[B]What are you reading?[/B] [Archive]

kriswrite

04-28-2007, 11:35 PM

Arms of Deliverance by Tricia Goyer.
The Mommy Manual by Barbara Curtis
and I just finished Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Furhman, which has a slightly misleading title. It's really just a book that details all the facts in the case. Furhman admits he can make no claim as to what caused Terri's condition, but points to neglect on the part of law enforcement in investigating the case.

How do you like Bride Most Begrudging, Love2write? I read that when it first came out and thought it was very ho-hum. The author could have done so much more with the premise. Here's just a tiny example: Here we have a society woman from England walking barefoot in the colonies. A society woman would never walk barefoot in England, so she has to be a tenderfoot. But the author acts like she has calloused feet.

A very small example of the lack of attention to detail that drove me nuts in that book.

How is Measure of a Lady, Naomi?

Kristina

P.S. BTW, I always have a list of what I'm reading on the first page of my website, www.kristinaseleshanko.com

psychoceramic

04-28-2007, 11:50 PM

Turn left at Orion.

How to talk so kids will listen and how to listen so kids will talk.

"R" is for ricochet

The end of the church

Eats, shoots and leaves

Ransom v. Unman

04-29-2007, 12:28 AM

dulcigal

04-29-2007, 04:04 AM

In sporadic spurts and no particular order:

The Message
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Modern Classics of Science Fiction ed. Gardner Dozois
The History of Physics by Isaac Asimov
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle

melw

04-29-2007, 05:23 AM

i am reading #3 in a series Towards The Sunrise by Judith Pella. The series in Daughters of Fortune.

I just recently finished A Scarlet Thread byt Francine Rivers.

But I sometimes read some short romances, especially when travelling so it doesn't matter if i lose my place, or put it down for a while.

MEL

mel3

04-29-2007, 10:51 AM

Assassins Apprentice -Robin Hobb
Misery -Stephen King
Magic Kingdom For Sale- Cant remember the author, left it in my car
Evidence For Truth- Science- Dr Victor Pearce
Evidence For Truth-Miracles and Angels-Dr Victor Pearce
Evidence For Truth -Archeology- Dr Victor Pearce
Narnia- The Lion ,The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S Lewis ----(Read it about 100 times but still love it!)

righter1

04-29-2007, 01:31 PM

What day is this again? Ha, Ha! :D

Right now, I've been reading and/or listening to a bunch of stuff. I listen to 2 - 3 audiobooks a week while I'm at work, and I can't always remember what I'm listening to.

"Getting Into Character" by Brandilyn Collins
"You've Got Murder" by Donna Andrews
skimming through "Scene of the Crime" by Anne Wingate (read it before, but need some help on some of my writing.)
Listened to "Murder List" by Julie Garwood and "Tricky Business" by Dave Barry this week. (Word of caution, if you have a weak stomach, don't read "Tricky Business".) Started to listen to "School Days" by Robert B Parker.

I have to stop visiting the library 'cause I've got several new books on tap at home that I haven't started yet, including "Memorial Day" by Vince Flynn (ABSOLUTELY LOVE his books!) and "A Quiche Before Dying" by Jill Churchill, who'll be speaking to my Sisters in Crime group in August, so I figure I need to read her stuff before then, at least to get a sample of it!

Anne Lacey

04-29-2007, 01:48 PM

First, Miranda, I loved Leota's Garden! It was so impacting to me!

I'm reading:
The Wonder Years by Lorilee Cracker
Skin by Dekker
Rereading Prophet by Peretti

I used to have as many as ten books going at once but now I have four children so I'm limited.

jacks girl

04-29-2007, 02:32 PM

Don't read as much as i should,

Just read The Princess, sorry at moment can't recall who wrote it books all ready back to the library.

Half read so far The Dog Whispers new book.
Re-reading and getting read to finish (if I can) Seeing double written BY ME LOL

Bible: Corinthians

righter1 i get a lot of audios of eBay

guernseyscot

04-29-2007, 05:29 PM

Well, two very contrasting books are on the 'go' at present.
1. 'Still doing the impossible' by Oral Roberts . A really good read, and makes me spiritually revived, knowing we have a God who will do the 'impossible' for us, and make it all 'possible!'

By contrast...

2. 'Hens dancing' by Raffaella Barker - fiction about a year in the life of a woman who is bringing up her kids single-handedly. The writer has great wit, making the seemingly awkward and horrible parts of living that way positive, and makes the reader chuckle! Good read with lots of humour.

Haven't been around on CW for a while, but am beginning to 'pop' in again. Trying to get a balance again, and be involved in things that I enjoy!!thumbsup!

Tarin

04-29-2007, 06:07 PM

1. Uncle Valentine and Other Stories by Willa Cather
2. Considering the Horse by Mark Rashid
3. Beyond the End Times by John Noe
4. My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Sanders

BTW, isn't funny how almost every person here is reading more than one book at the same time?!thumbsup!

ProfessorAlan

04-29-2007, 06:55 PM

Magic Kingdom For Sale- Cant remember the author, left it in my car

Terry Brooks -- very fun series.

mel3

04-29-2007, 06:58 PM

Thanks a mill! I was trying to cajole my (tiny) brain into remembering the name! Kept coming up with Terry Pratchett!

dulcigal

04-29-2007, 08:58 PM

BTW, isn't funny how almost every person here is reading more than one book at the same time?

I couldn't read just one book, no way! (Too hyper for that!)

Phy

04-29-2007, 09:36 PM

Just finished Elantris - Brandon Sanderson (best fantasy in years and years).

Strangely, while reading that book, I didn't read anything but a collection of Spider Robinson short stories on my cellphone. Elantris is amazing, simply stupendous. And it's a debut novel!

Now reading:
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd - Richard Zacks
Paladins - Joel Rosenberg
Psychoshop - Alfred Bester, Roger Zelazny
The Wizard - Gene Wolfe
Green and the Grey - Timothy Zahn

On my Blackjack:
Lord Darcy - Randall Garrett

Tarin

04-29-2007, 10:19 PM

Green and the Grey - Timothy Zahn

What's Green and the Grey about? Is it good?

Phy

04-29-2007, 10:40 PM

I've just started. Here's a review from one who has finished it:
http://www.sfsite.com/04a/gg197.htm

Tarin

04-29-2007, 10:57 PM

Thanks, Phy!

saz

04-30-2007, 12:48 AM

Well, at this very moment I'm not reading anything particular (except the Bible, as always) but these are books I've read/re-read lately...

Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg R. Boyd
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Paradise Lost by John Milton

I love Crime and Punishment!! Have you read Brothers Kharamazhov (sp)?

I am reading:
Our Lady of the Forest.
Pope Joan
Acts
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
and, to my 7 year old, Harriet the Spy

Ransom v. Unman

04-30-2007, 05:45 PM

I love Crime and Punishment!! Have you read Brothers Kharamazhov (sp)?

Karamazov, I think, but no - I've only read the Grand Inquisitor scene. I know I'd love the rest of the book. Dostoyevsky's one of my biggest influences.

love2write

04-30-2007, 06:58 PM

Gary Larson, The Far Side

http://lambiek.net/artists/l/larson_gary.htm

saz

04-30-2007, 07:39 PM

Karamazov, I think, but no - I've only read the Grand Inquisitor scene. I know I'd love the rest of the book. Dostoyevsky's one of my biggest influences.

My brother claims this is the best book ever written, but I have never read it myself.

cpbookworm

04-30-2007, 08:37 PM

Bible: 1Corinthians, as this is what we are doing in Sunday School

Leisure: I am reading some of the Ante-Nicene church fathers, which is included in some Bible software I have. FYI this is writings of church leaders during the first 300 years or so of church history, prior to the council of Nicea and the founding of the Roman Catholic church.

paulchernoch

05-01-2007, 11:43 AM

Karamazov, I think, but no - I've only read the Grand Inquisitor scene. I know I'd love the rest of the book. Dostoyevsky's one of my biggest influences.

