Our reading thread: whatcha reading?/what did you read in April?

Wow!  I woke up this morning and realized it's May 3 already!!!  How'd that happen?

Right now I'm reading The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant.  It's historical fiction (which I love) and is set in the Cape Anne area of Massachusetts, circa 1820.  I thought I would enjoy it more and hope I get into it.  I'll stick with it though.

In April I read:

A Fracturered Mind by Robert Oxnam.  Wow.  I've always been fascinated with multiple personality disorder (now it's got a new name) and read Sybil,  When Rabbit Howls and the book written by Eve (from the movie The Three Faces of Eve).  I truly enjoyed this book because several of Oxnam's personalities contributed to the book, giving it different voices and flavors.

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe.  I really couldn't get over the plot of the book!  Defoe published this story in 1721 and I wondered if it was considered a "racy" novel?  It took me longer to read the book because of the language but it sure was a good story!

Blaze by Stephen King.  Not your usual King horror story.  It had a hint of the supernatural in it ... maybe.  Mostly it was sort of sad and I felt sorry for Blaze.

The Circus Fire by Stewart O'Nan.  Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey suffered a devastating fire at their July 6, 1944 performance in Hartford, CT.  This was a compelling book and I had trouble putting it down.

Looking forward to hearing what everyone else has been reading.  Have a good one!
Cassie

Our reading group read "Home to Holly Springs" by Jan Karon for April.....it was a good read and we had a great discussion last evening.

I am reading "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks now ....

For our May book, we will be reading "Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia" by Jean Sasson.... that should be really interesting.

I finished all of Sharon Kay Penman's trilogy on Eleanor and Henry II's life and times ... I started it in March and it ran into early April: "When Christ and His Saints Slept," "Time and Chance," and "Devil's Brood." Great books ... then I read her medieval mysteries, "The Queen's Man" and "Cruel as the Grave." Both were good, easy reads.

Then I switched to a later time in English history, went back to Phillippa Gregory and "The White Queen," about Elizabeth Woodville and her romance and marriage to Edward, and the mystery of the Princes in the Tower. I love this author, have read several of her books.

Also read (not sure if it was in March or April) "Innocent Traitor" by Alison Weir, a historical novel about Lady Jane Grey. Weir is a historian, but she writes very well. I enjoyed that book so much I had to get her biography of Eleanor of Aquitane. Just finished that one ... it was fascinating! It was amazing how close to the facts Penman came in her historical novels. Weir is coming out with a historical novel on Eleanor this summer called "Captive Queen." She writes her nonfiction like novels, too.

I read Sue Grafton's "U is for Undertow" last month.  Messed around and that was the only book I read.

I just started Gideon's Torch by Charles Colson. 

And good news for me, I should be ordering my Nook within the next 2 weeks. 

i have to confess that i am lucky to read the funnies or my horoscope lately--
i'm trying to read THe Friday Night Knitting Club over lunches at work....

have any of you ever orderd books from E H Hamilton? good prices on a variety! my library is building-someday i'll actually get back to reading!

I'm still slowly reading  Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.   I'm about 2/3 of the way through it - it's long and dense and I haven't had enough reading time lately!

love the new pic!!!!!