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When you're not reading a cozy....
Currently I'm reading
by Richelle Mead, and so far it is insanely good. Her Vampire Academy and her Bloodlines series are probably some of my favorite YA novels being published right now. If you like fantasy novels I highly suggest these!
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Just finished reading The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch.On the Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels / Boxall's 1001 List of Books to Read Before You Die.
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I just finished listening to
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe last night.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Melissa wrote: "Just starting Angel Unaware 
."Get a big box of Kleenex. The first time I read this I was about 11 or 12. Read Dearest Debbie, the book she wrote about her adopted Korean daughter who was killed in a bus crash, right after. Beautiful books that will make you cry for sure. I still have my original copies.
Melodie wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting Angel Unaware ."Get a big box of Kleenex. The first time I read this I was about 11 or 12. Read [book:Dearest Debbi..."
This was my mom's original copy that I read. I did not know about the book Dearest Debbie, I would definitely like to read it. Thanks for the recommendation!
Just starting Pride and Prejudice
. Lots of my friends have read this and loved it. I have not read any Jane Austen books before, but I am enjoying it!
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. Lots of my friends have read this and loved it. I have not read any Jane Austen books before, but I am enjoy..."Count me amongst those who love this book. In fact, the only Austen I don't like is Emma.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "Just finished reading 
In the Woods by Tana Frenchhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
I read that a few weeks ago. I thought it was a promising 1st book though based on the ending, I don't know where French will go with the series (having not looked at the blurbs of the later books)!
I am reading a classic Brideshead Revisited in print and listening to a science fiction Neuromancer in audiobook.
I just started reading The Maze Runner. Exactly what I needed, another series but when I read a book I really enjoy and it is part of a series then I have more to look forward to.
Just finished reading Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg1001 Books To Read Before You Die Challenge #42
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Back to the late great Terry Pratchett's Discworld for me. Just started re-reading Wyrd Sisters. The sixth book in the series and the second starring Granny Weatherwax.
Just starting Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber
by L.A. Meyer.
Melissa wrote: "Just starting Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber [bookcover:Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adve..."I know Jacky is not for everyone but I loved the entire series
Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber [bookcover:Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Furth..."I have enjoyed them so far. I have checked out the audio to listen to while reading this one. I think you had recommended the audio for this series before.
Melissa wrote: "Heidi (Yup. Still here.) wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Just starting Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber [bookcover:Under the Jolly Rog..."Oh yay! I hope you like the narration.
I just started Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson, which is the third book in the Walt Longmire series. I'm reading it for the Ultimate Reading Challenge but I'm also reading it because I adore this series.
Finished reading The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler tonight. (Really wonder what his mother did to him to make him such a woman-hater.)
1001 Books To Read Before You Die Challenge
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Just starting The Bishop's Wife by Robert Nathan.
Just finished listening to the fascinating
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara CooneyUltimate Reading Challege: 39/52
GCAC-2015 Challenge #13
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(Really wonder what his mother did to him to make him such a woman-hater.)
1001 Books To Read Before You Die..."
I believe I have that somewhere in Mount TBR, and have seen the movie a couple times. Would certainly be interesting to see how they compare.
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A long time ago I read this book, and enjoyed it very much - but could not find it to read again because of forgetting the title. To my joy a copy showed up at the used bookstore, and it has been a wonderful re-read.About half-way through,
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MaryJo, I read that book when I was in HS. Can't say I remember a lot about it, but I do remember liking it -- and I generally don't care for memoir/biography.
An almost cozy is the Lady of Devices 4-book series by Shelley Adina. It's steampunk. I got Book 1 as a kindle freebie and waited almost a year before sampling it as had no idea what I was in for. I was hooked and bought the boxed set. Historical, adventurous, clever, and well worth consideration by cozy lovers.
Irene wrote: "An almost cozy is the Lady of Devices 4-book series by Shelley Adina. It's steampunk. I got Book 1 as a kindle freebie and waited almost a year before sampling it a..."I have book 1 in my TBR stack. If you haven't read Emma Jane Holloway's The Baskerville Affair I highly recommend the trilogy. Steampunk meets urban fantasy meets Sherlock Holmes. The main character is related to Sherlock and Mycroft.
Thanks Gary. I will look into that. And may be time to get that book out of the TBR.
I seem to on a children's books kick right now. I had finished Shiloh on audio and am currently listening to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH on audio. These were great movies I watched with my son when he was a youngster. I also read Nancy Drew books quite frequently, so I am reading my favorite one from the original classic series The Clue of the Leaning Chimney.
Irene wrote: "Thanks Gary. I will look into that. And may be time to get that book out of the TBR."It has been moved up in the stack. I will probably read a cozy or a classic whodunit before that. I am 50% done with Wyrd Sisters. Wow had I forgotten most of what happened in that book.
Just finished reading
Suite Française by Irène NémirovskyRead for the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die Challenge
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In between reading books for the 2015 Readers Challenge, I'm helping someone out by reading/reviewing their manuscript. It fills the horror/sci-fi genres, which are both ones I love.
Getting caught up on Queen of the Tearling and Invasion of the Tearling before the last installment of the trilogy comes out next spring. Not my typical genre but I looked into it after I saw that Emma Watson is making the movies because ... you know ... Hermione. 
The second book isn't quite as captivating as the first, but I'm still enjoying it.
Gary wrote: "Irene wrote: "Thanks Gary. I will look into that. And may be time to get that book out of the TBR."It has been moved up in the stack. I will probably read a cozy or a classic whodunit before that...."
Loved that one too. But yes, a lot going on. I may have to get back to Pratchett eventually. I have a lot on the kindle, but have recently started rereading Trollope, as I originally read fifty of his novels without a break to read someone else. I tend to be a bit obsessive :)
I'm currently reading the Oz series by L. Frank Baum.
Sabrina wrote: "I'm currently reading the Oz series by L. Frank Baum."I have been reading through the Oz series this year in between other books and have really enjoyed them.
Sabrina wrote: "I'm currently reading the Oz series by L. Frank Baum."Love the OZ series, wish more of Ruth Plumley Thompson's additions to the series were available in Ebook format. I think I have most of them in paperback from when Del Rey released them many years ago.
I finished reading
The Dark Room by Minette Walters last night.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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