What are you reading - Summer 2006? (page 2)

sunshineToo

So far I've read a book about Anti-Da Vinci Code, "A Cry in the Dark" by Mary Higgins Clark (very chilling and interesting story).

And I'm working on "Real Estate Principle". Hope to get the license by spring time.

diamondblue1974

I am now reading Human Traces by Sabastian Faulks...amazing book so far.

DB74

Confession

I've begun to read Chuck Palahniuk again. (He's the author of "Fight Club.") Previously I read "Survivor" and "Choke." Right now I'm finishing up "Invisible Monsters."

I've just finished Franz Kafka's "the penal colony"
Am reading "Billiards at half past nine" by Heinrich Boll
and of course for intellectual stimulation, hollywoodbackwash.com among other celebrity temples.

smellsgood

Crumpet

I am now reading Human Traces by Sabastian Faulks...amazing book so far.
DB74

That's a hefty looking tome! Birdsong also by Faulks is my favourite book of all time, but haven;t read anything else by him as yet - was afraid as they could never be as good. Be interested to hear what you think when you've read it. (And welcome back by the way!)

skeeter1

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Paul Theroux

Jankyn

Recent or current:

The Company by Max Barry (it's a hoot--and if you haven't read his book Jennifer Government, put it on your list).

Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat by Caroline Burau (911-operator for a suburb of Minneapolis give the inside story on her life and job. It's a fast read, but lots of fun.)

Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House by Sasha Abramsky. (Interesting, but he never uses one word when 20 will do.)

The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live by Todd Tucker. (Tells the story of the experiment conducted on volunteers from the conscientious objector corps during World War II to learn how best to deal with restoring starving people to health. Says some pretty negative things about JWs, who of course wouldn't volunteer to do anything but sit in prison.)

That's this month, any way. I read A LOT. That doesn't include the papers, magazines and on-the-net stuff.

Jankyn, needs new glasses class

OpenFireGlass

Nothing huge.... but I'm finally re-reading, "My Side Of The Mountian" by Jean Graighead George....

I vaugley remember the story from grade school, (cause my parents thought I should have read my book of bible stories instead...)

When I get the time, I'll read something huge...

,Mike

diamondblue1974

That's a hefty looking tome! Birdsong also by Faulks is my favourite book of all time, but haven;t read anything else by him as yet - was afraid as they could never be as good. Be interested to hear what you think when you've read it.

It is quite a hefty read...but Faulks is like that anyway....its part of his prose I think.

Birdsong is an amazing book, I read it about 3 years ago and loved it....I will never ever smirk again when someone older refers back to the war...I dont know how anyone could after reading Birdsong.

Thank you for the welcome matey

DB74

love2Bworldly

Anyone read "A Million Little Pieces" & "My Friend Leonard" by James Frey? Those were my first summer reads this year.

I love his style of writing, it's very poetic the way he runs his sentences together. I found the stories very moving, and made me realize that drug addicts are humans just like us and it made me feel less judgemental toward other people.

What are you reading - Summer 2006?

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