What is everyone reading?

The ABC's of Loving Yourself With Diabetes by Riva

Greenberg.

This is not the usual material found in books about Diabetes. It offers a different view. It self motivates,

Its about people with Diabetes and the challenges, and ways to cope and come out stronger. I would recommend it to everyone.

Loved the movies, decided to read the books :

The Bridges of Madison County (Robert J. Waller)

The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas (John Boyne)

" Mays "

Hi,

I'm a person that likes to read Stephen King and then I love to read cookbooks of all kinds. They (the cookbooks) give me ideas to make something new and my own creation. Sometimes they taste good and sometimes not. You know I think I'll get Gone With The Wind and read it again. I really liked that book. John Jakes is also a good author, I just finished reading the Kent Family Chronicles again about 2 months ago. I also enjoy re-reading all of Jules Verne's books. I think I have read them at least 4 times in the last 15-20 years. James Patterson is also a good author. I vary on the type of reading I do and it's time for a change so I think Gone With The Wind will be a good change.

I gotta go now. I will check back again soon.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Hugs,

Helene

I am currently reading for the 6th time ' The Art of War".. Was written a long time ago in the Chinese dynasty..every time i read i get something new out of it…

hi all i have read alot off the oprah book club books im now reading the measure of a man by sidney poitier it is good so far! she come undone by wally lamb i know this much is true also my him the pillars by ken follett those were good but long i have read all the books by dave pelzer a boy named it was his first if you start feeeling sorry for yourself read that one it could always be worse i like nichloas sparks. nora roberts and danelle steel also i use alot of things for distraction for my pain i went online last night when i couldnt sleep and found a list of the top ten books of all times war and peace and hamlet were on the list and kia gone with the wind!! wow i have read alot in the last year ((HUGS)) julie

Just finished A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg. I love her books.

Moved on to Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

I have read several of Fannie Flags books. They were all

good reads.

huckle berry fin by mr tawin was on the list of top ten boks to read too!!!

Twain is great. I wore out a copy of Puddin' Head Wilson.

Just ordered The Time Travelers Wife. I think it will be good; saw clips of the movie.

I really enjoyed that book, and I don't usually like science-fiction or fantasies.

I enjoyed The Time Travelers Wife. A friend from church

loaned it to me.

I saw the movie, it was pretty good. I would like to read the book, to see how the writer lays it out.

Oooooh! Good book. I read it about two years ago, then again just before I went to see the movie. I loved both (but the book better.)

I recently read 'The Help", do not remember the author's name. Very, very good!. I've recommended it to all my female friends/relatives. It's probably a woman's book, not a romantic novel, but all the characters are women. I think men would benefit from reading this, but they probably couldn't get through it. It's set in the 60's in the South, during the civil rights movement.

The author is Kathryn Stockett.

I just finished reading "The Shack" by William P. Young…Very good! I would highly recommend it…

I saw an ad on thaat book and have been debating on getting it. If it is the same one

I have read The Shack a couple of times. Its a great book.

Its possibly it maybe made into a movie. If so its one I would

enjoy seeing.

I'm a huge fan of authors Nora Roberts and Iris Johansen. Right now I'm reading Iris Johansen's Deadlock.

I love Iris Johansen. Especially her Eve Duncan series. I have them all and sometimes when I have nothing else to read I will re-read them.

I like reading history.I just finished " How the Stupidity and Chance Changed the History" …

This subject seems to be a success. Sometimes I like an hour or two when I don't have to think about what's wrong with me, or count carbs, or think about anything. That's what has fueled my extensive reading through the years. (The first book I got at the public library, age 9, was about the discovery of insulin. Ironic, huh?)

And this subject on this board seems to have gotten everyone involved, and I can see layers of everyone's personality. Good topic!

I have to admit, My guilty pleasure is V.C.Andrews. I have been reading her books for years and I own pretty much all of them. I don't know what it is about all her twisted novels, but I love them. Makes me feel like my family is just a tad bit on the sane side. =)

That's why I like those non-fiction books, I realize that I could be alot worse off or that I have a pretty good family compared to those that I read about. I'm all about the psychology books.

scarpetta factor, the millieum trilogy by stig larson, breath by tim winton, skin by mo hayder, obsession by fbi profiler john douglas. currently on my pile is wolf hall by hilary mantel, postcards by annie proulx,roadside crosses by jeffrey deaver, and a gothic novel fallen by lauren kate, picture of dorain gray by oscar wilde. love reading.

