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[Tim]

Pickwick is great. I think Pickwick is a more complete character than Landon after the first book, and Pickwick is a dodo.

[Manybooks]

Tim wrote: "Pickwick is great. I think Pickwick is a more complete character than Landon after the first book, and Pickwick is a dodo."

I agree :-)

[Chrissie]

Finished Cannery Row. Loved it. The only problem was that it was too short. I guess I should continue with Sweet Thursday, but instead I have started Freeman. This starts immediately after the Civil War and fits with my previous read Truman.

My review of Steinbeck's winner: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Kimberly]

I'm reading

[Lisa]

I'm hoping to finish up my current book this evening, tomorrow at the latest, and then I plan to start The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession.

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Just started "Size 12 Is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot in paperback

[Dolly]

Just started Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie and I'm already enthralled.

[Darkpool]

Hi Rob, I've just flagged you message as spam seeing as you have added no books yet, and your only other activity on goodreads so far is to post an identical message in another group. Sorry, but this behaviour seems very odd if you are indeed a genuine book lover.

[Lisa]

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...

For anyone interested in intense thrillers, there's a free ebook on kindle: Two Thriller Novels (Blademan's Return and The Outkast) by M.K. Pius/Craig Thomas. Free from 24th till 28th. I've read the second one before. Awesome.

Starting on the first soon.

Thanks for flagging, Darkpool.

Normally we give 24 hours for someone like this to move their post and post something else, as a genuine reader member, but this is the only post by that member in this group, and violates our group rules, as I think if there were going to be more posts, there would have been by now, so I'm deleting the post.

[Chrissie]

I have just completed two audiobooks: The Whale Riderand enjoyed it very much. Good YA literature is even for adults!
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

and

Freeman
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This is GOOD historical fiction.

Both were very good, i.e. four stars.

Now I will startWashington: A Life. This is my first by Ron Chernow. I have heard he offers even more depth than McCullough. I don't care what the critics say, I think David McCullough is a really good writer, but now I must try Chernow too.

[Dolly]

I can't believe how fast I finished Cards on the Table (and I'm not even traveling!)

Gotta get back to The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories - I just stopped and left it for other more shiny objects and now I've had it out from the library for far too long. The stories are great; I don't know why this one has lingered so long...

[Darkpool]

Lisa wrote: "Normally we give 24 hours..."
Sorry Lisa, I must have been feeling particularly stroppy yesterday.
Meanwhile, just in case I've not already done this, I'd like to thank whoever it was that recommended Twin Spica (pretty sure it was someone on this thread). I'm up to the 4th volume, and enjoying it very much. Anyone thinking of giving Manga a go, well, there would be far worse places to start than with this.

[Darkpool]

It was indeed Jeannette - I went back to last March in the thread to check (no, I didn't go through every page, I looked to see the date I'd shelved the first in the series.) Thanks, Jeannette!!!!

[Chrissie]

After 267 pages of Forever Amber, I gave up and dumped it.

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

Moved on to: You Have Given Me a Country: A Memoir. It is about a family that lived through the India Pakistan Partition and how it feels to have a mother and father from different cultures. The author's mother is Irish-Catholic and her father is Sindhi-Indian.

[Beth]

I AM READING

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Last Summer" by Theresa Weir" on Kindle

[Jessika]

Right now, I'm reading Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King and Spinning Forward by Terri DuLong.

[[deleted user]]

Kimberly wrote: "I'm reading "

I read this years ago. Before the movie. Really liked it.

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Family Blessings" by LaVyrle Spencer in paperback

[[deleted user]]

Simran wrote: "Becky wrote: "Just started "Family Blessings" by LaVyrle Spencer in paperback"

Have you tried Morning Glory by the same author, Becky ? It's really good."
I have! I just love her books. I started crying the first thing in this book.

[Chrissie]

I definitely enjoyed You Have Given Me a Country: A Memoir. It is not your typical autobiography, and it does have some fictional parts. I would suggest it to those curious about bi-racial marriages, multi-cultural themes and philosophical musings.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Have begun: Genghis: Birth of an Empire. This is a book of hf, easy to read and so far better than my expectations. Nice, it is the first of a series!

[Autumn]

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[Ronyell]

I just finished and I loved it!!! Now I'm about to read .

[Chrissie]

I have completed Washington: A Life and I do recommend it. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Moving on to Eventide, which I have chosen b/c I enjoy the author's writing. Immediately I am sucked in. In the first chapter, someone is leaving. The writing perfectly depicts how one feels when someone dear to you leaves..... Dam, this guy can write! The audiobook narration by George Hearn has instantaneously captured the mood.

[Jennifer]

Just finished No Angel which is the first of a trilogy and takes place in the era before and after the First World War. I was enthralled.

[Helena]

I've finished Escape Routes For Beginners by Kira Cochrane and Chicken With Plums by Marjane Satrapi. Not thrilled by either of them in fact. Now I'm reading Down Under by Bill Bryson. Funny :)

[Chrissie]

I have completed Genghis: Birth of an Empire.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Will move on to Samarkand.

[Jessika]

I just finished by Stephen King and by Terri DuLong, both of which I really enjoyed.

Today, I'm going to start by Edith Pattou and .

