Current Reading

Gopher · Apr 16 06 11:15

Yes, another book thread - but this time one in which I hope that all fellow bookworms will tell us all what they are reading at the present time. This of course, can be added to as time goes by.

To start things off, I'll offer:

Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

and

Dude, Where's My Country? - Michael Moore.

Gopher · Jul 04 06 11:55

Tender Is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald

kitten · Jul 04 06 11:58

The Obsidian Trilogy - Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory.

greycat · Jul 04 06 11:58

I just got jPod for my b-day, and Ill Be Your Mirror (andy warhol interviews)...i usually have about 10 books going at once.

Gopher · Jul 04 06 11:59

I'm usually on about three at once.

kitten · Jul 04 06 12:01

I stick with one at a time, as I hate to put a book down in the middle of a story.

Gopher · Jul 04 06 12:04

I used to be as disciplined, but now my mind seems to be all over the place. Most of my reading gets done in bed - with a large dictionary/thesaurus close at hand.

kitten · Jul 04 06 12:08

I can usually infer the meanings from the surrounding words, but when I can't I seize the opportunity to stretch my legs and go over to the bookcase for my thesaurus. One thing I could never do is read in bed. I never can find a comfortable position without the cat jumping up and sitting on my book. Unfortunately, he's not transparent.

Gopher · Jul 04 06 12:11

Oh. I thought EVERYONE read in bed!

I use the dictionary etc. more to find out the derivations of words than to discover their meanings. In your next life, have a transparent cat!

kitten · Jul 04 06 12:13

I only read in bed when I'm hospitalized and have no option. I think in my next life I'll BE a transparent cat. The perfect home companion.

Gopher · Jul 04 06 12:14

People will clean you - they'll think you're a window.

kitten · Jul 04 06 12:17

No, just a "pane"!

Lise · Jul 04 06 12:31

I'm jealous. I have no time to read books even though I'm a bookworm at heart. *sigh*

Can't wait till the kids are a bit grown-up so I can catch up on the books you guys are recommending.

Sportsdude · Jul 04 06 12:46

I've got an ever growing list that I need to get too:

Frankenstien

Young Trudeau

1984

Communist Manifesto

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Lise · Jul 04 06 12:51

I think I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelly when I was in highschool.... oh so long ago.

Best novel from highschool has got to be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.