What RDI are you reading?

[Kourtney]

Tara what is your email on PBS? Can you add me on there? I'm adorrable524@aol.com

[Stacy]

Kourtney wrote: "Right now I am reading Live From New York, It's Lena Sharpe - does anyone want this when I am done? No matter how much I like the story I cannot keep it because whoever sent it to me ..."

Did you like this one Kourtney? I tried to read it and couldn't get through it...

[Jen B]

I have that one...the only reason I got it (used bookstore) was because the guy's name is Colin, which is my son's name. Have yet to read it, though...it never really looks that appetizing when I head to my shelves.

[Tara]

Kourtney wrote: "Tara what is your email on PBS? Can you add me on there? I'm adorrable524@aol.com"

I added you Kourtney. Can you post the book on PBS so I can grab it from you, please?

[Kourtney]

Tara wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Tara what is your email on PBS? Can you add me on there? I'm adorrable524@aol.com"

I added you Kourtney. Can you post the book on PBS so I can grab it from you, please?
"

Oh ok - I sent you a PM asking for you to put it on your wishlist LOL (great minds think alike!) I will post it now!

[Kourtney]

Stacy wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Right now I am reading Live From New York, It's Lena Sharpe - does anyone want this when I am done? No matter how much I like the story I cannot keep it because whoev..."

I liked this book! After reading the very disappointing Wednesday Night Witches, this book was a breath of fresh air. It is predictable, but still a great read. I felt it kept my attention enough for me not to throw it across the room so I could breathe again :) I had been wanting to read this for a while, and would keep it had it not been for that one small issue of the cat dander.

[Kourtney]

Jen B wrote: "I have that one...the only reason I got it (used bookstore) was because the guy's name is Colin, which is my son's name. Have yet to read it, though...it never really looks that appetizing when I h..."

Hee hee try not to think of your son if you do ever read it Jen!!!

[Kourtney]

And as an added bonus - it is a quick read (I did manage to read it all in 1 day)

[Stacy]

Kourtney wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Right now I am reading Live From New York, It's Lena Sharpe - does anyone want this when I am done? No matter how much I like the story I cannot keep it..."

I'm sad to hear Wednesday Night Witches isn't great. I have/had really high expectations for that one. I'll still give it a go though.

[Alicia]

Ok I have now read A Little Change of Face & How Nancy Drew Saved My Life both by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.........I was not a fan of either, and I see she has a few more RDI books. Are any of them worth reading? I was SOOOO disappointed in the Nancy Drew one.

[Stacy]

Uh-oh! I have all of her RDI books. I haven't read any of them yet. I hope they're not all disappointing!

[Kourtney]

I was not a fan of The Thin Pink Line and I could not STAND A Little Change of Face. I am giving both one more try to make sure I wasn't just in a bad mood. I have the Nancy Drew one hoping maybe she got better but I haven't read them yet.

[Alicia]

The only good thing about the Nancy books is that it made me want to read Nancy Drew books...other than that I thought it was ALL over the place.

[Stacy]

Well, I think all these comments have made me mentally push her books to the back of the RDI line. LOL! Seriously though, I probably will not be reading one for a while...

[Alicia]

Haha sorry!! I was hoping she had some great book that I missed. I was just surprised, because for the most part I have really enjoyed all RDI books but this author is killing me.

[Stacy]

Ah well, they can't all be winners...unfortunately. There have actually been quite a few RDI's that I haven't been able to get through - most recently Inappropriate Men by Stacey Ballis.

[Stacy]

I can't remember if this is RDI or not, the edition I have isn't.

Anyway, I've started forcing myself to read Let's Meet On Platform 8 again. I started it quite some time ago and couldn't get more than 40 pages into it. But instead of passing on books that I can't get into like I usually do, I held out hope for it because it's a Carole Matthews book and I love her books...usually.

[Tara]

It's RDI. I started this book but haven't read much in the last day.

