What Are You Reading Now?

[ERCougar]

I need a suggestion. My wife and I are in a book club and it's our turn to pick the book. There are about twelve couples, all LDS, but running the whole spectrum of orthodoxy. No one seems too easily offended, but one of my favorite recent books, Zealot, probably wouldn't be a good choice.

Some of my ideas:
-Poisonwood Bible
-Life of Pi (these are two of my all time favorites, but I suspect they've already been done)
-Desert Solitaire (only a couple have read this, and I think it's a must read for anyone in southern Utah)
-One of a few Stegner books, titles are escaping me, but one on the pioneers crossing the plains, the other on living among Mormons. I haven't read either one, but I loved Angle of Repose

We've only been in the group a few months, so I don't know everything they've read, so I was going to have a few suggestions and get an idea of what people are interested in. Since we've been in the club, we've discussed Like Water For Chocolate, Log from the Sea Of Cortez (steinbeck), Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which I think most read the day we met, but was a really fun one to discuss), and now are reading the Mandela autobiography. I'm kind of in the mood for some fiction, but I'll go either way.

So what's your favorite book you've read of the last few years?

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[eldiente]

I need a suggestion. My wife and I are in a book club and it's our turn to pick the book. There are about twelve couples, all LDS, but running the whole spectrum of orthodoxy. No one seems too easily offended, but one of my favorite recent books, Zealot, probably wouldn't be a good choice.

Some of my ideas:
-Poisonwood Bible
-Life of Pi (these are two of my all time favorites, but I suspect they've already been done)
-Desert Solitaire (only a couple have read this, and I think it's a must read for anyone in southern Utah)
-One of a few Stegner books, titles are escaping me, but one on the pioneers crossing the plains, the other on living among Mormons. I haven't read either one, but I loved Angle of Repose

We've only been in the group a few months, so I don't know everything they've read, so I was going to have a few suggestions and get an idea of what people are interested in. Since we've been in the club, we've discussed Like Water For Chocolate, Log from the Sea Of Cortez (steinbeck), Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which I think most read the day we met, but was a really fun one to discuss), and now are reading the Mandela autobiography. I'm kind of in the mood for some fiction, but I'll go either way.

So what's your favorite book you've read of the last few years?

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Fiction, weather / drought issues, race issues, libertarianism, considered one of 10 best books about the west.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I need a suggestion. My wife and I are in a book club and it's our turn to pick the book. There are about twelve couples, all LDS, but running the whole spectrum of orthodoxy. No one seems too easily offended, but one of my favorite recent books, Zealot, probably wouldn't be a good choice.

Some of my ideas:
-Poisonwood Bible
-Life of Pi (these are two of my all time favorites, but I suspect they've already been done)
-Desert Solitaire (only a couple have read this, and I think it's a must read for anyone in southern Utah)
-One of a few Stegner books, titles are escaping me, but one on the pioneers crossing the plains, the other on living among Mormons. I haven't read either one, but I loved Angle of Repose

We've only been in the group a few months, so I don't know everything they've read, so I was going to have a few suggestions and get an idea of what people are interested in. Since we've been in the club, we've discussed Like Water For Chocolate, Log from the Sea Of Cortez (steinbeck), Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which I think most read the day we met, but was a really fun one to discuss), and now are reading the Mandela autobiography. I'm kind of in the mood for some fiction, but I'll go either way.

So what's your favorite book you've read of the last few years?

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Glass Castle
The Lonely Polygamist
Unbroken
A Short Stay in Hell
The Orphan Master's Son

[Topper]

I am reading Lowbrow stuff.

Germline Subterrene Warfare Trilogy. It deals with existential issues during senseless conflict and extermination.

[ERCougar]

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Fiction, weather / drought issues, race issues, libertarianism, considered one of 10 best books about the west.

Hmm. Interesting. I'll have to look more into this one.
What is the Spur Award?

Glass Castle
The Lonely Polygamist
Unbroken
A Short Stay in Hell
The Orphan Master's Son

Glass Castle is a great suggestion--also one of my favorites. So is Unbroken. Unbroken might be a good timely one with the movie coming.
I haven't read the Lonely Polygamist, but it's on my short list. Does it come off as anti at all?
I heard an interview with the author of A Short Stay In Hell. It sounds strange. I'll think about that one.
I liked, but didn't love, Orphan Master's Son.

[CardiacCoug]

Hmm. Interesting. I'll have to look more into this one.
What is the Spur Award?



Glass Castle is a great suggestion--also one of my favorites. So is Unbroken. Unbroken might be a good timely one with the movie coming.
I haven't read the Lonely Polygamist, but it's on my short list. Does it come off as anti at all?
I heard an interview with the author of A Short Stay In Hell. It sounds strange. I'll think about that one.
I liked, but didn't love, Orphan Master's Son.

The Lonely Polygamist is awesome. Doesn't come off anti at all.

I am finishing reading the Great Influenza. Really an amazing book -- should be required reading for anyone who wonders whether or not he should get a flu shot.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Infl.../dp/0143036491

[Jeff Lebowski]

The Lonely Polygamist is awesome. Doesn't come off anti at all.

