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Surfer Girl · 07-02-2002, 09:17 PM

I'm reading Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher" for fun & scary fiction and for serious reading I am working my way through "Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast" by Daniel Duane~it's about a man who takes a year off to go surf in California and his road to self-discovery plus some insight on man's relationship to our mother ocean. It's an amazing read-makes me wanna be a surfer chick!

Ryanmomof2 · 07-03-2002, 05:18 PM

I just finished Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich(this is a great mystery, romance series,love it!!) and Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood(gonna have to pick up the other one, Little altars Everywhere). I have some books by Jd Robb?(Nora Roberts) that my Aunt said were good that I am starting on today. I love to read! I go take a bubble bath when the kiddos nap with my book almost every day,lol.

throwbackmama · 07-03-2002, 06:00 PM

I just started "Nickel and Dimed; On (not) Getting By in Merica" by Barbara Ehrenreich. It is a quick read, very interesting and makes you think twice. I'm reading it for my book group and look forward to discussing it!
Pam

saffron_lost · 07-05-2002, 03:11 PM

Right now I am reading a bunch of Indian fiction (as in India, not Native American) since we are really into Bollywood movies currently. I am reading Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra right now. On my bookshelf I have Midnight's Children by Salmon Rushdie, An American Brat by Bapsi Sidhwa, and Arranged Marriages by Chitra Divakaruni. Hopefully I will get to them all before they have to go back to the library. :-)

Good non-fiction I have read lately:

Power Politics by Arundhati Roy about the Big Dam Movement in India and the destruction it is causing
Young At Art by Susan Striker about kids' art
Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway about home-scale permaculture
A Force More Powerful: a Centure of Non-Violent Conflict by P. Ackerman & J. DuVall about the different non-violent movements in the past century
Declarations of Independence by Howard Zinn examining different aspects of American ideology

I love reading! :-)

Heather
mama to Genevieve (4 1/2) and Logan (almost 2)

Freckle~Face · 07-11-2002, 06:39 PM

"Finding Darwin's God" by Kenneth Miller. The author is a biology professor at Brown University who believes that the science of evolution confirms the existence of God rather than opposes God. I'm only in chapter one so I don't have any real opinion about it yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

~Carla~ · 07-13-2002, 12:29 AM

Im reading:
Taking Charge of Your Fertility
Sink Reflections (fly lady)
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

am fixing to start:
We were the Mulvaneys

07-18-2002, 04:02 AM

I just finished _My Name is Asher Lev_ by Chaim Potok, _Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith_ by Anne Lamott & _The Long Lonliness_ by Dorothy Day. I came here looking for some ideas on what to read next

I am interested to hear about _the bondswoman's narrative_ - that sounds FASCINATING. Also, _the good earth_ by pearl s. buck. I will be interested to hear your comments on that after reading it.

sweet~potato · 07-20-2002, 03:12 PM

Right now I'm reading Compassionate Souls by JoAnn Farb. It's a really great book dealing with issues such as veganism, homeschooling, vaccinations, and lots more.

I have also been reading Soul Harvest from the Left Behind series. Wow, things are moving *so* slow in these books.

MommylovesRJ · 07-20-2002, 05:51 PM

I am currently readin Science and Health with a Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. EXCELLENT read so far. As soon as I am done with this, I will start reading Fatal, The Left Behind series, and Genevieve. Will LYK if they're good!

motherofpearls · 07-22-2002, 06:53 PM

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Originally posted by recycledcrayons
I just finished _My Name is Asher Lev_ by Chaim Potok,

I am interested to hear about _the bondswoman's narrative_ - that sounds FASCINATING. Also, _the good earth_ by pearl s. buck. I will be interested to hear your comments on that after reading it.

hi brenda,
i absorb chaim potok's books...have read that one more than once!

well...on bondswoman...uh...the price (or cost?) of motherhood kinda jumped ahead of it in my stack...which is a really interesting read. but i did finish the good earth & really liked it. found out that it's the first of a trilogy, & the 2nd is unavailable from the publishers (out of print, i think he said). will have to hunt for it--but bought the third. i also bought another book by buck & am looking forward to that one--the woman's pavilion , i think (sorry, none of them are on the computer desk). but bondswoman WILL be next, lol.

07-31-2002, 12:06 AM

I just got done reading all 4 of the Harry Potter books. I cant wait till book 5 comes out. I am really into murder mysteries. I love Robin Cook, James Patterson, and Dean Koonz. I also like reading Mary Higgins Clark too.

Buffy

nanirose · 07-31-2002, 12:48 AM

I am reading Drowing Ruth I picked it up last weekend at a garage sale. I started it yesterday and it very good. I will be finishing it tonight. I think it might be a late night.

08-05-2002, 01:02 PM

Carla, I read Good Omens a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. Have you read anything by the coauthor, Neil Gaiman? I just read his American Gods and LOVED it!

miahswife · 08-10-2002, 02:11 AM

I am reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Man, I love these books! I needed another book to read and my Mom had the HP books and suggested them to me for like the 100th time. I finally said ok. I wish I would have listened to her sooner. I have really enjoyed them so far.

08-17-2002, 03:53 AM

If you are looking for a great history book, try King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild. It is a terribly sad, very well written non-fiction on the brutal slavery imposed by europeans on the Congolese in the early twentith century. I have just ordered from the library a book on Stalin by the same author.