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[Babs]

Just getting into The Wishing Trees...a little slow getting started but getting better as I continue on. I think the author is having difficulty seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

[Donna, The Pusher]

It is very sad. So good luck getting through it. But I contacted the author and I am hoping he can talk with us. I was lucky enough to talk with him as I read on.

[Donna, The Pusher]

Just cracked open The Magician's Assistant

[Donna, The Pusher]

I wasn't all too thrilled with that one. It is a good read but I think there is just way too much hype! Lemme know ur thoughts, Jo.

[Katie]

Am going to start The Children's Book.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Happy 2011 all. I am starting the year with the following:

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese and Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

[Kathy]

Donna wrote: "Just cracked open The Magician's Assistant"

Donna, please let me know how you like this one. I've had it on my shelf for the longest time, meaning to get to it. I loved Bel Canto and Run by Patchett, so I don't know what's kept me from diving into this one.

[Donna, The Pusher]

Lyn M wrote: "Happy 2011 all. I am starting the year with the following:

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese and Garden Spells by [author:Sarah Addison Alle..."

Cutting for Stone is my next to next inline! It is for my work book club!

[Donna, The Pusher]

Kathy wrote: "Donna wrote: "Just cracked open The Magician's Assistant"

Donna, please let me know how you like this one. I've had it on my shelf for the longest time, meaning to get to it. I lov..."


I have Bel Canto but have yet to read it. This is my first one by her.

[Kathy]

Donna, I loved Bel Canto!

[Donna, The Pusher]

I hear so many good things. That was one of my husband's finds and then he dropped it in a puddle and tapped it all up! But that's my copy and it was free LOL

[Fiona (Titch)]

I'm back to reading again after not reading for so long (about nearly 2 months :-0).

I am reading Broken - Karin Slaughter

[Babs]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "I'm back to reading again after not reading for so long (about nearly 2 months :-0).

I am reading Broken - Karin Slaughter"

Welcome back! Sometimes when we read so much...we need to take a break and give our minds a chance to absorb all that we have read. Either way..isn't it nice to return.

[Donna, The Pusher]

Welcome back Fiona!!! I hope everything is well.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Donna wrote: "Welcome back Fiona!!! I hope everything is well."

Yes thanks, hows u?

[Donna, The Pusher]

Same ol' Same ol'!

[Kathy]

I've started off the new year just like I did last year, reading M.C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series. They are perfect cozy mysteries for the cold winter weather.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "I'm back to reading again after not reading for so long (about nearly 2 months :-0).

I am reading Broken - Karin Slaughter"

Welcome back, Fiona. I wondered where you had been. I hope you like Broken. I just started that series and am currently on the 4th book. I really like them so far.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Lyn M wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "I'm back to reading again after not reading for so long (about nearly 2 months :-0).

I am reading Broken - Karin Slaughter"

Welcome back, Fion..."

Thanks Lyn. I'm enjoying getting back into my reading after so long (ie 2 months of 1 book read since October lol)

[Shelley]

We are forcast for a blizzard over the weekend so I am going to start reading The Book of Awesome and Half Brokee Horses! I also picked up another book last night that was laying beside my bed- Diary of a Mad Housewife on impulse as my reader was dead- so I guess I have 3 on the go! I love Snowy Weekends!

[Donna, The Pusher]

Maybe we are sending you our 2 blizzards LOL GOod luck and be safe

Happy eading!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished Broken - Karin Slaughter. I'm now reading Manhattan Is My Beat - Jeffery Deaver

[Shelley]

Finished The Book of Awesome. It was good- however I think it would have been better to read it in smaller doses, got a little boring reading it all in 2 sitting. Starting Half Broke Horses this afternoon- wind is howling however not too much snow yet!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I am reading The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

[Stacy]

Lyn M wrote: "I am reading The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender"

Lyn, I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this one. It is on my wishlist for swap, but if I don't get it soon I think I will buy it.
Stacy

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

So far I am only a few pages in, Stacy, but I think I am going to love it.

[Sarah]

I'm reading Graceling and City of Bones - loving both so far!

[Donna, The Pusher]

I loved City of Bones and still stare at Graceling on my shelf LOL

[Babs]

Finally finished The Wishing Trees! I found it to be a slow read after having just completed The Help.
Personally I felt the author ready had difficulty thinking like a child. Some of the text attributed to her did not sound (IMO) as though it was the thought process of a child who had lost a parent and was dealing with grief. Parts were okay and then other parts were obviously the words of an adult.