I agree.

Would be interesting/fun for a Cedar City group as the settings is Southern Utah.

I am finishing reading the Great Influenza. Really an amazing book -- should be required reading for anyone who wonders whether or not he should get a flu shot.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Infl.../dp/0143036491

Read that 2-3 years ago. I thought the best part of the book was the history of modern medicine in the first part of the book. The story is fascinating, but unfortunately I thought it was rather poorly written. Did not like the author's writing style.

[CardiacCoug]

I agree.

Would be interesting/fun for a Cedar City group as the settings is Southern Utah.



Read that 2-3 years ago. I thought the best part of the book was the history of modern medicine in the first part of the book. The story is fascinating, but unfortunately I thought it was rather poorly written. Did not like the author's writing style.

Hmm. I found the first part a little slow and was wishing he would get on with talking about the epidemic. I was pretty familiar with William Henry Welch and the history surrounding the Flexner Report.

[SteelBlue]

Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. A letter from a dying reverend to his 7 year old son that he imagines the son will read in adulthood. Only 60 pages in, and it has the feel of an all time favorite; Robinson really strikes a chord with me so far.

[happyone]

Here are some of my recent reads
If I've written anything up, I've included a link if anyone is interested

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Res...ind+nazi+lines

This the story of the crash of a Med Evac aircraft in Albania in 1943 and the rescue of the surviors - all 30 souls aboard survived and made it back to Allied Lines

Good read, a little flat in spots

My thoughts

https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false

Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World

http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-York...rk+alison+weir

Alison Weir's latest Mediveal Queen Biography

Not great history, but well written - my thoughts

https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false

The Pagan Lord

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pagan-Lord...rds=pagan+lord

#7 in Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Shores series set in 9th/10th Century England - Very good read

my thoughts
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false

Our Bones Are Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres and The Indian Mutiny Of 1857

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Bones-Are-...+are+scattered

Excellent look at the beginnings of the Great Mutiny of 1857 - the best book I've read this year, suprisingly even handed

https://www.goodreads.com/review/sho...w_action=false

The Quest: A Novel
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quest-Nove...ords=the+quest

Unless you are a diehard DeMille fan - don't bother

and finally

A Bespoke Murder

http://www.amazon.com/Bespoke-Murder...bespoke+murder

Nice little murder mystery set in 1915 London - the first in a series

[Brian]

I need a suggestion. My wife and I are in a book club and it's our turn to pick the book. There are about twelve couples, all LDS, but running the whole spectrum of orthodoxy. No one seems too easily offended, but one of my favorite recent books, Zealot, probably wouldn't be a good choice.

Some of my ideas:
-Poisonwood Bible
-Life of Pi (these are two of my all time favorites, but I suspect they've already been done)
-Desert Solitaire (only a couple have read this, and I think it's a must read for anyone in southern Utah)
-One of a few Stegner books, titles are escaping me, but one on the pioneers crossing the plains, the other on living among Mormons. I haven't read either one, but I loved Angle of Repose

We've only been in the group a few months, so I don't know everything they've read, so I was going to have a few suggestions and get an idea of what people are interested in. Since we've been in the club, we've discussed Like Water For Chocolate, Log from the Sea Of Cortez (steinbeck), Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which I think most read the day we met, but was a really fun one to discuss), and now are reading the Mandela autobiography. I'm kind of in the mood for some fiction, but I'll go either way.

So what's your favorite book you've read of the last few years?

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Room
Glass castle
Sense of an ending
Animal wise


Room was the best book I've read in several years.

[Donuthole]

Finished The Good Lord Bird last night. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Just finished this. Very good.

Coincidentally, I have been researching the abolitionist era recently. This story is surprisingly faithful to actual events.

Just got notification from the library that this is finally available for me to download. The wait list is long enough that I can't renew, so i'll have to plow through in 7 days from download.

[Topper]

Just got notification from the library that this is finally available for me to download. The wait list is long enough that I can't renew, so i'll have to plow through in 7 days from download.

Is it on Kindle?

[wuapinmon]

I'm in Book 4 of a Song of Ice and Fire. I got the first four for $10 total at Christmas on my Kindle (and the fifth one is only $4.99 this week), and I can't put them down. I feel like a kid reading, staying up late, reading whenever I have a spare moment, wondering what the next chapter will hold. I love Tyrion Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Davos (The Onion Knight) and Jon Snow. Samwell Tarly is my absolute favorite. Catelyn Stark seems as stupid as her sister. I hate Cersei and Tywin Lannister, Roose Bolton, and Littlefinger. Daenerys Stormborn is the best written character, I think. The entire world of the novels feels very familiar, but still creative. It has it's own songs, sayings, legends, and such. I'm in such a headlong rush reading that I fear I'll despair when I finish the fifth novel and have to wait for the sixth.

[Donuthole]

Is it on Kindle?

There are a few electronic options, but Kindle is the format I use via iPad.