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My library has a series of bookmarks that have listings of titles in theme; sport, food, travel, pets

I am working my way through the food titles.

At the moment reading Five Quarters of the Orange , by Joanne Harris. Really enjoying it. Main character is a young girl. Story told through her eyes, a la Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird". Which, incidentally, I re-read earlier this year and glad I did.

So, friends what are you reading?

*pulls up an overstuffed armchair for her equally bookish friend*

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Right now I'm reading a book I started earlier this year but stopped for a while (became too busy with school and everything)... It's called Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

After reading the entire series The Fallen in one night and then the latest Sword of Truth book the next night I got bored with reading again. I started The Farthest Shore a week ago and haven't gotten past chapter 3. Right now all I'm reading are random sections out of my horse training and veterinary books as needed. Eventually I'll feel like reading novels again and finish 500-900 pages an evening until I lose interest. Still got the whole Narnia series in 1 large book and Shannara waiting to be read.

Lately, my fascination with serial killers has been renewed and I'm fixing to purchase a re-read "Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule, the famous true crime writer who worked at a crisis center with none other than Ted Bundy...the book is about her experience knowing him and realizing how close she was to a major serial killer. I loaned my copy to a bud and never got it back. Then, I'm going to hunt down and purchase any fascinating book I can find about Ed Gein. I would like to read Patricia Cornwalls book about her theories on Walter Sichert (sp?), the British artist, whom she believes to be Jack the Ripper.

I'm so weird.

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

Re-reading Microserfs. Any computer techie or straight out nerd HAS to pick up this book. One of the best reads of all time.

I did just finish Buddha is Hiding, as well.

Nothing now, but I plan to read The Origin of Species and maybe part of an ichthyology textbook over winter break.

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I don't read books anymore. I'm past the college stage. But I do read Christian articles on my comp. about what is going on in all the churches all over the world. ( Do I hear moaning & groaning? )

I don't care........... anyway, something you guys might be interested in is something I accidentally found on the net. It's called the History of Animals, by Aristotle, Book 9. It tells some interesting things about animals you never knew. It even tells about fish, that's how I found it........trying to look up if Angel fish feelers grow back.

There's some fascinating reading in there if you just skim past the parts that don't interest you. http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/history/book9.html

Currently I'm between books, but I have a stack a mile high. Clive Clussler is my favorite author, he just doesn't write fast enough!
Melissa, you might like "Every Move You Make" by M. William Phelps if you like books on serial killers. Its a true story about one from Albany NY.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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I'm currently reading several vintage aquarium books as I'm always fascinated with the changes that occur in relatively short periods of time witin the hobby.

And crazyred, if you're interested in "Serial Killers" you may want to try and find the book Lady Bluebeard which is about what has been considered the first female serial killer in America. The author is William C. Anderson and the ISBN is 0-9623868-7-1 published by Fred Pruett Books.

Jim

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain

Sweet doedogg and Old Timer!! Y'all just added to my list!!! I'm interested in serial killers really from a psychological standpoint. I'm seriously considering going back to college and getting a degree in clinical or forensic psychology so I can study why some people, from seemingly normal backgrounds, become psychopaths that kill without a conscience. Interesting!! Very interesting. I will check into both of those books!! Thanks y'all!!!

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

I have finished Five Quarters of the Orange and onto Like Water for Chocolate now. it is a much easier read than I thought it would be. Somehow I thought it would be more formal language than it is. It is a ripping yarn. Recommend to foodies.

Interesting that Fish Patty equates reading with formal education not entertainment/enjoyment.

Crazy red: Ohhhh that one by Ann Rule sounds great. Must see if my library can get it in (once I am finished with my food theme books)

That author's name reminds me of Anne Rice, I must reread "Cry to Heaven" it was all about the Venetian castratti... rock stars of their time.

