What are you reading?

[Shannon Yarbrough]

Seems like a fitting first post for a group devoted to reading, don't you think?

Last week I finished reading Kim Powers' amazing book, Capote in Kansas, and I thought I was about to be on yet another Capote/Lee kick, so I picked up Charles Shields' book on Lee entitled Mockingbird. I read the first two chapters and I love it so far.

But then I was standing at my kitchen window actually watching the wild birds feed on my deck in the back yard, and a thought for a new story (or novel) hit me. So, I was off to do research, perusing my shelves for a bird encyclopedia handbook I'd purchased for my partner a few years ago. I won't dwell too much into the new writing project here now.

But I plan on finishing Mockingbird and then maybe paying a visit back to Jem, Scout, and Book Radley. It's been a while.

So, what are you reading this week?

[Stitch]

Hey,
I've been kind of stuck with my reading lately.
I read Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth" and it shook me to the foundation of my core being. I'm about half way through reading it a second time.
I know this spell will be broken and I'll be available to read something else.
I tried to read "Suite Francais" by Irene Nemirovsky, but had to put it aside. I feel so weirdly sensetive to violence, either written and especially visual. So yeah, there you go...

[Lara Zielinsky]

I recently finished Secrets So Deep by KG MacGregor (2008, Bella Books). The central character is a closeted bisexual U.S. Representative, and the story opens when her 14 year old son attempts suicide. Quite a good book. It's a suspense novel as her life unravels and she tries to keep her priorities on the important things.

[Christopher Briones]

I recently read Design Flaws of the Human Condition by Paul Schmidtberger, and it was a lot of fun. A funny screwball, well written.