What's on your nightstand?

[J-Go]

Looking through profiles I have noticed that most list reading as a hobby.
I would love to hear what you all are reading now...What book is on your nightstand?

Please rate the book 1 - 10

1 - Not sure why I keep reading
10 - Wow life changing!

Right now I'm reading "The Power of Intension" By. Wayne Dyre
I give it a strong 9

[Dragon's muse]

No lifestyle books on my nightstand.

But, right now, in no particular order

Peter the Great, R. Massie -- 5
The Guns of August, B. Tucman --9
The Mists of Avalon, M. Z. Bradley --8
Eyewitness to History --9
It, S. King --9
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, D. Adams --8
We the Living, A. Rand ---9

i really like to read.

[wingsofanangel]

All of the wheel of time books... :)

But I'm on book 1... again.

I give them all 10

[Echoes]

"Inca Gold" by Clive Cussler...I give this a 7

and almost done "A Touch of Frost" by Laurell K Hamilton..give that an 8

[gloombunny]

I don't have a nightstand...

Currently reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. It's pretty good... maybe an 8?

[thrall]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Portrate of a Lady by Henry James
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Pirate Soul: A Swashbuckling Journey Through the Golden Age of Pirates by Pat Croce
Iliad and Odyssey by Homer,


all books get a 10!!!!

LMAO..........and that doesn't include the stacks on the dresser.......

[Guest 91108]

God Without Religion by Sankara Saranam - I rate it 10 so far.

[gloombunny]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Portrate of a Lady by Henry James
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Pirate Soul: A Swashbuckling Journey Through the Golden Age of Pirates by Pat Croce
Iliad and Odyssey by Homer,


all books get a 10!!!!

I think perhaps we have different standards of how good a "10" is. :)

(That's not a dig on your taste in books... just that you're giving an awful lot of books the highest superlative rating...)

[crazy_grrluk]

just finished "Stolen" by Tess Gerritsen. She just gets better with every book she releases and is one of my fav authors. always gets a 10 plus

next book on my list is "Day Of Judgement" by Jack Higgins and will be starting that tonight.

cg

[angelic.zest]

Atm I'm reading Harry Potter and the deadly hallow, also in between..The Marketplace...later once I'm finished with both books or ill just read the Marketplace later and let my best friend burrow it, ill start with this book called Crank by Ellen or Erin Hopkins...

Ill give H.P. An 8 so far and Martketplace a 9 until I finish reading!

[angelic.zest]

Atm I'm reading Harry Potter and the deadly hallow, also in between..The Marketplace...later ionce I'm with with both books or ill just read the Marketplace later and let my best friend read it, ill start with this book called Crank by Ellen or Erin Hopkins...

Ill give H.P. An 8 so far and Martketplace a 9 until I finish reading!

[angelic.zest]

Atm I'm reading Harry Potter and the deadly hallow, also in between..The Marketplace...later ionce I'm with with both books or ill just read the Marketplace later and let my best friend read it, ill start with this book called Crank by Ellen or Erin Hopkins...

Ill give H.P. An 8 so far and Martketplace a 9 until I finish reading!

[SandmanII]

At the moment I'm reading Raymond E. Feist's Magician again. I dust them off (Riftwar books) and read them every couple of years. They're like old friends.

[Polaris]

I have to read so much for uni, so my own choice of literature tends to fall short. Right now I'm reading Restless by William Boyd, which is well written but kinda boring...I'd give it a 5 maybe, but I have to add that I don't like crime fiction.

And I love the Marketplace series too :) We're reading it together, though, which means that I'm reading until he either falls asleep or starts making these cracking sounds with the cane...nope, he doesn't have the longest attention span, so it takes a while to finish a book together with him -- but it's fun ;)

[Arnold]

I am reading Time Enough For Love by R. A. Heinlein. I love all the Heinlein books.

[Clove Hitch]

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, finished it yesterday. Ended up as an 8, but early pages were 9s and 10s.

Also, Amazon just delivered a copy of The Loving Dominant by John Warren. Just cracked it open so no rating yet.

And then there's that beach read I started a couple months ago and still haven't finished: A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffet, pretty darn good for a mindless beach read, a 6 so far.

[Playfulsub]

The River Why - David James Duncan

Definitely a 10!!

[Ozme52]

I'm curious, based on 10 being 'life changing' per the original question... how some of these tens changed your lives?

Not quibbling... just wondering how much some of your lives were changed by what you read.

[submissivemark]

J. D. Rhodes 1st novel "The Devil's Right Hand". Got to rate it a solid 8 so far. His 2nd novel "Good Day In Hell" is waiting in the wings. The reprint of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend", (having just saw the movie, I thought it was a good time to reread the book, as I last read it over 20 years ago), is also there.

Lifestyle books? The only one on the nightstand right now is Dr. Gloria Brame's "Come Hither", which is a solid 10 by itself, but I'm using it right now as part of a greater personal research project.

:cool:

[J-Go]

I'm curious, based on 10 being 'life changing' per the original question... how some of these tens changed your lives?

