re: Currently Reading (Take 2)

[spiderdj82]

I tried posting in the old thread but it looks like it is done and over with. So.....whatcha reading?

NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

[luvtheEmcee]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[brdlwyr]

All Quiet on the Western Front Never read it until now!

Em, I think Mrs. Brd has that book, how is it?

[Mekroth]

Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis

[justagirl2]

Alternating between Old Gods Almost Dead (Stephen Davis), Bumping into Geniuses (Danny Goldberg) and a hilariously trashy romance novel called Her Private Dancer. Yeah, so I'm not very intellectual.

[luvtheEmcee]

brdlwyr, it's dauntingly long (I'm only about a quarter of the way through), but so far, I like it. It's one of those great novels I've always felt like I should have read.

[danmag]

Just started the new biography about John Cheever - so far it's fascinating! And a daunting 800 pages long!

[Dollypop]

LIGHT FROM HEAVEN by Jan Karon.

It's another book from her Mitford series.

[AC126748]

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

[clever name]

I just finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. (would not recommend) and I'm half way through The Host. (HATE!!)

[Roscoe]

Re-reading Raymond Chandler's THE LONG GOODBYE.

[Mister Matt]

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

I wanted to read it before I saw the film. It's a fun page-turner.

[StockardFan]

Really, Clever? Wally Lamb is usually so good.

Matt, I loved Angels and Demons! I liked it better than The DiVinci Code.

I'm reading Memory in Death by J.D. Robb. Not deep, but page turning nonetheless.

[tazber]

I must recommend Silver Shoes to all you guys.

It's a fun and clever book. A must read!

[yodamarie78]

Blood and Gold by Anne Rice

[StockardFan]

I've been meaning to get to the bookstore for that Taz.....

[danmag]

Taz, I read it and now my 12 year old is reading it. He's loving it!

[xxnewgirlxx]

Finishing up A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, and then Revolutionary Road.

[Mister Matt]

Silver Shoes sounds quite interesting. I'm planning on starting Was next week by Geoff Ryman. Anyone have any thoughts on it?

[uncageg]

I have been looking for a new book to read. The last book was "Attack of the Theater People" by Marc Acito. "Silver Shoes" looks like it should be the next one to read and I may have to pick it up today or this weekend. Sounds really interesting and fun.

[uncageg]

Taz and danmag, did you have to order the book? I wanted to pick it up today and called 2 bookstores here (B&N and Tattered Corver) and they said that the book was only able to be ordered. Something about they were only printing them based on the orders they get. They are also offering paperback copies.

[FindingNamo]

"I'm planning on starting Was next week by Geoff Ryman. Anyone have any thoughts on it?"

I remember liking it, because it's dark, and thinking, "Okay, that's the last Wizard of Oz pomo thing we need."

Then David Lynch's biggest BS movie of all time, "Wild at Heart" literally used the Wizard of Oz for its ending and I thought, "Enough is enough."

Then Tony Kushner had Prior Walter do the "And you were there, and you were there..." at the end of Angels in America and I thought "I'm really over the Wizard of Oz references."

Then Gregory Maguire published "Wicked" and I thought, "Dear god, this is insane, the Wizard of Oz is SOOOOOOO played out."

Then it came out in paperback and for some reason I read it and thought, "It wasn't awful but that is officially the end of Wizard of Oz, seriously."

Then the musical came out and I bought tickets based on the overinflated opinions of several overexcited San Franciscans on this board (hint: keyword "amazing") and it was a piece of feces and I had finally reached my limit.

The end. No "Silver Slippers" for me. "Was": okay.

Me? I'm reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma."

[husk_charmer]

I am def. ordering Silver Shoes once I am back on my own computer! (Yay for having $$!)

I didn't like Was, I couldn't get into it.

Me? I'm currently reading Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street.

[danmag]

You do have to order SIlver Shoes online, Uncageg. You can order it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Target, I believe.

[StockardFan]

Aha! Good to know danmag. I was going to go to the bookstore.

[EVIE]

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin.