I'm reading Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. I haven't gotten very far, and it's a slow read. Hopefully it will pick up soon (because it has very good reviews and I don't want to write it off just yet).
'On The Road' by Jack Kerouac. An absolutely fantastic book. A 'Beat Generation' book, and at my age the lifestyle of the characters is amazing. It's a good story with a deep meaning running underneath it. Half way through it now, about to finish it right now...
"The Secret" by Wilkie Collins. Am a real lover of Dickens, but never read any of Collins' books before (they were good friends and rivals). It is good, but I think I may have guessed the Secret almost from the start (am halfway through, so will have to see - I hope I am wrong!). Some intersting characters. Not as good as the last book I read - Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, amazingly strong female lead and good atmosphere from the start.
Florence and Giles by John Harding Gothic ghost story set in the late 19th century in a rambling mansion in New England. Told from the point of view of a twelve year girl, it's so far very atmospheric and a tale well told.
Annals of the Former World by John McPhee. It's a nonfiction survey of North American geology. Also The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, which I return to every so often because Jeffers is awesome.
I picked up Sold by Patricia McCormick today. It's an amazing and very emotional novel about a girl in Nepal who's sold into sexual slavery. I've read about 40 pages, and I'm already beginning to see why this book was a National Book Award finalist.
Tom Franklin 'Smonk' and Cormac McCarthy 'Outer Dark'. Two of my most favoured authors. I have owned them (the books ) for years and read them as much as I've had hot meals but you always have a few books you feel drawn to time after time (even though you have PLENTY of little towers dotted around the house of TBR books hehe).
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. I'm enjoying it thus far but for some reason I can't really get into it. I've considered the possibility that it's because I'm not particularly interested in the main character or his dynamic with "the female", and I'm also a bit put off by the fact that the person who begged me to read the series spoiled a major part of it for me by mistake...but I'll still continue reading it. Thus far, I don't agree with their assessment that this series is better than Harry Potter, however. THOSE books I was not able to put down.
Jeremy Clarkson - Driven to Distraction Fancied something light and not very thought provoking. A wind-down kind of book.
Just finished reading Miranda Hart's Is It Just Me? It was so funny. How can you not like Miranda Hart?!
"EndGame" by Ann Aguirre. I am not finished yet. I finally found a genre that I found interests me: romantic science fiction. I can connect with the protagonist and there is never a moment I yawn out of boredom.
Reading Methuselah's Children by Robert Heinlein. Old fashioned SciFi. Themes around getting old, death, space travel and aliens.
I'm reading a book called Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. I was hoping for it to be more informational, but it reads much more like a self-help book. At least I got it from the library. For what it is, it's quite interesting if over-simplistic. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in the neuroscience of mood/mood disorders as well as anyone interested in Buddhism. I'm a fan of both. The writers have an entertaining style.
I am reading Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta. I really liked the first book, Finnikin of the Rocks and so far I am really liking the second book. It is not too complex of a reading but it is very enjoyable and I am enjoying reading a different writing style then my own and what I am use to. I recommend it
I usually read several books at once. I am reading The Stranger by Albert Camus, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and 1984 by George Orwell. Don't judge me!
I'm reading short stories from Dorothy Parker, Benchley, & S.J. Perelman. Kinda just switching back & forth.
I'm finally reading The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. It's a nonfiction book about WWI and has been on my reading list for a long time.
