I'm about half way through A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini. What an incredible book. I loved his previous book The Kite Runner and this new one is just as good. This book is playing with almost every emotion I have. The women of Afghanistan are true heroines!
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im gonna read this antonio vivaldi biography as soon it comes to the library.

Peacock Cries.. cant remember the name of the author though..

It's huge yet completely brilliant. It chronicles the relationship between Robert Fitzroy and Charles Darwin; the growth of their friendship and what drove them apart. I felt compelled to read it after my travels to similar parts of the world.

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series

An Innocent Man by John Grisham. It's his first non-fiction work.

Empress said:

I got that book for Christmas and I'm excited to read it. I just finished 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hamid, which was a very good but very sad book. The beginning is boring but it quickly picks up and I really couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it.

Right now I'm reading 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' by James Harriot. It's a nice relaxing and heartwarming read...especially after 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'.

I'm reading Act of Treason by Vince Flynn, in a long line of political spy thrillers starring the black ops operative known as Mitch Rapp.

I read the end of Mr Y from Scarlett Thomas, great book, I read 500 pages in one w/e I could not put it down, bthe main plot is: would you read a book which is cursed?. The curse being death...
The one I started is called the Bandini Quartet from John Fante, I like it so far...

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

It's hilarious!
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Just started reading this one:

just finished this one, and i'm thinking of reading more edith wharton. i don't usually enjoy turn of the century (19th/20th, that is) literature, but i lapped this book right up.

morningsong said:

I watch a marathon of his show "no reservations" the other day. I quite liked the show...I bet the book is pretty interesting, too.

Memnoch the devil ... Anne Rice

I have read it before but I'm reading it again it's so great....

The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker

Anxiety said:

I love Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence and The Buccaneers are both excellent, as well.

If you like that stuff, you might also enjoy a long-lost Louisa May Alcott book, The Inheritance. It was written in 1849, then lost until its publication in 1997. It's a bit more gothic in feeling than the Wharton books, but a real page-turner nonetheless.
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i just read "90 minutes in Heaven"...

great book for me right now

Anxiety said:

the bronte sisters are much fun.

JasmineFire said:

It is. He's got me addicted.


My next book:

morningsong said:

I can totally see how that would happen.

I didn't even realize he had a book, nevermind more than one! I'll have to try to check these out.

Slash's autobiography

InsatiableCream said:

That seems like it would be interesting.

I barely remember the movie, it's been so long since I saw it. I am really enjoying it, though I wish it was longer.

JasmineFire said:

its quite a page turner

Genesia said:

i'm giving serious consideration to picking up "age of innocence" next, though i'm also a little curious lately about raymond chandler (yeah, i know, total sharp right turn there )

Anxiety said:

What did I read by him...I think it was Poodle Springs, something that was unfinished and another author finished it. It's decent, probably take you all of ten minutes to read!