Jeffery Deaver is one I forgot to mention. I haven't read any of his work lately but I love it.

I guess i am weird i like Stephen King i just started to read his latest Under the Dome

You are not weird. I enjoy a little Stephen King myself. My favorite would have to be his short stories in "Different Seasons"

You're not weird at all Alan, Stephen King is a great writer. My mom has a Stephen King collection and every once in awhile I will snatch one of his books and mix it in with my Dean Koontz readings. When we would take trips back home to NY, which was a 18 hour drive for us, we would listen to an audio book of his, it always made the ride more enjoyable and it went by alot faster.

Stephen King is an awesome writer. Someday, I hope to be half as good. (or as rich)

I also like to write. I read different books and learn different styles of writing. The more I write, the more creative I get. Keep writing and the next thing you know you'll be top seller signing my book :)

Good luck on your dream!

Danni

Danni, when and if you're ready to publish, I can help. Let me know.

If you can help than I will def. let you know. That's one of my life goals :)

go for it. what the mind can conceive, it can achieve.

I read King all the time. I recently finished "Under the Dome" too. It leaves me with some of the feelings I got from reading "The Stand" many years ago. I also read Dean Koontz often. I'm currently reading Stephen Coonts' "Deep Black: Sea of Terror" and just finished William Dietrich's "The Dakota Cipher". Basically, I read a lot - anything and everything.

I like Robert Parker, Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, and the Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell. I enjoy mysteries, crime dramas, and thrillers the best with romance for light reading on the beach, or on vacation.

Gone with the Wind and Little Women were two of my favorite books.

have you read any of nora roberts triologoys?

Kira - I so enjoyed "The Lovely Bones." Strange and wonderful and wrenching. Not sure I want to see the movie, though. The book was so moving and I've heard mixed reviews about the on-screen version.

What did you think of it?

I enjoyed the book. I did feel a bit let down with the ending tho. I was secretly hoping the father was going to track down the killer and get him! But over all I did enjoy the book. I do want to see the movie because I always like comparing the books to the movies. Even if they are completely different from each other!

Reading is my only form of escape. I always have something to read with me!! If not, I'll read labels also.LOL

I received a book for Christmas, a biography of Paul Newman. My family teases me all the time about how much of a Paul Newman fan I am. I haven't really started it yet, just sit and look at the picture of him on the dust jacket (amaing). And I've ruffled through the book and found pictures I can look at.

My first impulse is to say "food labels" — LOL! But as everyone else is being kind enough to share their personal literary choices, I shall play nice as well.

As fiction is concerned, I generally read Diana Gabaldon and will soon start her latest in the "Outlander" series "An Echo in the Bone" (I felt compelled to read the entire series again prior to starting this one). Occasionally, I will revert to classics such as stuff by Austen, the Brontes, Hawthorne and Hardy.

As non-fiction goes, I will read pretty much anything…I like DIY books/magazines, as well as things to do with lists…in the vein of a Peoples Almanac, etc. I love the written word and indulge in it at every opportunity, no matter the form!

I love a good mystery. I enjoy reading various writing.

I do various crafts and enjoy books on the history of

various forms of quilting, knitting, crochet. Often able to

find and update older patterns for use today. Book

series: police and crime by JD Robb, Fern Michael,

James Patterson, Robert Parker,Faye and Johnathan

Kellerman, Thomas Perry, and many others.

I love a good mystery! My faves: Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaisson (hilarious) and the Inspector Lynley series (also on PBS occasionally)

I also like Janet Evanovich. Especially the number books. I'm waiting for 16 impatiently.

She is sooo funny! I laugh out loud reading her books!

Me, too! My cat gives me funny looks when I do!

Evanovich is hilarious,especially her by the numbers books.I read this morning in her news letter that they have cast the role of Stephine for the first movie,

OH I can't wait for that. I love reading a book and then seeing the movie. At least most of the time. Sometimes they really miss the boat.

I got a kindle for Christmas, it's the best thing ever. I read about anything I can get my hands on. I'm reading The last Innocent Man by Phillip Margolin. He's a great writer.

I have a Sony my girls got me for Christmas. Love it also. I pick my grandson up after school on my quad, so I sit there with my e-reader keeping myself entertained. Im have to get there 30=45 minutes early to park by the curb.

