The latest in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon … something about Snow and Ashes (I’m bad with titles). 
Just finished a total piece of romantic fluff by Lisa Plumley - “Josie Day Comes Home” (or something like that).
I’m also rereading the Narnia books - I’m currently on “Prince Caspian”.
I am reading John Adams by David McCullough.
Very Good book so far.
He is probably the most consistantly readible Historical writer I have found. I need a break from my Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels.
Jim
How is Ellis’ writing, compelling, dry, or somewhere in between?
The First 3 and the Harpers hall Trilogy were great? How do you like them so far?
Jim
I’m in and out of several books/series: Today, I’m reading Sue Grafton’s S is for Silence because it’s due back a the library today. Just read Richard Russo’s Straight Man, which has a VERY FUNNY prologue and some funny scenes, but gets tedious when he talks about academic politics. I liked Empire Falls better.
Read both of those between (among?) Jane Austen’s Emma, which I expect to finish in the next week or so.
Also just read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe before seeing the movie. I’ll be working my way through the entire Chronicles in the next year or so. (I can’t see myself reading them all in a row.)
Also highly recommend Glass Castle. Read that with my book group a few months back, before the whole James Frey discussion. We also debated how accurate it could be since the author was awfully young when the book starts. With memoirs, I always hope the spirit of the story is true, but figure some of it has to be made up or at least inaccurately remembered because who takes notes about every moment of their life?
Not sure what’s next, though…
GT
I hope A Primate’s Memoirwas in there? If not, get 'em to ILL it for you. The scene where he’s given a zebra leg, and how he also describes darting baboons and their reactions… priceless. And the ending is just fantastic.
I actually wrote Sapolsky a fan e-mail, and he responded back. Nice man.
Mrs. Furthur
“parable of the sower” by octavia butler
i hiiiiiiiiiiiiiighly recommend it.
it’s replaced “of mice and men” as my favorite book, i think
I recently finished his 1776 which I found riveting. I haven’t been inclined to pick up the Adams one though.
I really enjoyed the Adams one, and it made me want to read 1776. I do not normally go for American history at all, but that book was fascinating.
I’m reading The Cell by Stephen King. I didn’t like it much at first, but it seems I just can’t resist a good luddite morality tale. It’s growing on me in a apocalyptic shaggy-dog story kind of way.
I’m also reading The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin. It’s brilliant. I think this guy is my favorite living writer.
I liked that one too. 
If you enjoyed Dawkin’s, you might wanna give this a look: At the Water’s Edge, by Carl Zimmer.
I tend to read a lot of books at once. It’s a habit (survival technique) I picked up as an English major.
For fun I’m reading:
Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom,& Other Writings by Marquis de Sade (funny, funny stuff although the philosophy gets a bit old after a while)
Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz
Uh-Oh byRobert Fulghum
Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings
Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe edited by Miguel Algarin & Bob Holman (this one may also play a part in my thesis or future research)
My current bedtime book is Grimms’ Tales for Young and Old translated by Ralph Manheim
My class books are
Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
Free Enterprise by Michelle Cliff
Say WHAT? :eek:
I have got to find and read that book.
Wow, lotsa deep reading going on. I’ve got about 40 pages left in Cocktail Time, and am already about 30 pages into Summer Moonshine, both by P G Wodehouse.
Just finished Seeing Like a State and 1776. The former was an eye-opener for me, if a bit on the repetitive side. The latter is, frankly, a bit more lightweight than I would have hoped for.
I’m just getting started on Memoirs of a Geisha. Haven’t seen the movie, which is not getting very good reviews, but the book is very compelling.
I’m also slowly making my way through The Chosen. It lends itself to reading a page or two at odd moments. I can’t say I find it terribly interesting, but I’m half way through, so there’s no sense in stopping now.
I’m a little more than halfway though The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. (Translated, of course, I was never that good at Japanese.) I’m very, very impressed by this one. I think by the time I’m finished, it’ll be up there in my personal top five.
Last night I finished The Kite Runner and I very highly recommend this book. Depressing and beautiful at the same time.
Today I am starting Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. The only other book I have read by him was Neverwhere which I loved so I am hoping this book is just as good.
If you don’t already know, Anansi Boys is a sequel to American Gods. Although I have not read the new one, so I don’t know if you need to read American Gods first for the new one to make sense. But I’m pretty sure that the main characters in Anansi Boys are ones that were introduced in American Gods.
Actually, I did not know that. Maybe I will hold off on Anansi Boys until I order American Gods. Thanks for the tip.
Sequel only in the loosest possible sense, that it’s a specific story based on the general premise of American Gods – you definitely don’t need to have read AG first.
You know, I searched through the last 50 posts to see if anybody had read it, and figured “ah, nobody else is reading this, I’ll just post.” :smack:
I left off at page 326 yesterday, and while it’s gotten a little lost in Okada’s head a few times, as I say I’m enjoying the weirdness and loving the writing.