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I normally read horror books. If it has a warning label on the front of it, or if it's reccomended that it's readers be immune to nightmares, I won't hesitate to read it

I'm currently reading one of the most boring books I've read in the last few months--Slawter, by Darren Shan. He's been one of my favorite authors for quite some time, so I'm naturally obligated to read all of his books, even tho a lot of them aren't that good, but a few of them are...

so I can study why some people, from seemingly normal backgrounds, become psychopaths that kill without a conscience

You figure that out, you'll make a lot of money.

Joe Potato

Well, as of now I'm in the middle of I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. But I haven't had a chance to read it in a while. It's really well written and an easier read than the book I read this summer (Evidence for Christianity, a 600+ page tome by Josh McDowell). Hopefully I will finish this one over the semester break.

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Interesting that Fish Patty equates reading with formal education not entertainment/enjoyment.

In this case I think I said what I did, cause I was assuming a lot of you are still in college & some of the stuff you were reading was "required reading." But apparently a lot of you read other stuff also, for your own entertainment.

I also read for entertainment or enjoyment as well as for knowledge. I will admit that I do not read fiction anymore though. I just don't care for it, as I consider it a waste of my time (not your time, just mine) cause there is so many other things that I would rather read.

Am I off the hook yet?

I will admit that I do not read fiction anymore though. I just don't care for it, as I consider it a waste of my time (not your time, just mine) cause there is so many other things that I would rather read.

Awesome. I'm not too fond of fiction books as well. To quote what one of my friends said on the subject on the FaceBook: "Fiction is a waste of yours and my time. I don't want to waste my time reading it, and I don't want you to waste my time talking about it."

Basically, if I'm not learning something new in every paragraph that relates to the real world or how it works, then it's a waste of my time.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

You figure that out, you'll make a lot of money.

That would work too!!! LOL

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

CrazyRed, if criminology and related matters comes within your reading remit, there's one seriously chilling book I can point you at - Perfect Victim. The so-called 'Girl In A Box' case. Not a book to read if you're e to nightmares though ...

Recently most of my reading has been online documents and fish textbooks (including leafing through my copy of the venerable Innes tome in order to answer some queries thrown my way about oddball Characins) but one book I've revisited from my collection of late is Nuremberg by Airey Neave. Airey Neave was the man who delivered the indictment for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity to Goering and the other top Nazis in their cells, and his insights into the personalities of the fallen members of Hitler's entourage make compelling reading.

Other parts of my library include Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, and Holidays In Hell by P.J. O'Rourke. I'm also partial to the occasional Dale Brown military techno-thriller.

On a more serious note, and away from books connected with fishkeeping, I have a substantial collection of books in my personal collection on Pre-Raphaelite art. Including a WONDERFUL Rossetti biography and anthology by Dr Alicia Craig Faxon, and the definitive monograph on John William Waterhouse. Sadly I can't afford the paintings, but I know a man who can ... I saw his collection at the Royal Academy in 2002. Which shows how much money Andrew Lloyd Webber made from the theatre when you see what he's bought over the years - fifty Burne-Joneses, over two dozen Rossettis, a dozen Waterhouses and a brace of other paintings by assorted 19th century artists such as Alma-Tadema and Leighton. However, when he bought many of his pictures, they were going for a song at acution because he got in at the bottom of the market, though his later acquisitions resulted in him writing out cheques for coronary-inducing sums of money - for one Waterhouse canvas he paid £10 million ... mind you, I'd say it was worth every penny. His collection is now worth, oh, call it around £300 million for insurance purposes ...


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I purposely left the enquiry whatcha readin' open. If people want to share what they were working on at their place of employment it gives interesting insight too. (Hansard? Stats?)

It's all good.

btw Like Water for Chocolate book so much more nuanced than the film.

{My books listed in this thread are read for enjoyment...everyone else's also seemed pleasure reading too. }

What else are we reading? ..... (fiction or non-fiction.... I didn't specify... what are you reading that you enjoy)

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