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[Lee, Mod Mama]

Wow, I just posted about a book I read as a teenager over on What's the name of that book? and someone already figured it out for me! I'm so happy!

[Lori]

AGH 43 posts since I last visited, and since I'm still waking up I apologize for forgetting the names of who said what.

Re: Tim Powers. I LOVE his books but I wouldn't start with Declare, I'd start with Last Call. While I think they are both equally terrific, Declare is a harder read and it would help to know Tim Powers' style first. So I'm not saying that any of you would have a problem with a hard read! I thought maybe it was just me who felt muddled with the first half of Declare because I was on vacation at the time in Barcelona, and between the jet lag and being in a wonderfully foreign city, my focus was definitely not the sharpest. But Sandi also said she found the beginning of Declare hard to follow at first.

Re: Connie Willis and which book to start with, it really depends on your mood. Doomsday, while exquisite and beautiful, is very very sad altho somewhat lifting at the end. Whereas To Say Nothing is so much fun! And Passages is somewhat in between - it starts off fun but I hope I'm not spoiling anything, has a huge shock that changes it to sad but also beautiful at the end.

Re: Book Depository, I've ordered 2x from them and have gotten my books faster than from Amazon! LOVE them. Plus as said they are fantastic when you don't want to wait 6 months or longer for the American release date of a book published originally overseas.

And now I am most definitely interested in The Good German!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Lori, thanks for the tip re Tim Powers. I'll be sure to start with Last Call then.

And yes, Book Depository rocks my world too!

[Chrissie]

Lee, I have B&N first! It still doesn't appear except among the "other options". What is the book link for Bookmooch? If I add that will I see if they have a particular book available?

Has ANYBODY suceeded in getting B&N immediately under the book box?

SORRY, this doesn't fit in this thread. Lee should we continue this somewhere else....

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie, I think the easiest way to rearrange the links is through your profile. They have dozens and dozens of book links listed there by country apart from the default ones. I just looked through the list for the ones I liked and added them. I then moved them up the list to the top four positions with the little arrows. I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself here and if you've already done that I don't know how else to explain without showing you. I wish you were sitting next to me, it would be so much simpler!

[Chrissie]

Lee, I figured it out. I had to change the countries to get Book Mooch. B&N never is listed under the book box. I have it first and still it appeears among the "other options". THANKS AGAIN! Something to do with competition......

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Great! That's weird about B&N.

[Lisa]

Kathy wrote: "I will definitely want to check that group out, and with Lisa as one of the mods, I'm sure it's great. What is the name of it?"

What’s the Name of That Book?

I'm actually the only mod who's moderating. I think. It's mostly a self moderated group. Members tend to thank each other as books are found, so there's not too, too much to do. I change folders & topic titles for members who don't know how to do it or forget to do it. That's usually about it.

[Kathy]

Lisa wrote: "Kathy wrote: "I will definitely want to check that group out, and with Lisa as one of the mods, I'm sure it's great. What is the name of it?"

What’s the Name of That Book?

I'm actually the only m..."

Thanks, Lisa. I just joined. I love the picture for the group!

[Chrissie]

Lisa, I joined too!

[Lisa]

Kathy, Yes, Rebecca, the group's creator, chose that picture. I like it too.

Chrissie, Great!

Members there have found a good half dozen books for me, including one I remembered from when I was 2 & 3 years old. I've helped by finding books for members. I think it's a brilliant idea for a group, and most books are found, eventually. Anywhere from a minute to over two and a half years.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

It is fun. I've posted a few that are bugging me and it's interesting to read everyone's descriptions.

[Katri]

I just started Possession by A S Byatt. Getting really, really into it. I haven't been this into a book since... well, since I read The Name of the Rose last month, but anyway, it doesn't happen often. When it happens, I definitely can't read more than one book at a time either!

[[deleted user]]

I'm almost finished with Secrets of Eden: A Novel , and then I may read Shutter Island

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I want to read Shutter Island. I have a feeling I would really love it. I wish I had a copy!

[Mary]

Christine wrote: "I'm almost finished with Secrets of Eden: A Novel, and then I may read Shutter Island"

Christine, how did you like Secrets of Eden?

[[deleted user]]

Mary,
I just said in the chat thread that I have no idea how to comment on this book without spoilers. I will say that I liked it a lot...probably rate it a 4/5. I like his books. My favorite is still Skeletons at the Feast

[Kimberly]

I've been reading Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith for the last 3 nights and I have to say I am absoultely in love with this book. I love the characters and the plot... I hope I'll finish it in the next 2 or 3 days. Then I have to work on getting his other books. However it is most definately not a comfort read in any means.

