What are you reading right now?
By cndn420
@cndn420 (2062)
Canada
October 17, 2008 1:32am CST
to all you readers out there, what are you reading right now?
currently i am reading the autobiography of Richard Branson. for those of you who dont know who he is, he is the creater of Virgin Records, Virgin Mobile, Virgin in Space and so forth.
my brother and my dad read it first and thought it was a very inspiring book so i checked it out. its about 600 pages or so but from THE first page you're already sucked in LOL
the way he wrote it is like hes actually talking to you in person, very interesting book, amazing stories and its one of those rags to riches stories.
10 people like this
48 responses
I'll be reading also my harry Potter collection soon. 
@SketcherD (1114)
• Canada
18 Oct 08
I really liked the Twilight series. It has given me something to talk to my teenage daughter about. We have really lively conversations about the characters.
The movie for Twilight comes out on November 21st, 2008.
There is another series out there that is very similar. It's called 'A House Of Night Novel' written by P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast. They are a mother daughter writting team. I have already finished all 4 books. The next one comes out in March of 09. My daughter said she may read it next so we have more to talk about.
1 person likes this
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
17 Oct 08
Well, I was reading through The literary allusions of the suburbium of Rome and their social implications and now I'm looking at a bunch writing from Catullus only because they mentioned Catullus 44 as a reference and so I being the curious sort looked it up and yeah. Thats whats happening.
3 people like this
@magnifico19 (46)
• Indonesia
3 Jan 09
is that book good? okey i will read that book soon.thanks for your information...do have a favourite book and you read it more than once time
@KATRINKA (1624)
• United States
21 Oct 08
Thanks for the recommendation. I've several books going. Who The Hell is Pansy O'Hara is a hilarious book about authors and little-known facts about well-known books like Gone With the Wind and The Cat in the Hat. Also reading Secret Lives of Great Authors. It's along the same vein as the first book. I used to write an American Fiction Authors column where I researched similar topics. Too bad someone beat me to publishing books on them. I'm also reading Money and the Law of Attraction. Right now night reading any fiction, which is unusual for me.
2 people like this
@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
1 Jan 09
Katrinka! You wrote right now I am not reading any fiction. That is my position most of the time. I read fiction by recommendation. The non-fiction books I pick up by myself.Nice to know you are the exact opposite of me, and you rcurrent position is the opposite of your usual self.
@SydneyHazelton (4586)
• Singapore
17 Oct 08
I have just finished reading Suze Orman's 9 Steps to Financial Freedom. This is teh kind of book I would read more than once, but since it is a library book, I have to return it soon. I find so many great advice from her books. I intend to read all her books, if I could find them at the library. It has set me thinking about my finances, or lack of it. Many succesful books are written in this kind of conversational style, like they are really talking to you. Rags to richs stories are always popular too.
2 people like this
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
17 Oct 08
LOL!! As usual ! I have been refering a lot of Text pertaining to horses as I need to attend fewcases on the farm in the capacity of Vet! Just after searching few topics on net , for a change I have switched on to Mylot to respond you! Thanks ! Though I wanted to answer you in a eloborative way but short of time ias not permitting me to do so! Will come back the momemt I am free to the discussion! Thanks!
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
18 Oct 08
i ahve read a book from that crazy millionaire and i tell you he has a way with words and he is truly an excellent wrter,the book i read "loosing my virginity "by richard branson and it was a bomb
1 person likes this
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
19 Oct 08
yeah he is a good writer his writing style is so engaging and inspiring,its good to do some reading from these good writers they tend to strike a chord in your brain that makes you wanna go out there and get things done for yourself
@gemini_rose (16264)
•
17 Oct 08
At the moment I am reading Wideacre, a Philippa Greggory book. It is OK, but not as good as some of the other books from her that I have read. It is pretty weird, it is one of three so I am not sure how the others are going to be when I have finished this one.
1 person likes this
@gemini_rose (16264)
•
17 Oct 08
I guess it is a historical or period fiction, it is pretty sick actually as it involves incest and an obsession with a property, I think the main female character seriously has something wrong with her!
@Munchkin547 (2778)
•
17 Oct 08
I'm reading a novel about the life of elizabeth the first, i'm really into that time period so i'm really enjoying it! I already know the story but nice to hear it from a different perspective! I don't often read autobiographies, although it sounds as though richard branson's is quite good! I read russell bradn's autobiography a while ago, i liked that, it was written just the way he speaks and you could imagine him sitting there telling you the story - which is a nice thought! lol xxx
1 person likes this
@Munchkin547 (2778)
•
17 Oct 08
yeah i think you have to be into the person to find a biography interesting otherwise it's just boring!! i heard that richard madely (richard and judy fella!) has just bought an autobiography out and i remember thinking "who cares!??!" that definitely one that i won't be reading! it is really good book, the author has written it as though elizabeth is writing it herself in the first person which is a bit different! xxx
@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
17 Oct 08
haha!!
ive read a few biographies but i was never really into them, but there are some people out there that interest me and id love to read their biographies.
i dont know the story of elizabeth the first extremely well, but i agree that even if you DO know a story really well different perspectives make you think.
1 person likes this
@chingbeem (910)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
Hi-Im into Paolo Coehlo's books right now. Quite interresting.
1 person likes this
@jesssp (2712)
• Canada
17 Oct 08
Right now I'm reading 'The Waste Lands' by Stephen King. It's the third installment of the Dark Tower series. I've tried to read this series for years but I could never get into it so I finally just made myself plow through the first one. After I got past that one I started to really get into the series. I would definitely recommend it!
1 person likes this
@SketcherD (1114)
• Canada
18 Oct 08
I am currently reading several books at a time. One being 'The Host' Stephanie Meyer, who is the author of The Twilight series. It is about aliens. I know that seems weird in of itself. But it is well written.
I am also reading 'World Without End' by Ken Follett. It is the sequel to The Pillars of The Earth which was a really fasinating book. I learned alot about the history of Cathedrals. I am not a Roman Catholic but it surely has made me appreciate all the work it took to build these beautiful old Cathedrals hundreds of years ago.
1 person likes this
@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
17 Oct 08
right now I am reading new moon book 2 in the twlight serries its a rela good book
1 person likes this
@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
18 Oct 08
my daughter had to do abook report on it at school an we read it together now both my daughters an I are hooked
@AcreativeMind (56)
• United States
18 Oct 08
I just read Stanley Karnow's "VIETNAM A HISTORY" interesting and very detailed information about what went on behind the scenes. It kinda matches up with today's war in Iraq.
@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
30 Dec 08
Right now I am reading "The Autobiography of a Yogi" by Yogananda Paramahamsa. It has been acclaimed one of the most inspiring original and experiential account of a very esoteric science like Yoga. For my interest in the subject it is really surprising that I did not read it long long back.
1 person likes this
