what books are you reading or have read lately...

**carole** · 02-27-2010, 05:13 PM

I have just become a bookaholic again, it has been years since i have sat down and read books, but my sister bought me cleo an uppity cat who healed a family for my birthday, this is a book written by NZ writer Helen Browne, and i would highly recommend it , now i just cannot stop reading, I am loving it,even buying books second hand online now.

I just finished This Charming Man by Marian Keyes, my sons partner has all her books, so i can borrow the lot, takes some reading 674 pages long, but interesting, and now i am reading The Lovely Bones, have read My Sisters Keeper, and waiting for the DVD out next month, enjoyed the book very much.

So what books have you read or enjoy, or are going to read?

**Marigold2** · 02-27-2010, 07:38 PM

The Duchess of Death, it's about Agatha Christie, one of my all time fav authors.

**phesina** · 02-27-2010, 08:05 PM

I am reading mysteries as usual, many taking place in foreign lands (my favorites are still the Scandinavians). Right now, "Red Knife" by William Kent Krueger, set in the deep woods of the far northern reaches of Minnesota (speaking of foreign lands?..

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I just finished a long but breathtaking book, "The Good German" by Joseph Kanon. Set in 1945 Berlin: Hitler has been defeated, Berlin is divided into zones of occupation by the Allied victors.. The story is set off with a murder mystery and becomes one "..of espionage and love, an extraordinary re-creation of a city devastated by war, and a thriller that asks the most profound ethical questions in its exploration of the nature of justice, and what we mean by good and evil in times of peace and of war." (- from the back cover notes.)

**Pembroke_Corgi** · 02-27-2010, 08:18 PM

"The Name of the Wind," by Patrick Rothfuss.

It's actually my 2nd time through the book, as I can no longer use my library card (until we can afford to pay the fine) due to Marta's penchant for chewing up library books! I've already paid the library hundreds of dollars, and I keep books up, but my best efforts are not good enough...it's the only naughty thing Marta ever does, but it's pretty naughty!! *sigh* Why Marta leaves normals books alone but can't resist ones from the library is beyond me.

**carole** · 02-28-2010, 01:01 PM

I have just bought a book at an auction online for $5.00 Paullina Simons A road to Paradise, also bidding on her latest one, but have another bidder,it finishes on Wed so will bid then and see if i can get it, would love to get that one, retails at $36.99 and is still in the shops.

So have plenty of reading ahead, big books,and still have The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards and Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult to read,keep me going for a long time.

Half way through the Lovely Bones, small book so be finished that one soon, interesting, will get the DVD out when it is released here.

**Alysser** · 02-28-2010, 02:24 PM

1984 - classic orwell, excellent excellent and somewhat scary book.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 02-28-2010, 03:21 PM

I love reading! I have several books in pdf format that I can put on my phone to read. Planetebook.com has several books for free! I am reading Jane Eyre *for about the 5th time lol* right now, before that I read the Great Gatsby.

**jennielynn1970** · 03-01-2010, 04:00 PM

gosh, I'm still reading Stephen King's "Under the Dome"... it's just not very compelling. Science fiction doesn't really thrill me, but Dave got it for me, so I'm reading it, lol.

Sara Dessen's "Lock and Key" is a young adult novel, about a girl who is abandoned by her mother and ends up living with her older sister, whom she thought abandoned the family, but turns out the mother is the one who lied about most everything. The story line is a good one, but slows down here and there.

Lastly, Hanna Jansen's (German novelist) "Over One Thousand Hills I Walk With You", a story that was told to her by her adopted daughter, Jeanne, who is originally from Rwanda, and is about the Hutus and the Tutsis and the genocide that followed. It's classified as fiction by the company I got it from, but it's actually a memoir. So far, very good.

**Lilith Cherry** · 03-02-2010, 05:21 AM

Carole, Maeve Binchy is wonderful; she makes really believable characters! If you enjoy "Scarlett Feather" try "Quentins" as well as the characters are intertwined and it's very good to read from both sides. She is from Ireland and has written lots of really good novels and short stories too.

I love reading Robert Heinlein books especially the ones with Lazurus Long in them, "Time Enough for Love" and "To Sail Beyond The Sunset" are my favourites.

I just love to read and spend most of my spare time doing just that!

**carole** · 03-02-2010, 12:52 PM

Thanks for that, it will be a while before i get to that book, but i am looking forward to it, i am just trying all authors as i am not up on who is who just yet, and seeing who i like, have swapped for a Barbara Bradford Taylor book, think i got the name right,these cost me zero so if i don't like them nothing lost.

**catmandu** · 03-02-2010, 04:30 PM

I stopped buying books years ago as they are far too pricey.
I am raeding the Complete Terry and the Pirates by Milt Caniff and now the complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould.
I wish the comic strips of the day were more than gag strips, where are the adventure strips of yesteryear

**DJFyrewolf36** · 04-09-2010, 09:12 PM

I am currently reading Alex and Me by Irene Pepperburg. It is a great book about how animals communicate, and the kind of bond an animal and a human can have.

**Vette** · 04-09-2010, 10:25 PM

Currently reading The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks. but dont think i'll finish it for personal reasons.

**Pinot's Mom** · 04-10-2010, 07:43 AM

I'm about to start "The Outermost House" by Henry Beston...due to a quote I read in the puzzle here posted by Karen!

I liked the quote so much I looked up the book at Overstock and ordered it.

As far as Maeve Binchy, by the way, the classic of hers is "Circle of Friends" of course, but I've read A LOT of her books. If anyone is looking for a specific one, PM me and I'll see if I have it. I'll mail it on to you.

Happy reading y'all!