Readers thread: what or who are you reading right now?

[Deleted member 29920]

Dipping in and out of Gillian McKeith's Food Bible, and listening to Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone read by Stephen Fry whilst reading along in my illustrated book :p

 

[MoonShiner]

@MoonShiner, I had that reserved at the library and didn't get there in time. I'l...

You definitely should! It's worth it.

 

[The Albatross]

Well into The Pier Falls and other stories (? it's a collection of Mark Haddon's short stories at any rate)... written well but kinda a bummer. At least the first 3 stories are. Hope somewhere in this collection there's some stories where people don't die. :unsure:

Picked up the compilation book available by Nora Neale Hurston (Folklore, Memoirs and Other Writings) but I read things in order of due date. Got the Judith Herman book too... that's due last though.

(Added this cuz I forgot to ask for this book this time and I don't want to forget: Girl Interrupted by Susanna Keysen)

 

[Teasel]

Reading how to draw heads. Enjoying very much.
Shall begin having a go soon.

 

[Chitoshi]

I'm reading Quiet by Susan Cain, and a WAIS manual for my internship.

 

[whiteraven]

Love this thread! I used to read a lot and always had a book or two with me. Now, it's so hard to read - my concentration is bad and my eyes get super blurry after too long, but I still carry books with me in the hopes I can get through one or two eventually. And books are my one vice. I am buying them constantly. I recently started getting audiobooks - didn't think I'd like listening to books, but it's been an adventure, esp. calming for anxiety on the way to and home from work each day.

Recently finished on audiobook - Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
Keeping the Faith without a Religion, by Roger Housden
Currently reading - The DBT Workbook
Peace Within, by Michael DeMaria, PhD
The Shining, by Stephen King (rereading)
Making Rounds with Oscar, by David Dosa, MD

 

[The Albatross]

Reading the Nora Hurston compilation and also Me, myself & Lies by Jennifer Rothschild (part of a Christian Bible study)

 

[The Albatross]

Picked up Anya von Bremen's Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, A Memoir of Food and Longing ahead of the drive home. It's a novel about three generations in the USSR. The author has other works as well and she grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen.

Also another prolific author that I might read as there are a good many books in the his body of work (1919 through to the 1930's) that I can find. The genre has been described as "Southern Renaissance" or "Southern Gothic". Starting with William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

 

[Groo]

Listening to the audiobook The Language of Emotions by Karla McLaren.

I think my mind just got blown when she said that our emotions are actually useful.

 

[mumstheword]

What doesn't kill you; a the new psychology of posttraumatic growth by Stephen Joseph

One Zentagle a day by Beckah Krahula

The book of symbols REFLECTIONS ON ARCHETYPAL IMAGES

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (for uni)

From the beast to the blond, on fairy tales and their tellers by Marina Warner.

I occasionally just read one book at a time, but more often than not, I have a few that I dip in and out of a lot, like my Dad.

Mostly though, I've been reading a lot on here, lately.

 

[The Albatross]

@Groo - Yeah go figure huh? Another author I'd read lately said, "Feelings are indicators not dictators." Blew my mind cuz it was just so succinct. I thought dang, why haven't I run into THAT before? :woot:

 

[Neverthesame]

Listening to the audiobook:
Gray: The Complete Collection
by Lou Cadle

About a young woman surviving the end of the world by major disaster.
Interesting to have the perspective of a woman who isn't combat or survival trained beyond basic camping skills.

Slower book than some I've read from a similar topic, but so far I'm enjoying it.