OT - What are you reading?

"Until I Find You", John Irving
"Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All", Allan Gurganus
Karla

On Aug 18, 3:17*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote:


SO, what is your current reading material? *What have you recently finished?
Do your cats have preferences?

Will anyone be surprised to find that on the top of my bedside stash
is "The New Joys of Yiddish"?

Also on my list is "Stitch & Bitch: The Happy Hooker." (Get your minds
out of the gutter, folks! It's a crochet guide!) As well as "The I
Hate to Cook Book," "Heidi," Pippi Longstocking" (the babies like it
when I read this stuff to them) and, at any given time, one of the
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series, which besides Leo Rosten's
Yiddish lexicon makes my favorite reference materials.

Blessed be,
Baha
Oy gevalt!!!

On 2009-08-18, Cheryl P. wrote:
Stormmmee wrote:
dh is reading a collection of short noevels, i on the other hand am still
trying to find a way to read e books that doesn't involve six hundred
dollars... if anyone has any ideas i am open, Lee"tanadashoes"

If it's an old book you might find it on Gutenberg for free.

Try "Librivox" for audio books. They have out of copyright books read out
loud. They have lots of Dickens, Bronte, Austen, etc. You can put them on
an MP3 player or burn to a CD.

Bud

tanadashoes wrote:
Me? "Mayflower" by Nathan Philbrick: a history of the Plymouth Plantation
for the first 75 to 100 years. I'm learning a lot that I never knew. I'm a
history addict. The cats seem to find it interesting too.

and

"Quilter's Complete Guide" by Marianne Fons and May Porter: a basics text
on how to make different types of quilts. I need the help. My left index
finger is currently bandaged due to a slip of a rotary cutter while cutting
out strips of red checked cloth.

I just finished the new JA Jance mystery and a bunch of Jo Dereske's Miss
Zukas library mysteries. Her cat is called "Boy Cat Zukas." She didn't
like cats, but is learning, slowly, to become a cat slave.

SO, what is your current reading material? What have you recently finished?
Do your cats have preferences?

Pam S. who'll stop while her finger is only moderately hurting.


Currently, Josephine Tey's "A Shilling for Candles". On vacation, I
read 2 Daniel Silva books and Sarah Dunant's "Sacred Hearts". Waiting
in the wings are another Josephine Tey, a David Baldacci mystery and
"The Last Coin" by James P. Blaylock. I also picked up a book titled
"Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent. It appears to be about a woman who
lived as a guy for a year or so to see what life was like. It sounded
interesting and was on the bargain table at Half Price Books.

I've also got this hair-brained idea to learn to knit so I have a "learn
to knit" kit knocking about.

--Kim

I would love to hear a little more about the books mentioned in this
thread, such as:

(1) Is/are the book(s) you're reading fiction or non fiction?
(2) What is it/are they about?
(3) Are you enjoying it?

I'm asking because I haven't heard of most of the titles mentioned so
far, except maybe the books Marina is reading, because they're so famous.
So it's hard to tell whether I would be interested in checking them out
or not.

If anyone's motivated to put some of this extra info into their book
posts, I would certainly enjoy reading about it - and anything else you'd
like to say about them.

Thanks,
Joyce

--
Loneliness is comforted by the closeness and touch of fur to fur,
skin to skin, or -- skin to fur.
-- Paul Gallico

thank you, Lee
"William Hamblen" wrote in message
m...
On 2009-08-18, Cheryl P. wrote:
Stormmmee wrote:
dh is reading a collection of short noevels, i on the other hand am
still
trying to find a way to read e books that doesn't involve six hundred
dollars... if anyone has any ideas i am open, Lee"tanadashoes"

If it's an old book you might find it on Gutenberg for free.

Try "Librivox" for audio books. They have out of copyright books read out
loud. They have lots of Dickens, Bronte, Austen, etc. You can put them
on
an MP3 player or burn to a CD.