Not quibbling... just wondering how much some of your lives were changed by what you read.

Kinda have to agree with you Oz, I should have stated the rating a bit different with 1) “why am I reading this” and 10) “great can’t put it down”.
I will say I’m a big believer in picking books off the shelf that “call you”. It may sound odd but it's been one of those years for me, every book I have picked up hit the mark say a 6 to 10 rating. For the most part these have been spiritual books. I don't know if any of them changed my life by themselves but on a whole I'm looking at the world differently!

[Ozme52]

Whereas I read almost nothing but science fiction and alternate histories of late. I go on jags.

But I've never gotten into self help or introspectively philosophical books.

I think that type was spoiled for me long ago by Carlos Castaneda.

[Polaris]

Carlos Castaneda is awesome.

Currently on my nightstand is "Lichtzwang", a poetry collection by Paul Celan. It's definitely a 10, but I'm biased as he is my favourite poet :)

[J-Go]

Interesting how different experiences affect different people. I read A Yaki Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda quite some time ago in my early twenties, really liked it, to this day I often think of the lessons. At the same time I tried to read the Dune series, just couldn't get through it. Never have been much of a Sci-Fi buff - you all will just have to stick with Oz for those recommends! Eh so it goes

Anyway latest book update from the Metaphysical shelf - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Good read, page turner I give it an 8

And from the Psychology shelf an oldie but goodie - Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning Learn something new every time I read this little book – again solid 8

[thrall]

I think perhaps we have different standards of how good a "10" is. :)

(That's not a dig on your taste in books... just that you're giving an awful lot of books the highest superlative rating...)

LOL........i give ALL books a 10........not just the ones i'm currently working on... books for me don't have to be "life changing".....i just love books..........

[blythe spirit]

LOL........i give ALL books a 10........not just the ones i'm currently working on... books for me don't have to be "life changing".....i just love books..........

And I'm sure authors appreciate the fact that you rate their writing so high and that you love the words they painstakingly put together for your reading enjoyment.

There's currently nothing on my nightstand but chapstick, a candle, a remote and some framed photos, cuz I don't read in bed. I save the bed for other hobbies *giggles.

Haven't had time to read of late so, I'm still working on 40 Days and 40 Nights, by Mathew Chapman, great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. It's akin to the Scopes Trials and pits the teaching of intelligent design (creationism) against the teaching of evolution.

It's interesting, but I will only give it a 6 rating.

[Playfulsub]

I'm curious, based on 10 being 'life changing' per the original question... how some of these tens changed your lives?

Not quibbling... just wondering how much some of your lives were changed by what you read.


I only have a handful of books I rate a 10. These are the only books I would ever read a second time. For me, a book rated 10 will have a language all its own. It will make me think. It will make me read passages three and four times just because it's a pleasure to read aloud. It will give me an "A HA" moment in the middle or the end. It will leave me breathless and unwilling to to pick up start another book until I've fully savored it.

[Ozme52]

I only have a handful of books I rate a 10. These are the only books I would ever read a second time. For me, a book rated 10 will have a language all its own. It will make me think. It will make me read passages three and four times just because it's a pleasure to read aloud. It will give me an "A HA" moment in the middle or the end. It will leave me breathless and unwilling to to pick up start another book until I've fully savored it.

I envy that. I read voraciously and absorb the thoughts in huge hunks. It's very rare that I take the time to savor the individual words... but then there are very few 'aha' moments in what I choose to read as entertainment.

Then again, I think I take all the ideas and reformulate them to my own needs. They all sit there as background to my ponderings.

But I do have an affinity for irony... and that rare bit of laugh-out-loud humor you occassionally find within.

[Playfulsub]

I envy that. I read voraciously and absorb the thoughts in huge hunks. It's very rare that I take the time to savor the individual words... but then there are very few 'aha' moments in what I choose to read as entertainment.

Then again, I think I take all the ideas and reformulate them to my own needs. They all sit there as background to my ponderings.

But I do have an affinity for irony... and that rare bit of laugh-out-loud humor you occassionally find within.

I was an English lit major, I had to learn to savor words. Also, I write as voraciously as I read. Reading well written literature as a writer gives one a new perspective, as well as something to strive for.

I've laughed out loud at things you've said more than once. :)

[Ozme52]

:d

[Logic1]

Ordered "the Marketplace" series last thursday night from Amazon in the UK and on Monday I could come and pick it up here in Sweden. Pretty darn impressive if you ask me.
Now I just want some time to read the darn books.

Finished the "Charles de Gaulle" biography last weekend. Very interesting book but it didnt get more than a 7 by me.

[TomOfSweden]

I always have a light read and a heavy read to chose from depending on energy level.

Freakonomics, (the easy book) A very funny book.

Genome The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley, (the heavy book). It's a modern update of the "Selfish gene" but more in detail. It's good to read if you're sceptical on the theory of evolution. It explains things like, why a mammal mother always will love all her children equally as much. It's true just as much for lions as for humans. And why males consider being unfaithful 5/8 of the time while is only 1/8 of the time for females. It's not philosophy in any way. Just pure science.

