Currently re-reading "Warrior" by Donald E. McQuinn.
A post-apocalyptic novel (first of a trilogy) staged in the Pacific Northwest of the US.
"Challenge is a dragon with a gift in its mouth... Tame the dragon and the gift is yours." - Noela Evans
A few days ago I finished "Bright Shiny Morning" by James Frey and yesterday I made a last minute trip to the book store and picked up 2 new ones - "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks.
Anyone read any of these before? Any thoughts/critiques?
The Mermaid's Madness, by Jim C. Hines. it's a series that recasts Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White as sort of Charile's Angels in fairy tale land - very light weight but good fun!
I've just read a seriess of detective novels done by a husband and wife writing team who call themselves Barbara Allen. I'm really enjoying the humour and the fact that it's not a typical detective novel. I downloaded all the books in their Antiques series.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.
I've just started "Beneath the Skin" by Nicci French. From the information in the blurb I don't think it's one I'll be reading just before bedtime!
The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry. I'm trying to open my mind up to poetic styles. And the best way to learn is to read. It's really good actually and I've bookmarked about 30 or so poems that I love already. I might even try dabble in free verse.
"Beatrice and Virgil," Yann Martel. It's one of his follow up books after the success of "The life of Pi."
Interesting read so far, a few chapters in. Talented writer, that's for sure.
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
I've just finished The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffrey Deaver. It had so many twists and turns I couldn't put it down.
I'm onto Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich now for a change of pace.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron (translated by Lucia Graves)
This may become one of my top 5 favourite books!
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
Currently reading The Girl who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. Of the three books in the trilogy, this is by far the most difficult to get into. I've been reading it for a month and am barely a quarter of the way through it.
"Nos laetus epulor qui would domito nos. (We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.)"
"Nil satis nisi optimum. (Nothing but the best will do.)"
"I hate it when things don't go my way. It makes me so...horny." - Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kathryn, Cruel Intentions)
"Sex is just alone time with someone else there." - Taint on The Lex And Terry Show, 11/11/09
"Stupidity isn't a crime, so you're free to go."
"I am The Devil, too. There can only be one devil. One of us must go." - Ozzy Osbourne at the end of his cover of "Sympathy For The Devil"
"Your ego is not your amigo." - Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries
"It's my world. I'm just letting you live here." - Mandy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
In the Belly of Jonah by Sandra Brannan which is a slightly darker serial killer mystery novel. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I seem to be in the mood for it at the moment.
The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund De Waal. A wonderful book chronicling his family's history and his legacy of 264 netsuke.
An Anthology of Modern Italian Poetry, in English Translation with Italian Text.
Edited and translated by Ned Condini.
"Private" - James Patterson
I'm reading 'The evolution of Bruno Littlemore' by Benjamin Hale. Newly published. It is brilliant. It covers so many issues. How humans acquire language, equality for other species,
evolution. It also covers some surprising possibilities.
I enjoy it because I used to teach language acquisition in college.
Love colours our worlds in endless dimensions and unifies all aspects of our activities. Just as sunlight filters through clouds and causes the grasses to turn gold so everything is interlinked in our world.
Just Kids, by Patti Smith. It's her memoir and tribute to Robert Mapplethorpe.
Gypsy, I want to read that. I heard her speak last year at the big library here around the same time her memoir came out.
just some notes for a story I wrote up while there was a lull at work.
A Massage Therapists Guide to Pathology.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. ~Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
(one of the books in the Maximum Ride series) by James Patterson.
This is apparently the first in a series and I'm just getting into it. I haven't read her work before.