What are you reading?

[Lacey]

So what is everyone reading right now?

Lately I've been gobbling down Anne McCaffrey's Pern series - in some cases rereading stuff that I hadn't read in ages. Finished up "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern" last week. It was one of those books where I knew how it was going to end from information in other books, but I didn't know exactly the way it was going to come about. And the ending did leave me rather disappointed. It felt like a case of, "Let's throw in a pointless tragedy to pull on a few heart strings."

So now I've started reading, "The Woad to Wuin" - the second of the Sir Apropos of Nothing books. The little bit I've read so far leads me to believe that it will live up to and surpass the first. Anything that can spoof the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy in about 50 pages is well worth it! The first book was gritty, philosophical, and laugh out loud funny, and it's looking like the second is going to fit in all of those same categories.

[Vio&Juni]

Playing Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks. It's funny to read a book about your country in times you've known, but seen with different eyes.

[Suki Wingy]

Well, in the summer I read a lot at night, I go through a book in 3 or 4 days. Right now i'm reading an, um, interesting book called something likeDark Horses and Black Beauties next in line are Stud, Adverntures in Breeding, The Dalmatian(again) and I am going to attempt to read The Complete Dog Book. which is simply a collection of AKC standards for all the breeds it accepted as of whenever this book was printed.

[finn's mom]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

[kimboe]

I'm just starting to read "Spanish Holiday" by KATE CANN so far it's not to bad!

[lizbud]

I'm just finishing up with How To Be The Leader Of The Pack
by Patricia McConnell. Can't wait to start reading The Ice Castle
by Jeannette Walls.

[PJ's Mom]

What the Dog Did : Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner

[luvofallhorses]

Chicken Soup for the horse lover's soul

[Mutt_Maniac]

I am reading "Snail Mail No More" by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin...

[Karen]

I was just going to post a thread about reading. I was going to ask how many books you read at once ...
I got to go to the Book Expo America, so have a lot of books at my disposal.

Many of them are "prerelease," so don't be surprised if you haven't yet seen them in stores.

I am currently reading ...
Faithless by Karen Slaughter. It is very good so far (about halfway through), she's a good suspense writer, and the book continues many of the main characters from her previous books I've read, which is cool. Her characters are well done, and feel like real people, not just cartoonish stereotypes, so it is always a good read. Plenty of good detail, not too much

Splintered Icon by Bill Napier. (about halfway through) One of the many books that are seeming to be marked as the next Davinci Code, but I haven't read that, so cannot compare. So far this is a good mix of historical fiction mixed with historical fact, and a good modern setting and characters. Doesn;t (so far) get bogged down in a lot of unnecessary detail, just fleshes stuff out enough to be quite interesting and keep one guessing ...


The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik. An 11-year-old American living in Paris with his kind of eccentric parents is the main character. Aimed at teens and tweens, probably the Harry Potter crowd, I'm only a third of the way in. It jumps right in and hooks you right away, you empathise the character's struggles with the odd, otherworldy situation he is dealing with, as well as his normal, lonely average 11-year-old existence. Set in Paris in the winter, plenty of "local color" without it becoming overwhelming. Really good so far ....

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

Originally posted by luvofallhorses
Chicken Soup for the horse lover's soul

That's EXACTLY what I'm reading!!!! lol Krista, we think alike!!!

[Vette]

I havent picked up a book in a long long long time.


my dad told me that Stephen King retired..
is it true?

[sirrahbed]

Karen - I will sometimes have 2-3 books on my nightstand that I am reading though I prefer to finish one at a time and if I really am loving it, I will read it straight through!!

A PT friend gave me the first book in a series by Beverly Lewis, called The Covenant and I LOVED it and this week I read books 2, 3 and 4. They are about an Old Order Amish family in Pennsylvania. The author also has another series written about Amish living in Lancaster County. They are fiction but the author's mom was Amish and Lewis grew up among the people of that church. They are easy reads but just what I like now and then. The rest of the books in this series were The Betrayal, The Sacrifice, and The Prodigal.

Last night I started Monster which is the newest Frank Perretti.

I am in the middle of a Chicken Soup book - I think it is Pet Lovers or Dog & Cat Lovers. My "to be read" stack is about a foot high

I LOVE Karin Slaughter and did not realize she had another book out!! I requested it from the library!! The publishers date said August 2005 - weird eh?

[Toby's my baby]

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech Sharon Creech rocks...so i've heard

[K9soul]

I'm rereading a favorite at the moment (Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead). I can read a fiction and a nonfiction at the same time but not two fiction novels at the same time. I get too deeply immersed in the characters and story and I would find it too distracting and disorienting to switch gears mid story. I generally read at least a couple hours a day and tend to go through a novel a week on average. Barnes & Noble loves me