I also read "colloquial Hungarian" at least 30 minutes a day, because I'm a good husband I want to learn my wife's native language.

[J-Go]

Logic and Tom please rate these reads for the rest of us to check out.

Thanks!

[TomOfSweden]

Logic and Tom please rate these reads for the rest of us to check out.

Thanks!

I think all of them are 10/10. But having a Hungarian wife might make my opinion on the Colloquial Hungarian book a bit biassed.

[Ozme52]

I'm just starting Harry Turtledove's In At the Death

It's the 11th in a series that asks What if the South had won the American Civil War. The series began in 1880 with the CSA purchasing Sonora and Chihuahua from the Empire of Mexico to extend their influence to the Pacific... and sparking the Second Civil War. How Few Remain

This book is set in 1944. Yes, WWI and WWII and the time between... all looked at as if the USA was split in two. He paints an interesting picture... and he uses imaginary events to make commentary on our historical perspective.

In addition to fictional characters, he sets well know historical figures into unlikely situations... No Lincoln assasination, Custer never fights the Indians..., Patton is a southerner of course, and Douglas McArthur never goes to the Pacific.

It's a strong 6 unless you really enjoy stories set in alternate timelines. In that case it's an 8.

[Logic1]

Logic and Tom please rate these reads for the rest of us to check out.

Thanks!

I did rate the book about CDG actually.
I bought a new book now with Jeremy Clarkson. It´s called "Dont stop me now" http://www.topgear.com/content/features/category/clarkson/1.html The link is not to the book but to his blog on Topgear which is the tv show he hosts.
He is a British Car Nut and can make driving a car actually sound like it is better than sex, heck it sounds like porn almost. If you really like cars this book is for you. Heck even if you DONT like cars that much I think you would enjoy the book cause he is seriously funny and witty and the book gets a solid 9 from me.

btw feel free to remove the link if you dont approve of it

[J-Go]

Latest read "The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand.
Long book over a thousand pages, the writing is very stylistic of the 30’s. I’m half way through the piece which got my attention with a solid 7 but I must say it’s getting rather predictable and slipping to about a 5. Anyone else read this? Do I dare drudge through the last 500 pages?

[DowntownAmber]

Dare to drudge... ;) The whole thing is essentially a philosophy primer -- let the story become secondary to the moments and enjoy the work that way. Then, move on to "Atlas Shrugged" and you'll never bother to look at "Fountainhead" again. You'll be glad you did, but you'll never go back to it. (Oh yeah, and there are a few really delightful little sex scenes yet to come...)

[TomOfSweden]

Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig. The ending is a bit ranty and boring but the first 4/5 is an amazing summery of how copyrights have been used and abused historically, and it explores the point of copyright. I'd give the first part of the book 10 och of 10 but the ending a 4. Even if you don't agree with his conclusions, it's still a very good book to have read. I finished it in a day over the holidays, so it's not a heavy book.

[J-Go]

OK time for an update - just finished The Fountainhead I have to say a very good book that anyone interested in self awareness should read. I give it a 7 200 pages fewer would have made it a 9!
Thanks Amber for pushing me through it!

[Aadenn]

I recently finished reading Confessor, by Terry Goodkind (last in a long series called Sword of Truth). 10 for sure.

I'm now reading Wheel of Time, and am on book 2. The first one I give a 9 :)

[TomOfSweden]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elements-Style-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200904642&sr=1-3

"Elements of Style" by Strunk and White. A great little book if you're interested in bettering your writing. It's also hilarious by all his generous use of bad English as warning examples. It's smart and very compact. Every sentence can be a saver.

Another 10/10 and a big thank you to my slave who got it for me for Christmas.

[J-Go]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elements-Style-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200904642&sr=1-3

"Elements of Style" by Strunk and White. A great little book if you're interested in bettering your writing. It's also hilarious by all his generous use of bad English as warning examples. It's smart and very compact. Every sentence can be a saver.

Another 10/10 and a big thank you to my slave who got it for me for Christmas.

Thanks for the tip Tom, I found it in our local bookstore!

[Whippett]

a pile of books - the top one at the moment (as in top of the pile because it's the one I'm reading) is "Wicked: The life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire

[crazy_grrluk]

same as Whippet...about 5 books various authors...and a pile of dust LOL

[prettyredbows]

I have just begun reading Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble. I was very fortunate to win an advanced copy of her new book and so far it's absolutely wonderful.

Another thing on my nightstand is a small jar of Vaseline. It's for my lips as they become dry in the winter and this helps so much. Of course my alarm clock, too. :)

[delish]

I usually have about five books that I'm reading at once, but I just realized that... I don't. I need to go dig up the books I got over the holidays. Anyway, I'm re-reading New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. Yes, RE-reading. For all its flaws, I love it- I've read Twilight twice and plan to re-read Eclipse after I finish New Moon again. I've also been reading Kushiel's... Chosen, I think. The second book. Anyway, I've been reading it for a while now. I recently finished The Poison Study by Snyder (I think?) and found it to be disappointing.

