What is everyone reading?

**baxjul** · 06-10-2008, 02:05 PM

I'm looking for ideas to get from the library. What are you all reading right now?

**Michelle** · 06-10-2008, 02:09 PM

Right now I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love

I'm also really into the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (I just started reading them even though they've been around for years). Light reading and funny. I need to request the third book from the library

**tbs727** · 06-10-2008, 02:10 PM

1984 by George Orwell

**baxjul** · 06-10-2008, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Michelle

I'm also really into the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich (I just started reading them even though they've been around for years). Light reading and funny. I need to request the third book from the library

I read those, they are so funny!

**acidcookie** · 06-10-2008, 02:26 PM

Just requested [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Racing-Rain-Garth-Stein/dp/0061537934/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213122317&sr=8-2"]The Art of Racing in the Rain[/ame] (fiction! I rarely get to read fiction anymore!) from the local library, but I'm 6th in line and I want to read it right now while I have a break in my other reading! I keep checking our Penn State library, they have it on order right now.

Just finished Wikinomics, am finishing How to Win Friends and Influence People today, and am spending the summer reading the Book of Mormon.

**mommynurse** · 06-10-2008, 02:36 PM

I'm almost finished with The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky. I don't think I've read any of her books before, but this one is good. I can't wait until the next Janet Evanovich book comes out. I love her books!

**CanadianTreehugger** · 06-10-2008, 02:40 PM

I'm rereading Choosing Simplicity by Linda Breen Pierce and I just finished up In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.

I read a lot of Scifi/fantasy so I won't list those books as i can read up 2 books a day sometimes and it gets mind boggling

I also have a bunch of books I'm on hold for at the library for summer reading such as:

Quantum Wellness by Kathy Freston
Eat this, Not that
The omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan

**StaceyS** · 06-10-2008, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by baxjul

I read those, they are so funny!

Me too!

Right now I'm reading "Golden Dreams" by Gwen Bristow. She writes books about the gold rush time and the slavery times, but from the woman's point of view. They're really old, but I just love them!

**The Muse** · 06-10-2008, 03:42 PM

French Women Don't Get Fat

**vigilant20** · 06-10-2008, 03:46 PM

The Sword of Shannara and leafing through The Encyclopedia of Country Living, which I really wish I could do more out of!

**TheRootedNomad** · 06-10-2008, 06:36 PM

Suffer The Child by Judith Spencer

non-fiction

Here is the Amazon review link...page down to the large section of reviews

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Suffer-Child-Judith-Spencer/dp/0671668528?tag=dogpile-20"]Amazon.com: Suffer the Child: Judith Spencer: Books[/ame]

This book makes Sybil and a Child Called It look not as horrific as they truely are.

**luv-my-lexi** · 06-11-2008, 04:47 PM

I just started Beachcomber by Karen Robards.

**AprilP** · 06-11-2008, 05:23 PM

I've been reading TONS the last few weeks. I'm averaging a book a day. The Houston public library has a used/discard book sale every spring, and my sister and I went. I spent 50 dollars and got 40 new books.

I just started "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Being a huge sci-fi fan, my sister couldn't believe I had never read it.

I just finished "Where The Heart Is" and "True Love & Homegrown Tomatoes" - both were awesome. I also finished "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman. Surprisingly, I liked the movie better. The book's ending was somewhat lackluster.

**ShawnaRae** · 06-11-2008, 05:50 PM

I just finished 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' by Barbara Kingslover, and 'The Lost Language of Plants, The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines on Earth' (Both Excellent)

I'm reading 'Radical Simplicity, Creating an Authentic Life' by Dan Price right now (A very quick and interesting read about a guy living 'primitively' in Eastern Oregon)

Next on my list is 'Three Cups of Tea' by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Next on my fiction list is 'Mistress of Spices' by Chitra Banerjie Divakaruni

I also recently read an instructional book on building earth fired ovens, and plan to read a book on mead making. I'm a homebrewer (beer) but want to learn to make mead this summer, to give as Christmas gifts.

I love books! And I love this thread!

**Katybird** · 06-11-2008, 07:39 PM

I am reading Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts. It is a great read about a man who purchases and renovates an old mansion in New Orleans. After he00 moves in he begins to have some ghostly experiences involving sleepwalking and seeing things that aren't there. He begins to research the home's history and discovers a mystery that he is trying to solve 100+ years after the fact. It is a great read so far.