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I always read several at a time. But I'm currently concentrating on 2 ... Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer & Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir. Will start Austen's Persuasion when I finish the Heyer.

Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights and The Awakening.

Gone with the Wind, which I wish would be gone with the wind, and Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's.

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights and The Awakening."

Loved Anna Karenina, one of my all-time favorite books :)

I've been wallowing in L.M. Montgomery lately and having a lot of fun, especially reading Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910) and then The Blue Castle (1926) right after. From a book which Anne at 15 could have written (it was hilarious, but not intentionally so), and then the witty, funny, beautifully written tale of Valency and Barney Snaith (has to be the best romantic hero's name of all time), I've been admiring the author's growth.

I am currently reading Wuthering Heights. I can't believe that I have left it this long

I just read it for the first time this year. Wonderful writing.

I'm in the middle of Mansfield Park, and we're having a lively discussion over on the GR Jane Austen group, if anybody's interested!

Currently plowing through A Different Kind of Courage.

I was initially interested in it because it promised to fairly look at both sides of the American Revolution, I'm a bit disappointed though. Guess we have different definitions of "fair".

I'm trying to read The Phantom of the Opera.

I can't decide whether to re-read To Kill a Mockingbird or go with Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose which I haven't read.

Reading a lot of different books including Ulysses...

Andrea, I saw the Opera House in Paris. It's easy to imagine a Phantom there.

Reading a lot of different books including Ulysses...

Andrea, I saw the Opera House in Paris. It's easy to imagine a Phantom there.

I've recently started reading The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. I saw the movie a while back which was well done, but figured the book would be better.

I'm reading Frankenstein

19 books on my 'currently reading' shelf! Hopefully I'll finish enough of them before the new year that I can hit my goal of 50 books in 2014.

One that I am quite enjoying is a book of short stories by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinisen) called Winter's Tales. I got it from the bargain sale shelf at the local library. It appears to have been a special edition 'book of the month' type edition that someone sometime donated to the library that hadn't been signed out in so long that they put it up for sale. I am always compelled to look at that shelf, fascinated by the sorts of books that for one reason or another have been overlooked. There are a lot of former best sellers on that shelf - Oprah Winfrey's 1990s era fitness books for example. Sometimes there are some intriguing books you wouldn't find anywhere else. I picked up a real chunkster of a book about Canadian Airmen in The First World War. Lots of maps and interesting pictures. Not a book I am ever going to read from cover to cover, but an interesting conversation piece nevertheless.

As to Karen Blixen's short stories, I live in one of the northern territories in Canada so her stories about northern Denmark resonate with my experiences in the northern landscape.

Theresa wrote: "19 books on my 'currently reading' shelf!"
Wow, Theresa! o.O

Lisa wrote: "Reading a lot of different books including Ulysses... ."

For a certain discussion coming soon, I hope!

Theresa wrote: "19 books on my 'currently reading' shelf! "

By "currently reading" do you mean you're actually in the process of reading all 19 at the same time? If so, I'm impressed. I think I'm doing pretty well with seven in the process of being read at the moment. (I also have several poetry and short story books in the process of being read, and one or two woodworking books, but I don't count those because I'll read a complete story or a few poems or a project every few days but there's no need to keep any plot or character details in mind so it's really like separate short books.)

Theresa wrote: "As to Karen Blixen's short stories, I live in one of the northern territories in Canada so her stories about northern Denmark resonate with my experiences in the northern landscape. "

Some very good stories in there.

Have you read her autobiography, Out of Africa? I much prefer the book to the movie, in which I found the drama much too in-your-face rather than the more mature drama of the book.

I am reading:

Death in the Stocks
Peter Pan
Agnes Grey
Les Miserables


Each of these are group reads.

I'm starting American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture today for school and am also currently reading Agnes Grey and Discern. The latter is a book I need to review (I'm so behind, haha) and I also have another one I need to start but I forget the name.

I'm currently reading several books....
1. Milton's Paradise Lost,
2. Shakespeare's Sonnets
3. and his play King Lear (for school)
4. and As You Like It (on my own)
5. A Romanian Fiction Historical Novel about World War I,
6. Daniela Dueck's Geography in Classical Antiquity.
7. William MacDonald's Once in Christ, Forever in Christ.
(among many others, which I have started but put off because of school-required readings)

However, I've postponed reading a few of them because it is more important to finish reading the first three for school.

I'm nearly at the end of Portrait of a Lady by Henry James with another GR group. I've had Jane Austen by David Nokes on a back-burner for a while whilst other reads take priority and I've just ordered The Victorian House by Judith Flanders from the library and I'll be absorbing that as soon as it arrives :)

Everyman wrote: "Theresa wrote: "As to Karen Blixen's short stories, I live in one of the northern territories in Canada so her stories about northern Denmark resonate with my experiences in the northern landscape...."

I have not, but I'll put it on my list. Thanks.

Emily wrote: "I'm currently reading several books....
1. Milton's Paradise Lost,..."

