What are you reading right now ?

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Maud,

Just started it yesterday. This is indeed one of those "damned books"...you know...can't talk...or cook...or clean....busy reading. Don't really see the ghost story aspect yet...unless they are only referring to ghosts of her past...but still very early on. Remarkably well written and completely engaging.

Heading out to coffee and bask

Carla

[Bighuey]

Ive started Escape by Poul Anderson.

[Geneen Karstens]

Just starting The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen

[Fran]

@IzzyAlene
Joyce Carol Oates is one of my most favorite authors, I find her books are always engrossing and riveting reading .... though her subjects and characters are often disturbing & generate strong emotional responses (at least in me!). If you're looking for light easy reading then she's not the author for you IMO but if you like books that really absorb you & characters that live with you long after you've put the book back on the shelf then you won't be disappointed.
I think I've read about 14 of her books over the years and I can honestly say only one, "Mother, Missing" left me somewhat dissatisfied .... in that I'd give it a slightly lower rating than her other books, maybe a 7/10 but the bar is set very high!
I would suggest starting with "We Were the Mulvaneys" which tells the story of how an assault on a high school girl impacts on her entire wider family .... as I said above the issues she takes on are not easy.
"The Gravedigger's Daughter" I would also strongly recommend, it's central characters are a German refugee family in the US in the 1930's .... again not easy!
I particularly like JCO because she creates very strong independent female characters, you won't find any swooning females in her books! She has also written in the short story format & if you'd like to begin with that you could try "The Female of the Species" & see if she appeals to you.
If you decide to take on any of her books I would be really interested in your opinion in due course .... either way I wish you happy reading whatever you choose JCO or another author.

[jasmin2002]

wow is it good. i have not read that yet but i am willing to

[RuqeeD]

@IzzyAlene
Joyce Carol Oates is one of my most favorite authors, I find her books are always engrossing and riveting reading .... though her subjects and characters are often disturbing & generate strong emotional responses (at least in me!). If you're looking for light easy reading then she's not the author for you IMO but if you like books that really absorb you & characters that live with you long after you've put the book back on the shelf then you won't be disappointed.
I think I've read about 14 of her books over the years and I can honestly say only one, "Mother, Missing" left me somewhat dissatisfied .... in that I'd give it a slightly lower rating than her other books, maybe a 7/10 but the bar is set very high!
I would suggest starting with "We Were the Mulvaneys" which tells the story of how an assault on a high school girl impacts on her entire wider family .... as I said above the issues she takes on are not easy.
"The Gravedigger's Daughter" I would also strongly recommend, it's central characters are a German refugee family in the US in the 1930's .... again not easy!
I particularly like JCO because she creates very strong independent female characters, you won't find any swooning females in her books! She has also written in the short story format & if you'd like to begin with that you could try "The Female of the Species" & see if she appeals to you.
If you decide to take on any of her books I would be really interested in your opinion in due course .... either way I wish you happy reading whatever you choose JCO or another author.

You've intrigued me enough now that I'm gonna go down to the library and see if her books are available there.

[Connie_88]

Just started Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder by John Gilmore

[Bighuey]

I just started A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. With all the hype about the movie, thought I would would give the book a try again. I havent read it since high school, It will be like reading a new book.

[primrose777]

I'm reading Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings #1) by Lynn Austin. It is a very good scriptural and historical based novel about King Hezekiah who is heir to the throne of King David. Story has really grabbed me.

I also started listening to Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - the 2nd book of the Hunger Games trilogy.

I have read the whole series, and loved them. I am not a huge Lynn Austin fan ( I find her books a little same, same) but these were great.

[IzzyAlene]

Fran,
Thank you so much! I'm going to amazon right now to get started. Ill definitely let you know how I react to them.

[Stacygee]

I just finished World Without End by Ken Follett. I loved it! now I am dumbing down a little. a friend gave me the entire Sookie Stackhouse series and I am on book two.

[Fran]

I've got to feed my beloved now but he will be washing up so I get to make a start on Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates ... so looking forward to it

[jasmin2002]

i am reading hetty feather i am near the end i love it

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

Fran...feed him before you start the book or he will be skeletal remains before it is finished...."sorry honey...can't cook...reading..." Just finished up. Wow. Digesting it...will post my impression later...but WOW!

[gloriana]

The Princeling by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, it's the third book in the Morland dynasty, there are more than 20 books in the serie's and the library seems to have most of them. So I'm set for awhile