Fun Fiction

[malkin]

lol about censoring Moby Male Member!
I didn't like it either when I read it for school ages ago.

[Crankin]

Withm, I have read the 2 Hemingway books you noted, though long, long ago. I do like his books, even though I'm not much of a classics person. I think most people here would think what I read is fluff, but at least it's not 50 Shades of Gray!
My intellectual reading is getting through the New Yorker every week, religiously, no matter how much work I have. I learn a lot from the non-fiction articles, but I do admit some of the fiction is hard for me to get through and I regularly skip the longer story if I don't get into it fairly quickly. I always told my students it was OK to "abandon" a book that you are reading for pleasure, so that's my mantra, now that I don't "have" to read anything.

[indysteel]

I finally caught up last night on the last few New Yorkers. I especially enjoyed the article on Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

[Thorn]

Hugh Howey's Wool series. I got hooked with the 99cent special for one of the early books and now wait impatiently for the next one. The fact that it started its life as self-published eBook is amazing as it is probably one of the best speculative fictions I've read in a long time.

And, because we were in Bisbee recently, several JAJance's mysteries set in Bisbee.

[Veronica]

Almost all of my reading is consists of children's lit. My recent reading has been this year's Newbery Winner and Honor books.

All 4 were really good reads.

Veronica

[skhill]

I'm nearly done with Lavinia by Ursula K Leguin. I was a classics major, and she's one of my all-time favorite authors, so I'm loving her take on a minor character in the Aeneid. With Chinue Achebe's death, I've put Things Fall Apart on my to-read list; had to read it in college and don't really remember it at all as it was spring when it was assigned!

[Catrin]

I'm nearly done with Lavinia by Ursula K Leguin. I was a classics major, and she's one of my all-time favorite authors, so I'm loving her take on a minor character in the Aeneid. With Chinue Achebe's death, I've put Things Fall Apart on my to-read list; had to read it in college and don't really remember it at all as it was spring when it was assigned!

I love Ursula, hadn't heard about Lavina, thanks! I am enjoying reading about the varied literary tastes of TE members. I do love classics, but for some reason have never really gotten into American classics. I LOVE Dostoyevsky and wish I could read Russian so I could read all of his works in the original. While I've my favorite translators of his works (Peavear and Volokhonsky - usually as a team), it would be wonderful if I didn't have to read it in translation. I also love Gogol, Bulgakov, Checkov, Dickens, Shakespeare (especially his history plays) and so many others. Of course some of those are more recent than others I've also been reading a fair amount of non-fiction in recent months related to health and nutrition.

For some reason I've not been able to really enjoy American classic writers such as Hemingway and others. Some of our poets I have loved though, such as Longfellow. Now when it comes to speculative fiction, science fiction and mysteries that is a different story - though it seems that many of my favorite mystery authors are not American. I've never read Moby D**k, though it doesn't sound like I've missed much. I have something by Hawthorne on my Nook whenever I am brave enough to delve into it.

I've long been curious about Hemingway however. I've never read any of his works, somehow, what would be a good first reading choice? Your posts about the New Yorker has me curious, and as I can access the Nook version free for 14 days I've subscribed to it.

[snapdragen]

Hugh Howey's Wool series. I got hooked with the 99cent special for one of the early books and now wait impatiently for the next one. The fact that it started its life as self-published eBook is amazing as it is probably one of the best speculative fictions I've read in a long time.

And, because we were in Bisbee recently, several JAJance's mysteries set in Bisbee.

This!!!^^^ I'm in the middle of the Silo Omnibus by Hugh Howey.

[Catrin]

This!!!^^^ I'm in the middle of the Silo Omnibus by Hugh Howey.

This has me curious.... I just bought Wool for my Nook - the price is certainly right!

[thekarens]

I've re read The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series almost every year since I was 8 (now 43) so that's what in currently reading along with Tad Williams Dragonbone chair series.

[Catrin]

I've re read The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series almost every year since I was 8 (now 43) so that's what in currently reading along with Tad Williams Dragonbone chair series.

I've read it many times since I was about 9 or 10 myself. Am currently doing it again as a read-along in a group of FB friends. The Dragonbone Chair series sounds interesting, will have to put it on my list!

[Crankin]

I started reading the New Yorker to keep up with my English teacher colleagues! I always felt like I wasn't a "real" English teacher, since my degree is in Special Ed, with an English minor. I finagled my way into the certification (actually, I was National Board certified in Language Arts, more work than I've ever done) Some of them were published authors! I've always loved writing, and always been a reader, but I don't really love some of the classics. I do like Shakespeare (taught A Midsummer Night's Dream for years and produced a dramatic version several times), but I really like the American classics. I took a class in the American short story, which was one of the best classes I've ever taken.

[indysteel]

I love short stories, Crankin. She's Canadian, not Anerican, but I highly recommend any of Alice Munro's collections. She's one of my favorite writers. You've probably read her a time or two (or more) in the New Yorker.

[Wasp]

Diana Gabaldon Outlander series is a really good read, each book is over 500 pages which lets the author weave a beautifully detailed story. I highly recommend the entire series.
Jeffrey Archer is another author I really enjoy, I have yet to be disapointed with any of his books.
Janet Evanovich her Bounty hunter series is outright hilarious, it's very easy light reading.

[Irulan]

I thought the first three or so were good, but I felt she really started beating it to death by the next several epics.