[Chrissie]

Finished Eventide. I highly recommend the audiobbok format narrated by George Hearn. Working class, small town life in America - that is what you get.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Having just finished Genghis: Birth of an Empire and having found it too cinematic in tone for my liking, I have now begun Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. MUCH more information and yet at the same time it is easy to follow. A good balance to my previous read. Written by an acclaimed anthropologist - good stuff, although it is a bit controversial.

[Andrew✌️]

Today I finished The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. Interesting book, though I didn't read the original work of Thomas Malory.
My Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Tomorrow I'll start Anna Karenina.

[Andreea]

Yesterday I finished and I reaally liked it.Tomorrow I will start

[Janice]

Just finishedThe Preacher. Not as good as her .Only gave it 2 stars.

[Chrissie]

I have completed Samarkand. Boy am I glad. My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Everybody loves this, except me, it seems. Or am I brave enough to say that it is difficult to comprehend?

Now I will begin A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors.

[[deleted user]]

Just started "I'll See You In Your Dreams" by Tony Miller on kindle

[Chrissie]

I have finished Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. I absolutely loved it. 5 stars. I recommend it to anyone and everyone who has any interest in world history.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Have started Cloudstreet. I wasn't all that drawn to the book description, but many of my friends say it IS really good. We will see what I think!

[Chrissie]

Just finished A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors. I can recommend it if you are looking for a book with an exciting adventure story, also chock full of historical and scientific details.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[[deleted user]]

Just starting "The Color of Heaven" by Julianne MacLean on Kindle.

[Chrissie]

I have completed Cloudstreet.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
It is like an immersion course on post Australian lif -e the colloquialisms and words used can be confusing, but I am glad I read it. It is also about family. Here I would warn that you must not be in a depressed mood when you start. Bad things happen.....and good too.

I have begun One Corpse Too Many. Well, I began reading the Cadfael series by Ellis Peters. The first one was not wow, so then I hopped around between others and began to love the people living in the abbey. So now I want to read the books in order so I know every little tidbit about each figure. The above mentioned is the second in the series and it gives good historical background to the Civil War between King Steven and Empress Maude, England 1138. EVERYBODY says these books need NOT be read in order, other than that books 6 and 10 must be read before book 20. I agree, BUT once you fall in love with the whole setting you will not want to miss anything because there are small details that are nice to know. So my advice is start with book The Leper of Saint Giles, b/c it is so good. Then if you are sure you love the series, start from the beginning. I read a couple before I felt motivated to read all of them. Gundula and I and anyone who wants to join us are having a buddy read on this book here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

I kind of think one has to like comfy historical mysteries more centered on the characters and accurate historical detail than sleuthing to appreciate these books.

[Lisa]

I just finished The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession and I've just started Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal.

[Chrissie]

Great review, Lisa. Thanks for writing it. I think I will abstain. For me knowing what books NOT to read is almost more important than those that must be read. I cannot possibly read all that I want to read. I have to be picky and choose carefully, unless someone can clue me in to where I can purchase more time.

[Lisa]

Thanks, Chrissie. Yes, that is my recommendation: Skip it.

[Chrissie]

I will.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I finally read an entire book this past weekend. It was my first by author Ann Cleeves featuring her detective Vera Stanhope, an interesting character. I started with the second to last book in the series but read it straight through - Silent Voices: A Vera Stanhope Mystery. Now I'm reading the next one - The Glass Room.

[[deleted user]]

Just started in paperback, "Stealing Home" First book in Sweet Magnolia's series by Sherryl Woods

[Chrissie]

Just finished and absolutely loved, particularly the ending, One Corpse Too Many.
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have already started The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler. So far it is good. I want to know more about this interesting and so very important guy, how he coped with his illness and how he was satisfied to not stand out there in front. He intrigues me.

[Chrissie]

I am also reading Red Azalea, simply b/c I am determined to read the books sitting here on my wooden shelves. I think I got it from my Mom. Neither I nor her knew that it has a central lgtb theme in addition to it being a memoir of the life of the author during the Cultural Revolution in China. The writing is extremely simplistic with short straight-forward sentences relating what happens, particularly in the beginning of the book. Little introspection. Maybe this will come later. Do you understand what I am saying? The text reads like: she did that and then he did that. I don't really think this is a result of English not being the author's native language.

[Chrissie]

I finished Red Azalea. :0)
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I have started Under Fishbone Clouds, also set in China. I like the folktale that it begins with. An innkeeper is kind to a passing old traveler and in payment he draws cranes on the inn wall. When music is played the cranes come alive. The description of those flapping cranes is beautiful and fanciful all at the same time.

I am listening to The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler and sometimes it annoys me. Statements are made and conclusions drawn that seem unvalidated.

[[deleted user]]

Just started "Anything You Ask" by Lynn Kellan on Kindle

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I'm reading my first Jill Mansell book called A Walk in the Park that was recommended by my friend Joy. It's a nice comfort read - British chick lit/romance.

[Chrissie]

I can take just so much of gross, crude writing. First I read Red Azalea, and stuck it through to the end. Then I picked up Under Fishbone Clouds, which I have dumped after 91 pages. Just my opinion of course!
My review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I am enjoying The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler, but reading about war strategies is hard. There is humor and it is terribly interesting, but I need some lightness, at least relatively. I will start Some Sing, Some Cry. The audiobook is narrated by Robin Miles and she sings some of the songs. She did a fantastic job with The Book of Night Women.