What Is Everyone Reading These Days For Themselves?

[kimmills]

Most of the times I am reading out story books for my kids but this time I bought myself a novel by Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge. It was good but a bit too long. Anyways I loved reading something new- other than the kids' story books.

[Josiegirl]

I'm reading The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. I love it.
I'm a huge fan of Jodi Picoult! Very enthralling author!

[Josiegirl]

I am currently reading life after death This is my favorite author Deepak Chopra. this book based on its all depend on how u will die . Ater death you die and life goes on with or without you simple just make the best if life while your still alive.

Sounds like a book I should read. Some days I feel like all I'm doing is hanging around until.....

[SheilaA]

Me Time

I just finished The Women of the House by Jean Zimmerman.

Next up, Life After Life.

[Thriftylady]

Right now two Amish novels. I have been feeling kind of down lately, and they help me stay grounded in my faith. That helps me have hope for things looking up. They always do, but sometimes reading the right thing helps.

[Unregistered]

Empire of Illusion;The End of Literacy and The Triumph of Spectacle, by Chris Hedges.

http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132

[Lianne]

I read a lot. I complete a book every day to two days but I haven't read anything in awhile that I absolutely loved. I've read several that were pretty good or mediocre but none that made me stay up too late to read one more chapter realizing I completed the book.

I read this series years ago but forgot to note the author and then spent years trying to track down the title. I absolutely loved the series but especially the first book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72854.Into_the_Wilderness

I also loved this book. It's a lighter read but with some meat to it without sex, vulgarity or crime. I just found it refreshing. I enjoyed the other books in the series but enjoyed the first one the best

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4567115-a-year-on-ladybug-farm

[Josiegirl]

I'm reading Under The Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. It's interesting, eye-opening, and appalling all at the same time. It sickens me to think what some of the young girls grow up with in polygamous communities.

[NightOwl]

Fyi, there's a Facebook page called the Free Book Nook. They post every single day with links for free Kindle books. And you don't need a kindle to read them, just the free app.

[sleepinghart]

~Anyone ever heard of, or watched, "Real Housewives of New York"? Well, I'm reading a book by one of the housewives, or one of the former housewives, right now..."Leggy Blonde: A Memoir" by Aviva Drescher. It's light reading. ..Perfect for summer, to take to the beach or lounge by the pool with.

"With true courage, Aviva tells the story of how she lost her foot in a barn accident at the age of six and the numerous—sometimes bizarre— attempts to reattach it. After a trip to India to be “cured” by a famous mystic, young Aviva learned to use fashion and style to draw attention away from her prosthesis. She fled to Paris in her early twenties, where she transformed herself into a wild club chick and danced on tables with the crème de la crème of the big-hair supermodel era". http://www.amazon.com/Leggy-Blonde-M.../dp/1476722110

~I recommend the book "People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil" by M. Scott Peck MD.
"In this absorbing and equally inspiring companion volume to his classic trilogy—The Road Less Traveled, Further Along the Road Less Traveled, and The Road Less Traveled and Beyond—Dr. M. Scott Peck brilliantly probes into the essence of human evil.

People who are evil attack others instead of facing their own failures. Peck demonstrates the havoc these people of the lie work in the lives of those around them. He presents, from vivid incidents encountered in his psychiatric practice, examples of evil in everyday life.

This book is by turns disturbing, fascinating, and altogether impossible to put down as it offers a strikingly original approach to the age-old problem of human evil". http://www.amazon.com/People-Lie-Hop.../dp/0684848597

[CeriBear]

I love to read a variety of things but my favorite is fantasy along the lines of Terry Brooks and JRR Tolkien. Right now I am reading the second book in a new fantasy series by John Gwynn. The first book in the series is called Malice and the second is Valor. If you like epic fantasy you'll like this series.

Since I work in a childcare center I also love to read children's books. Some of my favorites ( which the kiddos also love) are Pete the Cat, the Llama Llama books, Splat the Cat, and Dr. Seuss.

[Josiegirl]

I'm a huge Harlan Coben fan and just found another similar author that I love. I read No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay, very good book if you like mystery.

[slpender]

Jodi Picoult-Plain Truth...amazing so far!!

Is this the one about the nurse? I'm wondering if this is the one I have on my wish list.

[slpender]

ok, so I went and bought 3 books today

part 2 and 3 to Call of the Midwives (really good easy read book)

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I bought Dark Places when on vacation and its really good.

I also got Parenting: illustrated with Crappy Pictures by amber Dusick. OMG its so funny, if you don't mind foul language then this is a book for you (crappy boy and crappy baby...) its an easy read funny book that shouldn't be read aloud. Her blog is crappypictures.com

Sharp Objects is really good

[Josiegirl]

Just started Born In Crime by Trevor Noah. Truth and comedy during apartheid and what he went through. Very good so far.