[Whippett]

besides the books - some chocolate nibbles and some water

[TomOfSweden]

Breakfast of Champions. Kurt Vonnegut I'd give it 10/10. It's without a doubt a masterpiece. I'm almost through, and it's amazingly good and has been all the way.

It really gets under your skin. It's a comedy but focusing on the tragedies of our lives.

[Krechet]

I have generally three things:
1. My princess's journal that she is required to write in every night.
2. My own journal describing her progress - I write in it every time we play
3. A collection of love poems. This is a recent addition and I'm still getting through it.

[Whippett]

next on my list is Colossus: The Price of America's Empire by Naill Ferguson. This will be my second time through this particular book. It's a fascinating history/historiography...and especially enlightening in terms of the current conflict in the Middle East.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

The Loving Dominant by John Warren Ph.D - 8
I'm really enjoying it I'm trying to figure out how to bring an almost non sexual Vanilla hubby into the lifestyle.

Different Loving by Brame and Jacobs is next.

For light reading on my pda I have one of my own vanilla books that's pre editor. It's a 10 LOL

[J-Go]

Six Sigma , A Break Through Stratagy. Good business book but WOW DRY! 6

[Ozme52]

Every once in a while... I go for lighter fare.

The Black Van. (#1 & #2) Graphic BDSM novel. Written and illustrated by Gary Roberts.

If you like his art... it's a non-consensual delight. For what it is, a 10.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Harlequin by Laurel K. Hamilton
15th in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series
(this one teased about Nathaniel and Asher and BDSM)

[~minx~]

Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper

One of the first, in exposing the truth about the Government and was
killed by authorities on 11/5/2001-- imagine that!!

Still reading--for now i give it an 8

[Mynx]

Currently, I'm reading Laurell K. Hamilton's The Harlequin and Fell by David Clement-Davies. The last book I actually finished though, was Paul Rusesabagina's autobiography, An Ordinary Man. If anyone is insterested in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, I highly recommend it, considering I really don't like biographies.

[icey]

Daddy's girl by Stella Black supposed to be a true story about a woman in an ageplay r/ship

i read it a few months ago but it didnt quite read right somehow so i thought id give it another try...but it seems even less genuine this time round!

[Sir_Russell]

Right now its Jurassic Park.

[gagged_Louise]

"Children of the Albatross" by Anaïs Nin and "Against All Enemies" by Richard Clarke (interesting combination, huh?)

[DowntownAmber]

A Pat Conroy cookbook. Yes, I'm reading a cookbook and not while I'm cooking. Hey, that's normal, right?

Oooh, the next chapter is on shellfish...

[His_blizzard]

Mercenaries of Gor
Wrong Beach Island
Capital Crimes

[Polaris]

I'm reading cookbooks too, DowntownAmber...gives me ideas what to cook :)

Right now I'm reading Notes of a Dirty Old man by Charles Bukowski -- I like his prose much better than his poetry :)

[gemmy]

i've just moved and haven't quite finished unpacking my nightstand, but just before moving i had started "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" by, AN Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

"They are lengthy BDSM novels, reminiscent of Story of O, set in a medieval fantasy world based very loosely on the legend of Sleeping Beauty. The novels contain both maledom and femdom scenarios, as well as vivid imageries of bisexuality, ephebophilia and bestiality" (Wikipedia description)

It is a very hard-core, graphic novel as i'm sure only Anne Rice can write and i'm not sure how i liked it to be honest - it's a very open book on sexual slavery period, male and female - the heirarchy of stature. It raised many different feelings in me while reading, so i suppose in that aspect, it was an interesting read

I bought the entire series (Beauty's Punishment & Beauty's Release) and will finish them once i've done unpacking and see how they go.

I'd probably rate it an unsure 7 *smiles*

gem,
xo

[icey]

they are my favourite grown up books, beauty has been my idol for as long as i can remember.

enid blytons mallory towers collection,

i love them but the girls there are soo sweet and innocent,if id have gone to that school id have corrupted them all halfway through the first term lol

[minxs_mistress]

Female Dominance: Rituals and Practices

I can't exactly rate it since I just bought it, but hopefully it's helpful even though my relationship is F/f and not F/m.

[gemmy]

they are my favourite grown up books, beauty has been my idol for as long as i can remember.

awesome to hear it icey and maybe once i've gotten through the entire series i'll think the same hehe

[DowntownAmber]

i've just moved and haven't quite finished unpacking my nightstand, but just before moving i had started "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" by, AN Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

"They are lengthy BDSM novels, reminiscent of Story of O, set in a medieval fantasy world based very loosely on the legend of Sleeping Beauty. The novels contain both maledom and femdom scenarios, as well as vivid imageries of bisexuality, ephebophilia and bestiality" (Wikipedia description)

It is a very hard-core, graphic novel as i'm sure only Anne Rice can write and i'm not sure how i liked it to be honest - it's a very open book on sexual slavery period, male and female - the heirarchy of stature. It raised many different feelings in me while reading, so i suppose in that aspect, it was an interesting read

I bought the entire series (Beauty's Punishment & Beauty's Release) and will finish them once i've done unpacking and see how they go.

