Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I am reading Cell by Stephen King. Not his best book, but it's interesting so far.
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Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 ^^^Took me a second to get that. I'm reading "The Godfather" and as hard as it may be to believe, it's even better than the movie.
Originally Posted By DAR I finished Eyes of the Dragon. I really liked it but I didn't quite love it. But I'm sure this won't be the last time I read it. I'm going to read Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. Then after that Water for Elephants for the LP book club.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I'm reading Stephen King's "Misery", and then "Water for Elephants" for the LP Book Club, and then "Nostradamus ate my Hamster". The last one's a real book--just take my word for it.
Originally Posted By MissCandice I am still on an Alice Hoffman kick, I just finished Turtle Moon and now I am reading Illumination Night.
Originally Posted By alexbook I picked up Max Brooks's "World War Z" this morning. DAR recommended it a while back. Okay, it was over a year ago. I'm a little slow.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Just finished State of Fear by Michael Crichton. I didn't like it nearly as much as Prey. It was basically a retort to the Global Warming theory. I also read at the same time and finished My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (recommended by my Presbyterian friend, lol). Excellent read. Now I'm reading Atlantis by Greg Donegan. Very good so far.
Originally Posted By DAR <<I picked up Max Brooks's "World War Z" this morning. DAR recommended it a while back. Okay, it was over a year ago. I'm a little slow.>> I think I might read that again after Water for Elephants.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I finished reading Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett a couple of days ago (I so love Pratchett & Discworld, & Rincewind is one of my favorite characters in the series), and now I'm rereading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Just finished "Hey Good Lookin'" by Fern Michaels. Really liked it. Now starting #12 in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich..."Twelve Sharp". Of course, it's hilarious...as usual. A friend just read her newest "Plum Lovin'" and said it was GREAT. There was talk for a while of a movie coming out on the series but I haven't heard anything in a long while. Has anyone else? Supposedly, Sandra Bullock was a prime candidate to play the part of Stephanie Plum. Hope someone has heard something more substantial.
Originally Posted By DAR Just finished Water for Elephants, fantastic. Now I'm about to start No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.
Originally Posted By alexbook Started "The Crying of Lot 49" by Thomas Pynchon. I've never read Pynchon; he's on the long list of authors I've been meaning to get around to someday. So far, pretty good. Over the weekend, I read volume 2 of "Dogby Walks Alone." It's a really good manga. Anybody else reading these?
Originally Posted By alexbook I liked WWZ. It's reasonably creepy, and I enjoyed the "alternative" storytelling style. The political content was a little strange--I never figured out quite what he was trying to say. Somehow it's all George W. Bush's fault? How is that supposed to work? Re: Manga You might want to check out the "Dogby" series, especially the first one. The hero is a tough guy who works as a theme park mascot, and never, ever speaks. Imagine Clint Eastwood or Chuck Norris dressed as Pluto.
Originally Posted By sarahwithbaloo Still reading Diana Gabaldon's Seies just starting the last one (so far) A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Still loving it and can not wait for the next one to be released as I know I will have to have a break in between but in 2009 there will be a new novel and also a comic book version released yay.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories," by Jean Shepherd. I am really enjoying it. I always want to read a book by Jean Shepherd every year after I watch "A Christmas Story". This is only the second time I've actually done it. I was very surprised to learn that the Bumpus' dogs actually stole the family Easter ham and not their Christmas turkey! Tinkeroon, Last year I read in the paper that there was talk of making a Stephanie Plum movie and Reese Witherspoon was in talks to star in it. I was disappointed b/c I don't picture Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie Plum. I went to Janet Evanovich's website to see if anything was mentioned on there. There was no mention of it, but there were pages to vote on who you think should play who in the movie if there ever is one. Sandra Bullock was #1 for Stephanie. Of all of the other actresses listed, I thought Leah Remini (from the King of Queens) was the best 2nd choice. It's fun to see what choices people have come up with. Her site is evanovich.com.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Tinkerbell819...thanks for the info. I'll be sure to check out the site. I can't picture Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie either. Though I love her acting. Sandra Bullock could pull it off though. I think Leah Remini could too. I could almost picture Queen Latifa playing Lula! That would be a riot!
Originally Posted By smedley How to kill a mockingbird, not sure why I've not read it before, but a friend was sharing a best read type list, and it was in the top ten, and they happened to have just finished reading it themselves so they've passed it on to me.. Trying not to read too much of it, as I want it to read on the plane next week on the way to Andorra...
