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Jul-27-2006 03:15

I know we already have the Sleuths Bookshelf, but people there talk about their general tastes, what books they liked in childhood etc. I'd like all of us to share with others what we are reading now, do we like it or not and to recommend the books we like. Possibly we could have a similar thread for movies.

Nov-17-2007 22:31

SS, a tip regarding Discworld. It will go fast, very, very, very fast. You will be absorbed by Discworld until you come to a crashing halt with no books left to read. You will reread them to hold this off. Eventually, he will release another book. They are like crack. Savor them if you can. They, like life, never last as long as we would like.

To contribute my latest harvest from the library: Charles Maturin's "Melmoth the Wanderer". Emblematic of Irish fiction. Gothic. Surreal. Highly literate but obscenely over-written.

Dec-5-2007 23:17

Ok, so this shows my reading level...no not really. I just finished reading the Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson. It's actually a young adult series,but I liked it. I guess it's a cross between X-Men and the A-Team, umm, sort of anyway. It was really good and a very easy, fast read.

Dec-6-2007 00:05

I'm almost done with the instructions (thank GOD they're waterproof!) for my scalp-moisturizing shampoo. There's three stages. I'm really good with "lather" and "rinse", but keep forgetting the last one.

Dec-6-2007 03:46

lance? cauterise? polish? stage 3 man, don't leave me hangin'...

Dec-7-2007 11:40

just so long as it has nothing to do with suppositories...

Dec-8-2007 00:12

*bends over in shock and agony and will never allow a Polish man named Lance to walk behind him again*

Not even if he's a ten foot pole.

*rimshot*

Dec-10-2007 01:47

Just finished The Speed of Dark (sorry if the name is a bit wrong, Im translating). It's about being autistic and in a future when you can choose to do something about it. Very intresting question: If you choose the treatment, will you still be you? Or does being "normal" means you loose your own character?

Dec-10-2007 02:03

Im constantly reading books on Autism and Aspergers, and all that stuff, as it interests me. But most recently I just finished "Marley and Me"

*SNIFF* That book was really sad, but it was a really cute book. All you dog lovers will surely like it! ;)

Dec-10-2007 23:54

I recently finished Kiki Strike and the Empress' Tomb. I highly recommend this young adult series that began with Kiki Strike and the Shadow City. (And start with the first one!) This book transcends ages groups!

Dec-13-2007 12:34

I've just finished reading two historical novels. They both tell a story of two sisters fighting for the love of the same man. The first one is Karen Essex's "Leonardo's Swans", the sisters are Isabella and Beatrice d'Este, and the scene is the fifteenth century Milan where Leonardo is painting his "Last Supper".

The second novel is Philippa Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl", the sisters are Mary and Anne Boleyn and the prize is Henry VIII. It is commonly known that Anne was the sister who won the king, but she lost her life in the process.

Although not masterpieces, both books are historically accurate enough and they make interesting reading.