That scene is the only part I've read. I refer to it in my current WIP.

I am reading:
"Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. It is about Lincoln and his cabinet. Excellent. All of them were solid Christians who suffered immense personal tragedies.
"Etiquette" by Emily Post, 1922. This book is a riot, but it also has many spiritual lessons to teach. The author believed that true etiquette springs from a Christian's love for their neighbor, and the foreward makes reference to the Decalogue.

- Paul

kriswrite

05-01-2007, 12:43 PM

Paul, I collect old etiquette books, though mostly from the 19th century. Spirituality is a common thread in these books. Isn't it interesting that as etiquette has become less important to our society, so has Christian spirituality?

Kristina

rljfl

05-01-2007, 02:36 PM

Wow...all of you reading so many at the same time. I barely find time to read one at a time (if I even find time to read that...outside of the Bible)

However I am reading:
Blue like Jazz- Donald Miller

writegirl1949

05-01-2007, 08:33 PM

Quentins, Maeve Binchy (just finished)
Circle of Friends, Maeve Binchy
Irish History for Dummies
The Careful Writer, Theodore M. Bernstein
Miss Thistlebottom's Hobgoblins, Theodore M. Berstein
The Copper Beech, Maeve Binchy
Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maass
Deuteronomy and 1st and 2nd Peter

I've wanted to read Dostoyevsky but his books are awfully daunting ... in length anyway.

I'm considering trying out books on tape. Any recommendations?

Blessings, Francine

saz

05-01-2007, 08:49 PM

Crime and Punishment isn't that long and it is an excellent read. Did you know that Columbo was based around the inspector from Crime and Punishment? Don't worry about length just dive right in:)

dulcigal

05-02-2007, 02:33 AM

I'm considering trying out books on tape. Any recommendations?

You can get some free audiobooks of Dosoevsky here: http://www.librivox.org Lots of other classics too--I go there quite often!

aitak

05-02-2007, 06:16 AM

-just finished abiding darkness by John Aubrey Anderson
-scimitar's edge by marvin olasky
-also re-reading prophet by peretti (i noticed someone else is, too!)
-rumours of another world by yancey
-soul cravings by erwin raphael mcmanus
-the new rebellion handbook by...not really sure, a bunch of people...?
-in the bible i'm flicking around all over the place and trying to find a place to settle and study for a while...not doing too well on that score. don't know what i need to be reading...any suggestions?

aitak

05-02-2007, 06:21 AM

rljfl- i loved blue like jazz, im a big fan of donald miller's writing. i like searching for God knows what the best- actually that reminds me i'm in the middle of re-reading that, too, for a review. through painted deserts i didnt like as much, but its still good. havent read any others of his yet.

jacks girl

05-02-2007, 01:59 PM

I'm considering trying out books on tape. Any recommendations?

You can go to your local Library and try to pick something you like, they have Cd's and tapes most of the time. I like Sue Grafton she usually has the same reader for the alphabet mysterys

Brad Pitt reads All the pretty horses or something like that it was good.
Robert B parker is great with Bert Reynolds reading them is good
Scott Brick is one of my favorite readers he reads for lots of people.
Tony Hilerman is great he's a good reader too.

If you get one and you don't like it, it's more than likely the reader don't give up they are great. If you like Westerns you'll have to try out Louis Lamour they have every little sound the guns shooting a different voice for every person, Xm radio plays stories all the time they have to channels devoted to this.

Any questions just ask,

Naomi Musch

05-02-2007, 03:03 PM

Books on tape are only enjoyable if you can stand listening to the reader. They really have to have a good "fit" for the work, and not have any annoying tonal things going on.

On tape I thought "Peace Like a River" by Lief Enger one of the best I've ever listened to.
I also liked Stephen King's "On Writing" because Steve read it himself the way it needed to be read (despite the sometimes over abundance of foul language, which is easy enough to hit the FF button on.)

