Marks Daily Apple

1. 

   dragonmamma
   Member

   I'm not reading anything right now, because all my spare time is going into writing a novel for nanowrimo. (National Novel Writing Month.) Anybody else doing this?

   Posted 4 months ago #
2. 

   mseibel
   Member

   I am currently reading GCBC for the second time as well. This time I'm taking notes. I have just received "Eat Fat Lose Fat", "The Vegetarian Myth", "Life Without Bread", and "The Great Cholesterol Con". That should last me for a while.

   Posted 4 months ago #
3. 

   wug
   Member

   I've decided to take a break from books about food/health/food industry/food security and am now reading Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (english translation).

   It's one of those books that I've read before, and as i read it's all feels familiar, but for the life of me I don't remember reading it or what happens in the book!

   Posted 4 months ago #
4. 

   maba
   Member

   @dragonmamma, that is so cool! Can we expect to read it soon?

   Posted 4 months ago #
5. 

   Shine
   Member

   Dragonmamma, how far are you along on NaNoWriMo? Although I kept up with the projected word count for the first ten days, I am now at a 10,000 word deficit. Eek. Hopefully I can catch up with a few days of free time over the holidays. I am registered under Shine.Black on NaNoWriMo if you want to look me up. I have one writing buddy who has 30k+ words written; just seeing his word count keeps motivating me to make up the difference, lol.

   Posted 4 months ago #
6. 

   James17
   Member

   I'm reading the first Harry Potter book, but in Irish! 'Harry Potter agus an Órchloch' translates as 'Harry Potter and the Golden Stone'.

   Posted 4 months ago #
7. 

   mseibel
   Member

   Just finished GCBC for the second time. Got WAYYY more out of it the second time. I guess I was kind of overwhelmed the first time. I think I'll start in on "The Great Cholesterol Con" now.

   Posted 4 months ago #
8. 

   maranne
   Member

   I am a big fan of ANNE PERRY.
   I ordered 2 of her Christmas novels and her latest mystery.
   Other than that I am still trying to finish PB.
   M

   Posted 4 months ago #
9. 

   Katt
   Member

   I am currently reading Nefertiti by Joyce Tyldesley. I have a whole list of things to read, however. Still have to finish After the Ice. Then I have books on Mesopotatmia and an historical fiction called Cleopatra's Daughter. Fun!

   Posted 4 months ago #
10. 

    Lovestoclimb
    Member

    My copy of The Vegetarian Myth finally arrived. I'll be working on that one shortly.

    Posted 4 months ago #
11. 

    SerialSinner
    Member

    Lovestoclimb I hear it's an excellent book.

    Anyone knows of less-confrontational books for ethical vegetarians who are starting to (mildly) question their stand?

    Posted 4 months ago #
12. 

    geraldh
    Member

    I recently picked up this thing called The Primal Blueprint...also reading:
    The Paleo Diet For Athletes
    Men's Health TNT Diet
    The New High Intensity Training
    Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography

    Posted 4 months ago #
13. 

    maba
    Member

    LTC, I'm reading the Vegetarian Myth now and I'm enjoying it.

    Posted 4 months ago #
14. 

    maba
    Member

    Anyone read Richard Dawkins' "The Greatest Show On Earth"? I'm planning to get if for DH for his birthday next week. Opinion?

    Posted 3 months ago #
15. 

    Lovestoclimb
    Member

    Flipping between The Vegetarian Myth and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring right now.

    Not a big reader but I've recently touched base with my reading side since going Primal. Interesting.

    Posted 3 months ago #
16. 

    Kaizen
    Member

    Hmm well I tend to read multiple books before I finish one so currently it's:

    The Primal Blueprint, Mark Sisson
    Conspiracy of the Rich, Robert Kiyosaki
    Think like a Champion, Donald Trump
    Success stories, Robert Kiyosaki
    How to profit from Real Estate right now, Dean Graziosi

    I don't read too many books other than educational/business types.

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    wug
    Member

    I've had my copy of GCBC for a couple of months but only just started to read it. Am about a 3rd of the way through?

    But already I've been raving on about it to my friends and am so much stronger when faced with a sugary treat!

    Not that I'm not still totally addicted and love chocolates and stuff, but finding more motivation to say no.

    Posted 1 month ago #
18. 

    mstrudle
    Member

    Halfway through Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, halfway through Soldiers Three by Kipling, and almost done with Hamlet by Shakespeare.

    Posted 1 month ago #
19. 

    Ika
    Member

    I'm reading:
    "Catching Fire: how cooking made us human"
    and
    "Live Without Bread"

    Posted 1 month ago #
20. 

    mrd232
    Member

    Just started "Jesus Land" by Julia Scheeres.

    Posted 1 month ago #
21. 

    OrangeGirl
    Member

    I just got a ton of books from the library, including Good Calories, Bad Calories .. which is more scientific than I thought it was going to be, LOL ... Life Without Bread, love it ... Protein Power Lifeplan, I had read Protein Power at the same time as Primal Blueprint, I like it a lot ... and two different Atkins books. And my husband also picked up at a used bookstore "Low Carb Bible" and I bought "The South Beach Diet" at Walmart the other day. When I get into something, I go a little overboard ... I'd like to read some nice fiction here pretty soon!!!

    Posted 1 month ago #
22. 

    darienx19
    Member

    In the middle of reading "Grandmaster" by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochran.

    Intend to re-read the 7 Incarnations of Immortality books by Piers Anthony after that... because apparently there's an 8th one now and I don't trust my memory from years ago lol

    Posted 1 month ago #
23. 

    dragonmamma
    Member

    About half-way through The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's about the German occupation of the Channel Islands, and is told totally in the form of letters. Makes me feel like I should write someone a letter, instead of communicating on the internet all the time.

    Posted 1 month ago #
24. 

    Shine
    Member

    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
    by Carl Sagan

    After discovering that the entire Cosmos series is available for free on Hulu, I am consequently hooked on Sagan for the time being.

    Posted 1 month ago #
25. 

    FDgreen
    Member

    I just read the book "1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann"

    Everyone here should read this. It explains what America and Indian societies were like before Europeans. It talks about the development of agriculture, farming, ways Indians used the land, and paleo man.

    http://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264783020&sr=8-1

    Posted 1 month ago #
26. 

    grokker
    Member

    I'm reading:

    Primal Blueprint
    Good Calories, Bad Calories
    How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
    Breathless
    ...and numerous technical books

    Posted 1 month ago #
27. 

    dragonmamma
    Member

    Shine, you should read Contact, Sagan's science fiction novel that was turned into a mediocre movie. I liked it enough to read it twice.

    And here's a silly/amusing music video featuring Sagan:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

    Posted 1 month ago #
28. 

    BNDR
    Member

    Finished PB and just finished The Omnivore's Dilemma.
    In the middle of Primal Body, Primal Mind and Michael Pollan's non-food book A Place on My Own.
    Waiting on a copy of Fight Club.

    Posted 1 month ago #
29. 

    mrd232
    Member

    dragonmamma - "Guernsey society" made me want to write an old fashioned letter, too :)

    Posted 1 month ago #
30. 

    Geoff
    Member

    @BNDR

    The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club
    The second rule of Fight Club is: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club....

    Great book. Much better (and darker) than the film.

    I also love that this little thread I started continues to live on so vibrantly.

    Posted 1 month ago #

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