What are you reading right now? Come in and tell us!

[sloane]

i was just thinking the other day that we needed a thread like this!! and i LOVE carl hiaason books!

What are you reading? the girl who played with fire

Who wrote it? stieg larsson


What is it about? it's the second book in the millenium series (first was 'the girl with the dragon tattoo') and is about a girl/woman who comes under suspicion of murder.

Are you enjoying it? i'm not very far into it yet but i am enjoying it. i found the first book hard to get into - lots of different characters, different writing style (well, i hadn't read any of his books before) but i think i'm on his wavelength this time so it's much faster to get into this book. he also doesn't have to spend quite as much time introducing the main characters.

[Tinsel]

What are you reading? the girl who played with fire
Who wrote it? stieg larsson
What is it about? it's the second book in the millenium series (first was 'the girl with the dragon tattoo') and is about a girl/woman who comes under suspicion of murder.

I'm just in the first chapters of this too. I loved the first one and like you said, there were so many characters to keep up with especially if I didn't get to read every night I had to try and jog the old memory. I'm just up to a really good part and can't wait to get into it tonight.

[Astrolady]

What are you reading? Anna Karenia

Who wrote it? Leo Tsolsky or something stupid like that

What is it about? Anna is a married woman back in the whatever hundreds (horse and cart day) in Russia, she has an affiar with someone in the military, so it is about their story. It also interwines with other people such as Levin who is a farmer who is in love with Kitty, but she rejects his proposal early in the story as she is hoping that Volonsky (who Anna has the affair with later) proposes, but he doesn't. Also has the odd story crop up about Anna's brother Stephan.

Are you enjoying it? can take it or leave it. But being an 800 + book I borrowed from the library I am trying to read 50 pages a night to get it read.

Reading it cause it is on the FaceBook 100 book list challenge and I want to read as many as I can from the book list this year as I hadn't read very many of them.

[Kaydee]

What are you reading? "The Help"

Who wrote it? Kathryn Stockett

What is it about? Set in Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. It follows the story of 3 women, 2 black maids and a white woman.

Are you enjoying it? I am enjoying it. It's interesting and entertaining. I'm pretty picky on the types of books I choose to read, so it's hard to find a book that I think I might enjoy.

I'm reading it because it's on a few bestseller lists and the storyline seemed really interesting. Plus the reviews online talked me into it.

[AnyDream]

bumping this, i'm reading a bunch of subject specific non-fiction at the moment, but I always love hearing what others are reading.

[Netix]

Thanks for bumping MD. This thread was around ages ago (maybe in Metaphysical though?), and nice to see it's back.

What are you reading? "Learning to Dance Inside"

Who wrote it? George Fowler

What is it about? A non-fiction book, helps learn the insight into the "why" of meditation and its goals, not so much the "how".

Are you enjoying it? Yes, so far. Concentration levels keep waning, but I am genuinely interested in it.

I'm reading it because (like many others) I am someone who needs to understand something before I can do it. And, since I can't meditate (well, it doesn't seem like that I can in actual "meditation", yet seem to find peace in sweeping), I want to learn more about it.

Yeah, I'm not sure about the sweeping thing myself....

[Sibbie]

I have recently had a load of free time, so I have read a fair few books in the last three-ish weeks!

I finally finished The Book Thief - AMAZING. If you get a chance, please read.

Stardust - Neil Gaiman
Loved this book so much. Ah, just magical. A fairy-tale for grown ups. They did make a movie of this but the book is just soo much better. If you like fantasy/faerie stuff, I would highly recommend this.

The Secret Lives of Dresses - Erin McKean
Enjoyable. About a girl who takes over her grandma's vintage dress shop. I particularly liked it because there is a beautiful little vintage dress shop near where I live and I could just picture that shop as the shop in the book. Your standard love story/chick lit, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.

Purfume: The Story of A Murderer - Patrick Suskind
Loved it. A sensory journey through word. Man with a superhuman nose starts murdering in search of the perfect scent. Strange but oh so good.

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
Meh. Was ok. Pretty sure everyone knows the story lol. Movie was better than the book imo. I guess I was expecting more out of it? But anyway, was a quick read. Ok I guess.

Love and Punishment - Wendy Harmer
I quite enjoyed this one - it was given to me, I didn't think I'd like it but I actually did. Was an easy read, quite funny. About a woman going through a break up after her partner of 5 years runs off with a woman 12/13 years his senior. Everything crashes down when her little revenge incident comes to light, but (as with most stories) all ends well.

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Loved it. About Rob, a loser-ish guy who owns a somewhat failing record store. He decides to do some soul searching and contacts his old girlfriends after his long term girlfriend leaves him. Funny, sad, and sweet. Lots of music references. I really enjoyed this, and would recommend it to anyone who has recently gone through a break up (al la myself... same as the above book).

I think that's all... as I said, I had a heck of a lot of free time, so I scoffed down as many books as possible.