'Over Fifty Crowd': What are you Reading? - June '09

jezzie · 06-10-2009, 06:13 AM

... [COLOR="Magenta"]What are you reading or listening to now?[/COLOR]

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (also read it in the 60's and 80's)

vli1127 · 06-10-2009, 11:30 AM

I am currently Gary Chapman's "Love as a Way of Life" and "Discovering the Body's Wisdom" by Mirka Knaster. The latter one is for a course I am taking to get my Natural Health Certificate.

Too Fluffy · 06-10-2009, 12:16 PM

I'm currently reading M.C. Beaton's Death of a Maid while I wait for Sue Grafton's latest.

What do you think of the Kindle? I don't have one yet, but want one for travel. Also, I would LOVE the font size adjustment feature on it, as well as the dictionary feature. There's something to be said, though, for holding an actual book in your hands that can't be replaced by a gadget.

Edited to add: Oh dear, it seems Sue Grafton's U is for Undertow won't be released until December!! Drat!

Loretta V · 06-10-2009, 01:29 PM

What is a kindle? Guess I could search that out.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS, Jude Deveraux

I found out about the Kindle. Neat, what a new technologic invention. How will I ever keep up????

Kenwyn · 06-10-2009, 02:02 PM

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts -- According to the flyleaf this book is "an unprecedented historical and literary event; written in the 1850's by a female African American slave and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere."

mykneesareback · 06-10-2009, 05:41 PM

"Bird's and Blooms", "Weight Watcher's", "Prevention" and "Everyday Foods" magazines.

Doris

MSS726 · 06-10-2009, 06:55 PM

I have a ton of books, but in summer read in short spurts, plus I had skymiles to use or loose, so they offered me magazines and I took them. Reading out the wazoo now. Prevention, Wine Spectator, Conde Nest Traveler, Lucky (for the younger generation) but it was free, Time, Entertainment, and I don't even know what all else! I never saw so much paper. After I am done with them I donate to the hospital where I work. I also am reading and studying low carb diet books. I have Atkins, Protein Power books, Sonoma, and a multitude of other diet books - I guess one could say it is an obsession with me!

jezzie · 06-11-2009, 04:08 AM

Reading: ... The Moon Is Down, by John Steinbeck

Listening: .. Amarantine, by Enya

vli1127 · 06-11-2009, 07:11 AM

Oh yes, I forgot. I also have a pile of magazines to catch up on: Redbook, Prevention, First, All You. Seems I can never get caught up. I am also the type of person that over does it when I go to the library. I end up coming home with something like 5-6 books and may get only one or two read.

vessel of prayer · 06-11-2009, 07:56 AM

GOOD MORNING

Listening to Rick Pinos new cd.

Reading:here goes, went to the library, remember. Lol.

Freefall, Kristen Heitzmann
four books by Karen Kingsbury. from the sunrise series: sunrise, summer, someday, and sunset....then a real book, lol,
Angelic encounters by James Goll

buddysgirl50 · 06-17-2009, 02:46 PM

the story of Edgar Sawtelle..by David Wroblewski
This is a fabulous book

jezzie · 06-17-2009, 02:54 PM

The Shack, by William P. Young

weezie · 06-18-2009, 04:53 AM

Trunk Music by Michael Connelly. Hubby and I love mysteries, so we're at the library very often.

jezzie · 06-18-2009, 05:40 AM

weezie - just have to make a comment. lol.

I've read the complete 'Harry Bosch' series twice. (The Poet three times)
May I recommend the Jesse Stone series by Robert Parker?

