What are you reading at the moment?

[collissimon]

Hello! Pretty self explanatory really!

Iron Council: China Mieville

His writing is awesome: it blows me away completely.

[Dave]

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Very good book.

[CAMPFRIEND]

I wish I had more time to read. I am not reading anything!

[ocean]

I am about to start Men are from mars and woman are from venus.

[Indigo]

I'm rereading Terry Pratchett's Jingo. I love comic fantasy!

[KiwiCRB]

For school i'm about to start Genesis/ Paradise Lost and for fun i'm reading Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati.

[crbtigger]

"the shopaholic takes manhatten"

[who_stole_my_loofa]

crbtigger- it's so good!

I have a problem reading books that I've read before multiple times because I love them so much. Recently I read She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb again and I would recommend it to anyone who knows how to read.

Right now though I'm reading My Life by Bill Clinton, I started it like a year ago and never finished. It is very good thus far.

[Flukie]

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.

[speedx5xracer]

Obession - John Douglas (FBI profiling real cases)
And both of Dan Harringtons poker books

[camper]

i'm assuming that i'll end up reading a bunch of books for classes starting tomorrow...we'll see! if not i would love to finish what i'm reading now ("the know it all" by aj jacobs) and start "camp" by michael eisner.

[Fallen]

I just started The Historian by Elizabeth Kostovo

[Melk]

i'm assuming that i'll end up reading a bunch of books for classes starting tomorrow...we'll see! if not i would love to finish what i'm reading now ("the know it all" by aj jacobs) and start "camp" by michael eisner.

Camp is good. My parents sent it to me this summer

[drink the wild air]

Obession - John Douglas (FBI profiling real cases)
And both of Dan Harringtons poker books

That FBI book sounds interesting. Any good?

I am reading the Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. Its amazing.

[collissimon]

Is that the Dalai Lama's autobiography? That's on my to read list... I read Nelson Mandela's biography last year. It took me ages to finish, but it was really interesting.

[speedx5xracer]

That FBI book sounds interesting. Any good?

I am reading the Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. Its amazing.

I read the art of happiness when the Dalai Lama came to my Uni this year. Obsession is amazing but after reading John Douglass' other book i started to see the "unholy trilogy of behaviors" in all my campers. Kind of makes me paranoid at times that all my kids will become serial killers/ sex offenders

[drink the wild air]

I read the art of happiness when the Dalai Lama came to my Uni this year. Obsession is amazing but after reading John Douglass' other book i started to see the "unholy trilogy of behaviors" in all my campers. Kind of makes me paranoid at times that all my kids will become serial killers/ sex offenders

HAHA, that is totally something that happened to me. I tend unconsciously diagnose people due to my social work books. Its horrible but not as bad as serial killers. I would definitely start doing that. But I still want to read it anyway. Do you go to Stanford? I know he was there this year, I was real jealous.

The art of happiness isn't his autobiography but kinda a dual-authored book with a western psychologist. It takes the eastern/buddhist mindset (specifically the Dalai Lama's) and helps to apply it to our culture and how we can seek out happiness in ourselves. I like it because I love buddhism yet obviously I am immersed in Western culture. Plus the Dalai Lama is the happiest guy ever and his words are real comforting.

[speedx5xracer]

Actually I go to Rutgers. He visited this year i was lucky enough to share a meal with some of the monks who were helping prepare for his arival. Im a deeply spriitual person and being active in hillel helped me meet them. It was almost as inspiring as his speech. I hope to have the opertunity to meet him one day.

Read John Douglass' first 3 books in order Mind Hunter, Journey Into Darkness, and Obession. They are very enligntening in the mind of serial offenders.

[collissimon]

That's really cool speedx!

You mentioned 'Hillel', and we have a 'Hillel House' at uni: does that have some Jewish significance? I ask, because one day it looked like some kind of garden party, and there were a lot of Jewish students there (well I could tell the Jewish guys, because they were wearing a kippah)

[speedx5xracer]

it is a jewish organization on campus.

[camper]

i'm active in hillel at my school too!

[Rainbow]

"camp" by michael eisner.

[camper]

haha is it good rainbow? i recommended it before but i haven't read it yet.

