What are u reading right now?

[Pensive]

1. John Steinbeck - East of Eden

2. Well, going by the forum book club it became a must read.

3. The Salina Valley is in Northern California.

4. 9/728, its actually the third page from where the story starts.

3. Just started so cant say much, except the description the author has given of the valley. And I dont know when i'll be able to comment more on it, as its a long story and I am a slow reader, but I am looking forward to reading it more and perhaps not so slow this time. It will be my first book that I'll read by this author, I have no idea what's in store for me.

It is a must read. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

[Madhuri]

I hope so, Pensy. I now take suggestions on what to read from the forum, people read such good books here. Earlier, I used to pick up books by just instinct and after a few pages I realise that I dont want to read it at all, they were so badly written and never could capture my attention enough to make me read it completely. I read Wuthering Heights and I picked up a book that you had read, Kite Runner, and I must say it was a beautiful book, it was so involving that I finished it in a matter of days.

[Pensive]

I hope so, Pensy. I now take suggestions on what to read from the forum, people read such good books here. Earlier, I used to pick up books by just instinct and after a few pages I realise that I dont want to read it at all, they were so badly written and never could capture my attention enough to make me read it completely. I read Wuthering Heights and I picked up a book that you had read, Kite Runner, and I must say it was a beautiful book, it was so involving that I finished it in a matter of days.

Yes, The Kite Runner was a smashing, and so very moving. I am glad you read it, and liked it. It is lovely to hear that other people also enjoy the books you like.

When I read Harry Potter series, none of my other class-fellow had read it. I nudged one of my friend to do so, and she started the first book. She got into it so much that she completed it in a day, and read all other HP parts. And believe me I was as happy as she was. We would discuss the books and the upcoming book. It was so much fun! And those days, we were doing PT (a kind of physical education) for school for three-four hours. It was really annoying if it wouldn't have been our HP series talks.

[Laindessiel]

1. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

2. The book is waiting for me to read it after Toni was done with it.

3. "One sultry evening early in July, a young man emerged from a small furnished lodging he occupied in a large five-storied house in the Pereoulok S-----, and turned slowly, with an air of indecision, towards the K----- Bridge."

4. I'm still on page 9 out of 434 pages.

5. I'm still on the 9th page but I must say that it is quite a page-turner and a will get me hooked to the very end. I love Raskolnikoff's character, the way he confuses himself with belonging to the society. This book has got a very eventful story and plot, having read the juice-spiller synopsis on the back of the book, a shame. This is my first Dostoyevsky book and I'm excited!

[Nightwalk]

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie. A well-written work on the most famous proponent of organized crime in history. It narrates the Mafia's origins in Sicily's turbulent social and political climate during the 1860's and how it rose to dominate the island's landscape through influence, intimidation, terror, and murder, and how the organization as a whole has survived and adapted to the present. It also discusses how the Mafia established itself in the United States via mass and unchecked immigration during the late 19th - early 20th-Century. The author touches on how the organization is grouped, how it functions, it's rituals, etc., and how the Italian government failed to put an end to it. Famous figures from the group emerge, as are the heroic individuals who stood up against this veritable colossus of evil, people who lost livelihoods and lives to maintain a sense of justice in a society infested with crime and corruption.

Though not a comprehensive and final work on the topic ( the subject's shadowy and mysterious nature will probably defy such for a period of time ), Cosa Nostra is a good introduction on this very fascinating and sinister topic. As a fan of The Godfather movies and The Sopranos it's nice to know the considerable differences between fact and fiction. Reading this book poignantly reminds me of the adage:

Evil can only survive when good people do nothing.

[Laindessiel]

"Evil can only survive when good people do nothing."

It reminds me of my mom when she talks about politics. A dirty subject, especially in my country.

[Janine]

So funny, just found this thread - who's afraid of Virgil? His bark is worse than his bite!

Here is the first paragraph from the book I just read:

1. "The White Peacock" by D.H.Lawrence

2. Read it because I have read almost everything he wrote and this is his very first published novel, so I was interested in his roots.

3. The People of Nethermere
I stood watching the shadowly fish slide through the gloom of the mill-pond. They were grey, descendants of the silvery things that had darted away from the monks, in the young days when the valley was lusty. The whole place was gathered in the musing of old age, The thick-piled trees on the far shore were too dark and sober to dally with the sun; the weeds stood crowded and motionless. Not even a little wind flickered the willows of the islets. The water lay softly, intensely still. Only the thin stream falling through the mill-race murmured to itself of the tumult of life which had once quickened the valley.

3. I completed reading the book

4. Thought the book intensely sensitive and of interest to reveal Lawrence's early thoughts and ideas, that would later develop into his most acclaimed novels. Beautifully and poetically written descriptions - some really fine moments throughout. Commendable for a young "fresh" artist and his first work! Truly a genius. He was 21 when he started writing this book.

[Laindessiel]

Hey Janine. My sis Toni WAS scared of him, I dare say, BEFORE, when I was still relatively new in the forum, but she loves him to death now. I think I ought to edit my profile.

[Janine]

Yes, Virgil might appear like a wolfman, but it is all an act. He is a pussy cat! But he loves doggies really...see his photo in the thread "post a photo of yourself". He's being quite intimate with his beloved golden lab. Says he gets more kisses from her than his wife.
I better watch out he might come and scare me for writing this about him!

[Virgil]

LOL LOL LOL LOL

I laughing too hard. Thank you ladies.

[Janine]

*****lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol Lol!!!!*****

[Virgil]

Good night everyone. I have to get up early tomorrow. It was a fun night.

[Janine]

Lol ~lol ~lol ~lol~ Lol ~lol ~lol ~lol ~lol ~lol ~lol ~lol ~lol

You Are Welcome!!!

[Janine]

Bye Bye! Kiss Brandy for me!

[Annamariah]

1. Jane Austen - Emma
2. I like Jane Austen's books and this one has been waiting in my bookshelf for some time.
3. "Emma Woodhouse oli kaunis, älykäs ja rikas; hänellä oli viihtyisä koti ja onnellinen luonne; hänessä tuntuivat yhtyvän elämän parhaat lahjat. Hän oli elänyt miltei kaksikymmentäyksi vuotta minkään häntä sanottavasti häiritsemättä tai suututtamatta."
("Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.")
4. 19
5. I think I'm going to like it just like other Jane Austen's books.