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What Are You Reading Right Now?
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This is a group where you can tell us what you're reading and what you think of it to give others some ideas. Your choices can be fiction, non-fiction, articles, books, blogs, whatever. Tell us what it is and your opinion of it!
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Comment by Kristin deWitt on July 15, 2010 at 2:09pm
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Agreed. Books usually are! I've been a mystery fan for a long time, inherited from Mom and Grandmother. This may be blasphemy to some, but Agatha Christie only sort of did it for me. I prefer other English authors like M.M. Kaye, who has a number of light, well written mysteries set in various locales, and Ngaio Marsh. Love her books! A long series with a main character who's a Gentleman in Scotland Yard. Marries a renowned painter. I can see some of the patterns in her writing after a while but the stories are fun, the main character is dry and witty, the settings interesting. After having read mysteries for so long I decided I needed to read Doyle. I bought all the Holmes mysteries in anthologies and read them straight through. Again, I saw the patterns after a bit and they got a little thin for me but I felt educated in the genre! ; ) I then went to other authors who tried to write Holmes and was regularly disgusted. Until I found Laurie King. She writes Sherlock the way Doyle did but then broadens, deepens and expands. Then she throws a twist of a fifteen year old girl! BRILLIANT! I HIGHLY recommend her to any mystery readers. They can be easy reads but the writing is far superior to many others out there. IMHO. ; )
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Comment by wiffledust on July 15, 2010 at 1:56pm
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oooo you have great ones, kristin!!! mysteries REALLY keep you glued to the book. i like a good psychological or historical one when i read them too. so these are great suggestions. i love colleen mccullough!!!! and a little romance in there is always nice! i was trying to re-read cold mountain..not a mystery. but the book is so much better than the movie. the movie was good, but the book is TONS better....
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Okay, jumping in. I'm a fiction girl, all the way. And I ADORE mysteries. The best author in the genre I've found in a long while is a woman named Laurie King. She has two series and several stand alone. Her writing is so wonderful and smart. In one series I learn continually about religions and their histories. All of her books have deep psychological strains that are wonderfully written.
That said, currently I'm reading "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson. The third of the series that starts with "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". Brilliant writer! Sad that he died without being able to give us more.
Also this summer I've read "First Man in Rome", a fascinating historical fiction in which I learned much about ancient Rome and the practices of it's inhabitants. Written by Colleen McCullough. Next was "The Far Pavilions" by M.M. Kaye, an English author. Also historical fiction, set in India during the time of British rule. The main character is English but didn't know it until age 11 after being reared Hindu. Wonderful explication of the relationship between English and Indian with a romantic story, too! : )
Just finished a book given to me by a client. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick. Beautifully written, dark and despairing.
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Comment by Lillian Gaffney on July 13, 2010 at 6:10pm
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Eat, Pray, Love... I just finished reading the part where E.G. is moved to ask for donations to help her new friend, daughter, and two orphans buy a home. So far, this is my favorite story within the book. More later, when I complete the book.
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Here's another fabulous book by Julia C._ Prayers to the Great Creator which includes four classic prayer books: Heart Steps, Blessings, Transitions, and Answered Prayers... good gift for anyone seeking a spiritual fulfillment in life.... another jewel!
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I want to recommend a little book to you guys. It's non fiction. Do you know Julia Cameron who wrote "The Artist's Way"? Sure you do. Well this is a little book by her called "God is No Laughing Matter". It's filled with great short insights on a bunch of little but huge topics. Each are about a page or two long, but profound and with an artist's tweek. She talks about inner voices, dreams, toxic people, you name it. But what I like about it is that it's not the same old same old stuff. Check it out. It's a little jewel!
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Finally, I'm getting around to Eat, Pray, and Love... let you know more when I finish it... just picked it up.
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ooo i have to read this stuff. and TOTAL nod to J.K. rowling. LOVE HER. and love her personal story too. she has made kids read...absolutely! ....doesn't have to be what you're reading NOW. could be anything about reading and books! ;-)
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susie, you're SUPPOSED to butt in! that's what a discussion group IS! hahaha. i love your choices. i think of the ones you mentioned, austin and bronte are huge favorites of mine. i think i'm the only woman i know, though who might like bronte better than austin. but i would have to say in terms of "powerful", i would say fitzgerald. you just don't forget him. although i never forgot you know who in the attic either! ;-)))
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oh for me, lillian, a powerful writer is someone who moves you to the core of your being. although i read alot of non-fiction compared to fiction, it is usually fiction that would rock my world. something like to kill a mockingbird is very powerful. it changes you forever. the color purple changed me forever. dubois stories move me forever.
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