ProfessorAlan

05-02-2007, 09:50 PM

I am a huge devourer of (unabridged) books on tape . . . and yes a good reader can make a huge difference !

Nessa-Ciryatan

05-03-2007, 12:55 AM

I can't stand books on tape. ;) Unless they're written for tape the description needed in a book is usually tedious when read out loud, even by a talented speaker.

I've just finished Servant of the Empire by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts, Book 2 of their Empire series, and I'm about to start on book 3: Mistress of the Empire. I love these books and keep coming back to them again and again. I love the politics involved and the culture is always a wonder to wade through. Book 1 is called Daughter of the Empire, and they're basically about the political rise of Mara of the Acoma, a Tsurani Ruling Lady whose father and brother were killed in the war on the other side of the Rift, leaving her as the sole heir in a perilous position to be wiped out by their enemies.

In Servant of the Empire, Mara purchases some Midkemian slaves, prisoners from beyond the Rift. Tsurani culture is rigid with tradition, and so it's a shock to her that these slaves don't act like proper slaves. She comes to know Kevin, and begins to learn from him - as well as learning foreign and possibly heretical concepts of his world, Midkemia, she learns what it means for a man to love a woman, and vice versa. The concept of the Great Freedom Kevin talks about is alien to her, but as the years go by and her evil enemies muster their army against her and upheaval threatens to tear at the very fabric of the Empire of Tsuranuanni, Mara must focus all her efforts - even new 'barbaric' ideas - on ensuring the Empire does not descend into catastrophic civil war.

Sound interesting? Haha! It is! :D

After I finish Mistress of the Empire, I think I'll go read Magician again, a Raymond Feist book that started it all. While the Empire series is based in the world of Kelewan and the Empire, Magician (and it's two sequels: Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon) tells the story of the Riftwar from the perspective of the Midkemians from the Kingdom of the Isles, namely a young apprentice magician named Pug.

*bounces off happily to read* :D

Gravity

05-03-2007, 04:02 AM

Right now I'm reading two things. The first is Life Expectancy, by Dean Koontz. Amazing novel. Starting with Hideaway on, Koontz is letting more and more of his Christian faith shine through. Pick up any of his latest, The Face, By the Light of the Moon, The Taking, etc., and you'll see what I mean (yeah, I'm a fan! :cool: ). Pretty cool to be that open in the ABA. Which brings me to the second thing I'm reading: my own manuscript, Consumed, which is getting a final run-through before my agent starts sending it out to ABA houses. This will be new for me; my first three novels were pubbed by a solid CBA house. But the themes I'm exploring now aren't much cottoned to by the CBA. So I'm taking them to the world. Be praying! !thumbsup!

erudite eremite

05-03-2007, 05:53 AM

Star Soldiers by Andre Norton is my current read...

I have been going back to my roots in Sci-Fi and reading the classics as well as the pop icons. Most is stuff I have read before but have forgotten...

Recent reads include:

Phantastes by Geroge MacDonald

The Art of War

Book of Enoch

aitak

05-03-2007, 08:06 AM

After I finish Mistress of the Empire, I think I'll go read Magician again, a Raymond Feist book that started it all. :D

i remember reading magician back in my uni days...it was a good book! i've not picked up any more of his books since then, though.

anyone read any ursula leguinn (spelling?!) ...someone told me i would like her but i havent read any yet.

ellenjames

05-03-2007, 11:57 AM

Jack's Girl wrote:
"Just read The Princess, sorry at moment can't recall who wrote it books all ready back to the library." The Princess was written by Lori Wick.

In the last week or two I've read

Hound Heaven, by Linda Oatman High
and A Horse for All Seasons, by Sheila Kelly Welch
Both are children's stories about pets. "Horse for All Seasons"
carries 12 stories -- one in each chapter.

Obviously, these are children's books. Since I write for children I thought it would be well to read their books.

And I'm reading a series put out by Guideposts along with the Bible.

