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Monica wrote: "After enjoying the play twice and the PBS broadcast last year, I'm finally reading Les Misérables. The ABRIDGED version is over 500 pages. A very different style of writing (of course)..."

Quite a fan of Hugo here! I would recommend the 1953 Michael Rennie/Robert Newton film version

[Monica]

Thanks for the recommendation, Rick. Others have said the same. I really should make some time for it! Maybe this weekend …

[Susan]

Genine wrote: "I'm about halfway through Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken; hard to put down, VERY good."

Everyone's different. I got to a spot where I couldn't take it any more and had to put the book down. Very reluctantly I took it up again and finished it. Not because there was anything wrong with it, except that the subject matter disturbed me.

[Susan]

Susie wrote: "Jerry wrote: "Susie wrote: "Jerry wrote: "Finally read A Separate Peace, forty some years after it appeared on my high school reading list. Old Mrs. Lambert, I hope you're smiling."

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i always meant to read that. I might still. I find coming of age books are better when you're no longer coming of age age.

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Monica wrote: "Thanks for the recommendation, Rick. Others have said the same. I really should make some time for it! Maybe this weekend …"

quite welcome!! A very fine film adaption- and Robert Newton was such a fine actor- far more versatile than the Long John Silver roles most think of him for

[Barbara]

I'm listening to the audio of Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich; I felt like I needed some laughs :)

[Rachel Anne]

I'm reading The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz. It's a Sherlock Holmes novel that wasn't written by Doyle. I keep forgetting it's a different author lol.

[Andrew]

I’ve recently read Charlotte Sometimes if for no other reason than to compare The Cure lyrics of their classic song Charlotte Sometimes to parts of the children’s fantasy. This is what I learned and it’s very interesting. ***Spoiler Alter***

All the faces, All the voices blur
Change to one face, Change to one voice

Book First sentence: By bedtime all the faces, the voices, had blurred for Charlotte to one face, one voice.

Prepare yourself for bed

Second sentence: She prepared herself for bed . . . .

The light seems bright, And glares on white walls

Book 2nd paragraph, 6th sentence: The light seemed to bright for them, glaring on white walls . . . .

All the sounds of

Book 4th paragraph, 4th sentence: All the sounds about her . . . .

Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes

Book 5th paragraph, 1st sentence: She must have slept at last . . . .

Night after night she lay alone in bed
Her eyes so open to the dark

Part II, chapter 4, 1st sentence: Night after night, Charlotte lay in bed with her eyes open to the dark . . . .

The streets all looked so strange
They seemed so far away
But Charlotte did not cry

Part II, chapter 4, paragraph 15, 1st sentence: The streets looked strange . . . .

The people seemed so close
Playing expressionless games

Part II, chapter 2, paragraph 24, 3rd sentence: Charlotte, on the other hand, became absorbed, concentrating wholly on her fingers’ easing . . . .

The people seemed so close
So many other names

Part II, chapter 2, paragraph 37: “Good night, Mr. Chisel Brown,” she said with almost a curtsy. “Good night, Mrs. Chisel Brown. Good night, Miss Agnes Chisel Brown. Good night, cat. Good night, dog . . ..”

When all the other people dance - Reference to school dance

Expressionless the trance - Reference to séance

So many different names - Reference to names of Brown family

The sounds all stay the same - Reference to airplane sounds overhead

On a different world - Past where Charlotte travels

On that bleak track
(See the sun is gone again)
The tears were pouring down her face
She was crying and crying for a girl
Who died so many years before

Part III, chapter 2, paragraph 53, 1st sentence: On that bleak track, the sun almost gone again, tears were pouring down her face. She was crying and crying for a girl for a girl who had died more than 40 years before.

Charlotte sometimes crying for herself

Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 13, last sentence: She began crying bitterly, could not stop . . . .

Charlotte sometimes dreams a wall around herself

Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 10, 1st sentence: She dreamed she stood below the picture, The Mark of the Beast, and there were soldiers all around her in red uniforms, stiff as toys but tall as men. There were dolls, too, like Miss Agnes’s doll, as tall as the soldiers . . .

Glass sealed and pretty

Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 15, 4th sentence: And when she looked at the wall at the picture glass, it looked quite empty, as if a mirror hung there, not a picture at all.

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Rachel wrote: "I'm reading The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz. It's a Sherlock Holmes novel that wasn't written by Doyle. I keep forgetting it's a different author lol."

I take that to mean Horowitz has done a great job!

