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[Lauren]

P.s. going to start The Language of Flowers next.

[Kristi]

CeeAnne wrote: "I finished Before I Go to Sleep a couple of days ago. It was creepy good."

Ooooh, I saw that one at the store, but I wasn't sure. Darn, now I wish I had bought it. This is why I love GR! Now I know it's worth it. Creepy is awesome IMO.

[Lisa]

Lauren wrote: "P.s. going to start The Language of Flowers next."

I'm dying to read that but my book club didn't take the suggestion and I don't know when I'll have time to read it.

[[deleted user]]

I'm starting The War of the Worlds, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "I'm starting The War of the Worlds, and The Fellowship of the Ring."

I started LOTR today as well.

[[deleted user]]

The beginning is always the hardest part to get through....

[Kim]

I'm listening to The Fellowship of the Ring, which I'm liking a lot although it's not exactly zipping by as yet. I'm also reading Georgette Heyer's Detection Unlimited with a GR friend and I've just started Geraldine Brooks' Caleb's Crossing.

Right now, what I really should be doing is some work! :(

[[deleted user]]

Lunch break is way over! Are you back home?

[Kim]

Yes, I was at my second job this morning. I am home now with a few hours to finish off this morning's work. Off to the theatre tonight, so I can't do it tonight! Of course, if I don't finish, I'll have to do it over the weekend or next week. I'm just not super-motivated right now. (*sigh*)

[[deleted user]]

What are you seeing at the theater? Andreas is whining right now at the thought of no breakfast tomorrow..... *poor baby*

[Kim]

Poor Andreas! Just imagine having to skip breakfast! Tell him he can make up for it at his next meal.

I am seeing this. I gather that it's a good production. However, it's raining here and I have work to do and really I'd rather not go out. *whinge ... moan ... complain*

[[deleted user]]

Well, we'll see if he has an appetite after the knee surgery. I would love to see Pygmalion performed with the original ending.

[Kim]

Yes, he may not feel like eating and he may be very grateful indeed that he didn't eat before the surgery!

I haven't seen a stage production of Pygmalion before, although I read the play when I was at school (or possibly university - I can't remember). A good school friend of B's is the assistant director, so there's a bit of a personal connection to the production.

[Tim]

I actually really like the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. I'll start it and hopefully, The Silmarillion tomorrow.

[Chrissie]

Lauren wrote: "I finished Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe I never read a book that made me so HUNGRY! Every other chapter Evelyn was talking about some sort of candy bar or junk food tha..."

Sounds like I would not like it if I were to reread it.... I do not like "foody" books. I guess this didn't bother me before.

[[deleted user]]

Tim wrote: "I actually really like the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. I'll start it and hopefully, The Silmarillion tomorrow."

I like to get into the action quicker, I guess. :)

[Manybooks]

Jeannette wrote: "Tim wrote: "I actually really like the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. I'll start it and hopefully, The Silmarillion tomorrow."

I like to get into the action quicker..."

I got this dramatisation of LOTR (not BBC) from the library and I think I would rather have one voice narrate the whole book and not adapt and abridge it (the voice of the Gaffer was just horribly grating and really hard to understand). Still thinking of listening to it, but nothing is as delightful as reading (and like Tim, I really love the beginning).

[Tim]

It's probably the NPR dramatisation. Most comments on it aren't very good.

[Beth]

i guess im gonna start lone wolf by Jodi picoult!

[Manybooks]

Tim wrote: "It's probably the NPR dramatisation. Most comments on it aren't very good."

I don't know if it is NPR. The page for the library audiobook says that it is a 1994 US version adapted by someone named Bernhard Mayes. I think I am going to skip listening to it and just read LOTR (I tried again this morning and the voices really grated).

[Tim]

Yes, that's the NPR version. It's considered to be a pretty bad version. The BBC version was adapted by Brian Sibley. It's pretty good for a dramatization, but I'd still like a proper audiobook. There is a Harper Collins set of audiobooks on 46 CDs read by Rob Inglis but they're hard to find. For some reason, they're not available on Audible in Canada. The set runs around $150 for purchase, but it's not easy to find. They might be on iTunes since I read that Harper Collins signed a deal with Apple for a Tolkien store, but that was several years ago.

I bought the BBC version because it was the only audio version I could find at the time.

[Tim]

I've checked and they aren't in iTunes. I noticed that my local library has the proper audiobooks, so I'm going to see if I can borrow them.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I started The Bungalow last night. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to like this although I was excited to start.

[Lauren]

I finished The Language of Flowers it was not what I was expecting but I did like it.Now I'm reading Virgin River

[Chrissie]

I completed Fanny Stevenson: A Romance of Destiny and here follows my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I recommend this book for those curious to know more about about Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife. She and they traveled and traveled and traveled. Through reading this book you will learn about life in the US, Scotland, Hawaii, Polynesia and France at the turn of the 20th Century. Fascinating stuff!

I am still listening to Dancing at the Rascal Fair. I am enjoying every minute of that too. It is clearly a comforting read, but now something heart-wrenching has happened. This has been brewing from the start, but I am impressed by Doig's ability put "flesh on the bones", to nuance the central theme. This book is for those who enjoy character portrayal. It is also of interest to those curious about pioneer life in western USA, the immigrant situation and the National Forest Parks instituted by Teddy Roosevelt.

