Summer Reading- Vlog

[NonExistentCodes]

1. Les Miserables

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

3. I want to read more Shakespeare!

[gamer5122]

my favret book is or favret serise is artimese foul or percy jackson and the olympions :D

[mjbdl]

humberto ak´abal books!

its guatemalan poetry!

[joeglimmix]

the last book I read was Sanjaya's autobiography. it was so interesting I can't wait to read his next one

[fritters2]

last 5 books I read....The Fellowship of the Ring-- J.R.R Tolkien, The Alchemist, Series of Unfortuante Events--Lemony Snicket, and ummmm.....Pride & Prejudice, and The Pilgrims Progress. The books I would reccomend....Chronicles of Narnia (it sounds like it would be for little kids but its great) and Pride & Prejudice (great classic romance).

[LeeshaHarvey]

Hey, sounds like you and I have the same taste in books. I've read all of those except the Series of Unfortunate Events (and the only reason I haven't checked those out at the library is because my kids are scared of the cover!). I love love love the Chronicles of Narnia and have probably read the whole series more than 10 times in my life.

[fritters2]

Yeah the Chronicles of Narnia is my absolute FAVORITE book series ever! I am like obssessed. lol

[fjhphd]

"Mutant Message Down Under" by Marlo Morgan (it's you)

[CasualDaveDotCom]

I just finished 3 books that the HBO True Blood vampire series is based on, can't recommend unless you need a time killer, these days I mostly read reference type stuff, music business blogs or kid books to my daughter, must reads are

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman, each chapter is a different concept of how time may work, some scary some beautiful, also Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Tao of Pooh and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair.

[smens0067]

The last book I read was My sister's keeper, which was great. I couldn't put it down, and it actually made me cry, which doesn't normally happen when I read books.

[wanna1000]

the diary from anne frank ..

secret writings from pushkin ..

and nothing else x_X

god i have to read

[higuoy]

Wish I could get more reading in, but then that would mean my monkeys were growing and don't need as much of my attention, and that's sad. =( Anyway, my last read was The Shack, and although it was hard for me to get through the beginning because of anger issues, it was an incredible read, and opened my eyes to some issues I was not aware I could imagine differently. Can't wait to read some more!!

[LeeshaHarvey]

Hey higuoy, I finished The Shack about a month ago. Had to see what everyone was talking about. ;-) It was good!

[YoungJim409]

I'd suggest:

Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - its about the second coming, although tongue in cheek about it

Lamb, by Christopher Moore - the undocumented years of Jesus' life, through the eyes of his buddy Biff

The entire Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett, for sheer imagination

Djinn Rummy, by Tom Holt. "A work of comic Genies"

The Five People You Meet in Hell, by Rich Pablum, a wonderful spoof of the original.

Yes, I have an active imagination!

[teasymphony]

1. Q & A (Vikas Swarup), The Glass Castle (Jeanette Walls--highly reccomended), Portrait of a Lady (Henry James), How Sweet it Is (Alice Wisler), Dry (Augusten Burroughs.

2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

3. Dress Your Family in Courderoy and Denim (David Sedaris), Light on Snow (Anita Shreve), On the Road (Jack Kerouac), Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger), Dr. Zhivago (Boris Pasternak), and time will tell what else. :)

[LeeshaHarvey]

I read "The Glass Castle" last fall-- such a great book!

[HoneyBaby778]

heh the glass castle is on my summer reading list. Not very enticing.

[LeeshaHarvey]

It's a rather depressing read, that's for sure, but I still couldn't put it down.  The author's ability to rise above her childhood circumstances (appalling as they were) was amazing to me.

[cliffdaddario]

Well I usually read books about world politics/history/wars etc. But I highly recommend two books written by my favourite author, Haruki Murakami. The first is called "Norwegian Wood". Originally it was printed as two separate volumes, with green and red covers, respectively. This book started such a craze in Japan that people started wearing red or green t-shirts, depending on their favourite part :) The second book is: "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by the same author, an amazing book.

