Wow! Love the new boards! What is everyone reading? I'm reading The Historian...

[LNC]

Not so sure I'll make it to the end. I do love her detailed writing - makes me want to travel. I'm happy I'm understanding a lot of her historical references too - thanks to SOTW!

I would love to get more ideas for books!

[chiguirre]

I liked that book. You might like the Dante Club, it's a murder mystery in post civil war Boston. I just finished Pillars of the Earth and that's also a fun read.

[Crissy]

I'm reading Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence and Dave Eggers' What is the What.

[K&Rs Mom]

I'm halfway through These Three Remain by Pamela Aidan (another P&P takeoff). It's pretty good so far - different perspective on the story I know so well....

On my Cheerios box, I noticed this morning, they say 'by the time you finish that novel you can lower your cholesterol' - it's a 6-week program - does anyone really take six weeks to finish a novel?

[~Rachel~]

I'm on a Jane Austen kick because of the PBS series.

[KristineIN]

I'm reading Going Home by Wanda Brunstetter.

Kristine

[Karen in CO]

I am horrible. I am re-reading How to Read a Book. I am also reading Hamlet and Shakespeare & Co with my ds for British Lit. I'm reading Baby Island and Seven Day Magic with my dd and pre-reading The Boxcar Children for her. Hmm, for me I have my TOG year 2 unit 1 book tucked in my book bag. I need to get to the grownup section of the library.

[Mrs. Readsalot]

I just finished Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. I am looking forward to seeing the film adaptation on PBS Sunday night.

[Angela in TN]

I'm reading Shadow Patriots by Lucia St. Clair Robson based during the American Revolution and centers on a woman becomes a spy for the rebellion. I'm itching to read the two others waiting on my side table Manchu Palaces and The Other Boleyn Girl.

[~Rachel~]

I am horrible. I am re-reading How to Read a Book. I am also reading Hamlet and Shakespeare & Co with my ds for British Lit. I'm reading Baby Island and Seven Day Magic with my dd and pre-reading The Boxcar Children for her. Hmm, for me I have my TOG year 2 unit 1 book tucked in my book bag. I need to get to the grownup section of the library.

I just finished the Spiderwick Chronicles :D

[BritAnnia]

... does anyone really take six weeks to finish a novel?


It took me a year to slog through Don Quixote. :D

[Janet in Toronto]

It's a historical novel based on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln. Very compelling reading!

[Crissy]

I'm reading Shadow Patriots by Lucia St. Clair Robson based during the American Revolution and centers on a woman becomes a spy for the rebellion. I'm itching to read the two others waiting on my side table Manchu Palaces and The Other Boleyn Girl.

I've had The Other Boleyn Girl on my shelf for so long, I'm determined to get to it this year!

[WTMCassandra]

I'm reading up for teaching an ASL class next fall. I'm also reading a lot of books about teaching writing.

[JFS in IL]

I am still reading nautical fiction, set in the British Navy during war against Napoleon. Current author is Alexander Kent, and his Richard Bolitho series. Not quite as good as Forester's Hornblower series, which is not nearly as good as O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series. I must have been a coxswain or midshipman in a former life ;)

[Robin in Tx]

Just finished Zafon's Shadow of the Wind, and found it very enjoyable. I definitely recommend it.

[Tonia]

On my table right now - Mary Poppins (never read before, way better than the movie - especially Mrs. Corry), The Iliad (just some light reading!), and The Arctic Event (Robert Ludlum's new Covert One book - dh has me hooked on these now!)

[Tracy in Ky]

I'm reading "You Can Farm" by Joel Salatin.

[Karen in CO]

I'm reading "You Can Farm" by Joel Salatin.

I read that that month. My hubby laughed at it, but I was inspired. Now I have a new plan for when my job eventually gets off-shored.

[Serendipity]

I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love and Love in the Time of Cholera. The first because it's been recommended to me several times and the second because my English professor recommends the author. :) I'm also reading through the bible and reading some fiction.

[JennifersLost]

Just getting started. I love the lush descriptions. And "The Skeptical Environmentalist". I really like that one - all the statistics to look at really puts things in perspective.

