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Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished "Specials". I am resuming "Feast of Crows". I started it awhile back and put it down.


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Bluemoon (bluemoon286) | 1797 comments I just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and loved it. I am starting The Magic of Ordinary Days to finish 30.3.


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments I finished up Tommo and Hawk the other day for the second book in the alphabetically speaking challenge and started Solomon's Song for one of the 20 point tasks (Tani's task)...also reading More Than Words for one of Coralie's books and listening to Bloodfever for Stesse's task


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Asho | 181 comments I've been reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower series since the beginning of the year (sometimes taking breaks to read other books in between). Now I'm on the sixth of the seven books in the series. Both the sixth and seventh books are pretty long, but I'm going to try to finish both before I get married and leave for my honeymoon on January 9th.
(I am getting a Kindle as a Christmas present and plan to load it up with books for my three-week honeymoon. My soon-to-be husband and I are both big readers, so we can't wait for tons of plane and beach reading time!)


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments congrats on the wedding Asho! enjoy your kindle! best money I ever spent


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chucklesthescot I just finished reading The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf which was recommended by a friend. I wasn't keen on the idea of reading it I admit-sounded too chicklit for my taste but I did actually finish and enjoy it!


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Petra I'm reading The Dead Secret. I recommend it for anyone who enjoys a gothic, Victorian book. I'm totally enjoying it.


message 1359: by Petra (last edited Dec 26, 2010 11:45AM) (new)

Petra I finished The Dead Secret. Great book!
I'm now reading War and Peace (yeah....I'm determined to make it through this Puppy...it's almost as large as a puppy, too......but at a slow rate of mayber 50 pgs a day....we'll see) and Tempest-tost (I really enjoy Robertson Davies books).
I also have Room from the Library and only have it for another week (no renewals!). I'd better hustle my buns and read it, too, soon.


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I finished Night World, No. 1 Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder (Night World, #1-3)  by L.J. Smith and now I think I will add Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon to my mix of books I am reading right now.


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Maria | 8 comments I finnished read book"Pasion india" by Javier Moro. This book was translated from Spanish language to Slovakian language.

I still read book:
1."Les derniers jours de Paris" by Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves. This book is translated from French language to Slovakian language.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I got a Nook and I read "Visions of Sugar Plums" by Janet Evanovitch and I read in in like 4 hours. :)


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments congrats on getting a nook! I love my kindle!

I'm trying to finish up A Red-Tainted Silence for a 30 point task (the spell asia in the title or author)...also started Against the Wind for the A-Z challenge and Lust for the mythical creatures (the last 2 are ARC's I need to read and review, so it worked out good)


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Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments I just finished Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents and I highly recommend it to people who like Bill Bryson.

I'm in the middle of Stranger in a Strange Land (I read it about 30 years ago, but find I've forgotten most of it) and I'm getting ready to start Soulless


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I am still on Feast of Crows. I got a Nook For Christmas and I tested it out. I like much and I read "Visions of Sugar Plums" in four hours on Nook.


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Anna | 74 comments Last night I finished off Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple. It was a fabulous book and want to read more of her books now.


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Kelly | 129 comments I am reading The Distant Hours by Kate Morton and The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen and listening to The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) by Jasper Fforde ( actually my first ever audio book). So far I am liking them all a lot!


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finally finished "Feast For Crows" and starting "Pride and Prejudice".


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished " and started Pride and Prejudice" and started "A Christmas Story"


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments holy, Book ADD batman..I think i've started like 7 books in the last 2 days and can't concentrate on any of them...so i'm reading them in like 30-40 page incredments...lol!

I have:
Lust - Charlotte Featherstone - for the mythical creatures (plus its an ARC I need to finish up)
Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Cash - Josh Lanyon - for 10.10
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War - for the land war in asia
The Kite Runner - for the movie is better than the book (or is it)
In Cold Pursuit: A Mystery From The Last Continent - set in antarctica

and a couple of others..lol! eventually i'll finish up a few of them


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I finished up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling yesterday morning and finished Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1) by Lisa Kleypas early this morning (like 3a) now I am focusing on Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon and will probably start Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and waiting for The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson from the library


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Riona (rionafaith) I just finished Rebecca late last night/early this morning for the group read, and I was going to start Lords and Ladies but my dad stole it from me for his subway reading! So I started Flowers for Algernon instead, and I'm nearly halfway, liking it so far. I really like reading books that I was never assigned in school but should have been, for some reason.