I'd probably rate it an unsure 7 *smiles*

gem,
xo

Not on the nightstand, but on the bookshelf nearby! ;) Something for just about everyone in that series.

Right now "The Alchemist" is next to the bed, but I have to admit I haven't started it and it's currently being used as a coaster...

[paola]

Just finished "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi it is a trilogy so now I am on the second book "The Ghost Brigades" & if the third "The Last Colony" is anything like the first 2 I'll be stoked! I'll give the first two a 9 rating.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Safe, Sane, Consensual and Fun By John Warren

This is book that answers the question, "What kind of scene can I do?" it's written for beginners who just can't think of something easy.

I love the tips for safety. I'd suggest it to anyone needing a little help getting started and to more experienced for a fun quick idea.

[sub84]

I'm reading cookbooks too, DowntownAmber...gives me ideas what to cook :)

Right now I'm reading Notes of a Dirty Old man by Charles Bukowski -- I like his prose much better than his poetry :)

i am also reading a bukowski book reading women again. i love his books but agree the prose is better than the poetry

[ck10019]

I'm reading "Life in the Universe" by Lewis Dartnell. It's the best beginner's book about the origin of the universe (astrobiology). I give it a 10+

I'm trying to get into serial romance, "Gideon" by Jacquelyn Frank, but it's a struggle...I give this a 3. The introduction is awful.

[gemmy]

Hmmm this thread reminds me, I should be finishing the Beauty series lol instead I've just finished a couple of 'escape' reads by Nora Roberts hehe (not nearly the intelligent ones posted in this forum by others but I like them lol)

[icey]

get the beauty books out mastersgem there the best!

im reading tory haydens - somebody elses kids - right now, her books are sad but i have a morbid liking for anything like that and true murders in fact all true storys and films ...Icehawk says thats another subby trait lol

[ShaynaUnderBondage]

A Boy Called It.



its a great book.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

The beauty books aren't on the bed stand but very close! Love them, only read them when I was on the treadmill they were so good!

[J-Go]

A Boy Called It.



its a great book.

Good book...very very sad...A man named Dave is the follow up of his story, much happier ending!

[DowntownAmber]

"Little Red Book of Selling" and "Value Forward Selling."

And yes, I'm genuinely into them. I'm a dork, sue me. ;) So far each one is an eight, VFS may climb to a nine.

[angelic.zest]

ok im a geek but i dont want HP to end, *sighs* i know it must but i dont want it to LOL

once i finish that, im going to go pick up Guilty Pleaures-Laurell K. Hamiltion then after that it will probably be the next in the series...ty Tyd *huggs and kis* lol.

[tydnchaynz{NSXX}]

I'm reading "Life in the Universe" by Lewis Dartnell. It's the best beginner's book about the origin of the universe (astrobiology). I give it a 10+

I'm trying to get into serial romance, "Gideon" by Jacquelyn Frank, but it's a struggle...I give this a 3. The introduction is awful.


i have read the Jacquelyn Frank series and to be quite honest, i would give it a 3-4. Definately *fluff* reading.

Currently i have Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon......again i would give it a 4. It is wonderful, non-complicated, enjoyable reading. Nothing about it is life changing though.

[seekingsusie]

I guess I'm a geek, too, but I read the Beauty series by not reading them, but by listening to Audible books. Of course, I was living in a country where you couldn't buy nor order the books in print ...

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Love Slave by Bertrice Small 10+
Love her books but this is a fav.

[J-Go]

The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
OK Ok I know it's on the Oprah book cub...very un-Domly but this guy is amazing.
I give it a 7+ so far

[DOMLORD]

Hammer's Slammers, just can't pass up a SciFi w/ tanks.

[ck10019]

"Giger's Alien" by H.R. Giger. It's 9. Illustrations are scary beautiful and the words are taken from his diary.

[casie1124]

Right now I am reading A Partical Guide to The Runes by Lisa Peschel I give it a 6.

[gemmy]

Started "Beauty's Punishment" - So far it's awesome :D ;)

[gemmy]

The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
OK Ok I know it's on the Oprah book cub...very un-Domly but this guy is amazing.
I give it a 7+ so far

*giggles*

[icey]

thats the best one mastersgem :) ...enjoy ....i first read it when i was young i blew a fuse every page i turned lol

ive just about finished one,
pet training in the private house by esme ombreux
its supposed to be about bdsm but its terrible.... i did wonder though when i found it in the one pound bucket in the market lol

[Isabella King]

Is that all you lot do in bed...read? :D

[latrix67]

Well,on my nightstand I have my late Fathers Bible,a lamp,alarm clock & a bag of cat treats........



(You did ask..:p)

But I'm currently reading " 3 Para" by Patrick Bishop about 3 Para British Army in Helmand Province,Afghanistan. A very good read.