[Tonia]

I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love and Love in the Time of Cholera. The first because it's been recommended to me several times and the second because my English professor recommends the author. :) I'm also reading through the bible and reading some fiction.

How is "Love in the Time of Cholera"? I've got it on reseve at the library, but I'm waaaay down on the list. :p

[Dee in MI]

I'm on a Jane Austen kick, too. I just finished Northanger Abbey, and read Persuasion earlier this week. Northanger Abbey was kind of fun, but not nearly as well written as S&S, P&P, or Persuasion.

I'm also reading Paul Johnson's A History of the American People and Plato's Laws. Such a nerd, I know.

Read aloud is Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff. The Russian names are killing me!

[angela in ohio]

I am horrible. I am re-reading How to Read a Book. I am also reading Hamlet and Shakespeare & Co with my ds for British Lit. I'm reading Baby Island and Seven Day Magic with my dd and pre-reading The Boxcar Children for her. Hmm, for me I have my TOG year 2 unit 1 book tucked in my book bag.

That's pretty much where most of my reading comes from - dc's book lists! I liked Baby Island, but not The Boxcar Children. :)

I am re-reading bits and pieces of the Charlotte Mason Home Education series. I just finished Swiss Family Robinson and will soon start on Mere Christianity. I am also reading Valley of Vision slowly over the course of this year, and I adore it!

[Hillary in KS]

I just finished the "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer, and am waiting to pick up Robert Parker's "Then and Now" from the libray. :)

[Anne in Hawaii]

I'm reading Habits of the Mind by James W. Sire and Macbeth.

[Kareni]

I'm reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien for my book group. Also reading Bill Bryson's latest book on Shakespeare. Both good but very different.

Regards,
Kareni

[orangeblossom]

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[Lux Et Veritas Academy]

John Milton- Paradise Lost
I am also doing the course from the Teaching Company that I downloaded for $17.00!

[Daisy]

I'm reading Oliver Twist. If you can believe it, I've never read it before.

[michellem]

My book club picked The Count of Monte Cristo for this month, and I am struggling with it. For my fun book I am reading, Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell. It is super easy compared to the "Count".

[Sparkle]

Nothing right now! How did that happen?!? Must go to library ASAP!!

Recently finished re-reading In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden, one of my most favorite books ever.

[Allen Academy]

I finished Sense and Sensibility last night and am currently reading The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didon. I'm not far enough into it to know what I think of it.

[Sara Mac]

I enjoyed The Historian once I got into it a bit further. It was one of those books that grow on you ;)

I'm currently reading The Kings of Albion, The Adventure of English and Galileo Antichrist - A Biography.

I love being able to understand all the historical references in these books; a huge thank you to SOTW :D

[Wendi]

After seeing last Sunday's "Persuasion" on Masterpiece Theatre, I decided to re-read the novel. I haven't read it in a looong time. I'm enjoying it.

Wendi

[karensk]

Mostly school books here, too....
Famous Men of Greece, Greek myths

I've been trying to start Andrew Lang's color fairy books. But ds10 is already way ahead of me (I'm a slow reader)....

[Kristiana]

My goal is also to get into the adult section of the library!

Currently I'm reading Calvin Trillin's Travels with Alice and Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. We're also almost done with Voyage of the Dawn Treader as a read aloud.

[Amira]

I'm working through SWB's History of the Ancient World and really enjoying it. And today I read Yellow Star which turned out to be an excellent youth book on the Holocaust.

[Needleroozer]

I just finished Peter and the Secret of Rundoon. I was sad that it ended. I am just starting Trumpeter of Krakow. My love of juvenille (ack! where is the spellcheck??) fiction hasn't faded yet.

I am also reading some art books: Acrylic Revolution by Nancy Reyner, Acrylics Workshop by Phyllis McDowell, and Collage Unleashed by Traci Bautista.

