OT: What are you reading these days?

What is the Life of Pi about? Does  your description of original mean it was good?  I loathe depressing books and to me most of Oprah's books are depressing. Makes me wonder why I am even attempting Pillars of the Earth LOL.  Run to the library tomorrow and ge****er for Elephants. Try the Three Thousand White Women too. VERY interesting. I would be anxious to hear your opinion. IM me when you are done :)

Anyone belong to Shelfari? http://www.shelfari.com
I hope I am allowed to post that here?  My user name is Deanne G for anyone who wants to add  me to their friends list there...It is a very cool site for book lovers!!

Life of Pi (by Yann Martel) isn't depressing - in a way, it's inspiring.  Here's what amazon says about it: Amazon.com Review
Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."

I agree that most of Oprah's books are depressing.  I wanted to slit my wrists 1/4 of the way through Stones From the River and just had to quit.

Jean

I just finished Nelson Demille's Night Fall and I'm currently reading Nicholas Sparks Nights in Rodanthe. I love to read and that is something that I have passed onto to my daughters also.
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Vickie

Has anyone got a kindle yet?  I used to read constantly but I now find it to cumbersome to make sure I always have a book with me and was thinking a kindle would be easier to carry in my purse.  Then I could read anytime I have a few minutes.

I have had the Kindle for about 6 months now.  I enjoy it very much!  It's definately an easy way to carry several books, newspapers or periodicals with you in one little package!  If you are the type that buys reading material rather borrowing it the prices are pretty good!  

I like it best foruse when I'm at the gym.  It sits easily on the book ledge for the gym equipment and I can actually read as compared to just listening.  I guess I'm more visually inclined!  Regular books were always too difficult as they either didn't fit on the ledge or the print was too small.

I am trying to get in the mood to do my Christmas knitting, so I just finished Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton (a knitting/weaving mystery). I am going to start Espresso Shot by Cloe Coyle next. I keep meaning to get my books on CD so I can listen and knit at the same time - that seems so much more efficient. I also have some Vince Flynn books (political thrillers) and Philip R. Craig books (Martha's Vineyard mysteries) waiting in the wings. I love Nelson Demille, and I am going to the library's website right away to reserve a few.

I like chick books... easy reads! right now its "Chasing Harry Winston" By Lauren Weisberger! I'm not done with it yet but i like it so far :)

In preparation for The Tales of Beedle the Bard (DECEMBER 4th!!!) I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books. I'm on Prisoner of Azkaban which isn't my favorite of the series, but I think I'd read anything by J.K. Rowling.

I'm currently reading Broken Prey by John Sanford.  I'm a pretty slow reader, but should fini**** today and tomorrow start the NEW Lisa Gardner, Say Goodbye... can't wait!!

I love anything by John Sandford, especially the Prey series.

Jean