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[Angela~twistedmind~]

Jammies wrote: "Angela, the thing I like about that series is that Ms. Armstrong takes minor characters from one novel and makes them major characters in a following novel. In other words, yes, the witches get th..."

Oh, good. I was beginning to think it wasn't what I consider to be a series. I thought they were all 'stand alone' books with nothing in common. I'm about half way through the first one and I'm really enjoying it. I certainly was happy to have it on my Kindle this past Wed. while I spent 8 and a half freaking hours in the ER!

[Sally, la reina]

How is the Aerosmitg book going, Clark?

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Sally wrote: "How is the Aerosmitg book going, Clark?"

I'm about 150 pages in. I'd give it three stars so far. There's a fair amount of tawdry details but unfortunately quite a bit of Tyler's hippie, dipshit philosophy on life, dipping his wick, and rhyming to wade through to in order to get to it.

Whatever... I still say the guy deserves to be carried around Boston on a throne for the rest of his life for having written "Mama Kin" and "No Surprize" (his spelling, not mine).

[Leslie]

I'm almost done with Clara's War. It's one of the best Holocaust memoirs I've ever read.

[Katie]

Im reading two books. A Bitter Truth: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd and The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil.

[Laurin]

I'm in the middle of 2 books (I put them on hold to read a book for another group). I'm reading The Seven Dials Mystery and Run for Your Life.

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As of late the majority of books that I've been reading books are pertinent to my studies (I'm a French & Political Science major.)

[~Geektastic~]

I think I may have too many books going right now. The Mists of Avalon,Henry VIII: The King and His Court, Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science & Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe and (possibly for a group read) The Poisonwood Bible.

[Janice]

That's quite a few books, Amber. :)

I'm reading Shanghai Girls, The Gaslight Dogs, and Fahrenheit 451. I'm not far behind you.

[Allison]

I'm reading The Bone Houseand it is amazing so far.It's not something I would normally pick up but it caught my eye (probably because I was watching the show "Bones") and it is actually really, really good!

[Lee]

, Joe Kurtz #3 and Simmons last one, in this series.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said and I kind of meant to read some colonial novel to go along with it, like Passage to India, because it's one of the ones Said discusses, but I was at the library today and the new One Book, One Chicago selection is The Adventures of Augie March which I've been meaning to read for awhile, and they had a row of fresh ones set up, along with pamphlets and bookmarks (ugly bookmarks), and the thing about fresh library books is, you have to get them when they're fresh. Two years from now they will be filled with coffee stains, ravioli debris, baby vomit, hair, and possibly even worse things. So I grabbed a fresh Augie March and here we are.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Today would be a good day for people to start Strong Motion, Franzen's book about earthquakes in Massachusetts.

[Jammies]

Wizard's Holiday

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Read Ashes by Scott Nicholson. A quick short book of short stories to finish out the night. I started The Amulet: A Faedra Bennett Custodian Novel by Alison Pensy last night. Never even heard of the series or author, but the book is turning out to be good. Not great, but pretty good.

[Leslie]

Right now I'm reading When I Was Cool by Sam Krasner. It's a memoir about his time at the Jack Kerouc School of Disembodied Poetics. It's interesting, especially for anyone interested in the Beats.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am reading Afterwards - Rosamund Lupton and Borstal Girl - Eileen MacKenney

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I think I've reached critical mass with muso biographies and autobiographies.

Despite his cred as glam rock royalty, the backdrop to David Bowie's time on this mortal coil is actually quite dull, but the girls I went to high school with probably wouldn't want to hear about it, several of whom undoubtedly still carry a torch for both him AND Bryan Ferry. The six-night stand old carrot-top pulled off at the Michigan Palace back in 1974 is still the stuff of legend around this lunchpail burg.

Once I quelled my curiosity as to whether Bowie smoked a few poles along the way, digested a few short paragraphs about his botched production of the Stooges' "Raw Power," his gift of "All the Young Dudes" to Mott the Hoople, and his time spent babysitting Iggy Pop in Berlin, there's precious little here I actually wanted to read more about. Besides, he lost me after "Station to Station." Berlin trilogy? Keep it...

Your results may vary.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am now reading The Translation of the Bones - Francesca Kay

[Janice]

I started Tenderness Of Wolves last night and will start Firefly Lane on my way to work this morning.

[Cheri]

I am enjoying Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell. I have to read Out Stealing Horsesfor book club but don't want to.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value.