[DKinTX]

I'm reading See You in a Hundred Years (I really like it so far); Born Standing Up (Steve Martin's autobiography), and re-reading Christy. Sorry I can't tell you the author for the first one...it's Logan something. Too lazy to go in the other room and get it! :-)

[gardenschooler]

I just finished the "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer, and am waiting to pick up Robert Parker's "Then and Now" from the libray. :)

I'm finishing up Middlesex, about to jump into Twilight. Of course, I'll have to change my 888 plan, as those weren't on it. That's becoming less a plan and more of a suggestion until something better comes along! :rolleyes:

DD13 & I are about to start Little Women. Should we go for audio? I'm feeling a little fizzy on keeping up with my books and those of the 3dds. :eek:

[WTMindy]

I just finished All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel and loved it. It was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I'm now reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith.

[Kendra]

The Dangerous Duty of Delight

And I'm really enjoying it!

[midwestbelle]

because I've never read them. I was up until 1:30am last night finishing The Silver Chair.

[Snickerdoodle]

I am reading The First Circle (http://www.amazon.com/First-Circle-European-Classics/dp/0810115905/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200728250&sr=8-2). I recently finished The Haj (http://www.amazon.com/Haj-Leon-Uris/dp/0553248642/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200728327&sr=1-1). They are two books I probably wouldn't have chosen on my own at a trip to the library, but they were given to me in a stack of books by a friend moving. They are both very interesting.

[RoughCollie]

I just finished Patricia Cornwell's new book -- Book of the Dead -- and I enjoyed it.

RC (formerly SoSo)

[Linda (Australia)]

Titanic, from the Vision Forum. It's a book that was originally published just a few months after the Titanic sank; full of eye-witness accounts, that type of thing. While some facts are the same, the attitudes are very different than what is portrayed in the block-buster Titanic movie!

This year, I am also determined to read 'Lord of the Rings'.

[PariSarah]

I'm reading Blood Done Sign My Name (http://tinyurl.com/32gqx4), a memoir by the son of a white desegregationist preacher who was active in the Civil Rights Movement around here. It's interesting to read about places where I've served churches, and how bad things were just 30 years ago.

I'm listening to Cahills' Mysteries of the Middle Ages (http://tinyurl.com/36e8pr). Good stuff.

And the family read-aloud is Peril and Peace (http://tinyurl.com/34cq42) by the Withrows.

Then I'm reading a bunch of things for school, but they're no fun.

[Virginia Dawn]

I'm reading The D Case: or The Truth About the Mystery of Edwin Drood.

It's a novel within a novel. Supposedly all the main characters in the world of detective fiction get together and dissect Dicken's novel while trying to come up with a solution to the missing ending. I'm finding it a little contrived but entertaining.

[Lizzie in Ma]

I have just discovered Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe" series. The Authors site lists fabulous nonfiction books to supplement his stories and fill in the history behind the books. http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index2_print.cfm?page=1&seriesid=1I am an addict already and that they are also on dvd with Sean Bean, 3 whole sets of them was the icing on the cake.
Having not read for just pure pleasure in some time, I am quite happy with these.

Also reading Homeschooling High School, by Jeanne Dennis, The Narnian, by Alan Jacobs, and Having a Mary Spirit by Joanna Weaver

[chiguirre]

I just finished The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. I really enjoyed it a lot. I'm reading Atonement now and will start Out Stealing Horses next.

[Holly in FL]

Heaven, by Alcorn and War of Words, by Tripp.

~Holly

[mellifera]

I'm also reading The Devil's Arithmetic for a read aloud. We have about one more reading time with that. Then we start Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Who said you have to read Christmas books at Christmas?

[Mom2jnb]

I have a TON of books I want to read....we all know how that works. ;)

Currently, I am reading Eat, Pray, Love. My grandmother bought this for everyone in our family as a gift.

Also, reading WTM (again).

I love this thread....I am adding to my reading list. ;)

Happy Saturday!!
Alison

[Tammy in Germany]

I'm reading Jerusalem Countdown and White Chocolate Moments.

[Mama Lynx]

I'm reading Moby Dick. You know, it's not nearly as difficult and boring as I had been led to believe. Honest. I'm enjoying it.

