Read any good books lately?

[Captain Awesome]

I finished Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Supposedly an autobiography.

Pretty good, even though apparently he made up some of the stuff.

[Otter]

If you like good mystery novels I suggest reading Louise Penny's books. Still Life is the first in the series. Don't read the newest one first as you won't understand what's going on and why the end of that one is so very important.

Here's her website addy: http://www.louisepenny.com/

She's from Quebec (stories set there as well) and she's won just about every major Mystery Writers' award there is and the newest one in the series hit number one on the NY Time's Best Seller List.

I've read most of them at least twice, she's that good.

[Queen K]

Room by Emma Donoghue.

OMIGOD! pre-dates Amanda Berry's rescue and that of her five year daughter by 3 years.

Yes, the parallels are not precise, but frightening enough. The most and I do mean the MOST frightening lines in the whole book is when Old Nick is telling Ma (we never learn her real name) that she has it good in compared to others. "Others" he knows of?

I've always firmly believe that these predators do not work alone, that they "share" their bounties.

Let's just say Room is told through the voice of a five year old and it stays true to the voice all the way to the end.

It was difficult to put down.

[Lady tehMa]

Read that. Yes, well written, but it is one of those books I will never read again *shudders*

"An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" by Chris Hadfield. I picked it up from the library yesterday - it is excellent. I can see a number of Castanuts really liking this one as well, in particular QK and Captain Awesome.

[Queen K]

I know what you mean. I now plan to read The Last Lecture.

[Phoenix Within]

I finished Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Supposedly an autobiography.

Pretty good, even though apparently he made up some of the stuff.

Apparently he made up most of the stuff. Oprah raked him over the coals on her show after she found out he lied on most of it, after she endorsed it.

[Phoenix Within]

"An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" by Chris Hadfield. I picked it up from the library yesterday - it is excellent. I can see a number of Castanuts really liking this one as well, in particular QK and Captain Awesome.

I don't buy a lot of books, but that's definitely on the list!

[Catz]

really need piper...now the movie...the book...awesome book.

[Glacier]

Ziegenalp by Irma (Marì) Ruffa.

[Lady tehMa]

Three Threads by Gary Triplett - quite good.

[Dizzy1]

The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World by Marcelo Gleiser.

Interesting to read how the history of man and religion has always been in the "end days".

[c2c]

I just finished "The Dogs Are Eating Them Now (Our War in Afghanistan)" by Graeme Smith. This is an interesting, sobering and brutal assessment of the war in Afghanistan and well worth the read.

[fluffy]

For sci-fi fans "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi is a pleasant departure from the spaceships and ray-guns theme. An all-to-possible vision of what could lay ahead on the road of environmental abuse and manipulation in a riveting story. Hugo and Nebula award winner.

[grammafreddy]

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[Bsuds]

Looks like a find Waldo.