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

[NatBird]

Yes! I used to read at least a book a week and now I can't finish just one. I can't figure out why except I have a very hard time focusing and staying interested long enough to read till the end.

This is my exact experiece. Thanks for sharing

It frustrates me as I have so many good books!

I started reading an introduction to a book yesterday. I am going to try to finish the section. Maybe its a one page at a time job!

How do you approach it?

 

[Mach123]

I bought a book on "tape" lol, wrong format. Can't play it in our by the bed CD player which is a nice little jvc we got at bjs 10? Years ago? Oh well, Amazon will fix me up somehow.

"Improbable Patriot" by Harlow Giles Unger. It's about the American Revolutionary War.

 

[whiteraven]

It frustrates me as I have so many good books!

I started reading an introduction to a book yesterday. I am going to try to finish the section. Maybe its a one page at a time job!

How do you approach it?

LOL I have to laugh because on the weekend a lot I go to "just look" at the bookstore. Mistake! When I moved into my new place, I had 27 boxes of books. I have 3 bookcases just in the living room and I always buy new books. I am crazy. LOL

One thing I've been doing is dedicating a small amount of time (like a chapter's worth, sometimes) to reading right before bed, at work during my lunch break, etc... And I put a different book at each location. I'm not trying to get through as many books as I can, but rather to make some progress on the books I'd start anyway. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. When it doesn't, it's because I can't even get started. If I actually get the book open, it's pretty easy to focus.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I've finished If, Then, and I liked it. I read The Wanderers, and still working on the Maise Dobbs series. I love books! My mom can't figure out why people have bookcases filled with books. The same reason people buy movies I suspect. I have several books on hold, but it is July planting season and I've been busy.

 

[ChildofGod]

jonathan livingston seagull

 

[Teasel]

Helen Croydon ~ This Girl Ran: Tales of a Party Girl Turned Triathlete. Quite enjoying it. She's not much like me, and I'm no triathlete but I would like to get into fitness in my own way.

 

[The Albatross]

I Haven't Understood Anything Since 1962, by Lewis Grizzard

 

[The Albatross]

been rereading that since it came out on a regular basis... the book and the author:

jonathan livingston seagull

 

[blackemerald1]

I've read a whole heap of books. I'm on a run of them. Mostly by Daniel Silva. All spy novels. Really good, am enjoying them.

I've got a book I am supposed to read for book club next week. I've waded into the first chapter and it's awful. It's a true story sort of book and I should like it but.... not so far. Too dense... I mean the book... I'll never finish it. ...sigh.... maybe the next one will be better.

 

[DharmaGirl]

One of my favorite books is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and the sequel just came out. I read the sequel, and now I'm rereading The Handmaid's Tale again and will reread The Testimonies again, since I read so fast the first time, I might have missed things, lol. I don't enjoy her other books so much, but this pair is stellar IMHO.

 

[ChildofGod]

my family's European history, most interesting

 

[Rani G2]

Gabor mate- Realm of hungry ghosts

Rwandan Genocide


Julia Shaw - Making evil