[Kourtney]

I have that book somewhere around here. I will get to it one day :)

[Stacy]

Kourtney wrote: "I have that book somewhere around here. I will get to it one day :)"

I managed to read a few more pages into it from where I left off the first time and have put it down again. LOL! I just can't seem to get into this one...

[Stacy]

Ok, so I just started reading Melissa Senate's Questions To Ask Before Marrying. And at the bottom of page 48 is the French phrase, "joie de vivre."
Why am I writing about this? Well, it's because I just finished Isabel Wolff's A Vintage Affair and there were bits of French in there from time to time. (Actually, as much as I absolutely loved the book, it was kind of annoying as I do not know much French at all. And it wasn't really translated in the book either.) So, of course, this exact phrase appeared in there more than once.
I just found it kind of odd because I totally did not plan on reading this book. I wasn't sure what I wanted to start next and I guess you could say it sort of picked me.
I find that this type of thing often happens to me. I'm reading along and all the sudden, the book references something that has just happened to me in real life. Like a not so common word I may have used a few days before, I read in a book. Or something like today, where the exact phrase from one book, written by an English author and set in England, turns up in the next book I read, by an American author set in Maine.
That's why I think the book chooses me from time to time.
Has anyone else ever experienced this?

[Suzanne]

That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I think they sound gross. However, it sounds like they are pretty popular in the south.

I also just read two books that had the word "moon" in the title, and that was just a coincidence. One was a Nook book, and the other was a library book that came in so I had to read it next.

By the way, I love seeing French in books because I know French. But I recently read "The Last Little Blue Envelope" and there was some stuff in another language (if I remember correctly, it was Dutch) and I had no idea what they were saying. I ended up using Google translate because I just had to know!

[Stacy]

Ooh! I'm on the waiting list at the library for that, I can't wait to get it!

It's so crazy how that stuff happens though. Questions to Ask Before Getting Married wasn't originally on my challenge list. I was just staring at my bookshelf trying to figure out something to read and it just kind of drew my attention.

[Jencey/]

I was at Books A Million yesterday and saw several RDI books on clearance for $3.97. Might be worth checking the website.

[Tara]

Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I think they sound gross. Howev..."

I'm waiting for that book too. I'm next in line but it seems like it has been checked out for forever!

[Stacy]

Tara wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I think they so..."

Did you notice it's a 28 day check-out?
I don't understand why the new YAs are 28 days, but the regular adult fiction are only 14 day check-outs.

[Tara]

Stacy wrote: "Tara wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I ..."

I did notice that. I don't understand that either. It's kinda dumb. The book is not even due back until 7/11/11. UGH!

[Stacy]

Looks like it'll be August or September before it gets to me then. :( I may end up having to buy it for the Nook....YA is usually cheaper.

[Ashley]

Stacy wrote: "Ok, so I just started reading Melissa Senate's Questions To Ask Before Marrying. And at the bottom of page 48 is the French phrase, "joie de vivre."
Why am I writing about this? Wel..."

That happened to me a few months ago too! I realized that I had read three completely different kinds of books and they all mentioned war times decades ago in Russia and Germany. Weird.

[Ashley]

Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I think they sound gross. Howev..."

Frying pickles may sound really odd- but they are actually really good! I love 'em!

[Tara]

Ashley wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and I think they so..."

I have always wanted to try fried pickles. Maybe this Summer I will.

[Melanie]

Tara wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a fried pickle and ..."

So funny - I get emails from "Hungry Girl" - you know, the Weight Watchers/diet chick? - and today there was a recipe for fried pickles (well, healthier ones, so baked, but still)! I never thought about fried pickles until this thread and now they're showing up in my life, too!

[Stacy]

Crazy!

[Tara]

Melanie wrote: "Tara wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "That is cool! Yes, it has happened to me too. I just recently read two books that talked about eating fried pickles! I have never in my life eaten a frie..."

I am trying one this year at the fair. I hear they are good so I will see. :)