What are you reading?

[emily_in_nc]

The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton ....AWESOME!

This was already on my "want to read" list on Goodreads. Can't wait to read 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)

[Catrin]

Thanks for bringing this thread back to life! For some reason I am on a Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett spree. Just downloaded/borrowed Gaiman's "Neverwhere" and Pratchett's "Men at Arms" to my Nook.

I've also reserved The Bell Ringers at my library for when the book is checked in, thanks for the recommendation Withm!

Wanted to go trail running this afternoon, but I coughed so much at my usual crazy group workout this morning that I've chosen to stay home and rest. Again This HAS to go away eventually! Oh well, at least I feel well enough to exercise, it is just getting over the cough. I feel great otherwise!

[lph]

Do do do read Gaimans latest, the Ocean at the End of the Road. I looooove Gaiman. And it was beautiful.

[Catrin]

Do do do read Gaimans latest, the Ocean at the End of the Road. I looooove Gaiman. And it was beautiful.

Thanks for the recommendation LPH! I've only read one of his books before now (American Gods) and have considered reserving all of his works from my library and reading them in order. Does it really matter in which order I read his books? I thought if I read them in publication order that I would have the benefit of watching his style evolve. Unsure why I like him so much, but I really did enjoy American Gods.

[Veronica]

Gaiman won a Newberry (best American children's book of the year) for The Graveyard Book. It's a little creepy for children's lit., but when you consider that all Disney's main characters are missing at least one parent and often both... it doesn't seem so weird.

Veronica

[lph]

I wouldn't say it makes any difference which order you read them in, but they're quite different. American Gods is pretty heavy going compared to some of the others. I didn't like it that much first time around, but after having read his lighter and easier stuff like Stardust and the short stories I appreciated it much more and read it again. "Ocean" is my favourite so far, and the Graveyard Book, childrens book or not :-)

[Catrin]

I wouldn't say it makes any difference which order you read them in, but they're quite different. American Gods is pretty heavy going compared to some of the others. I didn't like it that much first time around, but after having read his lighter and easier stuff like Stardust and the short stories I appreciated it much more and read it again. "Ocean" is my favourite so far, and the Graveyard Book, childrens book or not :-)

This is good to know, and I think I've read some of his short stories over the years. I almost checked out the Graveyard Book before Neverwhere and will read that and Ocean next. There appears to be a book that Gaiman and Pratchett collaborated, trying to find a copy of that one

[OakLeaf]

The collaboration between Gaiman and Pratchett is called Good Omens and it is HILARIOUS. I actually re-read it this past fall.

I enjoyed The Ocean at the End of the Lane too, but I think American Gods is my favorite of what I've read of his. Didn't care so much for Neverwhere, haven't read Stardust but considering the movie I'd like to get around to reading it, also enjoyed his collection of short stories called Fragile Things.

[salsabike]

Do do do read Gaimans latest, the Ocean at the End of the Road. I looooove Gaiman. And it was beautiful.

Yeah, I thought so too!

[SheFly]

As an English major and voracious reader, I am embarrassed to admit that I haven't even heard of most of these books! I'm strictly (almost) a pulp fiction reader - I want something that will entertain me, and that I can easily escape into. Basically, I want a TV show without TV (I once had an English professor who said that novels should be like TV for the mind. I guess it stuck). So, I read Kristen Hannah, Sandra Brown, Elin Hildebrand, Jodi Picoult, Anita Shreve, Chris Bohjalian... I do like to read New England-based authors - makes it slightly easier to envision the location of the story.

I do deviate on occasion, and have been pleasantly surprised by some of the books I've chosen. Maybe I'll check out some from this list.

SheFly