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[Becky]

Starting The Mammy

[Jaime]

Becky wrote: "Starting The Mammy"

Becky, I have picked up this book to buy a zillion times at Barnes and Noble and never bought it for some reason. I'd love to know what you think of it.

[Becky]

Jaime wrote: "Becky wrote: "Starting The Mammy"

Becky, I have picked up this book to buy a zillion times at Barnes and Noble and never bought it for some reason. I'd love to know what you think..."

On sale this week at Target too!!! So far I am enjoying it...

[NancyL]

Just started The Double Comfort Safari Club - the latest in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Also just watched the DVD Botswana:In the footprints of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - great background on the locale of the series. Netflix has it.

[Jaime]

Becky wrote: "Jaime wrote: "Becky wrote: "Starting The Mammy"

Becky, I have picked up this book to buy a zillion times at Barnes and Noble and never bought it for some reason. I'd love to know wh..."


Oooo...I may have to check that sale out!

[Betsy]

I thought I had posted this, but I guess not...

A couple weeks ago I started
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
for my F2F book group in May. It is written by Simon Weisenthal who was in a concentration camp in Poland and during his imprisonment is taken to the bedside of a dying SS soldier who unburdens his soul with a last confession of sorts and asks for Weisenthal's forgiveness. The first part of the book is Weisenthal's recounting of the story and his actions and then the rest of the book is essays by ethicists, thought leaders, etc. on whether they think he should have forgiven the soldier or not. Heavy stuff, but pretty interesting.

[Becky]

Eternal on the Water

[Marci]

Just Started The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall. He wrote one of my favorite books The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint. I am enjoying immensly !!!

[Stephanie]

Becky wrote: "Eternal on the Water
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Oh my gosh, I LOVED this book. I cannot wait to hear what you think of it!

I just started Olive Kitteridge, finally!

[Sharon]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

[Cathy]

Just started Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.

[Jaime]

I am about to start Sharp Objects. I have read quite a few positive reviews about both of Flynn's books and figured I'd start with the first one (which most reviewers I read said they liked a little better).

[Stephanie]

Sharon wrote: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

I am starting this one over the weekend. I hear the first 50 pages or so are very slow, then the book takes off like a rocket.

[Kate]

But Inside I'm Screaming

Apologies if I posted this twice. I'm a slow reader.

[Kate]

Sharon and Stephanie wrote: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . .
LOVED IT! I think my next read will be the second book in the series/trilogy. And I think I'll see the movie, too.

[Kate]

Jaime/Becky plan to read The Mammy
I think that's one of the top 3 or 5 funiest books I've EVER read -- I got the second one in the series @ a used bookstore, recently . . .

[Becky]

Kate wrote: "Jaime/Becky plan to read The Mammy
I think that's one of the top 3 or 5 funiest books I've EVER read -- I got the second one in the series @ a used bookstore, recently . . ."

I am going to get the next 2, I enjoyed The Mammy & it went by fast!!!!

[Jaime]

Jaime wrote: "I am about to start Sharp Objects. I have read quite a few positive reviews about both of Flynn's books and figured I'd start with the first one (which ..."

Whew. I just finished the first two chapters of this book. It's definitely a page-turner, but also very, very dark.

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I started The Vagrants , but haven't had nearly enough reading time this week. It's so good already though.

[Betsy]

Kate wrote: "And I think I'll see the movie, too."

I went to see the Swedish film version of Girl with Dragon Tattoo a couple weeks ago. It was good, but they left a lot out. I thought the casting of the woman who played Lisbeth was perfect, but I was so-so on Mikael.

[Stephanie]

Betsy wrote: "Kate wrote: "And I think I'll see the movie, too."

I went to see the Swedish film version of Girl with Dragon Tattoo a couple weeks ago. It was good, but they left a lot out. I thought the castin..."

Critics, who are usually much more into the indies/foreign films actually said when the Swedish version came out to "wait for the American version". That is something you never hear!

[LynnB]

I just started Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. It's for another book group.

[Jaime]

I'm so excited! Today I found a copy of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky at one of my local library's year-round used book sale. It was a brand new hardcover edition for only $1.00! I usually find some great deals there and check at least once a week, but this really made my day! I can't wait to start it as I've heard a lot of good things about it.

[Lisa]

Wow Jaime! This book is only 3 months old and it was already in the used book sale? Unbelievable!

[Jaime]

Lisa wrote: "Wow Jaime! This book is only 3 months old and it was already in the used book sale? Unbelievable!"


That's exactly what I thought! I really did get lucky. I check there all the time because there is someone who donates recent releases (hardcover and trade paper). They look brand new. They charge $1.00 for hardcover and .50 cents for trade paperback. You can't go wrong!

[Lisa]

I got a deal like that yesterday at Goodwill, actually two deals. I got brand new hardback copies of:
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen - published in March
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah - published in February

I already read Allen's book on my Nook and own a copy of Hannah's book; but I couldn't resist buying these bargains for a couple of dollars apiece.

[Stephanie]

Jaime wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Wow Jaime! This book is only 3 months old and it was already in the used book sale? Unbelievable!"


That's exactly what I thought! I really did get lucky. I check there all the t..."

