Thread: Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading?

Quote: Originally Posted by desertgrandma Me too!! It was a very low key, non tech, operation. We made change out of a cigar box. (1998) Books were brought in and accepted/declined depending on how many of that particular copy we had and the popularity of the author. It was so much fun learning about new authors, and their 'other' names.......keeping the books properly organized, and oh, how I hated the Harlequin novels in their...

Just an update on my read of _The Pillars of the Earth_. I am really enjoying it well. It is certainly well written and parts are very suspenseful. The chapter when Jack did what he did (you know if you know) I was really unable to stop reading the chapter even though I was well past bedtime. It is quick and easy to read. To me that is the mark of a good author. BOb

I read an odd book today. "Savage Season" by Lansdale. It has draft dodging ex-hippie Texans, tree huggers, criminals, an amazon, and a black gay Vietnam veteran. It's book 1 in a series of (I think) 3 books.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilac_jive What was so bad about the Harlequin red cover books? Hard to tell apart? Do you still try and fix books when you go to the bookstore? I went to Borders on Black Friday and while I was browsing YA with my sister, I saw all these books stacked on top of the books, and the girl working was laughing because I started to reshelve them. That makes me crazy too. I've been known to take books to the section...

Currently reading Apprenticeship in Thinking by Barbara Rogoff (paper) and another text by her as PDF, and just finished re-reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchet (ebook). I recently re-read Hogfather , so I might jump ahead to Thief of Time if I get to take a break later on tonight. And, of course, there was a new page of Girl Genius up today.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilac_jive I'm reading "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris, since I seem to be the only one who hasn't read the books yet. I got it in pbook from the library and the print is so tiny! My eyes hurt I've not yet started with the series. But I do know I can get the ePub's from the library so I don't have to read via pBook.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilac_jive I'm about halfway through "The Yellow Lighted Bookshop" by Lewis Buzbee. If you have what the author calls "book lust," you should read this book (doubly so if you've worked in a bookstore). I have a feeling the author probably doesn't like ebooks, but it's a fantastic book nonetheless. Especially for me, since I'm *considering* opening up my...

Quote: Originally Posted by kennyc Finished. The ending was just about perfect. I give this 4.5 out of 5. Excellent book. John Irving at his finest I think! Thanks for your comments. I'm a little over one-half finished. Don

Quote: Originally Posted by FlorenceArt A few years ago I read a book that was based on the Odyssey. It retold the story as viewed by Penelope, then Telemachus, and also Ulysses himself I think. Unfortunately I don't remember the title or author, I think he was from Eastern Europe (before WWII), maybe a Czech. It was a quick and enjoyable read. Sorry I can't give more useful details... maybe when I get home this week-end, if I still...

Quote: Originally Posted by jenieliser I'm about a third through Les Mis....I've kind of hit a wall of disinterest. I'm having trouble getting up the energy to pick it back up. I really enjoy it when I do read it, I just find myself lacking the mental ability to focus on it lately. But soon I will finish it! It's a good book, but it has (imo) some very, very bad sections.