It's Monday! What are you Reading?

Jan 16th, 2012 by Lisa

It’s Monday! What are you Reading?

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. To let others know what you are reading and to see what others are reading, head on over to her site.

This week’s reading list includes two books that have been on my TBR list for at least a year. I am listening to Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (love the Australian accent) and reading Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand. I read a lot faster than I can blog and have accumulated a stack of books I still need to do posts on. As I read more books, the details of the ones in the stacks start to fade. Reading these hefty books, each one over 900 pages, will hopefully help me catch up before moving on to the next read. Here are the summaries from the book flaps:

It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay’s hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.

The astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read. It is a mystery story, not about the murder of a man’s body, but about the murder – and rebirth – of a man’s spirit. This novel presents an astounding panorama of human life—from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy—to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction—to the philosopher who becomes a pirate—to the composer who gives up his career on the night of his triumph—to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad—to the lowest track worker in her Terminal tunnels.

Happy Reading!

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I read Atlas Shrugged so long ago (and loved it!), that it’s due for a reread. When I get some time…sigh.

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Comment by Laurel-Rain Snow on January 16, 2012 at 8:46 am
Wow! Those are definitely hefty books! I, too, got way behind on reviews last year and sadly can’t remember enough details to write a deserving review for them.

Comment by Dixie on January 16, 2012 at 9:56 am
I love hefty books! I think reading them should count toward working out! Have a great reading week.

Comment by Nise' on January 16, 2012 at 10:24 am
Those who have read Atlas Shrugged might have fun reading this:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/54707

Comment by Ellis Weiner on January 16, 2012 at 11:27 am
Gosh Lisa! You sure are ambitious to tackle 2 hefties at once!

Comment by Anna on January 16, 2012 at 11:40 am
Ellis – Atlas Slugged sounds hilarious…thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Comment by Lisa on January 16, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Atlas Shrugged seems daunting to me. My boyfriend’s been wanting to read it, so maybe I’ll let him have a go at it and tell me about it

Comment by Audrey (Bibliosaurus Text) on January 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Shantaram has been one I’ve always thought I’d like to read. Hope you enjoy it!

Comment by pamela on January 16, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Busy reader Good luck and have an awesome week!

Comment by Brunette Librarian on January 16, 2012 at 6:59 pm
I read several of Ayn Rand’s books and enjoyed them all. I also saw her interviewed years and years ago. A shame that the popular view against her writing is often virulent and misdirected.

Comment by jenclair on January 18, 2012 at 1:43 pm