What are you reading RIGHT NOW? :-)
#161761 - 03/18/05 06:06 AM
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I know we've all mentioned our fav books a while back. I wanna know what you are reading in yur life right now!  
I am rading "Why French Women Don't Get Fat". Lovel book! Entertaining, informative, and I'm learning some about French culture!
And here's a thought question: Do you think that what a person chooses to read says something about them?
Can't wait to hear from you  *hugs*
P.S. Happy Friday!!!!!!!
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I am still reading a book on Highly Sensitive People (ya Paula...still not finished it..) but it is packed along with my million other books. I LOVE to read. I have to stop myself from buying books because I always spend WAY too much when I go into a book store. Books are my weakness. 
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I'm reading the Rainmaker by John Grishman. Great book!!
Ruchie have you read the Red Tent? This is the next book I want to read. It is written by a Jewish woman and it is a novel written about Leah and Jacob's daughter Dianh from the Old Testmant.
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Womens Health Magazine...does that count?
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I read that book about a year ago and LOVED it. Real celebration of women!
I am currently reading " The Wind Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami but it has gotten boring.
Can I recommend some books pleease?
I loved the following:
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
I just finished it before I started the other book- its about a women who is one of the wives of an emperor of China and lives in the Forbidden City - WOW !
If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha you will LOVE this, If you haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha, it is WONDERFUL!
The Poisonwood Bible is another lovely book about a US preacher and his wife and four daughters who move to the Congo before the war there, its really entertaining and funny! (The wife brings essentials like Betty Crocker cakemix to the jungle where they don't even have an oven)
If you like "old fashioned books" I adored Star of the Sea by Josepn O'Connor- its about the passengers of a famine ship on its way to the US from Ireland. Reading it humbles me because its impossible to believe that it is a modern book.
Also for people who like murder mysteries The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is an interesting take on a murder novel, told through the eyes of the victim.
I also love the Kathy Reichs books - the ones that investigate old murders- like Deja Dead and confess to devouring Patricia Cornwell's on holiday.
I was REALLY disappointed with the last John Grisham I read- The King of Torts, so would be interested in your views on that one Barbara.
OK- sorry to hijack but I love reading a good book and get soo enthused when I find one- GREAT THREAD RUCHIE!
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Haven't seen that one yet Shell...sure it counts Are you enjoying it...what are you learning?
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Memoirs of a Geisha is MY FAVORITE BOOK!!! That man can write!
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Tina...
#161909 - 03/18/05 12:35 PM
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cailin
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Isn't it amazing?
I was DEVASTATED when I realised that it wasn't actually a biography, all the way through I just presumed that Arthur Golden was a translator. Silly, silly 'néad!
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"The Poisonwood Bible" was SO good! Rarely have I cried so much because of a book: but it was good crying!
Right now I'm reading Isabel Allende's "House of the Spirits". It's also really good. I ended up hating the husband, but kept reading and he had all the bones in his body broken. He, he.
One of the better books that I've read in a long time is "A Prayer for Owen Meany". Just had to throw that in there, too.
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I had forgotten about her great stuff too.
My fave of hers is Daughter of Fortue (i think thats the name) its about Eliza is from Chile and goes to San Fran looking for her lover...fantastic, and the description of the pastries she makes...mmmmm!
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Ha ha, it's VERY convincing. I hear they were supposed to make a movie out of that book! It never happened though. 
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Haven't seen that one yet Shell...sure it counts Are you enjoying it...what are you learning?
All kinds of work out routines...etc
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Just finished A Very Long Engagement....haven't seen the movie version yet.
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About Behaviorism by BF Skinner. It is for pysch class, I have a book report to do, yuck. We got to choose the book, I chose this one becuase I was told it would help me with working with people with cognitive disabilities.
I am not sure what book you meant in your post, Tina, but Memoirs of a Geisha IS actually being filmed I last heard, or about to be. I haven't read the book yet, but want to since i alwaus hear you ladies raving about it!
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I'm reading The Whistling Woman, a novel by A. S. Byatt. I've really enjoyed her other books.
I've read about the book Why French Women Don't Get Fat. It sounds great.
I haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha yet but I have it. I have a desk full of about 30 books that I've bought and haven't read yet. I am a TOTAL bookworm and have been since BEFORE I could read. (My mom caught me fooling the neighborhood kids into thinking I could read at age 3 by following along the nursery rhymes with my finger and reciting them from memory!)
I loved Poisonwood Bible too and all of Barbara Kingsolver's books.
