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[Donna Jo]

I've just finished Book of a Thousand Days and enjoyed it as the perfect escapist read.
Am starting Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America

[Michael]

I am currently reading

[Michael]

[Aoibhínn]

I've recently finished reading by Ernest Hemingway and by Janet Evanovich.


The Old Man and the Sea
I enjoyed this book. At 127 pages, The Old Man and the Sea was a quick read. I managed to read the entire novel in just under an hour. It was a touching and thought-provoking tale. I admired Santiago's determination and his refusal to let his spirit be broken. I loved Ernest Hemingway's writing style. I thought it was very similar to John Steinbeck's style (who is my favourite author by the way). Although it is a very short novel, the story got quite slow and repetitive in places. It is a good novel but I honestly didn't think it was worthy of the Pulitzer Prize it won in 1953.
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Lean Mean Thirteen
I enjoyed this book but I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as the previous instalment, Twelve Sharp. The plot was predictable and virtually nothing happened in it to develop the characters further. I'm getting tired of the love triangle with Joe Morelli and Ranger and I wish Stephanie would finally choose one of them or else dump them both and date someone new! Janet Evanovich has let this go on for far too long and now there's no sexual tension left between the characters.
My full review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...



Now I'm halfway through by Jane Casey.

[Michael]

I finished May We Be Forgiven, was a really good novel of sympathetic characters.

Now I am about to start Defending Jacob

[Annie]

Just started:

The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

Still Life by Louise Penny

Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King

Should be a fun month!

[Katrina]

(5.7) and then (25.5). Have 3 tasks half complete already because yesterday we had such bad rain no way were we going anywhere :)

[Bea]

Roses by Leila Meacham - for SRC and PAS
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai - for SRC and RwS (possibly PAS)
Answer as a Man by Taylor Caldwell - for SRC and RwS (possibly PAS)
and finishing Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - for PAS

[Dee]

ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about women where they are unbelieveable (i.e. an untrained female beating a tour de france finisher in a bike race...) - blargh!

[Megan]

Fred in Love because KITTY :D

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Still reading "Jack and Jill" but had to put it aside to start my bookclub book

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I just finished which I LOVED!!!! If I re-read books (which I usually don't) this would be one that I would choose to re-read. I couldn't put this one down☺

I also finished which is by an author that I don't particularly care for BUT I LOVED this book too!!!!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Dee wrote: "ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about women where they are unbelieveable (i.e. an untrained fem..."

ARGGGGHHHHHHH So sorry Dee!!! I hope you find what you are looking for and that your next few books are 5 star reads!!!! Or at least 4 stars ☺

[Michael]

I finished , too terrible to talk about it.

Starting

[Dee]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about women where they are unbelieveable (i.e. an u..."

it happens and I've finished 2 since, but urgh!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Dee wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about women where they are unbelie..."

Yes it does. I think I was on a spree of two star books in February. That usually doesn't happen so I'm wondering if it was just me and I wasn't in the mood for the books I was picking and reading LOL

[Sue]

I've got Solomon vs. Lord going on the Kindle and The Postmistress in paperback.

[Dee]

♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about women where they..."

I did decide that this season I'm going to be more picky and not read books just because - it might take filling tasks harder but hey, that is why its a challenge right?

[Michael]

I finished my last book,it was decent but a little unrealistic.

Now I am starting

[Katrina]

Dee wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Dee wrote: "ack only day 2 and 2 DNF's already - I really wish I could find a fiction book with a triathlete that doesn't suck - I don't want one about..."

Almost all of mine were on tbr or shelf/kindle so it's not as impossible as it sounds. I find the SRC really encourages me to step up my game and get through all these tbr books.

[Marty]

I'm reading Mary Shelley's The Last Man . It's a pretty sweeping epic about the end of the world, and a bit rough going at times, but I love anything she wrote so I'm enjoying it.

[Michael]

I am about to start

[Katrina]

Just finished (5.10) and am partway into (15.8).

