What are you reading the week of September 6, 2009?

[DUgosh]

What The Dead Know by Laura Lippman

[saltpoint]

1. THE LAST OF THE WINE by Mary Renault.

[Donnachaidh]

2. 1984 by George Orwell

Decided to re-visit a classic. Surprising how much the Ministry of Truth reminds me of Fox News....

[latebloomer]

3. The Devil's Punchbowl, by Greg Iles

Pretty good, though I like some of his others better.

[Thirtieschild]

4. Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

Written in his second language, slow going at first (took me a week to read it instead of my usual couple of days), some cliches (which is likely the result of writing in his second language), lots of Chinese poetry and references to legends. I kept with it because I was fascinated by the glimpse into Chinese life in the late 1980s, early 1990s. I was rewarded with a story that I will always remember. The end shocks and makes you think.

Edited for punctuation

[bbinacan]

5. Texas

by Jame Michener

[hippywife]

23. Have you read much Michener?

He's one of my favorite authors. I think I've read about a dozen of his novels. :hi:

[niyad]

6. "Feminist Theorists" by Dale Spender, two mysteries, and some fluff

[Mojambo]

7. Just starting "Towing Jehovah" by James Morrow. n/t

[asjr]

8. "Conpulsion" by Jonathan Kellerman

[hippywife]

9. Dancing at the Rascal Fair

by Ivan Doig. LOL

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

10. Two mysteries: My bedside book is Nevada Barr's "Borderline"

while my purse book is Jacqueline Winspear's "Pardonable Lies."

[Enthusiast]

27. Purse book, lol.

Never heard that before.

[fadedrose]

11. CACHE OF CORPSES by Henry Kisor (half-thru) nt

[Onceuponalife]

12. 1812: The Rivers of War by Eric Flint

[azmouse]

13. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson

[fishwax]

18. What do you think of it?

I read that earlier this summer. I enjoyed it.

[azmouse]

19. It's not bad.

I think the sections about Marconi are a little dry but I'm interested in seeing how the two story lines come together.

I liked Erik Larson's Devil in the White City better at this point.

[Doctor_Horrible]

14. Catching Fire - book 2 in the Hunger Games trilogy... nt

[likesmountains 52]

15. Right of Thirst by Frank Huyler...enjoying it quite a bit.

[david13]

16. I thought I posted here? What happened? Was I disqualified?

Oh, wait, I guess I should be. Well, Cymbeline, that was this week. Which is fiction. But mostly I read non-fiction, so I guess that should not qualify for the category, but, Riding Man, by Mark Gardiner, about his motorcycle racing at the Isle of Man TT races. And I have the companion DVD, One Man's Island.
dc

[fishwax]

17. just finished Breakfast of Champions

Next up is probably nonfiction: Mobility Without Mayhem, by Jeremy Packer.

[Captain Hilts]

20. The Somme: Herosim and Horror in the First World War. Martin Gilbert

My great uncle was killed there on his birthday.

[krispos42]

21. "The Legacy of Heorot" by Niven, Pournelle, and Barnes

Wikipedia article sucks. I might have to re-write it..

[Araxen]

22. A Game of Thrones

Still reading it...

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book/dp/0553103547/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252515836&sr=8-1

[hippywife]

24. Ride With Me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig.

About 40 some pages in and not as good as the first two in the trilogy...yet. It's set in more current times which is something of a disappointment. Seems he skipped some of what he could have told between the 1930's and the 1980's.

We'll see. :shrug:

The other two were truly excellent, tho. :thumbsup:

[Forkboy]

25. Working my way through this awesome list of free short stories.

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/08/95-more-totally-free-stories-by-top-name-talent/

[fadedrose]

26. 50 pp of DEATH ON A VINEYARD BEACH

by Philip R. Craig & quit. Just didn't care for it..