Currently reading?

[Moonshadow]

David Sylvian, The Last Romantic by Martin Power

And I also read Wild Boy by Andy Taylor, it was really a nice reading indeed

[Tin Bird]

Solitude by Robert Kull (I read a lot of books)

Robert Kull has spent years wandering in North and South America, working as a scuba instructor, wilderness guide, construction worker, dishwasher, truck driver, bartender, painter, firefighter, and professor. In 1985, he lost his lower right leg after a motorcycle crash in the Dominican Republic. He began undergraduate studies at age 40 and now holds a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia.

In February 2001, Kull journeyed to a remote island in the Patagonia wilderness with enough supplies and gear to live for a year. He wanted to explore the breadth and depth of solitude and find answers to some of his most pressing spiritual concerns:

"In many cultures, solitude is recognized as an opportunity to journey inward; in our culture, spending time alone is often considered unhealthy because we tend to believe that meaning in life is found only through relationship with other people. But to be fully human, we need relationship not only with other people but with the nonhuman world, with our inner depths — and with Something Greater. For me, that nonmaterial Presence is mysterious and sacred. It can be experienced, but not defined. And I've learned that in coming into a deeper relationship with my self, I develop the capacity to connect more deeply with others."

This enlightening book contains Kull's diary and a series of mind-stretching and soul-stirring interludes where he ponders the following:

• Journaling and Storytelling
• Method, Solitude, and Meditation
• A Glance at Other Solitaries
• Dancing in the Hallowed Halls
• The Urge to Be Alone
• Technology and Desire
• Spiritual Practice
• Small Mind/Big Mind

The author's only companion is a cat. He struggles against wind and rain, a rotator cuff problem, bouts of depression, and the challenges of fear and anger. He meditates and reads widely (a long list of books is included). One of his fiercest battles is against his own need to be in control of things. The year he spends in the wilderness helps him see the validity of surrender.

[Moonshadow]

OMG where I can find that book? Sounds incredible!

[Tin Bird]

I got it for Christmas...I think my wife purchased it from our local Borders. It's a really good book.

[sisterlondon]

Rhonda Byrne-The Secret (just started it)

[godisinthesilences]

Rhonda Byrne-The Secret (just started it)

you'll need to read it more than once. Great premise to the book!

[Lady Arcadia]

The Life of Shelley - a 1931 2 Volume Set. Written by Thomas Hogg, Thomas Peacock and Edward Treweley (sp?) Essentially, three men who actually knew the poet.

I am about 2 thirds of the way through it, and I find myself wishing I had met him myself. Oh well, just born 150 year too late again!!

[sisterlondon]

Rhonda Byrne-The Secret (just started it)

you'll need to read it more than once. Great premise to the book!

Good to know! Still in the beginning (2nd chapter). Seems interestint

[godisinthesilences]

Intentions - wayne dyer

[lastgoldstar]

The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)

Soon I'll try to start The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.

[godisinthesilences]

still reading intention by wayne dyer and going to start voices in summer by rosamund pilcher

[Smalldot]

For my Shakespeare class, we just finished Henry V. Personally, I am about to read a collection of short stories by China Mieville called Looking For Jake.

[Moon Park]

Since I dislocated my knee last Friday (owwwww), I've not been able to do much but sit around and catch up with reading, which has been rather nice

I have a profound lifelong interest in the supernatural/ghosts/the occult etc, so I've just read Will Storr vs. The Supernatural, which is excellent and very frightening He starts off as a sceptic/cynic, and ends up taking a whole journey through his own religious background as a result

Before that I just finished Charlie Brooker's awesomely funny and vitriolic Dawn of the Dumb (God I adore Charlie Brooker ), and vol. 5 of the Ameri-manga Bizenghast, which I also love - just waiting for the final volume to come out in August now

I've also just started The South Shields Poltergeist, which is fascinating, even if I don't really believe it

[inkinthewell]

Sons And Lovers - D.H. Lawrence
I'm half way through: very good up to now.

And this is quite interesting:

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[Pagoda]

Dracula - Bram Stoker