What are you reading?

I'm currently reading Possible Side Affects by Augusten Burroughs. It's quite funny.

oooh, that is the only one of his i havent read.. its a compilation os short stories like magical thinking isnt it? i think all of his books are amusing..

i am currently reading a seahorse year by stacey d'erasmo, it was given to me by a friend and i didnt think i would enjoy it really - but turns out i am obsessed and have every desire to run to it at any given chance.. ha

I am currently reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I'm reading it for the 3rd time i think because it is pretty much genius and i love it.

Right now I'm reading Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult.

I started it in the summer, but never made it past the first chapter haha, so I'm giving it another go.

i'm going to try and start reading a lion among men by gregory maguire. he's the guy who wrote wicked and they adapted the broadway musical from his book. it's the third book in the wicked series, but i just can't seem to get into it like i did the last two books, but i really want to read it, so i'm going to sit down and start reading. i want to check out his other books too, he basically takes all the stories that you know, like the wizard of oz (after watching and reading wicked, i feel bad for elpheba. she was just misunderstood), cinderella, snow white, etc. and like give you the story behind the story. it makes you look at the stories you know much differently.

^^^ did he ever write a alice in wonderland one, someone said he did but i have yet to find it.

I am currently reading "writing down the bones", i really recommend it for anyone with writer's block its more free whats inside than "i before except after c" kinda thing. This is actually my second time reading it the first time i actually finished a short story (which is amazing cuz i never finish stories i start) now i am just hoping to finish a sentence at least.

yeah, i think it's called alice through the looking glass. heh. oops. that was lewis caroll

hmmm...can't find anything on it yet. give me some time, i'll see if i can find anything. i know for sure he did a re-creation of cinderella and snow white and a book about jack the ripper, all which i still need to pick up and get

ok, doesn't look like he did. but he did write an amas of short stories, including one for a gay and lesbian book. now i must search it out
he wrote loads of books for children though

s_tella wrote:oooh, that is the only one of his i havent read.. its a compilation os short stories like magical thinking isnt it? i think all of his books are amusing..

Yeah it's jst like magical thinking. I'm actually reading that one right now also. Other than magical thinking I've only read Wolf at the Table but I read that that one is obviously very different from his others. All good reads though.

if you liked a wolf at the table, you would really like dry too... those two are indeed very different from the others.. sellevision made me laugh quite a bit too..

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Its pretty good =]

running with scissors by augusten burroughs

shecky wrote:I am currently reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I'm reading it for the 3rd time i think because it is pretty much genius and i love it.

I just bought this book alongside The Informers, by Brett Easton Ellis. I am reading The Informers right now and I am going to move onto Chbosky next, I hear it is a great read!

The Informers takes place in the 1980's LA drug scene, which for some odd reason really interests me. I like Easton's writing style a lot, though it doesn't leave me with a sense of fulfillment. They are making a movie with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thorton, it looks like it will be good!

Independence Day, by Richard Ford.
I'll admit, I picked it up because of Sara Quin, but I do enjoy it a lot. (To my defense though, none of the books I originally wanted were avaliable at my bookstore, so I picked it up).

I am reading Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk. He is probably my favorite author at the moment, and I was so glad to see this book in paperback when I was in the book store today because it is the only one I have yet to read.

It's...interesting to say the least. I think by the title you can just imagine.

I am currently reading the An Horse forums...

I am currently reading this.


I love this man.

This book called "French or Foe?". It's very funny to see the differences of American and French culture.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I am currently reading "Pygmy" by chuck palahniuk. It is very oddly written.

"Failed States" by Noam Chomsky.
It's so good to read about why American democracy sucks. I almost forgot that I didn't like America. But no worries!

Just started Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

i just finished "running with scissors", i love that book. its one of my new favorite books.
and i just started reading "voluntary madness" by norah vincent, i loved her other book "self-made man" and thats why i'm now reading the other one and i have to say from what i already read that this is a good one too. i'm also reading "keep me in mind" its a book related to buffy the vampire slayer.

bckinurhead wrote:Just started Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

I just started it too.

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson.

the funny thing is by ellen degeneres