There is a library about 15 min from my house that always has AMAZING books for sale. I love going there, because I almost always walk home with a great new book in phenomenal condition.

[Nancy]

I looked at this book just this morning at the library. It's on my list but I put it back, which took all my willpower, because I read only book I own during the summer. Summer starts at our house the day my husband puts the awning up over our deck, usually the first week of May. The awning creates the perfect outdoor reading room and I absolutely live out there all summer long. I'll be interest in how you like The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. I'm defintely going it read it in September.

[Jaime]

I have a couple books going simultaneously right now, but I just started Naughty Neighborby Janet Evanovichon CD. Her books make the commute into work a little more enjoyable with her humor.

[Betsy]

A few days ago I started

The Monsters of Templeton

It's about a young woman who is in a bit of a personal mess and she goes back to her home town to stay with her mother while she figures it all out. There are some colorful characters, both living and dead that add fun and intrigue. It's a pretty quick read, I'm about halfway through after just starting a couple nights ago (and I only read before I go to sleep).

[Cathy]

I took The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir out from the library today. I don't watch a lot of television, but we recently got a phenomenal package price on the Comcast premium channels. A woman I work with, occasionally, asked me if I watched the "Tudors" on Showtime. I was unfamiliar with the show, but wanted to check it out on her raving recommendation. I know little or nothing of Tudor/British royal history. In a little over one month I have watched three complete seasons. A total addict and I have to say I love "The Tudors". The show did such a moving presentation of Anne Boleyn's fall from grace and eventual beheading that I went in search of a book on this topic. I am hoping this historical biography is interesting, informative, and thoroughly lovely to read. Has anyone read this new book or watched any of the series on Showtime?

[Lisa]

@Cathy
I love "The Tudors" on Showtime, although I'm behind on this season. I've read a lot of historical fiction about the Tudors. I haven't read The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir (it's on my TBR); but I have read The Lady in the Tower by Jean Plaidy. I've read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, which I've reviewed on here. I've also read all of Philippa Gregory's Tudor series. A book I own, but haven't gotten around to reading is The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George.

Let me know how you like Weir's book.

[Becky]

I have that book here to read & I have rented The Tudors from netflix, I have to wait till Dec for this season but it is worth it....

[LynnB]

I'm part way through The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession and finding it pretty interesting.

[Lisa]

@Lynn
I need to check to see if my library has finally stocked this book. I want to read it, but don't want to buy it.

[LynnB]

Lisa wrote: "@Lynn
I need to check to see if my library has finally stocked this book. I want to read it, but don't want to buy it."

@ Lisa - Me, too. I put off reading it until the library had it because some reviews didn't sound that good. I am enjoying it, though.

[LynnB]

I've just started The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever and The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.

[LynnB]

I have 4 going at the moment (one classic, one mystery, one general lit, and one non-fiction)... that ought to keep me busy for a while!! ;-)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by Thomas Colin Campbell

[Miriam]

I admire your ability to read more than one book at a time. I used to have to do that in college. Now I love to immerse myself in one book at a time whether it is fiction or non fiction. I do read more that one magazine at a time.

[LynnB]

Miriam wrote: "I admire your ability to read more than one book at a time. I used to have to do that in college. Now I love to immerse myself in one book at a time whether it is fiction or non fiction. I do re..."

I'm sort of the opposite. In my college days and up into my 40s probably, I only read one book at a time. It's been since then that I've developed the habit of reading 3 or 4 at a time (all very different types only, they can't be the same type).

[Becky]

Just started The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
. It was the April pick for my other book group LOL

[Betsy]

Just started The Art of Racing in the Rain, for my F2F book group. I thought it was a Bookmarks book, but it's not on their website. I'm loving the narration by the dog (I have 6 of my own, so it's a compelling narrator for me); I'm less thrilled with all the car racing bits since I have zero interest in that. I'm trying to go with the whole metaphor for life thing, but I'll let you know what I think after I finish it.

[Becky]

Betsy wrote: "Just started The Art of Racing in the Rain, for my F2F book group. I thought it was a Bookmarks book, but it's not on their website. I'm loving the narration by the dog (I have 6 of my own, so it's..."


loved loved loved this book....

[Lisa]

Me too! "The Art of Racing in the Rain" was a great book.

[Betsy]

Mister Pip
Just got Mr. Pip in my book swap and started it immediately. I'm not too far, but it's very good so far. It was short listed for the Man Booker and it got 3 1/2 stars in Bookmarks.

[Kathryn]

Just started yesterday The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

[Stephanie]

I just started two books:

Tomato Rhapsody: A Novel of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit

A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True

These are both for my other book group I moderate. I need to get through a few of those, and then I am getting into some Bookmarks reads! :)

[Jaime]

Stephanie wrote: "I just started two books:

Tomato Rhapsody: A Novel of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit

A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True. I bought this book a while ago and have yet to read it. I studied in Krakow for a while in college and couldn't resist buying this book when I saw it on the shelf.

[Kathryn]

Stephanie wrote: "I just started two books:

Tomato Rhapsody: A Novel of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit

[bookcover:A ..."

I'm glad I'll get to read your reviews of both of these as they are on my TBR list...

[Stephanie]

I also just started The Lacuna. I love Kingsolver!