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message 2051: by mstan (new)

mstan | 868 comments Rereading Murder on the Orient Express for mrs.soule's task, and about to start on A Monster Calls for the blue/white/black of night task.

Reading Agatha Christie always takes me back to my teenage years. I finished her mysteries then... I find her writing somewhat stilted now (and Hercule Poirot quite annoying!) but there are still a few standouts in her repertoire I enjoy revisiting.


message 2052: by Connie (last edited Jan 22, 2012 07:32AM) (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments Working on 30.1 Unique Winter Holidays. I'm reading the humorous book,Two Coots in a Canoe: An Unusual Story of Friendship, for the Boy Scout Day option (Canoeing badge).

I'm also starting Italian Shoes: A Novel for the National Soup Month option (Italian Wedding Soup).


message 2053: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments I just finished up P.S. I Love You for the second task of Mstan's task...now I can go and oggle Gerald Butler in the movie...lol!


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Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments Still listening to I Heard That Song Before for 20.8 and reading Affairs of Steak for 25.1. Will be starting Rizzoli &Amp; Isles: The Silent Girl: A Novel soon to finish 30.5.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments I finished Beautiful Darkness and starting A Sword of Avalon


message 2056: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I am still trying to slug through... 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (20.2-2) and also in the middle of Wish by Alexandra Bullen (30.1-6), and started The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries, #1) by L.J. Smith (50.1a)


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message 2058: by Anne (Booklady) (new)

Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 754 comments Ratking by Michael Dibdin for Task 15.6


message 2059: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel, sensational to say the least! I love all the characters, love how consistent the story and related to many of the characters.

I am about to begin The Best of Me, I have read all previous books by Sparks and his average rating is a 4, so I hope this does not disappoint.


message 2060: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I am currently reading 1Q84 (20.2), The Unwritten Rule (30.3), and 1984 (50.1b)


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments Finished "Sword of Avalon" and starting "Morality For Beautiful Girls"


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Katrina (katmcv) | 455 comments On holiday in New Zealand, so haven't done much reading, but have completed The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith Twisted (Pretty Little Liars, #9) by Sara Shepard (both 50.1) and am currently reading The Future of Us by Jay Asher for the 5 point Jump task, can't remember the number.


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Liora (chinquapin) | 0 comments Almost done with A Red Herring Without Mustard (A Flavia de Luce Mystery #3) by Alan Bradley and also reading Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfeld The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón


message 2064: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished The Best of Me and was slighlt disappointed reading it. It was good but not great as his previous novels.

I am about to begin Matrimony by Joshua Henkin .


message 2065: by Anne (Booklady) (new)

Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 754 comments I am reading Gideon's War by Howard Gordon by Howard Gordon for Task 20.5.


message 2066: by Connie (last edited Jan 30, 2012 08:21AM) (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments I started I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (for 20.8), and am liking it so far.


message 2067: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments Ok I don't think I really know what I want to read...Currently reading The Girl in the Steel Corset (15.5), 1Q84 (20.2), The Surgeon (25.8), I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (30.3), and 1984 (50.1)


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments I finished "Morality For Beautiful Girls" and starting "Leviathan"


message 2070: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments I have decided I need to finish the tasks that I am in the middle of. It is the last month and I have to finish some of these books.


message 2071: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I started on The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf last night. I'm a few chapters into it so far and its a bit of a page turner.


message 2072: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) The Graduate, I watched the movie recently and enjoyed it.


message 2073: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) Ellie wrote: "I started on The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf last night. I'm a few chapters into it so far and its a bit of a page turner."

I just checked out that book today, how ironic! Let me know if it is good or if you give a review so I would know what to expect:)


message 2074: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I just started reading the second book in the Stephanie Plum series Two for the Dough.


message 2075: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) Michael wrote: "Ellie wrote: "I started on The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf last night. I'm a few chapters into it so far and its a bit of a page turner."

I just checked out that book t..."


It's an excellent read. Once you start this you won't want to put it down!


message 2076: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) Thankas Ellie, I am looking forward to reading it:)

I am currently reading The Summer I Turned Pretty


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments I read that book. I wasn't too crazy about it.


