What book are you reading right now?
 

(Apologies if there's already a thread like this; "search" isn't working for me this morning.)

I just finished Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande. It was pretty good, but my favorite parts were the stories about patients (names changed, of course) and their cases. I could've done with more of that.

Right now I'm reading Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen. Deaf culture is fascinating to me, but the book isn't written as well as it might be. Something about Cohen's "voice" just makes it hard for me to really lose myself in the book. She's not as fluid as she could be.

Anybody want to share? Anybody have recommendations?

I just finished "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis (also the author of "Moneyball"). It was pretty good, the first half much better than the second half.

I'm about to start "The Supreme Court" by the late Chief Justice Rehnquist. I've read pretty much all of the other well-known books on the Court ("The Brethren," "Supreme Conflict," and "The Nine," among others), and I've heard this is another must-read on the history of the Court. Once I have some free time in my school reading (Ha!) I'll start in on that.

KSig -- you read the book by Scalia and Garner yet?

Not yet - although, since I eventually want an appellate practice, it's been suggested that I read it ASAP. I'm probably going to try to read it this summer, when I have a lighter school schedule and can really get into it.

Have you read it? Any thoughts?

I'm currently re-reading the fourth Twilight book since I'm "bookless" (which is odd seeing as how I work at a library lol). I really, really want to read Grisham's new book though.

I didn't know he had a new one coming out! Is it another one centered around a lawyer?

His books are so reassuring. They're fast reads and satisfying. Like homemade mac & cheese for your head. :)

Yeah it's called The Associate, it sounds really good! But then which one of his books isn't? lol. I LOVE Grisham! Also, funny that you mention mac and cheese since that is what I'm eating now while reading lol. Although all I'm reading is ed psych, what fun...

I'm currently reading Grisham's "The Associate", Richard Dawkins "The Ancestor's Tale" and a random book about the reign of King James I that I found at the Strand bookstore in NYC.

I've heard of the Strand! My parents used to live on 14th and Ave A. They reminisce about great restaurants and places like the store that ONLY sold mystery books, on 55 or 56 between 6th and Broadway.

"Museum of the Missing"- it's about art theft, although it is out of print because they're updating it, new edition out in may.

That sounds awesome.

I'm on Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. It's the 3rd book in the Twilight series. It's taking me a little longer to read because I've been lazy but always keeps you wanting more.

I'm in the process of reading two books:

Wicked (which for some reason i'm having a hard time following, maybe have to start it all over again)

and Shopaholic & Baby. I love the Confessions of a Shopaholic books.

Confessions of a Shopaholic.
I'm just starting the Shopaholic series.

I usually abhor chick lit, but I just finished Bitter is the New Black by Jennifer Lancaster and boy, I DEVOURED it.

just finished "Playing with Boys" by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. I couldn't find Dirty Girls Social Club in my library so i randomly picked this. it was a good airplane read.

I tried to read that once but it seemed so slow at the beginning, did it ever pick up?

My 8th Graders are reading "That Was Then, This Is Now" and my 7th Graders are reading "Freak the Mighty", so I am reading them again (absolutely refused to teach "Hatchet" again - can't stand that book.)

Personally, I am finishing "The Sixth Lamentation". It's about the fallout of the betrayal of an underground group who fought the Nazis in France, set in present day England.

I hate Hatchet, too.

My mom has me read the books she foists on her 3rd graders because then she can rope me into projects. I've read a lot of elementary school books lately. My favorite was Lion Library.

it did pick up, but it took a while. it was a little predictable but otherwise enjoyable. i actually really like her writing style, but i guess the book itself wasn't grabbing me.

LOVE LOVE LOVE That Was Then, This is Now. Outsiders is one of my favorite books ever so once I read Outsiders I had to read everything else by S.E. Hinton lol.

Jen Lancaster is probably one of my favorite authors! Like you, I too hate chick lit but her books are hilarious. Bright Lights, Big Ass is my favorite of hers.

I'm trying to get through Steve Coll's Ghost Wars but it's taking forever.

I saw Wicked with a good friend of mine. She read the book afterwards and found it very weird and difficult to read. It's not just you!

The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice

From Julie to Julia

It's a blog to book that I think is about to be made into a movie. So far...okay.

This sounds really good so I may have to read it. I am currently reading "Through A Glass Darkly" by Karleen Koen (1986-an oldy but goody). I recently finished "Rhett Butler's People" which is the second sequel to "Gone With The Wind." It is much better than the first sequel, "Scarlett." I would recommend both of these books, but not the "Scarlett." They are historical but they are also rather long (500+ pages).:)

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (the same guy who wrote The Kite Runner). It was fantastic.

Watchmen!

I'm re-reading Class Matters (New York Times compilation). It's a very interesting read, particularly in our current economic state.

ETA: Apparently, it's available on the NYT website.

Just finished "The Big Oyster" by Mark Kurlansky - history of New York, and "Hands of My Father" by Myron Uhlberg - autobiography of a hearing child of deaf parents born in the Depression - a great story!

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora.

Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger for my Sports Lit class :)

The Whole Truth - David Baldacci's latest paperback.

your class should read Dixieland Delight, too. it's about SEC football.

the author wrote for cbs sports, too. here's an excerpt from the book:

http://www.cbssports.com/spin/story/9783470

The Host by Stephenie Meyer.

Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper

Bass Ackwards and Belly Up, it's a great light read :) I also started Mirror, Mirror which is by the same author who wrote Wicked but about Snow White.

when you are engulfed in flames by david sedaris.