What have you recently finished and loved

[Melodie]

~♡Katie♡~ wrote: "i thought midnight alley was a slower pace and i did like that well i thought i did until read feast of fools which isnt that much action its more that claire keeps doing dangerous things and i th..."

The Morganville Vampires is one of my very favorite series. So looking forward to next week!

[Melodie]

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Just finished the audio of American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld."

I read this book last year and really liked it.

[Melodie]

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

I first read DRACULA the summer before 4th grade. Read it every summer after that for the next 4 years. One of my favorites!

[Melodie]

Shelli wrote: "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..."

I read THE GRAVEYARD BOOK a couple of months ago. It was an okay read, but I was definitely aware I was reading a kids book all through it.

[Melodie]

~♡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 loved EVERMORE but was terribly disappointed with BLUE MOON.

[Melodie]

Jo wrote: "I finished Living Dead in Dallas . I am really liking this series."

I love the Sookie books! My favorite is , which is #4. Also really loved Dead and Gone, the most recent one.

[Melodie]

I've read about 136 books so far this year and the best of them are: , , , , , , , , , , , , and [image error] .

[Fiona (Titch)]

Will finish The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown & The Quickie - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge today.

[Shelli]

Melodie wrote: "Jo wrote: "I finished Living Dead in Dallas . I am really liking this series."

I love the Sookie books! My favorite is , which is #4. Also rea..."

I think #4 was my favorite too!

[Eylin]

I recently read "The Time Traveler's Wife" and I loved it.

[Karla]

Eylin Time Travelers Wife was an excellent book. Really loved it as well!

[DJ]

Good to hear!
Its a fabulous premise...

[Tracy S]

I just finished Coraline (my first Neil Gaiman book). I really enjoyed it. It was a quick read and the story was really creative.

[Pollyanna]

I want to read Outlander it sounds like a good book.

The last book I read that I loved was Coraline, it was a great children's book and I loved the characters. I'm planning on reading more by Gaiman.

[Sasha]

Just finished The Book of Lost Things and I really, really liked it. It is a disturbing book though, not for the faint of heart.

[Karla]

Polly I want to start the outlander also well have to read it at the same time so we can discuss it!!

[Pollyanna]

Yeah that would be cool, will have to buy it first :)

[Karla]

I have it nut have many others to keep me busy before then so just give me a holla!

[Sadie]

I just finished Ghost Soldiers and though I can't say I loved the book because of the topic and all the prisoners of war went through, I am very glad I read it. It is about the Bataan Death March and the rescue of the remaining POW's.

[Ariadna]

Just finished Coetzee's Disgrace and loved it. Can't wait to see the movie...

[Karla]

Oh Jo!!! Isn't it so goooood I started out thinking whats the big deal then adored it as I got into it more it really won me over!

[Karla]

I didn't want it to end I really want more by Clare I can't wait till 2011 for her next book 2011!!! That's a very long wait!!

[Karla]

I read all three I a week I got so obsessed!! My eyes were burning and I had little sleep but I was a happy girl :)

[Athira]

I finally finished Dracula. I loved it. Can't believe that its horror genre and classic category made me stay away from it so long. It was exquisite!

[Karla]

I'm a little more than half way through The Gargoyle.
Jo your always reading the books I want again!!!

[Karla]

I've been eyeing it at the store I guess waiting to see if my daughter asks for it first then I can call it her Christmas gift and when she is done with it! Selfish little me can read it? It probably won't go down like that ultimately Ill buy it and she will read it after me, I'm just looking for an excuse to get books for Christmas....LOL

[Melodie]

Jo wrote: "I am reading Hush, Hush"

I'm planning to read this as soon as I'm done with .

[Amira]

Just finished the first two of the Ice and Fire books by George R.R. Martin. REALLY good! Couldn't put them down and sad that I don't have the last two with me yet.

[Jerrod]

Amira wrote: "Just finished the first two of the Ice and Fire books by George R.R. Martin. REALLY good! Couldn't put them down and sad that I don't have the last two with me yet. "

I feel bad for you, GRR Martin has been teasing the world about finishing his series longer than Robert Jordan was. It's a good series, but it's frustrating that it's still incomplete.

