What book are you currently reading
 

I'd like to start this thread just to see what books everyone is reading.
This way we can all get recommendations of books we may want to read in the future.

Feel free to comment on the book if you have already read it.

I shall start:

I am current reading two books, I always read a fiction and a non-fiction at the same time.

Fiction: A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunsmore
(First ever Orange Prize Winner)

Non-Fiction: Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott

visions of loveliness by judith m. taylor


it's not for everyone though XD the indexing is a little janky. they go by breed then by contribution then by date

Let's see,

The Hobbit, Tolkien
Memories of Ice, Erikson
H.P. Lovecraft collection (Currently "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward")

Those are the ones I'm actively reading, not including the ones I've started and will eventually get to, or the ones that I've yet to start and are on my list.

You are like me, you read more than one book at a time!

I was gifted a novel for Christmas so I'm currently reading La Vérité sur l’Affaire Harry Quebert(The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair) by Joel Dicker (yeah, the original book is in french and I'm reading it in french). It's a mystery novel and it's very thrilling; there are a lot of moments when you wonder what's going to happen next.
It was also a best-seller.
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Anyone has non-fiction, culture/art related book(s) to suggest?

X''D am i am the only non-fiction reader here?

Why would you be? Especially since Lil' already asked about it. :P

all the other books mentioned are are fiction XD

Which just means that that's what people happen to be reading right now.

I'm being nit-picky because every time I hear a question that starts with "Am I the only..." 98% of the time it's "No." :P.

fair enough XD let me rephrase;

i reccomend "europe in the high middle ages" by william jorden. does anyone else have a suggestion?

I said in my post that I always read two books at a time, one fiction and one non-fiction

I like to learn stuff, and sometimes I just need a break from the fiction book.

Finished with Charles, onto the Randolph Carter stories. I'm finding that out of Lovecraft's stuff, Cthullu isn't catching my interest all that much. Perhaps because in some ways, he seems the most straight forward.

I am currently reading way to much I suppose. Some of it is for my career and the other is because I needed a break and happen to give this author a second chance.

I am reading the Demonata series by Darren Shan. I started with Circ Du Freak years ago but never finished. In this series I picked up Lord Loss on a whim and have been reading it ever since. I am currently reading book 7 of the series Death's Shadow.

I am also reading Dressing Smart for Women: 101 mistakes you can't afford to make... and how to avoid them. Long story short I want a promotion but I feel as though my appearance may have hindered this so I am trying to become more professional.

I am also reading Scott Pilgrim versus the World Vo 1.
I read his other graphic novel and I love the movie so though why not.

I know what you mean. If I listed all the books I was actually part way through the list would be much, much bigger, mostly because I can't stand to leave a book unfinished. I've decided for my sanity though, to work "actively" on only a few at the time, those being mainly The Hobbit and Memories of Ice right now (short stories I've decided don't count.)

I mostly want to get The Hobbit finished so I can focus entirely on Memories of Ice, so that Suze and I can chat about it without worrying about spoilers for me.;)

Of the stuff I've started reading, I'll decided on a case-by-case basis what to do. I might restart The Brothers Karamazov since I'm not all that far in, but Out of Africa (left over from uni) I can probably just pick up and keep going.

There's also the stuff I have to stop myself from picking up, because I don't need to start more.

Airhead by Meg Cabot.

Young teen/teen novel, but it's quite a good premise for a story. Two girls have their brains surgically swapped, so the (tomboyish, gamer) protagonist must come to terms with being in the body of a supermodel.

It's a quick and easy read for a bit of light entertainment :P

I am currently reading Drood by Dan Simmons

Still reading Lovecraft and well into the Dream Cycle, though I might be mostly done with that, now. My e-book is an atrociously organized copy (not to mentioned horridly editted but that's what I get for $4). Haven't made further progress in Hobbit or Memories of Ice but they remain by my bed, and I totally didn't buy another book the other day. <.<

I'm reading, Devil from Afar which is a manga series.

