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[Robotgirl33]

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?! THEY ARE?!?!?!?!?! WHEN, HOW, WHAT IS IT CALLED?!?!?

[Ronyell]

Rick wrote: "Ronyell wrote: "I am currently reading Mine Til Midnight by Lisa Kleypas because I wanted to read more romance novels by Lisa Kleypas."

is that one of her contemporary novels? or historical?"

It's one of her historical novels.

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Kyle wrote: "Djinni is right, I forget the there was that second 'i' at the end :P

Theres going to be a fourth one! :D Sorry I'm still excited about that haha!"

I love the Bartimaeus trilogy too, I purchased them for my daughter to read, I read them, now my son is reading them. A fourth one, awesome I love you guys.

[Deborah]

An apology for the long entry here right at the start!!
I've been a hop and a skip away, and what do I find in coming back? You've all left me in the dust!!! It's taken me 20 mins. to catch up to the discussion/conversation! Couple of comments:

Re: Those Sookie Stackhouse vampire series books- reading them is one thing...they are entertaining. But seeing the HBO series really brought them to life for me. I started reading the original books years ago (more than 12 yrs). I think bringing them to tv gave them a delightful edginess that at least I was not giving them in my own mind. They were sort of "flat" characters to me. Now they're quite full-bodied/bloodied. I found them just comedic before..

Must tell you I finished "13 1/2" by Nevada Barr in the wee hours of this morning. OMG, what a grizzly and awesome book. Follow my link here to see a video of her discussing this book if you're interested. It was just a fantastic, psychological thriller!!!

Nevada Barr It takes you into the mind of a psychotic killer in a way I've never read before. Amazing novel that walks a razor edge of reality and fiction.

Finally, (hold the applause) these sci-fi books you mention in YA don't always appeal to me, with the exception of the "Hunger Games," series, if that's considered sci-fi. And, I've never really understood sci-fi in general in the past. Now that I'm past 50, though, I'm starting to "get the drift," as we used to say. Truth be told, I think I owe Harry Potter for even dragging me over to the YA fiction section in the first place!! ;] But, I really only have one leg over the fence. Nevertheless....

As regards Sci-fi in general, one of the best "recommenders" in my life recently gave me an introduction to a sci-fi series that I'd never heard of but you all probably have:
"A Game of Thrones," by George R.R. Martin Evidently there are several books in the series and all are amazing. I've started this one and love it!

Are any of you familiar with this series?? What do you think?

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Part of the problem in coming and spending time in here is your TBR list grows at such a rapid rate. ::adding A Game of Thrones:: :D

[Larry]

Hmm A Game of Thrones is fantasy, albeit from a quality author. If you like such works you might like Roger Zelazny's Chronicle of Amber series. I'm not a fantasy fan but those 2 series come highly recommended from members of a forum I'm on.

[Gwennie]

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Kyle wrote: "Djinni is right, I forget the there was that second 'i' at the end :P

Theres going to be a fourth one! :D Sorry I'm still excited about that haha!"

I love the Bartimaeus trilogy..."

What series is this? Or I guess, another way I could look it up is by the Author...

[Deborah]

Thanks, Larry, I'll look into that one.

[Flora]

I'm getting ready to start The Quiet American

[Larry]

Deborah wrote: "Thanks, Larry, I'll look into that one."

Just put a linky in

[Gwennie]

I'm so excited to start The Amulet of Samarkand! This series looks so good, I love finding excellent new books to read!

[Jane]

Rick wrote: "Jane wrote: "I've discovered Anita Brookner and I've finished 2 of hers so far and I'm working on #3 - Strangers, Hotel du Lac and Rules of Engagement---"

was she recommended to you by anyone?"

Remember now how I found Anita Brookner. Our locally owned book store The Tattered Cover. Built into an old theater - absolutely the greatest place.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Robotgirl33 wrote: "Rick wrote: "Kyle wrote: "Robotgirl33 wrote: "I'm reading the Bartimaeus trilogy."

I. LOVE. THOSE. BOOKS!!!

Sorry...but the trilogy is a favorite of mine :D"

Robotgirl33 wrote: "I'm reading the..."

thanks for summary- sounds really interesting!

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Wendy wrote: "I'm so excited to start The Amulet of Samarkand! This series looks so good, I love finding excellent new books to read!"

Glad you found it Wendy. :)

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Deborah wrote: "An apology for the long entry here right at the start!!
I've been a hop and a skip away, and what do I find in coming back? You've all left me in the dust!!! It's taken me 20 mins. to catch up to..."

Hi Deborah- I ordered The Resurrectionist after reading your post! just came in the mail today!
Thanks for recommendation!
Rick

[Gwennie]

I'm going to order it on Amazon Thursday!

[Petra]

I've just started The Girls because I was browsing my bookshelf and it caught my eye. I picked it up a few months ago at a Used Book store. It caught my eye then because the title seemed intriguing.

