Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Tell Me Tuesday

What are you guys reading?

16 comments:

Soph said...

Reading "The Anthologist" - I don't think he stands a chance of getting Roz back. The book could serve as the intro to the anthology that he is trying to write - and so much to know about poetry. I had to go read something by Mary Oliver.
Here's what I found, btw...after a discussion about guano.

Guano (from the Quechua 'wanu', via Spanish) is the excrement (feces and urine) of seabirds, bats, and seals.

Ah, good to know...why these three species?

Soph said...

I also looked at Dan Savage's column. What a wild variety of, er, issues people have. Yowsa.

Christine said...

Do you like The Anthologist? At least more than Don? That wouldn't take much.

I thought guano was just from bats.

Dan Savage = uninhibited!

Soph said...

I like the book - It is a lot of poetry info, but much of it is light, and funny, and thoughtful. There are many passages that make me smile - I will find one and post it

Ben said...

Still working away on the pre release of the new Stephen King book-Under the Dome.

Don said...

Reading "Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows".

Stacey said...

currently only reading Covet by JR Ward, but just finished Riot by walter dean myers and also finished Dragonfly in Amber Diana Gabaldon

and this is the link to my YA book blog i run with a friend!!! we are having a contest right now to win a copy of Flowers for Algernon and Where's Waldo (both banned/challenged books!)

http://pageturners-underthecover.blogspot.com/

DRD said...

...why did anyone ban Where's Waldo?
I'm reading Greek history, chapter after chapter of a book whose entire point seems to be that there were people with genders in the British Empire, and The Truth, by Terry Pratchett, which keeps me sane.

Don said...

It appears that the reason "Where's Waldo" got banned was because it features adult material such as "topless sunbathers," and other adult "hidden pictures."

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Oh.

insomniac said...

I'm audio-reading "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach. A wryly funny and very informative look at what most people dread to think about. It covers the study of human decay used in forensics, using cadavers as crash-test dummies, analyzing the injuries of plane crash victims to determine the cause of the crash, embalming, how human flesh is affected by gunshots, using dead bodies to practice surgery etc. Totally fascinating if a little macabre at times.

Now go and sign that form to donate your body to science......

Christine said...

This sounds like a book that marysue might like. She reads all the disease and epidemic books.

Anonymous said...

So right, Christine: Stiff is one of my favorites! If you like that, Insomniac, you'll also like Remember Me (Lisa Cullen), about funeral rites in America. Variations, like the NIU graduate whose body was compressed into diamonds and became memorial jewelry for her family, or the annual Frozen Dead Guy festival in Colorado. Not morbid, just really interesting!

Finished reading Gabaldon's Echo in the Bone. Lots of historical characters, including Benjamin Rush and John Hunter, lots of action. After over 800 pages,DG still couldn't wrap up the endings. She left enough open story lines and characters hanging and unresolved issues that I'm quite sure she's planning another book. I can hardly wait!

Christine said...

I picked up Outlander in paperback at a book sale recently. Maybe I'll really get past page 100 this time.

insomniac said...

Thanks for the recommendation Mary Sue. I'll add it to my list. Echo in the Bone is also on that list and I'm just waiting for a period in time when I can curl up and immerse myself completely. I'm thinking circa 2020.

Christine said...

Meanwhile. . .I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of Where's Waldo! Va va voom!

cooksin said...

I finished An Echo in the Bone about 20 min. ago and haven't started anything new yet. There MUST be another book planned because this one is a cliffhanger. I was prepared to say goodbye to Jamie and Claire. Can't say I'm disappointed. I was upset to hear that the "last" Robert Jordan, coming out this month, is actually the first of three.