On top of it I am also reading Welcome to Nightvale.

Alice in Wonder and the Looking Glass as well for fun.

I am currently reading The Wicked and The Divine trade paper backs One and Two. It is a really typical premise but so far it is an interesting read.

I am also still reading the Demonata series by Darren Shann.

Well Bilbo just found Smaug! Yeah, taking my time here. Smaug hasn't woken up yet though. Aaaaaand I bought two more books. One is for cooking though, it doesn't count!

I'm not reading anything at the moment but i want to read ashley bell and deep freeze. im more interested in deep freeze though cause i like thriller crime stories lol

I am currently reading the Wicked and The Divine, trade paper back two. The story is pretty interesting so far.

I am also reading The Creativity Cure and something called How to Steal like an Artist.

I'm not reading anything right now, but I want to start the Game of Thrones series again. I kind of zoned out through the first book and dropped halfway through the second the first time I tried :x

o3o I kind of did that too, I only read through Jons chapters then went back and read some of the others ones, got bored and have not picked it back up.

i want to own all of the game of thrones books .o.o.

I am rereading Stardust, I love that book.

Finished The Hobbit thanks to some manner of intestinal bug and a somewhat self-imposed quarantine (yay! No work! Boo, no pay!).

Now since I'm moving I'm going to pack up all my books and just leave out my e-reader, my copy of Memories of Ice, and maybe my On Writing by Steven King for other reading. I half read it at a writer's retreat and never finished it, so I am starting it again. Writing instructional stuff like blogs and such tend to drive me bonkers (especially the "what you're doing wrong!" sort) but I've enjoyed at least the biographical part of this one. That's about half the book. Haven't hit the actual "writing" part yet.

Currently re-reading Game of Thrones. I realize why I zoned out before. The name-dumping in the beginning is really hard to get past T_T

Lineage and character lists in front of some books can be handy.

I don't know if this quite counts as "reading", since it's an audiobook, but right now, I've got "Birthright" by Adam J. Whitlach... The story's interesting, even though the audiobook's voice acting and narration kinda put me off.

I am once again reading to many books for my own good.

I am currently reading the Long Fall by Walter Mosley.

I am so picky about my novels now. I have fallen out of reading since many of them do not interest me. Either the plot is not what I expected or the narration/narrative voice tends to led me off what I expect. But I am always a sucker for a good mystery novel, and so far in its unusual way that is what this novel is delivering. Although I could do with out all of the antidotes, I suppose they are the authors way of getting us attached to the main character.

I am also reading a bunch of books for work or to improve my career like writing cover letters in under 15 minutes.

I'm currently re-reading A Series of Unfortunate Events and also reading A Confederacy of Dunces. The first series is one of my favorites from childhood, and the second is a classic that I've heard good things about. So far, it's okay, but I'm not sure how I feel about it.

I am currently reading Ready Player One. I just finished Armada, a book by the same author. I am currently having mix feels about this book. I seemed to have stumbled upon something called "New Adult" as genre. I am not sure how I feel about this. I also can't wait for this movie to come out. It reads visually stunning.

im currently reading the drivers booklet so i can get my license!

Good Luck Seke.
I am currently reading Wrede on Writing.

Sabriel by Garth Nix
About the one necromancer who fights against other necromancers for the good of humanity.....With lots of magic, but science too. It's been one of my favorites since I was a teenager XD

thanks!

once i pass the knowledge test im a read sea of shadows o.o

I just finished a fun quick read - "A Dash of Magic" by Kathryn Littlewood. Didn't realize until just now that it was the 2nd in a trilogy. I'll have to see if the library has the others.

Currently reading "The Circle" by Dave Eggers. I'm not far enough into it to get a feel for it, but it's holding my interest.

I finished the Alchemist a bit ago and my friend lent me Cloud Atlas..which I still haven't touched yet :\