Read any good books lately?

LittleSweetie

Anyone read any good books lately?

I'm 6 pages away from finishing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - oh.em.gee.  Soooo good.  Really demented and messed up, but good!!!

What's on your reading list?  What would you recommend to others to read?

kristigiles

its not new at all, but I just finished The Lovely Bones a few days ago.  A little weird, but I really liked it.

LyndseyLC

Anything by Nicholas Sparks is good in my opinion.  I just finished reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, it was ok.  I just start reading Twilight today!

ef7310

I've been reading the Complete Sherlock Holmes. I love classics, and I saw the new movie over Christmas, so it's been a fun read. 

Next up will be Under the Dome by Stephen King. I'm a huge fan, so I can't wait to start that. 

hkiesling

I had kind of a rough week, and DH just came home with a present for me to cheer me up!  I LOVE the tv show Castle (and Nathan Fillion in particular).  Well, if you watch the show, then you know that it's about an author, Rick Castle, who shadows a female detective who is the muse for his next book, Heat Wave, about a cop named Nikki Heat,.  Anyway, it turns out that they actually wrote and published a book called Heat Wave (author credit to Richard Castle with Nathan's picture on the back!). The whole show is a little goofy, and I can't wait to read the book. 

esmurphy

I just started reading 'Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche' its in my field so really interesting to me but FI thinks its dorky.  Otherwise I LOVE anything by David Sedaris.  Not a Twilight fan... my alliance is with Harry Potter  

ef7310

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[QUOTE]I had kind of a rough week, and DH just came home with a present for me to cheer me up!  I LOVE the tv show Castle (and Nathan Fillion in particular). 
Posted by hkiesling[/QUOTE]

<div>I keep saying we need to start watching that show. FI and I are both huge fans of Nathan Fillion (especially Firefly). </div>

hkiesling

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Read any good books lately? : I keep saying we need to start watching that show. FI and I are both huge fans of Nathan Fillion (especially Firefly). 
Posted by ef7310[/QUOTE]

You should!  It's got the same kind of slightly-overacting-on-purpose quality that Firefly had.  My favorite scene was from last season around Halloween when Castle (Nathan) came out in his Halloween costume....as a SPACE COWBOY! His daughter was like "Really, Dad? You were a space cowboy five years ago!"  Yep, it was totally the Captain Mal outfit.  I about died laughing.

ef7310

That is hilarious! Ok, I definitely need to watch that show! 

hkiesling

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[QUOTE]That is hilarious! Ok, I definitely need to watch that show! 
Posted by ef7310[/QUOTE]

ta da!  Be prepared to laugh (but only if you've seen Firefly)...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q3pdj9p6yI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q3pdj9p6yI</a> 

Suszq002

Firefly Lane Girls by Kristin Hannah---- really really good!  I read it in a week and I am a slow reader!  Couldn't put it down!

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert--- same author as Eat Pray Love.  Gives you such a better understanding and more open mind about marriage.  It is very liberal, but some really good insights.

kristigiles

I love Castle!!!  such a great show

leggwilliams

I haven't seen Castle or Firefly, and I realize I'm taking this topic off subject, but as another Nathan Fillion reference....has anyone seen Dr. Horrible? I'm just a tiny bit obsessed and am planning on making a slight reference to it in our engagement pictures

Bimbi284

I have no time for recreational reading. So aside from textbooks and the DSM-IV-TR, I've got nothin'. Oh how I miss reading for fun....

ef7310

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[QUOTE]I haven't seen Castle or Firefly, and I realize I'm taking this topic off subject, but as another Nathan Fillion reference....has anyone seen Dr. Horrible? I'm just a tiny bit obsessed and am planning on making a slight reference to it in our engagement pictures
Posted by leggwilliams[/QUOTE]

<div>Love it! Joss Whedon is pretty much awesome. Please post those e-pics! Are you going to do some in a laundromat? Now I'm so curious. We just started watching How I Met Your Mother, and Neil Patrick Harris is hilarious as well. </div><div>
</div><div>Bimbi: I feel you on the lack of recreational reading. It took me so long to get through Sherlock Holmes, and it was a short story! My textbooks, on the other hand, have been getting a lot of lovin'.</div>

Veittobe

I completely understand the problem of textbooks over-running your life and not finding any time to read for fun.  After years of being in the same boat, I finally have time to read for fun and have been reading book after book after book.  Unfortunately, I hit a snag with 3 Cups of Tea.  I've heard such great reviews, but I just can't seem to get through it.  I get bored.  I finally gave up yesterday and picked up Dear John.  I was at the book store this weekend and saw Jodi Picoult has a new book out and it was all I could do to not buy it.  I love her stories!!  The most recent one is about a child with aspergers syndrome.  I'm sure I will read it soon.  

golden1215

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[QUOTE]Anything by Nicholas Sparks is good in my opinion.  I just finished reading The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz, it was ok.  I just start reading Twilight today!
Posted by LyndseyLC[/QUOTE]

YAY!  I love knowing I'm not the only person over 13 who reads these :-)

golden1215

I also love Firefly.

I'm reading a few books right now... I'm weird.  The Rapture of Canaan, A Map of the World and re-reading Eclipse.

I also really want to get the Lost Symbol, Dan Brown's new book but its only in hardcover right now so its a good $30....

hkiesling

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is rediculously funny.  I love the idea of referencing it in e-pics.  Would your FI play Dr. Horrible or Captain Hammer?  It would be funny if you could get a friend to dress up as the other one and be way in the background of one or two pictures, maybe out of focus.

debbieupper

Oooh, I'll join in here!

I just finished reading "The Blood of Flowers". It's historical fiction about a girl who becomes a rug maker in Iran. Really good -- akin to The Red Tent, which is one of my alltime favorite books.

I want to read Committed! I thougth Eat, Pray, Love was good in some parts and crappy in others, but overall I like Elizabeth Gilbert and I'm interested to see what she says about marriage.

As for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - YES! Loved it. I'm excited to read the next part in that series!

I'm also a big fan of Atlas Shrugged and Harry Potter!

leggwilliams

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[QUOTE]Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is rediculously funny.  I love the idea of referencing it in e-pics.  Would your FI play Dr. Horrible or Captain Hammer?  It would be funny if you could get a friend to dress up as the other one and be way in the background of one or two pictures, maybe out of focus.
Posted by hkiesling[/QUOTE]

HAHAHAHA that would be hilarious! I'll have to try and talk fiance into getting one of his groomsmen to volunteer!

Steph0871

oohh awesome thread!  I'm sad I missed KN last night!  I couldn't wrestle FI away from the green beer until 11 or so.   I'm writing down these suggestions though!