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Ponine · 08-30-2007, 12:04 PM

I read an article on CNN yesterday that said

Quote:

One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday
and
The survey reveals a nation whose book readers, on the whole, can hardly be called ravenous. The typical person claimed to have read four books in the last year -- half read more and half read fewer. Excluding those who hadn't read any, the usual number read was seven.

Now, this is NOT me.

Seven? In a year?? I think I read two last week. Let alone since January one.

so, what have you read that I need to read?

And i also want to know.... oh my dear Helen, many moons ago, maybe on MP, you laid out a sort of....
smut rating on romance authors... I cant find that anywhere now.

Why? Because when I run out of things to read, I tend to drift to the romance section of the library. It doesnt require much thought, and they tend to be quick reads.

Your turn.

Gemini Cricket · 08-30-2007, 12:04 PM

I'm reading "Lamb" by Christopher Moore.
I like it so far.
Very funny.

Snowflake · 08-30-2007, 01:02 PM

I'm not reading anything new

I'm getting my library card next week, that should help!

3894 · 08-30-2007, 02:04 PM

You people should pre-order the book I wrote with the hubbo.

Don't buy it from the publisher; pre-order it from amazon.com If you're at all interested in the subject, I promise you a gripping read.

Prudence · 08-30-2007, 02:15 PM

I've been reading "Polio: An American Story" by David Oshinsky. I only get to read a few pages a night, so it's taking me forever, but it's very interesting.

Morrigoon · 08-30-2007, 02:20 PM

Looks interesting, Helen!

As for me, I'm on the fiction kick again, though I've sworn off any pleasure reading till I slog through my continuing ed correspondance courses (for which the deadline is LOOMING).

Just read a great one... I think it was a Crichton novel, about this lawyer who gets caught up trying to break up some major acts of ecoterrorism by extremist environmental groups. I know, sounds riveting, right? But the guy nearly gets killed ten ways till Sunday by falling in Arctic crevasses, running from South American warlords, being bitten by some weird octopus, etc. Dang, I wish I could remember the name of it!

Already have a new book lined up. I know it has something to do with life in the middle east, I think it's one of those names-and-stories-mixed-up-to-protect-the-innocent kind of nearly non-fiction deals. I really enjoyed "Reading Lolita in Tehran" so I'm hoping this one is just as illustrative of life behind the veil. Pretty sure this one's set in Afghanistan, but I could be wrong.

I tore through an entire Nora Roberts trilogy in a few days earlier this year. Not what I'd call challenging reading, but who doesn't love a vampire novel?

And of course Harry Potter, but I'm sure you read that one the first week.

Ponine · 08-30-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I tore through an entire Nora Roberts trilogy in a few days earlier this year. Not what I'd call challenging reading, but who doesn't love a vampire novel?

And of course Harry Potter, but I'm sure you read that one the first week.

I read the bio-terroristic Crichton. We're good there... I read the book thats the Kite Runner part 2....
Harry potter, yeah , did that one.
My household is pretty up to date in all things Crichton, Patterson (x2) and Child.

Nora Roberts Vampire books.. that I havent done. The last group I read by her was the flower series with the ghost living in the house.

BarTopDancer · 08-30-2007, 02:32 PM

I'm reading school books again. Does that count?

Once I get settled in my new place I want to start reading the Jack Ryan series from Tom Clancy in chronological order. I have to buy them again.

Chernabog · 08-30-2007, 02:41 PM

I'm reading Blaze by Stephen King/Richard Bachman.

And Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by HP Lovecraft and others.

That's actually on the light end for me (usually I have 4-5 books I'm reading at the same time). I do read at least 20 books a year I'd say.

AllyOops! · 08-30-2007, 03:09 PM

I have too many unread books on my bookshelf. Or packed away in boxes. Stored.

I make no secret of the fact that I'm obsessed with reading. It's all I ever want to do! However, I'm a newsstand junkie. Every Thursday, when the new shipment of weeklies arrive, there I am, all giddy like.

I usually scoop up bewteen 7 to 10 magazines and then I tear through them and have nothing by the end of the weekend. I try to pace myself, I really do. I just get so greedy and don't want to have to wait to read them! Especially on Thursday night. I'm up all night reading and then just a total zombie on Friday morning.

I should pick up a book. Without sacrificing my magazine & newspaper habit.

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I'm not reading anything new I'm getting my library card next week, that should help! __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	It's not romance! You people should pre-order the book I wrote with the hubbo. Don't buy it from the publisher; pre-order it from amazon.com If you're at all interested in the subject, I promise you a gripping read.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I've been reading "Polio: An American Story" by David Oshinsky. I only get to read a few pages a night, so it's taking me forever, but it's very interesting. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Looks interesting, Helen! As for me, I'm on the fiction kick again, though I've sworn off any pleasure reading till I slog through my continuing ed correspondance courses (for which the deadline is LOOMING). Just read a great one... I think it was a Crichton novel, about this lawyer who gets caught up trying to break up some major acts of ecoterrorism by extremist environmental groups. I know, sounds riveting, right? But the guy nearly gets killed ten ways till Sunday by falling in Arctic crevasses, running from South American warlords, being bitten by some weird octopus, etc. Dang, I wish I could remember the name of it! Already have a new book lined up. I know it has something to do with life in the middle east, I think it's one of those names-and-stories-mixed-up-to-protect-the-innocent kind of nearly non-fiction deals. I really enjoyed "Reading Lolita in Tehran" so I'm hoping this one is just as illustrative of life behind the veil. Pretty sure this one's set in Afghanistan, but I could be wrong. I tore through an entire Nora Roberts trilogy in a few days earlier this year. Not what I'd call challenging reading, but who doesn't love a vampire novel? And of course Harry Potter, but I'm sure you read that one the first week. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I'm reading school books again. Does that count? Once I get settled in my new place I want to start reading the Jack Ryan series from Tom Clancy in chronological order. I have to buy them again. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I'm reading Blaze by Stephen King/Richard Bachman. And Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by HP Lovecraft and others. That's actually on the light end for me (usually I have 4-5 books I'm reading at the same time). I do read at least 20 books a year I'd say. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	I have too many unread books on my bookshelf. Or packed away in boxes. Stored. I make no secret of the fact that I'm obsessed with reading. It's all I ever want to do! However, I'm a newsstand junkie. Every Thursday, when the new shipment of weeklies arrive, there I am, all giddy like. I usually scoop up bewteen 7 to 10 magazines and then I tear through them and have nothing by the end of the weekend. I try to pace myself, I really do. I just get so greedy and don't want to have to wait to read them! Especially on Thursday night. I'm up all night reading and then just a total zombie on Friday morning. I should pick up a book. Without sacrificing my magazine & newspaper habit.
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