[Maddie]

I've read the first two books of the Ice and Fire series too and I'm planning on reading the third sometime soon--it seems that everyone says the third is the best. I'm really disappointed though! GRR Martin said that he planned it to be a seven book series and yet he's growing older by the minute and not even finished with #5!!
This year, I've also read the Mortal Instruments books. They're soo good!

[Jerrod]

he's pushed back #5 a couple of years in a row now from what I know. One of the pitfalls of engaging in a book series.

[Athira]

I finished She's Come Undone this weekend and it was really good. Loved it.

[Tracy S]

Just finished A Dirty Job and loved it!

[Sadie]

I just finished I Am Legend. Much different from the movie. I enjoyed the book and didn't mind how it ended.

[Jim]

Sadie, you should check out the movie Vincent Price did based on "I Am Legend". It's called "The Last Man on Earth". You can get it free & legally from InternetArchive.org

http://www.archive.org/details/the-la...

It follows the book pretty closely & is really well done.

[Sasha]

Maybe there also should be a thread "What I recently read and hated", just read The Wild Things and I found it horrible.

Going to calm my nerves now with a book I know I love. The Hunger Games is a lovely read, can't wait to read Catching Fire (I should have it by next week).

[Sadie]

Thanks Jim. I read the book with my husband, so we'll should curl up around the computer one of these nights to watch it. Thanks for the info!

[DJ]

Great idea Jo!
I`ll see what I can come up with!!

[Athira]

I just finished The Lost Symbol. I sort of enjoyed it, but it's not as exciting or good as The Da Vinci Code, and I definitely didn't like the ending.

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

I have just finished Mr Darcey's Diary by Amanda Grange and Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter. If you love Pride and Prejudice then try these as they are really great to read.

The Diary is Darcey's thoughts and feelings and his side of the story and the other book is a funny take on P and P the modern way.

Highly recommend these two!

[Harriet]

I've just finished The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and really liked it. I saw the film a while back, and loved that, so I eventually got round to reading it too. Blubbed the whole way through the last chapter, same with the end of the film. The only other of his I've read is A Walk to Remember (what an awful film adaptation) but I'm definitely going to read more of his in the future.

[Emily]

I finshed Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters last night, i've read it a few times and keep going back. I love it

[Fiona (Titch)]

Finished reading Poor Little Bitch Girl - Jackie Collins.

[Dean]

It feels like forever since I finished a book. Frankenstein has been going ridiculously slow for me, it's enjoyable and everything but because it's my designated "work book" I read it in really small chunks. It's not what I expected at all, I can't believe how much they changed from the book to make the movie.

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I just finished the Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) by Laurell K. Hamilton. I know it is just the 3rd in the series but I have to say that I liked this one the best so far. Looking forward to diving into the next book.

[Sadie]

Dean wrote: "It feels like forever since I finished a book. Frankenstein has been going ridiculously slow for me, it's enjoyable and everything but because it's my designated "work book" I read it in really sma..."

I'm right there with you. I haven't even broken through to page 100. And you're right it is a lot different from the movies.

[Melodie]

I finished a few days ago, and must say I was ultimately disappointed with it. It started out great, but I thought it pretty much fizzled out. OTOH, I finished about 2 weeks ago and loved every single word of it. Right now I'm reading which is actually pretty good, so far. Thought I could use a little holiday nudge!

[Karla]

Melodie wrote: "I finished a few days ago, and must say I was ultimately disappointed with it. It started out great, but I thought it pretty much fizzled out. OTOH, I finished [boo..."

I can't wait to start Caine's Vampire series. I have so many lined up I need to read but I think I'm gonna push up this series in my line up. I also want a good holiday read. I read The Christmas list by Evans I was pleasantly surprized how it affected me. I was bawling all over it! It's like an updated version of A Christmas story.

[Tracy S]

Sasja wrote: "Maybe there also should be a thread "What I recently read and hated", just read The Wild Things and I found it horrible.

Going to calm my nerves now with a book I know I love. [book..."

Oh no...I've already have this book, but haven't read it yet. What was it about the book that you didn't like?

[DJ]

THE QUEEN AND I by Sue Townsend,it was hysterically funny.