I'm also reading some school-y books (The Great Tradition, Deconstructing Penguins). And then next in the pile is Moab is My Washpot - Stephen Fry's autobiography.

[Jackie in AR]

I finished Charlie Wilson's War and haven't started anything else. I'm having a hard time getting back into the routine of our school stuff after the holidays.

[Andie]

I'm reading this as well. I hope to finish this evening. I have the dvr set to record PBS Sunday night, too!

[Janie]

I am reading Inklings, the first of The Oxford Chronicles by Melanie Jeschke. I'm captivated. And it is a good diversion of late.

[Tonia]

I just finished All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel and loved it. It was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I'm now reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith.

How is Joy in the Morning? My favorite book of all time is her book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I've never read anything else by her, though.

[Happy]

Just finished "Pillars of the Earth." Good read. I've started "The Kite Runner."

I'm studying "Having a Mary Spirit" in prep for teaching it as a ladies Bible class.

We start 'The Autobiography of Ben Franklin" as a lit project on Monday.

My to be read pile remains high and growing. A simple stroll through Half Price Books the other day let three more books jump on the stack. But they ALL look so good! How can you resist something called 'French Dirt' about gardening in France?????

[Patricia in WA]

I have accepted the Triple 8 Challenge so currently the desk is stacked with:

1421: The Year China Discovered America - love it

Band Of Sisters - Not far into it. I don't know what I think yet.

The Autobiography of Ben Franklin - I want to travel back in time and have a chat with him. ;)

Reflections of Osiris - Not far into this either. I want to finish 1421 before really plunging into this one.

Women with Big Eyes - This has the stories in English and Spanish and I am reading them in Spanish first and then in English to check that I understood it properly. It is helping tremendously. I grew up speaking Spanish but I never read or wrote in it. :o

The Fate of Africa - I have to walk away from this from time to time. :mad:

And I recently finsihed The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield and I want to read more of his work. The Amazon reviews say this was not his best work so I want to investigate for myself. I really enjoyed it and am having dh read it. Let's see what he thinks.

[Basketmaker Amy]

I'm reading Mansfield Park, Deconstructing Penguins, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, The Explorers Who Got Lost (read aloud) and the Bible -2 Kings for Community Bible Study.

[Kate CA]

I am reading Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now and am enjoying it very much. It is satire and a fascinating look into society and its ills in the 1800's. I just love that kind of story. :+)

Warmly,
Kate

[Amy in Orlando]

I just finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and plan to start Ken Follett's World Without End this afternoon.

[Jill, OK]

Well, I made it about halfway through Pillars of the Earth...and tossed it aside.

I've decided to read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, instead.

(Nope. I've really never read it. But I'm intrigued, lol.)

[Karin]

The Tightwad Gazette is one book, and I Suffer Not A Woman by Kroeger and Kroeger is the other. But how many people will make it this far down the thread? See, I'm still missing the old format.

[Diann]

I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Just finished The Kite Runner by the same author.

[Tammyla]

This has to be my third or fourth time reading through it, but it's fun comparing notes with her.:rolleyes: She (my teen) is in love with Mr. Darcy. We will be watching the BBC version soon. I just know it.:rolleyes:

[PinkInTheBlue]

Not much that's too impressive. I try not to be reading more than one book at a time, so I need to push 2 of these aside and finish up. I'm rereading Harry Potter 3 for fun, Making The Terrible Twos Terrific and Susan's SOTW for adults. I'm enjoying them all and getting something I need from all of them at the time though. Hmmm...

[Serendipity]

How is "Love in the Time of Cholera"? I've got it on reseve at the library, but I'm waaaay down on the list. :p

Hi, Tonia! I just saw your reply. :)

I have only read the introduction and, personally, I like it so far. My neighbor, to whom I gave the book, says it's a difficult read and is trying to stick it out until the end. So I don't know what to tell you about how it is except that the professor saw the movie and said not to waste our money. She said it wasn't as good as the book.

[Crystal in VA]

I'm reading Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin.

