What are you reading right now?

trinalo

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[QUOTE]I'm reading House of Leaves. It's a little weird but I'm enjoying it so far.
Posted by K Byte[/QUOTE]

That is an epic book. Once upon a time I was dating a guy who told me I had to read it, so I borrowed it from him. It took me <em>months</em> to finish (and we broke up during that time. He did get it back eventually, though). I would give my roommate-at-the-time updates on what was happening in the story. It was ridiculous.

Right now i'm reading Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Chelsea Handler cracks my shiit up.

MeaghanandMichael

I am re-reading the Talisman by SK as that book was mentioned in a poll here awhile ago and I was dying to a good summer read.

I also have a good non-fiction book going right now called "Sex with the Queen" about all the lovers Queens in medieval Europe would take and how that affected politics and such. Very interesting and fun.

*BeachBride0410*

I just finished Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin

DodgersBride

I am about to start Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan. I want to read it before the movie comes out.

Nebb

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[QUOTE]I am re-reading the Talisman by SK as that book was mentioned in a poll here awhile ago and I was dying to a good summer read. I also have a good non-fiction book going right now called "Sex with the Queen" about all the lovers Queens in medieval Europe would take and how that affected politics and such. Very interesting and fun.
Posted by MeaghanandMichael[/QUOTE]

Ive been trying for ages to read the talisman and I just cant get into it. At all. I finally gave up at about 1/3 of the way through.

I remember seeing someone mention sex with the queen before, but my book store didnt have it so I bought sex with the king, but I havnt read it yet. I might do that one next.

kelly&wayne

I just started a light, fluffy summer read called I Heart New York.  After that there are I Heart Hollywood and I Heart Paris.  They're fun, light and fluffy.  If you liked the Shopaholic series, you'll have a great time with these.

*BeachBride0410*

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[QUOTE]I just started a light, fluffy summer read called <strong>I Heart New York.  After that there are I Heart Hollywood and I Heart Paris.</strong>  They're fun, light and fluffy.  If you liked the Shopaholic series, you'll have a great time with these.
Posted by kelly&wayne[/QUOTE]

Do they need to be read in a certain order?

Night_Sprite

I'm reading a trashy romance novel that I downloaded free for my kindle.  So far, a vampire got love potioned and is in love with a witch, which is a really bad thing apparently.

MeaghanandMichael

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : Ive been trying for ages to read the talisman and I just cant get into it. At all. I finally gave up at about 1/3 of the way through. I remember seeing someone mention sex with the queen before, but my book store didnt have it so I bought sex with the king, but I havnt read it yet. I might do that one next.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

Yeah the Talisman is pretty gritty but I just love the concept of the whole book. Sex with the King is really fun too, I read it a few years ago. I read a chapter or two once a day because to sit and read the whole thing might be fact overload. It is a great book to pick up and put down. It is just ridiculous how many Kings/Queens suffered from various STDs and mental/physical disorders.

Wmb0124

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[QUOTE]61 Hours by Lee Child - awesome thriller but part of a series about a character named Jack Reacher.....I would start at the beginning
Posted by aprovencher21[/QUOTE]


I love the Jack Reacher books. I'm reading Die Trying right now. Is 61 Hours any good? I heard it was a little different.

megk8oz

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : That is neat!  I would definitely recommend the series.  I found it kinda lags a bit around book 8 or so, and then there are certain plot lines that I just sorta find boring, but for the most part they're great.  At least he didn't get all preachy at the end like Goodkind.
Posted by raynes[/QUOTE]

Hahaha, DH talks about Goodkind sometimes, saying that "he is neither good nor kind". He likes the books, but he says they are nothing I could ever get through (And he's most likely right based on his descriptions of them)

I think part of my problem with WOT was it was my very first attempt at fantasy. I read a lot of it now, but when DH and BFF first suggested it, I mainly only read mainstream fiction and classics before.. And to be honest, that's a helluva introduction to the genre.

Now that I'm a bit more "educated", I might have an easier time with it.

Also, if you haven't checked him out yet, definitely give Brent Weeks a shot. He seriously is the most "efficient" write I've ever read. I don't know how else to explain it, but somehow he fits what would take most authors 1/2 a book into a single chapter, but you don't feel like you were cheated out of details. Phenomenal.

Nebb

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : <strong>Yeah the Talisman is pretty gritty but I just love the concept of the whole book</strong>. Sex with the King is really fun too, I read it a few years ago. I read a chapter or two once a day because to sit and read the whole thing might be fact overload. It is a great book to pick up and put down. It is just ridiculous how many Kings/Queens suffered from various STDs and mental/physical disorders.
Posted by MeaghanandMichael[/QUOTE]
I just dont feel its like his other books. I am just bored of the plot and of the characters and... just bored.

MeaghanandMichael

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : I just dont feel its like his other books. I am just bored of the plot and of the characters and... just bored.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

It definitely has a different feel and makes you wonder how much Peter Straub wrote.