[Anthea]

I am currently reading The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling and loving it. What a wonderful book. I would never have imagined I would like it as much as I do, being that it was written in 1740, I expected it to be wordy, difficult, and boring. It can be a bit wordy, it is difficult, but boring it is not!

[Nicki]

I'm about to start Game of Thrones. I just recently got to see the first season of the HBO TV adaptation and loved it, so I am hoping the books will be even better.

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Anthea wrote: "I am currently reading The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling and loving it. What a wonderful book. I would never have imagined I would like it as much as I do, being that it was writt..."

Love Hardy- some OLDE English words- but his books are so much fun!

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Nicki wrote: "I'm about to start Game of Thrones. I just recently got to see the first season of the HBO TV adaptation and loved it, so I am hoping the books will be even better."

I was thinking of buying the bluray of Thrones- worth it? or just ok for a one time viewing on HBO?

[Gabriella]

I;m reading The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters.

[Cheryl]

I just finished the first two books of The Hunger Games...well deserving of the hype, in my opinion. Then, I read The Dark and Hollow Places over the weekend.

Now, I'm getting back into my first love--fantasy--with Cursor's Fury.

[Stuart]

I am reading to see what all the fuss is about

[Barbara]

Stuart wrote: "I am reading to see what all the fuss is about"

I read it for the same reason. I couldn't quite fathom the huge hubbub about the series but I thought the books were okay.

[Marcia]

At the moment, I am reading LAST FLIGHT OUT by Carroll Bryant. I'm still in the very beginning of the book but from what I've read so far, it seems very interesting. The plot description intrigued me when I read it, and led me to try the book itself.

[Laura]

Reading Chuck Driscoll's The Diaries for review. Enjoying it!

[Per]

Almost finished reading by Victor Davis Hanson, very interesting, and there are some details that I disagree with, but I agree with the central concepts.

Very much recommended.

[Judith]

I finished the latest of Rebecca Cantrell's mysteries set in Berlin before WWII, A Game of Lies. This one has Hannah Vogel covering the 1936 Olympic games as an undercover Swiss reporter--and gathering intelligence for the British. It's as thought-provoking and page-turning as her other books. Here's my review.

[Bill]

Currently reading The Pillars of the Earth and just starting Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place by W.J. Burley.

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Bill wrote: "Currently reading The Pillars of the Earth and just starting Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place by W.J. Burley."

Bill- I read Pillars of the Earth- very involving- but I liked it quite abit- curious as to your thoughts!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I read it some years ago (actually I listened to the cassette version of the audio book while I was driving) and found it very interesting. I remember when i tried to watch the miniseries adaption I dropped it quick. The book however pulled me in.

[Will]

I'm going to Oman to teach next month, and I've just started Arabian Nights: The Thousand and One Nights, and I can't put it down!

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H. Will wrote: "I'm going to Oman to teach next month, and I've just started Arabian Nights: The Thousand and One Nights, and I can't put it down!"

I read your book -ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!- so well researched- A MUST READ FOR ALL WHO LOVE HISTORY

[Michelle]

I have jsut finsihed reading Lover Reborn by JR Ward. I've been waiting for it for a while, and was not disapointed at all! I love the whole Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and her Fallen Angels series, too.

[Leslie]

I just finished reading Elizabeth Hay's A Student of Weather, her first novel. After reading and loving her Giller award winning Late Nights on Air, I was curious about how her writing has evolved ... My full review can be read at http://www.the-reading-list.com/

[David]

I'm reading "Vision of the Future" which is a Star Wars tie-in novel. It's actually quite well written. I recently got back into Star Wars again over my hatred of The Phantom Menace.

[D.L.]

I'm currently reading 'The Mechanical Messiah and other Morvels of the Modern Age' by Robert Rankin. Why? Well, they had a copy at the library and I like humorous science fiction and fantasy. I haven't read much by Rankin before. I've found his books just a bit too silly. This one is pretty good, though.

[Stacia]

I'm reading "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov for a "Read a Russian Author in April" challenge. Also, I'm reading "Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer" by Lynne Cox.

Enjoying both books so far.

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D.L. wrote: "I'm currently reading 'The Mechanical Messiah and other Morvels of the Modern Age' by Robert Rankin. Why? Well, they had a copy at the library and I like humorous science fiction and fantasy. I hav..."

I have a few books by Rankin- have yet to read them D.L.- would you compare his writing to Adams and Pratchett?

[D.L.]

