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[Shay]

I just started Julia Child's My Life in France which I borrowed at today's trip to the library which was just supposed to be to pick up requests. But I saw it on the shelf and had to have it. I shouldn't have started to read it because I have 8 other books I'm reading.

[Heidi]

Shay wrote: "I just started Julia Child's My Life in France which I borrowed at today's trip to the library which was just supposed to be to pick up requests. But I saw it on the shelf and had to ha..."

I plan to listen to it on audio. p.s. Denise I liked Shiver as well.

[Shannon]

I am reading I am loving the book so far and am almost certain it will be a 5 star read for me

[Suzanne]

Shannon wrote: "I am reading I am loving the book so far and am almost certain it will be a 5 star read for me"

Definitely a great book!

[Caitlin]

Denise wrote: "I started Parting Gifts last night. I was crying by the end of the first chapter. It is a good story about Maddie who is desperate for food and shelter because her father and brother ..."

Denise,
This book reminds me of a mix between my two all time favorites. 1000 White Women by Jim Fergus and Memoires of a Geisha. 1000 White Women is set in the 1800s and the premise is that the government is bartering with the Native Americans. They trade 1000 women (out of mental institutes and prisons) for 1000 horses. It is an amazing book!

[Heidi]

The Help is one of my all time favorite books ever.

[Shannon]

I finished Wow this one will stay with me for a very long time. I could not tear myself away from this one. I absolutely loved every minute of this book. One of those books that you wish did not ever have to end. I have to second you on that Heidi The Help is one of my all time favorites. I would recommend it to anyone. I just looked at the author's website and it says that will soon be a motion picture! I have to see that!

[Heidi]

I hope they get a good actress for Skeeter :)

[Erin L]

I just finished and am starting on I'm not so sure how I feel about Rankin's first book. It was good, but ones further along in the series draw me more, if that makes sense.

But I'm determined to read things in order!

[Daphne]

Heidi wrote: "I hope they get a good actress for Skeeter :)"

I think Emma Stone has been cast as Skeeter, Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly, Viola Davis as Aibileen, Minny Jackson as Octavia and Allison Janney as Charlotte. I am keeping my fingers crossed that there is going to be a sequel.

[Leslie]

I just finished No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels. I got it for my husband to read. He is not much of a reader but he couldn't put this down. So of course I had to read it. I guess I am a head in the sand type of person and this was a real eye opener. I much prefer my cozy pretend murders to reading about the real thing!

[Caroline]

I'm reading and it is really well-written - fascinating.

[Susan]

I just finished Linger by Maggie Stiefvater...waited a long time for this one to be released but the wait was well worth it! What a great book!

[Melodie]

Susan wrote: "I just finished Linger by Maggie Stiefvater...waited a long time for this one to be released but the wait was well worth it! What a great book!"

Mine came yesterday, but I've got to finish the other 2 I'm reading before I start it since I want to devote my full attention to it!

[Susan]

Hurry Melodie, dont you want to know what happens?? It was soooo good!!!! :)

[Roxann]

Melodie wrote: "Susan wrote: "I just finished Linger by Maggie Stiefvater...waited a long time for this one to be released but the wait was well worth it! What a great book!"

Min..."OOOooooo! I want to read those!

Because I am kinda getting a summer cold with aches all over and I have overdosed my self on mainly big, rambunctious books like James Cronin's The Passage,
the last 2 Harry Potter books, and the Steig Larrson books, the Girl who..., with some cozies sprinkled through.
I needed to re-read some of my comfort reads. So, I started the first of the Three Sisters Island Trilogy by Nora Roberts, .

I adore these, especially the first one and have read them for the umpteeth time. It is set on a little island off of or near Salem, MA and it very much like the Movie-Sleeping with the Enemy (except good witches save the day!) I want to live and thrive there with all these good friends, neighbors, and animals!

[Sandra J]

I love Nora's stuff. You always know you're in for a good story. I often reread favorites. The first book I ever read of hers was Born in Ice.

[Yvonne]

I'm reading and it's very intriguing. It's a fictional account.

[Denise]

I finished a very short book, Discovering Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans by Lucy Harmer and it was okay but I still feel that Ted Andrews is the king when it comes to writing about totem animals with his books Discover Your Spirit Animal, Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small and The Animal-Speak Workbook.

I am now reading Serpent of Light: Beyond 2012. The jury is still out on this one although it is written in a very easy to understand way (for the most part). I have been hearing over and over that something BIG is supposed to happen in 2012 and I wanted to know about it, hence the book.

I am on a totem animal kick thanks to my friend Kathie. Also with getting ready to move to the southwest Native American beliefs and practices are drawing me back to studying them. You will see several books of this nature mentioned by me in the next several weeks.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Denise: Thanks for letting us know what you thought of Discovering Your Spirit Animal. I've been interested in animals totems for a couple of years now, ever since a red-tail hawk roosted in front of my window one morning. Such fascinating insight there. Judging by the number of hits that entry still gets on my blog, we're obviously not alone there!