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]I'm reading a trashy romance novel that I downloaded free for my kindle.  So far, a vampire got love potioned and is in love with a witch, which is a really bad thing apparently.
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

This sounds like a Ann Rice book. She's freaky like that. I used to read her books but she's hard to get into. My favorite was the Mayfiar Witches.

polichik

Clarie Can't Lose, aka #12 in the 28-book teen series "Making Out." I've read them all every summer since I was 13.

nda_roxybabe

As soon as I can get my hands on it I'll read Pretty Little Liars.
I need to make a trip to the library ASAP. On the list is the next Sookie Stackhouse Novel, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night, Some Breakfast at Tiffany/ Audrey Hepburn book and whatever else strikes my fancy.

nda_roxybabe

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[QUOTE]I just started a light, fluffy summer read called I Heart New York.  After that there are I Heart Hollywood and I Heart Paris.  They're fun, light and fluffy.  If you liked the Shopaholic series, you'll have a great time with these.
Posted by kelly&wayne[/QUOTE]

I'm assuming these are what the movies are based on?

RachNRich

I just read the entire Pretty Little Liars series in 5 days. Eight books in five days; it was amazing. I'm trying to sell them on Ebay now just to recoup my costs; I forgot how expensive reading can be sometimes without a library near by,

gottahavashorti

I'm currently working on Tallgrass and it's very good so far.  Other recent books were On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet which was hard to get into but I loved the second half, and Shoot the Moon which I really liked.

nda_roxybabe

Oh rach! Jealousssss! Sell them to me! (are they worth owning? would I reread them?) Did you like them?

Holy exclamations.

megk8oz

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[QUOTE]Clarie Can't Lose , aka #12 in the 28-book teen series "Making Out." I've read them all every summer since I was 13.
Posted by polichik[/QUOTE]


I can be lamer. One of my best friends and I are actually going to see "Ramona and Beezus" for our monthly Girls Night just because we loved the books so much when we were in 3rd grade. I'm 25, she's 26.

RachNRich

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[QUOTE]Oh rach! Jealousssss! Sell them to me! (are they worth owning? would I reread them?) Did you like them? Holy exclamations.
Posted by nda_roxybabe[/QUOTE]
holy craps, they were amazing. I couldn't put them down once I started them---they really were that good. I have never re-read a book (is that weird?) so, I can't speak to whether you'd reread them or not, but they are for sure my favorites right now!! <div>You can buy them from me off of ebay if you want!! I paid $111 for all 8; I think the price they are going for right now is $45....</div>

Nebb

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : This sounds like a Ann Rice book. She's freaky like that. I used to read her books but she's hard to get into. My favorite was the Mayfiar Witches.
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

I had a looooooong love affair with anne rice books when I was a teenager. Mayfair witches, memnoch, pandora and servant of the bones. I found towards the end her books started to follow a set plot - vampire meets a human and falls in love, trouble ensues, human becomes a vampire, the end.

SarahPLiz

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : I can be lamer. One of my best friends and I are actually going to see "Ramona and Beezus" for our monthly Girls Night just because we loved the books so much when we were in 3rd grade. I'm 25, she's 26.
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]

<div>I really want to see that movie. i,too, loved the books and read them every month or so. I think I signed them out of the library more than anyone else in our small town. </div>

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : I had a looooooong love affair with anne rice books when I was a teenager. Mayfair witches, memnoch, pandora and servant of the bones. I found towards the end her books started to follow a set plot - vampire meets a human and falls in love, trouble ensues, human becomes a vampire, the end.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know what you mean, and it took me forever to get through Memnoch. But I would force myself, because I usually bought them (didn't want to waste the money).Then I started collecting Dean Koontz years ago, but now when DH husband buys them for me I have a hard time getting through them it's like he's mailing it in now.

Night_Sprite

KD!  Be still my heart.  The Mayfair witches were also my favorite!

SarahPLiz

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : I had a looooooong love affair with anne rice books when I was a teenager. Mayfair witches, memnoch, pandora and servant of the bones. I found towards the end her books started to follow a set plot - vampire meets a human and falls in love, trouble ensues, human becomes a vampire, the end.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>Nebb, have you read the ones she wrote under a pseudonym (that now escapes me). They are erotic novels named Beauty Captured, Beauty's Punishment, and Beauty's Release, aka the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy. Now I see them listed under Anne Rice on Amazon, but they originally came out under a pseudonym.</div><div>
</div><div>They are pretty darn raw, for lack of a better word. And there are no vampires.</div><div>
</div><div>When I was in college,  my mom found me reading one at home and threw it out. </div>

JessAndTrav

I need to be reading My Fair Lazy by Jen Lancaster, but I haven't bought it yet.

megk8oz

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: What are you reading right now? : I really want to see that movie. i,too, loved the books and read them every month or so. I think I signed them out of the library more than anyone else in our small town. 
Posted by SarahPLiz[/QUOTE]

This is going to sound pathetic, but we're both actually less ashamed to admit we're going to see that than we were to admit that we went to see Eclipse, lol.

I read those books so many times that the covers got all tattered, the bindings fell apart and I had to tape them back together.

BecW2be

Mayfair Witch reader here too! I loved her before she found the Lord.