Happy Reading,
Bertha

Thebigguy

05-03-2007, 12:05 PM

Just finished Children of Hurin by Tolkein.
Various books on writing fiction.
Toxic Faith by Stephen Artaburn.
Various Tom Clancy Novels.
Dragon Quest by Anne McCaffery
Letters to Tolkein by someone I don't remember.:eek:
Too much to read!

kriswrite

05-03-2007, 12:54 PM

Books on CD are nice if you're busy (and thus can't sit down to read) but aren't doing anything that requires your full mental attention. For me, they rarely work out because most of what I do requires most of my mental attention. (Although I do sometimes listen to CDs while I cook.)

Too, for writers, books on CD should never replace sitting down and reading a book traditionally. It's difficult to study the way an author has written something when you aren't actually reading it. (At least, that is my experience.)

Kristina

Ransom v. Unman

05-03-2007, 01:36 PM

anyone read any ursula leguinn (spelling?!) ...someone told me i would like her but i havent read any yet.

It's Ursula Le Guin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Le_Guin). From what I understand, she's the best fantasy writer to come out of the generation after Tolkien. Doesn't say much (imho) but it says something, and I want to check out her stuff as well. :D

aitak

05-04-2007, 07:11 AM

thanks ransom

righter1

05-04-2007, 08:08 PM

Too, for writers, books on CD should never replace sitting down and reading a book traditionally. It's difficult to study the way an author has written something when you aren't actually reading it. (At least, that is my experience.)

I think that statement depends more on how you learn. I personally learn best from hearing it aurally or doing it. Sometimes reading, but there usually has to be something to aid in visualizations. For some reason with me, I have a hard time visualizing books I'm reading, but have no problem when I listen to the same book.

Also, we're always told to read things aloud when we are editing our own stuff. You pick up on errors and tricky spots more easily. Maybe that's why I enjoy listening to books and examining them that way.

Or, it could be that I've spent too much time listening to talk radio in my life, and that's had an effect on me. :)

Just some food for thought to stir the pot with. :rolleyes:

ProfessorAlan

05-04-2007, 10:35 PM

I agree with Righter1, it depends on the person. I like listening to anything ... radio, music, recorded books, etc ... sometimes flipping incessantly back and forth between a variety. I often work/write with the radio/MP3/TV on in the background.

But kriswrite acknowledged that it varies from person to person, ending her post with "at least, that's my experience;" she didn't make a strident claim that what works for her will work for everyone. She even hedged the "most of my mental concentration" comment with "For me, they rarely work ... "

So we're cool. !thumbsup!

dulcigal

05-05-2007, 01:40 AM

anyone read any ursula leguinn (spelling?!) ...someone told me i would like her but i havent read any yet.

I have read one of her short stories (it was excellently written, but I found it a bit emotionally disturbing) but not delved into any of her works. I'm a bit on the cautious side, at least about the novels set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness, as they deal with gender-identity issues. I will say that from what I've seen of and about her work, though, that this lady definately knows her words! I'm looking into a writing book she has called Steering the Craft. I've also heard the Earthsea fantasy series is good--although I wouldn't know how it measures up morally. Author's site: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Hope that helps!

...hands thread back...

sunnychristian

05-05-2007, 02:58 AM

I just finished today -- Kingdom Come by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. This is the last book in the Left Behind series. I'm starting tonight Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkien, The Land of Mango Sunsets by Dorothea Benton Frank, and Body Surfing by Anita Shreve. I also have two books by Joyce Meyer that I want to get to, and a book by Stormie Omartian.

