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[Nancy from NJ]

Ok thanks for the explanation, Cherie. I'll try to find the message or website.

[Cherie]

Nancy wrote: "Ok thanks for the explanation, Cherie. I'll try to find the message or website."

It was in the Madam Tuti Fruti thread/challenge.
That is why Janice uses the avatar that she has now.

The challenge was a hoot! Look at my wall of fame and you will see the badge.

[Dem]

I just finished The Sky Unwashed this is my review
www.goodreads.com/review/show/694008663

[Cherie]

Cherie wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Ok thanks for the explanation, Cherie. I'll try to find the message or website."

It was in the Madam Tuti Fruti thread/challenge.
That is why Janice uses the avatar that she has now..."

It was the Let's Make Fruitcake Challenge. I found the link. I guess it is not just for numbers. You can enter names and titles too. I have it book marked in my favorites list now...

http://www.classtools.net/education-g...

[Roz]

Finished . Love Gillian Flynn!!

[Kimberly]

I'm reading

[Debra]

Finished brilliant Murder as a Fine Art and am starting The Light in the Ruins. More historical fiction and mystery!

[Wendy]

For the September challenge I am reading

I recently read The Paris Wife and A Moveable Feast, so I kept going with the "Lost Generation" theme and started , but I have pretty much abandoned it for Wolf Hall.

[Nancy from NJ]

Cherie wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Ok thanks for the explanation, Cherie. I'll try to find the message or website."

It was in the Madam Tuti Fruti thread/challenge.
That is why Janice uses the avatar t..."

Thanks so much Cherie. I did try to find the link but couldn't and didn't want to bother anyone about this. Now I have entered this into my fave places.

[Travis]

Finished Tricked. And started Trapped

[Debra]

Love that series, Travis!

[Travis]

Finished Tricked. And started Trapped

[Sarah]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Finished Tricked. And started Trapped"

Just added Hounded to my wishlist!

[Travis]

Sarah wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Finished Tricked. And started Trapped"

Just added Hounded to my wishlist!"

If the audio done by Luke Daniels is anything you can get ahold of it is great

[Cherie]

@ Travis and Sarah - couldn't stand it. I had to add Hounded to my TBR list. Actually, I had looked at this one in the book store, but thought I could not stand to get into ONE MORE series. sigh...

[Lisa]

I just added Hounded to my wishlist too! It sounds very good! :)

[Peggy]

I added it too. Wasn't sure if I should, so many series I still want to read, but ah well.

[Cherie]

I am still reading . He really is a facinating man! I like very much how the book is written. I have so many stickie notes stuck to the pages to mark things (songs, movies, people) that I want to look up. I am glad that I decided to buy the paper book. It is harder mark things in an ebook, but not impossible. I am just a little more than 1/2 way through.

[Travis]

the Iron Druid Chronicles is light urban fantasy/ comedy. you can easily take your time through the series without having to re-read any of them if time lapses between books. The talking dog Oberon will make you laugh out loud which is why the Luke Daniels narration is so good, he really brings out the humor of the book.

[Cherie]

Travis of NNY wrote: "the Iron Druid Chronicles is light urban fantasy/ comedy. you can easily take your time through the series without having to re-read any of them if time lapses between books. The talking dog Ober..."

I will look for the audio version. Is it on Audible?

[Travis]

Cherie wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "the Iron Druid Chronicles is light urban fantasy/ comedy. you can easily take your time through the series without having to re-read any of them if time lapses between books...."

Sure is

[Debra]

Glad to see so many folks trying out the Iron Druid Chronicles. Oberon is a hoot - he doesn't talk out loud - he has a telepathic link with his Druid human and he will, as Travis said, make you laugh out loud. You won't be disappointed! I may have to reread the series on audio when I'm done reading them in paperback! I'll be starting #6 soon.

[Cherie]

I hit the book store tonight on my way home from work and sat in the parking lot reading for about 2 hours. I bought it to give as a gift, but I could not stop reading after I scanned the first pages.

[Nancy from NJ]

Isn't Wonder just wonderful, Cherie?

[Ann]

I'm reading The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somersand I am really liking it a lot more than I thought I might. It's for the September challenge - but it's 930 pages long! I wish September had 31 days (lol) but at least it's not February!

[Esther]

I also added Hounded to my list

I have The Name of the Wind for my alphabet and a Deon Meyer . I am currently listening toMagic Bites on audio.

[Peggy]

I'm halfway through Stardust and I'm really enjoying it! I love the magical world Gaiman has created and I like his writing style too. I'll definitely read more of his books.

[Chrissie]

I have dumpedThe Savage Detectives, which so many praise. NOT ME! I listened to 7 of 27 hours and could take it no more.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Moving on toA House in the Sky. Non-fiction and exciting, or so I have been told. I really have to wash my brain after the last book.

[Janice, Moderator]

Debra wrote: "Glad to see so many folks trying out the Iron Druid Chronicles. Oberon is a hoot - he doesn't talk out loud - he has a telepathic link with his Druid human and he will, as Travis said, make you la..."

I started this one on audio and abandoned it. I may have to give it another try. It could have been the space I was in at the time.

[Debra]

Maybe it's all those Celtic words/names we can't pronounce? My mind just skipped over them when I was reading the books. Might be difficult listening to them?

[Nancy from NJ]

Amber wrote: "I started a couple days ago. I'm about 50% of the way through it and I'm really interested to see how this is going to end.

I began this book but after 50 pages gave up. I did, though, read the last 20 pages or so and now realize it was much too sad for me. Reminded me of Pet Cemetary by Stephen King.

