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[Sarah]

If I can get it read by then I'd love to join in the discussion. Thanks for letting me know!

[Edyta]

I am reading Dark Visions by L.J Smith. A gift from a friend. It is alright, but hte plot just makes me want to scream to the main character "They're using you!" anyways, I have 10 days before Christmas so I'll have to keep myself occupied and read it 'till I get my other books.

[Natasha]

Edyta wrote: "I am reading Dark Visions by L.J Smith. A gift from a friend. It is alright, but hte plot just makes me want to scream to the main character "They're using you!" anyways, I have 10 days before Chri..."

That's such a good book, i read it a few months ago. It gets better, honestly.
You'll be hooked on it soon, with Gabriel being in it and all... :)

[Edyta]

Natasha wrote: "Edyta wrote: "I am reading Dark Visions by L.J Smith. A gift from a friend. It is alright, but hte plot just makes me want to scream to the main character "They're using you!" anyways, I have 10 da..."

Thanks. Now I'll try to keep my thoughts at the back of my head and read. Everywhere, as usual. Though, now, waiting for the part when it gets me hooked.

[Natasha]

Edyta wrote: "Edyta wrote: "Thanks. Now I'll try to keep my thoughts at the back of my head and read. Everywhere, as usual. Though, now, waiting for the part when it gets me hooked.
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And Just wait till Book 3; The Passion - Chapter 14. I swear it's the sweetest thing ever lol

[Karla]

Reading Ninteen minutes really likeing it and the style it's written in.

[Athira]

Karla wrote: "Reading Ninteen minutes really likeing it and the style it's written in."

Glad that you are really liking it! I enjoyed that book as well!

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I have a question, does anyone know if a character in it has to make a difficult decesion between to conflicting sides? I need to write an entrance essay for a AP class next year.

[Diane]

hmmm. Levi, I read it and I'm not sure I would describe it that way....there are two plots going on, a financial scam and a missing person....read it anyway, it's great. I'm reading the Girl Who Played with Fire now.

[[deleted user]]

I will read it, but my problem is that I have to write this essay and it's due on Jan. 5... Anyone have a good book where a character is torn between to conflicting sides? Oh! And it need to be a literary merit.

[Diane]

Levi, I'll think on that for you.

[Sadie]

Levi wrote: "I will read it, but my problem is that I have to write this essay and it's due on Jan. 5... Anyone have a good book where a character is torn between to conflicting sides? Oh! And it need to be a l..."

My Name is Asher Lev by Chiam Potok is a really good book and Asher has to choose between his love of art and painting and his religion. I had to read it in high school, so I think it would count as having literary merit.

[Sadie]

Levi,

Also My Name is Asher Lev reads pretty fast so I think you could have it read fairly quickly. It is one of my favorite books.

[Stephanie]

^ I loved The Lovely Bones. Hope you're liking it so far! I think I might re-read it before going to see the movie - which, btw, I am so excited about! :D

I'm still reading Watchers by Dean Koontz. I usually read before I go to sleep but I can't do that with this book because "The Outsider" gives me nightmares! lol! :D

[Karla]

It was very good been a while since I read it but parts really linger with me.

[Sarah]

I'm reading Harry Potter... I feel like the last person on the planet who hasn't read or watch them! So far, so good.

[Jim]

You may well be, Sarah!
;-)

[Karla]

If it makes you feel better Sarah I was thinking about rereading them?? I've only read the first three books but I have seen all the movies with the kids. My daughter wants to read them she never wanted to because she saw the movies first. Now I might join her since I never read them all.

[Jerrod]

Sarah wrote: "I'm reading Harry Potter... I feel like the last person on the planet who hasn't read or watch them! So far, so good."

Nope, haven't even touched the books yet, but I recently saw all the movies for the first time!

[Emily]

my goodness people, get reading!! harry potter books are wonderful!

[Jim]

I've said this a dozen times on GR, so skip it if its a repeat for you...

I picked up the first Harry Potter book at my daughter's book fair. I'd heard a bit about it. The second book was coming out soon. I asked her if she was interested & she wasn't. Of course she wasn't. The poor thing had to repeat first grade & was in special ed for reading because she has dyslexia & a learning recall disorder. Reading was a chore & she wasn't good at it.

So I bought the first HP book for myself. I read it, then told her she just HAD to read it. It was fantastic. The rest is history.

Within a year, she was devouring books & we had to take them away so she would get her regular homework done. Halfway through the following year, the Special Ed reading teacher was keeping her as a curiosity, not because she needed help. She'd never seen a child turn around in her reading abilities so fast.

I'd pre-order the new HP books from Amazon & then have to fight with her about who got them first. (I'm bigger, I won.)
;-)

Now my daughter is a sophomore in college, studying to be an Ag teacher & on the honor role. Pretty good for a little girl that struggled with that first HP book.

Bless you, J.K. Rowling! Seriously, I get a bit teary eyed just thinking about how big a difference those books made in my daughter's life. It was huge.

[Karla]

Thanks Jim! I love that! My daughter was a similar story but with Suzanne Collins series Gregor the overlander. Once you fall in love with reading and find that book its like wizard magic!

[Sarah]

That is so touching Jim.
What a difference some authors can make without even realising it.

[Jim]

You got it, Karla. It doesn't matter who the author is. My favorites were Robert E. Howard, JRR Tolkein & Mickey Spillane. I've heard similar stories about comic books & others.

