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[Tim]

I've just finished two books. The first is the audiobook of The Lying Game which was a nice, light YA novel, but I was kind of hoping for more from it. The second was Spider's Bite which I got from Kobo books a little while ago. It was a decent urban fantasy and good enough that I might look at reading some of the others in the series. I'm not sure what's next.

[Jessika]

Reading If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern, which is so cute but not entirely fluff. I'm almost finished with This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust, which has been a thought provoking read.

[Beth]

Im reading

[Kimberly]

I'm reading

[Felicia]

Someone gave us some really old books and I've found a couple to read. I just finished a book by Georgette Heyer and now I'm going to read .

If you guys are looking for books to put on your ereader you need to check out Astraea Press Anniversary Bash. The entire month of February they are giving away 2 books every day. (www.astraeapress.blogspot.com)

[Chrissie]

I just finished Night Train to Lisbon which I DO recommend, but only if you enjoy books with philosophical content.

My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The setting is primarily Lisbon but you also visit Finisterre in Galicia, Spain, and Bern, Switzerland.

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Now I will startJohn Adams. I thought I should take a mini-break after reading and loving Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, but actually I have only been thinking about returning to the founding fathers since I closed that book!

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Ive been reading Paris, my sweet. This book is about sweet, friendships, relationships, and Independence. So far really liking this cause learned so much about paris already.

[Diane]

I am doing a buddy read: - quite intriguing!

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Plum Spooky" by Janet Evanovich in paperback and still reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer on Kindle

[Chrissie]

Phew, its over: The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Have started Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials. This is a YA book, and although I rarely read them, I was told that it is for adults too. The little I have read makes me agree totally. This is a book that looks at what REALLY happened at the Salem Witch Trials at the end of the 1600s. What is known, and why did this happen? I am impressed by the author's clear reasoning and ability to place readers in the mindset of another place and time, enabling us to understand their behavior.

I am reading it because I want to understand the times BEFORE the American fight for independence covered in both Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and John Adams. I am loving JA as much as BF!

[Darkpool]

Have finally started This Time. I'd been aiming at reading it this month, and of couse it has proved particularly well timed given the confirmation that the skeleton under the Leicester car park is almost certainly Richard III.

[[deleted user]]

Half way through "The Host" and just started "Finger Lickin Fifteen"

[Chrissie]

I finished Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trialsand thought it was very good! Not just for kids, although it is a YA book. Clear, informative and to the point, without all the erroneous hearsay that surrounds this topic.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


I am also listening to books about American Independence and so I decided to follow the same vein and read The Winthrop Woman, to better understand the Puritan faith. I loved this author's Katherine. I am hoping it will be equally good. This is historical fiction that doesn't play around with the facts, only what is not known, such as emotions and thoughts and dialog are added.

Loving: John Adams

[Mary]

This was my first Ann Seton. Book loved all of hers. Still own the paperbacks after 30 years

[Chrissie]

Mary wrote: "This was my first Ann Seton. Book loved all of hers. Still own the paperbacks after 30 years"

Mary, romance must appeal to you, right? I do feel the atmosphere is expertly drawn. I guess I have read about half and they are finally in Massachusetts.

About: The Winthrop Woman

[Kimberly]

I'm starting

[Aoibhínn]

I've just finished by Nicholas Evans and by Janet Evanovich.

The Divide started off so well but the plot did get quite slow halfway through the book. I did wish it would speed up at times but the story did remain strangely engaging. The last 60 or 70 pages of the novel were just as gripping and compelling as the first half of the novel. To tell the truth, I enjoyed the family drama sub-plot a lot more than I liked the murder mystery plot but I think that was probably because I didn't like the character of Abbie all that much so I found it hard to care about what happened to her. I loved all the vivid and wonderful descriptions of the Montana setting and landscape that made me feel like I was actually there. Nicholas Evans has got a great writing style and I love his use of language and imagery. I gave this novel 3½ stars!
My full review can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I love all the regular Stephanie Plum novels but I'm not sure I like these between the numbers novellas. I was very disappointed by Plum Lovin'. Nothing much happened in it and it was extremely dull and boring. It wasn't anywhere near as funny as the regular novels do be and I really hate the supernatural element in the novella. I gave it 1½ stars!
My review can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...


Now I'm a few chapters into by Jennifer Donnelly.

[Chrissie]

My Internet connection has been down for two days. Horrible. In the interim I have finished both
John Adams
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
and A Soldier's Diary
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I haven't enjoyed a book as much as "John Adams" in ages! It is fabulous. Everybody should read this book. "A Soldier's Diary" got four stars, so that was good too.

Will begin: City of Women

[Lisa]

Chrissie, It's so hard when we don't have internet/Goodreads/email access, but I'm glad you got in some reading, and I'm glad you're back.

[Chrissie]

Lisa, feels so empty without Internet! Thanks.

[Andrew✌️]

I've just finished , by paul Anderson.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I've started http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17... by Daniel Defoe, a classical for every age

[Diane]

Chrissie wrote: "Lisa, feels so empty without Internet! Thanks."

It sure does -- it's eerie!! You feel so out of touch with everything!!

[Chrissie]

Diane, think of how life used to be before we lived with our computers..... I remember back then! I remember when we were considering computerizing every thing at work. I remember the first screens that were rather dangerous. The dark ages, huh?

[Lisa]

Chrissie wrote: "Lisa, feels so empty without Internet! Thanks."

