What book are you currently reading?

[cariad]

I went to the library today to see if they had Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand but the person who last took it out never returned it :(I did pick up Lies the Government Told You by Judge Andrew Napolitano, Air Battle Force by Dale Brown and The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose. I am going to read the Judge's book first.

Ah, if I had my old copy, I would gladly send it to you. Atlas Shrugged is one of my least favorite books of all time, filled with demoralising sexism, as well as just being an overlong, overwritten soap opera. I have to say, though, that it has a fantastic start. For the first 100 pages or so, I thought it would be a masterwork, but that strong beginning made it all the more disappointing when I could see the end coming 500 pages away. I once broke it off with a guy because he told me it was 'the greatest book!' (did not tell him that was the reason). One of the only parts I enjoyed was the 50 pages on her political philosophy. I disagreed with every word of it, but at least it was intellectually interesting. Not sure why everyone immediately advises to skip the radio address....

Hope you find the book.

[cariad]

OK, I have a $20 gift card to Barnes and Noble that expires in a few days, so I am going to use it for a few ebooks on my Nook. I have already bought a children's book, and I think I will buy another Adrian Mole since I have not had one of those books since Gwyn bought me The Cappuccino Years over a decade ago. Those books always amuse me, frequently make me laugh, too.

I'll need one more ebook to spend the full $20, so I have decided to start on Doris Lessing's Children of Violence. I am eager to read a book set in Africa. It's been almost six years since I've been there, and no idea when or if I'll get the chance to return.

[Sugarlump]

Just finished reading Emily Barr's THE PERFECT LIE ... a brilliant escapist read but thought provoking.

I picked it up because under the title the tag reads EVER NEEDED TO DISAPPEAR? and I thought yeah, frequently... and I was hooked!
Partially set in Venice....loved it xxx

[MooseMom]

I'm finishing up the last in the Flavia de Luce series.

[willowtreewren]

Age of Empathy by Frans deWall for a book club on Sunday!

I heard him speak here in Knoxville a few years ago....really interesting.

[YLGuy]

Is anyone reading Genesis of the Artificial Kidney ? Nursewratchet sent it to me the Christmas before last to read and then sent onto another IHD member.  It was for them to sign, read and then forward to another IHD member.  I followed it for a little while and was wondering if it still was being circulated.

[billmoria]

An Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery by James Todd - "A Matter of Justice"  Todd and his mother write this series. It is set in post war UK (WWI) and Inspector Rutledge is trying to deal with his own problems caused in battle on the Somme battlefield. 
I am hooked on this series and read them at dialysis sometimes for full 4 hours.

[fc2821]

 'The Grand Design,' by  physicist Stephen Hawking  who ponders the limitations of the models we use to understand the universe. 

[cariad]

'The Grand Design,' by  physicist Stephen Hawking  who ponders the limitations of the models we use to understand the universe.

Hey, great minds! I just downloaded that from the library site. Now I just have to figure out how to get it onto my Nook. I am "borrowing" it for seven days.

If anyone else owns a Nook, many libraries also loan ebooks via Overdrive and you can borrow them without ever leaving your home, and the Nook is compatible (not the Kindle, apparently). You do have to download Adobe something to your computer, but that was not too taxing.

I also decided to go to the library and borrow Girl with a Pearl Earring, the book that Poppy just finished. I hope I like it - it's been too long since I looked forward to reading.

[Chris]

I will start reading "Text From Last Night", a humorous book about text that should not have happened

[cattlekid]

I just finished "Blood, Bones and Butter" by Gabriella Hamilton.  Great story from a female chef....hadn't heard of her before I read the book but definitely want to go to her restaurant Prune if I ever get to NYC again.

Now, I'm working on "Operation Family Secrets" by Frank Calabrese, Jr.  True story of the Calabrese crime family here in Chicago.  I'm a sucker for true crime stories - especially Chicago ones.

I second the Overdrive for those who have a Nook!

[Chris]

Operation Family Secrets sounds good. If they have it in large print, I'll get it. I to like Chicago's and close suburbs history. Channel 11's Jefery Ross does great programs on Chico's history, even the River was traveled all the way from downstate Illinois o Chicago.

[Sugarlump]

I just finished "Blood, Bones and Butter" by Gabriella Hamilton.  Great story from a female chef....hadn't heard of her before I read the book but definitely want to go to her restaurant Prune if I ever get to NYC again.

I swear I wouldn't fancy going to a restaurant called PRUNE ...