Jim

I am a fan of anything by Kimberla Lawson Roby, Mary Monroe, J Anna. I love to read. I always have a book in my hand.

I guess I just a country boy at heart I like Louis L"Amour Westerns Got all of his books on the Sacketts

I love reading the Jayne ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle books. Currently I'm reading The Diabetic Woman that I picked up at a used book store.

Love them Sackets too. Louis was terrific, but then he went and died, and I knew he was going to write a sequel to "Last of the breed"

How about the bartender "Putting his massive burly arms on the bar"??

Jim

Would like to have seen the sequal to that one. Would make a good movie I bet.

Just finished reading: Healthy for Life, Dr. Ray Strand, very informative, I try to read it twice a year, just to make sure I keep the pertinate info downloaded onto my cranial hard drive.

Right now I am re-reading The Last Lecture; loved it the first time and love it this time.

I just finished reading James Patterson's' I, Alex Cross. And now I'm waiting for his newest one to come out in paperback.

I am reading BETWEEN SUNDAYS by Karen Kingsbury.

It's a story of redemption and love where life's real victories are won off the field.

Oh, my. It's such a temptation to plug my own books here. But the rules say I'm not supposed to use this site for commercial purposes. When I find the time to read fiction, I prefer something with a lot of action. W.E.B. Griffin, Robert B. Parker, Clive Cussler, … that kind of thing.

You are an author Elrond??

Yeah, since retiring from my 'real job', it's about all I do. I have 3 books published and currently for sale on Amazon.com and a fourth book completed but I'm still searching for an artist to do the cover. All the books are part of a science fiction series called Star Tricks. It started as a spoof of Star Trek but it's taken on a life of it's own and the characters seem to be writing the story themselves.I'm sometimes surprised what happens when I sit down to write.

That is really awesome!!! I have always wanted to write, but I never feel like I have the time to sit down and start haha. Great job!

I see you use the same photo. I "looked inside the book" I want to know what has BBQ grill got to do with space. Say if I send it to you will you autograph my copy?

I'd be happy to. The primary character who is telling the story formerly wrote instruction manuals for BBQ grills. Then he got caught up in interstellar intrigue..

It says you are from Iowa? What part. I'm from Carroll.

I was born and raised in Ottumwa but moved to the tiny town of New London for a job in 1975. I worked for the city there until a stroke forced me to retire in 1996.

I left several years ago. It's too darn cold for me!!! I live in Washington state now. Lived in Phoenix in the early 80's. Too hot there. I'm just a marshmellow! LOL

I moved to AZ to get away from cold weather. Strangely, I don't mind the heat. Those -20 degree winters were very difficult for my weakened heart and my cardiologist ordered me not to even OWN a snow shovel. My brother had moved to the Phoenix area several years ago for a job so I just followed his lead.

I live in PA and after this week of being snowed in, I am ready to move anywhere warm! We have 31" of snow as of right now and are anticipating 3-4 more inches today.

I'm so sorry! It's been around 50 here.

welcome to the monkey house, delicate prey, american gothic, spaceman, and technogenesis… along with whatever I can get my hands on that is not school related.

A book lol

Oh I read that too, Harlen!!

Its good lots of pages but no photos

cant have every thing

best wishes

Harlen

I like reading non-fiction books the most, such as:

Come Back, When Rabbit Howl, Prozac Nation, There's a Boy In Here…those are all psychology related books, that's my interest.

I also like uplifting books, Embrace Me is a very original book and one of my favorites.

Dean Koontz is the only fiction I ready, he is awesome.

Okay, I read the Twilight Saga's with my nephews, but that's about it!

Knootz is one of my favorites also

I have no interest in fiction since grad school. I am now reading King Henry V and wives. I just finished Freakonomics by Steve D and SteveL. It is very good reading.

Scarpetta Factor,Black Hills,Smash Cut, andall the Jefferson Bass books.

Just finished Pirates Latitude,was a very good book.

Pirate Latitudes…Michael Crichton

The Lost Symbol…Dan Brown

Deception Point…Dan Brown

True Blue…David baldacci

Currently reading:

The Wrecker…Clive Cussler

Undaunted Courage…Stephen E. Ambrose

Jim.

Wow you are a voracious reader, aren't you?

My reading preferences vary greatly but my favorite books (outside of anything pertaining to all religions, history or philosophical works) would have to be Homer's

Iliad and the Odyssey and also the Aeneid.

I was a History major so everything ancient interest me.

" Mays "