Does anybody read books here?

[RoadRaven]

Books, huh?

Think I mighta read one of those once...

CyclChyk - have you read Nelson Demille's "The General's Daughter"? Charm School was a well written book - but dare I say that Generals Daughter is even better?

Lise - His Dark Materials trilogy is big in this house too - several fans...

LBTC - my 18 yr old daughter is a huge fan of Ann Rice and is consistently at me to read some of her books... on the "to do" list.

Currently I am reading "Romanitus" - a book about what the world might look like if the Roman Empire never fell. My daughter thinks it was great (and she is a very good judge of books) so I perservered through a slow first chapter - I'm up to chapter 5 and it seems that it was worth perservering.

[Lise]

Currently I am reading "Romanitus" - a book about what the world might look like if the Roman Empire never fell.

What an interesting concept. I'll have to add this to the list, too!

[fatbottomedgurl]

Maybe this doesn't count but I am going to Bible college and am currently reading 150 - 200 pages a week for school. Right now I am reading books on worldview/ culture, apologetics, science/ biology/ astronomy/ Darwinism/ intellligent design plus of course commentaries on scriptures. I wish I had time to read for pleasure, the last novels I read over the summer were The Fountainhead and We the Living by Ayn Rand.

[RoadRaven]

FBG - of course your study readings count!!!

I have read some really interesting things in my reading for my post-grad study - one of my papers is called "Teaching Learners of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds" - talk about a mouthful!

[uk elephant]

I love to read too!! Unfortunately I have now read all the books in the house and can't afford to go shopping for new books for a while, but here are some of my recommendations:

Most recently I have been introduced to the mad world of Robert Rankin. Very funny and completely insane. So far I have read "Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalyps" and "Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls".

For a very educational and at the same time very funny read try Bill Bryson. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is a great introduction to the history of science and "Notes from a small island" is a great travel-book about the UK.

Another favorite author at the moment is Alexander McCall Smith, both is series about a private eye lady detective in Botswana (because I've been there and recognize some of the places) and his series about a random collection of people in Edinburgh (which is a place I now want to visit).

A long time favorite is Italo Calvino. I've read most of his books, if not all. Very thought provoking and a bit strange.

[CyclChyk]

UK Elephant - have you read "Fandom of the Operator" by Robert Rankin?? I checked him out on BN.com and I really want to read it!

"Romanitus" really looks interesting as well!

This better not cut into my biking time..................

[uk elephant]

Sorry, I haven't read that one yet. But judging by the two I have read it should be good. Completely mad, but good. BF has read most of his books and is a big fan. He is also completely mad though....but he does say they are all good.

[Steph]

I love to read too. My favorite genre is historical fiction. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is one of my top faves. I also like Francine Rivers and the Mark of the Lion series.