Whatcha reading?

 Just finished the Twilight saga, bad me I saw the film first LOL.  Next, something non-fiction, I may take another shot at Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything", which I didn't get through the first time.  I'll be off fiction for a while I think, it messes with my "voice" too much when I'm writing...so any recommendations for non-fiction greatly appreciated!

"The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry kept my interest from start to last.  Also, "Mind of the Raven" by Bernd Heinrich might be something you would enjoy.  Both are non fiction. 

 Thank you!

Ridgeback -- I love, love, love Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. I just saw David Sedaris two days ago, actually.

Benedict -- I don't know what you're looking for as far as non-fiction, but I'm fairly certain Love is a Mixtape by Rob Sheffield is non-fiction. It's in the biography section, anyway. It's a really great book, but it's also sad. The whole premise of it is about describing the mixtapes he and his wife used to make for each other, and the kind of mix tapes you would make for people you were dating. You already know that his wife has died by the end of Chapter 1, but it's still sad because they are both fairly young. (I could be wrong and it could be fiction though... or might not be something you're interested in, but I'd recommend it to everyone.)

A few that I recently read:

Still Alice - by Lisa Genove

Book of Dahlia - by Elisa Albert

The Help - by Kathryn Stockett

All very good.  Up next is Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates.

Deb W. 

Deb W., is the book by JCO a new one?  I've read a lot of her stuff and like her writing (except for Childwold)

I'm reading "The Sunday Wife", but cannot remember the author.  It's about a woman who is a preacher's wife and she doesn't quite fit the role.  Reminds me of myself.

sharismom

Deb W., is the book by JCO a new one? 

Tina:  it's one of her newer ones.  I think it came out at the very end of last year and it's a book of short stories.  I like JCO too, my favorite was We Were The Mulvaneys.

Deb W.

I recently read "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. I find that reviews and interpretations of the book are more entertaining than the actual book.

 The most famous connection for the book is that Mark David Chapman read the book and had a copy of it with him when he killed John Lennon. The irony is that there is nothing in the book that could be remotely construed as a blueprint or call to assassinate. But that doesn't stop the mystery or allure of the book.

On the new Guns and Roses album, Chinese Democracy, there is a song called "Catcher in the Rye" which is more about the Chapman story and is a tribute to John Lennon.

So, again, the connections to the book offer better storytelling than the actual story, which starts nowhere and goes nowhere. With some other nowheres in between.

The last book I finished was The Memory Keepers Daughter. It was okay but a little slow for my taste. I just started a book called The Fraud. I can't remember the author, but he's supposed to be the up and coming John Grisham. The book is supposed to tie in to the financial meltdown we've been going thru.

The best book I've read this year was The Shack but I've recommended it to 2 people and they didn't like it at all, so maybe it was just me.

Liesje

I am reading What is the What (about one of the Lost Boys, Sudanese refugees) and I am listening to John Grisham's A Time To Kill (unabridged).  In bed I like to listen to books on my mp3 player.  I have arthritis in my wrist so I hate having to hold a large, heavy hardcover book, and I just love being read to.  Next I will probably listen to Angela's Ashes b/c I never read it.

A Time to Kill is one of my favorite Grisham novels, and movie.  And although it's more a retelling of his childhood than one of his regular 'law' books, A Painted House was great too.

Angela's Ashes was amazing.  If you're anything like me, you will want to read the others also.  I bet it's even better when he's actually reading it to you with his wonderful accent.

I asked for it for Christmas and it took me a month to read it.  Everyone's opinion is different of course but I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would.  I love to read so the length wasn't the issue as much as I felt like the author was too wordy.  The actual story could have been told in a much shorter timeframe.

I asked for it for Christmas and it took me a month to read it.  Everyone's opinion is different of course but I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would.  I love to read so the length wasn't the issue as much as I felt like the author was too wordy.  The actual story could have been told in a much shorter timeframe.

Oh, BTW,

I asked for it for Christmas and it took me a month to read it.  Everyone's opinion is different of course but I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would.  I love to read so the length wasn't the issue as much as I felt like the author was too wordy.  The actual story could have been told in a much shorter timeframe.

Oh, BTW,

I asked for it for Christmas and it took me a month to read it.  Everyone's opinion is different of course but I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would.  I love to read so the length wasn't the issue as much as I felt like the author was too wordy.  The actual story could have been told in a much shorter timeframe.

Oh, BTW, I'm