What book are you reading? (or just finished) [Merged Threads]

[sunnygirl]

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I'm reading The Doctor's Wife (not sure on the author). So far it's a really well written novel.

[SciFi96]

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Just finished The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
Very good book.

I agree. Devil in the White City is the best book of the decade. But, I am a history teacher, so I may be biased.

I am currently reading Walts People Vol. 5 by Didier Ghez, most of you probably know that this great series is a must real for fans of Disney history.

I just finished If a Pirate I Must Be, which is an account of the life of Black Bart. I liked it. It debunks a lot of pirate myths, and tells how they really lived.

I'm getting ready to start Metropolis, which is a book set in NY around th eturn of the century. I figure I will like as I like the Caleb Carr books set around that time and place.

[PrincessY]

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I'm getting ready to start Metropolis, which is a book set in NY around th eturn of the century. I figure I will like as I like the Caleb Carr books set around that time and place.

Sounds interesting! Was it written by Caleb Carr? Is it considered fiction?

[SciFi96]

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Sounds interesting! Was it written by Caleb Carr? Is it considered fiction?

It is fiction, but it isnt by Caleb Carr. It has a Carr feel to it. Are you into historical fiction?

[wolfy]

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Just started "Wicked", boy what a difference from the play! Dark as they come!

[lazyboy97O]

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Yesterday, I started reading Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and Other Boneheaded Bureaucrats Are Turning America into a Nation of Children by David Harsanyi. I think that subtitle is a small hint as to the content.

[PrincessY]

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Are you into historical fiction?

One of my favorite genres!!

[CelestialImperium]

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Almost done with the God Delusion..amazing book 10/10

['Strue]

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Just started "Wicked", boy what a difference from the play! Dark as they come!

Lol...it's true! I love the play. The book was...well...not quite the same...

[PrincessY]

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Almost done with the God Delusion..

Okay... gotta know about this one. Title sounds like an anti religion book.

[kirbilicious]

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I just started re-reading Marley and Me. I'm also kinda reading Marie Antoinette: The Journey. I started reading it about 10 months ago but I've stopped reading it so many times (sometimes for a few months) that I'm only about half way through it. It is very interesting and I like it but it's just difficult to really get into.

[kirbilicious]

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Just started "Wicked", boy what a difference from the play! Dark as they come!

Love the play but the book is... umm... interesting. I really have no intention of reading it ever again.

[CelestialImperium]

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Okay... gotta know about this one. Title sounds like an anti religion book.

That's part of it but you make it sound so wrong ;p Also discusses how people can be moral without religion and plenty of other neat stuff.

[PrincessY]

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That's part of it but you make it sound so wrong ;p Also discusses how people can be moral without religion and plenty of other neat stuff.

That is why is sounded interesting to me. Morality without religion is kinda how I've lived my whole life. Didn't mean to make it sound wrong.

[CelestialImperium]

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That is why is sounded interesting to me. Morality without religion is kinda how I've lived my whole life. Didn't mean to make it sound wrong.

Right on

Next book I am going to start reading is I am America (and so can you!) By Stephen Colbert.

[Anders]

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I'm almost done reading "Stick to Drawing Comics Monkey Brain!" it's by Scott Adams who does the Dilbert comic strip, but it has nothing to do with Dilbert. It's more like a Chuck Klostermann book. It's mostly Adams' blog entries, but it's hilarious. I highly recommend it if you like Chuck Klostermann.

[jane2073]

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I just finished "Lean Mean Thirteen" the latest in Janet Evonovich's Stephanie Plum series. If you are familiar with the series-the book is more of the same but still fun.

I started "Peter and the Starcatchers" a year ago and still need to finish it.

I am also working my way through "The New Strong-willed Child" and "Potty-training Answer Book". I have a two year old.

[ni_teach]

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I love Terry Pratchett! I just finished "Masquerade" last night. I think it's one of the better ones. "Going Postal" is my favorite of all time. Is "Hogfather" any good? I heard they made that one into a movie.

Terry Pratchett is a great author and while his books can be called Fantasy/Comedy they do tend to have a deeper message or philosophy

I agree that "Going Postal" is one of the best. I personally found "Small Gods" made me think the most. I'm currently reading "The Truth" which is how the news paper in the city got started.

[Alice's Wonderland]

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I started "Peter and the Starcatchers" a year ago and still need to finish it.

I love Peter and the starcatchers! And I hate the story of Peter pan. I'll agree that it has a weird slow start but once it picks up, it really picks up, and the way they ended it, oh it was pretty good. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon is on my Christmas List.

I actually read 4 books over Thanksgiving, I was very impressed since I haven't been able to read much due to my workload this semester.

I read Mississippi Jack, book 5 in the bloody Jack series, pretty good
All the tea in china, it got good reviews from Amazon.com and had the word tea in the title. I didn't like it
Dragonwell Dead, the newest book in the Tea shop mysteries, which I love but this one was just okay
The Dark is Rising- when I saw the preview I thought that that was not at all the way I remembered the book. I was right.

[wolfy]

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The further I get into reading Wicked the darker it gets! How the heck did they base a musical on this book....does it happen to relate in anyway?