[Debbi in Texas]

I am reading Ever After by Karen Kingsbury and Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill. Just finished Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury.

Debbi in Texas

[readwithem]

Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl
Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson
Deconstructing Penguins by Goldstone

The last two were recommendations from the old board, the first is difficult to follow (probably because I sorely lack knowledge of that part of the world)
Penguins is a fun read - both are library books but not ones I would probably read again

[Susan M in WA]

I've had The Other Boleyn Girl on my shelf for so long, I'm determined to get to it this year!

I just got this book for Christmas and can't wait to read it.

I also got one of the Amazon Kindle devices. I am reading more now than I have in years. Does anyone else here have one?

Currently reading or just finished:

The Omnivore's Dilemma
Book of the Dead - Patricia Cornwell
Three Cups of Tea
Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain

[WTMindy]

I'm reading Man's Search For Meaning right now too. It is interesting because I just finished reading Elie Wiesel's autobiography All Rivers Run to the Sea. I'm finding the differences in their life philosophy after experiencing the same thing very interesting to compare and contrast.

[MelodyInTx]

I am reading Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and Great Expectation by Dickens.
I just finished The Quickie by James Patterson.

[MelodyInTx]

[QUOTE=RoughCollie;1420]I just finished Patricia Cornwell's new book -- Book of the Dead -- and I enjoyed it.

Ohhh, I did not know she had a new one out. I will be on the look out for that one!

[Plaid Dad]

Habits of the Mind by James W. Sire and Sacred Reading by Michael Casey. I don't want either of them to end!

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

The Seven Daughters of Eve by Brian Sykes. And Maternity Nursing. And Psych Nursing. And Peds Nursing. :-P

[prairiegirl]

I am trying to read Tale of Two Cities, but I'm not sure if I am going to get it finished. It's hard going. I took a breather to pre--read Spiderwick Chronicles for dd. Now I am pre--reading Tuck Everlasting for dd, then I will go back to Dickens.

Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[slug hollow]

I'm a few pages from the end of Women in Love D.H. Lawrence. The repititionn, oh, the repitition...
Also started reading A History of the Ancient World Just now catching up w/ where we are in SOTW.
Looking forward to Antony and Cleopatra - the long awaited latest in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series.
Oh, also Little House on the Prarie before bedtime.
Great thread - so many ideas!

[PixieKris]

Right now one book group is doing Siddhartha, so I read that a couple times and am reading Herman Hesse's autobiographical writings. Another book group is doing Dark Night of the Soul and The Faith Club, so I read those, and I am reading some of Theresa of Avila's work and May's modern guide to the Dark Night of the Soul. I have this text book for school that I am supposed to be reading that is NOT holding my interest... something about research methods.... I'm going to dig in and do my assignment from that so I can get back to the fun stuff! I'm sure I have other things I am in various stages on, but that's enough for now!!

Kris

[Sophia]

I'm trying to read this too, and it's going slow for me as well.
Sounds like a good story, but it's confusing in parts.

[Crissy]

I'm now reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith.

I *love* Betty Smith!

I picked up Elie Weisel's Dawn and Day, and I plan to re-read Night then move into the other two. Maybe I'll find a copy of All Rivers... to read along side them.

[Christy B]

Susan Wise Bauer. :)

It is an excellent read, although I have difficulty following the "family tree" (not just in this book, in any book - and certainly in real life! I just don't do well with cousins!)

I'm only about a third of the way through, and the plot is starting to thicken.

I like that it is set in Virginia. ::sniff, sniff:: Makes me a little homesick but that's okay.

[Tia in Wa]

I am reading The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer and I just started Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti. We will start Lord of the Rings aloud tonight

[Lisa at Home]

I finished The Year...by A.J. Jacobs just a short while ago . I highly recommend it! I haven't laughed out loud like a lunatic like that in a looong time! I might have to order it.

I started Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz today. It was a resource used for the Skinny B*itch book. I ordered it along with both Skinny B books...I made a cake out of the cookbook the other day, and it was just divine!

~Lisa

[sdWTMer]

:D

and, knitting patterns!