Currently Reading?

[Phoebe Jordan]

Since this is a community on blogging about books I was wondering what everyone is currently reading and blogging about. I love to find new authors and books that others are reading and loving, so I'll start with what I'm currently reading.

I'm currently reading Promise of the Rose by Brenda Joyce.

[Anna del C. Dye]

Since the third book of The silent Warrior Trilogy is going to the publisher today... I am reading book three "Elf in a Conquered Realm."
However, I just finished reading:
The Spy Who kissed Me Great love story and very funny, witty book.
Out of Time is a novel about a woman who get to go back in time to change her future and land in WWll, both by Pauline Baird Jones. They are very entertaining and have lost of wit in the characters personality.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Silent Warrior Trilogy"
http://www.annadelc.com

[Lynette Fowlston]

I am currently reading for review "The Gardeners Song" by J.L. Sharp

[Joyce Wells]

I'm not reading anything at this time, I'm working. Help, get me away from this desk! Or, I could say I'm reading The Art & Craft of Poetry by Michael J. Bugeja for my current disguise as a teacher of poetry.

[Phoebe Jordan]

I'm currently reading Death by Denim by Linda Gerber and the e-books Mind Games by Cecilia Tan and Once in a Blue Moon by Tracey H. Kitts.

[Barbara Desmond]

3rd Degree by James Patterson that I'm nearly finished with.

Magic Bites by Illona Andrews but I can't get into it so I've only made it about thirty pages in.

Smoke And Shadows by Tanya Huff

[Sheila DeChantal]

I am about to sink my teeth (eyes?) into The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis.

The true story of thirteen women who took a risk on an expensive diamond necklace and, in the process, changed not only themselves but a community.

Four years ago, in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a diamond necklace in a local jewelry store display window. The necklace aroused desire first, then a provocative question: Why are personal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if we shared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, and a leap of faith later, Jonell bought the necklace with twelve other women, with the goal of sharing it.

Part charm, part metaphor, part mirror, the necklace weaves in and out of each woman’s life, reflecting her past, defining her present, making promises for her future. Lending sparkle in surprising and unexpected ways, the necklace comes to mean something dramatically different to each of the thirteen women.
With vastly dissimilar histories and lives, the women show us how they transcended their individual personalities and politics to join together in an uncommon journey. What started as a quirky social experiment became something far richer and deeper, as the women transformed a symbol of exclusivity into a symbol of inclusiveness. They discovered that sharing the necklace among themselves was only the beginning; The more they shared with others, the more profound this experience–and experiment–became.

Original, resonant, and beautifully told, this book is an inspiring story about a necklace that became greater than the sum of its links, and about thirteen ordinary women who understood the power of possibility, who touched the lives of a community, and who together created one extraordinary experience.

[Danielle Peterson]

Just cracked open the book Valentine by Adrianna Trigiani. I love her style of writing; not only is she an incredible writer but an awesome person. I have enjoyed all of her books. If she ever comes to your city be sure to go see her; a great author to listen to.

[charlotte gordon]

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.

[Binibining Bookworm]

I'm reading Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn and will be starting The Devil Wears Prada in a few days. (: How's your read going?

[Karen Gold]

I'm reading The Last Chinese Chef! Love it!

[Book Calendar]

I just read The Beats A Graphic History Edited by Buhle. This is a New York Times Bestselling graphic novel. The New York Times has a graphic novels bestseller list now. This book would be considered comics lit (comics as literature). It covers the lives of many of the beat writers including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Robert Creely, Diane Di Prima, Amiri Baraka, and many others. Harvey Pekar is prominently featured as one of the writers. Some of the artists include Lance Tooks, Ed Piskor, and Peter Kuper. The writing is dense and uncensored and can be a bit shocking.

[Karen Boutilier Kendall]

I am currently re-reading Night's Landing by Carla Neggers.