What Are You Reading?

[Audrey]

What book or books are you currently reading? I"m reading two right now. I'm reading Shadows of Sin. I'm on about page 85. I'm also reading The Long Tail, a business book. I've only read about 10 pages so far.

What are you reading?

[tam2005]

Hey Audrey,

Well, I don't have time for any reading these days. My sites keep me pretty busy. ;) I like it this way though...staying busy. :p

[WorkAtHomeSpace]

I'm not reading anything at the moment, but I would love to read another Harry Potter book or a home renovations book.

There's always time to read Tammy, just have to make time for it like you make time for everything else...like laundry, ya know? :p

[Audrey]

I never got into the Harry Potter series. Both of my kids have read every book. My younger daughter has read the entire series at least twice now. They also both watched whatever movies have come out in the series.

[Lori]

There's always time to read Tammy, just have to make time for it like you make time for everything else...like laundry, ya know? :p

Wow... You guys make time for laundry?! :hee:

[Lori]

I am reading eragon with my son Max. So far it's a darn good story :)

[franke1]

I am reading a beautiful book called " The Year of Magical Thinking " by Joan Didion. She has written about the year when she lost her husband and her daughter within 6 months of each other. A beautiful and very moving book.

[tam2005]

WorkAtHomeSpace,

I do my laundry in between posts. Can't very well do any reading between posts. LOL!:t12:

Frank1....that sounds like a really sad book there.

[OffAssist]

I read a lot of books. I actually keep a running blog about them at http://myraves.blogspot.com

I read around 100 books per year. I think I'm on #104 at the moment... a funny/creepy/weird book called Santa Steps Out - junk reading at the moment. I read all kinds of books :)

My favorites from this year are The Kite Runner, The Time Traveler's Wife and Intensity.

[franke1]

Joan Didion's book is basically sad. But it is very beautifully written. She is such a great writer, that she even manages to make her sorrows into a great read.

[Audrey]

Candy,

Wow, I am impressed. I don't read anywhere near as often as I used to. Do you write book reviews and submit them to the article directories?

[sara1955]

I'm reading books by Steven Martini now. I tend to read "authors" rather than books. When I was traveling with my job (a one-hour commute each way), I got tired of the radio and listened to a lot of audio books.

I tend to read a lot of Christian fiction, action fiction (Clive Cussler, etc.), "law" books (Grisham, Martini, etc.), and history (I'm a history buff - especially WWII).

I do some Bible studies, mostly on my own, and occasionally read a grammar book (that's my thing) or a business-type book. :read:

I try to keep my reading as entertainment or relaxation, but sometimes you just have to read something good for ya. :yup:

[Audrey]

I love the Grisham books I've read. I can suggest another author, Jeff Archer. I read his book Kane and Abel many many years ago. I loved the book. At the time I read it, I believed it to be the best book I'd ever read. Several years later, I was browsing through some books and I found another book written by him and read it and loved it also. I've now read every book he's written (I think).

I read several chapters of my murder mystery this week. I'm now about half way through the book.

[sara1955]

I've read several of Archer's books. You're right, he's definitely worth reading!!

[cuellarhatcher77]

I am reading eragon with my son Max. So far it's a darn good story :)

My son finished reading it and cried! He said he never read a book that was so good. He's only 9! It's wonderful to see that excitement.

We took the boys to see the movie and my son said the book was so much better. He now knows how I feel whenever I see the movie after reading the book. It never is the same.:D

[Lori]

Hi Rosalie,

That is really cool! Good for him.

We stopped reading it -- it was a bit too sophisticated writing for Max, he's only six. So I've shelved it for awhile.

Any recommendations on something a little simpler that your son liked?

Lori

My son finished reading it and cried! He said he never read a book that was so good. He's only 9! It's wonderful to see that excitement.

We took the boys to see the movie and my son said the book was so much better. He now knows how I feel whenever I see the movie after reading the book. It never is the same.:D

[robin123]

I just got through reading "Ask and It is Given"... and yesterday I read "The Greatest Networker In The World" in one sitting. It was a very easy read but very informative and eye opening!
Im trying to read at least 1 self-improvement book a month! :)

[Audrey]

Robin,

That's an awesome goal. I've read some really great books. One of my favorites was Bread and Butter. It's about the bread franchise. It had some great information in it.

