just finished the last 2 Harry Potter books (Half Blood Prince and The Deadly Hallows)

i know people dont like the harry potter stuff - but i think they are great fun.

as the best kiddie lit is - i find the books to be seemingly simplistic, yet incredibly clever at the same time.

I agree, I love them. :)

Stranger by Simon Clark
Estate of Mind by Tamar Myers

Tex, by S.E Hinton.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I've been on a play kick as of late - just started this one, but it seems promising. Never read any of Vonnegut's stuff before, but this seems like a good place to start.

The "Twilight" Saga.

HP Lovecraft "The Road to Madness"

A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby.

Web Design in easy steps by Richard Quick

Im re-reading The Gunslinger.

Stinger by Robert McCammon
All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson

some harry potter wannabe called Wyrd Museum

The Ruins, by Scott Smith

Ring Of Hell- The Story Of Chris Benoit & The Fall Of The Pro Wrestling Industry.

Im about half way through this book, So far, Not bad,

50% fact, 50% fiction

Alot of the comments and storys in this book are passed of as fact, i think otherwise, non the less an interesting and at times enjoyable read.

Duma Key, by Stephen King.

Still with this one, and also Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

I have one book going in the beedroom (for before bed)

one book going in the kitchen (for when i eat breakfast)

and one book in the downstairs bathroom (no need to explain)


anyone else do this ? I've had up to 6 - 7 books on the go at once - and i never have any problem jumping back and forth.

I usually have about 3 or 4 I'm reading at a time. A couple of novels (maybe a mystery or some historical fiction, along with a horror novel for example) and a short story collection. Then when I sit down to read I have several to choose from, depending on my mood.

i've always done that too .. but i think this is the first time there has been such a clear geographical/functional division as to which book i pick.

Right now I'm reading The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lilian Jackson Braun.

Into the Wild by:Jon Krakauer

I used to always have one book going that was for bedtime only. But I rarely read in bed anymore. And I always seemed to pick the wrong book....:rolleyes:

You know, I love cozy mysteries but I have never read a single one of these. And I am always on the lookout for good cozies, how are these?

I really like them. Very good murder mysteries with a touch of humor. There's another series by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown, the Mrs. Murphy mysteries. They're good, too.

what's with all the cat ones ?

there's 3 i know of with cats in every title.
if i still have them - and i might - i'll send them to you when i uncover that box.

the only mysteries i ever liked were agatha christie. i have a pretty full set of those

(well sherlock holmes too - but they arent typical mysteries)

I stumbled across them at Barnes & Noble and thought the titles were cute. So I bought one, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

My favorite is definitely Agatha Christie. I also like to explore other mystery writers.

Tell me the titles before you send them - I might already have them.

will do ... it wont be till summer though - too damn cold in the garage and the books are up high under a bunch of other stuff

Good deal. Thanks, urge :)

I think I read one of the Mrs. Murphy mysteries awhile ago, and I liked it, just never picked up the others for some reason. My mom likes them though.

Finished Blood Games up, so Stinger (oh one day I WILL finish this book...haha) and a short story collection, Back from the Dead.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

A Farewell To Arms, by Ernest Hemingway.

New Moon by: Stephenie Meyer

Review Times: A History of Fostoria

The Old Man And The Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.

just read saramago's [I]death, with interruptions[I] - smart, funny and complex (imagine suddenly no one dying anymore - not staying young so much as just not dying - complicated stuff)

also finished philip roth's exit ghost - great book if you like roth

am in the middle of number 9 dream by david mitchell - cool, surreal and trippy

not much horror lately - last horror novel i read was a disappointment (badly written and cliched - i find it hard to get into novels that are poorly written)

Blindness, by Jose Saramago – I know this won a Nobel prize and all, but gosh is it boring and clunky. I assume some of the clunkiness is down to the translation and expect it will improve as the story picks up. Still, it seems an awkward, tedious book right now.

Sam

The Moviegoer, by Walker Percy.

I couldn't get into this either. The whole book is like that because it is suppose to symbolize the blindness of the people involved. It has nothing to do with the translation.

I have been listening to the unabridged audio book "The Ruins" by Scott Smith. I'll check out the movie version afterwards.

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Silverwing ... does for bats what Watership Down did for rabbits.

good kids book .. i always read everything before my kid does to see if it's something he'd like it or not

Slaughter House Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.