sunnychristian

Nessa-Ciryatan

05-05-2007, 04:22 AM

anyone read any ursula leguinn (spelling?!) ...someone told me i would like her but i havent read any yet.
I've read Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Quartet. While they were an entertaining read, my personal opinion is that a lot more effort could have been put into the characters, like Ged and Tenar. In this, Ursula displays that same lack of character delving that I find in a lot of older authors. After The Tombs of Atuan Tenar vanishes into the woodwork to make a return appearance in Tehanu that I found rather depressing. Gone was the character I had liked reading about in The Tombs of Atuan; the vaulted and mysterious priestess confident in her power. In her place was a rather boring farm wife. The whole book seemed pretty much to be a long, drawn out event of Tenar's self realisation... but it smacks of old-style thinking in regards to femininity and seemed rather outdated to me. :( The relationship between the Tenar and Sparrowhawk wasn't really explored. Sparrowhawk shows up now and then, and the ending of the series wasn't very satisfying. I enjoyed reading the first three books: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, and The Farthest Shore, but the last book, Tehanu, wasn't very satisfying to me personally.

They make a television movie of these books, did you know? Starring Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, and Danny Glover. Here's a link to it's IMDb site: Earthsea (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407384/). As in all movies made from books tend to do, the plot varies wildly from the novels in some parts, but I thought it was also a little more coherent than the books, given their old-style writing. It's better to read them and decide for yourself, though I recommend reading them before you watch the telemovie. :)

AnnieJ

05-05-2007, 08:58 AM

Too, for writers, books on CD should never replace sitting down and reading a book traditionally. It's difficult to study the way an author has written something when you aren't actually reading it. (At least, that is my experience.)

Kristina

Kristina - that's a great point, however, when I want simply to enjoy a book, I go for the audio experience so I won't over analyze!

There are some writers I want to hear - Fanny Flagg for example - and some I have to see and touch the words on the page - Pat Conroy, Rick Bragg, come to mind.

I am not reading anything right now -but am off to pick up Roy Blount Jr's New book: Long Time Leaving, Dispatches from up South.

annie
(who also write secular - meaning good people acting poorly and sometimes saying and doing things that they hadn't ought to - so if anyone wants to read that, my book The Southern Comforts (Mira Book) by Luanne Jones is out now)

aitak

05-06-2007, 12:40 AM

I have read one of her short stories (it was excellently written, but I found it a bit emotionally disturbing) but not delved into any of her works. I'm a bit on the cautious side, at least about the novels set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness, as they deal with gender-identity issues. I will say that from what I've seen of and about her work, though, that this lady definately knows her words! I'm looking into a writing book she has called Steering the Craft. I've also heard the Earthsea fantasy series is good--although I wouldn't know how it measures up morally. Author's site: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

Hope that helps!

...hands thread back...

thanks for sharing your insight dulcigal!

aitak

05-06-2007, 12:47 AM

I've read Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Quartet. While they were an entertaining read, my personal opinion is that a lot more effort could have been put into the characters,

thanks for that nessa. ok let me ask this: have you read any lawhead, adn if so how does she stack up against hiM? i think he's awesome. maybe i should just find some of her stuff and read it...i just already have so much i want to read! ha ha

They make a television movie of these books, did you know? Starring Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, and Danny Glover. Here's a link to it's IMDb site: Earthsea (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407384/). As in all movies made from books tend to do, the plot varies wildly from the novels in some parts, but I thought it was also a little more coherent than the books, given their old-style writing. It's better to read them and decide for yourself, though I recommend reading them before you watch the telemovie. :)

kristin kreuk- isn't that lana from smallville? eek...she irritates me...:eek:

ldhix

05-14-2007, 11:47 PM

Just finished Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.
Loved it.

Currently reading Ephesians in the Message.

In no particular order beside my bed. I am wandering through.

The Silmarillion-J.R.R Tolkien

The 1st Century

Outside Magazine

The Majors-WEB Griffin

Hal Lindsay-Apocalypse Code

The clutter drives my wife nuts!

