Name the last three books you have read...

Dreaming_Blue said:
I've been doing a sick amount of reading lately, so I'll share everything that I've read in the last week:

Based on 5 star ratings.

Water for Elephants Sara Gruen- **** This was a really great book. I didn't see the movie, but the book was a quick read. It was actually a book that came out of the annual NaNoWriMo competition, if you know what that is. Kind of neat. :)

The Slave Across the Street Theresa L. Flores, Peggy Sue Wells- ** I expected more. It just wasn't that awesome.

More Than Rice: A journey through the underworld of human trafficking Pamala Chestnut- *** A pretty decent read. Very interesting.

The Hunger Games Trilogy Suzanne Collins- **** I'd have to say these were some of my favorite books in awhile. The movie for the first book comes out next year, but do yourself a favor and read them before the movie. You will not regret it in the least!

Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men Souad; Judith Armbruster- ***1/2. This was a really sad story of a Muslim girl who was burned in a botched honor killing for getting pregnant before marriage.

Not Easily Washed Away: Memoirs of a Muslim's Daughter Levene, Brian Arthur, Anonymous Beauty. *** 1/2. OK, the Kindle started to get a little crazy with these recommendations...lol, but, I'd have to say that if you're interested in other cultures and religions, checking out some of these books will be worthwhile. This is about a girl who was sexually abused by her father.

Slave: My True Story Damien Lewis, Mende Nazer. ***** This book alone inspired me to to sponsor two children from Africa. Enough said.

The Help Kathryn Stockett ***1/2 I'd have to say that this book was not at all what I thought it would be. I avoided reading it for awhile, but once I picked it up, I was hooked. Some of the stuff is absolutely shocking, and I think it's a great story.
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Are you a speed reader??! :smt104 Holy shyt, woman...!:prayer:
 
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Tamstrong said:
I also looked for BL's stuff while I was there but didn't have any luck.
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Yeah it's the same around here. He hasn't written anything new in quite awhile now. It use to be you could go into any bookstore here and find pretty much any of his books. Now it's lucky if you see one or two of his books on the shelves. I don't know what the deal is with that. I know that it isn't because he's become unpopular, because people still get his books quite regularly from one or two secondhand bookstores we have here when they have them available.
 
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Isis Papers - Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
 
Currently working my way through "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens - How the Daughters of Ghengis Khan Rescued His Empire" by Jack Weatherford.

Last few were

"American Creation" Joseph J. Ellis

"Something Written in the State of Denmark - An Actor's Year With the Royal Shakespeare Company" Keith Osborn

"The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter" Russell T Davies & Benjamin Cook

"First Family - John & Abigail Adams" Joseph J. Ellis

"The First World War" John Keegan
 
TreePixie said:
LOL! I don't read as much as I used to, because, as stupid as it sounds, holding a book sets off back spasms. Another reason I want an iPad.
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I think you'd like the Ipad. I'm not sure how it would be for your spasms because, it weighs a little bit more than a paperback.

My last three books:
The FairTax Book
The Gunslinger
In the heart of the sea.
 
Excellent philosophical books for the martial artists.

-Song of a Water Dragon by Norman S. Track. It's a true biography of He Yi An, a Chinese Daoist born amidst the shift from imperial to modern China. His life steeped in centuries old beliefs, ceremonies and practices collides with the rise of Communism (much like here in America today) and his frenzy attempts at modernization and the rejection of superstitious traditions (parallels the black experience in America today).

-Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretations of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic book of strategy by Stephen F. Kaufman, Hanshi 10th Dan Black Belt. An excellent guide into the thinking of the greatest warrior japan ever known. Explains the full message Musashi's martial strategy that can be employed in everyday life from the boardroom to sites like this one in the new reality of living.

-The Wandering Taoist by Deng Ming Dao. True story of Kwan Saihung a solidary Taoist who traveled China and experienced it's rapid social change outside of the sect (Zhenyi-Huashan Sect) he was the only member to have dared to do so. In spite of the turmoil chinese society was going through, spirituality is seen as possible even in the darkest of times.
 
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I've been paying more attention to Foucault's History of Madness. I bought it earlier last year but never got around to reading it like I should. This is by far my longest read. Excluding the foreword and endnotes it comes to roughly 575 pages.
 
Today I read Where You Left Me by Jennifer Gardner Trulson.

Seriously, a great book. I highly recommend it.

This is the description from Amazon:

Lucky—that’s how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of her life in Doug, married him, had an apartment in New York City, a house in the Hamptons, two beautiful children, and was still madly in love after nearly seven years of marriage. Jennifer was living the kind of idyllic life that clichés are made of.

Until Doug was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, and she became a widow at age thirty-five—a “9/11 widow,” no less, a member of a select group bound by sorrow, of which she wanted no part. Though completely devastated, Jennifer still considered herself blessed. Doug had loved her enough to last her a lifetime, and after his sudden death, she was done with the idea of romantic love—fully resigned to being a widowed single mother . . . until a chance encounter with a gregarious stranger changed everything. Without a clue how to handle this unexpected turn of events, Jennifer faced the question asked by anyone who has ever lost a loved one: Is it really possible to feel joy again, let alone love?

With unvarnished emotion and clear-eyed sardonic humor, Jennifer tells an ordinary woman’s extraordinary tale of unimaginable loss, resilience, friendship, love, and healing—which is also New York City’s narrative in the wake of September 11. Where You Left Me is an unlikely love story, a quintessentially New York story—at once Jennifer’s tribute to the city that gave her everything and proof that second chances are possible.

Where You Left Me- Amazon
 
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