Anyone here love to read?

oxen05

oxen05

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I am an avid reader and wondered if anyone here loved to read and what you were reading now. I just finished Kay Hooper's Blood Sins. It is the second in a series of three and was really good. Some of my favorites are Christine Feehan, James Patterson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher and Lisa Jackson. I love a wide variety! And I really enjoy finding new authors to read. So anybody reading something interesting now????
 
In addition to being a movie and comic geek im also a bookworm. Go figure. :laughing:

Right now im re reading. The riven kingdom (The Godspeaker Trilogy) by Karen Miller.. The third one is out and I didnt realize it so im re reading the series before I buy the last one.

Most of the books I read are series so im always waiting for the next one so I will have 2 or 3 books that I am waiting on the next installment.

one of those is the next book in the The Kingkiller Chronicle by patrick rothfuss

and John Twelve Hawks fourth realm trilogy

I also re read Terry Goodkinds sword of truth series.. over and over again.
 
I just recently read "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. It was a very good (fictional) story about a family of missionaries in the Congo during the Eisenhower administration.

One that I have read and re-read is "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett (also fiction). It is a story set in the middle of the 12th century in England and centered around a stonemason and his family.

I also love a good fantasy/adventure and right now I am re-reading "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan which is 11 books long and unfinished. Robert Jordan passed away in 2007, prior to completing the final novel in the series. But he left a lot of notes behind and shared with his family major plot details so TOR Books was able to get someone else (Brandon Sanderson, I believe) to finish it. It is due to come out this fall and I wait with baited breath!

A nice easy read is "Marley & Me" by John Grogan... yes this is the one they made the movie about, but I didn't see it... I hate watching a movie that I've read the book for, it is ALWAYS a disappointment without exception. It was a surprisingly satisfying read and had a very sweet story.

I read "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath a few month ago... I liked it but also found it a little disturbing as it deals with her descent into mental illness. I recommended it to a friend but she didn't finish it because it is a bit slow until about half way through.

I could go on and on, I love to read. When I get a new book, I can't help but swallow it whole the very first day... then I have to re-read it so I can pick up the finer points I may have missed. My poor family misses me when I have a new book.
 
Some of my favorite reads of past include "The Parsifal Mosaic" by Robert Ludlum (http://www.amazon.com/Parsifal-Mosa...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237408447&sr=1-1) and "The Cardinal Sins" (http://www.amazon.com/Cardinal-Sins-Andrew-M-Greeley/dp/0446512362) and "Thy Brother's Wife" (http://www.amazon.com/Thy-Brothers-Wife-Andrew-Greeley/dp/0446300551) by Fr. Andrew Greeley. I really enjoy a good mystery/suspense novel. I also like reading books pertaining to real life such as "God, Guns, & Rock 'N' Roll" by Ted Nugent and "Prince Charles: The Sustainable Prince" by Joan M. Veon (http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Charle...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237409800&sr=1-1). Right now, with two little ones, I'm not afforded the time to read much more than five to ten minutes here and there.

I also read a book one time that had me bawling my eyes out. I can't remember the name now. It was a true story about a little girl with a disease, and the parents had a ritual a couple of times a day for whacking her hard on the back to clear out the congestion in her lungs.
 
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I normally read mysteries, but I read a non-fiction book (true crime), and it was SO good, I want to share it with everybody.

It is called "The Devil in the White City," by Erik Larsen. The book is about the Columbia Exposition in Chicago in 1893. It focuses on the architect Daniel Burnham, who was the lead architect for the Columbia Exposition, and a serial killer, H.H. Holmes, who was killing in Chicago during the Columbia Exposition.

It is full of facts (did you know that, in Chicago in 1890, there were 28 DAILY newspapers!!! and the first Ferris wheel was at the Columbia Exposition?), but the facts are given as part of the plot....

I'm reading another mystery novel now, one of a series by Charles Todd. Its protagonist is Inspector Ian Rutledge, a Scotland Yard inspector, and it is set in Great Britain just after World War I.

Pleasant reading everyone!! :cheers:

Kate
 
I LOVE to read...when football practice starts up I always take a book to practice and sit and wait for the kids to get done! I love James Patterson, Stephen King, and have recently found John Saul ~ whom I am fascinated by right now (even though a lot of his stuff is older).