[latrix67]

Is that all you lot do in bed...read? :D

Some of us actually sleep in ours.....
(Among other 'things',that's providing we can get the fecking cat off the be that is!:eek:)

[icey]

the beds too limited for playing in Isabella lol

i have the same problem with my cats too, one just wants to lay on me all night and she's no lightweight, and the kitten is fascinated with my eyes even when they're closed she just wants to lick them and purr in my ear half the night! yuuuk

[TomOfSweden]

Is that all you lot do in bed...read? :D

We fuck other places.

[gemmy]

Is that all you lot do in bed...read? :D

The post is about reading, so ummmm yea - there's plenty of other places to play

Back on topic......

My daughter and I have a real thing about having reading material in the bathroom and have it chock full of Entertainment rag mags for a 'quick flip' through while sitting and contemplating things. The other fun thing in the bathroom is Uncle John's Bathroom Reader and Uncle John's Mom's Bathtub Reader :D those are fun, interesting little books for sure and I would give them a 10

[latrix67]

We fuck other places.

True!
Swiss Tony bLair & now Broon have been doing that to the UK for years...:mad:

[J-Go]

"We Fuck Other Places" hmm never read that one...who is the author?
Sounds like a 10! LOL

[icey]

hanvt a clue who broon is :confused:

finished the pet training one id say it was a 2 lol
have now started on chart throb by ben elton
its a bit of a piss take of the xfactor, simon cowell, louis walsh,sharon osbourne and kat deely and its quite funny.

[latrix67]

hanvt a clue who broon is :confused:

finished the pet training one id say it was a 2 lol
have now started on chart throb by ben elton
its a bit of a piss take of the xfactor, simon cowell, louis walsh,sharon osbourne and kat deely and its quite funny.

Broon is that lying,fat,two faced,greedy,two faced excuse we have for a Prime Minister!:30:

[icey]

oh lol i thought our pm was called gordon brown or something ...maybe i should get a learn politics book for my bedside table lol

[latrix67]

Broon is slang for Brown in Scotland.lol

[icey]

ooops lol *blushes*

[gemmy]

oh lol i thought our pm was called gordon brown or something ...maybe i should get a learn politics book for my bedside table lol

lol icey - me too, I hadn't a clue and at first thought of our own Prime Minister, Steven Harper and was all....huh? hahaha

Blah, I've zero interest in politics anyway *giggles*

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Shanna -Kathleen Woodiwiss
Have not read it yet so can't comment on quality.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Didn't finish the one above, :(
Bertrice Small- The Innocent -8
I'm on a Bertrice bing at the moment just finished
The Duchess -7
I don't think she has a book I don't enjoy.

[nighttimestar]

Currently I am reading Eastern Mind Western Body.... 71/2 its a very engrossing book. So I have re read it some times

Eat Pray Love or something like that.... 5 I really don't see what the hype is about it

Andy Warhols Biography A to B and back again.... 11:) He ideas and concepts are something I can relate to.

I am somewhat of a book whore.....

[crazy_grrluk]

The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver

not too bad keeps one in suspence

[sisterhoney61 {RW}]

Didn't finish the one above, :(
Bertrice Small- The Innocent -8
I'm on a Bertrice bing at the moment just finished
The Duchess -7
I don't think she has a book I don't enjoy.

I LOVE Bertrice Small! She's my favorite romance writer. My favorites by her are The Love Slave, the Kadin, Adora and Skye O'Malley. I also love Kathleen Woodiwiss, especially The Flame and the Flower and The Wolf and the Dove. I haven't read Shanna since it came out back in the 70s/80s, but I remember that I really liked it.

Right now I'm reading Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler. I read it when it first came out back in 1979. This is the latest edition, which came out in 2006, so it's a completely different book from the one that I read almost 30 years ago.

[angelic.zest]

now im reading..

Laurell K. Hamiltion Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series-Laughing Corpse

[DowntownAmber]

"Atlas Shrugged." Pages 251 and 252. Heh heh heh... At LEAST a seventeen on the scale... ;)

[ObjectivistActivist]

Philosophy: Who Needs It?

...For the third time.

[ObjectivistActivist]

The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver

not too bad keeps one in suspence

That's a pretty good one. Have you read his one called The Blue Nowhere? That's probably his best book.

[DowntownAmber]

Philosophy: Who Needs It?

...For the third time.

Only the third time around? Peh! ;)

[ObjectivistActivist]

Only the third time around? Peh! ;)

To be fair, I got my first copy two years ago. Also, I have the rest of the library to go through as well.

[DowntownAmber]

To be fair, I got my first copy two years ago. Also, I have the rest of the library to go through as well.

Well okay, I'll let it slide then... *g*

[babypup]

The Things They Carried - Tim O'brien
i'd give it a 6ish.... maybe a 7

[bellelapine]

If you like Anita Blake you might like the Rachel Morgan series by Kim Harrison...

