Literature What are you currently reading?

[Amy SF]

I was thinking of starting a separate thread on Highly Sensitive Persons. Maybe.

 

[shyvas]

Soooo. You posted this back in November. Whaddya think of it?

(I have two copies of the book. Why two copies? I misplaced the first copy, couldn't find it, bought a second copy, and naturally soon after I found the first copy.)

Amy, I also misplaced it and never finished it ! When and if, I find it , I'll read it and let you know.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I read The Millionaire Next Door by TJ. Stanley and WD. Danko yesterday. Some parts were very outdated and some parts were irrelevant to my lifestyle but a few bits really clicked with me and there were some good frugal tips.

 

[Kasandra]

Someone suggested I read How to become a buddha in 5 weeks by Giulio Cesare Giachobbe, Still waiting for it to arrive... Reading A Wanted Man by Lee Child and Introduction to Hatha Yoga

 

[Moll Flanders]

I read Leo Babauta - The Power of Less today.

 

[Cerebellion]

Reading Gulp by Mary Roach. I still haven't started reading Game of Thrones yet. I may be eligible for Social Security before I make myself do it.

 

[yakherder]

Divergent.

I was kind of in the mood for something Hunger Games-ish. Am I weird for being into stuff labeled as young adult at 34?

Anyway, good book. Just started on part two of the trilogy to be. The one thing that makes this book unique is that the central relationship is actually between two people (omg!) as opposed to being a triangle. I freaking hate love triangles. they completely spoil otherwise good books for me.

 

[hungryraccoon]

^ Nope. I really enjoy books aimed at young adults. I loved The Hunger Games trilogy & just recently read The Mazer Runner (I now need to read the next book!) Sometimes is nice to just get stuck into something easy to read.

You might like The Maze Runner by the way.

Currently power reading The Great Gatsby.

 

[shyvas]

I`ve just finished the biography of Anne Boleyn

 

[Moll Flanders]

I read The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah yesterday as I read it was supposed to be a ghost story in the style of a Susan Hill book. It wasn't scary and felt too short and rushed towards the end.

I have The House on Fever Street by Celina Grace to read which is a psychological thriller so I'm hoping this book is an improvement.

 

[Pirate]

Just finshed:

Transition by Iain M Banks (RIP ). I enjoyed it!

Wool by Hugh Howey. It was quite interesting. I was going to read the prequel, but they had an extract from it in the back of the book and it was all presidentially so I'm not sure about it now. It was really easy to read though.

Now onto Zoo by James Patterson. Ive never read Patterson before despite him being massive, and this one sounded interesting (and was part of a 3 books for £12 offer and I had a £15 voucher for the bookshop soooo they were free) . This book is sooo basic, I'd swear it was Young Adult. The writing is huuugeeee too. IDK whether I'll be able to finish it, its really corny too.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I last read Lost Girls, also by Celina Grace.

Transition by Iain M Banks (RIP ). I enjoyed it!

I think I have read some of his novels but the only one I remember is The Wasp Factory.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I have some books lined up to read in the next week as I tend to read a lot when I have insomnia in the summer. I have Jeanette Winterson - Tanglewreck and Battle of the Sun. Daughters of the Witching Hill - Mary Sharratt and Time's Echo -Pamela Hartshorne.

I read True Haunting - Edwin F. Becker whilst I had the tennis on earlier and I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard a noise outside in my neighbour's garden.

 

[Everleigh]

I'm reading Broken Music A Memoir by Sting.Not especially cause I like him or anything just because I like music in general.I'm finding it interesting.

 

[Kitties]

Divergent.

Am I weird for being into stuff labeled as young adult at 34?

Absolutely not.

 

[Kitties]

Just started Escape by Carolyn Jessop. About the FLDS.

 

[Muggle]

Ok I have a massive list of books I need to read but I'm not going to get a chance to read any of them for quite a while because of what I am now hooked on.

It's not actually a book, and it's fanfiction, but damn this **** is good.
http://hpalternity.com

I've put all the PDFs onto my kindle so it's sort of like reading a book.

But this is why I haven't been online for the past week and probably for the next few weeks also. I bloody love it.

 

[Renee1]

Just started Escape by Carolyn Jessop. About the FLDS.

Oh man. It's a heart-wrenching story.

I have her on my fb. Cool lady.

 

[Forster]

I'm about half way through, can't put the damn thing down. Hardboiled 12yo detective, lol, but it works really, really well.

Nickel is a 12-year-old abuse survivor living all alone in suburban Michigan. He sells marijuana and blackmails Internet pedophiles in order to fund his real profession: clandestine detective, complete with night-vision goggles, camouflage jumpsuits, a getaway bicycle, and some not-bad jujitsu skills. Most pressing among his current caseload is the pro bono mystery of an abducted little girl. She’s probably dead, but Nickel is determined to find out who did it anyway--and it doesn’t hurt that his client, the girl’s older sister, is one heck of a dame (“It was awful to see her go but nice to watch her leave”). Writing with a deaf ear to what’s fashionable in YA, Davis’ terseness initially comes off like hardboiled spoof and risks alienating readers with its steadfastly unemotional tone. Almost slyly, though, Nickel’s one-note voice becomes affecting; read between the lines and you’ll find a damaged kid whose defense mechanism is to be a crime-fighting robot. As dark as they get, Nickel’s travails are often laugh-out-loud funny: he’s got his plan, and he’s sticking to it. Readers will, too, right through the pulse-pounding climax and the crushingly offhand sadness of the denouement. Davis hits hard--but with a surprisingly light touch. --Daniel Kraus, starred review

http://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Plated...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372692693&sr=1-2

 

[shyvas]

I have some books lined up to read in the next week as I tend to read a lot when I have insomnia in the summer. I have Jeanette Winterson - Tanglewreck and Battle of the Sun. Daughters of the Witching Hill - Mary Sharratt and Time's Echo -Pamela Hartshorne.

I read True Haunting - Edwin F. Becker whilst I had the tennis on earlier and I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard a noise outside in my neighbour's garden.

Sounds like me.