[speedy]

i'm reading 1776 by david mccullough! if you love american history he is an amazing author!

historian was fabulous! as well as any of the shopaholics, i liked camp too

i looooooooove to read.. especually history books and chick lit :)

[Fallen]

I'm reading the unabridge adult verison of The Chronicles of Narnia. I also have The Historia and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil that I am reading. I can't just read one book.

[collissimon]

What's the difference between the unabridged Narnia and the children's version?

[Rainbow]

Finished "camp" by michael eisner. Great book on his experience going to summer camp and his kids and two kids he has been able to provide scholarship to go to camp to through his foundation. Now I just started Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder. Seems like it's going to be a really good book from the indroduction I read last night.

[Dave]

I never heard of "Camp" until now, but it seems like a really good book. Maybe I'll buy a copy. :)

[CAMPFRIEND]

It's a great book the have and own. I seem to get my copy taken every year. I staff love it!

[Dave]

I just started State of Fear by Michael Crichton today. I got it as a gift two years ago when it first came out, read the first 50 pages and never picked it up again. I started re-reading it again today though because I had nothing else to do. It's pretty good.

[speedx5xracer]

I just started State of Fear by Michael Crichton today. I got it as a gift two years ago when it first came out, read the first 50 pages and never picked it up again. I started re-reading it again today though because I had nothing else to do. It's pretty good.

state of fear is amazing i read it during orientation week last year.

[Dave]

So far it's pretty good, just like the rest of his books. I haven't gotten to any new stuff yet, just re-read the stuff from way back when.

[Fallen]

What's the difference between the unabridged Narnia and the children's version?
Well my guess is that unabridged doesn't have anything cut out while the childern's does.

[collissimon]

Cool, I read the first five before Christmas, and have two more to read after the book I'm reading is finished.

I think Magicians Nephew is my favourite.

[Fallen]

I just started the first one.

[runrachrunn]

You're all going to laugh at me...

I'm reading "The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt" edited by Ruth Ellison Andrew (I think that's the editors name)... I'm having a hard time getting through it though. I need to be in the right mood.

[collissimon]

I'm not laughing... cos I've never heard of it :D

I'm reading the Silver Chair by C S Lewis... bought the Narnia books of eBay, so better read 'em!

[runrachrunn]

crbtigger- it's so good!

I have a problem reading books that I've read before multiple times because I love them so much. Recently I read She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb again and I would recommend it to anyone who knows how to read.

Right now though I'm reading My Life by Bill Clinton, I started it like a year ago and never finished. It is very good thus far.


Loofa, I love Wally Lamb. If you liked She's Come Undone, read "I Know this much is true". I think it's a better book.

[runrachrunn]

i'm active in hillel at my school too!


As am I! Arts and Culture all the way!

[Kerrbear]

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.

AHHH I LOVED that book! It was an AMAZING sequel to WICKED (although I'll be the first to admit I'm more than a little WICKED obsessed!) The ending it sooooooooo good, I screamed! Let me know how you enjoyed it!

For school I recently read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. It was good, very unexpected ending!

Over Christmas Vacation I also read the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants books (surprisingly enjoyable, I thought they'd be geared to a much younger audience but they had some good themes that provoked contemplation). I also read 'Tis, and 2 novels by Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts and Second Glance. I would highly recommend her to anyone. She is quite the talented author, she does a lot of research for her books too so you can tell they're very accurate.

[Sparkes]

I'm reading Shake Hands With the Devil by Romeo Dallaire.

It's not a book you can read all in one shot, becuase its on such heavy an ddistirbing material, so I'm reading it over a long period of time.

[runrachrunn]

I'm reading Shake Hands With the Devil by Romeo Dallaire.

It's not a book you can read all in one shot, becuase its on such heavy an ddistirbing material, so I'm reading it over a long period of time.


Sparkle, Good choice! I read it over winter break, after exams. It was so well written, but I agree, very heavy on the disturbing stuff.

BTW, where in Canada do you live?

[Dave]

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

[collissimon]

Ooh a classic! You'll have to say what it's like.

I got bored of Silver Chair already! I'm re-reading the Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett.