What Are You Reading?

[CanadaLove 16]

My husband got me The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins for Christmas, and that was an excellent read. I've also read Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles deLint, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, and the Shadow trilogy by Brent Weeks. The first two authors can do no wrong in my eyes, and the latter was surprisingly good.

Up next is a book from George RR Martin's Wild Card series. Then off to a few of Roger Zelazny's works.

[sachinky 464]

Last read:

Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol

Stephen King -- Under the Dome

Candice Bushnell -- One Fifth Avenue

Currently reading:

Margaret Atwood -- The Tent

[Colleens 40]

Anybody have any good recommendations for any good new books? I will be flying to Canada in a few weeks and would like to pick up something for the plane. Hopefully Emma will sleep on the plane and let me do some reading!!

[Krikit 1,163]

Ohmygosh. I couldn't put down Corrie Ten Boom's The Hiding Place. And, of course, the entire Harry Potter series. But you've probably already read those. lol. Have a great trip, Colleen!

[Krikit 1,163]

I've been reading The Simple Truth by David Baldacci. A very good read. I'm going to be on the road a lot, starting next week, so I need to stock up on some good books. Any recommendations?

[Moosker 7]

Oooh, glad I stumbled across this topic! I need some good books. I just started reading the Hunger Games.

"The Help" was a great read, "Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton (all 3 of her books are good), "Water for Elephants"

[Krikit 1,163]

I just googled The Help using the author name of Kate Morton. Got a little confused there. lol. Looks like it's a movie, too.

[Moosker 7]

Sorry! Yes they have a movie coming out for both The Help and already Water for Elephants. I can't wait to see them! Movies are still never as good as the books though...

Hope this helps (here are a few more too!)

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton

Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

Sarah's Key - Tatiana deRosnay (spelling?)

Girl with the dragon tattoo series (excellent!)

Edited July 6, 2011 by Moosker

[sachinky 464]

My summer reading so far:

Last books read --

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency -- Alexander McCall Smith

The Stand: The Uncut and Unabridged Edition -- Stephen King

N or M -- Agatha Christie

Robots & Empire -- Isaac Asimov

The Rest of the Robots -- Isaac Asimov

Caves of Steel -- Isaac Asimov

Currently reading --

Pride and Prejudice -- Jane Austen

Edited July 8, 2011 by sachinky

[TheFantastics09 19]

I just finished reading The Lovely Bones (last week) and am 6 pages away from completing The Time Travelers Wife. Next up: 1984

[Marilyn. 340]

I am currently listening to a dramatized version of the Narnia series.... it is quite good... I just finished the Magician's Nephew and I started The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe...

still wish I could find a good replacement for Harry Potter...

[bigbigblake 2]

Im going to start The Game of Thrones after HBO made me care about it.

Picking it up for my plane rides.

Its been a while since I read new sadly.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Well, I've been going through an Alpine reading kick since Winter. I've read virtually everything I can get my hands on about climbing Mt Everest, K-2 and other summits in the Himalayas and Karakorum ranges. I'm just finishing "Forever on the Mountain" by James Tabor about the 1967 disaster on Mt. McKinley (Denali) in Alaska, and "Mountain Madness" by Robert Birkby, a biography of Scott Fischer, one of the biggies in mountain climbing who died in the Everest disaster of 1996. I find the accounts fascinating although I know I will never be more than an armchair mountain climber myself.

Edited July 8, 2011 by Kathryn41

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Im going to start The Game of Thrones after HBO made me care about it.

Picking it up for my plane rides.

Its been a while since I read new sadly.

Game of Thrones is excellent! I am just starting the second book.

[Krikit 1,163]

Hmm. I'm going to look into that. I love books which are in a series.