[Flora]

Along with The Quiet American I am also reading The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense

[Mary X]

I am reading Elvis and the Dearly Departed because my life is super stressful right now and I'm hoping this will be a light fluffy, funny cozy.

[Deborah]

Petra wrote: "I've just started The Girls because I was browsing my bookshelf and it caught my eye. I picked it up a few months ago at a Used Book store. It caught my eye then because the title seem..."

"The Girls," is a great read, Petra! Very unusual choice of story material which I just adored. I can only hope you'll love it as I did. The problems and joys of being a conjoined twin are handled with so reality that I believed these two were alive! Highly recommend this one to everybody.

Larry, I've ordered the "Amulet..." today and look forward to starting the first in that series. Thanks so much.

Are you the same "Larry" I'm speaking with on the Margaret Atwood discussion? :] A big wave, if so. I'm such a fan of yours, you know....

[Deborah]

Nope, sorry, Larry....it was not you over there.

I do, while on the subject, want to invite you men to read Atwood's "The Year of the Flood." It would be a great discussion to know what you thought of it's timeliness and dystopian world.The Year of the Flood

[Shay]

Petra wrote: "Shay wrote: "I finished Fool. Really loved it. A lot of people are now writing takeoffs either based on the novels themselves or on the characters. (Think of what a industry Jane Austen has spawned..."

I think it's a pretty safe assumption it's a riff on Hamlet. His father dies, he believes him murdered by his uncle. His mother and uncle marry. His girlfriend Zoophilia (like Ophelia from Hamlet) kills herself. There's a mention of a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. And it's set in Elsinore, California. All those characters from Hamlet + the name of the setting. So, Tuck is Hamlet which fits because he's wishy-washy and indecisive.

If you're really just not into Shakespeare, but are kind of interested in the story, they made a movie from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/

[Karen]

I'm reading The Passage and so far I'm enjoying it.

[Marialyce]

I am reading East of Eden and East of Eden. Both are just wonderful written and fascinating. Just got back from England and Pillars made me look at those cathedrals and abbeys with more educated eyes.

[Barbara]

Rick wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I'm reading Sun Storm by Åsa Larsson, a Swedish mystery that came highly recommended. So far, I concur. Good story, well written."


interesting, Barbara- are Swedish mysteries written quite different than US mysteries? facinated to hear how you like SUN STORM

Rick, I'm about two-thirds done with Sun Storm and like it a lot. I don't think Swedish mysteries are necesarily written differently from American ones. There are probably plenty of run-of-the-mill Swedish books. I think the really good ones, though, become hugely popular in the US and all over the world. With Sun Storm the "ambiance' is great - you can feel the cold arctic climate - and the author avoids the "pet peeves" people have noted; all the prose moves the story forward...there's no over-description of people and sunsets and stuff like that. :) In addition, the characters are engaging and the crime in the book is gripping. I have another Åsa Larsson book to read right after this one.

[Petra]

Deborah wrote: ""The Girls," is a great read, Petra! Very unusual choice of story material which I just adored. I can only hope you'll love it as I did. The problems and joys of being a conjoined twin are handled with so reality that I believed these two were alive! Highly recommend this one to everybody. ..."

Deborah, I'm about 50 pages in now and am really enjoying it and am looking forward to reading more about what the twins think and feel.
I can see why one would think that these two girls were really alive. It's written with so much realism.

[Petra]

Shay wrote: "I think it's a pretty safe assumption it's a riff on Hamlet. His father dies, he believes him murdered by his uncle. His mother and uncle marry. His girlfriend Zoophilia (like Ophelia from Hamlet) kills herself. There's a mention of a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. And it's set in Elsinore, California. All those characters from Hamlet + the name of the setting. So, Tuck is Hamlet which fits because he's wishy-washy and indecisive.

If you're really just not into Shakespeare, but are kind of interested in the story, they made a movie from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/..."

Thank you, Shay! This is a connection I would not have discovered without you.
I remember really enjoying Shakespeare but over the years have stopped reading him (too many other books, I guess). I might just have to dust off my copy and read a play or two. I'd start with Hamlet now that I've got this connection.
Thanks!

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Barbara wrote: "Rick wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I'm reading Sun Storm by Åsa Larsson, a Swedish mystery that came highly recommended. So far, I concur. Good story, well written."


i..."

very interesting- I put it on my TBR list
thanks!!!Barbara

[Michelle]

I'm reading Shiver right now. It's a nice switch from all the Vampire themed books, which I totally enjoy, but wolves are interesting too.

[Anastasia]

I've almost finished William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust, which I started to read after a friend asked me if it was possible to compare the themes with those touched on by Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird. It's the second Faulkner novel I've tackled after Soldier's Pay, which I read at school and did not really enjoy that much. But this is different; the use of language is quite brilliant. There is only the most superficial comparison with Mockingbird, though. :-)

[Larry]

Deborah wrote: "Nope, sorry, Larry....it was not you over there.

