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Me:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
My Work is not Yet Done by Thomas Ligotti
Survivor by Chuck Pahlaniuk
Arab and Jew by David Shipler
Eye in the Sky by Philip K. Dick
The Economist and Entertainment Weekly
The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart
The Time Travelers Wife by
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Thunder Riders Ascension (manuscript )by Chris Madonia
Touch Dance (manuscript) by Scot Isom
Plodding thru the Second Manuscript of Hitler (HE was a nut)
Excellent choices all! Cormack McCarthy--yes. I'll bet you found him by way of Harold Bloom. Am I wrong?
I'm reading:
SECRET ORIGINS OF THE BIBLE by Tim Callahan
(Callahan writes for Skeptic Magazine too)
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES Proclaimers of God's Kingdom by Satan
APOCALYPSES by Eugen Weber (Prophesies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs through the ages)
THE JESUITS by Malachi Martin (The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church)
The ANCIENT HISTORIANS by Michael Grant
The IDEAS OF AYN RAND by Ronald E. Merrill
SHADOW ON THE SUN BY Richard Matheson
Seven books at a time? Well, it is a rather bad habit I developed as a teenager. I force myself to read only one chapter of each at a time so that I can use the easy books as an enticement to force me to read the hard books.
Great topic!
I also read several books at once - something for every mood.
Right now, I'm reading:
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk (Preston, Survivor is great. Have you read Choke? That's my favorite so far.)
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
Bushwhacked by Molly Ivins
The Way to Love by Anthony DeMello
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
and I traded in my WT/Awake subscriptions six years ago for Vanity Fair and Playboy, so I've always got a magazine when I'm in the mood for something a little lighter.
Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Michael Baigent (?) Just found it in a used book store, and I can't wait to start. Sounds very exciting.
Just finished L'affaire, Diane Johnson (?) 
The Mormon Murders... 
I'm only reading one book, at present, but I too often have strings of them going at the same time, especially if one or two are a bit dry. Right now I'm reading The Riverman, by Robert Keppel. Here's from the back cover:
"In November 2001, after almost 2 decades of investigation, Gary Leon Ridgway was apprehended as the notorious Green River Killer who was suspected in at least forty-nine homicides. But the most startling aspect of the case would not be how Ridgway was captured, but the identity of the man who helped authorities end his reign of bloodshed: then-death row inmate Ted Bundy, one of the most twisted psychopathic murderers in American history."
I have read Bundy's story before, but this is sort of a different twist on it. Plus it's interesting to get some of the pathology as well as insight into the profiling process. I don't read "true crime" books a lot, but there are some authors that I do watch for, Ann Rule is one.
I need to get a good science fiction book again, I love good science scenarios.
Sherry
SuperFoods Rx by Steven Pratt MD & Kathy Mathews
I read the Lynne McTaggart book, I thought it was really interesting.
I am currently reading:
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Salman Rushdie
Getting to Yes, Ury and Fischer
Berlin Stories, Christopher Isherwood
Gala
Premiere
"A Year By The Sea" Thoughts of an unfinished woman Author- Joan Anderson
A bit from the back page: Life is a work in progress,as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach.. During the years Joan Anderson was a loving wife and supportive mother, she had slowly and uncosciosly replaced her own dreams with the needs of her family.....like many women in her situation,Joan realized she had neglected to nurture herself......
This year of self - discovery brought about extraordinary changes in the author's life. Helping women learn to reveal and release untapped resources within themselves.
Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson
Positive Energy by Judith Orloff
Practicing His Presence by Brother Lawrence
