Whatcha Readin'?

[Kama89]

I was at Walmart this week and found an Aragorn action figure

Gasp! I really probably should have one of those!


At the moment I am in book limbo. I have a friend I read with... it's my turn to choose the book and I've had a terrible time deciding. I'm torn between 1776, Issac's Storm and Mirror Mirror or Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. Sigh. What'cha think Jennifer.... should it be another Maguire this time around? Yeah, let's do it! Now all I have to decide is which one...

 

[Dreamer04]

Just finished The Broker by John Grisham. Loved it!!

Now reading a book of novellas by Nora Roberts, called Going Home. The first story, Unfinished Business, was a tear-jerker!

 

[mallcat]

I'm just starting the last book of the Outlander Series by Diane Gabaldon. It's called A Breath of Snow and Ashes. It's a great series. She has such an imagination and has really done her homework.

 

[Planogirl]

I'm reading fluff right now. The latest installment in The Cat Who.... series just came out and I just adore these books!

The last book I read was one about Pompeii. I love travel books.

 

[hpygrll]

I'm reading "Whiteout" by Ken Follet - it's a good thriller - in a snowstorm, Christmas Eve - bio-terrorists....fun stuff.

Jenny

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

I am reading guidebooks for London and Great Britain as well as a monster of a book on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in England and Wales.

I am going on a school trip and started next friday I have orientation meaning I have to have all of these books read plus 2 plays I am still waiting to receive.

 

[Daxx]

For those of you reading Memoirs of a Geisha, you have to read Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki. The author is the woman who Arthur Golden based his Memoirs on, and she's suing him for misrepresentation!

It's a good book -- a bit difficult to read because it's a translation, but still very good.

Ugh -- the Mineko Iwasaki book is so dry and boring compared to Memoirs of a Geisha! Golden did a better job of "souping up" Iwasaki's story. I think a lot of people read Iwasaki's book b/c they figured it would have more "inside skinny" of a geisha's life ... but, unfortunately, fiction was better than reality in this case. We read it for book club and everyone was disappointed in Iwasaki's book! If you read it, get it from the library and save yourself the $15+.

Meanwhile .... getting back onto the subject ... I am reading "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld . It's ok -- not as amazing as I hoped it would be. Up next is "Devil in the White City".

 

[GoodFairies]

The Constant Gardener, John le Carre

The book is super good and I look forward to seeing the movie when I finish.

 

[disneymcgraw]

I'm about to start reading Red Lilly by Nora Roberts. I've been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to my dd and after we finish we'll start Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

 

[sjh801]

I am currently reading the Bruce Feiler book, Where God Was Born for this month's book club. I also am reading Cary Grant: A Biography by Marc Elliot and am ready to start Marley and Me by Josh Grogan. I will probably need tissues for the Marley and Me book - one for dog lovers and other pet people.

 

[thinkerbell]

Just finished Deception Point by Dan Brown yesterday. I am now reading The Da Vinci Code--same author. I have also checked out Angels and Demons to read after that. I had read about all of these here on the DIS board. I have also requested his other book--- something Fortress. I'm having to try to cram them all in during my Christmas break. Next week, it's all over. No more reading.

 

[RealMickeysGirl]

Just finished Deception Point by Dan Brown yesterday. I am now reading The Da Vinci Code--same author. I have also checked out Angels and Demons to read after that. I had read about all of these here on the DIS board. I have also requested his other book--- something Fortress. I'm having to try to cram them all in during my Christmas break. Next week, it's all over. No more reading.

Digital Fortress is the other one. I have read all of those - I liked Angels and Demons best even though everyone raves about DaVinci Code.

Currently reading Laurel K Hamilton's Obsidian Butterfly - love those vamp books!

 

[disneylizzy]

I'm reading "Whiteout" by Ken Follet - it's a good thriller - in a snowstorm, Christmas Eve - bio-terrorists....fun stuff.

Jenny

I just finished that. Couldn't put it down. Now I want to read one of his other books.

 

[KimR]

I am reading 'The Winds of Change' by Martha Grimes. Next up is 'Trace' by Patricia Cornwell, I believe.

 

[Tink's Pixieduster]

I'm about 100 pages into "Team of Rivals", by Doris Kearns Goodwin. She discusses in great detail how Abraham Lincoln selected 3 of his staunchest rivals for his cabinet when he was elected President in 1860, each person's background leading up to that election, and how the cabinet came together to keep the country united during a very turbulent time. I don't know which impresses me more; Lincoln's skills as a politician despite his lack of formal education, or Ms.Goodwin's talent at presenting both details and insight, making this one book about politics that's hard to put down.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Just finished Patricia Cornwell's Predator.

 

[Pig Pen]

Memoirs of a Geisha. My son's girlfriend got it for me for Christmas and I was fairly ambivalent about reading it...started it yesterday and cannot put it down! I am taking a break right now so I can prolong the pleasure as I don't want it to ever end. DH is an Asian/Far East culture freak and has been begging to see the movie. I wasn't interested at all before, but I am now. I hope it lives up to the book, but I have heard lukewarm reviews.

Million Little Pieces is next in line!

 

[Pollito916]

I am currently reading "Disney Wars" but I am not very far into it. My sister bought me "Son of a Witch" (the sequal to "Wicked") for Christmas, which I will read next.

 

[Jennifer2k3]

What'cha think Jennifer.... should it be another Maguire this time around? Yeah, let's do it! Now all I have to decide is which one...

For the love of all things good..... PICK ALREADY WOMAN!!!!!!!!!

Do I have to look at the action figure too?

 

[LoveWDW]

Memoirs of a Geisha. Like Pig Pen I got mine for Christmas. I didn't start it until Tuesday but I finished it at 4 am this morning! I am glad I didn't have to go in to work today! I thought the plot was predictible, but I liked it. Very readable.