[rtc143]

read slaughterhouse five if u haven't super amazing novel by kurt vonnegut

[stupidbrian]

Just finished reading the twilight series and eragon, moving onto eragons sequel and just bought "innocent mage" today....very much into my fantasy books lol

[MollyRigg]

Have you ever read any of the books by Mitch Albom? I just discovered them a little over a year ago and fell in love with those. He only has 3: "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" "For One More Day" and "Tuesdays with Morrie" they are some of the most interesting books i have ever read, my favorites are "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" and "Tuesdays with Morrie" i never wanted to put them down! You should definitely check them out :-)

[fanoguitar]

Here's my list:

1. Guidlines to Cataract surgery!

2. Insurance forms

3. Doctor's release

4.charge it to obama

5. print was even smaller

[LeeshaHarvey]

Ha, ha! That does not sound like fun reading-- and I'm sure it was quite a stack of papers! I love how we get a huge book of what insurance does/does not cover, and the really important, useful stuff does always seem to be in the smallest font... :-)

[sonnenberg]

Just finished: Federico Fellini: Comments on Film. Basically a book length interview. A man so funny, charming and insightful that it makes me happy to be human (and that's saying a lot for me!)

[LeeshaHarvey]

A book that makes one happy to be human? Now that's high praise-- that must be some book! :-)

[jessatilley]

Have you read 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' by Khalid Hosseini? A brilliant book, I based one of my songs on a scene from his book 'Out in the Cold'. I've just read a book with doughnuts on the cover mmm...... the book is 'this book will save your life' by a.m. homes, a chilled read and has a beach in the book to imagine being by, even if you can't actually get to one!!!! Happy reading.

[LeeshaHarvey]

I've wanted to read "The Kite Runner" by Hosseini, but I'm scared to... it sounds really intense. Haven't read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" either.

A book with doughnuts and beaches? Sweet. :-)

[jessatilley]

You're right 'The Kite Runner' is intense, and although a great book, it is not a happy read. 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is somehow completely different, it is written from women's perspectives, which gives it a different edge and although a roller coaster of a read its ending has a feeling of hope and optimism.

[30framessec]

On vacation a few weeks ago I read for the first time "the sun also rises". I was overwhelmed. Since you made me read "the man who was Thursday" this is required. lol Thanks for reminding me to give this book back to my friend at work.

[LeeshaHarvey]

Hemingway is so depressing, though...!

Glad you read Chesterton. :-)

[Mikey34549]

Under Arrest by Izza Tazered

TORTURED BY Wader Bordden

Drowning by Nina Bote

Independent Individualism by M.E. Ownsly

Stocker By D. Windo

Presumed Dead by Paul Bear

I need to start reading more. The Last real book I read cover to cover was Nonlinear Editing by Bryce Button.

[LeeshaHarvey]

Nonlinear Editing is useful stuff to know!

I'm looking at these other titles, and I'm seeing a theme developing... yikes! :-)

[dragonslayer9342]

Most don't like him and don't wanna hear anything about him but.....I was wrong by jim baker is one of my all time favs

[LeeshaHarvey]

I would be curious to know what he has to say... good to have the suggestion--thanks!

[noliketoregister]

Tales of Mystery and Imagination; Edgar Allan Poe.

The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

The Capitalist Manifesto; Lewis O. Kelso.

Myth of the Machine, Volume 1, Technics and Human Development; Lewis Mumford.

Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1, 2006.

I'd suggest The Little Prince to anyone; it's even good for little kids.

This summer Im going to finish reading Future Shock; Alvin Tofler and read The Golden Spruce, A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed; John Vaillant.

'-'

[LeeshaHarvey]

Have they made a movie out of The Little Prince? Because I don't think I've read it, yet it sounds very familiar...

That Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1, 2006 sounds like a real page-turner! :-D

[noliketoregister]

The Code book is basically a 550 page sleeping pill, lol. There was a movie version of The Little Prince in which Gene Wilder played the role of the fox. I'll send you a link to an online version of the Little Prince. '-'

[opendoor1983]

The whole Jan Karon series.  So good!!!

[LeeshaHarvey]

My sis-in-law loves, loves, loves those books. I've been meaning to read them too!

[tmamone83]

My last five reads are:

-"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine

-"The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx (didn't agree with it)

-"Eat, Pray, Love' by Elizabeth Gilbert

-"Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community" by Wendell Berry

-"The God Factor" by Cathleen Falsani

[LeeshaHarvey]

That's quite a list, tmamone83!

[tmamone83]

What can I say? I'm interested in a lot of things; from politics to religion to the environment to . . . well, you get the idea.

