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I always seem to read more than one book at a time. I don't think that's the best tactic, but I try to read 50 books per year. I fell behind this year and tried reading multiple at a time. I think it took away from the reading experience though.

I'm currently reading: "Unnatural Death Confessions of a Medical Examiner" by Michael M. Baden, M.D. and "Sloppy Firsts" by Megan McCafferty.

Some of my favorites of the last year have been: "Body of Work" by Christine Montross, "Stiff" by Mary Roach, "A Dirty Job," "Bloodsucking Fiends," and "You Suck: A Love Story" by Christopher Moore, "Just Checking" by Emily Colas, "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe" by Katrina Firlik.

The unfinished books in my collection: "Haunted" and "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk, "Spook" by Mary Roach, and "A User's Guide to the Brain" by John J. Ratey, M.D.

Books I'm looking forward to reading: "Dexter in the Dark," "Dearly Devoted Dexter," and "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay, "The Female Brain" by Louann Md Brizendine, "Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir" by Stephanie Klein and "Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office" by Jen Lancaster.

Happy reading!

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Permalink Reply by Snappz on June 21, 2008 at 9:26am

I'm totally the same. It's not unusual for me to have two or three books on the go at once: Usually something light - chicklit or some comedy -, a book i've read before and want to read again, and something new that I've borrowed from the library - true crime, an autobiography, some kind of non-fiction book.

Permalink Reply by PP on June 21, 2008 at 10:42pm

I've just finished a book called "Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell" which was AMAZING (I seriously spent most of today reading it and barely did anything else - how sad of me!), and about to make a start on Marian Keyes' latest "This Charming Man." Looking forward to that!

I have a massive pile of books to read at the moment and have just ordered about seven more on amazon as of today. Ooops . . .

Permalink Reply by Jennifer on June 22, 2008 at 3:58pm

Life of Pi was recommended to me, but after skimming a bit I just couldn't get into it. I hate that.

Permalink Reply by Laughing Soul on February 14, 2009 at 4:48pm

I looked into Life of Pi and once I started reading it, it was definitely interesting. Id say give it another shot!

Permalink Reply by miss. chief on February 21, 2009 at 12:53am

what the... i LOVED life of pi!! please, please give it another chance.
:)

Permalink Reply by Maria Celina on July 16, 2010 at 2:20pm

I agree. Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" is one of my favourite books ever! I think I've read the book more than a hundred times.

However, I didn't really take to his new book "Beatrice and Virgil".

Permalink Reply by Jen Johnson on November 15, 2010 at 7:23pm

Life of Pi was sort of slow in the beginning but it's actually a really good read!

Permalink Reply by Lacy Lalonde on May 31, 2011 at 7:24pm

I loved Life of Pi. I know it can seem kind of boring at first but once you get into it it is awesome.

Although I dont really like any of the other books by Yann Martel.

Permalink Reply by Laura on February 16, 2009 at 11:07pm

I also started reading Life of Pi and ended up just setting it aside....not for me!

Permalink Reply by Ashley on June 24, 2008 at 3:01pm

I'd highly recommend "Straight Up and Dirty" you have on your to-read list. I read it last year and there were times I literally was laughing so hard I fell off my couch! (Which in turn inspired my other half to laugh at me for the next hour and eventually I had to read him parts to include him in my couch-insanity). I'm actually currently reading Stephanie's latest book "Moose"- I wasn't sure if I would connect with it as much but so far so good!

Let me know how Bitter is the New Black is- I've toyed with the idea of reading that one for a long time but haven't heard any good recommendations on it yet.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer on June 24, 2008 at 3:15pm

I finished "Straight Up and Dirty" a couple months ago and I absolutely loved it. I found myself relating a lot to Stephanie and I underlined half of the book I'm sure!

Biter is the New Black was fantastic! I've read all three of Jen Lancaster's books and Bitter is by far her best. She's witty, frank and honest. A little too honest at times. It was laugh out loud funny :)

Permalink Reply by Ashley on June 24, 2008 at 5:03pm

Sweet! That might very well be my next book! Cause I really need a reason to go crazy in BN again.. HAHA!