What Are You Reading Right Now?

[DVCLiz]

Well in honor of National Banned book week I have decided to revisit my childhood and read

Forever by Judy Blume
and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Say hi to Ralph for me, and tesseract well!!!

 

[rcraw45425]

Say hi to Ralph for me, and tesseract well!!!

LMAO, Ralph!

 

[dizluvah]

I'm reading Brad Thor's Path of the Assassin - my hubby was nagging me to read something by Brad Thor - I didn't think I would like CIA/Covert/Black ops type of stories but it is really good - quite a page turner but not all macho military jargon - the character is a "real" person, likeable, complex etc

 

[OceanAnnie]

I finished, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Loved it! I really enjoyed reading about that time period. Things were so much slower then. Seems like people appreciated the little things a lot more than they do now. Thanks to those that recommended this book!

I'm reading, Dying Breath, by Wendi Corsi Staub. It's about a woman who has premonitions and I think she and her family are going to be in jeopardy fairly soon. It's good. Unsettling.

 

[Glynis]

I finished, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Loved it! I really enjoyed reading about that time period. Things were so much slower then. Seems like people appreciated the little things a lot more than they do now. Thanks to those that recommended this book!

I'm reading, Dying Breath, by Wendi Corsi Staub. It's about a woman who has premonitions and I think she and her family are going to be in jeopardy fairly soon. It's good. Unsettling.

You should try some more by Fannie Flagg! I love her style!

 

[OceanAnnie]

You should try some more by Fannie Flagg! I love her style!

I plan to! I love her style too! In fact, I think I'm going to find some books from that era. I enjoyed reading about the times and places as much as the plot!

 

[jfoofj]

Right now I am working my way through James Rollins' books. They are great... they are working their way through my whole family. I have the new Dan Brown on deck and then a Jen Lancaster coming my way when a friend finishes it.

 

[rcraw45425]

Right now I am working my way through James Rollins' books. They are great... they are working their way through my whole family. I have the new Dan Brown on deck and then a Jen Lancaster coming my way when a friend finishes it.

James Rollins is great! I have The Doomsday Key on my Kindle, I'm holding out as long as possible before I devour it!

 

[HerdOHuds]

Ugh! I am still reading Julie and Julia. I'm not very impressed with her writing. I read a few pages here and there, but I could just as easily put the book down and walk away for a month.

I thought that one read more like a blog than a book, which makes sense since it is pretty much a rewriting of the blog. More than one person I have lent it to couldn't finish it. There was no big TA-DAH! at the end to wrap it up. I enjoyed it though.

 

[Angelhalo]

Just started Meeting Luciano by Anna Esaki-Smith

 

[RitaE]

Say hi to Ralph for me, and tesseract well!!!

At my age that's way too Mrs. Robinson-ish. Wow does Forever read so much different now than when I was in High School.

 

[cajunmommy]

I finished, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Loved it! I really enjoyed reading about that time period. Things were so much slower then. Seems like people appreciated the little things a lot more than they do now. Thanks to those that recommended this book!

You should try some more by Fannie Flagg! I love her style!

Loved Fannie Flagg's Can't Wait to Get to Heaven. That one had me laughing out loud (which probably caused several others in the carpool line to go )

Just finished Patterson's Sundays at Tiffany's. Not compelling enough for me to pick up something else by him. Are there any works by him that might be worth a second glance?

Currently reading, at DS's request, the 3rd book in the 39 Clues series - The Sword Thief. It's quite a contrast to my carpool book, Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs!

 

[RUDisney]

Just finished Patterson's Sundays at Tiffany's. Not compelling enough for me to pick up something else by him. Are there any works by him that might be worth a second glance?

Patterson is my favorite author. Just about everything other than Sundays at Tiffany's is good, some great.

I love his Alex Cross series. I thought the first of the Women's murder club series was really good, then they were readable until the 7th one and they got really good again. He's known for his murder mysteries, not so much for his Nicholas Sparks' type books. I'd place Sundays into that category, although I really liked Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. In that light, Sam's Letters to Jennifer was ok.

 

[rie'smom]

Last night I purchased The Murder of King Tut by James patterson and Martin Dugard. It's non-fiction. I plan to start reading it today.

 

[cajunmommy]

Patterson is my favorite author. Just about everything other than Sundays at Tiffany's is good, some great.

I love his Alex Cross series. I thought the first of the Women's murder club series was really good, then they were readable until the 7th one and they got really good again. He's known for his murder mysteries, not so much for his Nicholas Sparks' type books. I'd place Sundays into that category, although I really liked Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. In that light, Sam's Letters to Jennifer was ok.

So, I need to give him another chance - maybe one of the WMC series. S@T listed a female co-author. I'm always suspicious of that tact, wondering if it's just a marketing gimmick built around the more recognizable name.

 

[RitaE]

I think Patterson's best work is his Alex Cross series. I have to read it very sparingly however because he is not an author that avoids violence. It usually takes me a couple of days to get some of the images out of my brain after reading one of his books.

I'm so-so about his Women's Murder Club. I think I've only read the first 4. I think they're worth reading but to me there is always a feeling of a man writing how he thinks a group of women act when men aren't around.

Patterson is kind of infamous for his co-author trick. There's alot of debate on how much hands on work he puts into some of those novels.

 

[RUDisney]

So, I need to give him another chance - maybe one of the WMC series. S@T listed a female co-author. I'm always suspicious of that tact, wondering if it's just a marketing gimmick built around the more recognizable name.

I think that's exactly why he "co-authors" many of his books. Some are better than others. Like I said, the WMC books are very readable and enjoyable, as are the books with Andrew Gross as a co-author.

 

[RUDisney]

I think Patterson's best work is his Alex Cross series. I have to read it very sparingly however because he is not an author that avoids violence. It usually takes me a couple of days to get some of the images out of my brain after reading one of his books.

I'm so-so about his Women's Murder Club. I think I've only read the first 4. I think they're worth reading but to me there is always a feeling of a man writing how he thinks a group of women act when men aren't around.

Patterson is kind of infamous for his co-author trick. There's alot of debate on how much hands on work he puts into some of those novels.

If you think the Alex Cross books are violent, please, please, do not read anything by Thomas Harris. Shocking violence in the Hannibal Lector series.

 

[sallysmom]

I just finished ZEITOUN by Dave Eggers. It's a nonfiction account of a Muslim-American man who chose to stay in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. He owned property and wanted to "look after things" locally and he, like many others, truly believed that the storm wasn't going to be "that bad" after all. REALLY SCARY what happened to this man and others like him. He was arrested in his own home, kept in a cage/prison, subjected to humiliating strip searches and never allowed to call anyone.
I can't believe this really happened in America but it did. This book was a true eye-opener and shows how far we've got to go yet to overcome many prejudices.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Just finished Blindsighted by Karen Slaughter. Waited 2 months for DH to finish the book b4 i read it(he reads 2-4 books at a time) Not worth the wait imo. The back looked good, promised heart pounding, edge of my seat suspense. Didn't deliver. Started off well, but lost momentum and the ending was a real letdown. I've been spoiled by the In Death series I think :sigh: