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Tell us what you are reading this month.

As I said in another topic, I'm finishing up The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated and Uncensored Edition.

Next Up The Handmaid's Tale

I am still reading Until Thy Wrath Be Past and planning on starting Sister next!

I'm finishing up on a re-read of the Harry Potter series then onto Rules of Civility

Right now I'm reading

Next up is

I forgot to mention I'm listening to

Currently reading . I'm almost ashamed to put it on my m/m shelf, as most of the books there are of the amateur sort.

I really liked the Gates, Nancy!!!!

I am listening to A Death in Summer I love the Benjamin Black Quirk mystery series. This is the newest. I always pick them up when they come out. The audio is quite nice with the light Irish lilt.

Wyndslash wrote: "Currently reading . I'm almost ashamed to put it on my m/m shelf, as most of the books there are of the amateur sort."

I loved this series! Stalking Darkness is my favorite so far.

Nancy wrote: "Wyndslash wrote: "Currently reading . I'm almost ashamed to put it on my m/m shelf, as most of the books there are of the amateur sort."

I loved this series! [book..."

Yeah, I really enjoyed that too :) especially how Seregil and Alec's relationship developed :)

I just started The Handmaid's Tale last night.

Doug wrote: "I really liked the Gates, Nancy!!!!"

I'm looking forward to reading it, Doug. It seems to have some mixed reviews among my friends here.

I'm really loving . It's funny, sad, and makes me alternate between wanting to spank and hug the wild and crazy Josh and Jack. Josh's story is so intimate, and despite the fact that his life is nothing like my own, even if we may have shared a few similar experiences, I care deeply about what happens to him and Jack.

I've never seen The Fabulous Beekman Boys, but this story is now making me curious about the show.

Nancy wrote: "Doug wrote: "I really liked the Gates, Nancy!!!!"

I'm looking forward to reading it, Doug. It seems to have some mixed reviews among my friends here.

I'm really loving [bookcover:I Am Not Myself..."

i just got that from the sale too :D

Right now, the trashy, "Just Desserts: The Unauthorized Biography of Martha Stewart". Next up: "Twelve Weeks in Summer" by June Callwood and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.

right now reading

Can't read the whole day as I would have liked though, because of the intrusion of real life (bah!)

I started Sister and it is pretty good so far, I am on page 100. Pretty solid mystery, something has happened that we know about but are fuzzy on the details, and as the one sister narrates, we are slowly getting the story. I like books that slowly unfold in this fashion so I am liking it. I think it will make a great summer read. It is becoming more popular at my library. I had to wait for my copy to arrive.

I finished The Handmaid's Tale at about 1 AM last nite. A tale on many levels, I found it a scary story, seemingly so topical.

As is my wont no matter the time, I started Normal Miguel just after, just 10 pages or so. The lyrical prose is a pleasure to hear.

I finished A Death in Summer and I liked the story, and I liked the person reading it. I think Benjamin Black does well with characters. And his mysteries are not terribly long, or drawn out. You get a solid mystery that doesn't take that long to read.

i am discovering the wonderful poetry of lermontov lately. such lyricism, alas that he died so young!

I'm reading "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville... I've been reading it since the end of June. It's a bit heavy in detail for me despite the flow of the work. At some points I feel like I'm being overwhelmed by the detail and then I get a little bit of action that keeps my attention. I'll probably finish reading it by October...LOL!

I'm reading both Maupin's "Further Tales of the City,"(which is like eating Yoplait) and Dickens' "David Copperfield," (which, given its heft, I may be reading for the next nine months!)

I finished Normal Miguel and still processing it, a good sign. One one level it introduces me to an unknown are—rural Mexico. The protagonist grows in the book in a realistic way, often a jerk, he learns how to live and actualize.

For pure escapism (life's been tough), I started The Da Vinci Code last nite.

Steven wrote: "I'm reading both Maupin's "Further Tales of the City,"(which is like eating Yoplait) and Dickens' "David Copperfield," (which, given its heft, I may be reading for the next nine months!)"

I have Tales of the City, but have not gotten around to reading Maupin. How does the marvelous TV Miniseries compare to the books. Generally, I think books always better.

As television miniseries go, my recollection is that it compared favorably to the books in this case. I usually am disappointed by the movies they make out of good books. The Tales series is the reading equivalent of comfort food. It had a few twists that were intriguing and maybe even "shocking" when the miniseries came out, but are mild by today's standards. The joy is in the dialogue,characters, and going back to a simpler era; it's fun stuff.

I am about to start Chew: Taster's Choice a graphic novel about an FBI agent who apparently can eat things (even people) and get psychic impressions that help him solve cases.

