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What books are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by sapiens, Aug 12, 2011.

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  1. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    I'm not sure who this historical novel is supposed to appeal to.

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    Moving on to City of Dreams by Beverly Swerling.
     
    Chris Noyb, May 29, 2017
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  2. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    I didn't like it. Gave me a few things to think about, but it was mostly a self-help book written from the feminist perspective, which I rarely relate to.

    Reading "The Gunslinger" for Hot Tub Book Club, and the next one in The Girl Who... series that was picked up when Steig died.
     
    Japchae, Jun 4, 2017
    #2302
  3. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    COD was a mixed bag. Swerling keeps the plot moving, and her writing style is good. Listing the flaws will require me to use the computer, not my phone.
     
    Chris Noyb, Jun 4, 2017
    #2303
  4. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    Oh! The horror!
     
    Lindy, Jun 4, 2017
    #2304
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  5. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Lay This Body Down
    The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves
    by Gregory A. Freeman
    --- Double Post Merged, Jun 6, 2017, Original Post Date: Jun 6, 2017 ---
    It's a shame that Larsson died before the $$ started rolling in. I stopped reading the original triology after the second book.
     
    Chris Noyb, Jun 6, 2017
    #2305
  6. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum.

    Note--The circumstances of Ludlum's death were bizarre...to say the least.
     
    Chris Noyb, Jun 8, 2017
    #2306
  7. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Just got a Kindle yesterday, and I polished off two romance novels immediately. They're from the Escape to New Zealand series by Rosalind James. Definitely my kind of pervy with some nice BDSM undertones here and there. Yum. Recommended.
     
    snowy, Jul 13, 2017
    #2307
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  8. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    Not usually a romance girl but BDSM and pervy...*scurries off to look* Congrats on your new Kindle! :D
     
    Wildmermaid, Jul 13, 2017
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  9. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    I'm just finishing The Pornography Industry, by Shira Tarrant. Some interesting takes on porn and who its consumers are, and how hard it is to get any kind of reliable data about any part of it. Almost all the available data comes from some company in the industry (like pornhub.com) oor some anti-porn crusader. Both of these have their own agenda, of course. As does Ms. Tarrant, a Prof. of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cal State, Long Beach.
    Especially interesting to me because of my stint on the periphery of the porn world as an exotic dancer. A stripper is definitely a sex worker.
     
    Lindy, Jul 13, 2017
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  10. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    May I add you on Goodreads @cynthetiq ? :D *hugs*
     
    Wildmermaid, Jul 23, 2017
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  11. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    Working my way through a Harry Turtledove alt history book called Bombs Away about the cold war turning hot in 1950 ater Pres. Truman succumbs to Gen. MacArthur on using nukes against targets in Manchuria.

    I've caught a couple errors in fact, (like the Battle of the Bulge happening in the "dark early days of the war." No, it was Christmas time in 1944. The war was almost over. And I'm no WW2 scholar. Turtledove is usually better than that.
     
    Lindy, Jul 24, 2017
    #2311
  12. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North

    Maybe that's his alternative version. :)
     
    redravin, Jul 24, 2017
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  13. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

    Location:
    Space
    Finally, I said, FINALLY, finished The Odyssey. Only took me 15 years or so to finish both the Illiad and the Odyssey.

    Still working on The Jungle.

    Don't know what's next.
     
    MrMD069, Jul 26, 2017
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  14. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    I read the Odyssey when young, but have never been able to get through The Jungle... I'm embarrassed to say it was just too gut wrenching for me. A great many people consider it one of the best novels written though and it certainly had an impact culturally.

    I'm reading Skylight by David Hare, Monster I Have Known by Jess Hartley, Food Rules: An Eater's Manuel by Michael Pollan.

    Also as of Aug. 1 will be reading Joanthan Strange & Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clarke. (for a goodreads book club)
     
    Last edited: Jul 26, 2017
    Wildmermaid, Jul 26, 2017
    #2314
  15. MrMD069

    MrMD069 Very Tilted

    Location:
    Space
    Yeah, just got through the horrible part, well, the most horrible one so far....

    Thinking that the next book will be a Zombie Anthology. Need to get back to make believe.
     
    MrMD069, Jul 28, 2017
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  16. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I'm on the second to last book
     
    snowy, Jul 28, 2017
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  17. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    I do not enjoy Skylight. There I said it. Other than a couple of really sharp monologues I wish I had never started this play. It is almost finished though so just going to get it done lol.

    Zombies! A human after my own heart! lol. Who writes your favorite zombies @MrMD069 ? I plan to read World War Z at some point this year, but my book queue is stacked high (even digitally) right now. :)
     
    Wildmermaid, Jul 28, 2017
    #2317
  18. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    Of course. But this year I've read like 3 books. :( so far behind.
     
    cynthetiq, Jul 29, 2017
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  19. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    i still have books on there from 2 years ago that i've not read (possibly longer) :confused:
    Ms_Rebecca
    Guess who hopes to go to Powell's Books in Portland today? yep this girl, woman, weirdo, whatever. Not sure we'll get to but i really want a used copy of World War Z and Watership Down. What are you reading right now my friend? :)
     
    Wildmermaid, Jul 29, 2017
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  20. Wildmermaid

    Wildmermaid Very Tilted

    Location:
    Pacific Northwest
    From Powell's used World War Z by Max Brooks and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins both have been on my wishlist for years! *happy* Just have to finish Skylight. *cry* Not sure why I can't get into it, seems most of the world loves it. *shrug*
     
    Wildmermaid, Jul 30, 2017
    #2320
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