what are you reading these days?

well, i'm reading All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland and i just can't get into it, but i hate giving up - i am 12 chapters in.

next on the list: The Hours by Michael Cunningham and The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.

i wish i had an extra $100 for books, i would be in book heaven!

well, i gave up on All Families Are Psychotic (which is quite rare) which is a shame, his books are usually good.

i'm on to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold now

what is everyone else reading?

i recommend 'a girl named zippy', its great.

i tried to check out "the lovely bones" at the library. 3 month waiting list! wow!

i hate admit, i like nora roberts. she basically writes romance, but they sometimes are also supsense novels, which i like. but mostly i like that her female characters are strong willed and you can connect to them, they are so well rounded.

i am reading a dean koontz novel -- i am having a hard time getting into it.

woohoo blue!!!

I am reading Night by Elie Wiesel.

I know!

And that tops the friendliness curve for Joseph.

Deb25...I think your avatar is getting "fresh" with me....

LOL!!

>^,,^<
Kim

what a playboy. he is winking at me, too!

Just started Dean Koontz's new one By The Light of the Moon- science fiction fans this one is a must! I am just two chapters into it and it is is gooooood...About alien dna injected into two humans...

My mummy sent me a bag of old "People" magazines and "Ellery Queen"s. She must have known that I was going to get sick. Nothing to make you feel better than reading about how rich people have more money than sense, and short stories about hoodlums.

Ok, I came home from work today and read the entire book, The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg. Being a teacher I read a lot of kids' literature. This one was fantastic! (A quick read too). Even though the main characters are in 6th grade, this book really makes you think. Read it Kate.

how'd that Dean Koontz book turn out Mary Anne?

i'm still waiting for the books i ordered to arrive in the post... thinking i may just start one lying around the house that i haven't read yet.

maybe The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje... i don't know why i haven't read it yet

Deb, i'll probaly have to order that book, our local bookstores don't carry a very wide selection, unfortunately, but i'll look for it next time i'm out.

anyone else reading something they want to discuss?

Colby, did you pick up the Pelzer books?

oh -- has anyone read or heard anything about The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor ? i was thinking of picking this one up, as well.