What are you reading?
I enjoy reading as I suspect you do if you clicked to this page. I am always looking for books to read and am interested in what others are reading and recommend. Therefore I ask……
Would you care to share with us – in this informal cozy reading room, the book you are currently reading or the book you have just recently read?
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- Would you recommend this book – why or why not?
- Is this a good “any-day” type of read (in your opinion) or would you recommend it as a good book to read while traveling, summer read, winter read, pick up my spirits read, etc.?
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -
I am currently reading this book and have not yet finished it. It takes place in Germany during World War II. I purposely saved this book for a winter read. I enjoy it and find the author’s approach to character descriptions very interesting – he does not always weave it into the story, but instead takes the direct approach by stating “this is the description…”. I am interested in the story and want to know what will happen next. So far so good.
Update – I finished this book, took me a while at 576 pages – don’t let the length of the book deter you from reading it. I highly recommend this book. I also suggest you watch the author interview at Amazon (you can click on the book title below) before you read it.
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Enterprise 2.0 by Andrew McAfee
This book describes how companies/organizations use the social networking applications of Web 2.0 to enhance collaboration and productivity among their workforce. McAfee thinks the monicker “Social Networking” is unfortunate. In the context he describes they are more appropriately referred to “Collaborative Tools.” Though I’m not yet done, I can say that the book is well written and provides recommendations that an enterprise could implement quickly. I recommend this to managers and executives who seek to stimulate their workforce.
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I will be adding Enterprise 2.0 to my wish list considering this is an area I personally would like to examine further.
Victory Cove by Maureen A. Miller
I just started this last night and am enjoying it very much. I have read Maureen’s other books and I have a feeling this one will be my favorite. As soon as I’m done here I’m going back to reading it.
Update – I finished this – I have read Maureen’s other recent books and I’ll have to say this one is my favorite. A love story encircled with mystery and suspense. Of course I have a soft spot for small seaside towns – Victory Cove has its share of excitement. I especially liked the part Wakefield House played in the story, it took on its own character role, so to speak.
I’m now reading Enterprise 2.0 based on Roger’s review.
Update – I found this book very informative. The author uses the term Enterprise 2.0 to describe how the new internet technologies of Web 2.0 can be implemented at organizations’ internet and intranets. These technologies include blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia and others. He starts off discussing three case studies and throughout the book refers to these and how they used these tools to communicate and collaborate. He talks about success stories and some pitfalls.
I recommend this book to managers who wish to learn more about how they can use these collaborative tools within their own organization.
I always have more than one book going at a time. Here’s what’s in my Kindle:
The Stand, by Stephen King. Fourth or fifth time through. I love this book!
Sharpe’s Trafalgar, by Bernard Cornwell. Fourth in the Richard Sharpe series
The American Patriot’s Almanac, by Dr. William Bennett
There are others.
I am currently reading The Mark. I am about 30% into (Kindle version) it and am enjoying it very much. It starts off in one direction and then changes drastically.
Update – I finished The Mark - This was an excellent read, one of those books you don’t want to finish. It started off with the lead character getting his dream job as a reporter for a newspaper – but as you’ll find out one of his first assignments takes him on an adventure that is life changing. I could easily see this as a TV movie. It is action packed and entertaining.
I am now reading Create Your Own Blog. I try to read books both for FUN and for some type of educational purpose (to include biographies); usually switching after each book. I hope to learn more about Blogs and use that knowledge to improve my own Blog.
Update – Just finished reading this – I found this book extremely informative. It took longer to read than it might, had I not stopped and spent hours implementing some of the suggestions. If you are considering a Blog or even a pro at Blogging I recommend this book – you will soon find yourself implementing plug-ins and configuring widgets.
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter by Colleen Coble.
This would make a great summer read.
The title of this book caught my attention (I have a soft spot for lighthouses), and I’m glad it did. This was a wonderful book to read, it was full of mystery, romance and at times, suspense. I enjoyed the lighthouse scenes and the time period (early 1900′s). Very refreshing!
I finished reading The Last Bookstore In America by Amy Stewart. I learned about this book from Red Adept’s Book Review. Red gave this book an overall rating of 4 stars. The description caught my interest, considering I love to read stories that include books and bookstores (The Book Thief, The Thirteenth Tale, Bookmarked for Death). I found the story was depressing me; not only because all the bookstores were closing as they were being replaced by the “Gizmo”, but that it seemed most of the characters were depressed for varies reasons. Maybe it was just me. I found I was becoming more interested as the story went on though, and did want to find out “how it would all work out”.
Adele, I’ve been reading collections of short stories and I’ve found what I think are some thoroughly enjoyable works that are too frequently overlooked. Here are some suggestions:
Cabbages and Kings, by O. Henry is a really entertaining collection of stories all related to lazy little South American village.
The Trembling of a Leaf, by Somerset Maugham really well written and enjoyable
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, I am reading in the order they were written. Only four of them are novels; the rest are short stories.
Give them a try. They’re worth the time.
Thanks Roger – I’ll have to check those out. I have read The Complete Sherlock Holmes, personally I consider that a Must Read.
I just finished The Little Girl in My Room & Other Stories (Kindle Edition) by Claire Farrell. I reviewed it this morning at Amazon. It’s a book filled with dark, disturbing tales. Twisted stories, one and all. As my review states, this isn’t my normal reading fare, but I couldn’t put this book down. I don’t know how to make a link, but cut and paste this:
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Girl-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B003B3O310/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1273840349&sr=1-1