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[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Sandy-
Elinor Glyn! How delicious! I didn't think anyone read her these days. :)


Howard's End is wonderful. Darker than A Room With a View. But with those layers of deceptive complexity that EM Forster did so beautifully.

[Sam]

I'm currently reading Elephant Moon by John Sweeney. I like it so far!

[Amber]

I'm reading Beasts of New York: A Children's Book for Grown-Upsand it's pretty good so far.

[caitlin;]

I have just finished the first book in the Faery Rebels series and it was very good. I an reading the first book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and so far it quite good but I am only 16 pages in.

[Gavin]

Finished Mrs. Dalloway today, and jumped straight to The Hours

[dely]

Gavin wrote: "Finished Mrs. Dalloway today, and jumped straight to The Hours"

I've read The Hours and really liked it! After reading it I've tried to read Mrs. Dalloway and other books by Virginia Woolf but I had to give up. The only one I could finish was To the Lighthouse. She has a wonderful prose but her writing style isn't for me.

[Carrie]

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I REALLY liked it. The main character is a "marshmallow" trying to be a curmudgeon. Parts of the story are heartbreaking and parts are laugh out loud hysterical.

[Becca]

This weekend I finished up Into the Wild and Landline.

After reading Eleanor & Park and Fangirl, I was somewhat disappointed in Landline. I like the premise of the book, but could never really feel connected or sympathetic to the main characters. My favorite character was Seth.

Into the Wild was a good read. Chris McCandliss was an young college graduate who went alone and on foot into Alaska and ultimately perished there. The author, Jon Krakauer, used some of his own experiences and those of other extreme adventures to shed light on the personality and motivations of Chris.

[Pepperpots]

so far so good.

[Mags]

The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini- love these stories about Elm Creek Quilts.

[Amber]

I'm reading Nightmares! and Pennyroyal Academy and they are both pretty good so far.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Just started 84 Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff. Unbelievably excited!

[Gavin]

Just starting Pandora

[Julie]

I am currently reading Without a Traceby Without a Trace. It is a first book in a series, a mystery. It is good so far.

[Amber]

I'm now reading The Year of the Hare and hope to finish it today. It's about a journalist who saves a hare and travels with it through Finland.

[caitlin;]

I have just got a book for Christmas called House of Secrets which is very good so far :)

[Happy]

Currently reading Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo about life in a Mumbai slum. I'm about 2/3 through, but I have a feeling it's one of those where no one gets a happy ending. And I wish I'd stuck with my original intent for my new multicultural challenge of only reading books written by authors within the culture. I can't point to anything specific that Katherine Boo has done wrong about her portrayal of Mumbai life, and she certainly has the credentials, but I'd feel less squeamish about some of the awful details if they were being reported by a native of Mumbai.

[Amber]

am now reading Going the Extra Smile and its pretty good so far.

[Sneha]

Onyx by Jennifer L. Armentrout

[Becca]

Currently listening to Divided We Fall while I crochet. Enjoying it.

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[Taratt]

- SICP (really interesting but not very noob-friendly)
- Psychiatrie et Ethologie (by Demaret) : a super cool re-edition of a 1979 book about parallels between human psychopathology and animal behaviour :) Sadly, it's only available in French.
- I think the next fiction I'll pick up will be something by Benni or Paul Auster.

[Monique]

I am reading La Prisionneire by Malika Oufkir.

It's set during the 60's and 70's Morocco and is centred around the reign of Mohammed V and Hasan II. Malika is the daughter of a prominent general in the Kings circle and she is "adopted" by the king as a companion to the Kings daughter. Kept at the palace around concubines and much opulence she wants for nothing but, she rarely sees her family.

During a military coup her father is executed as a conspirator and the entire family are imprisoned.

It's an amazing story of a family's fall from grace and gives an insight into Morocco and its past, albeit fleetingly. Recommended.

[Becca]

Monique wrote: "I am reading La Prisionneire by Malika Oufkir.

