What books are you reading right now?

I finished The Man In the High Castle last night. I'm not sure what to think of it, but I admit that sci-fi isn't my favorite genre. TMITHC isn't exactly sci-fi, more like the-past-as-future-fiction. One thing I had to remind myself of, it was published in 1962. I semi-understand the jewelry, but not completely. It's on my re-read list.

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I'm only a few pages into Ape House by Sara Gruen. It's going to be interesting to see if Gruen can pull off what the dustjacket plot blurb promises.

 

I highly recommend Ape House by Sara Gruen. It's a real page turner, & I don't use that term lightly.

There were a few times when I thought that Gruen was introducing too many characters which would muddy the waters, but she made it work. The end seemed a (just a) little rushed and perhaps a little too neat, but it wasn't that bad. I've read other novels where the authors clearly scrambled to figure out how to end the book.

 

Blood Gospel, James Rollins & Rebecca Cantrell.

Riveting.

 

Stephen King "Under the Dome," Dean Koontz "Life Expectancy," and audio booking Lee Child's "Worth Dying For."

 

Finally read the last Southern Vampire Mysteries, Dead Ever After. It wasn't as terrible as so many people were yelling about (OMG she doesn't end up with the right guy, this is AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1eleventy), but it wasn't anything special. I liked the first few books in the series better than the last few.

I started Red Rain, by R.L. Stine last night. It's okay so far. It's supposed to be "for adults," but I'm noticing a lot of similarities to his Fear Street books (which I loved in middle school, but this makes me think the book won't be actually scary or suspenseful.)

 

just started high fidelity by nick hornby

 

That's one of my favorites

 

Awesome book. Awesome movie.

 

Finishing up a little Heinlein re-read mini-marathon before moving on to a YA novel that a friend of mine wrote-- she won an award for it, so apparently it should be a decent read....

 

Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them: David J. Ley: 9781442200319: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files eBook: Jim Butcher: Kindle Store

 

Rereading Zorro by Isabele Allende..a great version of the swashbuckling hero of old California.

 

I fucking love the Dresden books!! They get better and better as they go, I think. Wait until you get to books 11-13, they're amazing!

 

I read Allende's Daughter of Fortune. I enjoyed it, but it didn't motivate me to read any of her other books.

 

Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh

 

Yup. The "twists" were kind of ridiculous.


Currently into The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard. The main character, Wendy, is your typical thirteen year old. Her mother is working in an office in the World Trade Center on 9-11, and in a bit of a whirlwind decision, her biological father (whom she hasn't seen in years), shows up and brings her back with him to California. The book follows Wendy over the next year, and how she deals with grieving for her mother at the same time as getting to know her dad for the first time. Kind of intense, but good so far.

 

Started read John Greens 'The Fault In Our Stars'.
I've been following him and his brother on their vlogbrothers channel and thought I should read it.

 

just started the cider house rules by john irvine

 

I've read quite a few of Irving's books, enjoyed most of them (there's a list somewhere in this tread). TCR is a good read, but IMO Irving uses a major cheat--he quickly 'skips over' a very important and complicated situation rather than writing his way through it.
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