[longroad]

I am currently reading The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill.
It is a wonderful book, full of inspiration. It really is a classic, I highly recommend it.

[bairnsmum]

I'm currently reading Blood and Chocolate (http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Chocolate-Annette-Curtis-Klause/dp/0440226686/sr=1-1/qid=1169652758/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6545187-4598303?ie=UTF8&s=books). The movie comes out this Friday, and it's produced/directed? by the same people who did Underworld.

I just finished The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success (http://www.amazon.com/Renegade-Writer-Totally-Unconventional-Freelance/dp/1933338008/sr=1-1/qid=1169652164/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-6545187-4598303?ie=UTF8&s=books). As a freelance writer who's read many books about writing for pay over the last couple of years, this was a completely refreshing, and might I add, amusing, take on bending (breaking?) the rules a bit. I loved it!

The next book I'll be reading is If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland.

I'm also consistently reading magazines, because that's who I want to write for. Thank goodness I am a speed reader. :)

Do you all know about PaperbackSwap.com (http://www.paperbackswap.com)? That's where I get a lot of my books, and list some, as well, when I'm finished with them.

[Audrey]

Lynn,

Thanks for that link. We buy a lot of our books at the used book store. We love that place.

[bairnsmum]

Lynn,

Thanks for that link. We buy a lot of our books at the used book store. We love that place.

You're welcome!

I've saved myself around $100.00 in the last year using Paperback Swap. I also check Goodwill twice a month, yard sales in the summer, and I earn points at ClubMom.com toward magazine subscriptions. I also do surveys to earn Amazon.com gift certificates.

I LOVE books!

Lynn

[Audrey]

We live in CA, so garage sales are every single weekend, unless it rains. We've bought a ton of books at garage sales, often for a quarter each. After we're done we donate them to the thrift store. We have also bought used paperbacks at the thrift store. We go through a lot of books around here.

[cuellarhatcher77]

Hi Rosalie,

That is really cool! Good for him.

We stopped reading it -- it was a bit too sophisticated writing for Max, he's only six. So I've shelved it for awhile.

Any recommendations on something a little simpler that your son liked?

Lori

Yes, the Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne. She has a great way of writing adventure in such a way that younger readers will understand. My nine year old read them and my six year old is now reading them and really enjoys them. :D

[Candace]

Audrey,

I was just poking around and noticed that you said you were reading the The Long Tail last month, and I thought that was funny because my husband just called this morning and told me that the guy next to him on his flight was reading this book and that I should really check it out. What did you think?

I have to say that with baby #4 due in just a couple of months, I am reading a lot of baby name books right now... we are stumped with this one. My book club just finished A Million Little Pieces... very intense, and you have to be OK with very foul language, but a very good glimpse into the life of addiction. And I am just about to start a new novel by a Brazilian author, Isabel Allende, called Daughter of Fortune. Can you tell that my husband travels a lot? :)

[Audrey]

Candace,

It's an interesting concept. The book begins talking about music and how stores like Warehouse only carry so much. They can't carry everything. So, other stores become niche stores and pick up where the big guys leave off. I've always been interested in small niche marketing so the book was a good find for me. It's also a bit too many words. I don't do well with 5 paragraphs that could've been said in 3 sentences. So I did skim over some of it. If you enjoy learning about new ideas in marketing, I'd recommend the book.

[smbwallace]

I'm having a John Grisham reading spree. I've read everything of his at least once and quite a few of his books twice. In the last week I've reread "A Time to Kill," and "The King of Torts" and I'm rereading "The Testament" now. I think after that I will have read them all at least twice so maybe I'll move on to something else. I have his new nonfiction "The Innocent Man" but haven't read it, so I'm sure that's next.

[Audrey]

Many times we save books because they were just soooo good. I almost never go back and re-read a book I've already read. What about you? Do you re-read them? Do you save them? Do you give them away when done? What is your pattern with books?