The "What Are You Reading" Thread

[alybaba]

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

[FaZedONE]

Wolves of Calla ... dope so far

[ovb81]

Almost done with Assata..Chick is a bad woman!!

[Libra Gal]

I recently finished For the Love of Lilah (Nora Roberts). Which although it is a Silhouette it still managed to be just as charming as Nora's more recent books which I am more into.


I am currently reading, Telling Secrets a Memoir by Frederick Buechner.

[Forté]

daddy was a number runner

[Libra Gal]

I am currently reading, Time and Again by Nora Roberts. Which includes the novels Time Was and Times Change. :)

[uaintbuilt4dis]

Come Hell or High Water by Micheal Eric Dyson
Ready For Revoltution by Stokely Carmicheal
The Covenant For Black America Tavis Smiley

[Libra Gal]

I still continue to be on my Nora Roberts binge (lol). I am currently reading, Private Scandals by ....Nora Roberts. :)

[Libra Gal]

I am currently reading, 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber.

[doomallday]

Robert Green - The 48 Laws Of Power

[Classybee]

by Tavis Smiley

[Afrosinchick]

Skinny b*tch by Rory Freedman is an EXCELLENT book. It's all about health and good eating but girly breaks it down in a very real and conversational tone. I read it in two days. I was like talking to your girl. It's very rare that I recommend books so buy it, check it out, steal it, whatever... just read this book.

[caramellady85]

the "Full" series by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes

and i'm listening to 1st to Die by James Patterson right now

[stldymepiece]

Just finished : Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by Pearl Cleage

[UdLuvMe]

memoirs of a geisha...its wonderful

[YoHomeGirl]

"Eve" by K'Wan. I love hood novels.

[midnightSun]

Just got done:

Kindred- Octavia Butler-good book, would kinda like to see it as a movie..

Currently reading:
Geneivieve- Eric Jerome Dickey
Any Way the Wind Blows- E. Lynn Harris
Just the Way I Am- E. Lynn Harris
some book about Philly girls by Daaimah S. Poole (forget the name)

[stldymepiece]

Geneivieve- Eric Jerome Dickey

I just read this, it was quite disturbing..... it kinda changed my view of him.

[midnightSun]

I just read this, it was quite disturbing..... it kinda changed my view of him.

I haven't even started girl..I keep taking books out the library like crazy..lol. I'm about to finish the E.Lynn Harris books..This is my first time reading him so it's dragging along slowly but surely..I love Eric Jerome Dickey. Did you read "Chasing Destiny" yet?..too crazy

[stldymepiece]

I haven't even started girl..I keep taking books out the library like crazy..lol. I'm about to finish the E.Lynn Harris books..This is my first time reading him so it's dragging along slowly but surely..I love Eric Jerome Dickey. Did you read "Chasing Destiny" yet?..too crazy
Not yet, this damn Genevieve scarred me... I'm scared to read this next one, lol. But I probably will, since I love EJD too..... you know I haven't read an E. Lynn Harris book since his second one, am I missing much?

[MZMOCHA314]

Just finished : Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do by Pearl Cleage

I'm reading Babylon Sisters by her right now and 5th Horseman by James Patterson and I just finished Zhan-neh-vee lol by EDJ and it was quite disturbing at the end :gag: and Boss Lady by Omar Tyree.

[PEANUTS]

Currently reading

The Color of Water- James McBride
One Day My Soul Just Open Up- Iyanla Vanzant

[sexydeltagirl]

Walter Mosley - Little Scarlet
Anne Rice - Mennock (sp) the Devil

[stldymepiece]

I'm reading Babylon Sisters by her right now and 5th Horseman by James Patterson and I just finished Zhan-neh-vee lol by EDJ and it was quite disturbing at the end :gag: and Boss Lady by Omar Tyree.
Yeah, that sh1t scared me too..... I don't know, something about that whole book I just found pretentous and unrealistic. For once I didn't like an EJD book.

sexydelta tell me how you like that Little Scarlet, I enjoyed it, but I'm a Walter Mosley groupie anyway, so that's not saying much.

[stldymepiece]

I really liked this book...alot.
I found it yucky and unrealistic, his worst book ever IMO. But the only character I liked in that whole book was Kenya. I couldn't stand the two main characters.... I dunno, it left a lot to be desired for me.

[MZMOCHA314]

I found it yucky and unrealistic, his worst book ever IMO. But the only character I liked in that whole book was Kenya. I couldn't stand the two main characters.... I dunno, it left a lot to be desired for me.


I liked her too until I read the end :gag: Speaking of Walter Mosley I want to read Cinnamon Kiss.

[k-mom]

the beekeepers apprentice
by:
Laurie R. King

[offthabooks]

Children of Cain: Violence & the Violent in Latin America- Tina Rosenberg

excellent so far...

[Libra Gal]

I am currently reading, Flamingo Diner by Sheryl Woods & Beverly Hills by Pat Booth.