Bud

"Lucys Mom" wrote in message
...
tanadashoes wrote:
Me? "Mayflower" by Nathan Philbrick: a history of the Plymouth
Plantation for the first 75 to 100 years. I'm learning a lot
that I never knew. I'm a history addict. The cats seem to find
it interesting too.

and

"Quilter's Complete Guide" by Marianne Fons and May Porter: a
basics text on how to make different types of quilts. I need the
help. My left index finger is currently bandaged due to a slip
of a rotary cutter while cutting out strips of red checked cloth.

I just finished the new JA Jance mystery and a bunch of Jo
Dereske's Miss Zukas library mysteries. Her cat is called "Boy
Cat Zukas." She didn't like cats, but is learning, slowly, to
become a cat slave.

SO, what is your current reading material? What have you
recently finished? Do your cats have preferences?

Pam S. who'll stop while her finger is only moderately hurting.
Currently, Josephine Tey's "A Shilling for Candles". On vacation,
I read 2 Daniel Silva books and Sarah Dunant's "Sacred Hearts".
Waiting in the wings are another Josephine Tey, a David Baldacci
mystery and "The Last Coin" by James P. Blaylock. I also picked
up a book titled "Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent. It appears to
be about a woman who lived as a guy for a year or so to see what
life was like. It sounded interesting and was on the bargain
table at Half Price Books.

I've also got this hair-brained idea to learn to knit so I have a
"learn to knit" kit knocking about.

--Kim

When you get to the point with knitting that a book just doesn't cut
it, there are some very good instructional videos on the internet.

It was a lifesaver for me, because when I took up knitting again a
few years ago the first directions just didn't make sense to me.
Turns out my grandmother had taught me the "German Method" and the
directions I was trying to follow were the English method.

Jo

Will in New Haven wrote:
On Aug 18, 10:34 pm, Phoenix wrote:
Mark Edwards wrote:
No cluons were harmed when Will in New Haven wrote:
Recently finished: "Falling Free" by Louse McMaster Bujold" I waited
forever to find out what the fuss was about Bujold. Then I read all of
her fantasy and all of her SF in one swell foop. This one is SF and
great SF.
I LOVE her Miles Naismith books and hope she eventually goes back to that
universe. I also love all her other stuff too, so I'm not hurting TOO badly
(big grin).
pedant That's Miles Vorkosigan. /pedant

When he's a mercenary admiral, he's Miles Naismith. When he's home
he's Miles Naismith Vorkosigan.

Ah. And thus we highlight the fact that I haven't read the ones
in which he's a mercenary admiral yet. My bad. (and yes, I do
read series out of order, why do you ask? g) Thank you for the
correction.

Deborah

--

Delmer Udell Ruppert, 8/19/1928 - 8/18/2009
Rest in Peace, dad

Currently re-reading Harry Potter. Did the last three again and am on
the last one now.
Recently finished, before the HP's, Clive Cussler's Atlantis Found.

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

wrote:
I would love to hear a little more about the books mentioned in this
thread, such as:

(1) Is/are the book(s) you're reading fiction or non fiction?
(2) What is it/are they about?
(3) Are you enjoying it?

I'm asking because I haven't heard of most of the titles mentioned so
far, except maybe the books Marina is reading, because they're so famous.
So it's hard to tell whether I would be interested in checking them out
or not.

If anyone's motivated to put some of this extra info into their book
posts, I would certainly enjoy reading about it - and anything else you'd
like to say about them.

Thanks,
Joyce

Well, Josephine Tey books are murder mysteries set in England. They
were all written, obviously, before her death in 1952 so they're not
modern in that sense. Very entertaining, though.

The "Sacred Hearts" book is set in an Italian convent circa 1570. At
that time, many Italian noblewomen were sent off to convents against
their will. A young girl is sent to this convent and the book explores
her relationship with the convent nurse. The historical detail is
exquisite and this was a great book. I won't spoil the ending for you
by telling what eventually happens.

Daniel Silva books are international espionage books, mostly on
Israel/Palestine issues. Kind of violent and not for everyone, but I
like them and pick them up at HPB (Half Price Books).

I would recommend any of them, but especially the "Sacred Hearts" book.

--Kim