The best book of literary fiction I've read in the past few years is The Girl With A Pearl Earring. I haven't seen the movie but a co-worker told me I'll love it.
Great thread Ruchie!
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Laura
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Yep, that's right, you'll all just want to run out and get these books..
I am reading a book called "The Bedroom and the State" about birth control and abortion in Canada for a History project, as well as a book about Margaret Sanger, a book called, "A woman's place" all articles of Chatelaine magazines over the last 70 years about women in Canada.
Also, the Cambridge Medieval History book, and 5 other medieval history books on the French Monarcy and the Papacy.
Also reading some articles on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and a psychology text book about Human Development.
For fun?.. The TV guide!  People magazine, and the newspaper classifieds job section. 
Cheers!
--Steph
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I absolutely HATE reading books. I read magazines like Cosmopolitan and Better Homes and Gardens and have been known to peek at my hubby's Men's Health but as far as novel books....not for me. I'm too impatient. I want to know the end. Not to mention I have no time to read them. I'd probably start them and never finish them.
In my younger years I read all of Judy Blume's books and VC Andrews(Flowers in the Attic). Anyone remember them?
My sister reads all those "Night and Shining Armor" books. The trashy romantic, not real life, books. I tease her all the time. So in her case, yes, what she chooses to read does say something about her. She always thought her life should be like the ones in the book. She's always wanted that kind of life. Then she had a baby...ha, reality set in!
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LS- I LOVED that too!
I have the film on DVD but am kind of afraid to watch it as I am afraid it really won't be able to live up to the book..but I suppose I can distract myself with Colin Firth and Cillian Murphy 
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It is one of the only modern books I like (modern written that is). The movie is very true to the book. Chevalier is sort of my model of the success I wish to have (but never will).
I am reading Mansfield Park again. I have about 20 history books on the shelf that I should read. DH reads them and I always stick with the easy novels.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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I love to read, it's a great way for me to escape from stress. I just finished J.D.Robb's Vision in Death. I am a major fan of hers. I also love Patricia Cornwall, Lillian Jackson Braun,James Patterson.
For light mystry reading I like the CSI books(after the TV show) and ones like Diagnosis Murder and Murder She Wrote novels.
Bev mentioned about Ann Rule and I bought one of hers. It is really good.
Richie you have come up with some great topics. We have certainly learned lots about all of us. Please keep your questions coming.
Gail
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oh I love the girl with the pearl earring as well. Another great book.
Also, love barbara kingsolver. I've read the bean trees about ten times already.
Anyways.. has anyone read fortunes rock by anita shreive. I highly recommend it!
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He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott. He's a UK writer, who writes things that are based on true stories from the 60s into the here and now - really good stuff. Also read his other book True Crime, which is also great. They are great toilet books!!! haha
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Movie
#162120 - 03/19/05 04:32 AM
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This reply might be kinda late, but I heard they are making a movie out of Memoirs of a Geisha. There was some fuss in Japan because the main characters will be played by Chinese actors. Do you know the young Chinese actress from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? She was also in Hero (with Jet Li), The House of Flying Daggers (aka 'Lovers' in Japan), Rush Hour 2... She rocks! Here's a link for the movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397535/
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...cos I'm such I fast reader and at the moment I have the time to read! YesterdayI re-read Agatha Christie's "The Moving Finger". I LOVE Christie.
And today I'm re-reading Dick Francis' "The Danger".
I have no money to buy new books so I'm stuck re-reading all my old favourites. STrangely enough the books that I think are really really good are the ones I can re-read less often.
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One of my all time favourite authors. In the category of Gabriel Garcia Marquez IMHO...The House of the Spirits is kinda like 100 years of Solitude.
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My Sister's Keeper My sister's Keeper , and the Notebook, Notebook . Well, everything by Nicholas Sparks is good in my opinion as well as Elizabeth Berg. Especially Talk Before Sleep
I also like Girl With a Pearl Earing.
It seems like all I've been reading lately is the newspaper and medical books on IBS and Gluten Intolerance!! I must work on this. 
Sounds like Memoirs of a Geisha is a good choice from all the reviews.
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..if you ever fancy borrowing any, I could pop em in the post for ya! Have a few crime/few girlie ones etc...!!
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WOW!!!
#162179 - 03/19/05 08:52 AM
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Thanks so much! I will go see it a FEW times, I'm sure. That's fantastic!!! Woo hoo.
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Hi Ruchie! Great question - I love to read!!