I also love true crime novels...I will read anything though! I like just about anything!
 
I love to read. It's the only thing that can hold my attention for more than ten minutes. The older I get, the shorter my attention span gets. Go pick up these: My Sisters Keeper, The Coal Tattoo, and The Blue Jar Club. Great books and rather good reads for women in general
 
LIDARKSIDE said:
I also read a book one time that had me bawling my eyes out. I can't remember the name now. It was a true story about a little girl with a disease, and the parents had a ritual a couple of times a day for whacking her hard on the back to clear out the congestion in her lungs.
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Sounds like Cystic Fibrosis? :scratch:
 
tharedhead said:
LIDARKSIDE said:
I also read a book one time that had me bawling my eyes out. I can't remember the name now. It was a true story about a little girl with a disease, and the parents had a ritual a couple of times a day for whacking her hard on the back to clear out the congestion in her lungs.
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Sounds like Cystic Fibrosis? :scratch:
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How I wish I could remember the name of the book. It read like a daily diary by the parents. It was a wonderful book, and you could just feel along with them.
 
I found it! It's called "Alex The Life of a Child".

http://www.amazon.com/Alex-Life-Child-Frank-Deford/dp/B000DEMYEI/ref=pd_sim_b_5

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ping1970 said:
Have you ever read "A Child Called It"? That book haunts my very soul ~ http://www.amazon.com/Child-Called-Childs-Courage-Survive/dp/1558743669

I can't believe that children have to live that way. There are two other books in the series, but that first one...I think it is one that all parents should read. It is just heartbreaking!
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I'm just horrified reading the summary!

Reading is a wonderful escape that can take us to a different place, different time, etc. However, when you're done with the book, you're back in the real world. That's why I feel it's also very important to read books that also educate us in reality, the real world, all kinds of subject matter, things that are all around us, things that effect our lives.

I remember a commercial when I was young that said "a mind is a terrible thing to waste". I firmly believe in the phrase, "knowledge is power".
 
I agree! My husband says when I read I tune everyone out. With three kids I learned to read and block out the world around me. I love series and often re-read many of my books. And even though I read alot of fiction, a good reality check is often on my list. Thanks for some of the books you listed. Some I am familiar with, but I will be hitting up the B&N website later to get some of the others. Here's one you might like; Nowhere Else On Earth by Josephine Humphreys. It's a real story, but sold as fiction because it was told down through generations of Lumbee family. Most of it is actual fact that can be found on record. Worth a read. Happy reading everyone :)
 
I don't read that often but when I do I have to finish the book right away. The last book I read was from the Left behind series. Kingdom Come. Tim Lahaye.
 
I read lots too, mostly mysteries and "chick lit". I also like some sci-fi and try to read classics when I'm feeling virtuous. I've read all the Sue Graftons and am waiting for "U" to come out. I also love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. Most of the chick lit stuff isn't all that memorable, but I get a lot of my books from free swaps and those always seem to be back in rotation. My latest sci-fi read was Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys". At the moment, I'm reading Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities". Favorite author of all time is Jane Austen.
 
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If you like Laurell K. Hamilton {I do too} then you wil LOVE Kim Harrison! She is the BEST writer I've found in that genre. The Hollows:

http://www.kimharrison.net/The Books.htm

I also like Charlaine Harris {Sookie Stackhouse -The Southern Vampire Mysteries} - the True Blood series on HBO is based on those. She also writes in the straight mystery genre.

http://www.charlaineharris.com/

Kelley Armstrong - Women of the Otherworld is what I'm reading now:

http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/mSeries.htm

Lori Handeland - Nightcreature Novels

http://www.lorihandeland.com/book-shelf/nightcreature-series/
 
When I was in high school, I read and thoroughly enjoy "The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings" series (after reading those, there was no way I could see the movies), "The Outsiders", "1984", and "On the Beach". The movies just can't do the books justice.
 
My grandson, Joshua, is going to be 12 this month. For his birthday, I just got him two books: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (all three books in one!). His father says: If Josh doesn't like them, let me have them!!!!

Josh likes to read - and play video games. I'll support one habit - guess which one????? :crazytongue:

Kate
 
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