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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2007Poll: What are you (and your owners) currently reading?
We're currently reading: Rob: The Courageous Princess by Rod Espinoza Pam: Cat Scatch Fever by Tara K. Harper Haunted House Stories edited by Peter Haining Mike: Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Kormon Laura: Prince Caspian in the Chromicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis Amanda: Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis The rest of the street gang, I don't know about. So What are you reading? > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Laura: Prince Caspian in the Chromicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis > Amanda: Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis I Read the whole series and all the work > The rest of the street gang, I don't know about. > > So What are you reading? Davinci code Dan brown KNIFE OF DREAMS by Robert Jordan PROMISE OF THE WITCH-KING by R.A. Salvatore VIOLETS ARE BLUE and Mary Mary both by James Patterson Crown of Stars by Kate Elliott In the night room by Peter Straub Could not tell you what the DW read she is scattered like me >> We're currently reading: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> Laura: Prince Caspian in the Chromicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis >> Amanda: Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis I read all the disc-world stories by Terry Pratchett. Purrs to you Inge and the catgang  SignatureCatManiacs World: http://www.gwsystems.com/inge > I read all the disc-world stories by Terry Pratchett. > > Purrs to you Inge and the catgang I'm reading through those now, too! They're so fun. The first couple were just "okay," but then they got good. I don't know if that's because Mr. Pratchett hit his stride or because I got used to the shape of the stories. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? I'm currently reading two books: "The Feast of our Lives" by June Christine Goudey and "Raphael", which is the third of a trilogy called "A Trio for Lute" by R. A. MacAvoy. Joy "Tanada"wrote ... > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? I'm currently reading: The Alchemist, by Leslie H Whitten (just finished reading The Fangs of Morning, by same author) The Cat Owner's Manual, by David Brunner & Sam Stall (this one is HILARIOUS!) Mia is reading: The Dalai Lama's Book of Daily Meditations SignatureFlippy in Melbourne, Australia. Email: flippy @ flippyscatpage DOT com Catpage: http://www.flippyscatpage.com > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? "I Know This Much is True" by Wally Lamb "Dinner With A Perfect Stranger" by DAvid Gregory Sherry > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? Well, you asked. Sam: BGP4 an introduction (about the BGP4 Internet protocol) Interconnections (also about networking) Access 2003 inside out Ramona: a seemingly never-ending supply of "romance novels" SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > Sam: BGP4 an introduction (about the BGP4 Internet protocol) > Interconnections (also about networking) > Access 2003 inside out I'm sorry! :) Joyce I'm reading: - Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. Fascinating. - DAW 30th Anniversary anthology of sf stories. I try not to read too many books at the same time because I'm a very slow reader, and I'll never return them to the library on time if I'm trying to read several at once! Joyce I'll have to look for that Temple Grandin one. I have another of her books that I haven't read yet, the ones where she talks about inventing that squeeze contraption for cattle. Sandy > I'm reading: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce > I'm reading: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce I'm a fast reader, but I normally read only one book at a time. However, occasionally I get one that is best taken in small doses. I then keep that one in the "reading room", and read another during meals and after I go to bed. Joy > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? Christine -- just finished reading Mercedes Lackey's Bedlam's Bard series of books. Also reading Dave Barry's Money Secrets -- planning to read the latest in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series, called Proven Guilty asap! Byron -- the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child Alex -- Also reading Dave Barry's Money Secrets and whatever gaming guide goes to the Oblivion computer game Celeste -- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (for English class) >> We're currently reading: >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Celeste -- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (for English class) Mercedes Lackey awesome writer You have lost him if he is play oblivion > Mercedes Lackey awesome writer > You have lost him if he is play oblivion What does this mean? I can't figure out this sentence. And isn't Mercedes a woman's name? Joyce > Celeste -- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (for English class) Scarlet Pimpernel is very readable. I recently added it and Dickens's Tale Of two Cities to my Classics library for my future students. Pam S> >> We're currently reading: >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Celeste -- The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (for English class) I really do like those Reacher books! I finished all of them awhile back. I'm currently reading Robert B. Parker's Spenser series ("Widow's Walk"). Waiting in the wings is Diane Mott Davidson's latest "Dark Tort". I admit it...I'm a murder mystery junkie.... --Kim >>> We're currently reading: >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >>> >>> So What are you reading? "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell." It's great. