What book are you reading these days?

Question

what is it about?

Answer 1

I'm in the process of reading Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs which I picked up from Barnes and Noble on Saturday. It is the sequel to her urban fantasy novel, Moon Called.

Moon Called and Blood Bound are about a coyote skinwalker named Mercy Thompson who is also a mechanic. She is known as the Mercedes who fixes VWs. Her next door neighbor is the alpha of the local werewolf pack, her former boss (who still helps out from time to time at her garage) is a gremlin and one of her best customers is a vampire. In Blood Bound the vampire calls in a favor from Mercy which she owed to him from the previous story. All she is supposed to do is bear witness to a meeting between him and a strange vampire he is checking out. Since this is an action fantasy story of course things don't work out quite the way they were planned and all sorts of bad things start to happen.

I've really enjoyed reading both Moon Called and Blood Bound. Mercy is a smart heroine who doesn't let anyone push her around and is still intelligent enough to know when to be afraid.

I'd highly recommend both books to anyone who enjoys urban fantasy stories or stories about werewolves.

Answer 2

I'm reading a book called "Angel Dust Apocalypse", I forget the author. It is a collection of short stories about surreal topics. Some are uninteresting writings that are too obscure and unenjoyable, but some actually make you think a bit. I got it as a gift, not something I would normally purchase. The Eragon books were nice, a ripoff of Tolkien, but still a quick read, the plot was good and engrossing.

Answer 3

I just finished IN THE MEANTIME by a happy black woman whose name I forget (sorry, ma'am). I just made my sister borrow it, so I can't check.
It's about our life in "love's house", the basement, where we don't know what's going on (internally and in our life), why things are not meshing, and which way is up. Then the first floor, where we are still a mess but we know there's something out there for us and something we can do about it. The second floor is where we are doing things that are for our growth and sanity, and we see positive changes in our lives. I forget the third floor, I'm flunking the pop quiz! The attic is where we sit and enjoy the vision of our accomplishments, the stage of acceptance and back-patting we give ourselves.
It's the kind of book you read then feel, "ah, so this is what it's all about, there is hope."
Though I read it before bed each night, I'd consider it a fast read because you just want to eat it up.
My YOGA JOURNAL mags started arriving, and that's what I'm reading now.

Answer 4

I've just started Jim Butcher's "Harry Dresden" series. It's a mystery series featuring a wizard private investigator in Chicago. I'm into the second book and so far, it's pretty good.

Harry Dresden, the only wizard listed in the yellow pages in Chicago, Illinois, is featured:
Storm Front (2000)
Fool Moon (2001)
Grave Peril (2001)
Summer Knight (2002)
Death Masks (2003)
Blood Rites (2004)
Dead Beat (2005)
Proven Guilty (2006)

Answer 5

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinhua Achebe. It's a serious book that has had some awards, and is not very long, so if you want to find some short enjoyment, this is the book for you.

It's about an African man who strives to not be like his lazy father, which is his motivation for his entire life and way of living. But the African traditions are interrupted by the white man coming into Africa, Christianizing it. I don't want to tell you the end, cause that would ruin it. By the way, my summary really doesn't do the book justice.

Answer 6

The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall, by Christopher Hibbert. It's a biography of the prominent members of the Medici family. I'm also reading Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen. It's a look at the place of certain large, endangered predators in the psychology and mythology of the societies they most frequently interact with.

Answer 7

I'm reading a book called Frangipani by Celestine Vaite. It's set in Tahiti and is about a woman and her growing relationship with her daughter throughout their lives. It's pretty interesting so far, although I'm not even to the part the woman has her daughter, she's just very pregnant. Look it up on Amazon.com for more info if you want.

Answer 8

The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen. It is a mystery book.

The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun. Her attacker is still on the hunt, determined to finish what he's started. And Nell, protected by a new face, is just as determined to fight back and take her revenge. But to catch her prey, she will have to expose herself -- even if it makes her a killer's prime target.

Answer 9

Well, right now I am reading a collection of short stories by Leo Tolstoy (a Russian philosopher, among other things). Because they are short stories they are about different things, but I guess they mostly have to do with religion. He was a great author and I would recommend him to anybody. The book I have is "Divine and Human and other stories..."

Good luck!

Answer 10

'The Wild Girl' by Jim Fergus. A great book set back in the 30's about a young photogropher who goes on an expedition with a group of men to look for a kidnapped boy. It's good writing, which I always appreciate. :)