What is everyone reading??

[Sandi Papaya]

Powells too... http://powells.com/ a lot of their used books go for a dollar or so.

Just remember, if you say "Wow, only a dollar!" more than 20 times its over $20... I forget that a lot *g*

you and I must have been separated at birth, cuz I do that too.

of course, it gets dangerous when I do it with yarn, cuz at 5 bucks a pop, if I'm doing that more than 20 times, it's over $100. Oops.

[Brentwood]

CathyF, I loved that book...I know how that sounds! I really like Anne Rule's books. Have you read "Small Sacrifices"? That was a riveting case.
Anyone here biting their nails waiting for Caleb Carr to write another Kreizler book??

I've been working my way through Ann Rule's books since July, when my friend gave me a bagful of them (I did buy Green River for myself, though). I have not been able to read Small Sacrifices - I read a lot of true crime, but I can't bear to read that story (nor could I read one about Susan Smith). I have it, but I don't know if I'll ever read it.

[Cyndi]

I'm reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini right now. I'm really digging in because his writing style is much like mine. I love it ^_^ but I hear the movie really sucks compared to the book.

[HogwartsAlum]

I just finished reading the Harry Potter series again.  I was going to wait til Book 7 came out but I couldn't stand it.  My sister got me Hannibal Rising for Christmas and it should be arriving tomorrow (YAY!).  Right now I'm plowing through A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain.  I have a bunch of Twains I haven't read yet. (Shame on me, being from his home state, with a degree in English too! Bad Hogwarts, BAD!)

I'm glad I read this thread because it reminded me I wanted to go to the library before the holiday.

[Clara Bow]

I just started Hannibal Rising last night, I'm literally only a few pages in...we'll have to keep each other posted....

[Lexophile]

I just started Thomas Pynchon's new book, Against the Day. Enjoying it immensely so far, but I can only read small doses at a time. His stuff tends to be overhwhelmingly dense (in the sense of richness of content, not the other connotation), so I expect it will take me some time. I look forward to it!

[Clara Bow]

Man, this is just getting too ironic...I bought my dad that book for Christmas! He's a Pynchon junkie. After having flipped through it a bit I've decided I've got to pick up the Crying of Lot 49 and get to work...I've got to start reading Vonnegut too, after reading a fabulous interview in Rolling Stone with him I've decided not having read any of his books is a serious deficiency on my part....I am hand in glove with his politics...

[HogwartsAlum]

I just started Hannibal Rising last night, I'm literally only a few pages in...we'll have to keep each other posted....

OOOOO is it good? Oh where is that UPS man!!!!!  HURRY UP LITTLE BROWN DUDE!

[Clara Bow]

I will say only that I'm having trouble putting it down to go to bed on time so I can keep up with the Master of Disaster (my son) the next day....*rushing your UPS man*

[HogwartsAlum]

I will say only that I'm having trouble putting it down to go to bed on time so I can keep up with the Master of Disaster (my son) the next day....*rushing your UPS man*

YAAAAY!!! Thank you!  The UPS (lady actually) came! I'm not answering the phone tonight.  I'm going to read.
Can't wait til the weekend....
It's such a short book I could probably finish it tonight.

[Gwywnnydd]

Moogle: You really want to read A Clash of Kings first, he writes sooooo much in each book that you don't really want to skip them since the summaries (at least in the copies I've read) don't really do them justice.

I've been working my way through the series, I'm about 1/3 of the way through ACoK. And now I need some reassurance.

Please tell me Sansa becomes a likeable character?!!?! Or at least, advances beyond a deliberately obtuse dreamer with the political IQ of a stunned herring!

[smarterthanu213]

One of my favorite novels ever is "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. It's set in about the 1920s (I think). One of the things I love about it is that it is sooo mysterious--the main character never has a first name. She is only ever called "Mrs. de Winter". The book has a mysterious air, but it isn't a mystery; neither is it a romance; I don't know how you'd categorize it.

[Clara Bow]

"Rebecca" is a fantastic book...and not a bad movie either. I am in love with Sir Laurence Olivier...

[HogwartsAlum]

OOooo I love Rebecca.  I've read it so many times I practically have it memorized. 
Some romance writer wrote a sequel, Mrs. DeWinter.  It wasn't bad but it wasn't DuMaurier.

[Linley]

I'm reading Suite Francaise, which I think is excellent but depressing--like everything I read. I'm taking advantage of vacation to try to satisfy my love of depressing historical fiction, preferably about wars. I'm a  historian and a grad student so you'd think I wouldn't want to read about the Second World War in my free time but...

Of course, if anyone has suggestions for historical fiction, I'm always running out of titles to look for.