Larry
www.hallelujahs.blogspot.com

Nessa-Ciryatan

05-15-2007, 02:55 AM

thanks for that nessa. ok let me ask this: have you read any lawhead, adn if so how does she stack up against hiM? i think he's awesome. maybe i should just find some of her stuff and read it...i just already have so much i want to read! ha ha
I haven't read any Lawhead, mainly because every time I try I get too bored to do more than read the first page. :( I have one of his sci-fi novels floating around my house that I borrowed from the library and I can't get past the first page. His other books I've heard of - the Pendragon cycle - I'm loathe to pick up. I've had enough of Arthurian legends and don't want to read more. Unfortunately that means I can't compare his writing to Le Guin's for you...

kristin kreuk- isn't that lana from smallville? eek...she irritates me...:eek:
Yeah, that's her. She was okay in Earthsea, but the movie itself wasn't spectacular, just watchable if you want to turn your brain off for a while. Having read the Quartet, I kept shouting at the screen whenever they did something outside the book (which was often). But by the end, if you accept that it's not the same as the books because that would have cost a lot more, it was okay. My suggestion is: Don't spend too much money on it - wait for a deal day at your local video store :p

psychoceramic

05-15-2007, 12:29 PM

Turn left at Orion.

How to talk so kids will listen and how to listen so kids will talk.

"R" is for ricochet

The end of the church

Eats shoots and leaves

I finished Orion, and how to talk.

Still reading:

R
The end of the church...very deep
and eats

Now started:
The copper scroll

writegirl1949

05-15-2007, 01:50 PM

Gravity wrote: "Right now I'm reading two things. The first is Life Expectancy, by Dean Koontz. Amazing novel. Starting with Hideaway on, Koontz is letting more and more of his Christian faith shine through. Pick up any of his latest, The Face, By the Light of the Moon, The Taking, etc., and you'll see what I mean (yeah, I'm a fan! ). Pretty cool to be that open in the ABA."

Thanks for that info, Gravity. I wasn't aware of Koontz's faith, wow. I got about one-third through "Odd Thomas," and really wasn't impressed. This was rather disappointing as I'd heard it was a good book. I know I've read "The Face," but I need to go back and read it again.

Koontz's "Doorway to Heaven," was an awesome book ... I don't think I've ever read more evil characters without them doing "obviously" evil things, if that makes sense.

And, thanks to all who recommended books on tape. Can anyone recommend good suspense that might be out there on tape (CD)? I understand you can download books to iPods (???) My husband got me an iPod shuffle but I don't think it has enough memory to hold a book.

Blessings, Francine

aitak

05-17-2007, 08:51 PM

i just started born confused by tanuja desai hidier. its not bad. i bought it ages ago on sale somewhere for five bucks. i'd never heard of her, it just looked like it might be some ok light reading. it's a bit reminiscent of briget jones' diary in style, and i keep imagining "jess" from the movie bend it like beckham as the main character. i like the way she writes. has anyone heard of her?

kerrig

05-17-2007, 11:27 PM

pajarita_deDios

05-18-2007, 02:25 AM

I just picked up two books at the library yesterday and I finished the first one today. It is called "When The Day of Evil Comes" by Melanie Wells & the second is called "Soul Hunter" by Melanie Wells. The first was very good. I will start the second one tomorrow.

Kerrig, I love "When the day of evil comes". Unfortunately I lent it to someone and never got it back, but I enjoyed it so much...I forced myself to stay up and finish it one night, even though I was scared...

aitak

05-18-2007, 07:26 AM

Kerrig, I love "When the day of evil comes". Unfortunately I lent it to someone and never got it back,

lol- perhaps yours is the one that ended up in the library kerrig borrowed it from? ;)

kerrig

05-18-2007, 08:07 AM

Kerrig, I love "When the day of evil comes". Unfortunately I lent it to someone and never got it back, but I enjoyed it so much...I forced myself to stay up and finish it one night, even though I was scared...

Yeah, it was pretty intense.:eek: Have you read any of Brandilyn Collins work? They are just as intense. Very good author also. ;)

pajarita_deDios

05-18-2007, 09:26 PM

Hehe, you just never know...

I haven't read any of Collins work, but I'm gonna check it out soon...Got any favorites?

tlm

06-06-2007, 01:16 PM

I have just started our own Rita G.'s (Loves2write) book, A Rebel's Pledge. It is historic fiction and will be my vacation "read."

