Finished Crichton's genetics "thriller" in a surprisingly short time. Maybe that's because there was no substance to it. (Oh, snap!) Seriously, it was really more like an essay on the state of modern genetics that he had sort of shoehorned some characters into to illustrate his examples. It was interesting, no doubt--but not a novel.

Now I'm reading The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum. I'm only a couple of chapters in and I've already laughed out loud more than once. Very funny.

About done with Until I Find You by John Irving, captivating story.
It does not feel nearly as long as it is. It is flying by, a high compliment when you realize that I sometimes have to reread parts because of spasms or pain.
Sometimes I dip into my history of tobacco book, really good too.

Reading "American Theocracy: The peril and politics of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money in the 21st century."

I'm just finishing The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Very engaging story, containing interesting details about life in Canada in the 1860s.

Certainly better than the dreadful thing by Jodi Picault I read last week. I flinched when I realised the title referred to The Tenth Circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy as I could tell from the start what sortof facile moralising, badly written tripe it was, and I hated the idea of people gobbling it up and thinking they knew anything about the Inferno.

Meh - it had holes in the plot you could drive a bus through and the scenarios were so bizarre (trying to suggest that it's normal for 15 year old girls to give a blowjob to every random guy at a party, then feel embarrassed about flashing their boobs?!)

I have another 6 from the library today - yum, yum. May take one to the park with me tomorrow, and my camera probably.

you all read some serious stuff. I enjoy a book as a way to relax. I am currently reading "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci. He is one of my favorite authors and I realized I had never read his first book. So, now I am.

I'm on the 3rd installment in the 'Outlander' series(mentioned here)...Voyager. I dig 'em. I actually look forward to my long commute when i have a good book to listen to. This is one of those. (3 of them, i should say)

I've been reading the Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan.

They are fantasy books written for kids (5th grade and up, probably), but they are pretty good. Lots of authors have jumped on the HP bandwagon, but this series is superior. If you have a kid who is a good reader, I recommend them. I'm going to send them to my grandson after I'm done.

the tale of despereaux yes kids book i know but a newbury award winner and my 11 yr old begged me to read it

The King of Elfland's Daughter, by Lord Dunsany.

"Johannes Brahms" by Jan Swafford (done--took way to long to finish over the summer)

"College Girls: Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Coeds Then and Now" by Lynn Peril (done)

"Boomsday" by Christopher Buckley (just started)

"Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up" by Joel Shurkin (just read the intro)

On order from the library...

"Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail" by Danica McKellar

"Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice" by Sen. Christopher Dodd

Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond

ooh, that was a good one! Very interesting.

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes--So far, I've pretty much only read the jokes, and scanned the paragraphs before and after. All funny stuff! Perhaps one night when I'm having trouble sleeping, I'll read the rest.

The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury

The Book Of Fate - Brad Meltzer

The Collected Works Of Venerable Master Chin Kung

Swastika - Michael Slade

The Notebooks Of Leonardo Di Vinci

finished Water for Elephants--meh. ok story.

Now am reading Mark Doty's Dogs' Years---it's killing me softly. It really is.

PS--no, I am NOT gay. Though there's nothing wrong with being gay.