Summer Reading

Now that I take the train and subway into work, I have a lot more time for reading. So far, this summer I have read:

1776 by David McCullough (excellent!)
The Pact
Kite Runner (excellent!) and; I'm working on
The Corrections

Anyone else??

hmmm...not much reading time...but recently I decided to look through the idiot's guide to simple living since I'm into that and know a little about it. It wasn't bad actually. It was on the money and had some good suggestions I think for what I considered a series of dumbed down books....

Then another couple books I'm looking at:

Health Building: The conscious (sp? ) Art of Living Well....

I forget the others and am too lazy to get up...

oh well...

You really want to know...And this with about 12 hours dancing and a 9a-7p job 7 hours of sleep...i'm a subway girl too....

This is since mid-June:

The Land That Time Forgot: Edgar Rice buroughs
Cousin Bette: Honore de Balzac
Neopoleon & Josephine: Evangaline Bruce
Anna Karenina: Leo Tolstoy
Rocket Boys: Homer Hickam
Five Points: Tyler Anbinder
The Time Machine: H.G. Wells
The Accident: Elie Wiesel
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: JK Rowling
Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck
Colonel Chabert: Honore de Balzac
The Remains of the Day: Kazuo Ishiguro

48 laws of Power.. stole it from my partner :wink:

leftfeetnyc said:

You really want to know...And this with about 12 hours dancing and a 9a-7p job 7 hours of sleep...i'm a subway girl too....

This is since mid-June:

The Land That Time Forgot: Edgar Rice buroughs
Cousin Bette: Honore de Balzac
Neopoleon & Josephine: Evangaline Bruce
Anna Karenina: Leo Tolstoy
Rocket Boys: Homer Hickam
Five Points: Tyler Anbinder
The Time Machine: H.G. Wells
The Accident: Elie Wiesel
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: JK Rowling
Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck
Colonel Chabert: Honore de Balzac
The Remains of the Day: Kazuo Ishiguro

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That's a lot of reading. I guess you must be spending lots of time in teh subway, or just a fast reader. :wink:

I like your taste, Left Feet. Anna Karenina is one of my all time favorites (I always think of it whilst waiting for the train, in fact

I saw a really wonderful PBS show on Napolean and have been meaning to read a book; I think I have one of his biographies, but she is quite fascinating in her own right. And John Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors, too.

Anyone hear anything about John Irving's new book? I generally like his stuff, but I heard it got competely panned.

something job-search related.....

My summer reading list:

Don't think of an Elephant -- George Laskoff
discusses how to frame political debates

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom -- Corey Doctorow
in the future people actually live at Disney and form techno-gangs to maintain the rides

Janus -- Andre Norton
on a planet colonized by conservative anti-technology religious fanatics, people pick up native artifacts and turn into the natives

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- J.K. Rowling
the most famous book on the planet this year

Villa Incognito -- Tom Robbins
some guys who went missing in Vietnam just decided to stay on after the war was over, and strange hilarity ensues

Quicksilver -- Neal Stephenson
we are the future of the past, or something, it's vaguely a prequel to Cryptonomicon, which is one of my all-time favorites

The World is Flat -- Tomas Freidman
okay, I have to brag...I'm reading it because my husband is discussed in it; to think I passed up lunch with Freidman to go to dance practice -- now that's dedication

whatever Jared Diamond's latest book is -- the one about how different societies have collapsed throughout history due to scarcity of resources; maybe it is called Collapse

My life at the moment is not compatible with reading... too many things going on during the Edinburgh Festivals. I will be going to a few book readings and other events held as part of the Edinburgh Book Festival. Meanwhile, the pile of books I have on my bedside is gathering dust.

Laura said:

Quicksilver -- Neal Stephenson
we are the future of the past, or something, it's vaguely a prequel to Cryptonomicon, which is one of my all-time favorites

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I started to read that, but just could not get into it. The style of the writing was very different than I was used to from him.

The World is Flat is on my future list. Where should I look for your husband in it?

I spend a lot of time on subways and am a fast reader. When you have 20 min. waiting on a platform at midnight due to a late practice session...you can plow through a lot of pages. I average about 60 books a year anyway though...no TV.

Joe said:

Laura said:

Quicksilver -- Neal Stephenson
we are the future of the past, or something, it's vaguely a prequel to Cryptonomicon, which is one of my all-time favorites

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I started to read that, but just could not get into it. The style of the writing was very different than I was used to from him.

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Damn, I hope I didn't just blow $20 on it then. I haven't actually started it yet, but I did lug it on the plane from SFO to MSP.

I'll leave figuring out where my hubby is in Freidman's book to the reader as a Google exercise. I like to brag about him but now I'm feeling sheepish. One hint though -- we use different surnames.

I read mostly on the dock at the cottage over the weekends (since June) and yes, I am a speed reader...

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister - Gregory Maguire
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
War of the Flowers - Tad Williams
The Dragonbone Chair - Tad Williams
The Stone of Farewell - Tad Williams
To Green Angel Tower - Tad Williams
The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Carpe Jugulum - Terry Pratchett
Mort - Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

I love Terry Pratchett! Have you ever read the book he wrote with Neil Gaiman? It's called "Good Omens" and is another one of my all-time favorites.

Terry Pratchett fan here too. Last I read was Monster Regiment.