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Kim (kimkienzle) Going to start One Summer in Savannah…nice, light reading.


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Elizabeth Gamboni | 2 comments Bitter ground by JR Erickson


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the short story collection

A Curtain of Green and Other Stories by Eudora Welty
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories by Eudora Welty
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the classic Science-Fiction novel - the first in the Lensman series, which inspired DC Comics "Green Lantern" among many others

Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith
Rating: 2 stars (but it might be the best two star book I've ever read - haha!)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second in the "Robots" series

The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1) by Isaac Asimov
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov


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Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders


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Yasmin Toro (yazz74) | 9 comments Hooked on the twisted tales. Curretly readin "When you wish upon a star"


message 2761: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Read Leviathan Wakes, book 1 of the Expanse series by James S.A. Corey. I actually read book 2 first . Nearly finished with Cross of Iron and have started The X-Ship book 1 of the Soldier series by Vaughn Heppner.


message 2762: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth


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message 2764: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Just read a real stinker. Don't encounter really bad books very often, but The X-Ship really is bad. Got about 30 pages left in Cross of Iron and am starting The Warrior's Path.


message 2765: by M (new)

M | 338 comments The Night Circus was everything I hoped it would be. Just wonderful!!
Also read Her Dark Curiosity which was fine.
Onto something a bit more meaty... The Killing Moon! Just a couple chapters in and I can already tell I'm going to LOVE this, haha.


message 2766: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Yeah, done with Cross of Iron. Already about a fifth of the way through The Warrior's Path, And I have added Torpedo Run to my currently reading list.


message 2767: by Beth (new)

Beth | 1553 comments Currently working through the How to Train Your Dragon series. The stories are adorable!

On the other side of the mood scale, I’m just starting In Cold Blood.


message 2768: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Vanished in the Mountains by Tanya Stowe


message 2769: by Katherine (new)

Katherine | 63 comments Apparently I have decided to read The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Let’s see if this is more than I can chew. Wish me luck!


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Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called The Fixer by Joseph Finder


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the Gothic novel written in French but first published in English and set in Arabia:

Vathek by William Beckford
Vathek by William Beckford
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I also finished the epic Latin poem (which has been snarkily referred to as "Homer Fan Fiction")

The Aeneid by Virgil
The Aeneid by Virgil (translated by Frederick Ahl
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Hugo Award-winning novel about overpopulation set in the future in 2010 and using narrative techniques lifted from Dos Passos' USA Trilogy

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner


message 2772: by Kim (new)

Kim (kimkienzle) Starting Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane


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Shelley | 502 comments Starter Villain by John Scalzi

I just started reading Starter Villain. This is the first book I have read by John Scalzi, but I love his humor so far.


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message 2776: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey


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Steph | 3 comments I'm reading The Pull of the Stars but I don't think I'll be reading it much longer. I can't seem to put it down.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished

A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Lord Peter Wimsey book

Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers


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message 2782: by Kim (new)

Kim (kimkienzle) Just started Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the sweet and amusing (and short) holiday story

The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Here Be Dragons, Child of a Mad God, and Desert Star. About a hundred pages into Uncompromising Honor and have just started Sudden Mischief. Also listened to about 3 and a half hours of Holly on YouTube but they took it down. Now I have to get a copy,


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the classic gothic romance novel

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading

Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips


message 2786: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called The Doctor's Widow by Daniel Hurst


message 2787: by M (new)

M | 338 comments I struggled through the first few chapters and almost put it down, but Uprooted by Naomi Novik finally caught me around the 30% mark and I'm enjoying it now!


message 2788: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Season of Wonder by RaeAnne Thayne


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Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne


message 2790: by Noorj (new)

Noorj  (noorywrnr) The ballad of songbirds and snakes


message 2792: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Sudden Mischief and 500 pages into Uncompromising Honor. Have a hold on Holly and just waiting to get my copy.


message 2794: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the Midwestern noir

Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the Hugo Award-winning classic Science-Fiction novel

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak


message 2796: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Uncompromising Honor and I am 80% done with Heavy Time. Also, got my copy of Holly and have read about a third of it. I am starting Wild Fire and Doll.


RJ - Slayer of Trolls (hawk5391yahoocom) I finished the second of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries and was not overly impressed, dash it all!

Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
Rating: 2 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and I started reading the second Continental Op novel

The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett


message 2798: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 925 comments I’m reading a book called A Lake House Holiday by Megan Squires


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message 2800: by Greg (new)

Greg (lupercross) | 2250 comments Finished Heavy Time. I'm a third pf the way through Holly and just starting Doll and Wild Fire.


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