https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:09:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331885 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:28:44 +0000 nicoleb 331885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RandomThoughts - I'm addicted to supernatural mind trash. </p> <p>with that said, i'm currently reading "River Marked" by Patricia Briggs part of the Mercedes Thompson urban fantasy series. :)</p> <p>I love, love, love to read. Last year i read 111 books and this year my goal is 150.</p> <p>ETA: I'm also on Goodreads if anyone wants to be friends on there feel free to PM me and let me know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331863 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:52:09 +0000 Aziraphale 331863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also a fan of Elizabeth George...although I haven't had the heart to read any since she killed off one of my favourite characters a few books back. :-(</p> <p>Right now I've got two books on the go: Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" and Richard Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth." As far as books go, I like non-fiction as much as fiction. I read magazines at the checkout while waiting to pay for groceries, but rarely buy any. For websites, the only one besides this one that I read regularly is Pharyngula by PZ Myers, to keep me posted on science news.</p> <p>I'm also considering re-reading the last Harry Potter book, because the final film installment is coming up this summer and I can't remember very clearly how the book went (other than that I liked it). I like to read things before seeing the movie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331851 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:29:45 +0000 kellygirl 331851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inge, I LOVE Elizabeth George. She's one of my faves. I'm always on the look out for good mysteries! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331850 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:21:40 +0000 chewyspaghetti 331850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has anybody read Tina Fey's new book? I keep meaning to get that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331816 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:20:36 +0000 Jenna S. 331816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Queen Mum: I also loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan! Lisa See is one of my favorite authors, and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel to "Shanghai Girls" next month.</p> <p>I finished "A Canticle for Leibowitz" recently, and I plan to read "The Nobodies Album" by Carolyn Parkhurst next (another favorite author). When I need a quick reading fix, I'll read one of Sloane Curtis's personal essays (in "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"...she also has a new book coming out in a few weeks). I'll have to check out "The Art of Racing in the Rain"--it sounds like a tearjerker!</p> <p>As embarrassed as I am to admit it, I also downloaded the new Tamora Pierce book of short stories to my kindle recently. She was one of my favorite authors as a child, and I had a nostalgic urge to revisit the characters. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331813 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:15:10 +0000 Anonymous 331813@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished "Almost Golden" (Gwenda Blair) about Jessica Savitch. Getting ready to start a book about Jack the Ripper, I love true crime (studied Criminal Justice to become a Profiler with FBI). I'm a book junkie! Went to library yesterday and got 15 or so books to read in the next 2 weeks! Last summer I read every book I could get my hands on about Jackie O and the Kennedy's. This last fall I read quite a lot about WWI and WWII, then did a report about it. I'm so curious about things and love learning.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331806 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:06:54 +0000 Inge 331806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Random Thought: have you tried the Thursday Next novels by Jasper Fforde, they're not supernatural, but goofy and a bit unexpected and very fun to read. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331800 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:03:28 +0000 Inge 331800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to the party, but I always love these threads!! And waving to Kari (twice), because I also love the Amelia Peabody series and I too re-read favourite books/series once every few years.</p> <p>I'm always in the middle of a detective novel, one of my favourite genres, and I just finished "This Body of Death" by Elizabeth George. I got a deluxe edition of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" for my birthday, so that is on my to re-read pile too.<br /> "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" (Alan Bradley) had its moments, but it wasn't as good as I had hoped.</p> <p>I found "Hotel Bosphorus", which is now on my wish list, via this website:<br /> <a href="http://www.bitterlemonpress.com/default.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bitterlemonpress.com/default.asp</a></p> <p>I'm also browsing through "The Flavour Bible" and Mark Bittmans "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" in bed, both volumes are heavy and clumsy, so I regularly wish I had an iPad;-) But the food and ideas are fantastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331266 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:33:04 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 331266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm currently looking for a fun read. Anyone else like goofy, easy to read supernatural mind trash? I'm accepting suggestions. :)</p> <p>Educational/professional read: When Pigs Fly: Training the Impossible Dog </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-331241 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:55:51 +0000 Kari 331241@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, I didn't dislike The Lacuna, but it didn't grab me or stick with me the way my favorite Kingsolver novels do (The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, Animal Dreams, The Poisonwood Bible.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330845 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:40:11 +0000 Louise 330845@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm afraid my reading matter lacks any substance! I like a good chick lit story. I've just finished The Gatecrasher by Sophie Kinsella x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330842 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:37:36 +0000 Carole 330842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. Fascinating non-fiction. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330804 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:02 +0000 thimblelina 330804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great reading suggestions! I got a hand-me-down kindle from my neighbor and I have it loaded up with style books, like Nina Garcia's "100" etc. I read novels fast, so I limit my purchases. A recent favorite was a paperback borrowed from my SIL named "Hunting and Gathering." It's translated from french and I can't remember the author. Both my 15 year old and I loved it. L </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330784 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:16:49 +0000 Mo 330784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am starting High on Arrival by Mackensie Phillips but haven't picked it back up in several days. Also on again off again with Ken Follet's Whiteout. I'm not finding it anywhere near the caliber of Pillars of the Earth, which I read 12 or 13 years ago now. I go in phases of reading and can't seem to get with the program right now. But I'm marking this thread so I can have good suggestions to follow up on when the mood strikes again. (I also really liked Racing in The Rain) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330753 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:54:29 +0000 Lynne 330753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isabel and Ms M - I love Alain de Botton and Jared Diamond, too! Although the JD book you are about to embark on is a tad depressing, Ms M!</p> <p>Ornella, I loved Steve Bidulphs raising boys. It re-enforced to me the value of community in raising our children.</p> <p>My lovely sister (hi, Teresa, if you're lurking ) sent me Making Australia Happy, the book written after an ABC series/documentary. I've only read the beginning (healthy habits - movement and quality nutrition) so far but it seems really enjoyable.</p> <p>The last fiction I read was Alexander McCall Smiths Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which I devoured (washed down with lots of Rooibos tea!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330736 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:26:21 +0000 julijuli 330736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ohh - lots of good books here! I loved The Art of Racing in the Rain. Such a wonderful story.<br /> I just finished The Elegance of the Hedgehodg by Muriel Barberry and am moving on to Traveling With Pomegranates (for Book Club) by Sue Monk Kidd. Lacuna readers, I'll be interested to see what you think of the book. I thought it was one of Kingsolver's weaker works. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330735 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:25:14 +0000 anne 330735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I recently read Alice I have been by Melanie Benjamin, which is a novel based on Alice Liddell, the child who Lewis Carrol first told the story that became Alice in Wonderland.</p> <p>And I pored over Nigella's Lawsons Kitchen. I just love Nigella's writing. (her recipes have helped me completely derail from healthy habits, unfortunately) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330715 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:43:28 +0000 morethanbeige 330715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm just starting War by Sebastian Junger. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330710 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:34:49 +0000 Barbara 330710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman<br /> AND, for fun, Fashion Ilustration by Maite Lafuente.</p> <p>I just finished reading the Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum. LOVE the movies with Matt Damon. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading/page/2#post-330684 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:39:24 +0000 chewyspaghetti 330684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Teri- I was considering re-reading Water for Elephants now that the movie is coming out, but I decided against it. I probably won't see the movie until it comes to DVD anyway.<br /> I am waiting for my husband to finish The Land of Painted Caves (from Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series) so that I can read it. You would think that he'd be reading faster, since he's been waiting for this book for the last 9 years! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330680 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:31:51 +0000 teri 330680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>rereading Water for Elephants.</p> <p>waiting on release of Dean Koontz 4th Frankenstein book (I read everything Koontz)<br /> also waiting on new Sookie Stackhouse book (True Blood) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330637 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:08:51 +0000 crwilson 330637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm reading multiple books at once too - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, which I read in undergrad and did not properly appreciate, Odd Girl Out, The Lacuna by Kingsolver (I'm not very far in - does it get better Marley?), and a mystery series that I don't really like but that my dean recommended and promised that it gets better (The Haunted Bookshop series). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330629 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:15:45 +0000 Ornella 330629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a few going on at the same time, but very little fiction...<br /> Piero Ferrucci "What Our Children Teach Us"<br /> Steve Biddulph "Raising Boys" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330623 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:24:21 +0000 Girl X 330623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Now I'm on to From Hell by Alan Moore (yea for comics!), Saul Bellow: Letters, and sauteing my way through Suzanne Goin's Sunday Suppers at Lucques. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330605 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:16:27 +0000 Marley 330605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just started Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna. I love all of her stuff, so I'm excited! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330602 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:12:17 +0000 catgirl 330602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just finished the Tiger Mom book, now onto Cloud Atlas. And we're doing Cutting For Stone for book club, which I've already read and LOVED. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330567 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:15:59 +0000 lyn* 330567@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Marianna; I also enjoyed "Weekends at Bellevue" ... makes me not wanna be an ER doc </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330566 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:12:57 +0000 Kari 330566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh, I've been looking forward to the new Jane Eyre movie. I heard it was good. I'm still very partial to the most recent miniseries, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330560 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:09:14 +0000 KristineK 330560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Patty, I am definitely going to add those to my list!!</p> <p>@bella, I read the first book in The Strain trilogy but haven't gotten to the second yet -- how did you like it? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-for-fun-what-are-you-reading#post-330546 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:54:31 +0000 kellygirl 330546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these threads too. I just finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter which I enjoyed. I also picked up some old Dorothy Sayer's and Ruth Rendell mysteries from a library sale. I'm loving those. Not very deep but highly entertaining. </p>