What are you reading at the moment??

[Lisa]

Heidi, I wasn't going to admit it, but I read Brokeback Mountain on-line, for free. I was surprised to find how sparse it was, too.

[norby]

Oh, and Lisa?  King's wife, Tabitha, has a new book out as well--Candles Burning.

Candles Burning is a great book.  Tabitha actually finished a book that another author started, but then passed away before he could finish it.  Honestly, I couldn't tell who wrote what.  I've read other stuff of Tabitha King's, but not this other author, so I don't know if that's why, but it was good to read the book without thinking well, who wrote this part.

Anyway-I definitely recommend Candles Burning-it's a different sort of story, but a great book.


I just finished The Stolen Child, and I really enjoyed it, right up until the end.  I'm not sure I like the way the author ended the book.  I can't really give my reasons, as I don't want to spoil it for others, but it sort of seemed like he copped out.  Or maybe it's just me as a reader feeling like "Gee, I really wouldn't have done things that way." 

[Heidi G]

Nice to know that Candles Burning is good as I just picked it up from the library. 

I'm on a reading kick big time right now.  Started and finished The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank yesterday.  It's a bit sparse too, but in a completely different, good way.  You see everything from the point of Peter and gradually you come to either 1) fill in the gaps in confusion or 2) see where he is lying to himself in order to keep his tenous hold on sanity.  It's provoking and disturbing and fascinating.  Quite liked it.

Onto Candles....

[Anne Gray]

I am reading a book called I am Legend..cant think who wrote it just now but it is fantastic..there is only on person left alive on the planet and everyone else is  a vampire....it is so paranoid..i love it

Someone on this forum (Gaz?) recommended that, and I loved it.  The book that I got also had several other short stories after I Am Legend.  I loved those as well, and I've never been much of a short story fan. 
I still have "Winter Soltice", which someone on this forum recommended (?) and, this is a little embarassing, it's been in the trunk of my car since April.  It's cold and rainy out, so I think I'll start it today...Sounds like a good title/weather match.

[norby]

I am reading a book called I am Legend..cant think who wrote it just now but it is fantastic..there is only on person left alive on the planet and everyone else is  a vampire....it is so paranoid..i love it

Someone on this forum (Gaz?) recommended that, and I loved it.  The book that I got also had several other short stories after I Am Legend.  I loved those as well, and I've never been much of a short story fan. 
I still have "Winter Soltice", which someone on this forum recommended (?) and, this is a little embarassing, it's been in the trunk of my car since April.  It's cold and rainy out, so I think I'll start it today...Sounds like a good title/weather match.

Fall hitting you guys as well?  It's dreary, chilly and drizzly here in MI. 

I'm reading World War Z by Max Brooks right now.  It's supposed to be and oral history of the zombie war.  I'm not too far into it, but so far it's pretty good.  If you like the george romero movies, you'll like this book most likely.  There's also The Zombie Survival Guide, but I don't have that yet.  Interesting side note-the author, Max Brooks, is the son of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks.

[Slickevil]

Just read The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly.  Well-plotted, as usual, and I liked the characters. 
Also read A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, in which I liked the characters more than the story. 
And Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson, which was funny and sweet. 
Next is The Thirteenth Tale, although you guys have just about talked me into picking up The Historian while it's still at Target.  I also want to read the new Stephen King when it comes out.

The Lincoln Lawyer was surprisingly good as I loath Legal novels but have been a dedicated Connelly fan for years . I just bought Echo Park .

[fish]

Just read The Cemetery of Nameless Ships from Arturo Perez-Reverte. I like ships

[dave]

The Monsters of Gramercy Park by Denny Leigh is great. Not a traditional police procedural and, thankfully, there are no serial killers. What TMOGP is more of a psychological thriller, which keeps you thinking and guessing all the way through.
It begins with crime writer, Lizbeth Greene running out of ideas and regurgitating old themes in her work. She becomes aware of convicted ex gang leader, Wilson Verez, who had been confined to solitary confinement for five years in quite appalling conditions. An intense though uneasy relationship develops between the two: she sees writing his life story as a way of overcoming her writer’s block; he sees in her a way out of returning to solitary. Although initially damaged due to his lengthy incarceration, Wilson rapidly grows in stature, both physically and emotionally. The dynamic of the relationship constantly changes as Wilson exploits Greenes’s vulnerability. Wilson has written a children’s tale which may, or may not contain hidden codes to his followers on the outside, and he hopes Greene will help him get it published.
Gradually, they become more dependant on each other and it is not easy to tell which of the these individuals is more morally culpable for unfolding outside events that Wilson’s release from solitary seems to have triggered.
This novel is hugely impressive, with the perspective shifting between the two central characters. We, almost voyeuristically observe the brutality the prison systems imposes on Wilson; and the virtually friendless, sterile isolation in which Greene lives, so both of them are, in different ways, imprisoned.
Great book.

[alisonoc]

Re reading TBOLT...for the second time, taking it slower so I can shift thru stuff better. Must say I love that book!!

[Anne Gray]

I'm waiting on TBOLT to arrive in the mail...
In the meantime, I'm reading "Stop Dressing Your Six-year-old like a Skank, and other words of delicate Southern wisdom" which made me laugh out loud like a lunatic in in the library.  I actually got 'shushed'.  Very funny book. I'm also reading "The Veteran" by Frederick Forsyth, which is a collection of five long-short stories.  Good so far.  I've never read anything by him before.  It looks like I may finish three novels in a row, which will be a record for me lately!

[kevindj]

Just read The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly.  Well-plotted, as usual, and I liked the characters. 
Also read A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, in which I liked the characters more than the story. 
And Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson, which was funny and sweet. 
Next is The Thirteenth Tale, although you guys have just about talked me into picking up The Historian while it's still at Target.  I also want to read the new Stephen King when it comes out.

The Lincoln Lawyer was surprisingly good as I loath Legal novels but have been a dedicated Connelly fan for years . I just bought Echo Park .

It's what I'm reading at the moment - first Michael Connelly, but suitably impressed so far.

[Gaz]

Hi Anne
Glad you enjoyed I am Legend. Hard to believe it was written in the 50's. Personally, I can't wait to see the film that is currently in production. Definitely worth checking out

[Anne Gray]

I heard that too Gaz, and I think someone told me that Will Smith was going to be the lead- I can't remember the guy's name... I like Will Smith, but I wonder if he can pull off the role without turning the character into the same characters he's played in his last few movies.  In Bad Boys, I Robot, the one with Gene Hackman- he was the same guy.  I'd hate to see that!

[Roger]

I'm currently reading Monster by Frank Peretti and Kamikaze by Michael Slade.

[The Shannon Hoon Appreciation Society]

Hi Anne
Glad you enjoyed I am Legend. Hard to believe it was written in the 50's. Personally, I can't wait to see the film that is currently in production. Definitely worth checking out

Bet it's not as good as the Omega Man (which was a Charlton heston film based on the same book) I'm currently reading Cody McFadyen's Shadow Man. Very good but a bit gruesome