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War I just finished Ellis Peters' Funeral of Figaro a mystery that takes place at an opera house. Am now reading Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson. I should say I am ATTEMPTING to read these books. Francesca is not big on literacy. I get into bed and open the book, and no matter what my position, she's right there either putting her paw on the word I'm about to read, lying down across the open book, aggressively rubbing her cheeks and forehead against the book corners when I try to read in bed. I actually make the most progress on my reading while "on the throne" so to speak. Melissa >I just finished Ellis Peters' Funeral of Figaro a mystery that takes >place at an opera house. Am now reading Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Melissa Stinky is a big butt reader. ;) Dante doesn't seem so literate. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War The Life of Elizabeth I, by Alison Weir http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345425502/sr=1-2/qid=1146633875/ref=pd_bbs_2/0 02-2097947-5026438?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books I've been enjoying her books a lot. Classic American Autobiographies, by Benjamin Franklin, Zitkala-Sa, Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain, and Mary Rowlandson http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451529154/sr=1-1/qid=1146633743/ref=pd_bbs_1/0 02-2097947-5026438?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books Sandy > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? > So What are you reading? "Please Stop Laughing at Me" by Jodee Blanco "Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw" "A Million Little Pieces by James Frey" I got the last two from an online book club I belong to - PaperbackSwap.com It's awesome! http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=12&r_by=idontmind%40hotmail.com You list all of the books you'd like to trade and get a credit for them once they are traded, to spend on a new book (You also get 3 free credits just for listing your first 9 books!). All it costs you is the cost of postage to send your book to the person who requests it (currently $1.59/book via media mail if less than 1 lb). I have successfully traded over 90 books on the site. If you sign up please use my registered email name as referral and I will get a credit. (idontmind (at) hotmail (dot) com). I can't recommend it highly enough!!! -L. > > So What are you reading? > "Please Stop Laughing at Me" by Jodee Blanco This is an intriguing title. What is it about? Joyce jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > > > So What are you reading? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joyce It's a true account, first-person narrative about a girl in highschool who was bullied by her peers. The voice is somewhat simplistic, and so far it is a quick read, but it's been interesting, to some extent. I'm only about 1/3 the way through it. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EHTAZU/sr=1-1/qid=1146638205/ref=sr_1_1/104 -3306914-2859118?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books I only read non-fiction (with a nod to Frey who is just a liar...) If anyone wants recs on good non-fiction, especially true accounts and memoirs, let me know! Worst books I have read this year : The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (fiction) and Stick Figure by Lori Gottleib (I suspect another liar...) -L. > > > "Please Stop Laughing at Me" by Jodee Blanco > > > > This is an intriguing title. What is it about? > It's a true account, first-person narrative about a girl in highschool > who was bullied by her peers. The voice is somewhat simplistic, and so > far it is a quick read, but it's been interesting, to some extent. I'm > only about 1/3 the way through it. Here's a link: > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EHTAZU/sr=1-1/qid=1146638205/ref=sr_1_1/104 -3306914-2859118?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books Thanks for the link. That subject interests me, because I was one of those timid, withdrawn, misfit kids who got teased a lot in school. (Thankfully, it stopped when I moved to an area where there were other Jewish kids.) It makes me glad to know there's a whole movement in the educational system to stop bullying. I didn't realize it was going to be a serious book. The title sounded like it was a humor book. :) (Though, when I think about it, that doesn't make sense - a humorist would *want* people to laugh at her!) Joyce > Thanks for the link. That subject interests me, because I was one of > those timid, withdrawn, misfit kids who got teased a lot in school. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Joyce I just finished it. I cannot believe it was a best seller - wasn't even close to being great.... :( -L. > I just finished it. I cannot believe it was a best seller - wasn't > even close to being great.... :( I think the subject touches a nerve in a lot of people. There's a lot of bullying among kids, and many people suffered from it at one time or another while they were growing up. I read the reviews on the Amazon link you posted the other day, and several said it wasn't a very good book in terms of offering much hope to kids who are currently going through it, nor any practical suggestions for how to deal with it. Apparently, it was mostly a vehicle for her to vent about her own bad experiences. Which itself isn't a bad thing, but when you're set up to expect more, it can be quite a disappointment. From the reviews, it sounded like she saw herself as saintly, and everyone around her (except her fellow victims) as perpetrators. If, as an adult, she really still believes that, then she is certainly NOT over it, as she claims to be. Seeing yourself as all-good and the people who hurt you as all-bad is a defense. When you're healed, you no longer need a defense, and can see everyone as the imperfect humans they are. Which doesn't mean her classmates' bad behavior should be excused. Just that there are many reason why people bully others - most bullies see themselves as the victims, and often they are (at home). And the victims of bullying can also contribute to the situation, even if unconciously, and often by trying to follow bad advice from adults who aren't taking it seriously enough. What I would like to see is a book on bullying that looks at it from a social and cultural perspective. So much of it is about ostracizing certain kids because of "unacceptable" traits such as being the wrong color or culture, or not conforming to gender roles (or being openly gay), or being fat, or disabled, or nerdy. (What does "nerdy" mean, anyway? Not physically attractive? Shy? Fearful? Not socially astute?) Pretty much any trait that could be used as a reason for being bullied is a reflection of some kind of prejudice in the larger culture. Kids take this in, and then act it out on the playground. So why aren't we looking at that? Joyce Wild ducks flying backward by Tom Robbins, a collection of short writings, anything he writes is a treat to read, he's one of my favourite story tellers (and I am so glad I noticed the typo in the title's second word before I posted ...) =) Signaturelewe lewemi at yahoo dot se | cats' pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? Me: "Dancers at the End of Time" by Michael Moorcock (One of my all time favourite books which comes out every so often) Dave: "World according to Clarkson" and "Bollocks to Alton Towers" (Can't remember the author but certainly got some interesting ideas for a day out) Sarrasine was attempting to destroy an anthology called "Truth until Paradox" but I put it on the bookcase- she wants to read them but starts clawing at them because without an opposable thumb she can't turn the page! Redunzel's last literacy attempt was falling asleep on a book- she's not much of a reader who needs to be when she's always off with the fairies- we're damn sure she can escape to another dimension! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > So What are you reading? I'm currently reading Past Masters: The Buddha. Amazon should be delivering several Discworld books and The World Is Flat. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > So What are you reading? Just finished Manda Scott's series on the Boudica. Sad to reach the end of the series, but she says on her web page that she is going to keep writing about that era, so I'm looking forward to more. Other books in progress: Hanif Kureishi: My ear at his heart Colin McInnes: The London novels British Short Stories ed. Malcolm Bradbury (ran out of books, so pulled an old anthology off the shelf. Must go to bookstore soon) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Gennie: The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch (just finished rereading my collection of books by nature writer Sue Hubbell) Marietta: She is a voracious "eater" of books--she tries to chew on the corners of whatever volume of I happen to be reading... CIty of Pearl by Karen Traviss. I'm in love with her Star Wars: Republic Commando books (far beyond a hack media tie-in, these are some of the most ethically complex stories I've read in a long time). SO, now I'm reading her original stuff. --Fil > We're currently reading: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So What are you reading? Joel: "A Storm of Swords: A Song of Fire & Ice" (Book 3 in the series of 'The Game of Thrones') by George R. R. Martin. Joel would like people to know hw rarely reads fantasy, but this one has him hooked from the first book I woke up at about 5am a week ago, to discover the lounge light was still on. I got up to turn it off, only to hear Joel shout 'Oy'. He had started reading at 10pm after Cary went to bed, and was still going. Once I pointed out the time to him he said "oops, I thought it wa sonly midnight or so. I haven't been able to put this down!". Joel tends to prefer military sci-fi. Vicky: House Corrino (Book 3 of the 'Prelude to Dune' series). Although there's a stack of books on my 'to read' list.... I don't seem to get through as many now that Cary is here. Cary: Read? Doens't that involve sitting still? No thanks!!!! (although he will occasionally be tempted into looking at "Pooh's Sunny Day songs" which Julie & Rusty gave him while they were here) Yowie My daughter and I are currently devouring all of the Lincoln Child and Preston Douglas books involving Agent Pendergast (which is practically all of them). I've just finished the last one and can hardly wait for the next which doesn't arrive until early June. Highly recommended, but you need to read from the first book (Relic) or you won't really appreciate all the connections. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time >> We're currently reading: >> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Yowie > Joel: "A Storm of Swords: A Song of Fire & Ice" (Book 3 in the > series of 'The Game of Thrones') by George R. R. Martin. Joel would [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > haven't been able to put this down!". Joel tends to prefer military > sci-fi. Those books are awesome. I'm peeved, though, because I don't like to start series if they aren't already finished by the author. Some authors go off into the weeds and never come back, and anyway it's hugely frustrating waiting a year or two for the next book. Other than that, though, such a good series. Totally different than most fantasy. Really barely fantasy at all. Extremely violent, though, and the author is ruthless -- favorite characters get killed left and right. You never know who is going to be killed or maimed next. It does give the story a certain urgency that it might not have if you knew that all the main characters would come out unscathed. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Joel: "A Storm of Swords: A Song of Fire & Ice" (Book 3 in the >> series of 'The Game of Thrones') by George R. R. Martin. Joel would [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >authors go off into the weeds and never come back, and anyway it's >hugely frustrating waiting a year or two for the next book. I must agree. Wating for a while for a book is very agrivating. I am currently reading " Warriors; The power of Three,Book 1: The Sight"- Erin Hunter This series is greatly interesting and is of course about cats.It is somewhat for children between the ages 12-14 but most of my aunts read it and they are very eager to get to the next book. This is the third series in the " WARRIORS" Series. Each series has a group of 6 books. 1st:Warriors 2nd:Warriors; The new prophecy and now 3rd: Warriors; The power of Three If you would like more information on this fasinating and humourous series go here --> www.warriorcats.com |
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