Originally Posted By peeaanuut Emporer: The Field of Swords By Conn Iggulden Its a fiction novel about Julius Caesar. I love these era of books. From the Roman Empire up until the fall of rome which of course covers Roman withdrawal from Britain and the growth of Britain. (See Author Jack Whyte for some great books about the demise of Roman Britain and the rise of the Authorian tales). Great stuff.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 In between books right now. I need to pick one for my plane trip on Friday though. I am leaning towards "Son of a Witch" by Gregory Maguire, but not sure I want to lug the big old hardcover around with me. I wanted to reread "Memoirs of a Geisha" but I haven't found my copy yet. I may go with "Confessions of a Shopaholic" or maybe "Odd Thomas" by Dean Koontz if I can find it. How many of you have tons of books that you haven't got around to reading yet? I always think one of these days I will catch up.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe A whole library from my father-in-law for our library in the new house. I feel so guilty not having much time to read as people here incredibly read voraciously.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom My hands up too. My problem is when I get time to read is I tend to go back to old favorites instead of picking up something new.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I also have a bad used book addiction. I get them for pennies from the library bookshop. Our local thrift store has all the latest bestsellers in pristine condition for 99cents. I guess I have a lot of neighbors who buy books and read them quickly and drop them off.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I love unabridged books on tape/cd. I get the content of the books and I also get to where I'm driving, or my housework done. If your library doesn't have recorded books to borrow a subscribtion service seems to be the most economical way to go.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 A lot of us have a book buying addiction it would seem. I love books, I can't be in a book store and not buy something. I love giving books as gifts too. Maybe we should start a LP book swap for books we have finished with.....
Originally Posted By smeeeko ^^you could always join "BOOKCROSSING" where you can trade or set free a book you no longer want. (there's also the thrift shops & libraries too). I joined bookcrossing as I thought it'd be fun, but with all the folks leaving books in DLR I've never been able to find one.. (DLR is the WORST place to leave a book as the sweepers pick them up almost immediately and they are doomed to Lost & Found forever.. or until the next cast sale or something). Still there's bound to be a good bookcrossing zone near you.. maybe a starbucks or a Peets...
Originally Posted By lesmisfan at the moment, im reading son of a witch. its taking me awhile only because i am reading alot of school books day after day and after almost a day of reading and learning, its hard for me to pick up any book.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 This weekend I'm going to start "Pocketful of Pearls" by Shelley Bates. I'm not sure why but it seems like an interesting read.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "Up In the Old Hotel", a collection of mostly true stories by Joseph Mitchell, one of the great writers of our time. Mitchell died several years ago but worked primarily for the New Yorker from the 30's to when he passed in the early 90's, I believe. Legend has it that when he finished writing "Joe Gould's Secret" in 1964 he never wrote or pubished another thing, going into his office at the New Yorker and suffering probably the longest case of writer's block ever seen until his death.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder FWIW, I'm about 240 pages into this book and would recommend it highly, especially to anyone who enjoys features about real life characters who populated life back in the 30's, 40's, and 50's, with a huge emphasis on "characters".
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Originally Posted By jasmine7 Huh. . . never thought I'd see an Admin on this topic, lol. I just started Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki. It's her autobiography of her years as a geisha. So far, it's very interesting. I loved Memiors of a Geisha, though it was fiction, and it's wonderful to read a real account of what it's like to be a geisha.
