What are you reading?

[windsor]

Just finished the last download book on my Nook (I love..and I do mean Love my nook!)

Wondering what CTNers are reading right now...need to download a few more.

Just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks...thought it was awesome. Any of you science geeks who are familiar with human cell lines, Henrietta Lacks is HELA.

[DukeUsul]

CTN

[devildeac]

medical journals

(I need a nap this afternoon )

[CameronBornAndBred]

My dog's mind. She says "pet me".

[windsor]

Well big freakin' help you guys are!

[cl15876]

medical journals

(I need a nap this afternoon )

YOU are NOT RIGHT!

[cl15876]

My dog's mind. She says "pet me".

Now there you go!!!!, WHAT LOVE! ;)

[wilson]

The last book I read was Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, by Robert William Fogel (who is a Nobel laureate in economics). It's a historical analysis of slavery, its perception, and its impact from economic, social, and intellectual perspectives.

[TillyGalore]

I'm reading The Help. http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stoc ... 231&sr=8-1

What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams.

I am loving this book and have a hard time putting it down. This is the first book I've read in a long time, if ever, that has made me look at myself and what I do, or don't do.. I had a long talk with a black friend yesterday about her experiences as a black women. It was a very interesting and enlightening conversation. I kind of wish I was in a book club as I really want to talk to other women who've read this book and get their thoughts.

[YmoBeThere]

Windows Home Server Unleashed, 2nd Edition

[YmoBeThere]

The most recent book I read to "read" was The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. It's about several relatively obscure hedge fund managers(one a Dukie) who bet against housing in the downturn and made a lot of money.

[Lavabe]

"Man the Hunted: Expanded Edition:" A book that reviews the role predation has had (and still has) on human evolution. Probably the easiest primatology book to read.

Say, which predator would you think has the easiest time offing humans for lunch?

[DukePA]

Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells. This is the first Ya Ya book. I re-read her books every few years. She and Pat Conroy are my favorite authors.

[bjornolf]

My wife has me reading Kim Harrison on her Kindle. It's about a witch/cop living in modern day Cincinnati. I just finished the latest Jim Butcher Dresden Files novel. That's probably my favorite series right now. It's about a wizard living in modern day Chicago. It combines fantasy with a little bit of that Sam Spade "I could tell she was trouble the minute she walked in the room" stuff. His humor is wonderfully dry. I love it. The wife does too.

[windsor]

"Man the Hunted: Expanded Edition:" A book that reviews the role predation has had (and still has) on human evolution. Probably the easiest primatology book to read.

Say, which predator would you think has the easiest time offing humans for lunch?

Easiest time? Modern humans or our ancestors...our ancestors I'd say one one of the big cats..lion? tiger? Modern humans..hmmm if it was just killed I think it is deer of all things (read that somewhere) but they aren't having us for lunch...ditto rattlesnakes and the like..domestic dogs may kill you but they won't eat you...so shot in the dark...what the hell...I stick with the big cats...can I have 'leopard' for 500 Alex?

[ArkieDukie]

I'm reading The Help. http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stoc ... 231&sr=8-1

What perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams.

I am loving this book and have a hard time putting it down. This is the first book I've read in a long time, if ever, that has made me look at myself and what I do, or don't do.. I had a long talk with a black friend yesterday about her experiences as a black women. It was a very interesting and enlightening conversation. I kind of wish I was in a book club as I really want to talk to other women who've read this book and get their thoughts.

I finished this book recently on my Kindle and LOVED it. Like Tilly, I had trouble putting it down. In fact, I was going to suggest this book to you, windsor. Tilly beat me to the punch! Anyone, everyone, read this book. It's amazing.

[ArkieDukie]

My current read is "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian. Great book so far. I believe I ended up looking at it due to Tilly's rave review in another thread.

[YmoBeThere]

"Man the Hunted: Expanded Edition:" A book that reviews the role predation has had (and still has) on human evolution. Probably the easiest primatology book to read.

Say, which predator would you think has the easiest time offing humans for lunch?

Lions? Tigers? Bears?

(Oh my!)

[DukeUsul]

The most recent new books I read were Neil Gaiman. American Gods and Neverwhere. Both very different and very good. I'm now re-reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My brother got me Eoin Colfer's follow on book to the series And Another Thing ..., so I thought I'd re-cap the series before picking up the new one.

[devildeac]

medical journals

(I need a nap this afternoon )

YOU are NOT RIGHT!

OK, I'll mix in a few chapters of The Ezekiel Option with stents and congestive heart failure...