What have you recently finished and loved

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished Betty:The Autobiography - Betty Driver.

[Dean]

Jo wrote: "Dean wrote: "I just finished Dracula, great book. Now I just have to decide what to read next >_

Glad you enjoyed it! I think i have reached the boring part. Mina's diary. Ughh "

Yeah, that is the boring bit of the book. Keep soldiering though, the second half is mostly all good!

[Shelli]

Jo wrote: "I finished Stardust. I enjoyed it "

Jo...I just got Stardust from paperback swap!

[Shelli]

Jo wrote: "Dean wrote: "I just finished Dracula, great book. Now I just have to decide what to read next >_

Glad you enjoyed it! I think i have reached the boring part. Mina's diary. Ughh "

I'm with you Jo...but I'm plugging along!!!

[Athira]

I finished Sundays at Tiffany's yesterday. It was okeish. It started off well, but halfway through, it started bothering me. I didn't like the ending either.

[Shelli]

Aths wrote: "I finished Sundays at Tiffany's yesterday. It was okeish. It started off well, but halfway through, it started bothering me. I didn't like the ending either."

I started it, but pretty much right away didn't like it, so I stopped!

[Athira]

Shelli wrote: "Aths wrote: "I finished Sundays at Tiffany's yesterday. It was okeish. It started off well, but halfway through, it started bothering me. I didn't like the ending either."

I start..."

Good for you. I wasted my time trying to finish it, since I can't bring myself to stop reading a book. :-(

[Melissa]

I just finished The Secret Life of Bees and loved it! I look forward to reading The Mermaid Chair. I love how this author creates an image. I feel like I've been there, and KNOW the characters personally.

[Sadie]

Kaliki wrote: "I just finished The Secret Life of Bees and loved it! I look forward to reading The Mermaid Chair. I love how this author creates an image. I feel like I've been there, and KNOW the characters pers..."

I enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees but haven't heard anything good about The Mermaid Chair. I'll be interested if you end up liking it. Let me know.

[Melissa]

You know, I only have one friend who read it, and she liked it better the Bees. I hope it's good! I'll let you know...

[DJ]

I just got a copy of THE MERMAID CHAIR last week and am sooo looking forward to reading it!!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Last nite I read and finished Cry, Baby - Jill Atkins

[Catamorandi]

I just finished The Bell Jar, and I loved it!!!

[Melissa]

Let us know how you like Mermaid Chair DJ! I'm curious to hear. I won't be starting it for awhile.

[DJ]

Kaliki wrote: "
Let us know how you like Mermaid Chair DJ! I'm curious to hear. I won't be starting it for awhile."

Have put a note in Diary to remind me to let you know how it goes....

[Melissa]

What is this Diary you speak of? Is that something cool on GR that I haven't found yet? Or is your own personal reminder system. I ask because I'd love to use it if it's on here.

[DJ]

Sorry its my BLACKBERRY STORM who I call Fee after a Character in
BURN NOTICE don't know if you've seen it,anyways Fee is my life
Line-does everything except walk my Girls.
Sorry for any confusion....

[Melissa]

I love Fee on Burn Notice, great show & she's my favorite character.

I have the Storm too. I use the Tasks and the Calendar. Is Diary another application?

I never thought of naming my phone. Although my husband name our Garmin "g-spot" because she gets you to the right spot everytime. lol

[Shelli]

Kaliki wrote: "
Let us know how you like Mermaid Chair DJ! I'm curious to hear. I won't be starting it for awhile."

Kaliki...I loved The Secret Life of Bees...I didn't like The Mermaid Chair...it was kind of strange..IMO!

[Melissa]

Well shoot, not looking good. I'm going to keep it on the TBR list, but I won't be in a hurry to get to it!

[DJ]

Hi,Glad to meet someone else who watches BURN NOTICE we got Season 2 Premiere last night and its still on form!
RE Diary it is a specific application on my STORM Also have her linked straight into GR"s to make my life easier in case I am out looking for books...

[Sadie]

Just finished John Adams by David McCullough. What an amazing look at the man, his family, his politics, and the establishing of an independent America.

[Fiona (Titch)]

In past 48hrs I have read/listened to:

Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
Furies - Elizabeth Kay
Partners in Crime - Nigel Hinton
Liar - Pete Johnson
Until Proven Guilty - Nigel Hinton

[Harriet]

Hi! I'm new to the group (and website).
Saw some comments earlier in this thread about The Host - read it a couple of months back, and I LOVED it! Am also desperately awaiting sequels :)
Most recently, just finshed Emma. I'm a massive Jane Austen fan and read the other 5 ages ago, but knowing that I only had 6 in total to read, have made myself wait to read Emma... finally gave in! Fantastic, as expected.