I have four tasks half complete, and borrowed 3 books from the library two days ago that are also for 2 book tasks, so I'm going to end up with 7 half complete, lol.

[Dee]

i'm like you Katrina - I think I have like 8 books in progress right now - I was really hoping for more snow so I could be a bum - but it kind of fizzled out

[BJ Rose]

Am listening to The Moor for #15.1 - I love Laurie King's Mary Russell series. Will follow that with The Hound of the Baskervilles since that book is mentioned several times in The Moor.

[Katrina]

About to start (25.2 Book 1). I'm going to end up with too many half complete tasks, haha. This'll be my 5th, and have two more books from the library that are for 2 book 15/25/30 point tasks as well!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I finished "Perfume: Story of a Murderer"

[Megan]

I just finished The Island of Dr. Moreau in time for the middle school musical tomorrow, and I'll probably start either Maggie: A Girl of the Streets or Further Fables for Our Time before I go to bed :D

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I am currently reading which was a kindle freebie, but so far I'm enjoying it ☺ I am also reading and not really liking it at all although I have seen a lot of my friends recommending it and giving it lots of good reviews. I'm also reading but not really far enough into it to give it a thumbs up or down yet.

[Michael]

Finished , it was a well written story about war and loyalty.

Starting

[Chris]

- on the Nook. This was a BN freebie, but I'm enjoying it.

in hardback. Love this series.

on audio. Brilliant! I no longer read Grisham's legal thrillers, but I love his other stuff. The play-by-play of the games has me spellbound.

[Dee]

i'm listening to The Postman Always Rings Twice - narrated by Stanley tucci and have multiple books in reading progress

[Michael]

Dee wrote: "i'm listening to The Postman Always Rings Twice - narrated by Stanley tucci and have multiple books in reading progress"

Is that the book that was turned into a movie?

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I believe there is a movie.

[Michael]

I figure there is.

I am about to begin

[[deleted user]]

Just finsihed . A free book for review. I enjoyed the book. It is about a woman who's baby got switched at birth with another. There were times I smiled, laughed and yes I cried a tear or two. The ending was good but I feel the author should of took it a little further. A good read. A grey mini challenge and captain challenge.

Just started [bookcover:Healer's Touch|17301154

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Michael wrote: "I figure there is.

I am about to begin "

I read that

[BJ Rose]

Reading for both parts of #15.4

[Michael]

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Michael wrote: "I figure there is.

I am about to begin "

I read that"

It was pretty strange but good.

I am about to begin

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

I finished 3 stars and 1 star.

I am currently reading and

[Katrina]

Listening to (10.4) and just started (10.2)

[Bea]

Finished Roses 4 stars. Finishing up today The Thin Woman for probably 3 stars.

Still reading The Borrower (ebook) and Love in the Time of Cholera - about 60% done with both.

Barely started Answer as a Man, although it has promise. Had to complete the library books (first two) as they are due in a day or two.

Next books to start (library) Caleb's Crossing (audiobook), The Enchantress Of Florence (ebook), and White Tiger by Michael Allen Dymmoch.

[Michael]

I finished reading my last book, poorly written all around.

Now I am about to finish the trilogy-

[BJ Rose]

Library books came in all at once!
Finished The White Tiger, now reading The Hound of the Baskervilles, then on to The Once and Future King, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder, The Rise of Nine & Sea Glass

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I can vouch for Lemon Meringue Pie

[Dee]

dammit, now I want pie!!!

[Megan]

I have Jekyll and Hyde for school tomorrow, and then looking forward to The Woman Who Wouldn't (yay Gene Wilder), The Solace of Open Spaces, and maybe Sarah's Girls for tomorrow evening. Yay books! :D

[Sue]

I've got The Bat on the kindle, Catching Fire in paper and Still Life on the iPod.

[Michael]

I finished my last book, good way to end the trilogy.

I am about to read Passing On The Mantle: The Elijah Legacy

[Claire]

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence