What are you reading the week of May 22, 2011?

[DUgosh]

Someday You'll Thank Me For This by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays

[lordsummerisle]

1. The Lost Symbol

by Dan Brown

[theophilus]

2. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin n/t

[Pab Sungenis]

3. Still churning my way through "Infinite Jest."

On page 214 and still waiting for the plot to appear.

And wondering if anyone is reading my book this week (see below).

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. I tried to read it

but I gave up from sheer boredom

[Jim__]

13. I don't think you'll find a traditional plot in "Infinite Jest".

You being a writer, I'm sure you have an opinion about that. I did read the book and I found it fascinating. I think DFW's books are stronger on themes than plot.

By page 214, do you know how the book uses "Infinite Jest"? It tells you explicitly; and I think the main theme revolves around that.

[frylock]

4. the brothers karamozov..

still.....

[terrya]

5. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain

Marvelous novel about the first marriage of Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Hadley.

[eablair3]

19. Got that on my list

Would interested to hear how you liked it

[applegrove]

6. "Bossypants" by tina fey.

[Petrushka]

7. Just finished reading "Kolyma Tales" by Varlam Shalamov . . . and, now, beginning to read

"Them: Stalin's Polish Puppets" by Teresa Taranska & Agnieszka Kolokowska.

[fadedrose]

8. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST by Stieg Larsson

Little more than half-way through - long book - well over 500 pp., but so good. I like the way things are getting fixed since Salander got her palm.

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[fadedrose]

9. DUgosh

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[eablair3]

10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Just started it, after finishing The Hunger Games trilogy.

[JitterbugPerfume]

12. I have that at home

(where I haven't been for two months) waiting to be read . My sister loved it , ans she has real good taste in literature

Right now I am not reading anything unless you count Weird things Cats do ,a book I found lying around my daughters house

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. The Help is one of those rare books I did not want to put down.

It is right up there with Fried Green Tomatoes..

Also, I have been told The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is another must read, I have not opened it yet.

[pscot]

14. Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason

Plus Twain's Autobiography, James Baldwin's early novels and short stories and Fear and Loathing by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Ah, and a wonderful picture book of works by contemporary NW native artists, edited by Ian Thom.

[MaineDem]

15. "The Ghost War" by Alex Berenson

Second in a series. Thank you to fadedrose and all who posted in that great "name fiction series" thread.

[fadedrose]

16. PAYMENT IN BLOOD by Elizabeth George

2nd in a series....






Book 40

[fadedrose]

26. Not enough murders...

A Great Deliverance was the first in this series and it was just so good, but Payment in Blood is just as bad as the first one was good. Reminded me of a soap opera. Murders committed mostly because of people cheating on their spouses...Skip-read the last 150 pages hoping to find something to keep me awake, and couldn't find it. At least I stayed with it long enough to learn who the killer was, but of course, at that point I could care less, and wished the killer had killed everyone.

Waste of time. I have the 3rd book on hand, and it looks promising. It's entitled Well-Schooled in Murder and am starting it next.

[mvccd1000]

17. "Johnny Wylde" by Marcus Wynne.

His latest effort... I wish he'd churn 'em out a little faster - they always have non-stop action, interesting characters, great dialog, and he actually gets the technical details right (always one of my pet peeves). :)

Description from Amazon:

What happens when you mix a psychotic South African gun dealer, some sadomasochistic arms-dealing Russians, a bar bouncer who made his bones in Afghanistan, a Buddhist stripper, a man-killing woman detective, assorted highly skilled dark side shooters, and the sunniest down-home female assassin on the market?

Things get WYLDE.

Lyrical sex. Poetic violence. And poetry.

For adults only. Rated R for graphic sex, violence, language and mordant humor.

JOHNNY WYLDE.

Only $2.99 on kindle right now...

[fadedrose]

18. Sounds like good therapy for those suffering

from the loss of additions to Larrson's Blomkvist-Salander series...

The author also has a Dale Miller - Charlie Payne series of 3 books...classified as Thrillers...

[The Northerner]

20. Tell No One by Harlan Coben

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. I have been told that is one of the top "must read" books. Would you agree?

[The Northerner]

23. I agree and I also suggest viewing

the fantastic French-language film adaptation entitled Ne le dis à personne. Although there are some differences in the film adaptation, Harlan Coben stated that he believed it was even better than the novel after he saw it.

On a different note, I wouldn't bother watching the English-language film remake which will be released sometime in the next few months or years. :puke:

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. Thank you....filing that away for future reference.

I belong to Paperbackswap, have dozens of books coming and going at any one time, the only way I can afford to keep a large reading library. Just put the Coben on the list there.

[Forkboy]

25. Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter

Bloody fantastic thriller, and his best book since Dirty White Boys.

[fadedrose]

27. WELL-SCHOOLED IN MURDER by Elizabeth George

Book 41 for me

[fadedrose]

29. Ten times better than PAYMENT IN BLOOD

Characters are more likeable than PAYMENT, and the main characters pay more attention to the mystery than to their own problems, of which there are many....

[MaineDem]

28. "Tripwire" by Lee Child

Working my way through the Jack Reacher series.