[Leslie]

I'm reading Nigel Nicholson's Portrait of a Marriage about his parents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson. It's fascinating!

[Jammies]

[Lee]

...and its "way out" there compared to his IMHO

[Phil]

I finally got around to starting The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan.

[Cyril]

I'm still working through The Naked and the Dead.

[Jammies]

Lee, I love Something Wicked This Way Comes!

[Leslie]

I'm reading Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut, started last night.

[Ema]

I'm still on Washington's Crossing. It's so terribly boring.

[Lee]

Jammies wrote: "Lee, I love Something Wicked This Way Comes!"

I'm going to stick with it, Jammies. Up to part II.

[Ruby]

Yesterday I finished:
The Menstruating Mall - Review here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
and Dead Until Dark - Review here:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I've just started The Enemy and while it's YA, it's actually pretty good so far. Kids being hunted down and eaten by zombie parents - what's not to love?

[Phil]

I don't have anything to say on-topic, but I'm getting post #2000 in this thread.

[Lee]

Way to go...Phil!!!

[Fiona (Titch)]

I have read The Mango Orchard: Travelling Back to the Secret Heart of Mexico - Robin Bayley. I am now reading Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde.

[Ruby]

Janice wrote: "I have just started Shanghai Girls."

Hey Janice - let us know what you think of that one. I have a bit of an obsession with Shanghai, although I haven't been there... yet.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Invisible Man.

[~Geektastic~]

About halfway through Just Kids. Loving it.

[Ruby]

Just finished The Enemy. Onto Deadline while, "Feed" is still fresh in my mind.

[Susieville]

Currently reading State of Wonder by Ann PatchettState of Wonder

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Racked up on books on sale on the Kindle and picked up several at a merchant's mall (flea market) Sat.
Started Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz Sun. night.

[Janice]

Ruby wrote: "Janice wrote: "I have just started Shanghai Girls."

Hey Janice - let us know what you think of that one. I have a bit of an obsession with Shanghai, although I haven't been there......"

I enjoyed the book a lot. I think I gave it 4 stars. Most of the book is set in Los Angeles. Only the first part is set in Shanghai in the 1930's as the Japanese invade the city.

[Lee]

Angela wrote: "Racked up on books on sale on the Kindle and picked up several at a merchant's mall (flea market) Sat.
Started Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz Sun. night."

Really enjoyed this Koontz, Angela.

[Lee]

Up next...

[Ruby]

Thanks Janice, for the Shanghai Girls info. I'll check it out.

I was just looking through The Book of Other People for short stories to read on tomorrow's day off, and I stumbled across a graphic novel extract that's just genius. I don't usually like graphic novels, (even The Walking Dead doesn't do it for me) but the story of "Jordan W Lint" by Chris Ware just blew my freaking mind! Ware chronicles the life of a boy from birth to age 13, using detailed comic book style frames & symbols - I can't describe it, it's just brilliant.

There are a few snippets here: http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com/Wa...

What amazes me is how much detail you can get from simple pictures. There really is a whole "novel" here. Apparently he'd done this with several characters, from birth to death - I'm a convert.

[Fiona (Titch)]

I have given up on The Translation of the Bones - Francesca Kay and Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde. So I have decided to read Fallen - Karin Slaughter.

[Sarah]

Ruby wrote: "I was just looking through The Book of Other People for short stories to read on tomorrow's day off, and ..."

The Book of Other People was a lot of fun.

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Lee wrote: "Angela wrote: "Racked up on books on sale on the Kindle and picked up several at a merchant's mall (flea market) Sat.
Started Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz Sun. night."
..."

Koontz is one of my favorite authors. He is one of the few that I collect his hardbacks for my shelves. I got 3 or 4 Koontz books Sat. Yay for me!!! :D

[Ruby]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Ruby wrote: "I was just looking through The Book of Other People for short stories to read on tomorrow's day off, and ..."

The Book of Other People was a lot of fun."

Were there any stories in particular in The Book of Other People you'd recommend? I'm not much of a short story reader usually, but have starting to read the odd one or two on my days off. I don't think I'd read a whole book of shorts, but it's a good way to road test a few new authors!

[Ruby]

Forgot to mention, I read H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space" today. I'd recommend it for anyone who is new to Lovecraft (like myself). Super creepy, and it's a stand-alone, so you don't need to know anything about the mythos to begin with.