The point is simple; make reading fun & kids want to read. If they enjoy it, they will. If they can, they'll have the ability to excel. No guarantees, but as any parent knows, the best you can do is stack the deck as best you can with what you have. Rowling gave me the perfect tool at the perfect time.


;-)

[Lisa S]

Jim my son has dyslexia also and he didn't want to try to read either but now he is into manga books. We now go to the library every Saturday and he checks out (on his own card) about 15 to 20 books, and reads them all in 1 week.

[Karla]

Jim wrote: "You got it, Karla. It doesn't matter who the author is. My favorites were Robert E. Howard, JRR Tolkein & Mickey Spillane. I've heard similar stories about comic books & others.

The point is s..."

LMAO...Soap box!! I'm totaly having a visual :D For me it was J.R.R. Tolken and V.C. Andrews. I remember faking sick to stay home from school all day and finish a book. So it can back fire if your to addicted! Don't tell my mom...lol!

[Jim]

When I think of friends of mine & my kids that didn't get a love of reading early, I'm very sorry for them. For so many of them, their first real exposure to reading were "The Classics" as picked out by English Teachers From Hell. So often these books were horribly boring &/or way beyond our comprehension at the time. The experience completely ruined the love of reading for so many.

Let's have a moment of silence for those who are suffering through mindless TV shows instead of enjoying our fantastic flights of imagination because they don't like reading...




... OK, long enough. They're adults now & should get over it! If they really don't want to read a book, shame on them.

;-)

[Sadie]

Amen Jim! Many people ask me how I find the time to read, and I say.."How do you not!?"

[Diane]

Jim and Lisa - great to hear about your children! Loved your Harry Potter story, Jim, no I've not heard it beforew ;)

I am reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

[Diane]

Jim wrote: "When I think of friends of mine & my kids that didn't get a love of reading early, I'm very sorry for them. For so many of them, their first real exposure to reading were "The Classics" as picked ..."

Your moment of silence - hear hear! I've been invited to join TV threads on GR. I'm like sorry, I really don't watch TV and isn't this site called good READS?

[Jim]

I got a Sony ereader for Xmas from the family. I have lots of ebooks so now I should never run out of books to read - as if that could happen lately. I have piles of books to read, but this should make some more portable & especially nice for those long, boring pdf's that I have to read for work.

[Lisa S]

I'm reading Triptych by Karin Slaughter. Love it

[Terri]

I'm reading The Historian. I keep going from really liking it to really hating it! I am determined to finish it though.

[Karla]

I'm gonna read The Historian in January hope its good. I'm gonna start Abandon by Blake Crouch ASAP! I was so happy to get it for Christmas!

[Sadie]

I'm starting Odd Thomas today. I read The Historian and liked it but it did drag in some parts for me. I hope you end up liking it.

[Diane]

Sadie wrote: "I'm starting Odd Thomas today. I read The Historian and liked it but it did drag in some parts for me. I hope you end up liking it."

I liked Odd Thomas. You know there are 2 other books in that series?

[Sadie]

Diane D. wrote: "Sadie wrote: "I'm starting Odd Thomas today. I read The Historian and liked it but it did drag in some parts for me. I hope you end up liking it."

I liked Odd Thomas. You know there are 2 oth..."

Yes. If I like this one, I'll finish the series.

[Maddie]

Finished now reading .

[Dean]

Hey guys, it's been a while. I got the entire Sword of Truth series for X-mas so I've finally been able to start reading the 5th book, I'm already 154 pages in :P

[Lisa S]

I have the whole Odd series but I don't think it's one of his best books.

[Micko]

I just started reading a book containing "The Subterraneans" and "Pic" by Jack Kerouac. I haven't read Jack in a few years, and I'm remembering why I laid off on the Beats. Being someone who respects grammar and form, his long-winding, grammar-less shitbabble can be extremely irritating. The lack of paragraphs and abundance of brackets give his work more a rhythmic "vibe" and I'm finding myself skipping entire pages because I know it's just rhythmic description.

Discovering the Beats and Kerouac was an amazing time for me, but the original moment of discovery of something new soon turns to annoyance. Maybe I just haven't let myself get into his style this time after formative late 20s maturity. I do like the amount of "tea" smoked in his books though. I just didn't realise how "pretentious" a lot of his experiences seem to be when I was younger.

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "I have the whole Odd series but I don't think it's one of his best books."

Lisa, I read Odd Thomas, but not the other two. Did you think Odd Thomas was the best of the three?

[Lisa S]

Diane, yeah Odd Thomas was the best one, but like I said before in my opnion these were not his best books. By the way there are four in this series.

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "Diane, yeah Odd Thomas was the best one, but like I said before in my opnion these were not his best books. By the way there are four in this series."

Oh, I missed the last one! I haven't read too many of Dean Koontz, maybe that is why I liked Odd Thomas :)

[Sadie]

Lisa, what would you say are his best books?

[Sarah]

Jim, I loved your story about how the HP books helped your daughter.

I am currently reading the first HP book to my 3 kids. My oldest daughter read it a long time ago, and they've all seen the movies, but there's nothing like sharing a good book with others. I'm so glad my daughters (ages 11 and 9) don't feel like they are too old to be read to.

[Christy (TheReaderBee)]

Hi all!! I just finished City of Bones yesterday, great book! Now I'm working on Graceling, which is really good so far!

[Maddie]

I loved both and .

[Stephanie]

I'm currently reading Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris and loving it so far. :)

[Yassemin]

Just starting Peril at end house by Agatha Christie.