! Ever since I finished college, I've been going through books at warp speed. It's AWESOME.
P.S. Nathan, isn't this season of The Bachelorette the best yet?! My money's on Kiptyn.
storiesomine says
Looking for Peyton Place by Barbara Delinsky.
Anonymous says
Labarynth by Kate Moss
its worth reading just because of the way she writes, so beautiful and vivid. love it
lv2scpbk says
Just finished, "Doesn't She Look Natural?" by Angela Hunt (1st of three in the series) Fast read and a good book that makes you feel like you're there with the characters.
Now reading the 2nd book in series called, "She Always Wore Red".
Before that I read "True Colors" by Kristin Hannah and loved it.
Tina says
La Possibilité d'une Ile (The Possibility of an Island) by Michel Houellebecq, en francais.
Tina says
La Possibilité d'une Île by Michel Houellebecq
energybalance says
Karen B. said, "University Shambles" by Chris Rhodes.
https://universityshambles.com
..a take on the disintegration (like its financial system) of the British universities.
energybalance says
Oh yes, I should say that it (University Shambles)is a purely fictional black comedy and bears no resemblance to reality – Like "The History Man" was.
Karen B.
Anonymous says
Eden by Louise Wise. We've had romance and vampires with Twilight saga, romance and fantasy with Karen Marie Moning's Highlander books, so aliens and romance was something different. And it works!
Anne Lyle says
I'm re-reading Lynn Flewelling's "Nightrunner" series, because she has a new one out this year and my memory is atrocious!
ros says
Rumour Has It, by Jill Mansell. Perfect, funny summer reading.
Amy says
Thr3e by Ted Dekker and listening to Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer. I can't read while I'm driving and I spend a lot of time on the road.