What are you reading?

limr · Dec 31, 2015

Back in August, I picked up The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I was enjoying it, but then school started and I never finished it, so I'm picking up where I left off. I did read a few things in between then and now for my book club, which I mostly can't remember right now, not because my memory is failing, but because the books were kinda boring and once I'm done reading, there's no reason to remember them.

The last thing I read was a novella by Shirley Jackson called We Always Lived in the Castle. Haunting.

jcdeboever · Dec 31, 2015

Just got done with Terrible Nerd by Kevin Savetz, loved it. Now reading Terms of Use by Scott Allan Morrison and John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography.

KenC · Dec 31, 2015

The Southpaw, by Mark Harris. I've read a lot of baseball books over the years, and I had read Bang the Drum Slowly, the third book of this trilogy, but never read the first two. I'm not even halfway through it yet. It's very good, especially if you like baseball, but doesn't quite have the impact of Bang the Drum Slowly (at least so far).

jcdeboever · Dec 31, 2015

KenC said:
The Southpaw, by Mark Harris. I've read a lot of baseball books over the years, and I had read Bang the Drum Slowly, the third book of this trilogy, but never read the first two. I'm not even halfway through it yet. It's very good, especially if you like baseball, but doesn't quite have the impact of Bang the Drum Slowly (at least so far).

That book (The Southpaw) is real good. I like the writing style Harris used in that book. If I recall, he even mentions it in the beginning.

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Warhorse · Dec 31, 2015

"Wish You Well" by David Baldacci

KmH · Jan 1, 2016

Happy 2016 everyone!

waday said:
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

I wore my copy out.

I'm currently reading 3 books;
• Mortal Error
The Shot That Killed JFK - Bonar Menninger
• First Light
The Search For The Edge Of The Universe - Richard Preston
• kl
The History Of The Nazi Concentration Camps - Nikolaus Wachsmann

waday · Jan 1, 2016

KmH said:
Happy 2016 everyone!

I wore my copy out.

Happy New Year!

I love the book. I'm about half way through, and I'm already planning on reading it again. I want to highlight as I go next time.

waday · Jun 14, 2016

Just finished Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan. Yep, I'm going to read that again.

Not sure what to read next.

table1349 · Jun 14, 2016

Close to finishing the Colditz Story by Pat Reid.
Next Hidden Like Anne Frank by Marcel Prins and Peter Henk Steenhuis as well as Red Skelton: The Mask Behind the Mask by Wes D. Gehring. Always like to have two books going at one time.

KenC · Jun 14, 2016

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley, etc.) - halfway through and it's terrific as is all her stuff

Kenneth Walker · Jun 14, 2016

Just finished an offbeat thriller called "The Vinyl Detective" by Andrew Cartmel. V good.

terri · Jun 14, 2016

I just finished The End of All Things, by John Scalzi. Having just slogged through things like Teaching Yoga, the Bhagavad Gita, and The Heart of Yoga while going through my yoga teacher training, sci-fi seemed like something fun and light to grab onto. :lol:

It was lots of fun, and I like his style. Will probably seek out more from his Old Man's War series. Until this one, I'd never heard of either, but I'm glad I picked it up.

JonA_CT · Jun 14, 2016

I've been reading a lot of the last few weeks, for me anyways...probably the most impactful was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I had a few students read it, and decided that I should take a peek since it's a name I see coming up all the time. Truly haunting. I'm going to have to go back and re-read it soon.

I just started The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah...mostly because my wife had already bought it on Kindle. First chapter is good...since school will be over tomorrow, I'll probably be wearing pages out over the next few weeks.