[Dragonfly]

"JoAnne Little: The Dialectics of Rape" - Angela Y. Davis

[Dr. Octagonycologist]

this business of artist management

[Xplicit Lyric™]

I read Black Hole by Charles Burns last night. Here's a short review that I wrote about it in my blog...

I'm not usually into graphic novels, but I read this entire book in one sitting and thought I'd share my thoughts on it.

My interest in reading this book was triggered when I heard a new song by one of my favorite artists of the electronic genre, Sweden-based duo The Knife. The name of the song is Silent Shout, which has a melody reminiscent of the classic American lullaby, 'Hush, Little Baby'. After downloading their latest album, I browsed their website and watched the video to the title track.

It was eerie and tenebrific.

Singing in an adjusted, almost demonic tone over bubbly synths, a deformed face chants, "I never knew this could happen to me. I know now fragility."

However dark they may have been, the images from the video intrigued me. After watching, I'd read that the video was inspired by Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole. Staged in 1970's Seattle, Black Hole is a story about a sexually transmitted disease, referred to as "the bug", which causes physical deformations among teenagers who become infected. Atypical deformities that vary with each individual. Some may be able to hide an extra mouth or a growing tail, while others are completely transformed into monsters who find refuge from the antipathy of society within the deep woods. Homeless only in the sense that they don't live between four walls.

The book is full of sex, drugs and violence. Nightmares that become reality. Pain and sorrow. All surrounding a love story, which is what I believe to be the center of the novel itself. The narration hops back and forth between a guy, Keith, and a girl, Chris. Their journey is haunting, and is either sewn together or stitched apart by weed and alcohol.

I felt a bit robbed by the ending. I did what most people do when they're in denial that they've reached the last page - I flipped back past it and found nothing. But after thinking about it, it made a sort of morbid sense. And I enjoyed the story.

Though it gave me nightmares...

[Norton G.Nubuck]

A couple:

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl-excellent book,helped me a great deal

Re-reading the Bhagavad Gita

Just started A Problem From Hell, a book about Genocide and America in the 20th century,so far very informative

[threattonature]

I'm in the middle of like 5 different books right now. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Isis Papers, that new joint by Eric Jerome Dickey, the new one by Carl Weber, some Zane book. I just ain't got into any new books enough to just kill it from front to back so I start one then move onto something else.

[k-mom]

some great thing- colin mcadam

[OsBoog]

2012 - The Return of Quetzalcoatl
by Daniel Pinchbeck

so far it's a great read... not for the novice reader or close minded... but it really is thought provoking...

[Ernest Baker]

I'm reading all of Bret Easton Ellis's books.

Less Than Zero
Rules of Attraction
American Psycho

[Corporate EmEhRKay]

gonzo marketing

[wutacutie]

blow him away... how to give mind blowing oral sex
and i have 100 pgs left of the davinci code before i pick up angels and deamons

[alybaba]

2012 - The Return of Quetzalcoatl
by Daniel Pinchbeck

so far it's a great read... not for the novice reader or close minded... but it really is thought provoking...
Ah the modern day Huxley. Good sh1t

Feed - M.T. Anderson

[k-mom]

some great thing- colin mcadamthat was a better book than i expected.



i expected it to be (fictional) book on construction and the growth of ottawa, but it wasa lot about the growth of the characters in the book to...good read. interesting.

[Innkyblott]

"The Best Of H.P. Lovecraft: Blloodcurdling Tales Of Horror And The Macabre" by H.P. Lovecraft (duh!). I like the stories, but the racism is a little too much. I know, it was a different time blah blah blah. But still, other writer's like Theodore Sturgeon and Mark Twain thought outside the box of their times.


Not to mention the author of my sig, Harlan Ellison; the most official jewish guy in the history of the world.:yes:

[k-mom]

i just finished reading memoires of a geisha and now i am reading "zippora by marek halter"


mmm summer

[topazjewels]

Pink by Marilyn Griffin
before this Drama Queen by Ja somethin Hunt I think I foget

[caramellady85]

the "Full" series by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes
and i'm listening to 1st to Die by James Patterson right now
i also listened to 2nd Chance and read 3rd Degree

and i read We'll Meet Again and While My Pretty One Sleeps by mary higgins clark

and i listed to Chasing Destiny by eric jerome dickey ...the unabridged version...like 12 hours but it kept me entertained for a few days

and i just started The Interruption of Everything by terry mcmillan

[k-mom]

i just finished zippora by marek halter
and not i am reading sleeping beauty :by phillip margolin (the third book i have read of his, he is quite gruesome, but good)

[caramellady85]

and i just started The Interruption of Everything by terry mcmillan
no scratch that... i couldn't get into it. i'm almost done re-reading Play or Be Played: What every Female should Know about Men, Dating, and Relationships by Tariq Nasheed

[offthabooks]

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl-excellent book,helped me a great deal

just started reading this today (quick read, I'll prolly be done by tomorrow)...pretty amazing stuff so far, wonder why I haven't already read this?

[WHAT_THE_FEEZY!!]

Wrapped in Rainbows (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684842300?v=glance)

[S3xy no Jutsu]

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
:yes: