What book are you currently reading?

[monrein]

I'm just starting The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, a Spanish writer.  It was reviewed in the Economist some time ago and it's been on my list but I'm just now getting to it. (Written in 2001, translated in 2004).

It got terrific reviews in Spain and Germany.

For example;

"I was enthralled by Zafón's book and it gave me many hours of great delight.  Not only because the story is set in a bookshop, not only because it is about the search and the hunt for books and there is a library of forgotten books to be discovered, but because The Shadow of the Wind is suspenseful like a thriller, poetic like a love story, sometimes mysterious like its title, and because it describes the characters and the story line so wonderfully that the reader wants to be a part of it.  A paean to reading and to the love of books."  SUDDEUTSCHE RUNDFUNK

"Zafónmania....A thriller, a historical novel and a comedy of manners, but above all, the story of a tragic love....with great narrative skill, the author interweaves his plota and enigmas, like a set of Russian dolls in an unforgettable story about the secrets of the heart and the enchantment of books, maintaining the suspense right to the very last page."  LA VANGUARDIA

"The publishing phenomenon of the last year and a half".  EL PAIS

[keith]

I'm reading the SHAD IRELAND FOUNDATION  it's a book of the life of Mr. Shad Ireland, he was told at da young age of ten that he would have to go on dialysis he had 2 failed transplants he has gone on to become a triathlete i encourage everyone to read he book

[Sunny]

Monrein,
I read "Shadow of The Wind" and loved it. The author has such beautiful and descriptive writing skills. Some of the things he wrote
had me flat out laughing because he was so good at getting it right. I loaned it out and never saw it again. Rule of thumb: Don't loan
out good books unless you put your name in large letters on the inside. Even then, there is no guarantee of getting it back.

[monrein]

  Sunny, my husband and I argue fairly frequently about the issue of lending our books.  When I love a book I want to lend it, he won't....unless I promise that if it doesn't return I'll hound the borrower to death.  I keep a little list of where the books are so I can kind of keep track over time.

[MyssAnne]

I started on Evelyn Waugh, I had never read him. Just read Vile bodies last night. Pretty good!  I have a couple of his books waiting to be read.

[kitkatz]

I just loan the books with the idea if I never see them again it's okay.

[paris]

My 6 year old grandson was looking at my husbands wall of books and said "Papa, have you read all these books?"  He answered  "most of them".  Zeke then said "maybe you need to give them to other people so they can read them!".   I thought that was a wise statement from a child.  I love sharing books.  If I get them back, great. If not, I hope they passed it on to the next person.

[MyssAnne]

I sometimes get my books back, sometimes I don't. That's okay. As long as they get read. That's what books are for, anyway.
To be read and enjoyed. I really need to go through my books and get rid of some. Anyone like mysteries?? Serious, if you do, I'll send some!!
Just PM me!

[jbeany]

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

"Scattered wits take a long time picking up. . ."

[MIbarra]

The View From Here by Brian Keith Jackson

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

[kitkatz]

I finished The Scions of ShanarrA  and am now into The Druid of Shanarra

[keith]

mary mary by james patterson

[skyedogrocks]

Just finished Dear John by Nicholas Sparks.  Very good book!!   

[kitkatz]

I finished The Druid of Shanarra and read today The Elf Queen of Shanarra. I am on a Terry Brooks tear lately.  I found hardback copies of his next series in the thrift store cheap.

[Romona]

I just finished "Bad Girls of the Bible".

[pelagia]

...  Last week read Water for Elephants; about a small circus in the 30's and 40's. It was really good, too. ...

Want to put in a second on this book.  I read it a couple of months ago and my husband couldn't put it down when he read it.  I'd add that it has great character development and a highly unique (to me) perspective - told in part by an elderly man.  I will always look at aging a different way after reading this book. 

[monrein]

Water for Elephants is an amazing book.  I've loaned it to several friends and we all loved it.  I could taste the Depression era and the circus life.

[kimcanada]

Richard Bach..  Illusions

[kitkatz]

Richard Bach..  Illusions

I read that book, along with the continuation of it.

[Brightsky69]

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.

I love dogs and books that feature dogs as main charters. 

[KR Cincy]

Richard Bach..  Illusions

Way to go Kim(Alice)...I first read this book in college some 20 years ago and have read it once a year ever since.

[mikey07840]

I am re-reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I love that book.

[twirl]

I hope you are reading it out loud so Queen Ruth can also enjoy The Hobbit

[mikey07840]

Actually Twirl, we take turns. Sometimes I read to Ruth and sometimes she reads to me.

[okarol]

The Husband by Dean Koontz -