She has a thing for Clint Eastwood I think since most of her books are takes on his movie titles: Dead Witch Walking, The Good the Bad and the Undead, Every Witch Way But Dead, Fist full of Charms, For a Few Demons More and the Outlaw Demon Wales



I throw books (the first ever being Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly..stupid fucking witch...leaving the dragon...still pisses me off...my Sir will tell you) and the fifth book now that my tangent is done...got tossed while I was at work. :p

[Euryleia]

lamp, alarm clock, ballpoint pen, coaster, and my current book--Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott

[chelsea99]

i don't have my books on my nightstand..but i'm reading two books at the same time..

Stephen King's "The Stand"

and for light reading, entertainment actually..Judith Krantz's "Scruples"

and am trying to read "War and Peace" for the very first time..i mean i am a reader..i should try that one at least..

[Thrasher]

Here's a ten that should satisfy both the lifestyle, A-ha, and life-changing requirements:
The Master and Margarita. By a commie named Bulgakov. It's a 10.
LOL
But It's not on my nightstand.
Right now I'm reading the Eden Project: In search of the magical other, by James Hollis.
I rate this book an 8, leaving room for something else that could be better, who knows?
Just finished Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

[chelsea99]

hmmm the Master and the Margarita...i love margaritas..

oo i forgot..i rate The Stand a ten..

[icey]

wasted (coming back from an addiction to starvation) by marya hornbacher
a 9

scruples is good chelsea, i like 'trashy' novels, they're the best sometimes :) the follow up to its a bit naff though

[chelsea99]

hehe ^ yes icey..i read them for the thrills..not because they are all that well written..i have such a diverse taste in books that depending on my mood will decide what i read..and guess what..my husband is always nagging me when i read anything from the bdsm library..so i tell him...ok i'll read The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler... or something from english lit involving being hung, drawn and quartered...or from The Imperial Woman...about someone having their skin sliced in a thousand thousand strips..that usually shuts him up until next time...:30:

[icey]

LMAO :tounge: good for you!

[Zelezniy]

NO! Never ... again :(

[gustaf]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...strange maybe a 5 so far.

[StillBehindBlueEyes]

Betrayed-Bertrice Small 8
her books are just so good.

[Nixxi_Chaos]

"Valentine's Resolve" from the 'Vampire Earth' series, can't remember who it's by though.
I'd give it an 8 so far, amazing book, great series too.
That, and one of my Tarot books.

[mighty_marc]

I have deleted my former post as I have just realized that the recommendation I wanted to make has already been made.

[J-Go]

Conversation With God...again
I will have to give this one a 10

[buDdha]

My current 10's --
Snowcrash (Neal Stephenson)
Live at Golgotha (Gore Vidal)
Sonnets (Shakespeare)

[sinfulsex]

im going to tone it down a bit,
PS i love you has to be an amazing book, made me laugh and cry in the same chapter, and i dont cry all that much!
also dark hunter books by sherrilyn kenyon? if anyone has heard of them i give them a 7/8
one of my favourite ones so far has been a series i borrowed from the library, i cant remember names/authors, read them so many times though, definate 10

emma x

[GenieInABottle]

I'm currently working my way through the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris (The series that inspired the show True Blood) So far, I'd say its about a 7. I also highly recommend My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult...this book was an emotional rollercoaster and when it was over, I needed a few days before I could even think about another book...definitly a 9.

[damyanti]

Madeleine Albright's autobiography, "Madam Secretary: A Memoir" - 9.

Sun Tzu: "The Art of War" - 7.

[Mdv8ed]

Atm I'm reading Harry Potter and the deadly hallow, also in between..The Marketplace...later once I'm finished with both books or ill just read the Marketplace later and let my best friend burrow it, ill start with this book called Crank by Ellen or Erin Hopkins...

Ill give H.P. An 8 so far and Martketplace a 9 until I finish reading!

i recently read Crank, i give it a 10, it really was amazing

also at the moment
Interview with a Vampire- Anne Rice- 8
(Joke Book) Real Ultimate Power, The Official Ninja Book- Robert Hamburger- 7
The Burn Journals- Brent Runyon- 8
and I'm rereading The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (and six other short stories)- Roald Dahl- 9

[Mizar]

Sunshine. Dont remember the author...but very confusing at the moment, um...so far (not too far into it) Id give it a 6

[jubes]

Since my nightstand, like just about every other flat surface in my home, is covered in books. Currently, I've got:

Lavinia (Ursula Le Guin) - not far in, but it's looking to be a good 8 or 9
Anathem (Neal Stephenson) - 9
Watchmen (Alan Moore) - 15 (On the blowing your mind scale, this one is definitely at the top. It rips through stereotypes and conventions like nothing I've ever come across).
Fathom (Cherie Priest) - 5
Azincourt (Bernard Cornwell) - 7
Valley of Horses (Jean Auel) - 7
Seer of Egypt (Pauline Gedge) - 7
Debt, the Shadow Side of Wealth (Margaret Atwood) - 10 - Only this woman could make a book about the historical and sociological aspects of debt an interesting read)
The Meaning of Night (Michael Cox) - 8
Your Sad Eyes And Unforgettable Mouth (Edeet Ravel) - 8

Seeing all of those written down makes me realize that I need to clean these up :)

[jeanne]

I just finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

What a gifted writer...what a scary story. What does it say about us as a society that I could actually imagine that happening if circumstances fostered it?

