NWR:Read a good book lately?

tmclawchick · January 2014

CaliMel11 said:

Reading World War Z.
It's good but pretty creepy in parts. I have to return it to the library in 3 days. =(
But it's nice that the library has ebooks that we can check out.
I keep having weird dreams after reading it at night though!

I loved WWZ!

jdluvr06 · January 2014

HaileyDancingbear said:

jdluvr06 said:

I'm getting ready to re-read The Giver for a book club. I know it is a YA book but still it is good literature. After that we are going to read Brave New World. We're doing a few months of dystopian novels.

I love dystopian novels! Have you or are you going to read "Fahrenheit 451" for the book club? If not you should try to get it on the list of books you'll read, because there is a LOT to discuss when it comes to Fahrenheit 451. It's a short book, but it doesn't feel that way when you're reading it- Bradbury does an excellent job of packing a lot of meaning into very few words, and he does so beautifully too.
Also, I feel like as far as dystopian novels go, "Fahrenheit 451" is the most similar to our world right now. Every time I re-read it it kinda freaks me out how similar the nightmare world Bradbury dreamed up in the 50's is to our current world.

We are reading that in March. But I did read it in highschool and Bradbury is a genius. Last year I read "The Illustrated Man". It is a collection of short stories and it is really really good.

WinstonsGirl · January 2014

I just finished the latest Tom Clancy, which was amazing as I think all of his books are. I'm a very not happy camper that he died earlier this year and that was likely the last book from him.

HaileyDancingbear · January 2014

jdluvr06 said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

jdluvr06 said:

I'm getting ready to re-read The Giver for a book club. I know it is a YA book but still it is good literature. After that we are going to read Brave New World. We're doing a few months of dystopian novels.

I love dystopian novels! Have you or are you going to read "Fahrenheit 451" for the book club? If not you should try to get it on the list of books you'll read, because there is a LOT to discuss when it comes to Fahrenheit 451. It's a short book, but it doesn't feel that way when you're reading it- Bradbury does an excellent job of packing a lot of meaning into very few words, and he does so beautifully too.
Also, I feel like as far as dystopian novels go, "Fahrenheit 451" is the most similar to our world right now. Every time I re-read it it kinda freaks me out how similar the nightmare world Bradbury dreamed up in the 50's is to our current world.

We are reading that in March. But I did read it in highschool and Bradbury is a genius. Last year I read "The Illustrated Man". It is a collection of short stories and it is really really good.

I read it in high school too but I keep re-reading it every so often. A lot of the themes, especially the recurring mirror imagery, has inspired a lot of the work I've done as an artist. I should definitely read "The illustrated man" when I have time too. I would definitely enjoy it, I LOVE the way Bradbury writes.

selenathegreat · January 2014

My favorites read last year (not all actually published in 2013). I compiled this list to post on FB but have not yet done so, ha!

Wonder by R J Palacio
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Kinsey
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
Feed by Mira Grant
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

arrippa · January 2014

tmclawchick said:

(Clearly I don't have much happening at work today, since I'm a bit of a PW...)

I'm wrapping up 2 books-- I Am Malala (would absolutely recommend) and Into Thin Air (which was really good, but curbed my aspirations to climb Mt. Everest a bit). I think I might head to the bookstore on my lunch break, so does anyone have any suggestions?

I loved Into Thin Air. I know you said that it curbed your aspirations to climb Mt. Everest, it has only heightened mine. I have no current plans to climb any mountains bigger than the hill on my street but I have been debating going to the base camp. There are a few tour groups that will take you there. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

As for books, I have read a few good sci-fi ones, Ready Player One and Timebound. I also just finished a mystery called The English Girl. I am currently in a mood for non-fiction so I am reading a book called Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 about you guessed it, the great molasses flood in Boston.

MrsDeRuyter87 · January 2014

hellokellybean said:

I Am Malala looks excellent, I'm definitely adding it to my list. My favorite books of 2013 (all historical fiction except Midwives, Cave Dweller and American Wife):

Honolulu (my #1 favorite, highly recommend)

Midwives

The Dry Grass of August

The Kitchen House

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Molokai

American Wife

Cave Dweller

I'm excited to see which will be my favorites of 2014!

OHHH Forgot about American Wife. So good.

lovesclimbing · January 2014

I just read the Simplicity Simply the Best sewing book. I've only ever made wall-hangings (quilting) before, and I decided to try to make H a couple work shirts (he's skinny and the only shirts with long enough sleeves are size XL) so I bought that book and just read the whole thing. Very interesting and very helpful. Lots of illustrations showing techniques which is great.

Carters0908 · January 2014

I need to get a book might help with some of the wedding stress and over obsessing

thisismynickname2 · January 2014

For people who liked Gone Girl, go read The Silent Wife. Amazon recommended it based on that selection and it was very compelling.

Blergbot · January 2014

My dad gave me the new Dave Egger's book for Christmas. If I don't start that, I'll probably get started on my reading list for next semester. German post WWII memory pieces or film theory anyone?

KytchynWitche · January 2014

I got Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini in a book bundle that I bought blind just before Christmas, and I finished it last week. It's decent YA supernatural fiction, a pretty good page-turner, and far better written that Twilight (IMHO). There are places where it feels like previously established things are conveniently changed to allow the story to go on, but I didn't find them too overtly distracting. I actually went out and bought the sequel, Dreamless, over the weekend but haven't started reading it yet.

At the moment I'm reading Neil Gaiman's Good Omesn, and loving every minute of it.

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