I just finished Daytripper another graphic novel written by Brazillian twins that is pretty good, about different stages in a man's life.

I'm currently reading The Da Vinci Code and am finding it very entertaining. I did not pay much attention when it was a bestseller, but suspect it provoked a lot of controversy, both religious and feminist. It seems to have been canned by a low of reviewers, I suspect because their beliefs are challenged. But it is fun! Chill people.

History or fantasy. That is the question. Thing is for stuff I do know about, there's a lot of evidence for...

I'm reading a lot...I'm currently reading It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive; The Penguin History of Europe: Volume 1: Classical Europe; The City & The City and Interview with the Vampire.
Will be done with those in a few days and on to the next lot!

I'm on the HP series roll right now. Just finished Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Yesterday I downloaded and started It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me.

I'm reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Give me a utopian/dystopian fantasy any day and I'll be happy :)

I just finished which was a lot of fun!

Now listening to and reading .

I am reading To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story because I have to read it for work to facilitate a reading group. It is over 500 pages long and I am finding it incredibly boring. I am agonizing picking it up again.

So, I am spending my time actually reading Ex Machina (Volume 1): The First Hundred Days and Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned to round things out!

Last nite I started The Phoenix by Ruth Sims. She is a master of readability and characterization.

I just added Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Theatre, Comedy, and Beyond to my to-read pile. Sometimes I forget that we can read non-fiction, too! And I so want to be funny. Well, funnier.

I just finished reading A Prayer for Owen Meany, which I found very moving and beautifully written. (I just bought his latest Last Night in Twisted River on a trip to the states.)

Currently reading an historical fiction about Henry II and Eleanor of Acquitaine, who I find to be such an interesting figure: Devil's Brood. Not the best writing, but interesting history and a good escape.

Might reread Of Human Bondage next or the aforementioned new John Irving next.

That's a great read, Matt.

There is a new film of that Matt, that is from the BBC that looks quite good.

I tried reading I just couldn't finish it...maybe one day now I'm reading

finished О суббота! this evening. such a tragic read; i read it slowly, partly because the melancholy of the prose was too rich, too depressing.

started Fight Club.

I've been reading novels recommended on the Literary Horror group. I just finished Verland: The Transformation.

Verland is the 1st vampire book I really liked and is provoking unexpected thought.

I just started an Ecofiction: Blue Wolf: An Alix Thorssen Mystery

I am on to the graphic novel The Walking Dead! And Batwoman! (who incidentally is a lesbian, and Rachel Maddow wrote the intro to the graphic novel. How cool is that?)

Just finished Untold Story: A Novel by Monica Ali. It's about Princess Diana faking her death and moving to America with the help of her private secretary, Lawrence. A fascinating bit of "what if" and alternate history. Great details, actually moving in parts and winds up being a little bit of thriller at the end as a paparazzi photographer discovers she's still alive and pursues her.

Kernos wrote: "...I just started an Ecofiction: Blue Wolf: An Alix Thorssen Mystery "

I decided to put this aside, as I was feeling the need to get lost in a space opera, so started Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey. It' just what I need! Alas, it's the 1st book of a series. I hate waiting.

Trying to squeeze Fahrenheit 451 in before the month ends.

Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine, Martian Chronicles and The October Country are my favorites by Bradbury.

YOu have a few days yet! I am in the process of rereading Watchmen and I can see why it is still a graphic novel classic, and I really want to read Fables: Legends in Exile cuz a coworker just let me know about it and it looks like a good series.

Doug wrote: "YOu have a few days yet! I am in the process of rereading Watchmen and I can see why it is still a graphic novel classic..."

I've been wanting to do The Absolute Sandman in toto, all at once, but there is so much and so much waiting to be read.

I just finished Leviathan Wakes. It's fun though a bit too obviously derivative. How long will I have to wait for the complete series? Do I have enough time left?

I started The Magician King last nite.

Hello,

My name is Sabrina and I am new to the group. I am currently reading The Way We Live Now. I was really hoping to have some time to really tackle this while Irene was doing her thing. However, I got called into work and will probably be here until Tuesday.

Oh well. That's the great thing about books. They tend to age well.

Happy Reading!

Just finished Alan Hollinghurst's new novel, The Stranger's Child (Brilliant!) and now moved on to Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood.

Wendy Wasserstein, throughout her life was a friend to the gay community. This biography is so touching and sad because it describes her private world that she kept hidden from the public.
From a review:“Through drama she told many truths. In personal essays, drawn from her life, she freely reconfigured events, as though she were writing fiction. She was as covert as a spy, parceling out information to a host of confidants, allowing each of them to believe that he or she alone had access to the inner sanctum
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