Read any good books lately

[rirumo]

the only books what i read just only for laws and rights, ( books of university school) . The last time i dont have so much time for read books .
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RIRUMO

[Niobe]

I'm nearly finished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, which I've really enjoyed. It's so refreshingly different, funny and yet 'olde worlde' too.
It's set in the nineteenth century and follows the struggles of two very different magicians which eventually overwhelms the battles between the English and the French.
Sounds odd. But it's just compelling.

Before that, it was Eats Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss.
It's a witty, zero tolerance approach to punctuation and had me enthralled!

[fluffy]

yeah that one shocked me .........i've not read it but to see a book about punctuation hit the UK number 1 best seller spot and hold onto it for weeks was a surprise..........lol

fluffy

[Niobe]

Yeah, that was kinda why I bought it. If a book about punctuation can be that popular it must be worth a read. Plus, it helped me sort out that whole 'when to use a colon and when to use a semicolon' thing.
You should give it a go. You can read it really quickly.

[quirky]

Colon: Mom I had four salads and som Metamucil.

Semi Colon: Mom I had a salad.

[wonderbunny]

Bible - always a great source of inspiration, stories and for fascinating parables (riddles) with the emphasis on lasting musing...

Tuesdays with Morrie, a former student meets with an older college professor who is dying of Hodgkins disease. Morrie, speaks about the meaning of life. Its an easy read, but the poignant moments are inspirational.

The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein (childrens book)

Clan of the Cave Bear (This was a fluke) Its an archeological tale about primitive life. Factually, it was so educational and interesting. Not my normal choice in reading, but the series I could not put the book down. Don't confuse the movie with the book, the author distanced herself from the movie as it portrayed her book badly
Any book by Patricia Cromwell.

I'm an avid reader so don't get me started because I could list so many. I should take out stock in Barnes & Noble.

[comicpisces11]

1. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (reading now)

At the age of 23, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his four front teeth knocked out, his nose broken, and a hole through his cheek. He had no idea where the plane was headed nor any recollection of the past two weeks. An alcoholic for ten years and a crack addict for three, he checked into a tratment facility shortly after landing. There he was told he could either stop using or die before he reached age 24. This is Frey's acclaimed account of his six weeks in rehab.

2. There Are No Accidents by Robert H. Hopcke (reading now)

It was Carl Jung who coined the word "synchronicity" for those odd, haunting coincidences that we all experience - those moments when events seem to conspire to tell us something, to teach us, to turn our lives around. they are the strange "plot developements" that make us feel as if we are characters in a grand, mysterious story.

How do we identify these startling coincidences as something special? How do we recognize their significance...and learn to use them as turning points that lead us to a more meaningful life story? In this inspiring book, Jungian psychotherapist Robert hopcke explores the role of syncronicity in our love lives and work lives, in the everyday and the spiritual, in waking and in dreams. Filled with fascinating stories, There Are No Accidents offers us a "novel" way to examine our lives - as coherent, powerful narratives in which we ourselves are the protagonists.

[quirky]

Wow! That book about coincidences, maybe I should read it.
I've had all sorts of bizarre coincidences happen in the last few months.

EXAMPLE: Today I went to Popeye's to get lunch and I went through the drive up line. When I got to the window to pay...there was a guy speaking to the gal at the window and he said, "I don't care if they ask for them or not....from now on EVERYONE gets one of these...."

And he held up....

....a spork!

[fluffy]

A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (by Bill Bryson

Review From Publishers Weekly
Returning to the U.S. after 20 years in England, Iowa native Bryson decided to reconnect with his mother country by hiking the length of the 2100-mile Appalachian Trail. Awed by merely the camping section of his local sporting goods store, he nevertheless plunges into the wilderness and emerges with a consistently comical account of a neophyte woodsman learning hard lessons about self-reliance. Bryson (The Lost Continent) carries himself in an irresistibly bewildered manner, accepting each new calamity with wonder and hilarity. He reviews the characters of the AT (as the trail is called), from a pack of incompetent Boy Scouts to a perpetually lost geezer named Chicken John. Most amusing is his cranky, crude and inestimable companion, Katz, a reformed substance abuser who once had single-handedly "become, in effect, Iowa's drug culture." The uneasy but always entertaining relationship between Bryson and Katz keeps their walk interesting, even during the flat stretches. Bryson completes the trail as planned, and he records the misadventure with insight and elegance. He is a popular author in Britain and his impeccably graceful and witty style deserves a large American audience as well.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

A really funny book...........i got this one from 'Santa' and i'm loving it..........lol.

fluffy

[Niobe]

I read Bill Bryson's A Short History of Everything a year or two back. Hard to find a book you could get more out of....
He's a fabulous writer.

[quirky]

I'm reading a book called "Gilead". I got it for Christmas. It's a Pulitzer Prize winner, but so far it's engrossing.

[Niobe]

Is that a Christian book? I think I've heard of that one. I mean it has that slant to it. Am I right, or thinking about something else entirely?

[quirky]

I think it's more about spirituality than religion per se.

[Niobe]

Ah, bit deep then?
I need to be in a certain frame of mind for that type of thing. Not often am.
I'll happily buy books in that vein, but put them to one side to read another day. Hence my bookcase overfloweth...
One day I'll walk into a bookstore and not buy something.

[quirky]

I used to be like that....now when I buy a book and finish reading it....I give it to someone else and tell them to pass it along after they're done.