[Melissa]

DJ wrote: "Hi,Glad to meet someone else who watches BURN NOTICE we got Season 2 Premiere last night and its still on form!
RE Diary it is a specific application on my STORM Also have her linked straight into..."

DJ - have you used Amazon.com on your Storm? You can take a picture of a book cover, send it to Amazon, and it will search for it for you and you can purchase it right from your phone. Love it!

[DJ]

Kaliki wrote: "DJ wrote: "Hi,Glad to meet someone else who watches BURN NOTICE we got Season 2 Premiere last night and its still on form!
RE Diary it is a specific application on my STORM Also have her linked str..."

Kaliki,
Thank you for this information.No I have not tried this as I use home computer but I will give this a go when looking through friends bookcases as it would make life so simple..

[Sadie]

I just finished The Sugar Queen and enjoyed it. It's definatly chick lit. The author has a fun way of adding magical elements into her stories.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I have listened to Genesis - Karin Slaughter and read Speed - Alison Prince and Clone Zone - Jonathan Meres.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished The Chain - Keith Gray.

[Jessica~CoinOperatedJoy]

I just finished the Van Alen Legacy and loved it better then the three previous books...and Coraline. AWESOME book!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished the marvellous Swimsuit - James Patterson.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Last nite I finished Alex Cross's Trial - James Patterson

[Shelli]

Jessica wrote: "I just finished the Van Alen Legacy and loved it better then the three previous books...and Coraline. AWESOME book!"

Jessica...have you read The Graveyard Book? Or Anansi Boys? I have TGB sitting here from the library and I loved AB!

[Dean]

I just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray. Great book, the pacing was weird though. It would be slow going for a while and then all of a sudden you would jump 10 years down the line and loads of stuff would be happening. I felt Oscar Wilde could've made the book longer and fleshed out Dorian more than he already did. Still, a great read and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't done so.

[Shelli]

Dean wrote: "I just finished The Picture of Dorian Gray. Great book, the pacing was weird though. It would be slow going for a while and then all of a sudden you would jump 10 years down the line and loads of s..."

I read it several years ago and liked it...I agree about the pacing thing though...I remember it bugged me!

[Jessica~CoinOperatedJoy]

~♡Katie♡~ wrote: "i finished Evermore last night i have just feel in love with this book it will be one i will read it over and over again i probably would have gone back to the beginning if i didnt h..."

I'm glad you like this book! I also really liked it. Have you read the next book in the series?

[DJ]

Glad to hear you liked it Jo.Sometimes I feel in a minority on this one!

[Tracy S]

I just finished rereading The Great Gatsby and really enjoyed it!

[DJ]

Glad you liked it Tracey it seems to be a love it or hate it book!

[Dean]

I not long finished Blood Meridian. Fantastic book!

[A.]

Hush Hush. I didn't know if it would live up to the hype but I had high expectations and loved it!

[Shelli]

Jo...I really liked the first few, then really liked either #4 or #6....after that, I felt she brought in too many new characters and lost track of the original story...I didn't like the last ones as much...It will be interesting to see what you think!

[Karla]

Kaliki wrote: "
Let us know how you like Mermaid Chair DJ! I'm curious to hear. I won't be starting it for awhile."

I read The mermaid chair I thought it was good not great but I loved the discriptions of the landscape I felt I was there. Can't say I liked it better than Bees though I loved that one ;)
I just finished Water for Elephants I have had it on my shelf for over 6 months and never picked it up till one of my Goodreads clubs voted for it as a November pick. It had some grit to it and real heart from the male POV perspective enjoyed it!

[Shelli]

Karla...I loved The Secret Life of Bees...one of my favs....I think I gave Mermaid Chair 2 stars....maybe 1....I didn't care for it at all!!

[Karla]

I liked the Mermaid chair but read it long before I found much better books joining Goodreads!! I had no one to really talk books with besides my sister-in-law but she likes more cowgirl style romance stuff a bit fluffier stuff than me. When I read Secret life of bees I thought (poof) now this is the kind of books I'd like to find more of! Have you read The Help oh thats my favorite book this year!!

[Shelli]

Karla...funny you should ask about The Help! I just got an email from the library that the sound recording I requested is in!!! How am I going to fit that in???? I'll have to try though!

[Karla]

Oh I bet it would be good to listen to as well. My copy has post its all over the place marking my favorite lines and spots! I know what you mean about fitting it in though grrrr.....

[Shelli]

When I'm done...we can definitely discuss it!

[Karla]

Ill be there! Loved it truely!

[Melodie]

Aths wrote: "I just finished Love Story and really loved it! Total classic!"

OMG! I feel SO old! I remember reading this book and crying and then seeing the movie shortly after. My best friend's aunt took a bunch of us. And we all cried at the movie, too.