Lucky you! When I was in 7th grade I had a teacher who read Paradise Lost to us each day after lunch for about 15 minutes. It was amazing. The power of the language and imagery.

Of course, these days that wouldn't be permitted because of the religious context of the book. Which is a terrible shame.

Oh! Those might be my favorite books of all time! Sometime soon I'm going to go back and read them all over again!

Everyman wrote: "Emily wrote: "I'm currently reading several books....
1. Milton's Paradise Lost,..."

Lucky you! When I was in 7th grade I had a teacher who read Paradise Lost to us each day after lunch for abou..."

I had a 7th grade teacher, too, who read to us! I remember Jungle Book, and not only did it send me to Kipling for more, but it was the first time I'd ever realized that reading out loud could be wonderful. She was an amazing reader, not too dramatic or too slow, and I've compared everyone with her since.

I'm currently doing a paired reading of Pride and Prejudice and Longbourn. Longbourn is much richer than I would have expected - not at all your typical Austen knock-off.

Karlyne wrote: "Everyman wrote: "Emily wrote: "I'm currently reading several books....
1. Milton's Paradise Lost,..."

Lucky you! When I was in 7th grade I had a teacher who read Paradise Lost to us each day aft..."

That's awesome! I love amazing teachers like that. I'm going to be one someday soon, though not for grade school. :)

I just finished reading The Thirteenth Tale (for fun), and just started reading Robinson Crusoe (for school).

Everyman wrote: "Emily wrote: "I'm currently reading several books....
1. Milton's Paradise Lost,..."

Lucky you! When I was in 7th grade I had a teacher who read Paradise Lost to us each day after lunch for abou..."

It is a powerful book indeed. I am glad it is required to teach them in higher education.

In addition to Daniel Deronda, I am also reading The Count of Monte Cristo and The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo as well.

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "In addition to Daniel Deronda, I am also reading The Count of Monte Cristo and [book:The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo|13330922..."

I enjoy your status updates :)

Anastasia wrote: "Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "In addition to Daniel Deronda, I am also reading The Count of Monte Cristo and [book:The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real..."

Thanks!

I am reading: A tree grows in Brooklyn, Moby Dick and Tess of the D'urbivilles. Gosh I can't that one. Too lazy to look it up

I meant I can't spell it right

I'm reading Madam de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford, Fascinating but I wish she had put in translations of some of the French verse.

Also reading Quake Cats about cats that survived the earthquakes in Christchurch, NZ & a NZ YA book.

Lisa, one of the groups here at GR where I am a member is reading Madding Crowd this month.

I read it last month for a buddy read and all three of us loved it.

Also, welcome to THIS group.

Hello everybody
I am reading "The Bluest Eye" (Tony Morrisson) and "Vagina, a New Biografy" (Naomi Wolf).

Hello Anais & welcome!

I'm reading A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (aka Edith Pargeter)

Just finishing the last couple of essays in High Tide in Tucson, by Barbara Kingsolver, as a self-awarded 'treat'. Next I'll read The Martian, as it's 'my turn' to get the family copy of same. Three other family members have already read it. A film is being made of it, and of another book I handed on to my younger daughter recently, The Rosie Project. Reading each other's recommended books is one way we keep in touch. This summer one daughter erected a Little Library in front of her Minnesota home . . . it's interesting to watch what happens to its contents.

Mizzou wrote: "Just finishing the last couple of essays in High Tide in Tucson, by Barbara Kingsolver, as a self-awarded 'treat'. Next I'll read The Martian, as it's 'my turn' to get the family copy of same. Th..."

I loved The Rosie Project - reread it as soon as I finished it.

I'm reading The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart at the moment. It has a real Tolkein feel.

Mizzou wrote: "Just finishing the last couple of essays in High Tide in Tucson, by Barbara Kingsolver, as a self-awarded 'treat'. Next I'll read The Martian, as it's 'my turn' to get the family copy of same. Th..."

Wow that's so neat!

I'm reading The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century, since granddaughter has been delayed in getting here with The Martian. I'm learning a great amount about classical music during what was, for that art form, a tumultuous hundred years. Marvellous book . . .

"Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" By Phillis Wheatley

I'm rereading (& so far still loving) The Vintner's Luck by NZ author Elizabeth Knox.

But I just thought I would share with you all a quite extraordinary find.

I volunteer at an op (charity) shop. I sort the books & I found a self published book by a local-ish writing group. One of the writers was a late aunt of my husband - & her poetry was amazing.

As usual with collections the quality overall is uneven - but the good was very good.

That is an interesting find Carol. Were you and husband aware that she was a poet? Aware she was published?

She & my husband were...not close. I liked her but didn't know her well.

I ran into a s-i-l today & she said she would very much like the book when I have finished. I will scan one of the poems before handing the book over. This poem is like a scream of pain. M also didn't appear to know the aunt had been published.

Wow!

That's interesting! A secret life as a poet!