MrsHobieJoe wrote:

Tell me hands on heart that you finished Crime and Punishment in a month and I salute you. I am a huge fan of the Russian authors (and I'm a seriously speedy reader) and yet I only ever got a third of the way through The Brothers Karamazov.

Edit- is it worth giving this one a try?

it is worth it - an I'll be finished tomorrow agternoon, or so - it's a re-read for me.

Better - read Anna Karenina - I really enjoy pre-Bolshevek Russian Lit

 maryte wrote: 
I try to delve a bit into whatever is the current frenzy among the kids, and sometimes I get a pleasant surprise.
Just not this time... 

 trekhead wrote: 
I listened to that one on disk.  It was pretty good, though a bit predictable at the end, I thought.
I esp liked the descriptions of his convalescence in the beach house.  Semi-autobiographic, I would imagine...

Hey, TH

 Alafia wrote: 
That'll learn ya! 

 trekhead wrote: 
Where the Hail have you been?

Stephen King's

DUMA KEY.
Verrrry nice. 9/10.

Just finished "The Grapes of Wrath", which was one of the best books I've ever read. Now reading "Big Fish", by Daniel Wallace.

This month:

Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill(stone King)
Bellwether - Connie Willis
The Coming - Joe Haldeman
Mindkiller - Spider Robinson
When You Are Engulfed In Flames - David Sedaris
Deadeye Dick - Kurt Vonnegut
The Neon Rain - James Lee Burke
Heaven's Prisoners - James Lee Burke
Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson
Quantico - Greg Bear
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters - David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. Hamilton

 CoffeeGirl wrote: 
Well, I'm in New Zealand so it might be a bit pricey to mail. Likely Autism NZ will get it in their library at some point. I have a son who is (mildly) A.S. so I'm especially interested in the "boys growing up with AS" type books.

edit: Thanks though :-) 

 meower wrote: 
Yeah!  I didn't know that when I researched the book.

 mindless wrote: 

If you want, I can mail to you after the husband reads it.  :-)

 mindless wrote: 

It's quite good.... he is the brother of the Running with Scissors guy....

 CoffeeGirl wrote: 
I have just been reading about it at http://www.johnrobison.com

Looks very interesting indeed. 

Another interesting read....

For those who have had Aspergers touch the lives of loved ones - an interesting insight.

I'll be reading this on the plane....

And oh, dear god, how I wish I hadn't bothered... 

Finished this over the weekend. It took me a while to get through it. Chronicles two families in Sheffield from the early 70's through the present. Its a pretty dense read, to be honest it could have probably been a lot shorter. But its very character driven and I found myself caring about most of them. I'd definitely recommend it, but be warned, it could take a while to get through it.

 Darlington wrote: 

My interest is seldom piqued by book cover posts and I'm not familiar with the author, but the subject and location of this cover struck me as possibly worth checking out. The synopses and reviews showed that the hunch was right and I ordered the novel.

I really like Ron Rash and have enjoyed all of his other novels, but I really think this is his best book by far. I really recommend this.