Iām nearly finished with On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. meh. Iāve been mostly bored with it throughout, but I rarely donāt finish books that I begin, and I remain hopeful until the last page.
After that, I have Chris Mooreās You Suck, A Love Story waiting. We got it signed by the author at a bookstore appearance months ago, and my beloved is pushing me to READ IT so that we can talk about it. Itās a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends. If youāve never read Chris, oh, please do. All of his books are a laugh fest, some pull laughter from me on every page.
Iāve been wanting to read Ann Pachettās books. My to-be-read pile is quite big.
Right now, Iām reading The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown. Itās ok; a fairly easy read (very conversational). There are some TMI moments, which I really could have done without.
Next is the new Khalid Hosseni novel. Iām drawing a blank on the title right now. A Thousand Splendid Suns or something like that. I got both of the books at the library, and thereās a huge waiting list, so I only get 2 wks to read them.
After seeing recently for the first time the WONDERFUL movie āThe Phantom Of the Operaā starring handsome Gerard Butlerā¦I 've been reading sequels to the movie. Amazon has a lot of books and I have read three so far and have two more ordered.
So far they are all goodā¦but none have the Phantom ending up with Christine which I WANT to happen.:tap:
If you want to see a wonderful, sad and romantic movie check it outā¦wow!!!:woohoo:
Iām reading āThe Other Boleyn Girlā by Philippa Gregory. Iāve never read historical fiction before, and I absolutely LOVE this book so far!! :cheering:
Iām currently reading a book for one of my history classes that starts next week. The title is [U]The Glorious Cause, The American Revolution, 1763-1789[/U], by Robert Middlekauff. Itās a very thick book, and I wanted to get a jump start. Itās very detail oriented, but itās good.
I just finished reading [U]Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation[/U], by Joseph Ellis. This book is required reading in the same history class. This book was AWESOME! It only took me a couple of days to read it.
Iāve got an Anne Lamott book waiting for me. A $1 find Mona Simpson Off keck Road, Sarah Vowell Take the Cannoli, and I think some Elizabeth Berg will be coming with me on the airplane to Massachusetts next week. I keep some Pema Chodron and Thich nhat Hanh by my bed to read at night to fortify. But most of the time Iām reading stuff for school, scholarly works, really boring.
I could use something fun to read. I have been mostly reading for work right now. Since being 8 years out of practice and now back to work in a therapy clinic that uses treatment modalities I am not familiar withā¦I am mostly reading Psychotherapy books. Right now I am reading Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life. It is written for the client rather than the clinician so it should be a pretty quick readā¦ I need to write down some of these titles for a trip to the libraryā¦
Iām #30 on the list at the library for Jodi Picoultās [U]Nineteen Minutes[/U], down from #111 or so. :doh: Last book was HP of course, but lately itās been mostly magazines and pattern books.
Next up will be Nineteen Minutes, Lean Mean Thirteen and umā¦ :??
