Figured we could give thoughts on what we are reading even if it isn't a discussion book. No spoilers though. I'm reading Veil of Gold by Kim Wilkins. I've only read the first couple of chapters, but so far I'm enjoying it. I like this author, she is poetic without being boring and her 500+ page books don't bore me to death. She is also extremely imaginative and has a unique way of building a world on top of the real world.

I'm laboring away on Path Between the Seas by David McCullough. It's a non-fiction history book about the creation of Panama Canel. It's good, but intimidating since I'm lucky to finish 4 pages (on weekdays) before I fall asleep.

I'm still on Reliable Wife, I haven't been reading much the last few days. I keep falling asleep, lol. It's been cold and I think I'm in hibernation mode.

I am still on Reliable Wife too.  I got a bunch of cookbooks from PBS and Amazon, so I got distracted.

Dw, sounds interesting, I like NF but I'm a bit of a harsher critic for that genre than any other because they can tend to get text bookie if the author isn't careful.

I have a hibernation mode too. I tend to eat a lot and stay in bed but I read while I'm there. I read more in the winter than any other time of the year.

What kinda cook books?

I just finished Contagious By Scott Sigler and am now about halfway through Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King

Chris, here they are!  Cookbook list received in January - (one of them yesterday!)

The New Portuguese Table

Farmers Almanac Garden Fresh Cookbook

Three volumes of Gourmet Best of annuals  each one featuring the flavors of a region - Sicily, San Francisco, and France

Taste of Home Annual 2007

I started Whistling for the Elephants by Sandi Toksvig last night. Her name probably doesn't mean anything to most Americans, she's a Danish born comedian based in Britain. I'm a fan and she's written a bunch of books but I haven't read any yet. So far this one sounds like her so that's a good thing. She's a lesbian and I think the book is going to be something about that because so far the 7 y.o. girl who narrates it wears ties and just went to the barber to get a boy's haircut. Other than that I have no idea what it's about. All the liner notes just go on about how funny it is but not a bit about what it has to say. 

I got a bunch of cookbooks recently too, no salt cooking. I've thumbed through a couple. I'm not one to cook from a book but I thought I could get some idea from them. One of them has a chart of which spices compliment which foods so that could be handy, I've never learned much about spices. Portugese sounds interesting, I have no idea what Portugese food is. 

Must be the season for cookbooks. Though, I'll admit, the last cookbook I got was an impulse swap. It wanted the book because it was shaped like a potato!

There is a discussion going on our cookbook addiction in the cooking forum.  Fellow addicts, come join us. 

What to read next?  Should it be a long epic?  I have The Historian, Needful Things, and World Without End on the TBR pile.  Or should I just get to one of the dozens of cozies I have on the pile?  Or maybe I should pick one of the books I listed on the Contemporary Fiction challenge, also on the TBR?  Oh, what to do, what to do?  So, what am I doing on the internet?

I have the Historian, I've tried to read it a few time but it was a little stuffy. I keep meaning to try again but I end up grabbing something else instead. I'd say it depends on what the last book you read was. If it was another long one I'd go for a Cozi but if you been reading light I'd go for an epic or contemporary.

Maybe we could try The Historian for Book club, might get us both through it.  Last book I finished was Reliable Wife just a couple of days ago.  I decided on A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair.

I can add it to the list and see if it gets votes. Gotta go check it anyway to see what the next book will be.