Listening to Roger Whittaker this morning.

jezzie · 06-27-2009, 06:27 AM

Reading:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz

Listening to:
Ultimate Kenny G CD

vessel of prayer · 06-27-2009, 06:59 AM

back to say the series I was reading, as I said in the beginning was boring. Well its very good. Dont read Summer by Karen Kingsbury unless you have Two BOXES of puffs.

oh my word, I blatted by eyeballs out..............................

vessel of prayer · 06-27-2009, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSS726

I have a ton of books, but in summer read in short spurts, plus I had skymiles to use or loose, so they offered me magazines and I took them. Reading out the wazoo now. Prevention, Wine Spectator, Conde Nest Traveler, Lucky (for the younger generation) but it was free, Time, Entertainment, and I don't even know what all else! I never saw so much paper. After I am done with them I donate to the hospital where I work. I also am reading and studying low carb diet books. I have Atkins, Protein Power books, Sonoma, and a multitude of other diet books - I guess one could say it is an obsession with me!

I LOVE HEALTH (diet) BOOKS TOO. I have 16 to my collection at the moment. LOL.
I am starting a library too. I have lots of books.

They make me happy!

Shalbrihil · 06-27-2009, 01:58 PM

Just finished The 8th Confession - James Patterson. Now listening to Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradly from Net Library. It's one of my favorites from her books.

jezzie · 06-29-2009, 06:22 AM

Reading The Kite Runner and Atlas Shrugged to my sweetie.

He's reading The Fountainhead and the Bourne trilogy to me.

vli1127 · 06-29-2009, 09:12 AM

I can't seem to stay still long enough to read a novel these days. Just catching up on magazines and reading my "text" books necessary for my Natural Health Cert.

vessel of prayer · 06-30-2009, 12:47 PM

Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick (40 day journey)

MamaLiga · 06-30-2009, 09:22 PM

I just started reading a book of poems. Charles Bukowski - Slouching Toward Nirvana.... It's my husbands, and he says its pretty good. Anybody ever read anything by this author?

ladyinlove56 · 07-01-2009, 10:35 PM

I have stopped reading my books lately and have started to listen to audio books about Romance etc...My husband gets up early so I started listening so not to wake him and I love it...I listen as I go to work and on vacation....I still love books and magazines but audio has come here to stay....

vessel of prayer · 07-02-2009, 05:19 AM

AGAINST ALL ODDS , Chuck Norris (his real name is Carlos)

weezie · 07-02-2009, 09:41 AM

China Lake by Meg Gardiner

Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsebeth Lavold (trying to finish oversized sweater I started many moons ago)

Burda World of Fashion (sewing pattern magazine with patterns you trace)

vessel of prayer · 07-03-2009, 04:27 PM

KISS by TED DEKker and Erin Healy

TurnNBurn · 07-04-2009, 09:09 AM

Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
just started it so I can't say if I like it enough to recommend it.

Arcie · 07-05-2009, 03:35 PM

Loretta,
I'm half way through First Impressions. Need to pick it up again.
Arcie

06-10-2009, 06:13 AM	#1
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	'Over Fifty Crowd': What are you Reading? - June '09 ... [COLOR="Magenta"]What are you reading or listening to now?[/COLOR] Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (also read it in the 60's and 80's)

06-10-2009, 12:16 PM	#3
Too Fluffy Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 15 Gallery: Too Fluffy WOE: Calorie Counter with a focus on complex carbs.	I'm currently reading M.C. Beaton's Death of a Maid while I wait for Sue Grafton's latest. What do you think of the Kindle? I don't have one yet, but want one for travel. Also, I would LOVE the font size adjustment feature on it, as well as the dictionary feature. There's something to be said, though, for holding an actual book in your hands that can't be replaced by a gadget. Edited to add: Oh dear, it seems Sue Grafton's U is for Undertow won't be released until December!! Drat! Last edited by Too Fluffy; 06-10-2009 at 12:19 PM..

06-10-2009, 01:29 PM	#4
Loretta V Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 15,313 Gallery: Loretta V Stats: 140/123/120 WOE: Low Carb & Low Fat Start Date: July 2001/ Low Carb Friends 9/2001	What is a kindle? Guess I could search that out. FIRST IMPRESSIONS, Jude Deveraux I found out about the Kindle. Neat, what a new technologic invention. How will I ever keep up???? Last edited by Loretta V; 06-10-2009 at 01:34 PM..