[Roxann]

Denise wrote: "I finished a very short book, Discovering Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans by Lucy Harmer and it was okay but I still feel that [author:Ted Andrews|3612..."

Denise, I did the same thing when I only got to visit the Southwest. I visited the Ghost Ranch(Georgia O'keefe and Ansel Adams spent time doing art there) in Abiquiu, NM. Its a church retreat but on the liberal side. You could take courses there. I took The Sacred Sites of Northern New Mexico. It was fascinating, especially since I have never been past Arkansas! I got to visit: a terra cotta mosque (gorgeous), a monastery in the desert(unbelievable), a very old Catholic church(it had a sacred dirt well), a temple, Taos pueblo, and a big Navajo art festival. All of this set against the bluest sky I have ever seen!!
I think my totem animal is a momma grizzly. My friend there said he dreamt spirit of the canyon was bothering him in his sleep and he said my bear presence made them go away. That made me feel so good!

[Denise]

Heather L wrote: "Denise: Thanks for letting us know what you thought of Discovering Your Spirit Animal. I've been interested in animals totems for a couple of years now, ever since a red-tail hawk roosted in front ..."

Heather L and anyone else that would like to discuss totem animals, etc, I am going to create a topic in "Off Topic Discussions".

[Suzanne]

I've started So Cold the River by Michael Koryta and wow is it good! I was sucked right in and can't wait to continue.

[Erin L]

I started Oryx and Crake last night. I think I might regret this choice, but it is supposed to be really good.

[Shay]

Doing a buddy read in another group on the book, Mudbound. Just started it, but so far it's incredible. Also reading Good Omens and Sense and Sensibility.

[Kate]

I like to read romance novels. Not necessarily the dime store down and dirty kind, though. Contemporary romance, historical romance, and occasionally Christian fiction.

I tried to get into the Amish type books. I've read part of one so far, but I can't really finish it. Maybe it's just that particular book.

[Denise]

Kate wrote: "I like to read romance novels. Not necessarily the dime store down and dirty kind, though. Contemporary romance, historical romance, and occasionally Christian fiction.

I tried to get into the Amish type books. I've read part of one so far, but I can't really finish it. Maybe it's just that particular book..."

What Amish book/author are you trying? I have read quite a few Amish books and thought they were very good. I really like Cindy Woodsmall's Sisters of the Quilt series. I have also read most of Beverly Lewis's Amish series (Abram's Daughters; The Heritage of Lancaster County; Annie's People; The Courtship of Nellie Fisher; The Redemption of Sarah Cain--these are all series names not individual books), Wanda Brunstetter is also a popular Amish author. I just found a good website for Amish authors/Amish series. It is at:
http://www.christianbook.com/Christia...

[Kate]

I tried Winter's Awakening. I don't know what it was about it that I had such an issue with. Perhaps I just don't click with that author's writing style. I'll check out your suggestions, though. Thank you!

[Denise]

Kate wrote: "I tried Winter's Awakening. I don't know what it was about it that I had such an issue with. Perhaps I just don't click with that author's writing style. I'll check out your suggestions, though. Th..."

Kate: I looked up Winter's Awakening by Shelley Shepard Gray. I have never read this author but looked at some of the reviews on Amazon and she seems to be a popular author. Of course you know you added to my TBR list, this series takes place in Sugarcreek Ohio and I currently live in Ohio. I also saw that Shelley has another series that she wrote before the Sugarcreek one called Sisters of the Heart. Those books also received pretty high marks. Thanks for introducing me to a new author!

[Denise]

I finally finished Serpent of Light: The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini and the Rise of the Female Light.... Non-fiction books tend to take me a bit longer to read because I usually make notes as I read. This book was about what the author feels is going to happen in 2012 and how he has been helping Mother Earth prepare for the change. I'm not sure if I'm 100% convinced (actually I'm not sure that I'm even 20% convinced) so that is all I'll say about this book/author until I do more reading/research.

Next up for me is an Interlibrary loan book that came to me all the way from California. The title is
A Sacred Walk: Dispelling the Fear of Death and Caring for the Dying. I have read quite a bit on this subject (Thanatology--the study of death and dying) ever since I lost someone to pancreatic cancer.

[Shay]

Reading Mudbound, Good Omens, Sense and Sensibility, and Frankenstein.

[Vicky]

I'm finishing Knit Two by Kate Jacobs. #2 in A Friday Night Knitting Club. This one doesn't have much about knitting in the story: it's more about the women and their relationships. Haven't decided if I like that better than a light read. The author is very talented and throws curve balls. Can't imagine where the next book in the series will go.

[Nancy]

Hi all. I'm new here. When I'm not reading a cozy or writing my own, I read Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan, or something historical or political.

[Vicky]

Welcome Nancy.

I also read historicals, fiction and non. But I enjoy cozies best.