I know. Sometimes I worry about how dependent I am on it.

[Diane]

Chrissie wrote: "Diane, think of how life used to be before we lived with our computers..... I remember back then! I remember when we were considering computerizing every thing at work. I remember the first screens..."

I remember Mag Cards! and a cell phone Endre had 19 years ago that he carried around in a big box!!

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Diane, think of how life used to be before we lived with our computers..... I remember back then! I remember when we were considering computerizing every thing at work. I remember the first screens..."

I actually miss those days more often than not, sigh.

[Chrissie]

Gundula wrote: "I actually miss those days more often than not, sigh."

Gundula, really?

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Gundula wrote: "I actually miss those days more often than not, sigh."

Gundula, really?"

Sometimes definitely (I do enjoy being able to chat and do email, but I've never been all that keen on technology and now, even when I am teaching it is all technology, and everything is instant gratification and an expectation of instant replies instead of thinking, taking time to think, the feel of a pen on a piece of paper etc.). I guess I am a bit of an iconoclast or rathe a luddite (I always feel like destroying machines, lol).

[Chrissie]

Diane, OMG, that cellphone sounds hysterical. What were MAG cards? But it is so true, think of all the gadgets we take for granted. I REMEMBER sterilizing needles and glass syringes!!!!! And testing for sugar in urine rather than blood. Ten drops of water and five drops of urine in a test-tube and a fizzy tablet: if it was blue you were happy, orange mad or guilty! So long ago!

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Diane, OMG, that cellphone sounds hysterical. What were MAG cards? But it is so true, think of all the gadgets we take for granted. I REMEMBER sterilizing needles and glass syringes!!!!! And testin..."

Remember the old massive cell phones that were actually more like real phones and were, I think attached to the car permanently (well, I guess you would not be able to lose them).

[Chrissie]

Gundula wrote: "Remember the old massive cell phones."

I never had those! I am not a "gadgety" person either. Gundula, I always break them too. Some people just instinctively know what to do with a gadget. Not me, and I guess not you either! It doesn't bother me though.

[Diane]

Chrissie - Mag cards were 'magnetic' (I think) card that we would put into a computer in the early days ...similar now to like a cd or a flash drive!

[Diane]

Wasn't sure what I was up for after City of Women, so I grabbed -- good choice I think.

[Chrissie]

Thanks, for explaining, Diane!

As you know it is very hard to separate one's self from City of Women! Exciting and it keeps you listening wondering what IS going on!

I think you should check out A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary. It too is about the women in Berlin. There are similarities. It is non-fction and not an easy read, but excellent in my view.

[Diane]

Chrissie wrote: "Thanks, for explaining, Diane!

As you know it is very hard to separate one's self from City of Women! Exciting and it keeps you listening wondering what IS going on!

I think you should check out ..."

LOL, Chrissie, that book is already on my TBR -- no doubt from reading your review or hearing you chat about it!

[Lisa]

Diane D. wrote: "Wasn't sure what I was up for after City of Women, so I grabbed -- good choice I think."

Oh, I want to read that too. After City of Women I'm about to start The Language of Flowers. I picked it up today from the library.

[Lisa]

Chrissie wrote: "I think you should check out A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary. It too is about the women in Berlin. There are similarities. It is non-fction and not an easy read, but excellent in my view."

I've got that one on my to-read shelf. It looks wonderful.

[Chrissie]

Lisa and Diane, A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary is the truth, the whole truth about women's situation in Berlin at the conclusion of the war. It is not easy reading, but I believe it is truly excellent if you want to understand the situation then and there for women.

[Lisa]

Chrissie, It is one I want to get to, but it won't be in the near future, I'm afraid.

[Chrissie]

Simran wrote: "I'm reading Chrissie's review of A woman in Berlin right now lol. The book looks good but harsh, one of those emotionally draining ones."

Oh yes, but it gives insight and you come to understand what it was truly like for these women.

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "Chrissie, It is one I want to get to, but it won't be in the near future, I'm afraid."

We should do another buddy read on this whenever we both have the time to read it. No pressure.

[Lisa]

Diane, Yes, I'm definitely up for doing a buddy read. It may be not before summer at the earliest though, especially if we still want to do The Grapes of Wrath.

[Diane]

Lisa wrote: "Diane, Yes, I'm definitely up for doing a buddy read. It may be not before summer at the earliest though, especially if we still want to do The Grapes of Wrath."

Not before summer, no way. And yes I definitely still want to do TGOW in the summer.

[Lisa]

Diane, Okay. Sounds excellent to me.

[Chrissie]

I finished The Winthrop Woman
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

and

City of Women
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I didn't like it quite as much as either Diane or Lisa.....

Will now start the audiobook The Rape of Nanking
and the DTB The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia

[[deleted user]]

Just started reading on my Kindle "Free Gift With Purchase" by Jackie Pilossoph

[Kimberly]

Starting and

[Janice]

Just finished Great book - Tess Gerritsen is a favorite of mine, she never lets you down - also, a fast read - sometimes the heavy stuff is just, well, heavy.

[Chrissie]

I finished The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia.
An excellent book for young adults! It is an autobiographical account of the author's childhood in Siberia during WW2!
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Will start another book about the Jewish experience. Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty is about the Backenroth family. This too is not fiction, but a real family, followed from the Middle Ages to the present.

[[deleted user]]

Just starting on Kindle "Her Masters Touch" and in paperback, "Smokin Seventeen"