Yesterday I started and finished a book called "Sleeping Beauty" by Phillip Margolin (I'm sick too, so I had a lot of time yesterday). It's a murder mystery type book, lots of plot twists and totally shocked me in the end.
Today I'm going to go to the library and look for another Sharon Shinn book, or maybe something similar. Definately on the opposite side of the spectrum from murder-mystery.
I suppose that what a person reads could say things about them. I like to read just about everything - maybe that means I like to learn and that I'm open minded? Or maybe I just have too much free time on my hands? It's a good thought Ruchie! What do you think?
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This is such a good question!
I'm reading Aimee Bender's short story collection, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt. Her short stories are unconventional (but fun to read) and incorporate magical realism. They remind me of my favorite author Haruki Murakami's stories.
I'm also re-reading Groucho Marx's memoir, Groucho & Me. Whoo! I love his humor. GO GROUCHO!
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Ooooo!
#162246 - 03/19/05 01:28 PM
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Linz
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Book club! This sounds like such a good idea...if we meet up for dinner I'll raid your shelves!
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I'm reading Inventing the AIDS Virus for school purposes (although it really is quite interesting) and for pure entertainment, a book called Babyville by Jane Green which is pure chicklit
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Hmm... right now I am reading Masquerade. It's a biography of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who disguised herself as a man and fought in the revolutionary war. It's a mixture of business and pleasure, as it will enevitably help with the dis, but I'm not reading it for class.
And then there's a bunch of reading I need to do for next week I'm putting off. And a bunch for my papers. I'll be working on Slaves in Algiers this week as I have a draft due Friday on my paper for Transatlantic feminisms...
But, last week on vacation I finished Devil in the White City and Name All the Animals. Both were really, really good. Devil in the White City is about the Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer, and Name All the Animals is a memoir about a woman whose brother died and her first love (who was a woman, so not for those who find that offensive).
I liked Memoirs of a Geisha too- and Ruchie, that Frenchwoman book doesn't mention how many women in France stay skinny by SMOKING.
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You'll raid my boxes you mean - I still haven't unpacked them - haha!
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I haven't read all that much in the past few years, but have been trying to actively start doing it this year. I just finished Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins, which I really liked, and am just starting into Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, although this one is going much slower than the Tom Robbins -- still haven't quite adapted to the writing style.
- Vincent
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RIGHT NOW?
#162421 - 03/20/05 11:51 AM
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RIGHT NOW I'm reading this thread. And it's fascinating stuff. I'd recommend it to anyone!
Bevvy
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LOL, Bev!
#162426 - 03/20/05 11:58 AM
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You always make me laugh!
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~ Beth
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I'm on common sense and the right's of man by Tomas Paine.
Stephie, you mentioned medieval history books on the French Monarcy. I think my lack of paying attention in history class if greatly diminishing my ability to get into the rights of man. From what i remeber reading about Paine he was wrong in someways about his interpritation of france at that time, can't remember though. And my lack of french history has me turned off by the book. Anyway i think i'll get into it when i visit my sisters.
As far as fiction goes i love Asimov. His I robot short stories and foundation novels are the best.
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Sinead,
Another friend that loved the book and saw the movie said it was magnificent, that each frame of the movie was like a painting in and of itself. He guaranteed me I wouldn't be disappointed. Be sure and let me know when you watch it!
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Laura
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LOVE Dick Francis. I should send you all my old mysteries. Have you read Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Whimsey stories?
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Laura
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Asimov's Foundation trilogy is a masterpiece. I was just thinking the other day about re-reading it.
What do you think of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles? That was the book that turned me on to science fiction when I was 14. Or Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land? Do you grok that??!!
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Laura
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Sci fi
#163086 - 03/22/05 03:47 PM
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Luther Maze
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I'm new to sci-fi what... only 12 books 10 of which was Asimov.
I'll have to check Ray Bradbury's out. hay maybe i can get them before i go to my sister. sweet, i think i'll do that.
I was really looking for another good sci fi too. Ive read Ray Bradbury's Something wicked this way comes. Lot of medifor if i remember, which is a little of a turn off for me but not so much as i wouldn't give it a go.
What i liked about asimov, beside the great writing and all, was how long ago they where written.
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LS- I LOVED Stranger in A Strange Land when I first read it. Now that I've been in school so long I'm skeptical of the politics, blah, blah, blah- but I still think it's a very well written book. And I also liked The Cat Who Walked Through Walls. My husband is all about the sci-fi, I read some occasionally, but not to his extent.
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I'm always looking for new authors to explore. My library always seems to have ONE book by whatever new author I discover.
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