What are you reading the week of April 25, 2010?

[DUgosh]

Damage Control by J A Jance

[Liberty Belle]

1. Death and Life of American Journalism, by McChesney & Nichols,

founders of the Free Press Movement and the national media reform conferences. A must-read!

[BlooInBloo]

2. I finally got around to those stupid Legend Of The Seeker books....

Just finished the 6th one today - "Faith of the Fallen" or some shit like that.

Thankfully this one was actually pretty good, and not crap like the previous ones. It gets tedious, reading shitty-800-page-book after shitty-800-page-book.

[Q3JR4]

3. Right now,

http://stephaniecoontz.com/books/thewayweneverwere/">The Way We Never Were.

Soon it will be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_News,_It%27s_FARK">It's Not News, It's FARK.

Q3JR4.

[fadedrose]

4. HEAD GAMES by Thomas B. Cavanagh nt

[NEOhiodemocrat]

5. The Fallen by Mark Terry

[abluelady]

6. "Beatrice and Virgil" by Yann Martel

[Dr. Strange]

7. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore

I'm finally going to finish this baby!

[fadedrose]

15. My library doesn't have it...but

melcat (other libraries do) and I could get it...they also have PRACTICAL DEMONKEEPING: A COMEDY OF HORRORS, by Christopher Moore. I always read mysteries - what category are these in?

I hate to go to them for something I may not read. What's the main character like? I'll look up a review on Amazon too...

Thanks..

[Dr. Strange]

21. Hmmm, the main character.

I'm not quite sure who would qualify as the main character. I suppose it would be Travis, who has control (but not quite) of his own personal demon (named Catch). But there's a whole mess load of additional characters in the book.

It's not Moore's funniest, but it was his first book, so he was probably just getting his feet wet. There's a little bit of mystery here, but it's mostly humor. Which is why I like Moore.

[MrCoffee]

8. More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman

Very funny stuff.

[fishwax]

9. No Country for Old Men

Again :woohoo:

[MaineDem]

10. "The Venetian Betrayal" by Steve Berry

Just about to start it on audiobook.

[zappaman]

11. Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic by John French

John French was the drummer in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. It is fascinating to read how truly insane Captain Beefheart was. He seems very similar to Charles Manson in that he could control and manipulate people thru drugs and a forceful personality.
Really interesting if you dig Captain Beefheart on any level...

[fadedrose]

12. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Allan Folsom nt

[hippywife]

13. Last night I finished Family by J. California Cooper then

started The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad.

[pscot]

14. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

This is 40 years old, but I'd never read it. An astonishing oversight. If you're a fantasy fan, this is essential reading.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

16. Deliver Us From Evil by Allan Baldacca

Think the author's name is spelled right, just finished it and took it back to the library and picked up Blackout by Connie Willis, going to start it today!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. Just finished "Cape Disappointment" by Seattle mystery writer Earl Emerson

All I can say is that I wouldn't be surprised if Emerson reads DU, because this is a VERY political mystery, which I didn't realize when I bought it. (I bought it because I've liked the author's previous books.)

[fadedrose]

18. If you think he reads DU, then he must be a Democrat...

I like political novels if they're not Republicans. I will have to look this guy up.

Thanks..

[WCIL]

19. I am working on some old paperbacks so I can donate them

Yesterday I finished Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath, and today I started The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. I liked Whiskey Sour and may have to seek out the other books in the series. The Tanith Lee book is good so far.

[DUgosh]

20. I've got some Konrath somewhere

I'm going to look for them and read them on your recommendation. Thanks

[YankeyMCC]

22. The Plauge by Albert Camus