Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now?

[lindad_amato]

Continuing with the biographies. This time Rep. Barney Frank by Stuart E. Weisberg. A bit dry but informative.

[Edyta Schauer]

I'm currently reading "Games of Thrones" and have to say I like it. A little bit confusing at the begging with the introduction of so many characters, after first fifty pages it is impossible to put it down. Just wandering what the tv series is all about.... is it as good as the book (they never are though)?

[lindad_amato]

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell. Sarah takes a look at the colonization, christianization and statehood status of Hawaii through her own quirky eyes. If you haven't read any of Ms. Vowell's books you should give her a try. If you ever see her being interviewed anywhere definitely take a look.

[Luckybutton]

I'm currently reading "Games of Thrones" and have to say I like it. A little bit confusing at the begging with the introduction of so many characters, after first fifty pages it is impossible to put it down. Just wandering what the tv series is all about.... is it as good as the book (they never are though)?

Actually it's not half bad! I'm a long time fan of GRRM, and have been waiting nearly six years for the next book in ASOIAF and like you say theyre never as good as the book but this series is very well done...for me the casting is fantastic, and as its a tv series rather than a film they arent missing to much out or changing stuff...I'm enjoying watching the series while i wait for Dance with Dragons

[BookSpyGal]

I'm currently reading House of Leaves, and just finished Lord of the Rings. From one giant book to another! I've heard good things about House of Leaves, but it reads like some technical manual :/

[SimiXxXimiS]

I am reading Sherrilyn Kenyon's book, Acheron, from the Dark Hunter Series!

[Bonnie Ferrante]

I just finished "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave. A powerful, disturbing, and engaging book. If you liked "The Book of Negroes", you'll probably like this. Shorter and current.

[froglipz]

I'm about halfway through Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood right now....I'm not sure that I like it at all...

[Suzanne]

I'm about halfway through Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood right now....I'm not sure that I like it at all...

You're not alone here, I also share your feelings. It's a shame, it had a good start, but then fizzled out towards the middle.

Right now I'm re reading "Of Human Bondage", W. Somerset Maugham. I first read this in HS and loved it, but now, I'm just trudging along waiting for the end. Strange how a book you loved when you were young loses appeal as you grow older.

[DAWintsmith]

I just got a Kindle and am catching up on some of the classics. I have started with THE LAST OF THE MOHICHANS by James Fenimore Cooper, which I am liking very much. It is a bit slow moving by today's standards, kind of like strolling through one of those early American landscape paintings where every detail of every leaf is painted and highlighted by the light filtering through the trees, and every sound has its own song. But there is excitement, too. The small party of travelers have already been double-crossed by one scout, and they are no longer strolling but stealthing their way through the virgin forest in search of a safe refuge.