Originally Posted By alexbook Keith Olbermann - "The Worst Person in the World (and 202 Strong Contenders)" [I'm mostly enjoying it. I may post a full review in WE when I finish.]
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy "Goddesses in Everywoman/Gods in Everyman", Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD...a favorite to re-read.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (almost through the series now, if only book 7 would hurry up and get in my hands already)
Originally Posted By MissCandice ^^^ one of my faves! I am still reading "The Grapes of Wrath" but at work so it is taking awhile. At home I read the 1st Janet Evanovich book, "One for the Money" at the urging of my mom who loved it but I didn't like it at all. Too violent, and cavalier about the violence. She gave me several of them so I will try the 2nd one, since usually my mom and I agree on books.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I need to find another reading project! I've finished all the HP books (except 7 which can't be released soon enough for me).
Originally Posted By alexbook ^^--Well, the thirteenth and final volume in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events" is due out next week (on Friday the 13th, of course). You just have time to go back and re-read the previous 12 before then. (I'm probably going to do exactly that.)
Originally Posted By JohnS1 I am really into biographies, now, probably since I've been writing one and wanted to see how other peoples' read. First I read "WC Fields and Me" by his former mistress (whose name escapes me at the moment). Then I read Patty Duke's autobiography - "Call me Anna" (She just lives the next town over so I felt obliged!) Then I read Agatha Christie'a autobiography. What a wonderful woman she would have been to know. Great sense of humor and what a memory she had! Now I'm breexing through Kelsy Grammer's biography (and I forget the name of that too). What a depressing life he had with regard to losing loved ones! Next I plan to tackle something weightier, like the biography of Disraeli which is in our book store and will likely never sell!
Originally Posted By JohnS1 PS - I agree with you, Miss Candice, about the excessive and cavalier depictions of violence in today's detective and suspense novels. That's why I like the classics, I guess. We start with a dead body and the bulk of the book is the detective trying to find the killer. Today's books all seem to graphically recount how the murder takes place, and as the detective seaches for the killer, he/she continues to kill, with each murder again graphically described. I just don't need that sort of violence in my free time. There's enough on the 11 o-clock news to suit me, thank you.
Originally Posted By disney pete ''cetri krasti - brainstorm suckers have only put us online at work '' sorry should have been in what are you listening to now thread.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Started the Halloween nighttime reading season before bed..."Old Ghosts of Louisville" by David Domine. He has a fascinating way of using sensuous, extensive vocabulary to paint beautiful pictures, especially when describing wonderfully old Victorian mansions.
