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[Cherie]

Berit wrote: "Cherie, Going to have to tell me how you like Eleanor and Park!☺️"

So far, so good. I am just at where he held her hand on the bus to school. I wasn't sure I was going to like it at the very beginning. The language has toned down and become more civil. That Tina girl is something else, huh? I knew someone like that when I was in school. I admit that I had to look up Nephilim. I almost knew what it was about, but had to look it up to be sure. I would never have known this word in High School. Eleanor's family situation is definately uncomfortable to me. I lived through a similar situation. I will see how it goes.

[Berit]

Parks family is adorable! I hope you like it.

[Tasha]

I'm reading The Blind Assassin. The writing is just so amazing. This will be a 5 star read, no doubt.

[Lynda]

Going to try and finish Middlemarch while waiting for Breakfast on Pluto to show up and before jumping into level 3 of my serial killer stuff. I'm about half way through, hoping I can finish it this week.

[Dawn]

Tasha wrote: "I'm reading The Blind Assassin. The writing is just so amazing. This will be a 5 star read, no doubt."

Good choice!! One of my favorite books of all time. :)

[Lisa]

I finished Tinder which is a retelling of 'The Tinderbox' by Hans Christian Anderson. I enjoyed it a lot and rated it 4 stars. It's dark and creepy and fantastical with a good twist at the end. This hardback edition also has some wonderful illustrations which really add to the overall feel and atmosphere of the story. It's almost worth checking the book out for them alone :)

Tomorrow I will be making a start on The House at Riverton for a buddy read.

[Sandra, Moderator]

I'm half the way through Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. It feels like a happy reading. I like Flagg humor. I have a question for the people who had read it. (view spoiler)[ Would have been so easily and naturally accepted the relationship between Idge and Ruth in the 20s-30s? (this question is probably wrongly constructed, sorry!) (hide spoiler)]

I'll be starting tomorrow The House at Riverton for a buddy read.

[Kimberly]

I'm reading The Strain byGuillermo del Toro

[Janice, Moderator]

Is that a re-read for you, Kimberly?

[Kimberly]

Nope i read the graphic novel a few days ago though

[Janice, Moderator]

I thought you had for some reason, but maybe I was confusing you with someone else. I enjoyed it.

[Peggy]

Sandra, (view spoiler)[ it has been a while since I read the book, but doesn't it remain a bit ambiguous what their relationship is? I looked up discussions about the book afterwards and there were people saying they were a couple but also people who said they were just living together. Perhaps for the people of the town it wasn't that clear either? I guess it was much less excepted back then than it is now, but I can imagine some places might be more tolerant and accepting than others. (hide spoiler)]

[Sandra, Moderator]

Peggy, (view spoiler)[it is kind of ambiguous. I'm 59% through it. Maybe there are more clues about this in the rest of the book. Dot Weems refers to Stumpy in "The Weems Weekly" as "Idgie and Ruth son", and Ninny names him "Idgie and Ruth little boy". Everybody seems to accept the relationship. Not even one character in the book express disapproval in any way. It seems very unlikely to me this could happened in the time. Not even today would be so "smooth", specially the fact of Stump having two mothers. This is still so controversial this days. But you could be right that it wasn't clear enough. Probably people tended to "suspect" less since it was less common to do public same-sex relationships. And Whistle Stop seems a very tolerant community in many other ways. My opinion is that they are a couple and not only friends. There's so much passion there! (hide spoiler)]

[Peggy]

That's my opinion too Sandra, but I remember (view spoiler)[ when reading the book I was always in doubt whether I was right of not. That's why I also tried to find more information when I finished. I think my doubt might indeed have been there because of what you say: everybody was so accepting and nobody found it strange, which seems unlikely, which made me wonder whether I interpreted it in the wrong way. (hide spoiler)]

[Tasha]

Dawn wrote: "Tasha wrote: "I'm reading The Blind Assassin. The writing is just so amazing. This will be a 5 star read, no doubt."

Good choice!! One of my favorite books of all time. :)"

I saw you rated it 5. It's really good. :) Welcome back, I think you were away, right?

[Peggy]

I started The House at Riverton for a buddy read

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "I started The House at Riverton for a buddy read"

Ditto!

I'll be finishing my audiobook The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack this afternoon and then I can start The Waste Lands for another buddy read.

[Dawn]

Tasha wrote: "I saw you rated it 5. It's really good. :) Welcome back, I think you were away, right?..."

Thank You. I was away for 3 weeks. My sister and I went to Morocco, Spain & Portugal. Just got back on Thursday. :)

[Stephanie]

Welcome back, Dawn! How was your trip?

[Dawn]

Thanks. It was fabulous, we crammed a lot into 3 weeks and rather feel that we spend an extraordinary amount of time in some kind of transportation but totally worth it!

[Sandra, Moderator]

What a great trip, Dawn!

[Tasha]

Sounds great, Dawn!!