06-11-2009, 04:08 AM	#8
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	Reading: ... The Moon Is Down, by John Steinbeck Listening: .. Amarantine, by Enya

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06-10-2009, 11:30 AM	#2
vli1127 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,732 Gallery: vli1127 Stats: 230/166.5/170 5' 6" 49 yr. old WOE: LC my way Start Date: May 08'	I am currently Gary Chapman's "Love as a Way of Life" and "Discovering the Body's Wisdom" by Mirka Knaster. The latter one is for a course I am taking to get my Natural Health Certificate.

06-10-2009, 02:02 PM	#5
Kenwyn Senior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: MN Posts: 327 Gallery: Kenwyn WOE: South Beach Start Date: 2/2009	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts -- According to the flyleaf this book is "an unprecedented historical and literary event; written in the 1850's by a female African American slave and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere."

06-10-2009, 05:41 PM	#6
mykneesareback Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern Calif. mountains Posts: 11,060 Gallery: mykneesareback Stats: 234/125-130 WOE: DTour plan & Counting Calories Start Date: March 1, 2004 w/dietitian,doctor	"Bird's and Blooms", "Weight Watcher's", "Prevention" and "Everyday Foods" magazines. Doris

06-10-2009, 06:55 PM	#7
MSS726 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 10 Gallery: MSS726 Stats: 149/147/135 WOE: Protein Power Start Date: May 2009	I have a ton of books, but in summer read in short spurts, plus I had skymiles to use or loose, so they offered me magazines and I took them. Reading out the wazoo now. Prevention, Wine Spectator, Conde Nest Traveler, Lucky (for the younger generation) but it was free, Time, Entertainment, and I don't even know what all else! I never saw so much paper. After I am done with them I donate to the hospital where I work. I also am reading and studying low carb diet books. I have Atkins, Protein Power books, Sonoma, and a multitude of other diet books - I guess one could say it is an obsession with me!

06-11-2009, 07:11 AM	#9
vli1127 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,732 Gallery: vli1127 Stats: 230/166.5/170 5' 6" 49 yr. old WOE: LC my way Start Date: May 08'	Oh yes, I forgot. I also have a pile of magazines to catch up on: Redbook, Prevention, First, All You. Seems I can never get caught up. I am also the type of person that over does it when I go to the library. I end up coming home with something like 5-6 books and may get only one or two read.

06-11-2009, 07:56 AM	#10
vessel of prayer Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 10,110 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/148.8/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: woe Doris and Loretta Start Date: 09/10/2005	GOOD MORNING Listening to Rick Pinos new cd. Reading:here goes, went to the library, remember. Lol. Freefall, Kristen Heitzmann four books by Karen Kingsbury. from the sunrise series: sunrise, summer, someday, and sunset....then a real book, lol, Angelic encounters by James Goll

06-17-2009, 02:46 PM	#11
buddysgirl50 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blaine WA Posts: 212 Gallery: buddysgirl50 Stats: 205/190/135 WOE: DANDR 2002 Start Date: May 3 2008	the story of Edgar Sawtelle..by David Wroblewski This is a fabulous book

06-17-2009, 02:54 PM	#12
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	The Shack, by William P. Young

06-18-2009, 04:53 AM	#13
weezie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 198 Gallery: weezie Stats: 160/150/125 (5' 3") WOE: mostly low carb Start Date: restarting June 15, 2009	Trunk Music by Michael Connelly. Hubby and I love mysteries, so we're at the library very often.

06-18-2009, 05:40 AM	#14
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	weezie - just have to make a comment. lol. I've read the complete 'Harry Bosch' series twice. (The Poet three times) May I recommend the Jesse Stone series by Robert Parker? Listening to Roger Whittaker this morning.

