What are you currently reading??

**missbazilb** · November 16th, 2007, 03:21 PM

Loved Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff. I'm on a literature kick right now, cuz I always try to balance my trash with some "worthy" books. Just finished the Scarlet Letter and am now reading Lady Chatterly's Lover.

A book has to be really poorly written for me to be unable to get through it.

**Dixie Normos** · November 16th, 2007, 04:34 PM

Ok NOW I'm reading "The Cage" by Audrey Schulman, because "The Road" was sent to a neighbouring town, and "Helter Skelter" has been nicked from the library.

I'm glad too, because this book is great so far! It's about a woman who gets picked to go photograph polar bears in the wild.
The only reason she's picked instead of the macho guy photographers is due to her small size (she's 5'1") because she has to sit in a protective cage that is really tiny. So far, her thought process has been about preparation for the trip, the future outcome of civilization after the devistation of global warming, and the problems we are still having as women in work and social settings.
It's all so well written, it doesn't feel burdensome to read such heavy thoughts.

**NiceDude** · November 17th, 2007, 02:48 AM

I just finished The Road. It was good and it had some pretty gross passages but I didn't think it was AMAZING. Sometimes I found the dialogue tedious and I suppose that was the point but I found myself getting impatient with it.

**PrettyGirl** · November 18th, 2007, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by DCGossipGirl

I'm reading Love in the Time of Cholera. I think the movie is coming out in December so I wanted to make sure to read the book before I see the movie.

I read this book in Spanish...and the movie just opened Friday. I went to see it and I was disappointed.

**pacific breeze** · November 18th, 2007, 06:51 PM

I think it would be extremely difficult for a film to do justice to this book.

**NiceDude** · November 19th, 2007, 12:14 AM

I am right now reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. He was one of the "good" Roman Emperors. Lived from 121-180. A buddy of mine lent it to me and I was kinda like okaaaaay but it is excellent. Just thoughts on life and how we should behave, manage affairs, moderation, respect for others and alot about not taking life and ourselves so f*ckin seriously. Hard to believe it was written so long ago because it's totally modern.

**Dixie Normos** · November 19th, 2007, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by NiceDude

I just finished The Road. It was good and it had some pretty gross passages but I didn't think it was AMAZING. Sometimes I found the dialogue tedious and I suppose that was the point but I found myself getting impatient with it.

Darn, that's one of my "to reads." I don't deal well with tedium. I'm so easily bored, I do sudokus during commercials, and read while I'm eating.

**chartreuse** · November 19th, 2007, 01:52 PM

i'm finishing up 2 books...the mood cure by julia ross & anger: wisdom for cooling the flames by thich nhat hanh. they have both been great reads & have inspired me to make many positive changes to my eating habits.

**Fluffy** · November 19th, 2007, 10:08 PM

I'm working on Twilight in the Desert:The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy by Matthew Simmons. It's taken me a month to get half way.

**Fluffy** · November 20th, 2007, 08:38 PM

I'm halfway through Twilight in the Desert:The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. It's taken me a month to get that far.

**pacific breeze** · November 20th, 2007, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by NiceDude

I am right now reading Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. He was one of the "good" Roman Emperors. Lived from 121-180. A buddy of mine lent it to me and I was kinda like okaaaaay but it is excellent. Just thoughts on life and how we should behave, manage affairs, moderation, respect for others and alot about not taking life and ourselves so f*ckin seriously. Hard to believe it was written so long ago because it's totally modern.

This is one of my favourite books. I re-read it every few years and always learn something. He was a wise, wise man.

**buttmunch** · November 21st, 2007, 11:57 AM

Finally gave up on Cecil Beaton bio (was bored out of my skull) and am now reading the truly hilarious, fantastic and brilliant Queen Camilla. The royal family is in exile, a dictator is running the UK for it's master the USA and everyone is being watched at everything they do. Strangely, not so far fetched, eh?