It's set during the 60's and 70's Morocco and is centred around the reign of Mohammed V and Hasan II. Malika is the daughter of a prominent genera..."

Is this the book that was published in the US as Stolen Lives? I tried to read it several years ago, but I couldn't make it through. Maybe I should try again.

[Amber]

i'm readingFreaky Green Eyes and its good so far.

[Monique]

Hi Becca, you're right, i have a different edition, didn't even realise morocco had a royal family til I started reading this, would recommend it, try it again.

[Gayatri]

I just finished reading a book called freewill
It was really good! it left me in a turmoil of emotions.
I am currently reading perfection and girl in love. I will see how they turn out

[Elise]

I am currently reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Not a cheerful book in the least, but it is part of my goal to read more classics.

[Caroline]

I'm currently reading The Silkworm by Robert Galbaith. I used to read a lot of YA and now I'm 21 I decided to start reading adult books. I read The Cuckoo's Calling and I thought it was great.

[Heather]

Caroline, I've just finished The Cuckoos Calling & thought it was a great book... Please tell me the next book is just as good!!! I can't wait to go out & buy it.

[Becca]

Caroline wrote: "I'm currently reading The Silkworm by Robert Galbaith. I used to read a lot of YA and now I'm 21 I decided to start reading adult books. I read The Cuckoo's Calling and I thought it was great."

You never outgrow YA books!

[Becca]

Heather wrote: "Caroline, I've just finished The Cuckoos Calling & thought it was a great book... Please tell me the next book is just as good!!! I can't wait to go out & buy it."
I've read both books and really liked them. I read the book she published under her own name, The Casual Vacancy, and didn't care for it as much.

[Joan]

Reading Colleen McCullough book . Set in Australia in the 1920s; 4 sisters start nursing training. Good so far.

[Esme]

I'm reading right now Trash by Andy Mulligan and Wool by Hugh Howley.
As soon as I can get to a Libary, I'm going to take out The Lacuna.

[Becca]

In the "Better Late Thank Never" category, I finally finished The Neverending Story. I'm glad I read it, but I'm not turning flips over the story. Just not my thing. I love the way the story was told (geeky little things): each chapter starting with the next letter of the alphabet, repetition of "that's another story", etc.

[M]

I just finished the second book in the "Penryn and the End of Days" series (can't recall the name whoops). I'm starting "Les Miserables" and maybe the book version of "Flowers for Algernon" since I read the script version and will be working on the production soon!

[Amber]

I'm currently reading The Paragraph Ranch which is a pretty good read for an ebook and other ebooks right now.

[Monique]

I am reading Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie, a good read so far. My first Christie which I can't believe really.

[Becca]

Just started Fingersmith.

[Michael]

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

[Kassandra]

I'm currently reading Gray Mountain and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption and really enjoying both.

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Once again attempting Wuthering Heights. It's on my required reading for university next semester, so this time I really need to read it...

[Debs]

I'm reading Cognitive Psychology by Helen Kay (it is a course book so I have no choice though is really interesting)
I'm also reading the Bridesmaid by Jenny Scotti on my ereader
and Delia's crossing by V.C. Andrews

[Lucy]

I'm reading Mask of the Verdoy: A George Harley Mystery for the Historical Genre read - really enjoying it! Genuinely can't put it down - nearly missed my stop on Friday :S

[Overbooked ✎]

Good luck Holly! you CAN do it :-)

[Monique]

I've just finished Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie, set in the Middle East Poirot is tasked to solve this case a light read and was good.

Have just started Drink With The Devil by Jack Higgins, good so far, and is my first Higgins book.

[Carol]

I just started reading Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman yesterday.

[Liz]

i have just finished The Red Tentwhich was such agood read. im just starting The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars

[Sam]

I'm reading unbroken for the group read, the silkworm for a bit of light reading, and a travel guide to phuket because I'm going there on my honeymoon in 3 weeks.

[Kassandra]

Congrats on your upcoming wedding Sam. Phuket is on my bucket list. You'll have to let us know how it is.