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Dreams of My Father - Barack Obama

I think that Americans in general are unaware of non-American authors, unless their books are somehow tied to movies or TV specials or whatever Oprah has picked, and even then they are largely popular novels. Even books that take place in somewhere else in the world are usually made into movies...

I am in mid to late 1980s Chicago.

Each player understood the obstacles to winning the Stanley Cup that season, 1967, and some felt the undeniable decay that was already eating at the foundation of their team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. -- '67: the Maple Leafs, their sensational victory, and the end of an empire by Damien Cox &...

So many books, so little time. I would like to read Les Miserables (unabridged) and The Count of Monte Cristo (unabridged), but there are so many that I want to read that I probably couldn't list them all here. And my list would change from time to time.

16; I was really busy with work at one point and I haven't had the motivation to do much reading this year, so far. Hopefully things will pick up soon :)

Alice Munro is an excellent writer. She specializes in short stories and one of them has been made into a film (Away From Her). The story I read was "The love of a good woman"; excellent story. Also you may want to read Jane Urquhart; she mainly writes historical fiction. She wrote an...

No clue.

I love to read outside, especially when the weathers nice. After that I love to read at a local Starbucks, with my iPod playing.

I tend to collect a bit of everything. If it catches my fancy, then I will likely purchase it.

A couple come to mind, even though I haven't read them, but due to the site I have become aware of them. The books that I became aware of where Revolutionary Road (I think it was book of the month selection) and A Confederacy of Dunces.

Guilty. I have done it, but for some strange reason, I haven't in quite some time.

About to go into the world of Louis XIV

I know that March hasn't ended, but for those of us who may have finished our March reads, you can post them here. Here are mine: • Lord of the Flies - William Golding • The Catcher on the Rye - J.D. Salinger • All I'll Ever Need - Henry Kraus • The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

Overall, I like the new layout, but would like to see the currently reading come back.

There were a few movies that I didn't realize were books also. A couple of them include the movie There Will be Blood, A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, etc.

The last two Harry Potter films.

Because sometimes a library may not have the book that you want to read. I have been trying to see if my local library system has "Revolutionary Road" by Robert Yates and they don't. So this means that I have to either purchase a copy myself or find another library system that does have have a...

Because people like to have it when they want it instead of waiting for a particular book.

I try to go back to the beginning of the chapter or finish the chapter as I quickly can and let them know that I'll be right there. Sometimes I just leave the book upside down (if its my own) or put a book mark in it (usually a library book) and hopefully I remember what happened before I...