[Tejas Janet]

Sounds wonderful, Dawn. I'd love to go to Spain, Morocco, and Portugal. I'd actually love to go on the road for year and wander the globe : )

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Dawn wrote: "Tasha wrote: "I saw you rated it 5. It's really good. :) Welcome back, I think you were away, right?..."

Thank You. I was away for 3 weeks. My sister and I went to Morocco, Spain & Portugal. Just ..."

So so jealous! Welcome back!

[Stephanie]

Just finished Unleashed by Emily Kimelman. I really enjoyed this book and glad I read it. It was quite entertaining. The language though is pretty harsh (as in quite a bit of swearing). That didn't necessarily bother me per se, I just pretended they were other words lol! Anyways, the story reminded me a little of Stephanie Plum by the situations Joy gets herself in. (view spoiler)[when Blue gets shot it took the author a bit to get to the part where we find out that Blue is ok. I think I was finally able to breath once Blue was ok<\spoiler>

I hope other enjoy this book. Warning, it is a series ;) (hide spoiler)]

[Stephanie]

Going to start When the Wind Blows by James Patterson for Rusalka's March challenge :)

[Debra]

Tasha wrote: "I'm reading The Blind Assassin. The writing is just so amazing. This will be a 5 star read, no doubt."

Had to add it and order it from my library!

[Debra]

Dawn, your trip sounds amazing! Welcome back.

[Debra]

I'm reading The Damned and it is excellent. A great ghost story. I don't think Andrew Pyper has gotten the recognition he deserves. I encourage you to check him out.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm about halfway through The Secret Keeper and I don't like the main character at all. I think she is very shallow and self-centered. I'm wondering what's going to happen in the story that causes so many people to give it such high ratings.

[Kimberly]

Ive started The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope you enjoy this one better than The Strain, Kimberly.

[Kimberly]

Janice wrote: "I hope you enjoy this one better than The Strain, Kimberly."

Me too, Im going to give the second book in the strain series a chance still, I just seemed to enjoy the graphic novel adaptation more which rarely happens.

[Janice, Moderator]

I have never tried a graphic novel. I should rectify that someday.

[Berit]

Neither have I! Just finished Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, a young adult book wear for once there was good parenting done all around!. Not quite sure how I feel about the ending, but I liked it, it was very character driven. Now I am reading another young adult book I Was Here, and the mom is not such a good mom, as usual!

[Mariab]

Reading Eleonor and Park, just because

[Berit]

Sometimes when you read something just because, it is the best book ever!

[Jackie]

I'm starting The Bees by Laline Paull today.

[KimeyDiann]

I finished Too Much of a Good Thing on Friday. While the story was interesting, the main character and his actions really turned me off. It is the story of an adulterous minister and the women in his life. Apparently it is part of a series and even though I rated the book 4 stars, I don't think I will continue.

I should finish 314 tonight. I don't read horror very often, but I didn't expect this to be all that scary... I was wrong. The first chapter freaked me out and it hasn't gotten a lot better. This is part of a series also and I'm afraid I will have to continue with it if it ends on a cliffhanger. I don't want to though, I don't like scary stuff! LOL. Plus! March 14 (314) is just a couple of weeks away...

I started There's No Place Like Here today. The premise is extremely interesting, I hope the story lives up to it. And hopefully no scary-ness or loathsome characters!

[Kimberly]

Janice wrote: "I have never tried a graphic novel. I should rectify that someday."

You should! I wasn't a fan of them until Darren and I got together now I love them.

[Mariab]

Berit wrote: "Sometimes when you read something just because, it is the best book ever!"

So very true.

[Cherie]

Mariab wrote: "Reading Eleonor and Park, just because"

I finished it on Saturday.

[Cherie]

Jackie wrote: "I'm starting The Bees by Laline Paull today."

I hope you like it! I thought it was such a great story. I loved the imagination and the hive lore.

[Cherie]

I started Room and because Lenord Nimoy
was on my mind I started a Star Trek book Captain's Peril. I found out today, from one of my Star Trek friends that I should have read another trilogy book before this one. I will probably start The House at Riverton tonight.

[Lynda]

My plan was to make some progress on Middlemarch, but then I remembered I never read the latest Veronica Mars book, Mr. Kiss and Tell, which was released in late January. It's pure guilty pleasure for me.

[Cherie]

Lynda wrote: "My plan was to make some progress on Middlemarch, but then I remembered I never read the latest Veronica Mars book, Mr. Kiss and Tell, which was released in late January. It's pure..."

LOL @ Middlemarch. I have never finished it either.

[Cherie]

Berit wrote: "Parks family is adorable! I hope you like it."

I did like Park's family and I admired his father at the end.

[Pam]

I'm reading I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. We have a competition at my middle school (I'm a librarian). I have to read the books and write detailed questions. I've just finished The Ruins of Gorlan and started Sarah, Plain and Tall.

[Dawn]

Oh, I love Sarah, Plain and Tall. That is such a good book!

[Cherie]

Dawn wrote: "Oh, I love Sarah, Plain and Tall. That is such a good book!"

I agree! I really should read the others, if I can find them.