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message 2079: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments Currently reading The Surgeon (25.8), Twilight (30.6), Paranormalcy (30.7), 1984 (50.1b), and Then Came You (50.1c)


message 2080: by Lavinia (new)

Lavinia (platinumwarlock) I'm just starting Ann Patchett's State of Wonder on my Kindle, have Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden going on audiobook in the car, and am reading the first of Kevin Emerson's Oliver Nocturne series, Vampire's Photograph, out loud with my son. I also have Mary Doria Russell's A Thread of Grace sitting on the bedside table, but it would get more attention if I wasn't already so sleepy by the time I saw it each evening!


message 2081: by Su (new)

Su Philips | 4 comments Just finished A Prayer for the City.
I am reading Lean Mean thirteen by Janet Evanovich for fun.


message 2082: by Su (new)

Su Philips | 4 comments Ellie wrote: "I just started reading the second book in the Stephanie Plum series Two for the Dough."

I have been reading the series between heavier books. I love the series.


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments I read the entire series so far. Great series.


message 2084: by Elena (new)

Elena (pessimisticelly) | 1 comments I've just started on Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. I am DONE with paranormal and urban fantasy for now and in need of some quality literature at the moment. Suggestions welcome!


message 2085: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I've just began reading The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell this evening.


message 2086: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I began reading Still Missing by Chevy Stevens , very suspenseful.


message 2087: by Bea (new)

Bea I have three books going and trying to decided which of the remaining five to start.

Currently reading - The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory , Jane Eyre and Seabiscuit An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand .


message 2088: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 8987 comments working on my last few right now:
Shying Away and Night Road for the christmas carolling 30 pointer; Leviathan for the GR; The Moai Murders for the 15 pointer about wonders of the world and Butterfly in the Wind for the insect 5 pointer


Jayme(theghostreader) (jaymetheghostreader) | 3046 comments I finished reading "Full House and going back to Leviathan.


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message 2091: by Connie (last edited Feb 11, 2012 12:18PM) (new)

Connie  G (connie_g) | 358 comments I'm reading Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Cold Mountain and Acqua Alta (Commissario Brunetti #5) by Donna Leon Acqua Alta.


message 2093: by Donna Jo (new)

Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments I just finished Zelda, The Queen of Paris: The True Story of the Luckiest Dog in the World by Paul Chutkow. I enjoyed it.

I'm looking for something rather mindless to read next.


message 2094: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments I've got more than usual going right now. The Reincarnationist for 5.1, The Red House Mystery for 10.2, Evan's Gate for 30.2, and John Adams for 30.6.


message 2095: by ★Meghan★ (new)

★Meghan★ (starinheaven) | 815 comments Currently reading The Surgeon (25.8), Halo (30.1), The Mediator: Volume 1 - Shadowland & Ninth Key (30.7), 1984 (50.1b), and Then Came You (50.1c)


message 2096: by Aoibhínn (new)

Aoibhínn (aoibhinn) I've just started reading the third book in the Stephanie Plum series Three to Get Deadly.


message 2097: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1580 comments Still working on John Adams and The Red House Mystery plus I started His Majesty's Dragon for 10.3.


message 2098: by Michael (new)

Michael (book_nerd1991) I just finished The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf , outstanding and haunting book!

I am about to begin Look Again by Lisa Scottoline


message 2099: by Anne (Booklady) (new)

Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo (wwwgoodreadscomAnneMolinarolo) | 754 comments I just started The Godfather by Mario Puzo .
Glad to have my laptop back from the computer repair shop!


message 2100: by mstan (new)

mstan | 868 comments I'm reading Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 and The Help. Have yet to start on my other books Ready Player One and Snuff... and having a hard time deciding what I want to read for 50.1 (published in the 1970s). I borrowed The French Lieutenant's Woman from the library, then realised it was published in 1969 (won a prize in 1970 - doh!). Started on Angle of Repose but am finding it tough going at the end of the challenge - may leave it to spring instead since it's >500 pages long.


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