What are you reading at the moment?

[untunedjoy]

I was kinda curious as to what kinds of books (or whatever else, I suppose) you all have been reading. So..

What are you reading right now?
How are you liking it?
What are your thoughts?

I'm about two-thirds through Circle the Soul Softly, by Davida Wills Hurwin. It's the third book of hers that I've read in two days, and I'm really liking it (fairly obviously, I suppose). It's really interesting--it's about a pretty 'normal' girl (whatever that means) named Katie whose father died in the recent past; her mom just got remarried, and the whole family moved, and now Katie is uncovering memories of having been molested as a child, and she has to come to terms with her past and her father's memory.. it's kind of about figuring out who you are, and what makes people who they are, whether an action can define a person.. anyway it's really good. Highly recommended :)

So what words have you been taking in?

[Emily Kleinschmidt]

I'm reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. One of those brilliantly confusing ones.

[Emily Kleinschmidt]

I haven't, but I'd enjoy a recommendation!

[Danielle Del Conte]

I am reading TFIOS for the millionth time.  I love it, as always.  I cant help but cry when Augustus dies.     

[Shelby Walker]

As of now, I am reading the 1,000 page giant World Without End, the companion to Ken Follett's amazing novel Pillars of the Earth. It can be quite tedious because building (masonry and carpentry) are major aspects of the story, and there are points where I wish I didn't have to read a page-long description of one section of a cathedral or the way a wooden bridge stays together or falls apart. But, since I got through Pillars okay, I think I can get through World Without End easily enough. It'll just take me a few months. ;)

[Lisa Ann]

Ariel by Sylvia Plath.

I love me some Plath. I appreciate that it's the original arrangement. Ted Hughes was kind of a (insert choice insult here), so I like that it has less of his input.

[Crae]

Currently reading a nonfiction titled Sun Stand Still but after this I plan to continue reading Narnia because I stopped in the middle of the third book!

[Isabella]

Looking For Alaska! And The Fault In Our Stars! And the Raven Boys (Maggie Stiefvater ) and Scorpio Races! (Ditto)

[Erin R]

I'm reading the Yiddish Policeman's Union by Micheal Chabon- not as good as his other stuff (the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is one of the best books I've ever read!)

I just finished A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf yesterday. Both fascinating and sad how relevant it is even today.

[Sofia]

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

It's fantastic! It may be the best account of a life I've read. I'm only about a fourth way through, and he isn't yet born. It's almost nothing but digressions into the life and opinions of anyone remotely related to the situation. Which is, to an extant, necessary to fully understand the situation. You could just give a linear account of the events of someone's life, but that isn't how it happens, and it isn't how it's remembered. Seemingly insignificant events stick with you forever, and huge events can become unmemorable with time. Life is made of all those little connections to everything around you, and without them being explained, most of them would go over your head.

It's an infuriating and hilarious book.

[Noah David Petraske]

The Arthur Conan Doyle original, Sherlock Holmes short stories. This is a re-read for me but they are just so good that they stand up to multiple re-readings. They truly never get old, and a lot of the methods he uses are applicable in every day life.

[RandomLanguage]

I agree, I recently reread them and still quite enjoy them.

[Scott]

Re-reading "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers. So far it's as good as I remembered.