[buglady58]

Ok, here goes:

1. Janet Evanovich numbered series 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14.

2. Can't think of a favorite of all time at the moment, but i think any of the Janet Evanovich books are worth making your list. she is so funny!

3. Finger Lickin Fifteen by none other than Janet Evanovich ;)

[LeeshaHarvey]

So, I'm just going to take a shot in the dark here, but I'm guessing you like Janet Evanovich...? :-)

[animegurl023]

A few weeks before school got out, we were doing a unit on pure and simple reading, so I read a few books within that time. Some of my favorites out of those were Wait for Me by An Na and Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes : ) Right now I'm also reading the book Cut by Patricia McCormick, and so far it's really good!

[LeeshaHarvey]

Cool! Happy reading!

[TheMondsOne]

The last book I read, and possibly the best book I've ever read, is The Shack.  I totally recommend that one.

[LeeshaHarvey]

I have heard lots of good things about this book from friends and family, but I'm always the last to jump on the bandwagon it seems! :-) I know I will read this book eventually. I glad to hear your liked it so much.

[rmcahall]

Hi Leesha, I enjoy following you here and on Twitter. I have a number of books by Manning and have found his work challenging. I'm currently working on Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged. I haven't decided if I like it or not. Recently finished G. K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy. Recently read Flannery O'Conner: The Complete Stories. Re-read Godric by Fredrick Buechner. Starting Wilderness Empire by Allan Eckert. Fav is The Frontiersman by Eckert. I most enjoy non fiction and historical novels.

[LeeshaHarvey]

Chesterton is good stuff! My song "The Song for Thursday" I wrote after reading his "The Man Who Was Thursday." I've started Orthodoxy but never finished it. That's funny you mention Flannery O'Conner-- I picked her up the same time I bought My Antonia, and a book that has three of her works is in my stack of books to read soon. I like non fiction and historical novels too.

[grafikschwarzmarkt]

Most of the books i read are related to my job, it's all about staying "up to date" in graphics industry. In my last holiday in France i read "Simple Genius" by David Baldacci. Just couldn't stop reading once i started. A typical page-turner

[LeeshaHarvey]

I've been reading a lot of music industry books too--sometimes fun, sometimes tedious. :-) I haven't heard of "Simple Genius," but I'm thinking any book read on holiday in France has to be good. Ha!

[grafikschwarzmarkt]

ooooh yes but reading was of course not the highlight as you can see in my "Azille" album on Facebook :-)

In my eyes, southern France is the most underrated place to go on holidays loooong beaches, finest sand and nearly no tourists

[jathoreson]

Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, generated some good discussion at book group about gender roles, personal honor, searching for self, and balancing self with other responsibilities, like kids. Also, The Double Helix, by JD Watson, about the discovery of the structure of DNA was a quick and interesting read.

[LeeshaHarvey]

I saw a movie once called The Race for the Double Helix (I think) that had that guy from Jurassic Park and Independence Day as the lead. So whenever I think of DNA, I think of him. (And I think I've told you this story before...ha!)

[cyberwanderer]

Leesha,

If you have any interest at all in philosophy/metaphysics (but tend to find reading material on it inaccessable), you simply MUST read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It's the history of philosophy presented as a mystery novel. Smartest book I've ever read. ...A book on philosophy that's a page-turner.

Nice Vlog. (You're a class act!)

[LeeshaHarvey]

That sounds like a fantastic book! You've convinced me. I'll be looking for it at my library today!

[cyberwanderer]

It was originally published in Finnish in 1991, then translated into English in 1994 and quickly become an international bestseller. (Including NYT Bestseller list.) If your library doesn't have, make them order it. 

btw, maybe I'll read the Counto Monte Crisco next. About the man who invented cooking oil, right?

[cyberwanderer]

Happy Birthday, Hilde!

[LeeshaHarvey]

Ha, ha, ha, you really love that book, don't you? But wait... I thought it was June 15...?

[cyberwanderer]

At first, I read your Reply to my previous comment and was confused. Then I re-read what you were replying to and am now quite concerned! You see, I am entirely cetain the comment I entered said "Hope you enjoy the book" and that I had made no birthday wishes to anyone. SO! Clearly, someone is having fun with us - mocking us, even. We need to remain on guard, Hilde! Alert! The stakes are apparently higher than I thought. And let us hope that our fictional friend Leesha is in no peril!

[LeeshaHarvey]

Gwahahahaha!