What are you reading?

A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz. It is a memoir about his time with his dog Trixie, and what she taught him about life. I have to say after reading this (and staying up all night last night to do it), I am completely in love with Dean Koontz again. If you have a dog, ever lost a dog, you must read this book. You will laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time.

Reading The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley. Great book about a writer of historical fiction who discovers that her novel is more fact than fiction. She creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts having waking dreams about James Stewart's try to reclaim his throne in 1708.
Very interesting and well written. Enjoying it very much.

The Summons by John Grisham. This is the kind of crap that made me stop reading him in the first place, but I'm gonna let it slide.

Shikasta-Doris Lessing; Passenger to Frankfurt-Agatha Christie.

Lessing is a bit demanding, while Christie is a bit dry, but seems very "British" in this book, as far as I can tell.

First time for both the books and authors.

Currently reading Forbidden Pleasure by Lora Leigh. Great book so far!

archerjoe said:

I'm 3/4 through Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurty and Diana Osanna. Great book, so far.

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I really enjoyed Zeke and Ned. I'm halfway through Amy Tan's Saving Fish from Drowning. Her writing style for this one is close to head-hopping but it makes sense from the narrator's point of view.

Now that my new novel is out, I'll have time to read something new. I know how Dean Koontz loves dogs, so I need to pick up A Big Little Life.

I'm reading two in tandem -- Infinite Jest (and enjoying it a lot), and Old Man's War, which I'm also enjoying a great deal.

U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton. I knew before the first page was over that this is definitely a winner.

Michael Murphy said:

Now that my new novel is out, I'll have time to read something new. I know how Dean Koontz loves dogs, so I need to pick up A Big Little Life.

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If you are a dog person, and especially if you enjoy how he writes, you will love it. I laughed at so many parts. And cried like a baby at the end!

Just finished White Night by Jim Butcher.

Next on the list is Dead Zone by Stephen King.

The Man Who Invented the Computer: A Biography of John Atanaoff, by Jane Smiley

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - it seems people either love it or lothe it, but I freaking LOVED that book!

"The Deuce" by Robert Olen Butler

Everything's Eventual, Stephen King

Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

I just finished Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Right now I am reading:
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rereading Beowulf (to analyze it)
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede

And I am seriously considering Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
(The size is just a wee bit intimidating, and there are some
inappropriate scenes -- so I might just wait a few years)

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris

Ayn Rand is dry reading and over-rated. Just my humble opinion. Better to read Anais Nin.

childoflight said:

I just finished Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

Right now I am reading:
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rereading Beowulf (to analyze it)
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede

And I am seriously considering Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
(The size is just a wee bit intimidating, and there are some
inappropriate scenes -- so I might just wait a few years)

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Satori1977 said:

A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz. It is a memoir about his time with his dog Trixie, and what she taught him about life. I have to say after reading this (and staying up all night last night to do it), I am completely in love with Dean Koontz again. If you have a dog, ever lost a dog, you must read this book. You will laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time.

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Thanks for the tip. I'm going to check this out.

Ayn Rand is dry reading and over-rated. Just my humble opinion. Better to read Anais Nin.

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I've read selections of her work and liked them immensely, and I from what I've read of it, there are some very interesting concepts in Atlas Shrugged. But I can see how you'd find Ayn Rand dry reading.

Cop Hater, by Ed McBain. I normally stick to historical and literary fiction (and some sci-fi), but I figured it would be nice to have a change of pace every so often, and I'd heard good things about the book.

Right now, I'm reading Gothic Charm School by Jillan Venters

The Girl Who Played With Fire. This one starts off at a much faster clip than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Hooray! My attention span just ain't what it used to be...