Rick wrote: "D.L. wrote: "I'm currently reading 'The Mechanical Messiah and other Morvels of the Modern Age' by Robert Rankin. Why? Well, they had a copy at the library and I like humorous science fiction and f..."
He differs from both. I've only read a few by Rankin but most if not all by Adams and Pratchett, which probably says much about how I compare them. Rankin's books can be fun but they are not set in a believable unbelievable world like Pratchett's. If you are a Discworld fan, you know what I mean. They are more like Adam's but less obviously satirical about contemporary culture. Rankin's books contain lot of plain silliness and clever word play. I would probably say he's closer to Jasper Fforde in this regard.

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D.L. wrote: "Rick wrote: "D.L. wrote: "I'm currently reading 'The Mechanical Messiah and other Morvels of the Modern Age' by Robert Rankin. Why? Well, they had a copy at the library and I like humorous science ..."

appeciate that DL- I know exactly what you mean- as a devotee of Pratchett- "a believable unbelievable world" is a perfect phrasing!! just about done with Sourcery- love it!!!

[D.L.]

Rick wrote: "D.L. wrote: "Rick wrote: "D.L. wrote: "I'm currently reading 'The Mechanical Messiah and other Marvels of the Modern Age' by Robert Rankin. Why? Well, they had a copy at the library and I like humo..."
I just finished rereading Jingo (well, last week). :-)

[R.]

I'm reading 'A Princess of Mars' at the moment. But still have to finish 'Sharpe's Triumph'.

[Janet]

Right now I'm finishing up Little Dorrit, and am mid-way through A Sudden Country, a fascinating novel about life on the Oregon Trail 150 years ago.

I'm also slowly reading Peter Ackroyd's Venice because I love Venice and hope to visit in 2014.

I am definitely a parallel reader because I also have a G.K. Chesterson selection of Father Brown short stories that I'm reading, and a Isabel Dalhousie audio book for the car.

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Jane wrote: "Right now I'm finishing up Little Dorrit, and am mid-way through A Sudden Country, a fascinating novel about life on the Oregon Trail 150 years ago.

I'm also slowly reading Peter Ackroyd's Venic..."

really great selection of books!!!

[Susan]

I am reading Fanny Stevenson: A Romance of Destiny by Alexandra Lapierre about the life of the wife of Robert Lewis Stevenson. This was recommended to me by someone in one of GR groups. Fanny had a fascinating life, and though I am only one chapter in, she is already in the thick of things.

I am listening on audio to Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. I enjoyed her The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey a while ago, and I am really enjoying this book about James Garfield, who I knew nothing about except that he was the president and he was shot.

I guess I'm into non-fiction and destinies right now.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator - Robert Downs. Now I am going to read Beginnings, Prequel to The Guardians of Vesturon - A.M. Hargrove.

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I finished Sourcery by Terry Pratchett, Sir Terry has one of the most original and hilarious takes on life and human nature ever..do you agree!

[Fiona (Titch)]

This morning I finished Beginnings, Prequel to The Guardians of Vesturon - A.M. Hargrove. Now I am starting Where the Bodies Are Buried - Christopher Brookmyre.

[D.L.]

Rick wrote: "I finished Sourcery by Terry Pratchett, Sir Terry has one of the most original and hilarious takes on life and human nature ever..do you agree!"
I most certainly agree. :-)

[D.L.]

I finished reading a couple books (one indie) in the last few days. Last night, I picked Alice in Wonderland off my shelf to reread. The reason for that, other than that it's a fun read, is because it is one of the inspirations for my WIP. :-)

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Alakshendra wrote: "I just finished reading Mother by Maxim Gorky and The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli. Both to me are a must read. Awesome books"

Gorky is a much underated genius in my opinion

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just finished

[Fiona (Titch)]

Just about to start

[KOMET]

This morning, while on my way to work, I began reading Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by the actor Frank Langella.

I first learned of this book via The New York Times Book Review recently. So far, it lives up to its billing. LANGELLA CAN WRITE and ohhh, what stories. The one about his meeting with JFK and Jackie Kennedy at an informal luncheon in 1961 was very touching.

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Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Just about to start "

Hope you enjoy Lure as Brian is a James Mason member writer!

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KOMET wrote: "This morning, while on my way to work, I began reading Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by the actor Frank Langella.

I first learned of this ..."

The review I read was quite critical of him being very petty and self-absorbed- quick to criticize others- Never met Langella- but a friend did and said he was a very rude person