What book are you currently reading?

Question

What is it about? Who is the Author? What type of book is it? What would you rate your book out of 10 of what you've read of it so far? (10 being excellent and 1 being terrible)

Im reading a book called 'Changes' by Danielle Steel. It is a Family Album.

Answer 1

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

about: the murder of a Kansas famliy of 4 (the Clutters) and the lifes of their killers beforethey were killers, before and after they were caught as well as the killers trial and execution

type: nonfiction/novel/thriller

rating: 8

Answer 2

I always read a fiction and a non-fiction at the same time. Currently:

Fiction: At First Sight - Nicholas Sparks - popular fiction. I rate it 7/10. It's better than the book it is a sequel to, which is rare.

Nonfiction: The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice for Writers - Betsy Lerner - writing. I rate it 8/10 so far. It's got some interesting theories about why we block ourselves from writing sometimes. I hadn't thought of that before, but it makes a lot of sense.

Answer 3

I'm just wrapping up a reread of "The Fiery Cross" by Diana Gabaldon. It's a vivid historical about the settlement of North Carolina by Scottish Highlanders in the years before the American Revolution.

That... and time travel...

I'd give it an 8 or a 9. But it's Book 5 in a (so-far) 6 book series - you've got to start with "Outlander" for it to make any sense at all.

Answer 4

I read two books at the same time: The Damned Kings series - this one on Philip the IV, and Imprimatur by Monaldi & Sorti.
I rate the first with 10, the second with 8, because it seems to have some similarities with The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Answer 5

I am half way through Brick Lane by Monica Ali. A booker prize winner. Style is good, but plot is so very very sad! I dont understand why these Asian books that win literary prizes tend to be such sad stories? Isnt there anything to smile about in life at all for these characters? Very disappointing, just like The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, another booker prize winner. Argh!!!

Answer 6

Margaret McAllister's books have been compared to C.S. Lewis' Narnia books. Although they're for children they have something for adults. I've been reading the 2nd one of her trilogy, The Mistmantle Chronicles. The first one's called Urchin of the Riding Stars and the second one's called Urchin and the Heartstone. They are beautiful books and I can't ever put them down, they're full of adventure and fantasy. These books are about an island protected by Mists and inhabited by animals, but animals with human characteristics. It may sound a bit cutsy but the books deal with big themes like war and death and treachery as well as love and integrity. I have to give these books 10 out of 10. They're published in the U.K, Europe and the U.S.A, and seem to be nost popular in America. The first one won an award in Germany. They're published by Bloomsbury and I can't recommend them strongly enough.

Answer 7

I am reading Crossroads of Twilight. The author is Robert Jordan. It is fantasy and I would rate it a 7 out of 10. I'm not very far yet.

Answer 8

I'm reading two books at a time (the 1st in english, the 2nd in italian)
1. The Birth of Venus by S.Dunnant- historical fiction. 6/10 so far
2. Season for the Dead by D.Hewson- crime fiction. 8/10 so far

Answer 9

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown

10

Answer 10

I'm reading a children's book called Beagle in a Box 8/10, Cracking The Da Vinci Code (haven't read enough to tell how good it is lol), and a soppy Harlequin/Mills and Boon book 2/10 (I work for them so I read their books for homework lol).

Answer 11

Gerald Durrell - My family and other animals
It's a story about the autohr's life on Corfu island I'd say it's a 9 (if you are a naturelover)

beside that I read a text book on Pharmaceutical technology - not much suspense in it but it's kind of interesting