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 2005-07-29 8:26 AM |
 Subject: Summer Reading?Summer reads need adventure, mystery & exotic settings. So far this summer I've read: The Murder Room - PD James The Constant Gardener - LeCarre Life of Pi - Martel HP & the Halfblood Prince - Rowling and am now halfway through The Kite Runner - Hossenini What have you been reading? Ya, I'm a book nerd!  |
| 2005-07-29 8:45 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Master  1889     Ann Arbor, MI | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? I have to hit the bookstore next week. I just finished my millionth reading of the JAmes Herriot series. I am now out of books that I have not read. |
| 2005-07-29 8:46 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Queen BTich 12411  , | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? What I've read: Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants |
| 2005-07-29 8:58 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Currently reading Wuthering Heights (Bronte), and struggling mightily with the dialect in some parts, I must admit. It's sloooow going... Recent reads: Life of Pi - Yann Martel (good) |
| 2005-07-29 9:04 AM in reply to: #210653 |
| Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Love those stories! |
| 2005-07-29 9:05 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? did someone say book nerd? as one of 2 BT Librarians, I can say with great pride, that you, Newbiedoo, can join our crew. Especially since you read children's books, which is my specialty. I have only read YA novels so far this summer, I am ashamed to say, I have not made time for grown-up reading. Some good ones: The Witch's Boy- Michael Gruber (a must read for fantasy fans!) Invisible -Pete Hautman Candy-Kevin Brooks Uglies-Scott Westerfeld Magic or Madness-Justine Larbalastier All get my double thumbs up. I also read comics and graphic novels and manga constantly... |
| 2005-07-29 9:08 AM in reply to: #210668 |
| Subject: RE: Summer Reading? kelpeng - 2005-07-29 8:58 AM Currently reading Wuthering Heights (Bronte), and struggling mightily with the dialect in some parts, I must admit. It's sloooow going... Recent reads: Life of Pi - Yann Martel (good) Cool - I haven't heard of the last two you mentioned....will look them up on Amazon! (now you know why I posted this subject! lol!!) Ya, Wuthering Heights...I think of that as a winter read. Good, but gloomy. |
| 2005-07-29 9:13 AM in reply to: #210681 |
| Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Oooo - I'm so glad you listed those! I really do like YA literature, and really didn't know where to start back in on that. Thank you SO much! Does MAD! magazine count? Or are you sick and tired of confiscating them from the kids? j/k |
| 2005-07-29 9:16 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Extreme Veteran 401 Texas | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? As the season has gotten going and I'm more used to my training routine I've actually found time for my other pass time again... Reading. So far this summer its The Princes of Dublin Angela's Ashes Lance Armstrong's War Middlesex All of them I highly reccomend. 'Tis is next on my list its the follow up book to Angela's Ashes. And I'm having strong desires to go to Ireland. |
| 2005-07-29 9:17 AM in reply to: #210668 |
Master 2136 A Prairie Home | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? kelpeng - 2005-07-29 8:58 AM Shopaholic & Sister - Sophie Kinsella (eh)QUOTE] My thought too. The whole story is kind of lame. I read Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. It's a good read but very bizarre and gross. |
| 2005-07-29 9:22 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Expert 1836 Lafayette, CO | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? So far I've read:
Of course, Newsweek each week, and Reader's Digest, Triathlon Mag and Inside Tri monthly. Other than that, nothing's jumped out at me recently. Not that I'd have the time... |
| 2005-07-29 9:42 AM in reply to: #210713 |
Expert 666 St. Thomas, ON | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? For me? So far this summer: Children of the Mind (Orson Scott Card) I've also been slowly wading through The Iliad (Homer) when I run out of things. Most of these are unabridged audiobooks that I listen to while I commute. On tap for August? The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Duma) & The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells) Hopefully I'll finish up Austere Academy with the kids, and we'll move back to Narnia, with The Horse and his Boy. Edited by Rennick 2005-07-29 9:42 AM |
| 2005-07-29 10:17 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Regular 90 Philadelphia | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? So far this summer, I've read: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl and The Kite Runner. Both books were fantasic. I just started reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, but I had to put it aside when a friend gave me Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Price. Once I finish those, I have several books on tap: Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner, Bergdorf Blones by Plum Skyes, P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern, and Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. |
| 2005-07-29 10:19 AM in reply to: #210702 |
Regular 90 Philadelphia | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? kanoelani - 2005-07-29 10:16 AM As the season has gotten going and I'm more used to my training routine I've actually found time for my other pass time again... Reading. So far this summer its The Princes of Dublin Angela's Ashes Lance Armstrong's War Middlesex All of them I highly reccomend. 'Tis is next on my list its the follow up book to Angela's Ashes. And I'm having strong desires to go to Ireland. I loved both Angela's Ashes and 'Tis. After reading those, I went and got one of Malachy McCourt's books, A Monk Swimming. I enjoyed that, but it was very different from Frank's books. |
| 2005-07-29 10:34 AM in reply to: #210630 |
