What have you been reading lately?

*herring_RN* · May 13, 2008, 02:34 PM

I've yet to read the second after liking The Kite Runner. Stevielynn recommended it a while back.

If you like historical novels you may like The Emancipator's Wife about Mary Todd Lincoln and Patriot Hearts: A Novel of the Founding Mothers )Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Sally Hemings.) by Barbara Hambly

http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Hearts-Novel-Founding-Mothers/dp/055338337X/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210705376&sr=1-3

**Elvish** · May 15, 2008, 08:17 PM

Am reading The War currently. It is written based on the PBS documentary Ken Burns did for PBS about WW2. I can't put it down - well, except to post here on AN.

Also checked out from the library:
Dreams from My Father
Fiasco
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

**SteveNNP** · May 17, 2008, 08:00 PM

Just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by the Kite Runner's author Khaled Hussein. Mah.....

NOT as good as KR. It took 75% of the book to describe what was going on, and 25% worth of action. Now don't misinterpret what I'm about to say. I definitely recognize the plight of oppressed women in the Middle east. I just got REALLY tired of the author beating the dead horse. Every chapter had some woman being oppressed and mistreated by some pig of a man. I know it happens. It just got old after reading 300pgs of the same thing.

bethin · May 18, 2008, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by Elvish

Am reading The War currently. It is written based on the PBS documentary Ken Burns did for PBS about WW2. I can't put it down - well, except to post here on AN.

Also checked out from the library:
Dreams from My Father
Fiasco
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Fiasco is excellent. I think I've read it three times now and it still makes me mad every time. Another good book along the same lines is Overthrow.

bethin · May 18, 2008, 04:51 AM

Still reading The Moral Animal. I hate (despise really) psychology but this book is very interesting. The author discusses how our unconscious shapes our choices and if monogamy is natural.

Just finished The Things They Carried. I read the short story in Lit last year and finally got around to the book.

I need to get away from books that make me think. I need a good romance novel with lots of sex!

**donsterRN** · May 18, 2008, 05:15 AM

What did you think of "The Things They Carried"? We read the short story last year in our English Comp class. I thought the work was excellently written and very visual. Hated the topic of the war, but I couldn't get the short story out of my mind for weeks. I read that the piece was a part of a larger work by the author.

**prmenrs** · May 18, 2008, 05:08 PM

I'm reading When Crickets Cry, by Charles Martin.

http://www.amazon.com/When-Crickets-...1148536&sr=8-1

For a light weight read, search "dixie cash" @ amazon. The 1st one to read is Since as you're leaving anyway, take out the trash or something like that. http://www.amazon.com/Since-Youre-Le...1148598&sr=8-2

The 1st part of this book is like one of those nightmares where you are trying to get someplace by a certain time, and unbelieveable things happen to prevent it. I laughed so hard I had to change my clothes. ETA: I forgot the link!! http://www.amazon.com/Lone-Star-Cafe...1212153&sr=8-5

bethin · May 19, 2008, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Don*

What did you think of "The Things They Carried"? We read the short story last year in our English Comp class. I thought the work was excellently written and very visual. Hated the topic of the war, but I couldn't get the short story out of my mind for weeks. I read that the piece was a part of a larger work by the author.

I liked it. I didn't expect it to be so long after reading the short story.

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