06-27-2009, 06:27 AM	#15
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	Reading: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz Listening to: Ultimate Kenny G CD

06-27-2009, 06:59 AM	#16
vessel of prayer Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 10,110 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/148.8/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: woe Doris and Loretta Start Date: 09/10/2005	back to say the series I was reading, as I said in the beginning was boring. Well its very good. Dont read Summer by Karen Kingsbury unless you have Two BOXES of puffs. oh my word, I blatted by eyeballs out..............................

06-27-2009, 01:58 PM	#18
Shalbrihil MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,910 Gallery: Shalbrihil Stats: maintaining my loss since 2005 WOE: Sticking with just whole foods Start Date: June 2003	Just finished The 8th Confession - James Patterson. Now listening to Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradly from Net Library. It's one of my favorites from her books.

06-29-2009, 06:22 AM	#19
jezzie Old Wise One Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hudson River Valley Posts: 39,880 Blog Entries: 78 Gallery: jezzie Stats: choosing to be scale-free; WOE: YOU:on a Diet - Dr. Oz Start Date: 05/22/07 - lightbulb; started YOU at 209.	Reading The Kite Runner and Atlas Shrugged to my sweetie. He's reading The Fountainhead and the Bourne trilogy to me.

06-29-2009, 09:12 AM	#20
vli1127 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,732 Gallery: vli1127 Stats: 230/166.5/170 5' 6" 49 yr. old WOE: LC my way Start Date: May 08'	I can't seem to stay still long enough to read a novel these days. Just catching up on magazines and reading my "text" books necessary for my Natural Health Cert.

06-30-2009, 12:47 PM	#21
vessel of prayer Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 10,110 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/148.8/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: woe Doris and Loretta Start Date: 09/10/2005	Love Dare by Stephen and Alex Kendrick (40 day journey)

06-30-2009, 09:22 PM	#22
MamaLiga Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12 Gallery: MamaLiga	I just started reading a book of poems. Charles Bukowski - Slouching Toward Nirvana.... It's my husbands, and he says its pretty good. Anybody ever read anything by this author?

07-01-2009, 10:35 PM	#23
ladyinlove56 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: AZ but always a Tex. gal. Posts: 105 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: ladyinlove56 Stats: 230/180/130 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 2007	I have stopped reading my books lately and have started to listen to audio books about Romance etc...My husband gets up early so I started listening so not to wake him and I love it...I listen as I go to work and on vacation....I still love books and magazines but audio has come here to stay....

07-02-2009, 05:19 AM	#24
vessel of prayer Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 10,110 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/148.8/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: woe Doris and Loretta Start Date: 09/10/2005	AGAINST ALL ODDS , Chuck Norris (his real name is Carlos)

07-02-2009, 09:41 AM	#25
weezie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 198 Gallery: weezie Stats: 160/150/125 (5' 3") WOE: mostly low carb Start Date: restarting June 15, 2009	China Lake by Meg Gardiner Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsebeth Lavold (trying to finish oversized sweater I started many moons ago) Burda World of Fashion (sewing pattern magazine with patterns you trace)

07-03-2009, 04:27 PM	#26
vessel of prayer Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NW FL Panhandle but wish I was where there is SNOW Posts: 10,110 Gallery: vessel of prayer Stats: 186/148.8/143 -will get to 130 5'3" WOE: woe Doris and Loretta Start Date: 09/10/2005	*KISS* by TED DEKker and Erin Healy

07-04-2009, 09:09 AM	#27
TurnNBurn Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 694 Gallery: TurnNBurn Stats: 175.5/170.5/149 Start Date: 10/25/03 // restart 11/2008	Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse just started it so I can't say if I like it enough to recommend it.

07-05-2009, 03:35 PM	#28
Arcie Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 278 Gallery: Arcie WOE: Moderate carbs	Loretta, I'm half way through First Impressions. Need to pick it up again. Arcie