Just finished [I]It’s All About Him[/I] by Denise Jackson (wife of country singer Alan Jackson). I’ve never been a fan of his, but I was curious about what she had to say.
Which book is that? I have PCOS and would be interested in reading this.
Right now I’m reading New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America. I’m finding it exceedingly boring. It’s a lot more political than I was expecting. I’ve read both of the Wally Lamb books mentioned in this thread, and I loved them both. In fact, I think I’ll pull out She’s Come Undone and start rereading it. I read it about 5 or 6 years ago, and I remember really enjoying it. So thanks for the jump start to the memory!
My kid and I read the Golden Compass together last year. We all loved it and my son went on to read the other 2 books in the triliogy. He said he liked the Golden Compass best of all three books.
We are all looking forward to seeing the movie version.
I loved that book, too. I read almost nothing with contemporary/“real” settings but this book is fabulous.
I loved ‘Neverwhere’! I don’t know if I like that one or ‘American Gods’ better. I haven’t read ‘Fragile Things’ yet but am anxious to read it, and also ‘Stardust’.
What I’m reading: I started Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels trilogy. I just got it in an omnibus-type volume. I’m not sure about it yet–less than halfway through the first book. I am not exactly sure what’s going on yet or what anyone is.
I’m rereading ‘Earth Abides’ by George Stewart, and have ‘The Historian’ by Elizabeth Kostova (still haven’t read it yet) sitting on the nightstand table. Tomorrow I’m going to the post office to pick up ‘The Name of the Wind’ by Patrick Rothfuss and ‘Viking Patterns for Knitting’ by Elsabeth Lavold. :happydance:
I’m currently reading Lord of the Rings but as I got a bit stuck with it a few chapters into Return of the King I am reading Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett as a bit of a break from LotR.
I think I’m the only one that absolutely hated “She’s Come Undone”. It was a horribly depressing story. I know I was supposed to feel sympathy for Dolores since all these terrible things happen to her, but I just found her self-absorbed and quite detestable. I couldn’t muster up an ounce of pity for her.
The His Dark Materials trilogy is excellent. I’ve read it 3 times.
I’m not reading anything right now. I just finished something by Fern Michaels (can’t remember the name of it) and am going to start The Devil’s Labyrinth by John Saul.
The New Glucose Revolution Guide to Living Well with PCOS
Diet aside, it’s a very interesting book in terms of information about PCOS itself and why things happen in the body the way they do.
I loved The Kite Runner and tried to check out A Thousand Splendid Suns from the library. I think I’m about number 10 on the waiting list, so I may have to buy it.
Stardust’s really good. I have both the regular book and and illustrated version. Haven’t had the chance to watch the movie yet.
I loved Gaiman’s “Smoke and Mirrors”, so when I saw “Fragile Things” I knew I had to get it. His short stories are great.
You’re not the only one. As much as I was fascinated by ‘I Know This Much is True’, I hated ‘She’s Come Undone’. I read it once when it came out and never again. Robert Jordan once said in an interview that “Mainstream literature is often the literature of depression for the depressed, written by the depressed and read by the depressed.” That’s pretty how I feel, as well, and ‘She’s Come Undone’ is an excellent example.
This is not intended to offend anyone who enjoyed the book, for we all have different tastes, but this is how I personally feel.
Ohhh…the movie was really good. It had a bit of everything in it. Think Princess Bride.
I just got finished reading “How Starbuck’s Saved My Life” and I am almost finished reading “My Lobotomy”. I guess I am on a biography kick. I will finish this before I go to bed tonight. I am also listening to “Labrynth” by Kate Mosse.
As you probably guess, not much knitting has been going on here. I have a book stash that equals my yarn stash! :noway:
Life is good! 
That is what happens when you work in a book store…
KnitGal: Thank you 
for starting this thread; its so interesting to see what everyone is reading. I usually have two or three books going at once; right know I only have two: The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough and A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie King. I subscribe to BooksFree, a kind of paperback lending club, and just finished Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker (it wasn’t on my lending list–how I got it I’m not sure) I don’t really like Clive Barker but this one had an interesting premise–old Hollywood mixed with Dorian Gray type of thing. Could have been really good but he just went on and on–a bit of word overkill.
Oh, in this thread I think I have found a new home… 
I just finished a few really fabulous books!
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Snowflower and the Secret Fanby Lisa See
Right now I’m reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf because I just watched the movie The Hours, which is about the book.
Oh I LOVED the Red Tent, did you read her other book, The Last Days of Dogtown? Very different, but also very good.
I started The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton instead of A Map of the World. I thought I should start with her first book.
Second the posts about Wally Lamb’s She’s Come Undone – fabulous! I have read it several times. I like the books by Philippa Gregory about Queen Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn, Catherine, etc. They are all very interesting to me because I have a lot of English ancestry and have always wondered what it would have been like to live back then. Of course, it seems that they liked to behead people frequently, so maybe it wasn’t so great! I’m not much for romance novels, I find them to be a bit cheesy, but every once in a while I’ll get one. I adore a good mystery - Erica Spindler and Iris Johansen are very good, Tami Hoag rocks. Right now I am reading Suspect by Jasmine Cresswell, it is decent. Has anyone read the Native American series by Michael Gear and his wife Kathleen O’Neal Gear?? Those are awesome, I discovered them in high school and I’ve read every single one to date. I like them because they are about Native Americans - and I don’t know why, but I have always had a “thing” for NA. Maybe I was one in a past life or something, but I can’t get enough. I even found a website a few years ago and taught myself a few words… pretty cool.
Snowflower and the Secret Fanby Lisa See
I loved this book so much! Have you read Sarah Dunant “The Birth of Venus”? Also really good historical fiction.
I haven’t, but I did just check out two of Lisa See’s other books from the library. Thanks for the suggestion, I will go put The Birth of Venus on hold! 
Nope, I haven’t read that one either, but I will definitely go put it on hold at the library! Thanks for the suggestion!
I LOOOOOVE this thread! 
I’ve suddenly developed two major reading-related addictions: historical romance and audio books. I can’t get enough.
On my Regular Reading, I just finished the first in the Lymond Chronicles series by Dorothy Dunnett. I really enjoyed her King Hereafter and have read rave reviews of Lymond as being a series people read over and over (like I’m doing with the Gabaldon/Outlander series - addiction #3). Lymond is very confusing, but I have book 2 ready to start and am hoping I’ll figure it out pretty soon - it seems it all got wrapped up in the last couple of pages, but I still have questions about what happened.
On audio, yesterday I listened to Elizabeth Peter’s Crocodile on the Sand (in one day - I’m truly obsessed) which was funny; day before I listened to The Marriage Spell, and before that I did 2 of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series (omigawd, It’s In His Kiss had me guffawing out loud in the dentist chair). Audio books, even audio downloads from audible.com, aren’t cheap, so I’m trying to limit my purchases but they are having a sale right now. But audio books and knitting is about as perfect as life can get for me right now. (hmmm, is that as pathetic as it sounds??)
I also found paperbackswap.com last week and have about 10 books out there in the mail - all you pay is postage to send your book to someone requesting it, and for each book received, you get to order one free - pretty dang good deal. Between that and used books at Hastings, I’m trying to keep my book spending to a minimum!