What are you reading now?

[Linda and "Toby"]

It will be fun to share books we love! 

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

I couldn't finish 19 minutes either.  My favorite was Change of Heart.

[2SCdoodles]

I adore Jodi Picoult's books, too.  My favorite was Second Glance.

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

I am reading Cutting for Stone. I recommend it. Also recently read and enjoyed The Lace Reader.

Loved The Help. Also good reads Glass Castle

[Taylor & Huff]

Right now, I am reading Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 (the classic). Honestly, I didn't think it would be too interesting. Now that I am actually reading it, I hardly want to put it down!:) I would recommend this to anyone who loves mysteries. This book also tells how Sherlock & Watson first knew each other and became a team.I haven't gotten very far into the book yet but it is good already. Sometimes books aren't interesting in the beginning, but this one is.:)

[F, Calla & Luca]

Have you seen the modern day Sherlock on PBS? I haven't yet but I recorded it. It got really good reviews.

[Taylor & Huff]

You mean the new movie? No, I don't know if I really want to. When you watch it, will you tell us how it was?

[F, Calla & Luca]

Not a movie. a few episodes on Masterpiece Mystery on your public Tv station. Not sure when but i will watch it.

[Beth Lord]

Fabulous adaptation!

[Taylor & Huff]

It sounds interesting. I love mysteries, don't you?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I just finished the novel "Room" by Emma Donoghue. I highly recommend it, but it is definitely not light reading. It's the story of a woman and her 5 year old son who have been imprisoned in an 11 x 11 ft room (actually a tool shed) for all of the boy's life...the mother was kidnapped at 19 and has been there for 7 years. They are totally sealed off from the world. The entire book is narrated by the child. The first half of the book occurs in "Room", as he calls it, and the second half takes place after they get out. The second half is much easier to read and is absolutely fascinating. It never occurred to me that even our eyes need to be exercised in terms of things like depth perception and spatial awareness, or that a windowless prison could seem like a safe haven in comparison with the whole wide world.
I predict a movie from this one.

[Taylor & Huff]

That sounds like my kind of reading haha:) I definitely want to read that one

[Camilla and Darwin]

This sounds extremely fascinating. I don't think I could read the first half though, I'm horrible with heavy books or movies. I get way too depressed. Does the first half of the book deal with abuse of her or the boy in any way? Or is it just their life inside the room?

I certainly know about exercising eyesight in terms of depth perception. I'm blind in my left eye and if I ever encounter a new vision challenge (Like when I first learned to drive) I have a lot of problems with depth perception. I am HORRIBLE at tennis... can't tell when the ball has actually reached me... :-)