[[deleted user]]

Simran wrote: "I've just started The Fellowship of the Ring. A few days late but yes, finally !!!"

Huzzah! It's only March 4, and I still haven't started. I had a busy weekend.

[[deleted user]]

Nice mini-reviews, Chrissie! :)

[Chrissie]

Thank you, Jeanette. Usually I tend to be too blabby. I am trying to be more concise.

[[deleted user]]

I meant the mini-reviews in the post above. It helps me decide if I want to read the full review.

Either way, I don't think your full-length reviews are too blabby. The are always interesting!

[Chrissie]

Jeannette wrote: "I meant the mini-reviews in the post above. It helps me decide if I want to read the full review.

Either way, I don't think your full-length reviews are too blabby. The are always interesting!"

Well, I read some reviews and I love the concise ones. One is never satisfied with one's self.

[[deleted user]]

No, I never think my reviews are very good. I'm always pleased when somebody "likes" my reviews.

[Jennifer]

I am currently reading, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. It is a novella, and a lot gets said in a few pages....finishing it tonight!

[[deleted user]]

I have really come to appreciate novellas this past year. Very little filler or fluff.

[Chrissie]

Jeannette wrote: "No, I never think my reviews are very good. I'm always pleased when somebody "likes" my reviews."

Exactly! Me too! I always think it would be easier to explain things if you had the person in front of you. You can watch facial responses and know exactly where you need to explain more.

[[deleted user]]

I'm just heading to bed, earlybird! :)

My difficulty with reviews is oftentimes trrying to find the right words. I hate to use trite or cliched phrases.

[Lisa]

Just finished The Invisible Bridge today which I LOVED and next will read a really short book, The Cats in the Doll Shop and then Booky: A Trilogy (at least the first book) and then I have to read The Children's Hospital and Assassination Vacation for book groups/club and various cookbooks, picture books, and as soon as it comes out Trail of the Spellmans. And I think I'm forgetting some...

[Chrissie]

I just finished Dancing at the Rascal Fair. I had a terrible time with the review so it is minimal: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have begun listening to The Twentieth Wifeand this is what I think so far: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... It is giving me lots of trouble!

[Lauren]

A Discovery of Witches

[Roz]

Just started The Descendants. I didn't see the movie, only the commercials on tv. I can understand why someone would not like this one. Not terribly comfy. In fact, so far I really don't like any of the characters; not the father, the young daughter (although I do feel sorry for her) and not the mother lying in a coma. I hope someone will see the error of his/her ways and change by the end of the book. Never read about a more disfunctional group of individuals. I guess that's the point.

[Lisa]

Roz, I loved the movie and it was a comfort movie for me, and I liked all the characters. But I don't know whether they're the same as in the movie.

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading Bothreally good!

[Aoibhínn]

I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King this afternoon and it was brilliant! Now I've started reading Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.

[Tim]

I just finished the BBC dramatisation of The Fellowship of the Ring. It's the third time through that version for me and I quite like it even though I don't agree with some of the changes from the original text.

I've managed to get hold of the audio version of The Silmarillion (it helps having a few friends who are Tolkien fans) so I've just started that version. I quite like the narrator, he's very appropriate for the text.

[Jennifer]

Finished And Then There Were None -- probably one of my favorite Christies so far, which surprised me. Finished The Brass Verdict also - which since I unexpectedly find myself serving on a jury this week was kind of apropos. Ripping through The Affair: A Reacher Novel , The Kitchen Witch , and my pen-pal books for two of my groups: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ; and The Borgia Bride -- each fascinating in its own way and all very different reads.

[[deleted user]]

I just finished Twin Spica: Volume 12 , the last volume in the series. This is not only the best manga series I have ever read, but one of the richest, most heart-warming stories I have ever read.

[Tim]

Jeannette, what's it about? There's no description for that volume. I occasionally read manga (but I'm more likely to watch anime). So, I'm always on the lookout for manga to read.

[[deleted user]]

Excellent series, Tim. Twin Spica centers around 5 teenagers who attend Tokyo National Space School. One student from their class will be chosen to be an astronaut on the next manned Japanese space flight. The background story: 10 years previous, a manned Japanese rocket exploded on take-off. It crashed back onto the beach where many of the town's inhabitants had gathered to watch the take-off. The little girl on the cover lost her mother in the crash; her father worked for the company that designed the rocket. So, there are quite a lot of back stories, as well as the story of the trials the students endure.

I don't want to give away any more of the story. It's a very satisfying story, heart-warming, heart-breaking, full of real, human emotion.

[[deleted user]]

p.s. Which manga and anime do you enjoy? I didn't expect anyone here to be interested in Twin Spica, but it's so good I had to share!

[Tim]

Thanks, I'll keep that title in mind. I'm a big fan of Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 and I love Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1. I own all of the Nausicaä mangas, but I was first introduced via the film. I love Hayao Miyazaki's works, especially Kiki's Delivery Service, My Neighbor Totoro, and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. I've started watching more anime via Netflix.

[Nae]

I'm reading A Million Suns by Beth Revis. It's the sequel of Across the Universe, which I also liked. It's kind of too philosophical for my taste, though.