GentleJourneyAu

06-06-2007, 03:48 PM

Just finished Waking Lazarus by T.L. Hines. (I bought it because of a thread on this site) It was worth it. Also finished yesterday The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks. Nice. Read the first few chapters of Grandmother and the priests by Taylor Caldwell. So far, so good. Also just got Stephen King's The Stand from Amazon on a recommendation that he excells in Character description. I spent from 10AM to 4PM watching Kingdom Hospital on the Sci-Fi channel for the same purpose. But I've got to quit reading and start writing!

ProfessorAlan

06-06-2007, 08:44 PM

Well, it's been a month+ since I first answered this, so .....

Joan of Arc: maid, myth & history, by Timothy Wilson-Smith
The Picasso Flop, by Vince van Patten & Robert J Randisi
Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad
Winter's Child, by Maragret Maron

tlm

06-06-2007, 10:14 PM

silumenye

06-06-2007, 10:31 PM

I just finished reading The Duke's Children, by Anthony Trollope, which is the sixth and last book in the Palliser series.
I'm just starting Armadale by Wilkie Collins.

Nessa-Ciryatan

06-07-2007, 02:52 AM

Well, I finished all the Empire books and then the Riftwar books. Now I'm onto a series by Julia Gray called The Guardian Cycle. I'm up to the third book, The Crystal Desert, but I've taken a little break from it to read some YA books I had a craving for by Tamora Pierce, the Song of the Lioness Quartet. The books are quite small and readable in a few hours. I read the first two last night, and today I'm starting number three: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man. I'll get back to my last two Julia Gray ones afterwards. :D

love2write

06-07-2007, 08:43 AM

Hi Toni. I hope you enjoy the read.

Over the years I've had trouble reading most historicals that CBA publishes. When I began this thread, I mentioned a particular novel. I've put it down. I just can't get into it. I was yawning. And since I write historicals I am a stickler for historical detail. The book had discrepancies in that area.

However, I bought J. M Hochstetler's novels Daughter of Liberty and Native Son. I am reading DL, and I cannot put it down. I can't wait to finish it and read the sequel. J. M.'s characters are living, breathing people, and the plot is exciting. I highly recommend her books, to anyone that wants a page-turner.

Tarin

06-07-2007, 04:30 PM

Can anyone recommend good secular authors who write decent stories? Decent, as in no sex scenes and no blasphemous language?

ProfessorAlan

06-07-2007, 05:30 PM

Any particular genre?

In general, I'd guess that most "cozy" mysteries probably fit the bill.

Tarin

06-07-2007, 05:35 PM

No particular genre. I'll read anything!:)

Can you recommend any specific authors of these "cozy" mysteries?

ProfessorAlan

06-07-2007, 05:39 PM

http://www.cozy-mystery.com/

This site has a description of the genre to see if it fits your tastes, then has a pretty comprehensive author list.

aitak

06-07-2007, 06:57 PM

now im reading "the heir" by Paul Robertson. I'm liking it, it reminds me of Grisham.

tlm

06-12-2007, 04:38 PM

Loves2write said,
Hi Toni. I hope you enjoy the read.

My son swam in the lake, while I sat on the beach, reading your book. We both got sunburned and had a great time! I am not finished reading it yet, though. I am a slow, but steady reader.

Nessa-Ciryatan

06-13-2007, 12:50 AM

I've finished all the Lioness Quartet and have one Julia Gray book to go, but they're kind of repetitive so I think I'll wait a while before reading the last one. In the meantime, I'm reading Rider's First Call by Kristen Britain. It's the second and latest book in a series of hers, and I always feel I'm learning from her when I read her stuff - I've been really impressed with her writing ability and style. (Her first book in the series is called "Green Rider", if anyone's interested.) She makes the spruce forests in her books come alive - probably because she lives in such an atmosphere in real life. Very enjoyable books! !thumbsup!