What Are You Reading Right Now?

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Comment by wiffledust on August 22, 2012 at 9:49pm

thanks so much for your participation here tonight, annie! it's just what we need! i'm reading scholarly articles about something at the moment and want to pull my hair out from the vocab. not interesting enough to share. but i'm hoping to get to something better soon!

Comment by C. Annie Doucette on August 22, 2012 at 1:36pm

ok, so in my YA Adult reading group we are just finishing Across teh Universe by Beth Revis, Great Suprise Read. On my own I'm reading Then Came You, byu Jennifer Weiner. Totally not my normal book!! !

Comment by wiffledust on August 22, 2012 at 10:09am

thanks, helen! i am glad someone here has told us they have read 50 shades of grey. i had heard it was terribly written, but i haven't read it. i don't think i will. it sounds boring.  please be sure to let us know about the meditation, because i can use help on that topic for sure!

Comment by Helen on August 22, 2012 at 8:49am

Well, a friend lent me 50 Shades of Grey, so I felt compelled to read it... I shall not comment, because enough has already been said about the quality of writing (or lack of it).

Moving on... I am now reading Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki. I have been going to my local Shambhala Centre for a while, and realized that I haven't read any literature about meditation or related subjects. I haven't read much yet, but I'll be sure to come back and comment once I have!

Comment by wiffledust on August 22, 2012 at 1:37am

thanks so much for this, dave!

Comment by Dave Kelly on August 22, 2012 at 12:26am

The last several weeks I've been doing some video editing. It takes about 5+  hours to render a 1 hour tape. So I have lots of time on my hands. No use in washing clean dishes again and my lawn mowers are still in Colorado.

I've gotten into Jack Higgins and Stephen Coontz. Its been nothing for me to start a tape conversion and find myself 15 hours later finishing one of the book. I almost can not get the the library fast enough to keep myself supplied.

Jack Higgins:

The Killing Ground

Presidents Daughter

Midnight Runner

Luciano's Luck

Angel of Death

Bad Company

Stephen Cootnz:

Liberty

Lairs and Thieves

Hong Kong.

Comment by wiffledust on August 1, 2012 at 7:19pm

We lost an important writer today..Gore Vidal. I recommend "Alexander Hamilton" by him. But here is an article on his books and essays ...something might appeal to you here! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/gore-vidal-book_n_1728606....

Comment by Julie Campbell on July 29, 2012 at 7:04pm

Just finished A Land More Kind Than Home, Wiley Cash.  It will definitely make my top ten of the year.  A Greek tragedy in North Carolina.  If you like Tom Franklin, you must read this.

Comment by wiffledust on July 29, 2012 at 5:50pm

he's one of the best novelists ever, paul. i'm so glad you brought him up as a great read. i loved great expectations. i've heard bleak house is a true work of genius, but i haven't read it yet. ...so, tell me. is it the best of times or the worst of times? :-)

Comment by Paul Halpern on July 29, 2012 at 2:53pm

I'm finishing up "A Tale of Two Cities."  Although I'm a Dickens fan, I had steered away from his most serious work, preferring his more comic novels (or at least ones with comic characters).  However, there are great dramatic scenes in "A Tale," despite its lack of humor.

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