The author did a pretty good job of taking the reading on the journey through grieving; of how difficult it can be to say "good bye" to a loved one, and the tremendous emotional rollercoster one rides when trying to deal with loss.

I'm moving onto The Patterns of Paper Monsters.

[Donna, The Pusher]

THX Babs! Of course. You have a grown man writing like a young girl. Things are bound to be incorrect! But I liked the story but I really did not like the saddness of it. I was never such an emotional person but once I had kids...well, let the tears roll! I had a difficult time getting thru the notes.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Since its been told to me that Room - Emma Donoghue is brillant (even by my English teacher ) I've decided to read it as I've got it from my library 2day x

[Babs]

Donna wrote: "THX Babs! Of course. You have a grown man writing like a young girl. Things are bound to be incorrect! But I liked the story but I really did not like the saddness of it. I was never such an emotio..."

Yep, the story line was sad indeed, it's always difficult when we lose someone close to us. The author did a pretty good job of describing the grieving process and the range of emotions we go through after the death of a loved one. I think perhaps he could have done more on that and a little less on the "travelogue". Although I did find his description of India and Hong Kong very interesting.

[Donna, The Pusher]

I loved India! (in the book)

[Babs]

Donna wrote: "I loved India! (in the book)"

I have friends who went to India as part of a cross cultural exhange..and from having shared their experiences through films and photo, the author did a great job of describing what it is like.

Also some of the culture is both enlightening and demoralizing (especially the caste system, which although is supposedly not adhered to...is still adhered to). I felt for Rupee and his label of "untouchable" what a terrible label for a child to have to wear.

[Donna, The Pusher]

But it is what they call it. I read a lot of books on India and I even spoke to John SHors about it and he even stated that it was an unfair name but that's what he had heard people call "those" children.

I also asked it he went into the Ganes and he said he was not that brave LOL. I wouldn't either!

[Babs]

Well now that we have snow in 49 states of the union it might be safe to say that most of us have time to read for sure. Our other choice is to be out there shoveling..I'd rather read! Just out...a suggested "must read" books of 2011 in case anyone is interested.
The Tiger’s Wife, by Téa Obreht
Townie: A Memoir, by Andres Dubus III
House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home, by Mark Richard
You Know When the Men are Gone, by Siobhan Fallon
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabriella Hamilton

[Fiona (Titch)]

Read The Dying Photo - Alan Gibbons and now reading Mind's Eye - Gillian Philip

[Fiona (Titch)]

Now reading Phone Goes Dead - Anthony Horowitz

[Katie]

I am going to start Finnikin of the Rock today.

[Babs]

Half way through Patterns of Paper Monsters. Find myself thinking of the old expression; the only problem with reality is, it doesn't live up to my dreams.
The young man depicted in this book is obviously very bright...and sees the irony in being in a juvenile detention center which he preceives as being a dysfuntional environment...not much better than the dysfuntional environment he came from.(less)

[Donna, The Pusher]

I just started The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

[Heather]

Donna wrote: "I just started The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom"

I loved, loved, loved that one!

[Donna, The Pusher]

OMG I think it may be a 5-starer!!

[Fiona (Titch)]

I finished on Sunday Phone Goes Dead - Anthony Horowitz, I've just finished Room - Emma Donoghue. Now I'm gonna read Cross Fire - James Patterson

[Lori]

I just finished Dragonfly in Amber and am starting Voyager and The Burning Bridge and I am not quite 50 pages into A Monstrous Regiment of Women.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Lori wrote: "I just finished Dragonfly in Amber and am starting Voyager and The Burning Bridge and I am not quite 50 pages into A Monstrous Regiment of Women."

Lori - What do you think so far of A Monstrous Regiment of Women? I have read three in this series and really like them.

[Lori]

Lyn, I love them. I read The Beekeeper's Apprentice a while back and really enjoyed it. I didn't know there were more until recently and put some on hold at the library. I love Sherlock Holmes anyway and these books seem very true to how he would have been at 60 or so.

[Sarah]

I'm hoping to finish Linger this weekend and get started on Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China.

[Heather]

I'm reading Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin. It's surprisingly shocking and heartbreaking...I wasn't ready for it...

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Heather wrote: "I'm reading Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin. It's surprisingly shocking and heartbreaking...I wasn't ready for it..."

I really liked that book, Heather. It is a bit disturbing, isn't it. I really enjoy books about the lives of famous authors, though. I would love to know what you think of Lewis Carrol after you finish the book.