[Lion]

I liked that book a lot. Quite scary and intriguing at the same time

[markus_valtion]

bushido way of the warrior. a deffenate 8. very good book.

[jubes]

I just finished reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

What a gifted writer...what a scary story. What does it say about us as a society that I could actually imagine that happening if circumstances fostered it?

That was the first Atwood book I ever read, and probably the one I've read the most often. I think the scariest part is the fact that our culture seems a little closer to accepting that now than it did when the book was written.

[LolitaDoll]

My most cherished books have been the Harlequin Presents series for the past few years now. I have boxes upon boxes of them. Have yet to find one I didn't like.

Sadly, I haven't read in over a year. Never have the time.

[charliegirlnaked]

On the Rez by Ian Frazier, i'd rate it a 5 or 6 but then again i'd probably like it better if it wasn't required reading (lol-i hate required reading teachers never pick what i would lol) but it in manmy ways a reformed history book. It tells a lot about Native American culture and the (for lack of a better word) plight of Native American people in the past as well as present while also introducing you to a fascinating character base that very much serves to illustrate many of the points the author is trying to make. Definately a book the teaches you without your knowing it:) I don't know about life changing but definately a view point changing book for myself, it has definately helped irradicate and redifine many stereotypical ideas i had had about the native american people who live on reservations today.

[jeanne]

That was the first Atwood book I ever read, and probably the one I've read the most often. I think the scariest part is the fact that our culture seems a little closer to accepting that now than it did when the book was written.

Exactly. As we become more polarized as a society, the extremes seem less unlikely. What a frightening thought - that there are those among us who would welcome that sort of arrangement.

[Master Eq]

I'm really into political books, just started 2 new ones.

Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies That Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It by Dick Morris and Eileen Mcgann ........Give it a 8

What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception by Scott McClellan .........Just started it, but so far its a 7

[katze]

just finished "Stolen" by Tess Gerritsen. She just gets better with every book she releases and is one of my fav authors. always gets a 10 plus

next book on my list is "Day Of Judgement" by Jack Higgins and will be starting that tonight.

cg

tess gerritsen is amazing! i haven't read one by her that i haven't liked.

[katze]

im going to tone it down a bit,
PS i love you has to be an amazing book, made me laugh and cry in the same chapter, and i dont cry all that much!
also dark hunter books by sherrilyn kenyon? if anyone has heard of them i give them a 7/8
one of my favourite ones so far has been a series i borrowed from the library, i cant remember names/authors, read them so many times though, definate 10

emma x

try the lords of the underworld series by gena showalter, you may like them

[JimmyJump]

Arthur C. Clarke's "The Last Theorem", John Irving's "The Fourth Hand" and Nathaniel Philbrick's "In The Heart Of The Sea - The Tragedy Of The Whakeship Essex" on which tragedy Herman Melville based his "Moby Dick".


JJ

[JimmyJump]

Arthur C. Clarke's "The Last Theorem", John Irving's "The Fourth Hand" and Nathaniel Philbrick's "In The Heart Of The Sea - The Tragedy Of The Whakeship Essex" on which tragedy Herman Melville based his "Moby Dick".


JJ

Forgot to add ratings. Clarke is an 8, so far. Irving gets a 9 and Philbrick a certified 10.

By the way, it's "Whaleship Essex" and not "Whakeship"... ;)


JJ

[THE Traveller]

The Club Dumas by Perez Reverte. Any biblophile should look in to this one. A mystery tale filled with constant references to literature. The Polanski film with Johnny Depp; The Ninth Gate was adapted from this book.

Also Jeanne, an ex gf of mine was a real Atwood fan & now that I saw your post it made me want to go and have a look at her work.

[toyamanda]

Atwood is one of my favorites authors. I think the books of hers I enjoyed the most were The Blind Assassin and Cats Eye.

Right now I'm reading Run by Ann Patchett (another favorite), The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (whose books I affectionately refer to as kilt porn), The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler, and Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty. As you can see, my tastes are pretty eclectic.

[Vespa]

I just finished the 4 George R. R. Martin books that are out so far (Game of Thrones series). I give the series a 9. Epic fantasy.
There seem to be a lot of fantasy novels on peoples' lists. Is anyone else not surprised that a love of fantasy and a love of kink seem so highly correlated?

[damyanti]

I have that series by George R. R. Martin, I usually dont go for SF, but Martin is a true wordsmith and a brilliant writer...and very detailed. In any case a much better choice to buy for "kids" than Harry Potter, :28:.

[hamletgirl05]

The Onion Girl, for sure its worth more than a 10. an amazing read for anyone into fantasy/new age type reading.
The Dark Elf Trilogyagain worth more than a 10. great book for anyone who feels a little out of place and different from those around them.