| Extreme Veteran 323 Kochi, Japan | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Now reading ”On the Road" Jack Keroac. |
| 2005-07-29 10:36 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Veteran 138 Aurora, CO | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Yes reading! I've been prepping for my GRE, so haven't had too much time to read other things. But I had read: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (this was actually a re-read, VERY good book) Look at Me by Jennifer Egan (awesome, highly recommended) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (also very good) I'd like to read the new Harry Potter, but that may have to wait until after my GRE in September. |
| 2005-07-29 10:38 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Member 37 Kitchener, Ontario | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? I wish I had time for reading. When do you all have time? I just barely get through my magazines McLeans, Runner's World and Canadian Living! I'm on holiday camping next week so I'll get my hands on my son's copy of Harry Potter. I can't wait! |
| 2005-07-29 11:46 AM in reply to: #210630 |
Master 1938 La Crosse | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Oooh, interesting how much my reading is overlapping with others here. Lance Armstrong's War -- me and everyone else here seem to have read this. Made me long for more Sebastian Junger and/or Jon Krakauer books newbiedoo - 2005-07-29 9:26 AM The Constant Gardener - LeCarre Not my favorite LeCarre, but any LeCarre is better than nothing -- and any George Smiley story is my favorite. Did you hear that the movie of Constant Gardener is coming out, like, now? joeinco - 2005-07-29 10:22 AM Edmund Morris is a stunningly good writer. I found Dutch to be better than its reviewers recognized. Did you read his The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, which precedes Theodore Rex? Other readings this summer: Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie. Loooong but dreamy. Daniel Silva - A Death in Vienna. Enh. Can you complain when a spy does implausible things? Len Deighton's Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match. Collected in one 700 page tome. Middle-aged bureacratic spying at its best. Mystery/thriller books still on my list to get to this summer, mostly cribbed from a list put together by a librarian who regularly appears on NPR with reading recommendations: • David Quammen's The Soul of Viktor Tronko • Charles McCarry's The Tears of Autumn and The Last Supper • The Once and Future Spy and The Company by Robert Littell • The Great Impersonation by Edward Phillips Oppenheim • It Can't Always be Caviar by Johannes Mario Simmel • Donald Westlake's A Spy in the Ointment At Risk, Dame Stella |
| 2005-07-29 12:04 PM in reply to: #210630 |
Extreme Veteran 401 Texas | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? OK, so now I'm going to have to add A Monk Swimming to my to do list. So many books, so little time. I forgot that I've also read a few Tobias Wolf and Raymond Carver and David? Sedaris' (Me Talk Pretty One Day) short stories. Oh, and Poe. Tobias Wolf is an amazing author if anyone is interested. Great for reading on the trainer. I find changing stories keeps me interested. And his writing style. I swear I have friends. I don't stay locked to a chair with my books. I find ways to read while excercising. Like if you eliminate the bounce from your run or on the eliptical and every movement is horizontal its a lot easier to read. Ok so I don't really read while running, but the elliptical part is true. |
| 2005-07-29 12:16 PM in reply to: #210950 |
| Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Ok, have to ammend my original list --knew I was forgetting something! Also read: Middlesex Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim On tap: The Essential Crazy Wisdom RECOMMENDED FOR ANIMAL LOVERS: Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley. xoxoxox One you will always love and wish you could read for the first time again. The Constant Gardener - LeCarre Not my favorite LeCarre, but any LeCarre is better than nothing -- and any George Smiley story is my favorite. Did you hear that the movie of Constant Gardener is coming out, like, now? You can count on John for a darn good yarn. Actually, I've had Absolute Friends sitting on my self for a while...keep forgetting to read it!?! I didn't know about the movie - I bet it will be good. Actually, I always pictured Justin as a cross between Russel Crowe and Johnny Depp, and his wife as an older Jennifer Love Hewitt. I like to do that - cast actors in the books I'm reading. Anyone else do that? I've been reading Midnights Children for over a year now. Seriously. |
 2005-07-29 12:27 PM in reply to: #210654 |
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| Queen BTich 12411 , | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? JeepFleeb - 2005-07-29 1:27 PM TriComet - 2005-07-29 8:46 AM Dean Karzanes' book...Dont remember what its called, but his picture is on the cover. Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner I just finished it yesterday. Had to go for a run as soon as I put it down. I know! Now I want to do ultras! Hopefully do a 50miler next year! Ohh...Into the Wild and the Everest book were wonderful by Krakauer!! |
| 2005-07-29 12:40 PM in reply to: #210654 |
| COURT JESTER 12230 ROCKFORD, IL | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? TriComet - 2005-07-29 7:46 AM What I've read: Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants And when are you WRITING a book on 'changing tires'??? neener neener neener |
| 2005-07-29 3:19 PM in reply to: #210630 |
| Master 1315 Shreveport, LA | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? HP and the Half-Blood Prince Finished it last night. Thought it was really well done. Much better than the last book (IMHO). One Thing - Sam Storms Triathlete Training Bible -Friel Fitness Swimming- Emmett Hines Magazines: Bicycling Runner's World US News and World Report Time Southern Living |
| 2005-07-29 3:28 PM in reply to: #210630 |
| Veteran 256 Woodridge, IL (Chicago) | Subject: RE: Summer Reading? Do the Comics count? |
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