What's Everybody Reading?

[phoebe]

We just got back from three weeks in France where I was sick with the worst cold of my life (truly! ) for two of the three weeks. The upside (besides getting the chance to practice my French at several Pharmacies) was slowing down our pace and getting the chance to just relax in lovely places and read.
Gail Godwin's Evensong was interesting if a little chilly. Judith Ryan Hendricks's Bread Alone is fun--though you wish the main character Wynter wouldn't take SO long to wise-up--and the baking part is great. Wynter moves from L.A. to Seattle and rediscovers her love of bread-baking (she apprenticed at a boulangerie in Toulouse during college).
I started Tim O'Brien's July, July but, frankly, I don't really feel in the mood for so much disappointment and loss. I might just set it aside and try Life of Pi .

So what is everyone else reading right now?

[phatch]

I've just come off a binge of Southern style cookbooks. I'm gearing up for Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson as my next new read. I loved Cryptonomicon which ties in tangentially with Quicksilver.

Phil

[Pete]

Just recently finished "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. It is the 4th or 5th time I have read that. Also for a change of pace from my usual detective, forensic thriller, I am reading the Harry Potter books. I am on the 4th on right now.

[Mezzaluna]

I'm about to dive into Anita Diamant's Good Harbor for my book club. I will soon start reading The Bedside Torah bit by bit as well. The last book I finished was The South Beach Diet . The only thread I can find among those titles is "hope". I guess it must be the season.

[phatch]

Eco is great. I also like Focault's Pendulum. An aside, Eco's translator, William Weaver must also be a genius. The number of times I have to go to a dictionary to find a word in these books scares me now and then. And for Weaver to translate it all amazes me.

Phil

[cape chef]

Last two where "Culinary Artistry" and Giradets latest "Recipes from a Master of French cuisine" I recommend both highly.

PS, Phoebe, I hope your feeling better.

[thebighat]

Had my hot little hands on The Name of the Rose after having read the DaVinci Code, but didn't read a word of it. Read the last 4 Harry Potters this summer and am now re-reading the goblet of fire very slowly to maximize the fantasy of being at Hogwarts.

Now, doesn't anybody else think that being a baker is the closest thing to Potions class? I saw some cool pewter measuring spoons and cups that were handcrafted and sort of pricey, but I wanted them so much. Mix stuff up in a bowl, say the magic words, put it in the oven, and get something that is more than the sum of the parts back out.

Also read The Big Splat, about where did the moon come from, Absolutely American, about West Point, Rosemary and Bitter Oranges, about growing up in Italy, Olive Season, about life in Provence, Tale of Two Valleys, about Napa and Sonoma, The Bobby Gold Stories, by our buddy Anthony Bourdain. I typically have about 10 books out of the library at any given time.

[Pete]

TBH, I used to be that way also. Usually had 5-7 books going at once. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of time anymore. Sometimes I have time to read a book cover to cover in a weekend, sometimes it takes me almost a month. With work, Cheftalk, correpondences, dogs, and a baby on the way, I sometimes feel that I have no free time at all!!!!

[Athenaeus]

I have just finished Philip Roth's " The Human Stain" a shocking book on the American society and I have just started " How we believe" of Michael Shermer.

[nathanz]

i found one of my old copies of the jungle on friday finished it on sunday. one of the scariest books i have ever read, one of my favorites to, although im not sure why

[kuan]

I'm reading...

"What to expect during the first year."

Kuan

[Mezzaluna]

You're a good daddy, Kuan!

[shroomgirl]

I just finished Lasher by Ann Rice....trully trashy ...Moliere was sent back to the library partially read, I just bought Real Cchocolate by Chantal Coady...it is from Engladn and is really interesting.I am also in the midst of reading E the Environmental Magazine article on Why Bottle Water?
I am reading more these days than frequenting movies.....seems that there was nothing of interest in the theatres.

[GwynTT]

Just read "About A Boy" and it was GREAT! Very funny at heartwarming. 5 Star book that I couldn't put down.

Has anybody read "The DiVinci Code"? And should I start it?

[markface]

I'm in the middle of "The Green Mile" by Stephen King. I saw the movie and liked it , and someone said the book followed the movie pretty close . Half way through the book and it's really surprising how close it is to the movie .

I also read a couple news letters(email) either daily or weekly depending on when they arive . Also i'll read any box or label with in reach if i'm sitting still to long .