I do, while on the subject, want to invite you men to read Atwood's "The Year of the Flood." It would be a great discussion to know what you tho..."

Hmm, yes might be interesting-I do like a good dystopia now and then.

[Deborah]

I'm wondering, because the question was in a way put by a man in the discussion at the Atwood group, why is it that mostly women seem to read books written by women? Or, is that not true?

Do you men read more books by men, or by women?

I'm finding that I tend to read more books by women, myself, these days. Although, if I'm looking for a murder mystery/thriller or sci fi or the like, I don't tend to care who the author is if I'm interested in the story.

[Werner]

Deborah, I can't speak for male readers in general, and I've never counted up all the books I've read into two groups based on the author's gender. That said, my impression is that I probably read about as many books by the one as by the other; what you said about being more interested in the story than the author's gender has always been true with me regardless of genre. Many of my favorite authors are female (including Austen, Undset, Norah Lofts, J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, etc.).

[Larry]

Jules Verne's

[Larry]

Deborah wrote: "I'm wondering, because the question was in a way put by a man in the discussion at the Atwood group, why is it that mostly women seem to read books written by women? Or, is that not true?

Do y..."
Im tend to read more books by men, in fact I hardly read any female authors, only because I just dont come across any that have written SF! I've read an nAnne McCaffrey book years ago and enjoyed it and recently I tried to read Ursula K LeGuin but got bored with them!

[Werner]

Larry, the SF genre was traditionally male-dominated for most of its history (even though one of the early proto-typical Romantic SF novels, Frankenstein, was written by a woman --Shelley also wrote one of the first post-apocalyptic novels, The Last Man) and had a mostly male readership, especially in America during the pulp period. But women SF writers have been around, and came into their own by the 1960s. Two that I can recommend are Zenna Henderson and C. J. Cherryh.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}]

i'm reading
Its really good so far :D

[Marialyce]

I am reading Someone Knows My Name and Light in August.

[Leslie]

Marialyce wrote: "I am reading Someone Knows My Name and Light in August."

Speaking of Faulkner, I just finished As I Lay Dying. I found it very moving. It got me thinking about what my grandmother would say if she could speak from beyond the grave.... My full review can be read at: www.the-reading-list.com

[Deborah]

Leslie, I just visited your blog, which is amazing. You have a new follower. I've left you a comment.
Deb

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Anastasia wrote: "I've almost finished William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust, which I started to read after a friend asked me if it was possible to compare the themes with those touched on by Harper Lee in To Kill..."

facinating to compare the two!

[Kyle]

Wendy wrote: "I'm so excited to start The Amulet of Samarkand! This series looks so good, I love finding excellent new books to read!"

I hope you like it Wendy! Let me know what you think :D

Robotgirl33 wrote: "WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?! THEY ARE?!?!?!?!?! WHEN, HOW, WHAT IS IT CALLED?!?!?"

Should come out in November or December and its called The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel

[Gwennie]

Michelle wrote: "I'm reading Shiver right now. It's a nice switch from all the Vampire themed books, which I totally enjoy, but wolves are interesting too."

I read this, it was pretty good. I just got Linger too, but haven't read it yet. I like Maggie Stiefvater's writing more then I liked Stephenie Meyer's.

[Larry]

Yea I must find some C J Cherryh to read! Cyteen is one of her popular works

[Lennie]

Jane wrote: "Rick wrote: "Jane wrote: "I've discovered Anita Brookner and I've finished 2 of hers so far and I'm working on #3 - Strangers, Hotel du Lac and Rules of Engagement---"

was she recommended to you..."

Jane, are you talking about the Tattered Cover that's in Denver? Because if it's the same one, I was in Denver over the Labor Day weekend and sooo wanted to visit that bookstore! Unfortunately I ran out of time and had to catch my flight back home to L.A. I hope I get another chance if I ever get out that way again.

[Barbara]

I finished Sun Storm by Åsa Larsson and enjoyed it. So I'm going on to the second book in the series The Blood Spilt.

[Werner]

Larry, the only two books by Cherryh that I've read were Hestia and The Pride of Chanur (which opens her Compact Space series); but I liked those and definitely want to read more by her, when I can get around to it. I've read good reviews of Cyteen (and some of the other novels in the same series, like Rimrunners) in the library trade journals. She writes in the fantasy genre, too.

[Larry]

The one Cherryh novel I'm most familiar with is Downbelow Station. Heard a lot about it but never come across it to read. Its on my wishlist on Bookmooch

[Dara]

I am currently about 1/3 way through Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Fascinating story...

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Jo wrote: "I'm reading Factotum"

my friend Bunny read that and said it was very intense- Bunny had to read a comic novel after she finished Factotum