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cantlivewithouth (original poster member #11939) posted at 4:50 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I've been reading mostly easy reads lately. A lot of chic lit. My brain just can't handle some of the non-fiction books that I have that I am dying to read.
Since Jan. 1 I've read
Demon Ex Machina by Julie Kenner
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabbot
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabbot
32AA by Michelle Cunnah
The First Assistant by Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare
Currently reading The Maque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig
All have been pretty light and quick reads. The one I'm currently reading will be the "hardest" read out of my list. I read the first book in this series and loved it (The Secret History of the Pink Carnation) so I now have the 2nd and 3rd to read.
I promised myself that my next book will be a non-fiction book. I need to get some of them read so I can pass them on.
So what are you reading right now?
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
FatherofFour ( member #24263) posted at 5:48 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I have been mowing through the books. Currently, though I am reading two:
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
and
The Grapes of Wrath.
punky ( member #12233) posted at 6:15 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I read books one at a time...
Read the Fever books (four of those) in January.
Am reading Greywalker right now. Having a hard time getting into this book.
Think I might read The Road next.
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
sad&scared ( member #23401) posted at 6:16 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I am currently reading and listening to:
The Celestine Prophecy and A Reliable Wife.
Ipod: I am listening to Duma Key
Car book on CD: Prodigal Summer.
really trying ( member #5311) posted at 6:55 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Zookeeper's Wife
since October I think. I cannot get into it for some reason.
Me: late 40's
XH: A parasite and that might be a compliment
My S-23, Our D-15
Married 5/93 D-Day: 11/18/03
Divorced 5/19/08
The future's so bright - I got to wear shades
Plant Seeds of Kindness
Ready_to_run ( member #20954) posted at 7:07 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Just finished "In Search of the Proverbs 31 Man" by Michelle Hammond, and am now reading "Wild at Heart-discovering the secrets of a man's soul" by John Eldredge
Trying to figure out how to be a real man again I guess.
I just started "Wild at Heart" and I am really liking it. Would recommend it to most men that have been put through the ringer by their WW's.
veritas ( member #3525) posted at 7:11 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I have recently read:
Queen Takes King by Gigi Levangie Grazier
Night in Eden by Candice Proctor
I am reading two books right now, although since I quit smoking, I haven't really read much.
The Good Girl's Guide to Bad Girl Sex by Barbara Keesling
And re-reading
Wild Oats by Pamela Morsi
Actions unmask what words disguise.
Love many; trust few; and always paddle your own canoe.
When you win, you teach; when you lose, you learn.
hurting2much ( member #25643) posted at 7:21 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Reading 2:
1. The latest Ann Rule book (true crime), But I Trusted You
2.How Can I Forgive You by Janis Spring
cantlivewithouth (original poster member #11939) posted at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
rt...I loved the Zookeepers Wife. Wonderful book. I got to meet the author at the National Book Festival a few years ago.
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
neverendinghurt ( member #15859) posted at 7:44 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Currently reading an autobiography of a politician (better not say more than that becasue of guidelines).
I have also just bought Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson to read next.
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
James M. Barrie
really trying ( member #5311) posted at 7:54 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
cant-I'm page 54 ONLY! Did it take you a while to get into it or am I just slow. Okay, don't answer that last part.
I read Picking Cotton if anyone wants to borrow it.
[This message edited by really trying at 1:55 PM, February 3rd (Wednesday)]
Me: late 40's
XH: A parasite and that might be a compliment
My S-23, Our D-15
Married 5/93 D-Day: 11/18/03
Divorced 5/19/08
The future's so bright - I got to wear shades
Plant Seeds of Kindness
Chandler ( member #23038) posted at 9:14 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I love mystery/crime novels.
I just finished John Grisham's The Innocent Man his first nonfiction work and I am currently reading J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton. I love both of these authors.
ME:BS Him:WS
D-Day: Too many I lost count
OC born Jan 09
"If happy ever did exist, I would still be holding you like this, all those fairy tales are full of shit, one more fucking love song I'll be sick" -Maroon 5
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 9:33 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I just finished "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon" by David Grann. Great read.
Next on the list is "The Book of Ruth" for my book club.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
Catwoman ( member #1330) posted at 9:49 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Chandler,
Do you read Ann Rule? Her books are excellent.
My dad prosecuted murder cases for years (now retired) and had never read her. Needless to say, he wore out my reading chair on his last visit reading as much Ann Rule as possible. The cat was in heaven--my dad let him sit in his lap the whole time.
Cat
FBS: Married 20 years, 2 daughters 27 and 24. Divorced by the grace of GOD.
D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
manAscending ( member #26919) posted at 10:33 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I'm halfway through The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Think I might read The Road next.
@Punky -- I think I've said this elsewhere, but The Road is great! It's the only book I've ever read in one entire sitting (it took me 3 1/2 hours start to finish).
SoHappyNow ( member #8923) posted at 11:43 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I mostly read fiction.....right now, it's
Double Cross by James Patterson, The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child, and The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer..Albert Camus--------73 now. Dday #1 was 11/11/05 ***Used to be hit-by-a-train*** Widowed, then VERY happily remarried 2/14/14
cantlivewithouth (original poster member #11939) posted at 11:45 PM on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
neh...I loved Three Cups of Tea. I want to read his new book. But I have to finish my huge pile of books first. 
rt...It was a bit hard to get into, but it is a really good book. I loved it! I had it for awhile and I read it after I went to the Holocaust Museum. I think the two combined made for a bit quicker read.
Married a truly wonderful and loving man Sept. 19, 2010. Not only survived, but thrived.
My new mantra: Argue Your Limitations.
mmhurts ( member #14798) posted at 12:17 AM on Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Don Quixote. I believe in torture by literature.
Divorced 10-31-08
2 kids: DD13 and DD9
Me: -45
Divorced and better than ever.
maria46 ( member #4406) posted at 12:58 AM on Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Just finished The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood. Excellant. Next up: re-read The Madonnas of Lenningrad. On wait list from library for The Help (23 ahead of me!)
Me: BS
Him: WS
Both late 50's
DDay Jan 2004. E and PA for 8 mths w/ business "friend"
2 grown children. 1 grandchild
Divorced
KSA2 ( member #9474) posted at 2:43 AM on Thursday, February 4th, 2010
James Rollins Altar of Eden
No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.
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