What book are you reading?

rrivers

AmentsChick wrote:

I mean it seems like it's trendy. I don't know...could just be me. Is it sad at the end?? Keep in mind I have a yellow labrador.

I guess it's trendy, whatever that means. It's a bestseller and has been for awhile. Yes it's sad at the end.

PJSerf

Mel1979 wrote:

Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. I love the way this guy writes!

I agree 100%. Choke and Survivor were awesome, have not read Diary yet.

Trailer

Unfinished Business by Joe Pistone and Charles Brandt... fucking GOOD so far:D:D

Mel1979

PJSerf wrote:

I agree 100%. Choke and Survivor were awesome, have not read Diary yet.

Am going to be reading Choke next

catefrances

HEY YOU PALAHNIUK FANS you all read any tom spanbauer?

Mel1979

Nope, similar style?

Binaural

A Year in the Life of TheManWhoFellAsleep by Greg Stekelman

Ms. Haiku

Atonement by Ian McEwan. I read it a few years ago, but the language is sinking into me more this time. I'm reading it again because the movie is coming out. I'm becoming a James McAvoy fan, and I would like to see the movie, but I want to refresh my memory with the book. A lot of moments, but somehow there are spaces between the moments. They are not spaces for breathing, and they add an edge. Maybe that's why I didn't get into the writing. More description than dialogue. Excellent description nonetheless.

rrivers

Ms. Haiku wrote:

Atonement by Ian McEwan. I read it a few years ago, but the language is sinking into me more this time. I'm reading it again because the movie is coming out. I'm becoming a James McAvoy fan, and I would like to see the movie, but I want to refresh my memory with the book. A lot of moments, but somehow there are spaces between the moments. They are not spaces for breathing, and they add an edge. Maybe that's why I didn't get into the writing. More description than dialogue. Excellent description nonetheless.

I read "Saturday" and enjoyed it. Not the easiest book to read but enjoyable nonetheless.

AmentsChick

I am almost finished with Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge. It is SUCH an eye-opener. I was reading the section about Hurricane Katrina last night (ironically on the 2 year anniversary) and knew things were bad...but had no idea just how tragic they really were. I definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys non-fiction.

Ms. Haiku

rrivers wrote:

I read "Saturday" and enjoyed it. Not the easiest book to read but enjoyable nonetheless.

I tried to get through Saturday. I think Atonement has better writing. Saturday has an easier story to follow as the smallest item isn't described, if I remember correctly. It's like Atonement was made for a screenplay, and to give the screenwriter minimal trouble with translating. All things pointed out, scene given to the smallest detail.

hippiemom

I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It's an AMAZING book! It's about her family's quest to live only on food that was grown within 100 miles of their home (with a handful of exceptions, such as olive oil and coffee and spices). I'm a fan of local eating for many reasons, and I honestly thought I knew a lot about this topic, but I think I'm picking up some new tidbit of information on just about every page!

It might sound like it would be a boring book, but she's such a wonderful writer that it's simply a joy to read.

Granted, not a lot of people will be able to make the sort of committment that she and her family did, but I know that I'll be trying harder than I have been to keep my food purchases as local and organic as possible. Better nutrition, better for the planet, better for family farms, better for local economies ... it's just BETTER. This book will definitely change the way you think about food.

Ms. Haiku

hippiemom wrote:

I'm reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It's an AMAZING book! It's about her family's quest to live only on food that was grown within 100 miles of their home (with a handful of exceptions, such as olive oil and coffee and spices). I'm a fan of local eating for many reasons, and I honestly thought I knew a lot about this topic, but I think I'm picking up some new tidbit of information on just about every page!

It might sound like it would be a boring book, but she's such a wonderful writer that it's simply a joy to read.

Granted, not a lot of people will be able to make the sort of committment that she and her family did, but I know that I'll be trying harder than I have been to keep my food purchases as local and organic as possible. Better nutrition, better for the planet, better for family farms, better for local economies ... it's just BETTER. This book will definitely change the way you think about food.

I've been looking forward to reading that book. I have a big list of books to read so I'll probably get it when it's in paperback.

hippiemom

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I've been looking forward to reading that book. I have a big list of books to read so I'll probably get it when it's in paperback.

You were actually one of the people that occurred to me while I was reading it ... "Ooh, I bet Ms. Haiku would like this!"

rrivers

AmentsChick wrote:

I am almost finished with Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge. It is SUCH an eye-opener. I was reading the section about Hurricane Katrina last night (ironically on the 2 year anniversary) and knew things were bad...but had no idea just how tragic they really were. I definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys non-fiction.

You should check out "1 Dead in Attic" by Chris Rose. He's a New Orleans newspaper columnist and the book is a collection of his columns after Katrina. I think it was first published just around New Orleans (I grew up there and my parents still live there). I saw it in Barnes and Noble last night and saw that the one out now added about 200 pages to what I read with a lot of columns from last year.

He was an entertainment reporter, mainly just writing fluff pieces. He really found his groove during and after the hurricana. Sad, sad stuff.

rrivers

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I tried to get through Saturday. I think Atonement has better writing. Saturday has an easier story to follow as the smallest item isn't described, if I remember correctly. It's like Atonement was made for a screenplay, and to give the screenwriter minimal trouble with translating. All things pointed out, scene given to the smallest detail.

Yeah there were parts of Saturday where I was like come on! Move the story along!

hippiemom

AmentsChick wrote:

I am almost finished with Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge. It is SUCH an eye-opener. I was reading the section about Hurricane Katrina last night (ironically on the 2 year anniversary) and knew things were bad...but had no idea just how tragic they really were. I definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys non-fiction.

I haven't read that yet, waiting for the softcover.

I just bought The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley, I'll probably start that soon. Anyone else read it?

SENROCK

'STAR' by Pam Anderson....

genie

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

azwyldcats

'The Shotgun Rule' by Charlie Huston, woo hoo, it kicks ass.