I love a good ol' page turner. I needed a casual read, so I picked up one from Kristen Hannah called 'Magic Hour.' Sooo good. Its about a feral child and her therapist. Another good read by Hannah (be prepared to do the Oprah ugly cry) is 'Winter Garden.'

Did you request any reads for x-mas? Are you reading anything great right now?



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Witches, non-fiction about the witch hysteria in Salem.

I am reading the shining right now anything by Stephen King is nothing short of a masterpiece. I also recommend shutter island and anything by Edgar Allan Poe, especially Annabell Lee.

Boy's in Trees by Carly Simon.

"The Lost Book of Enki"

Try it you'll like it

"Ward No. 6 and Other Stories," by Anton Chekov. Some of us carry our gulags around in our heads.

I'm also reading the book Witches about the Salem Witch Trials, and it's a pretty good book.



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I'm reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a (free) web-based fanfic that has to be one of the best things I've ever read. Find it at hpmor.com.

I'm reading a series by Scott Lynch...the Gentlemen Bastards. Its pretty good and has some great quotable quotes.

C.J. Box. It's similar to a Tony Hillerman book only substitute the reservation detective for a Montana wildlife resources officer.

I'm currently on a biography kick. Right now I'm reading don't stuff your dog by Alan Alda. I would recommend it

...I found this neat book by Moses David...it was called "True Komix" or "Flirty Fishing", or something like that.........

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I am re-reading one of my favorite authors, Peter DeVries.

His comedic skill with language is unsurpassed by any other author I am familiar with. Every page has a great witticism or ironic plot twist, funny enough to make me burst out laughing. Even when not making a joke, his language is almost poetic.

He has been called "the funniest writer on religion ever."

I have most of his novels:

But Who Wakes the Bugler? (1940)
The Handsome Heart (1943)
Angels Can't Do Better (1944)
No But I Saw the Movie (1952)
The Tunnel of Love (1954)
Comfort Me with Apples (1956)
The Mackerel Plaza (1958)
The Tents of Wickedness (1959)
Through the Fields of Clover (1961)
The Blood of the Lamb (1961)
Reuben, Reuben (1964)
Let Me Count the Ways (Little, Brown and Co., 1965)
The Vale of Laughter (1967)
The Cat's Pajamas (1968)
Witch's Milk (1968)
Mrs. Wallop (1971)
Into Your Tent I'll Creep (1971)
Without a Stitch in Time (1972)
Forever Panting (1973)
The Glory of the Hummingbird (1974)
I Hear America Swinging (1976)
Madder Music (1977)
Consenting Adults; or, The Duchess Will Be Furious (1980)
Sauce for the Goose (1981)
Slouching Towards Kalamazoo (1983)
The Prick of Noon (1985)
Peckham's Marbles (1986)


Probably not for every taste.

I will give him a try Richard. Which one of those for some good sacrilage?

I researched the reviews on these and they really sound like my cup of tea.

The ones I ordered that I figure I will like the most are

The Cat's Pajamas

Peckham's Marbles

Consenting Adults or the Duchess Will Be Furious

Finished Cress yesterday, which is the thrid book in the Lunar Chronicles. THIS is the series adolescents should be reading for female characters to look up to. Now I'm starting on The Last Town, which is the final novel in the Wayward Pines series.

Just finished "Go Set A Watchman," by Harper Lee. I was so excited to finally read it. Now I'm so sorry I did. It killed the mockingbird for me.

It did for me too, NormaRae.

I am currently reading the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undset.
I. The Wreath, II. The Wife III. The Cross

These books are newly translated from Norwegian and are based on real families in post-Christian Norway in the 1300's. The author won a Nobel prize for the first one, written in 1920.

Not for everyone, it follows a method of prose(my bff said she felt like she was reading Jane Austen), but that may just be the translation. If you're into historically based medieval literature (and an ex christian) of any kind, you will enjoy this book. Makes me feel bad for my pagan ancestors in the area.

I read that as a teenager and found it very interesting.

The flamingos smile by Stephen Jay Gould. Gould's books helped pique my interest in evolution, so just rereading one of my favorites.

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom

I consumed The Vacationers whole yesterday afternoon.

I have been reading a book to my son at night that I am really enjoying called The Lost Track of Time. Great book for grade school kids if you are looking for a new bedtime novel.

Graham Hancock

Amazing what people find time to read once they get past the BoM.

Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kauffman. Great book about emergence., i.e., there really is meaning and value to life within the context of science and without organized religion.

Newtonian reductionist, science is okay, but can't answer all questions. It's a step forward in the science world.

"The Improbability of Love" by Hannah Rothschild.


It just came out and the author sure knows a lot about the art world.
I don't usually read fiction but this book moves along at a pretty good pace.
Now I wonder if my paintings talk to each other at night LOL

Alan Watts: What is Tao?

Evan Thompson: Waking Dreaming Being

Grace Young: The Breath of a Wok

Poems by Philip Sydney, the principle Metaphysical Poets, and John Keats

George Orwell: Inside the Whale, and other essays

George Madox Ford: The Good Soldier

Max Blumenthal: Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel

Max Blumenthal: The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza

If you haven't yet read The Wind in the Keyhole by Stephen King, give it a try. Especially if you've already read the Gunslinger series.

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, if you like a little teen-esque dystopian stuff with an author who doesn't mind hurting your feelings.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Oh. My. God. Just oh my god. Don't miss it. It's a quick read.

I just downloaded it. Good to hear

My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan who was one of the writers on Frazier. It is really fun to read and often hysterical. He has written two more books with the same characters and they are all a lot of fun.

Rereading Room. Just saw the movie and decided to read it again

The Book of Mammon for our Ex-Mo book club. This is the second time thru it. The church is iritating me all over again, especially chapter 3.3, which is about the recent history of correlation.

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. I've wanted to read them for a long time and finally getting around to it.

I started reading Beyond Belief: My Secret Lie Inside Scientology. by Jenna Miscravige Hill It was so depressing. I can't believe there are dumber people than tbms. How can people believe this stuff?

Then I heard a blip about A Religion of one's own: A guide to creating a personal spirituality in a secular world by Thomas Moore. Now I've only started this today, but oh my does it speak to my struggles.

Anyone else read it? Had a similar reaction?