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Post by Kathryn on Dec 23, 2009 10:45:47 GMT -6
It's finally Christmas vacation, and a student's heart turns lightly to the thought of books. What are you reading? What do you wish you were reading? What book would you recommend to everybody you know?
I am currently reading nothing. I just turned my grades in and am headed to the library soon, so maybe I'll find something good. I wish I was reading something really long and involved, the kind of book that makes you feel like you just finished a really big, satisfying meal. My favorite book ever is The Brothers K by David James Duncan (which is long and involved and beautiful!) Nobody I know has ever disliked that book. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is also a book I recommend to everybody.
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Post by Laura on Dec 23, 2009 12:20:14 GMT -6
I haven't read either of those, but I've heard the latter is good. I loved the book Middlesex, but it's been awhile since I've read it. I am currently reading a bunch of boring nonfiction.
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Post by mrsconfused on Dec 23, 2009 15:05:45 GMT -6
I'm in the middle of The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown's latest) and I'm also halfway through the Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma. I really like children's/YA books, and that last one definitely falls into that category I also read historical Christmas romances this time of year (Mary Balogh, etc...). I blame it on my mother-in-law.
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Post by fringefan on Dec 24, 2009 17:25:31 GMT -6
I'm in the middle of a book by Wally Lamb called "The Hour I First Believed." It's a fiction story about a man and his wife who are on staff at Columbine High School when the shootings happened. So far it's got pretty good character development.
A few other things I've read recently that were good: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" and "The Help." I also started reading the "#1 Ladies Detective Agency" series on a whim - it's very "fluff" reading. I like it when I want something quick that I don't have to think about it.
Also if you've never read the Stephen King Dark Tower Series I recommend it to everybody. I'm going to reread it this next year I think.
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Post by Julie on Dec 24, 2009 21:16:10 GMT -6
I am reading Imperium by Richard Harris. It is an historical fiction story about Cicero as told by Tiro, his long-time companion and secretary. Harris also wrote Enigma, a very good read.
I finished God's Debris by Scott Adams not long ago. It is a short gem of a thought-provoking book.
I agree with fringegan and also recommend King's Dark Tower Series. For a great epic with lots of capital T Truth, read Frank Herbert's Dune series.
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Post by bethabax on Dec 28, 2009 12:04:05 GMT -6
I'm reading The Great Influenza by John M. Barry. It's about the flu epidemic of 1918, explaining the science behind it and putting it into its historical context. Very interesting read for someone like me who loves science and history.
Beth
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Post by simplysweet on Dec 28, 2009 22:13:18 GMT -6
I am going back and forth from Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) and P.S I love You (Cecelia Ahern). I am a Austen freak (before the fundies made it "cool") so I am usually reading something of hers and P.S. ILY because I love that movie and so my mama gave me the book for the Holidays.....
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Post by Nora on Dec 29, 2009 23:27:19 GMT -6
P.S. I Love You was a great book! I never saw the movie, but I heard it was pretty good too. Still, I'm such a nerd, to me the book is always better than the movie! Also, Pride and Prejudice is great as well. I'd never read Austen until last year or so, and now I know why people love her so much! Excellent books.
Right now I am reading a couple different non fiction books that I peruse whenever I have a chance. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to dive into a good novel in a while, which is such a shame. I've got 10 glorious days off though, so maybe I'll mosey on over to the local library tomorrow...or down to Barnes and Noble since I got a gift card for Christmas!
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Post by juliet on Jan 1, 2010 16:37:02 GMT -6
"When you come this far be happy. Don't bother counting to ten. Remember how you come this far. You may not get the chance again."
Dan Jaffe in "All Cat's Turn Gray When the Sun Goes Down", a nice little book of Jazz poetry taken from an opera dedicated to Charlie Parker, one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century.
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Post by rosa on Jan 3, 2010 20:16:13 GMT -6
I got a bunch of books for Christmas, so I just read, back to back, Ta-Nehisi Coates memoir about growing up in Baltimore in the late 80s/early 90s, and Ishmael Beah's about being a child soldier in Sierra Leone in the early 90s. Both were beautiful and amazing and i'm still thinking a lot about culture and change and young men and violence.
And now I'm reading a science fiction book called Evolution that is half the history of primate evolution, and half a near-future science fiction story about some sort of cataclysm (i suspect a supervolcano.)
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