I Like to Read - Forum & Chat Board | What book are you reading now?

I am reading The First Man In Rome by Colleen McCullough, the first in a series.  This book came highly recommended and is not one I would have picked, however it is really good.  Historical fiction can be entertaining and enjoyable.

Historical fiction can be quite good. I like what I've read from Gore Vidal.

The Russians by Hedrick Smith.  It is a book written by An American Journalist in Russia in the 1970's.  Read it, it may make you think twice about our growing socialist government.

I'm reading _A Distant Mirror_ by Barbara Tuchman, a history of the late 14th century.  This originally came out when I was in college and made a big splash at the time, but I just picked it up over the summer on discount at Borders.  It's history that reads almost like a novel (like David McCullough...whose John Adams bio kept me turning the pages late into the night when I first read it).

I am reading Desire Unchained  by Larissa Ione,finished Pleasure Unbound and loved it.

I am reading The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber.  So far I am really enjoying it, it has been a good book for me to snuggle up with before I go to bed.

I've only started "The End of Mr. Y" by Scarlett Thomas and  am decided to finish it in one sitting (or lying lol) tonight. It's funny, full of suspense and extremely strange. It mixes literary history with quantum physics and reminds me of Matrix. Exactly the stuff i love!

I am reading the Elegant Universe by Briane Greene. It is a laymans guide to string theory. Ya I know. Real science not science fiction but it is very well written. Not something to read in one sitting (or laying as Ulicorn put it). I am also reading The Road by Cormac Macarthy. The latter is a strange father-son tale of their attempt to find safety/shelter in the world after some disaster has eradicated most of mankind.

Charles Spurgeon's  Satan, A DEFEATED FOE; and the story telling time favorite book of my niece entitled Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

I am re-reading one of my favorite books, The Sun Also Rises, by Hemingway.

Every time I read it there is new meaning to me.  Plus I love the descriptive narrative Hemingway uses in his prose.

 Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders, MD. From the inspiration of House comes a real look at the art of diagnosis. Pretty good if you like medical mysteries. =)

 Yes I have read both of those books.as far as popular science goes, Brian Greene would have to be one of my favourite authors. I particularly enjoyed "The Fabric of the Cosmos" It gave me an idea of the structure and nature of time that I did find truly mind boggling, in the true sense of the phrase. I have not looked at the physical or philosophical world in the same way since.

But back to fiction; I have just discovered J M Coetzee's "Disgrace" i have not read this well known author before but certainly will in the future. i have not had such a compelling book for many years.

Also looking forward to Margaret Atwood's latest. I was particularly affected by "Bodily Harm" 

Yes "The Road" is bleak but I feel gave me nothing new and had no strong characters; 2 of the several criteria i have for judging a good book.

I am keen to have your response.

@Seli, I agree with you on The Road. Just finished it. Waited from something significant to happen. Couldn't decide if I like the characters or not. Margaret Atwood - good choice. Want to read her new book also. Thanks for commenting.

 John Banville writes some very good intelligent stuff. "The Untouchable" is well worth reading; up there with the best of them for well constructed prose.

But for producing real living characters yoou can't go past Annie Proux, to my mind.

Have just picked up "A Room With a View", E. M. Forster. 

 I recently finished Nicholas Kristof's and Cheryl Wudunn's new nonfiction book, "Half the Sky." It was a fantastic look into the current state of women around the globe. They identify three main problems facing women today - violence against women, sex trafficking and slavery, and maternal mortality. They name women's rights as the major moral issue of the 21st century. Excellent and easy read. Even though it's nonfiction, it definitely keeps your attention.

I'm also reading "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters." Quite ridiculous, but entertaining nonetheless. Though not quite as good as "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

I read often... one of the books that is on my thoughts, "The Russian Concubine" must be shared with "you"...

The story is well developed, the adventures are just enough to keep you turning those pages... and the history that can't be denied of what England drug trafficking in China caused to the Chinese people is clear to you... with this Woman's story of being shoved into poverty by war... by greed, by tryants.

The CHILD that watches the icy cold fingers of winter ***** her of her father along a train route one afternoon... and Russian PERILS... that fling her and her mother into China at a tulmultuous time for the Chinese people as England's GREED and GLUTTONY spills into the streets of China being pummeled with England's desire to RUIN the Chinese through drug addictions.

THE CHILD becomes quite a RESOURCEFUL young woman.

Don't merely imagine... WHAT the NOVEL unveils... HOW this CHILD SURVIVES these ORDEALS... go to your local library.... go to a BOOK STORE... find the NOVEL... FIND YOURSELF MORE AWARE than the DAY BEFORE YOU READ IT ABOUT LIFE.

I'm actually finished reading a romance novel entitled THE GAMBLE BY LVYRLE SPENCER. It sets in the 1800's so it is kind of historical,as far as the clothing is concerned. Very nice story about a temperance worker(against alcohol) versus saloon owner...They quarreled  a lot at first but then in the end, love blossomed.

I've also finished reading EXIT TO EDEN by ANNE RICE. A very nice romantic story. 

A little ray of sunshine by lani diane rich

The Da Vinci Code, I'm finding it facinating

The Da Vinci Code, I'm finding it facinating