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What is everyone reading these days?

Jan 13, 2012 4:00 AM

I am right in the middle of the book "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch. It's an Oprah book and was also a movie. I'm reading it for my book club.

Wow! It is a great book! One of those books that you can't put down.

ptnjust007 ptnjust007

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I don't read a lot of new books. Mostly the classics. I enjoy books by Tolkien, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, and some others. I mostly just rotate through those and try to paint a new picture in my head every time. I'm never disappointed.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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I'm in between semesters so I am reading as much 'trashy literature' as I can fit in before classes begin again.

I recently read 'SKYJACK' by Geoffrey Gray which is a non-fictional of the search for D.B. Cooper; the man who hijacked a plane in the 70's and disappeared with $200k. It was entertaining.

I also just finished reading the new Stephen King. Currently I am rereading Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness' which is fantastic classic sci-fi...

Trying to fit as much as I can before it's back to textbooks and analyses.

thelarch thelarch
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couple books I'm working through...

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Black Powder Wars by Naomi Novik

The Emerald Sea by John Ringo

They all have a Sci-fi bent, to some degree or another, and they're all awesome in their own rights.

waltertangofoxtrot waltertangofoxtrot
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Am currently reading (on my Kindle) "The Eighth Scroll" by Dr. Laurence B. Brown. Two previous novels were about Egypt; can't seem to let go of that country. It is fascinating. Yes, I've seen the Pyramids. Totally a mind bleep. ;-)

gmwhit gmwhit
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I'm in the middle of @snapster's step-brother's (or was it half-brother?) book, The Last Tragedy.

Due to work, family and health distractions, I'm reading much slower than I normally do, but I must say I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

baqui63 baqui63
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I'm in the middle of two great books: a modern supernatural mystery called So Cold the River, by Michael Koryta; and a classic mystery called The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins.

danthonyross danthonyross
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Carl Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul.

matt1976 matt1976
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Carl Sagan's Cosmos. I always wanted to read it even if it's a bit dated because it really seems to be more about thought provoking questions and information rather than raw facts. So far I'm really enjoying it.

starbob starbob
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I just finished Martin's A Dance with Dragons a couple of days ago. I'm finding it hard to start another book just yet. It takes me a few days to leave the worlds of books that are 1000+ pages long!

pamfenway pamfenway
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11/22/63 by Stephen King. About half-way through and really enjoying it. He took a pretty trite concept of time-travel-to-save-history and bent it enough that it feels pretty fresh.

Say what you want about King, but I find his character development to be really great -- If you like his stuff, pick it up!

acraigl acraigl
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I'm halfway through the second Gear of War book by Karen Traviss, "Jacinto's Remnant"
Must read series if your a Gears fan.

@ptnjust007: I remember that movie, wasn't bad.

wickedd365 wickedd365
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Just finished "Kill Alex Cross" a few days ago, and am now reading "Killing Lincoln". I have a queue of books waiting, but may pick up "American Sniper" for my next book.

kmeltzer kmeltzer
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Still trying to work my way through 1Q84, which would have been finished within a few days if not for NaNoWriMo and life getting in the way.

stark stark
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Just finished the Hunger Games series and getting ready to start A Dance With Dragons.

whatsmypassword whatsmypassword
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I'm rereading the Janet Evanovich 1 for the Money, etc series because of the movie coming out in a couple weeks. (Currently on 4 to Score).

I'm about to start the audiobook for Salt, too.

My brain has been too fried for actual literature lately, but I'm noting the suggestions from others.

phoenixgirrl phoenixgirrl
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I just finished the second Russel Kirkpatrick book in the Fire of Heaven trilogy. I'm debating if I want to jump to A Dance With Dragons or finish the third book then jump over to the latest G.R.R.M. (I've had the darn thing since pre-order - I've just been busy)

atomicorange atomicorange
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I was reading Summer of 1787 but I have gotten away from it. Need to finish.

hossdawg97 hossdawg97
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I am reading 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz. I just love all of his books!

jandk113 jandk113
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Just enjoyed The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. Now enjoying Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens.

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