[Denise]

OMG, I just did something that about killed me. As most of you know, I will be moving to Phoenix in about 8 weeks. I have 35 library books checked out. I don't think I can read 35 books in 8 weeks (and do anything else like sleep, etc) so I went through about half of the books and looked them up on the Phoenix library website (which is already in My Favorites). The ones that Phoenix has I decided to take back and made notes to get them when I get there. I narrowed it down to 23. That was so hard. I know I will have to do this again but baby steps, I have to do it in baby steps.

[Suzanne]

LOL, you can do it Denise! Phoenix, how cool is that?!

[Sandie]

Currently reading Victim Sixby Greg Olson

[Denise]

I finished A Sacred Walk: Dispelling the Fear of Death and Caring for the Dying. I didn't really get much out of it. I have read better.

Starting 3 books (got to get through these books before the move). I'm reading Simple Secrets by Nancy Mehl. Although Nancy's other series was a mystery I don't think this one is. Has anyone read this yet and can confirm if it is a mystery or not?

The second book is The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah Strohmeyer. I've never read any of Sarah's books, I know she wrote a cozy series with Bubbles Yablonsky as the protagonist. I've got it in my TBR files, just haven't read them yet. I don't think that The Penny Pinchers Club is a mystery but looks like a good read. I'm always looking for penny pinching ideas so I hope that I get a few new ones while reading the story.

The last book is a work related book. It's called The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook. The byline is "A guide for the serious searcher". That would be me. A good portion of my work day is searching on the internet. What a great thing to get paid for! And the more I know the more successful I'll be and that is a good thing.

[Beth]

Denise wrote: "I finished a very short book, Discovering Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans by Lucy Harmer and it was okay but I still feel that [author:Ted Andrews|3612..."

I found out what my totem animal was when I took a workshop in using non-traditional tools to help define characters in our books. My totem is a salmon and stands for persistence, always swimming upstream against the current. It certainly took me a lot of persistence to get my first mystery book published, so yes, I think salmon fits for me. That doesn't keep me from eating them, though! They're delicious. ;-)

[Beth]

Kate wrote: "I like to read romance novels. Not necessarily the dime store down and dirty kind, though. Contemporary romance, historical romance, and occasionally Christian fiction."

Kate,
You might like the inspirational Scottish historical romance series written by Carol Umberger. She's a wonderful writer and I've really enjoyed her series.

[Suzanne]

I so wanted to like this book better than I did. I live in Cincinnati, not too far from West Baden and French Lick Indiana so the historical aspects really intrigued me. Plus, I saw Michael Koryta interview Michael Connelly at the 2009 Bouchercon and I thought MK was particularly articulate and intelligent. And finally, I had heard so much good press about this book. Perhaps my expectations were too high. Perhaps horror / supernatural / paranormal is just not my genre.

I loved some of the characters, especially Anne McKinney and Kellen Cage. Really liked the flashbacks / hallucinations as they pushed the mystery along. The mysteries in the story were powerful enough to draw me in quickly. The description of the hotels and the area are superb.

Somewhere, somehow, though, the story just didn't hold up for me. I was disappointed with the ending and thought that at least 100 pages of the story should be cut; probably a good 150-175 would be even better. I struggled to finish the book because I was just getting tired of it.

There were enough good elements to this book to make me curious to try Mr. Koryta's mystery series. He is obviously a good writer and deserves another go.

[Vicky]

Denise wrote: "OMG, I just did something that about killed me. As most of you know, I will be moving to Phoenix in about 8 weeks. I have 35 library books checked out. I don't think I can read 35 books in 8 weeks ..."

Good thinking, Denise. You can pick them up later. Smart woman!

[Caroline]

Just finished which features Sam (Samantha) Spade, an AF Lt who tests out new techie devices for DARPA. Not a cozy but a great read. Now I'm on to the second one in the series Now You See Her. I hadn't read Merline Lovelace before but I'm really enjoying the series (especially after retiring from 36 years with DoD - I can understand all the acronyms! But she does explain them well enough for civilian types.)

[Denise]

Beth wrote: "I found out what my totem animal was when I took a workshop in using non-traditional tools to help define characters in our books. My totem is a salmon and stands for persistence, always swimming upstream against the current. It certainly took me a lot of persistence to get my first mystery book published, so yes, I think salmon fits for me. That doesn't keep me from eating them, though! They're delicious. ;-) ."

Beth: You become one with your totem when you eat salmon. (LOL)

[Denise]

The Penny Pinchers Club is quite good so far. I'm up to Chapter 12 (page 145). Has anyone else read it?

[Susie]

Right now I'm reading The Scent of Rain and Lightning. I've never read one of her books that I didn't thoroughly enjoy!

[Priscilla]

I have just started reading , its about women in Salem who can read the future in patterns in lace..sounds just my cup of tea!

[Melodie]

Priscilla wrote: "I have just started reading , its about women in Salem who can read the future in patterns in lace..sounds just my cup of tea!"

This does sound interesting!

[Ruth]

I have read the Penny Pintcher's Club but honestly can't remember it! Too many books not enough memory space?

[Ruth]

Pricilla, I have read the Lace Reader and loved it. It was facinating. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Have you read the ? This takes place in Salem past and present.