Topic: What Are You Reading Now

[followsthewolf]

The Innocent Man by John Grisham  (his first nonfiction)

and

Next by Michael Crichton

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[Junior]

"The Shape Shifter" -- Tony Hillerman

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[moondance27]

The Innocent Man by John Grisham  (his first nonfiction)

and

Next by Michael Crichton

How is Next?  I like Michael Crichton.

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[followsthewolf]

Excellent. Don't want to throw out any spoilers, but it really is cutting edge and extension of same; typical Crichton.

If I lived near you, I'd certainly lend it to you.

Do make a point to read it, if you can.

If you enjoy Crichton, you'll like it.

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[moondance27]

Almost bought it today, but I didn't.  Will have an excuse to go shopping tom now.

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[libby]

We Were One - Patrick K. O'Donnell
shoulder to shoulder with the marines who took Fallujah
                           and
The Complete Calvin and Hobbs - Bill Watterson

:) I really enjoy Calvin and Hobbs.  Libby

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[bytech]

Right now got three books going:

- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- Larry's Party by Carol Shields
- Der Satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch by Michael Ende (Author of Never Ending Story, and many others; This one like many others books by Ende has been translated into English under the title "Night of Wishes")

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[moondance27]

Right now got three books going:

- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- Larry's Party by Carol Shields
- Der Satanarchäolügenialkohöllische Wunschpunsch by Michael Ende (Author of Never Ending Story, and many others; This one like many others books by Ende has been translated into English under the title "Night of Wishes")

By-tech...do you happen to know a poster called LanceC....he was on the hey martha forum and talked about the Dawkins book.  I need to look for a copy.

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[bytech]

Sorry, never was on the Martha forums... But the name does ring a bell. The only other place I can think of, where I may have seen the individual would be at the v7n forums. I just got the book for my BDay. Some stuff is over my head, but for the most part the book is an easy read. Definitely something I'll want to reread at least once, just to get a better understanding.

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[libby]

I also read more than one book at a time, and "Next" by Michael Crichton (as discussed above) is one.  The other two are:

"The Whole Shebang" (cosmology) by Timothy Ferris

"Double Deuce" by Robert B. Parker (my favorite "light-reading" author - if you know who Spenser and Hawk and Susan are, you know what I mean)

Libby
 

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[The Hun]

Tried reading "Rough Crossings" by Simon Schama, but it was so boring I had to
put it down after 158 pages. I've never not finished a book I started until now.


Now I'm reading "Just Americans" by Robert Asahina, the story of how
Japanese Americans earned the right to be called just Americans during
World War II.

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[dem..!..rep]

I've been reading this series called The American Presidents - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr is the general editor of all the books. They're short ( 200 pages or less ) biographies of american presidents by different authors. I've read a number of them now but wish I would have waited for the entire series to come out so I could read them in the order of the presidents. They're long enough to give at least some background on the presidents but short enough that they're an easy read. Right now I'm reading
'Benjamin Harrison' by Charles W. Calhoun. Surprising how little american politics has changed in 200 years.

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[Ophelia Keester]

Night  by Elie Wiesel  The BEST personal account of the Holocaust, winner of Nobel Peace Prize .
should be required in high school/college reading. Can't put it down.  PLEASE consider reading it.

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[iwalkalone]

:) I really enjoy Calvin and Hobbs.  Libby

Me, too. My kids have "borrowed" all my Calvin and Hobbes books over the years, so I have no idea where most of them are anymore. Likewise all my Bloom County books.

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[libby]

:) I really enjoy Calvin and Hobbs.  Libby

Me, too. My kids have "borrowed" all my Calvin and Hobbes books over the years, so I have no idea where most of them are anymore. Likewise all my Bloom County books.

Oh yes. I have another favorite: Doonesbury. Gary Trudeau is somethin' else! I love his political commentary, but my all-time favorite - an old one - is one that showed another side of him.  It featured Lacy, a rich old lady in New York who frustrated her family by spending her days feeding the pigeons and talking to a homeless woman in Central Park. When she died, at home in her bed, what an exit! - so tender and sweet - for her "feller" showed up to take her hand and escort her on the trip to meet God.  Libby

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