[tpears86]

I'm reading a couple self defense books on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (yes I am a UFC/MMA fan) and The Art of War. Such a classic and honest book. Thinking about reading Count of Monte Cristo too. Never got the chance to read it

[Rerun]

OMG I bought the Nookcolor and I love it.  I can adjust the print and background and buy or borrow huge books and it won't get heavy.

Unbroken is a great book.  If you have a nook email me and we can try this borrowing thing.

Rerun

[YLGuy]

I'm reading a couple self defense books on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (yes I am a UFC/MMA fan) and The Art of War. Such a classic and honest book. Thinking about reading Count of Monte Cristo too. Never got the chance to read it

Okay, I have to ask: Lesnar or Dos Santos?

[nursewratchet]

Hi all!!!  Long time no post, and I'm sorry.  My company blocked the site from my work computer, which is also my home laptop.  Any way, went around it.  I got a message from YLGUY today about my circulating book, "Genesis of an artificial Kidney"... So glad everyone is enjoying it.  I just always thought it was so interesting.  I hope it continues to circulate, and that everyone is doing great.... Will try to be better about posting. 

[okarol]

  Hi Nurse!! Miss ya - good to hear from you!

[Chris]

OMG I bought the Nookcolor and I love it.  I can adjust the print and background and buy or borrow huge books and it won't get heavy.

Unbroken is a great book.  If you have a nook email me and we can try this borrowing thing.

Rerun

I bought that for my mom for Christmas and she doesn't use it. I need to learn how to use it so I can get the email portion to open. It seems easy to use for the short time I got to use it when setting up.

[cattlekid]

Chris - I access my email all the time through my Nook through the web browser.  My only complaint is that my work wi-fi is locked down so I can't hook my Nook up to it if I forget to download the newspaper before I leave for work LOL

OMG I bought the Nookcolor and I love it.  I can adjust the print and background and buy or borrow huge books and it won't get heavy.

Unbroken is a great book.  If you have a nook email me and we can try this borrowing thing.

Rerun

I bought that for my mom for Christmas and she doesn't use it. I need to learn how to use it so I can get the email portion to open. It seems easy to use for the short time I got to use it when setting up.

[kristina]

'The Grand Design,' by  physicist Stephen Hawking  who ponders the limitations of the models we use to understand the universe.

Hello, Rob,

Please let us know your thoughts about “The Grand Design” by Stephen Hawking.
I have listened to some comments about the book and cannot make up my mind yet
whether or not to start reading it...

Thanks from Kristina.

[cariad]

I am finding the Nookcolor more and more fun as I start to use it. It can browse the internet, but it does not seem to have a forward button, just a back button, which is annoying. If anyone knows how to get a forward button for the browser, please let me know. Keyboard is a bit too touchy for my taste, but I own it for the books, not the browsing.

The best part of the Nook are the kids books. They have this Read-To-Me feature which is just awesome. My younger son is so enamoured with it that I can just hand him the Nook and he will play a story or two for himself and we do not have to read to him every single night anymore. We only have 4 books, because most kids books do not have the reading feature, but two were free (A Kipling book and another story) and I bought him I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track (cute, but too short) and Cesar Takes a Break (this one is really long, but it keeps my son's interest, so I think it's great). I wish they would put out more of these books. They offer Splat, but we already have that book, so I don't want to buy it twice.

[jbeany]

Oncale v Sundowner Offshore; Harris v Forklift Systems, Inc, Price Waterhouse v Hopkins; Bibby v Philadelphia Coca Cola Bottling, and several dozen more on same-sex sexual harassment for a research assignment.  Two more weeks and I can read for pleasure again!

The laws on this are completely crazy, too.  If a homosexual makes offensive sexual suggestions to a straight coworker of the same gender, it's a legitimate claim worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.  If a straight person makes offensive sexual suggestions to a homosexual coworker - suck it up and deal with it.  There's pretty much no claim unless the homosexual victim can prove the harasser was also homosexual.  And, in the interesting world of legal theories - there's no such thing as a bisexual.  If someone is married to an opposite sex spouse, or has never had an openly gay relationship, that's taken as total proof they are straight.  Very strange. 

[tpears86]

I'm reading a couple self defense books on Brazilian Ju-Jitsu (yes I am a UFC/MMA fan) and The Art of War. Such a classic and honest book. Thinking about reading Count of Monte Cristo too. Never got the chance to read it

Okay, I have to ask: Lesnar or Dos Santos?

I love Dos Santos in that fight. Lesnar doesn't like to get hit, and Dos Santos has probably the best striking game right now. Add the fact he's been training with Nogueira for so many years, I'll give him the fight. Who do you like?

[kellyt]

I just purchased Heaven Is Real.  I can't wait to read it!