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I got The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson from the library today...so I already started it. About 50 pages in.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished "A Christmas Story" and started "My Sister's Keeper"


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Kelly | 129 comments Finished up The Distant Hours by Kate Morton and now reading Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann for my book club on Sat.


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Petra I'm currently reading War and Peace. I'm not sure it's a good idea for a Challenge but, boy, is it good! Still have a long, long way to go.
I've got 3 unfinished tasks started and have just received a Giveaway book that I'll be trying to fit into the Challenge, too.


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Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments I've got two going right now Blue Smoke and The Bone Garden.


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I got a Giveaway book (I never received my second one :( ) , but I think I will have to put it into the next challenge I don't think I will have time to fit it into this one.


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Petra Meghan, email the person who's giving the book away. I did this once and was sent another copy of the book. The first copy never did arrive.


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments also make sure you go to the giveaway page and mark not received


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished "My Sister's Keeper" and starting either "Cellist of Sarajevo" or "Titan's Curse"


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Lahni | 312 comments ★Meghan★ wrote: "I got a Giveaway book (I never received my second one :( ) , but I think I will have to put it into the next challenge I don't think I will have time to fit it into this one."

This happened to me but once I marked that I hadn't received the book it arrived within the week.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments Okay I am starting "The Cellist of Sarajevo"


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I already went to the giveaway page I think I will try to email the person giving away the book.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments Mariyam wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Okay I am starting "The Cellist of Sarajevo""

I read that title and I was reminded of a book I read a while ago called Zlata's diary. It takes place in Sarajevo d..."


I have Zlata's Diary on my Nook. :)


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Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments I've got a couple going right now. Key of Knowledge and Cherry Cheesecake Murder.


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Riona (rionafaith) I just started Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal today and am tearing through it. it is HILARIOUS.


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments I read Zlata's diary a long time ago (when it first came out) - i think i was in high school...we used it along with Anne Frank in a section for school about books and diaries

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Mariyam wrote: "Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Okay I am starting "The Cellist of Sarajevo""

I read that title and I was reminded of a book I read a while ago called Zlata's diary. It takes place..."



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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments i have a bunch in progress, but hoping to finish up The Rose of Sebastopol (my last 20 point challenge); The Surrendered (second book for the asian authors) and then start Nutcase or The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca for the second of one of the 25 point challenges I have left...also listening to Dreamfever (second book in BEth NC's task) and Succubus on Top (Christine's reflections task)


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Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished "The Cellist of Sarajevo" and starting "Gwenhwyfar"


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Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments Still need to finish Key of Valor and I started Sidetracked to finish up 30.3.


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★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I started City of Glass in my mix for 20.7


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3045 comments I finished "Gwenhwyfar" and started "Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society"


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Tina (garcia02) I am currently reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I haven't gotten very far but I have high hopes. I just finished the Hunger Games Trilogy and I absolutely loved it!


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Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments finished up listening to Succubus on Top last night while was my second book in a 25 point task...started listening to Shadowfever today which is one of my books for the 50 point challenge...also reading The Surrendered; The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca, Devil of the Highlands and Scandalous Lovers


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Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments I've got three going right now. Sidetracked for 30.3, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for 30.4 and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for 20.3.


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chucklesthescot I'm tackling the 50 point challenge next and will be starting one of my 'night' titled books. I have 3 on standby in case I have to abandon my first choice which is Night Life by Caitlin Kittredge. For part b I'm reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Not quite decided on part C yet...


message 1400: by ★Meghan★ (last edited Jan 21, 2011 06:27PM) (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments Ok about half way through City of Glass, still not very far into Outlander, and now debating whether to start Jane Eyre (50.1c), Eat, Pray, Love(30.3b), or Back On Blossom Street(10.6). Anybody got a suggestion.


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