[Travis]

finished both Trapped and Hunted and well into Redshirts which I'm not big into sci fi tv at all but this book is exactly what it claims and I'm enjoying and a bit unsure why I see so many negative reviews.

[Peggy]

I just rated Stardust 5 stars, which I don't often do. Here's my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I would have never (or at least not anytime soon) read this book if it wasn't for this group, in fact, I would probably not even have known Neil Gaiman. So a big thanks to everyone here who recommended his books!

[Diane]

Cherie wrote: "I hit the book store tonight on my way home from work and sat in the parking lot reading for about 2 hours. I bought it to give as a gift, but I could not stop reading ..."

I will have to read this book soon. My 8 year old son just finished reading it. It was the first book to make him cry. It was a really challenging book for him to read, but I am so excited to see him start to read books that make him think about life through someone else's eyes and bring out his emotions.

[Dem]

Diane wrote: "Cherie wrote: "I hit the book store tonight on my way home from work and sat in the parking lot reading for about 2 hours. I bought it to give as a gift, but I could no..."

I think it is a great book for kids to read as well as adults and there is so much to learn from it. I gave it as a gift to my niece and she loved it.

[Molly]

I'm finding this memoir very hard to put down. I finally pulled it off the shelf and started it not knowing what to expect. The family dynamics and the writer's take on them are touching. A Jewish mother married to a black preacher-in the 60's-12 kids- all of them well educated..It's an enlightening read.

[Cherie]

I read all of the poems in A Thousand Mornings last night before I turned out the light. I think I was just too tired to enjoy the poetry. My favorite, by far was called "Green,Green Is My Sisters House". I will keep it on my night stand to study another time. The book is only 96 pages and the longest poem was only 5 pages. I cannot say that poetry is my favorite subject but I seem to have quite a few books laying around. I think it is more a mood thing with me. Any one else?

[Chrissie]

Completed Forbidden Journey and it was good. Ella Maillart traveled in 1935 with Peter Fleming from Peking to Srinagar, Kashmir, by predominantly donkey, horse, camel and her own two feet. Some train and lorries too. Peter Fleming is the older brother of Ian Fleming. Peter has written his own book but I have not read that. For me it was a bit too much on the difficulties of the trip rather than the people and areas she traveled through. Still, definitely worth reading if travel literature is you thing.

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I will try An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc. I wonder how it will compare with Mark Twain's Joan of Arc which I did like. The author thought this was his best book.

[Sarah]

Started reading my Q book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You last night. So far so good! Refreshing my memory on atoms at the moment!

Also still listening to Warbreaker which is amazing and reading The Night Circus which is also amazing. Two new favourite authors for me!

[Esther]

Sarah wrote: "Started reading my Q book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You last night. So far so good! Refreshing my memory on atoms at the moment!

Also still listening to Warbreaker which is amazing and reading T..."

I listened to The Night Circus a few months ago. I loved it. On my side, I am enjoying a lot The Name of the Wind. I finished listening to Magic Bites and it was a fun urban fantasy.

[Sarah]

Esther wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Started reading my Q book Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You last night. So far so good! Refreshing my memory on atoms at the moment!

Also still listening to Warbreaker which is amazing..."

I too loved The Name of the Wind. I have Magic Bites on my wishlist!

[Peggy]

I'm about to start a new book and I was in doubt between The Name of the Wind and Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. I decided to go for the latter, because I'm curious about the cozy mystery genre and I'm in the mood for reading something light and easy.

[Esther]

Sarah wrote: "I too loved The Name of the Wind. I have Magic Bites on my wishlist! ..."
I found it a interesting example in the genre. I like the world (post-apocalyptic) of this book.

[Nancy from NJ]

Molly wrote: " I'm finding this memoir very hard to put down. I finally pulled it off the shelf and started it not knowing what to e..."

I read this book many years ago and also heard the author speak at our Temple. He came with an agenda about racial profiling and almost refused to answr questions about his mother and her present reaction to her original religion Judaism. I found his discussion rather disturbing although I really enoyed the two times I read the book. The one sentence I took away from the book was that he said, "His mother had the heart of a black woman but the brains of a Jew."

Ironically his new book The Good Lord Bird is waiting for me at the library.

[Nancy from NJ]

I am currently reading Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas, a new to me author and Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah for two different challenges. I am also listening to Blue Heaven by C.J. Box which is quite good.

[Lisa]

I finished Petite Mort for the ABC challenge. I was a bit disappointed with this book and gave it a 3 star rating. It had its good points but I didn't really like any of the characters and I found it a bit of a slog to get through.

I am also about halfway through Wolf Hall which I am reading for the September monthly challenge. I am really enjoying it so far.

[Travis]

Finished Redshirts I enjoyed the firsthalf but the 3 codas following got a bit weird. Then went on to The Gambler not Dostoyevsky's best work. Now reading Lightning my first Koontz

[Sarah]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Finished Redshirts I enjoyed the firsthalf but the 3 codas following got a bit weird. Then went on to The Gambler not Dostoyevsky's best work. Now reading Lightning my first Koontz"

I like Dean Koontz and have read many of his books although not that on! Another one added to wishlist!

[Ann]

I'm currently reading The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers for the September challenge; for the alphabet challenge and for a buddy read. Enjoying them all!

[Marcus]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Finished Redshirts I enjoyed the firsthalf but the 3 codas following got a bit weird. Then went on to The Gambler not Dostoyevsky's best work. Now reading Lightning my first Koontz"

I liked Redshirts, didn't care much for The Gambler either, and have only read one book by Koontz so far but was fairly disappointed being a long-time Stephen King fan. I'm going to look elsewhere for horror from authors that King has recommended including: Bentley Little and Dan Simmons. Let me know what you think of Koontz.