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[Erin E]

I enjoy being an Out of School Care Site Manager, it pays the bills and really when it is all said and done, I think I will make a fine 3 year old classroom teacher. And the pay from that will help me work on my Infant and Toddler as well as my Special needs with will afford me a diploma. After that it is completing Child and Youth Care (preferably with a focus on 'high risk' children) or my Teachers Certification so that when the government finally sets up Jr. Kinderguarden I have the credentials to step in and take the job.

[Nicole]

Charly, I know what you mean about having to break down and buy hardbacks when following a series. While I want to support the good-old-fashioned-publishing-industry, I still wish they wouldn't drag their feet on making paperbacks of popular series accessible sooner.

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Well I finally got my computer back so I'
ll be way behind answering or putting in my two cents.
I've read some Sherlock Holmes stories, finished Storm Prey (not as good as some of his others IMHO), and am now reading Moon Music by Faye Kellerman and Moby Dick.

[Werner]

I'm currently reading City of Bones, the first volume of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments trilogy. For March, the Supernatural Fiction Readers group is doing it as a common read, so I got a bit of an early start.

[Nicole]

Welcome back, Syra!

Oddly enough, I just started reading the 2nd of Clare's Mortal Instruments series, City of Ashes.

[Nicole]

That sounds interesting!

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I agree. Wonder if it is still out there?

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I read Didion in college and loved her. We did not read this one. I'll check bookshelf and see what I have.

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Couldn't find Bartlett's book on Amazon Kindle so will try the website today.

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Ordered Bartlett's book. Sounds interesting.

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Still reading Moby Dick (more humor than I expected), Whoopi Goldberg's book (right on)and Pegasus Descending by James Lee Burke.

[Werner]

As of yesterday, I finally started on The Judging: The Corescu Chronicles Book One by my Goodreads friend Ellen C. Maze. It's the first volume of a planned series of Christian-themed vampire novels, and I've been champing at the bit to get around to reading it for sometime (especially since I promised the lady herself that I'd review it!). Ellen is also the author of Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider, another book on my huge to-read shelf.

[Nicole]

I am back to reading Terry Pratchett. How that man can make me smile with his words...!

[Erin E]

I am still tripping through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it is taking me some time to get into... I am worried that I'll finish it and not be overly impressed. I hope my impression is not a desire to go against popular opinion.. I hope.

[Nicole]

Oh, what's wrong with being a rebel? ;)

[Erin E]

Awe, Callista I "heart" you! There is nothing wrong with Rebelling, I am just tired of not seeing eye to eye with the NYT's best seller list... ALL THE TIME! -fake but dramatic sigh-

Charly, my mother devoured the entire series in less than a week, so I know they are good... then again she also loves Diana Gabaldon's series about time travelling romance - not my thing. The longest book I read was Dracula at 900pg's and I was the geeky 12 year old that everyone at school avoided.

[Nicole]

I'm actually surprised when something I really like makes the NYE bestseller list, Erin. I'm cleared accustomed to being an outcast. ;/
Charly, is TGLaPPPS "cute" or more somber? Reviews make it sound sort of funny, but WWII wasn't funny.

[Erin E]

Charly wrote: "Just finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and I gave it a 5 star review. It takes place in 1946 and deals to a large degree with what happened during the war.

I don't recall..."

Good to know. I was toying with adding it to my TBR, now I know it will be worth while. Thanks!

[Erin E]

I could not wait any longer. It is not often that Safeway is the place to purchase thought provoking books, but today (while I was taking a "mental health break" between work and home) I noticed a copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks in the 40% off book bin so I snatched it up and skimmed a few pages - looks like it will be my next read and then I will share it with as many people as possible!

[Nicole]

Thanks for the further review, Charly. I know you don't give a 5-star rating lightly. (Neither do I.)
Yay for your Safeway, Erin! :)

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Got Charly's book on my Kindle just now. Can't wait to read it.
Seems you never know where a good book will pop up.
Also got The Lincoln Lawyer on Kindle. Gotta spend more time on reading and less afghan making! But then I would back up on my Netflix. What's a girl to do????

[Erin E]

Syra, a day like today is the perfect day for afghan making! It is so cold here.

I started reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and I think (if I can stay way from goodreads and this computer in general) I will have the book finished today - it is that good!

[Reggia]

I recently started reading The Samurai's Garden.

[Reggia]

Hmm, glad you mentioned The Immortal Life..., Erin. One of my local book groups is reading it and after seeing your post, I may decide to join them on this one.

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Reading Moby Dick and The Lincoln Lawyer.

[Erin E]

Reggia, my selection of non-fiction reads are usually of the feel good "Chicken Soup" or Robert Fulghum varities so to pick this one up and enjoy it start to finish say's a lot about Rebecca Skloot's ability not only to research, but to maintain every detail right down to converstation styles of each individual.

Syra I can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Lincoln Lawyer, it's been teasing me and I would like to read it before I watch the movie as I am sure it will be one Byron will be itching to see.

[Werner]

Recently, I was offered an advance review copy of Steven Sidor's soon-to-be published Pitch Dark, if I'd agree to review it. I'd never read any of Sidor's work before, and the Goodreads book description (which is lifted from the cover copy) makes it sound like the typical naturalistic "thriller" you see on sale with dozens of others, which isn't my usual reading fare. But I'm finding that this novel actually has a paranormal subject matter; and I'm already hooked!

[Nicole]

I'm reading The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke. So far, I like it better than a lot of short story collections.

