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[Kirstin]

Nick wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Nick wrote: "Just finished one hundred years of solitude, and posted a five star review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... After listening to 16 straight hours of ..."

I hope you end up liking Desperation! It has some great characters in it! I liked it more the second time I read it.

[Kirstin]

Cody wrote: "Just picked picked up The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follet, and read the first chapter just to get a taste... I loved what I read. Has anyone else had a chance to read it? Any thoughts?"

I loved this book!

[Nick]

Kirstin wrote: "Nick wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Nick wrote: "Just finished one hundred years of solitude, and posted a five star review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show.... After listening to 16 strai..."

I hope so too, but right now I'm more and more committed to Infinite Jest, So, it's going to be interesting to see how I make it through the remaining 700 pages. I really like the audio book, it's a great great reading. Meanwhile, whispersync doesn't seem to work with e-books and audible so I have to recalibrate my position every time I start reading or listening. We'll see. But thanks for the good wishes about Desperation, should have read it last year while we were driving across Nevada on our way to Yellowstone.

[Steve]

Just read Biggest Brother. About Major Dick Winters who was in charge of the 101st Airborne made famous by the fantastic "Band of Brothers" TV series.
Wow we owe him and his men so much.

[[deleted user]]

Finished 2084: An Oral History of the Great Warming. On to The Shining.

[Luciana]

Reading Bruno, Chief Of Police. Interesting narrative.

[Kenneth]

Starting book 2 of the Stephen King Challenge, 'Salem's Lot

[Erin]

[Kandice]

Horns...again! The Gargoyle which I have been looking forward to for a long while.

[Andrew✌️]

I finished The Way of Kings, a great fantasy series. Now I'm reading Divergent, a good story with some interesting ideas.

[Squire]

I've started my big book project for the year: The Tale of Genji.

[Marc-Antoine]

Off Spring

[Nick]

Infinite Jest: 400 pages in... I like the audio book so much I'm sitting here in the dark at night listening to it rather than reading it, even though I have the e-book... and the paperback. Much slower this way, but damn entertaining. And of course the narrator knows exactly how to pronounce those 9,000,000 conflicting, heretofore unheard of acronyms. (Yikes... I'm starting to write in the guys rhythm too.)

[Jeff]

Glad you're enjoying it Nick

[[deleted user]]

I like the audio book so much I'm sitting here in the dark at night listening to it rather than reading it, even though I have the e-book...

If I remember correctly, there were almost 100 pages of footnotes in the hardback edition.. does the narrator say "footnote" or something? And some of those footnotes are long digressions, entire stories.

[Nick]

:æ: wrote: "I like the audio book so much I'm sitting here in the dark at night listening to it rather than reading it, even though I have the e-book...

If I remember correctly, there were almost 100 pages o..."

The narrator is a man. A woman's voice comes in and just states the number of the footnote. Right now I'm skipping the footnotes and concentrating on the story.

[Nick]

TheLongWait wrote: "Glad you're enjoying it Nick"

I am.

[Jeff]

Nick....gotta read the footnotes. They are part of the narrative! Some are true "footnotes" but others are more like narrative digressions. You are missing key stuff

[Holly]

Reading In the Woods by Tana French and In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

[Nick]

TheLongWait wrote: "Nick....gotta read the footnotes. They are part of the narrative! Some are true "footnotes" but others are more like narrative digressions. You are missing key stuff"


OKAY.

[Jeff]

:-) Just trying to help you out. I know they're a pain....

[Nick]

TheLongWait wrote: ":-) Just trying to help you out. I know they're a pain...."

Got it.... I'll let you know after tonights read.

[Terri]

starting "Carrie" by King tonight

[[deleted user]]

Listening to David Copperfield on Librivox.

[Nick]

Nick wrote: "TheLongWait wrote: ":-) Just trying to help you out. I know they're a pain...."

Got it.... I'll let you know after tonights read."

Okay... you're right (LongWait) the footnotes in Infinite Jest DO add a lot. Of course, I can't look them up while driving... but I can after and they are spread out enough so that it isn't a problem.

[Jeff]

Glad you feel that way. Hope it adds to your enjoyment.

[Ethan]

Well been away from goodreads for a while now. But I just started Just after Sunset. Good so far.

[Doreen]

Just started Mile 81 tonight.

[Danielle]

Blockade Billy, The Bachmann books, and a couple others

[[deleted user]]

Straight by Dick Francis. This is my first book by him and it's always neat to discover a new author.

[Alice]

I just finished The Son. The last book in The Giver series....wonderful!

[[deleted user]]

Finished Midnight Harvest by Elias Anderson and thought it was really good, 4 stars.

[Andrew✌️]

I'm continuing with the Divergent series, and now I'm reading Insurgent.

[Erin]

Kandice wrote: "Horns...again! The Gargoyle which I have been looking forward to for a long while."

For Horns I have only seen the movie, is the book pretty similar or are there some differences?

[Kandice]

Erin wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Horns...again! The Gargoyle which I have been looking forward to for a long while."

For Horns I have only seen the movie, is the book pretty similar o..."

The movie is nothing like the book! I'm in a movie/book club at the local library and was thrilled when we chose this. Then I watched the movie and was mortified! I loved this book, but invariably we have a few members who only get around to the movie and if they do that this month they will have the wrong idea.

Radcliff is a great actor, but the material he was given here is nothing like the book. Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

[Nikki]

What do y'all think about the new Harper Lee book coming out? I have read some articles stating that she has been taken advantage of due to poor health and age.

[Kandice]

My library book/movie club is doing To Kill a Mockingbird in July to coincide with Go Set a Watchman's release. We'll read both books and watch the movie together.

[[deleted user]]

I just preordered Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille (it will download May 26). I've never read this author but it seems like something I will enjoy.

[E.]

I really like DeMille and his John Corey character. "Plum Island" was Corey #1 and a great introduction to the character. He's kind of a smart ass and it makes for some great dialogue. Your book is #7 in the series, and I don't know what back story might be missed, but no matter what, the story and writing is probably going to be a fun read.

[[deleted user]]

I just started The Black Jewels Trilogy, not a good one to pick up right before finals. I don't want to do anything but read!

[[deleted user]]

E. wrote: "I really like DeMille and his John Corey character. "Plum Island" was Corey #1 and a great introduction to the character. He's kind of a smart ass and it makes for some great dialogue. Your book is..."

E., I just bought Plum Island last week for $1.99. I have a read a couple of them and they are so good.

[Erin]

[Scott]

Last week I finished The Name of the Wind. It was a great book. I will be reading the next one soon.

Now I am reading Predator One.

[Nick]

Someone gave me a copy of a book called THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. Thought they might be related (shadow of the wind and name of the wind). Across the top of the book it says "One Gorgeous Read," Stephen King. I'll have to check it out. Anyone know anything about it? Has it been up on the group read list?

Currently I'm entirely under the sway of INFINITE JEST. It's the only thing I'm reading. I'm over 600 pages and 200 footnotes into it. It's amazingly funny, gripping, addictive... but also full of maddeningly slow digressions that eventually turn into amazing and important scenes. Only problem is that I can't read anything else.

[Nick]

John wrote: "The Shadow of the Wind is excellent. I did not enjoy Infinite Jest at all."

Thanks John. I'm hooked on Infinite Jest. though I have to admit that I'm listening to the audio book (even at night when I'm not driving around. The guy who reads it does a great job. Some of the scenes are amazing.

[[deleted user]]

Nick wrote: "Currently I'm entirely under the sway of INFINITE JEST."

Doctor Sleep reminded me of Infinite Jest because there's so much about Alcoholics Anonymous in those novels. So I got the kindle edition of the AA "Big Book" - one more book for my burgeoning TBR.

[Miriam]

I read The Shadow of the Wind. It is very good.

[[deleted user]]

Erin wrote: ""

I read that book not long ago, Erin. I loved it! Hope you enjoy it.

[Erin]

Kathryn wrote: "Erin wrote: ""

I read that book not long ago, Erin. I loved it! Hope you enjoy it."

I did! I think in June, CBS is premiering a show based on the book.

Now reading:

[Marjo]

I 'm looking for a book that is a prime example of American literature. If possible an example of our current time. Could anybody help me?