What Are You Reading Right Now?

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Comment by Steen Krause on November 26, 2010 at 1:10pm

Currently reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and listening to the Pride and Prejudice audiobook.

Comment by wiffledust on October 27, 2010 at 8:58pm

i would definitely take the books that comfort me. i have a couple of self help ones that do that. although most of that genre is trash. and i'd take some "sorta" children's stuff, because that comforts me to have near me. not cat in the hat. i don't mean that. but perhaps something like little women..or something i read when i was younger like daddy long legs or the secret garden. i'd probably have gone with the wind, becausei go to it.that's my point. i'd probably rather have gone with the wind nearby than the collected works of shakespeare if i could only have 20.but in my home big library, i would have all of shakespeare. but late on a stormy night, i'm more likely to reach for gone with the wind as a good friend! i think i'd like an anthology of poetry,because i like that more now that i get older. i know! i'd have biographies, because they inspire me. yep. ...still thinking...

Comment by wiffledust on October 27, 2010 at 12:31am

oh nice choices...esp gabriel garcia marquez!! so you'd read these books over and over again? i'm not sure if i'd pick fiction or non fiction. i tend to gravitate towards non fiction for the books that surround me, and i'm not sure why. sometimes i just want to pick up a piece of wisdom and then put it down. one of the reasons i thought of this exercise, is because in your regular home library you'd have shakespeare, right? but then i think of the last time i actually READ a whole play by shakespeare, and it's not realistic if i only had 20 books. i sat here and thought and realize i have NO IDEA!! i gave everyone an exercise i can't do!!!!! yikes!

Comment by wiffledust on October 26, 2010 at 8:49pm

ooo that's a good plan, maggie!!! well i don't mean a hidey hole like a retreat. i mean let's say you had to go to a new apartment and leave everything behind. so it's your first night there, and you are surrounded by only 20 books. which ones would you want RIGHT NOW? you gave a good start!!! the question has made me think about which ones of mine i want to THROW OUT !:-))0

Comment by wiffledust on October 26, 2010 at 2:17pm

I'm curious you guys abou the following question. If you were to go to a brand new hideaway apartment , and you could only have 20 books in there...what would they be? Obviously these would not be your favorites,because there are only 20 and in your space. So this is asking what you would want in your personal space with you RIGHT NOW? I'm thinking about my list.......!

Comment by wiffledust on October 24, 2010 at 8:39pm

thanks tony and karrie! karrie, how's the kindle? can you adjust the size of what you're reading? in other words, can you skip the glasses?

Comment by Karrie Furrow on October 24, 2010 at 7:56pm

Just finished the Ted Dekker series of Black, Red, White and Green. Those are absolutely amazing...Also, now that I have a Kindle I am reading non-stop...Even more than before!

Comment by wiffledust on October 24, 2010 at 7:44pm

hey jen! every time i've read huck finn, i get something new out of it. it is truly a brilliant work. i sometimes wonder how one man could have had so much talent. he managed to capture an american voice so well! i really liked the great gatsby too, but for opposite reasons from huck finn. although they both tell an american story but so differently. that's worth a re read!!

Comment by Jen on October 24, 2010 at 7:32pm

I loved the first Stieg Larrson and have waited for the other two for times when I'm on "break". Right now I've been reading Huck Finn and Dune for classes that I'm teaching. I finish them both next week and then start on The Great Gatsby and Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I'm eagerly awaiting the end of the semester when I can go back to "free reading"! I have to say, though, that I enjoy all the books I re-read (and re-read) for teaching. I'm especially enjoying Huck Finn this time around.

Comment by wiffledust on October 20, 2010 at 10:49pm

oooo this is fun, mary catherin! i'm going to put this on fb to share with the folks there! thank you!!!

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