What books are you reading?

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Sherlock wrote:Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. \:D/
I read that one for a British Lit class a few years ago. Not a favourite, though I do remember being interested in trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I hope you enjoy it! :D

I'm reading Lori Wick's "Who Brings Forth the Wind." It deserves no literary awards or accolades, and I cannot highly recommend it, but I still find myself enjoying reading it. Sad, I know. :(
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Mostly my University Physics book and Empire of Light, a book which seems to be largely about how Tesla and Edison were epic archrivals. (Well-written and everything, though.)
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I finished Honor in the Dust this morning, it was excellent. I am now reading A Measure of Mercy by Lauraine Snelling.
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Catspaw wrote:
Sherlock wrote:Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. \:D/
I read that one for a British Lit class a few years ago. Not a favourite, though I do remember being interested in trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I hope you enjoy it! :D
Thanks! :D

I think the real appeal to the book is that it is, after all, really a story about the experience of living centered around one day in the life of the main character and not about any particular moral lesson or ultimate plot point. Which is kind of cool. ;)
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I finished the Lauraine Snelling book. I loved it and did not want it to end, I love these books so much!! I am now starting Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin.
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LOTF: Sacrifice by Karen Traviss. I seem to be reading a lot of Star Wars books lately. :-k
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I'm reading Holes by Louis Sachar, it's shaping up to be a great children's book. I can see why it won the Newbery.

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Sherlock wrote:
Catspaw wrote:
Sherlock wrote:Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. \:D/
I read that one for a British Lit class a few years ago. Not a favourite, though I do remember being interested in trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I hope you enjoy it! :D
Thanks! :D

I think the real appeal to the book is that it is, after all, really a story about the experience of living centered around one day in the life of the main character and not about any particular moral lesson or ultimate plot point. Which is kind of cool. ;)
I think what you call "kind of cool" is what I call "not really my kind of book." ;) But it certainly is something different!
Robo wrote:I'm reading Holes by Louis Sachar, it's shaping up to be a great children's book. I can see why it won the Newbery.

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That is a really good book, and the movie version is decent too. I hope you enjoy the story and the ending! :D I know I love it.

I'm reading Finding Stephanie by Susan May Warren. It's the third book in the Noble Legacy series. The first one was really interesting, though I liked the second one better. I read them a while ago, so it's fun getting reacquainted with all the characters. :D And Susan May Warren is a really good author!
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Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams.
I like both a good deal, although in this case both are re-reads of books I've already gone back and read several times.
... it's kind of odd, some books just sit on my shelf for ages without reading more than a few pages once and others get irretrievably damaged because I've read them so much
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Now I'm reading, and almost finished with, Skin by Ted Dekker. It's pretty exciting.

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The Missing by Beverly Lewis. Haven't had much reading time the last few days.
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"Urgent Care" by Hannah Alexander. It's the third book in the series, and it's quite intriguing so far. :D They're more medical than I prefer, but my best friend told me that I would like the books, so I'm reading them. They are pretty good! For anybody who likes ER stuff, they would probably enjoy them even more than me.
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I just got finished reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare....
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I just finished reading The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. I really enjoyed it. John Lee Hancock is making it into a movie. It comes out in November. The trailer makes it look a bit different than the book although the author did co-write the script. Anywho...hopefully, it'll be a good film.
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I finished reading Straight Talk to Men and Their Wives by Dr. Dobson a few days ago! It was a good book; entertaining, interesting and informative. It contains some mature subject matter, so I wouldn't recomend it for younger kids. But, it's like for 52-year-old men, so what kid would want to read it? ;)

I'm now reading How to Live Like a King's Kid by Harold Hill. Very interesting book!
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I'm currently reading "The Mill House" by Paul McCusker! \:D/
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I'm reading "A History of the American" people...900+ pages, spanning the first boats to land in the New World to 1997! Thick! But well written and exciting. It's just interesting to see the difference in people then and now. The men that influenced our politics and the revolution, etc...compare them to modern day presidents. They spoke and wrote multiple languages, hundreds of books and papers, invented AMAZING things, knew the politics and history of many nations brilliantly (and used all these things to write up OUR constitution). Not to mention, there was originally anti-slave writing in the founding documents that, according to this book, were written out to accommodate South Carolina who refused to sign it, among other colonies where slave-ownership was a "necessity".

Additionally, I'm a few chapters into Michael Medved's 10 Lies about America. SMALL POX BLANKETS ANYONE? It's not true, so don't buy it!
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I'm trying to read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, but the chapters are dang long and I keep getting reading assignments (form other stuff of course) for homework!

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i am planning on starting Journey into the Night again
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