What are you reading?

[ny biker]

I'm another who doesn't have much time to read these days. I started An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Col. Chris Hadfield after Christmas, but haven't finished yet.

I'm actually thinking of getting a Kindle or other e-reader/tablet, in the hopes it will get me to read more. I tend to play games on my phone while I'm watching TV during dinner and before I go to bed. With a tablet maybe I'll catch up with Words with Friends and then turn off the TV and read instead of playing solitaire.

[rebeccaC]

Just finished Margaret Atwood’s ‘MaddAddam’, the finale of that trilogy. A friend who knew of my reading about native american's and the early california missions recommended "The Orenda" by James Boyden about the jesuit's and first nations of canada which is my next read.

[emily_in_nc]

I am almost through with a remarkable book my mother bought me for Christmas.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

If you like historical works concerning the 17th century Salem witch trials, rare books, and libraries, you'll probably enjoy it.

[emily_in_nc]

The three-book series based on fictional diaries of Josephine Bonaparte by Sandra Gulland. Loved, loved, loved these and wished this series never had to end!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Josephine-...nd+josephine+b

[Wahine]

Nice recommendation!

[Crankin]

I read a lot, but if you asked me what, I'd say, duh? I cannot ever remember the titles, let alone the authors of books. So, I have my Amazon window open here, so I can tell you guys what I've read. I belong to Women's Adventure Magazine's Book Group, so my current reading reflects this. Been reading a lot of non fiction, too.
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart
Bold Spirit: Helga Etsby's Forgotten Walk Across America by Linda Lawrence Hunt
Long Distance: Testing the Liits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously, by Bill McKibbon
I Promise Not To Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail by Gail Storey
Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past by Fern Schumer Chapman
When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde

[shootingstar]

I haven't read a fiction book over at least last 10-15 yrs. Considering the fact that I'm an English lit. grad (1 of my degrees), it's strange. It's almost as if I just can't be bothered to "imagine". (Shrug, but writing a blog means imagining and composing a lot of stuff in your head before you finalize a blog post.)

Having been reading in fits : Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta. Yea, I would have never read a book like this 20 yrs. ago. And yea, it is a history that is quite different from British Columbia and Ontario. Until I started to live away from the city where I grew up, I had very little interest in history.

[withm]

I recently went on an Ann Patchett spree and read Truth and Beauty, Secrets of a Happy Marriage, and The Patron Saint of Liars. I have previously read Bel Canto, and State of Wonder. I highly recommend them all.

I've had a lot of time to read the last few months, plus I always have a book going on CD in the car since I am in the car for 1 to 2 hours each day. The last few books I've either read or listened to, that I would recommend are

The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

The People on Privilege Hill - Jane Gardam (short stories) Really, all of Gardam's books are delightful.

The Bell Ringers - Henry Porter (political thriller that is not so far fetched)

The Big House - A century in the life in an American summer home - George Howe Colt (Anyone who has been part of a family summer home will appreciate this)