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Recently I have gravitated toward a lot of historical fiction and non-fiction. Though at the moment I am reading a collection of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales.

Falling Leaves: The memoir of and Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah I enjoyed that book quite a bit. Though I haven't read it I have heard good things about "The Good Women of China" By Xinran

I'll have to take a pic and try to post it. I have a tattoo on my left hip. Basically the only time it is seen is when I am in a bathing suit. I specifically wanted it somewhere easy to hide. As much as I love it, I knew I would have to cover up a tattoo for future employment. It is of a...

This was a book I found to be a very powerful read, though it is simply written. The book is written from the viewpoint of Agu, a child who after witnessing his father die becomes a child warrior in Africa. He reflects back on his life before the war, and life is his band of guerilla warriors...

I have recently bought: The professor and the Madman: Simon Winchester Beasts of No Nation: Usodinma Iweala Never Let me Go: Kazuo Ishiguro In the Time of Butterflies: Julia Alvarez Death's Acre: Bill Bass Dirty Job: Christopher Moore Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales Rasputins...

I would be back in my teen years , at summer camp, with my best friends. The summers I spent at camp were always my favorite. There is just no experience comparable to that. In partiuclar, I suppose I would just be in my hut on one of the rainy days goofing off. The camp was shut down by it's...

A short book, only about 140 pages and told in 5 chapter. Each chapter from a different view point. This is a story about the internment of Japanese amaericans during WW2. The book starts with the mothers' view as she is told to evacuate, the duaghters view on the train ride ro camp, the son...

I clocked in at about 350 words per minute. The speed with which I read generally depends on how interested I am in the book. I am a bit of a slow reader with most books mainly because I truly try to absorb the details and remember them well. In an hour, depending on font size, I will do...

Awwe. Now I feel special for getting my own birthday thread. Let's see, I worked overtime at work yesterday. Crazy I know, but I had a good group of patients I really liked. My hubby got me a book from a national trash mag called "The Weekly World News". It is basically a compilation of some...

My Kitchen counter must be clean. I can not cook or do anything unless my kitchen counter and floor is clean. What is your favorite breed of dog? (if you have a favorite)

I was such a good manipulator that my friend D's parents would tell her "Don't go and pull a Duff on me now." They would tell her this anytime she tried whining or doing something else to try and get something from them. I was famous for guilt tripping my parents. Making anyone who would...

Alan Rickman would read to me every day! My best friend and I are in love with that mans voice. (He is most recognizable now as Snape in the Harry Potter films). Did you ever go to sleepaway camp as a kid? If so, what did ya think of it?

I read this book recently and loved ir. The sex scened are not at all graphic. The sisters of course talk about it, but it is after the fact. There are no long drawn out seductions or multiple page love scenes. At most it is a paragraph or two each, then after that the girls just gets summoned...

Ah, yes. I knew there was a reason I got a high speed connection. Truly this must be it. :-)

Similar to the Nanny Diaries. It is about one womans experience as a Hollywood nanny to the Ovitz family. It is a fairly scathing account of the life of the elite and their parenting styles. They crazy demands of the uber rich. As well as the nanny who in many ways justs allows herslef to be...

I love when friends try to ask me about work. They think they want to know.... but I have quickly learned that no one *really* wants to know about my job. :D On the upside, I have far more interesting work stories than pretty much everyone I know. Though I have to tone everything down, most...

I am a critical care nurse on a ventilator unit. Let me tell you, absolutely nothing grosses ME out anymore. :-)

I just finished A Seperate Peace by John Knowles and found it to be one the dullest books I have ever read. I found myself trying to finish the book quickly, not because I liked it, but because I wanted to just be done with the thing and move on to a better book.

I like to read in order to gain knowledge. This is probably why I enjoy nin-fiction so much as I feel I am actually learning something. Though now, I feel a bit behind as I spend so much time reading I barely watch the news anymore. Ho hum. I like how it feels to read, to feel I have learned...

I will read pretty much anything. Except for romance novels. I just can't get into them. I don't mind a book having romance in it, so long as that is not the main thrust of the book. I have read very little sci-fi though I have nothing against it. I usually get into book 'moods'. Where I...