[Erin E]

I am now oscilating between The Memory Keeper's Daughter and Water for Elephants both are really, really good.

[Erin E]

I am finding it a little depressing... but I can't stay away - it is almost like watching a train wreck unfold right infront of you; you know you should turn away but it is so horrific you can't turn away. Does that make sense?

[Ken]

I'm currently reading The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano, a bit of a road movie/diary/thriller. Anybody else read or had planned on reading it?

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Reading the nonfiction book Charley mentioned about the guy who loves books too much. Really good. Still on Moby Dick. Haven't started Lincoln Lawyer yet. Several doctor appts. coming up. Had 2 MRIs of shoulders Fri. at 6:45 AM. Ick.

[Nicole]

Have finally decided to tackle Jane Austen's Persuasion.

[Erin E]

Charly, I agree, I got so into Water for Elephants that I forgot about The Memory Keeper's Daughter, not to say the book was not good, it just was not as stellar as anticipated.

I have nothing on my plate right now 'cept some group reads: Caught, The Hunger Games and a few others not worth mentioning - they were not for me.

Enjoy Persuasion, Callista, it's one of my favourites.

[Nicole]

Erin, at the moment, I want to throttle Sir Walter. ;P

[Erin E]

NO KIDDING!

I am getting to a point where I am intrigued to see if the paths all these people are on intersect in a dramatic way, so I am inching my way to the finish line. I do need to finish this book by the weekend, as it belongs to someone else. I'll check out those threads later, Charly, for sure.

[Werner]

I've just started On the Soul of a Vampire, by my Goodreads friend Krisi Keley. (Obviously, it's vampire fiction!) So far, it's off to a very good start.

[Erin E]

So upset. What could have been a great read ended so terribly (bland and predictible the last 40+ pages) that I am not sure I want to see the movie let alone read the rest of the series... Something Borrowed

[Werner]

Last year, I mentioned in another of my groups that the first book in Jan Karon's Mitford Years series, At Home in Mitford, was on my to-read list. One of the ladies in the group urged me to make it my very next read; so I promised her I'd read it as soon as possible, and I'm now fulfiling that promise. :-) So far, though (and it's only been two days), I'm not wildly enthused with it. :-(

[Erin E]

Werner wrote: "Last year, I mentioned in another of my groups that the first book in Jan Karon's Mitford Years series, At Home in Mitford, was on my to-read list. One of the ladies in the group urge..."

Ironic considering the book blurb holds promise - then again even the most promising of blurbs can be a let down.

I just started The Art of Racing in the Rain and so far very promising! I am also hoping to finish Girl with a Pearl Earring this weekend it has been sitting on my referral list since January! eep! but it is a slow go, I love the carful attention to detail - but my mind is wandering... a LOT!

[Werner]

The thing with book blurbs is that they're written by copywriters whose job it is to make you want to buy the book. :-) Mind you, I'm not hating this one; I'm just not loving it as much as I'd hoped and wanted to.

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Blurbs are also written by friends and well=known authors who never read it, "coersed" by their editor or agent.

[Nicole]

I'm reading Kat Richardson's first Greywalker urban fantasy, and so far I like it.

[Rhonda]

Werner wrote: "Mind you, I'm not hating this one; I'm just not loving it as much as I'd hoped."

I suspect it was I who encouraged you to read this and while I can clearly understand your disappointment at its lack of excitement, with which I identify completely, there was an underlying focus and tranquility about these books without them being too unrealistic which I found intriguing.
I did not read the entire series, but I became familiar with all of the characters and enjoyed them each immensely, much as if they were people I knew. Mitford isn't so much, for me, a place reminiscent of to me gone by as it is a time and place in which I think I might have enjoyed living had I learned to be less frazzled with life in general. In a sense it reminds me of Lewis' The Great Divorce in that respect.

[Werner]

Actually, Rhonda, I think it was a lady in the Norah Lofts fan group that encouraged me (though I'd have to go back through the threads and check). Interestingly, though, as I've stuck with it and read on, it's risen in my estimation --a good example of the fact that books you're not initially impressed with sometimes do grow on you! By now (I'm more than half done), it's got a solid three-star rating in my mind; I've become more engaged with the characters and their lives.

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Finished the three Wyrd Museum books. For young adults but I enjoyed it. Fantasy and reality mixed together; people changing personalities; back and forth in time.
Very interesting.

Now I will start The Lincoln Lawyer.

[Werner]

Finished At Home in Mitford today; and by the time I did, it won a four-star rating from me. I'll be posting a review soon.

This past Thursday, Barb and I finished our out-loud reading of Eldest, the sequel to Christopher Paolini's Eragon; so we're now continuing the series with the third volume, Brisingr. Maybe the fourth volume will be out by the time we finish!

[Werner]

I'm currently reading (as my book for reading by myself, not out loud :-) ) Out of This Nettle, originally titled Colin Lowrey. In the Norah Lofts fan group here on Goodreads, we're doing it as a common read this month.

[Nicole]

Just a weird coicidence, like that happened with me and books with "Bone" in the title in January? :)
I'll be interested in seeing if you like TTW. I didn't.
I'm reading Reading Lolita in Tehran--finally. Her writing style takes some getting used to. And for fluff to offset the serious stuff, I'm trying yet another YA-marketed paranormal romance, Fallen--angels instead of vampires for a change.

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(Hey Cal: have the read the Wyrd Museum books?)

Finished Lincoln Lawyer. Ehhh. Not that impressed.

Reading Water for Elephants and loving it.