What Are You Currently Reading?

[Evil Eye]

Nothing

 

[Rapunzel]

Yeah, read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

At the moment I am reading 2 books. I pick the book I'm going to read depending on my mood at the time. Under the Dome, by Stephen King (his newest) and The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.

The King book is his usual chiller/thriller/horror/mystery type thing that is really good so far. I'm only a couple hundred pages into it and it is 1072 pages long. (I love a good LONG book like this!)

The 48 Laws of Power is a book about learning how to control situations in business, personal areas and moving strategically with peers and superiors to gain an end result that is in your favor, gaining control of any situation. Frankly put, it's about learning how to manipulate people without them knowing you're manipulating them.

I'm only as far as reading the specific meanings of each law so far, but this is some really intriguing stuff!

Check out that book here: http://www.amazon.com/48-Laws-Power...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289586397&sr=1-1

Thankyou Dennis and Smooth for your suggestions.

I 'googled' Ender's Game and The 48 Laws of Power at Amazon and they both sound absolutely fascinating!



I was desperate for some new books to read and so ordered some books from Amazon, which should arrive in a day or two hopefully. However, these books sounded so great that I've put them both in my basket @ Amazon and will order them next time. Thanks for the great suggestions.

 

[JasonBegheFanGirl]

I am currently reading: Anything Goes by John Barrowman

 

[Kahnai]

If anyone hasn't read, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper (1899), I would highly recommend it. It's very short, only a few pages, but it's about a woman as she very slowly goes absolutely insane!



*I just re-read it tonight and I still love it*



I read it back in high school and it's never left my mind since.



Here is a link to the story if anyone wants to take a look. It's not in the best reader friendly version, but it's free and you can read it. So yea...



Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper (1899)

 

[MrMetroid]

How to Bonk at Work. Very intersting positions to be in

 

[Corleone]

The Scarlet Letter (for school)

 

[The Dragon Master]

The Executioner

 

[Dennis]

What book are you currently reading?

 

[Rapunzel]

http://offtopix.com/topic/17-what-are-you-currently-reading/



Sorry.

 

[stm]

I am reading the kite runner, such an excellent book

 

[Dark Raiden]

Mission Earth Book Two: Black Genesis by L. Ron Hubbard.

 

[Durandal]

Just finished a book called 'Fannie's Last Supper', about Victorian-era cooking...



...it was a bit of a disappointment.

 

[Evil Eye]

Merged.



Anyhow, I just finished my book so now I'll have to get started in Thief of Time.

 

[Cinnamon]

Ruby Ridge by Jess Walter

... and I just received an early Christmas present from my brother, President Bush's new book.

 

[Rapunzel]

I ordered some books from Amazon for Christmas . . . but I read them all.

Now I have to order some more.

I have just finished reading the last of those books I ordered, it's called 'The Thirteen Days of Christmas'. It was actually pretty funny.

It's about a boy who, in an attempt to be romantic, sends his true love a partridge in a pear tree.



The next day he sends her two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.



On the third day he sails to France to buy 30 French hens. He sends her 3 of them along with two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.



And so it goes on.....



Eventually there are coops full of angry hens in the yard, who won't lay... Cages of calling birds in every room in the house, Swans sitting on the rooftop eating moss and hissing, gallons of milk delivered every day, a row of pear trees lined up the stairs... it's just hilarious. The town mayor keeps sending the poor girl fines for blocking the road with livestock and then takes all the chairs from the town hall and rents them out to folks who come every day and stand outside the girls house to see what she will get that day. I think it's assumed the story comes before the song so no one knew what to expect each day. The poor girl gets more and more frustrated whilst everyone else, including her family, are having a hilarious time.



It's very light weight but it was a good, fun Christmas read. It's also a pleasant book to look at and touch. (I like to have a kinesthetic approach to my reading and learning.)

 

[Evil Eye]

Thief of Time.

 

[Durandal]

I ordered some books from Amazon for Christmas . . . but I read them all.

Now I have to order some more.

I have just finished reading the last of those books I ordered, it's called 'The Thirteen Days of Christmas'. It was actually pretty funny.

It's about a boy who, in an attempt to be romantic, sends his true love a partridge in a pear tree.



The next day he sends her two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.



On the third day he sails to France to buy 30 French hens. He sends her 3 of them along with two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.



And so it goes on.....



Eventually there are coops full of angry hens in the yard, who won't lay... Cages of calling birds in every room in the house, Swans sitting on the rooftop eating moss and hissing, gallons of milk delivered every day, a row of pear trees lined up the stairs... it's just hilarious. The town mayor keeps sending the poor girl fines for blocking the road with livestock and then takes all the chairs from the town hall and rents them out to folks who come every day and stand outside the girls house to see what she will get that day. I think it's assumed the story comes before the song so no one knew what to expect each day. The poor girl gets more and more frustrated whilst everyone else, including her family, are having a hilarious time.



It's very light weight but it was a good, fun Christmas read. It's also a pleasant book to look at and touch. (I like to have a kinesthetic approach to my reading and learning.)

Well I'm sure she at least enjoyed the Five Golden Rings!

*Durandal writes is his How to score with the ladies Journal - Note #687: Women do not like birds!!!*

 

[Rapunzel]

Well I'm sure she at least enjoyed the Five Golden Rings!

*Durandal writes is his How to score with the ladies Journal - Note #687: Women do not like birds!!!*

Not really as she got 5 gold rings for 8 days running! She ended up with 40 gold rings, some of which she used as curtain rings.



The birds were certainly crazy!

Although she liked the geese because they laid large goose eggs for breakfast every morning.



When all the presents were added together she had 364 of them. Then he gave one more to make one for every day of the year. The chap also gave lovely gifts to the girls father and younger brothers and sisters, who loved the gifts and so refused to discourage him.



Another interesting thing was that every day had a name, so Christmas Day was followed by St. Stephen's Day, then St. John the Evangelist's Day, Holy Innocent's Day, St. Thomas of Canterbury's Day, etc., etc, and lots of old carols were included, with all their lyrics, and lots of traditions were also included which we don't have now. I must look them up at some point and see if they really used to exist.



Sorry to rave about it but, besides the hilarious story, there was a lot of fascinating background detail.



Perhaps I should write a review for Amazon.

 

[Crusader]

The Soul Collectors by Chris Mooney

 

[Medora]

I am reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. I was not sure what to think of this book, but I heard it mentioned so many times, and knew that its author claimed to tell the story from the point of view of the exploited.