[Mary]

Christine wrote: "Mary,
I just said in the chat thread that I have no idea how to comment on this book without spoilers. I will say that I liked it a lot...probably rate it a 4/5. I like his books. My favorite i..."

I like his books also. I loved The Double Bind but I must add Skeletons at the Feast to my list.

[[deleted user]]

I liked The Double Bind too. I always feel like I am defending that one to people who didn't like then ending (I won't say why, but obviously you know since you read it). Skeletons at the Feast was excellent if you like stories based on WWII. I thought his was better than most. Great characters in that book.

[Chrissie]

I just finished Pnin by Valdimir Nabokov. I hated it. The poor guy Pnin, an emigré Russian living in New York State is ostracized through out the entire book. The writing was sometimes perceptive , but most often about people or events that you knew nothing about. It went off on tangents. The biggest problem is that you don't care about the people, other than poor Pnin, so you get terribly bored. I am not going to read another by Nabokob. I thought this might be better than Lolita, which really didn't attract me.

Now I will read The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., which is the first of a trilogy about Napolean's wife. I cannot wait to get started. I don't usually read books in a series, but here I need the whole story, so I have purchased all three books. PLEASE, let me like them!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie, I've read the first two books in the series and liked them. Good luck!

[Chrissie]

Oh good! I don't think I can take another bummer....

[Lee, Mod Mama]

It took me a little while to get into the first one but once she got to France I was more engaged.

[Chrissie]

Hmm, but you didn't read the third book..... Well I think this has got to be more fascinating than just reading a dry history book about Napolean. My husband has those. No thank you!

[Katri]

Oh, let us know how you like those books, Chrissie! I'm curious about them and might pick them up myself if I hear enough good things about them. :-) I'm not awfully interested in history books about Napoleon either, but at the same time I'm interested in those times, so perhaps historical novels about Josephine would be the thing, as I find her a lot more interesting!

[Chrissie]

Katri, will do. I always write a review - so I remember what I thought!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie wrote: "Hmm, but you didn't read the third book..... Well I think this has got to be more fascinating than just reading a dry history book about Napolean. My husband has those. No thank you!"

I'm definitely going to read the third book. I never read a series all at once. I enjoyed the diary format more than I thought I would.

[Laura]

I also read only the first 2 books of this series Chrissie.

[Chrissie]

Lee and Laura, well I have started it and I was immediately sucked in. I have only read 14 pages. I plan to read these over Easter, but perhaps I will stick in some other in between if three in a row get too much. Feels good you plan on reading the third Lee! To buy one book with all three parts was much more expensive than the three separate books. Strange. Also fat tomes tend to fall apart.

[Peregrine]

I'm starting To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust.

[[deleted user]]

Barb wrote: "I'm still working on The Book of Lost Things ... havn't had much reading time the last week or so, so it's taking me a while to get through it."

I want to pull that one off of my shelf and read it soon too.

[Kathy]

Starting The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley. It's the follow-up to his The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which I loved. March was a horrible month for getting my reading in, great books, just my reading time sucked. I am so hoping that it improves.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I finally finished Sacajawea and am now reading North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. I'm loving it!

[Chantelle]

I'm reading Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. I'm loving it so far. :)

[[deleted user]]

I'm reading !!! Did I already mention this? I get so excited when he has a new book out that I tend to repeat myself. I've got CobenCobenCobenCoben!!!

[Lori]

Stop stop STOP mentioning all these wonderful books! I get stressed, will I live long enough to read all the books I want to read? I've got close to 200 on my GR list, at least 200 (probably much more) on my shelves at home courtesy of GoodWill, and about 50 on my library list!

Want to read Sacajawea, the Josephine/Napoleon series, and the Brust. Sacajawea wasn't at my library, wah, so ordered it from half.com. Why? WHY? Because I don't already own enough books?

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Lori, be warned, Sacajawea is very looooooooooooong!

[Diane]

Lori -- You're post is very funny! I am constantly adding books to my TBR every time I come on GR. (most recently thanks to Christine!)

And Christine - I like Harlan Coben too; but honestly, I've only read 1 by him so far, but I own a bunch.

This week I started The Help. Loving it and feels like I am the only woman on the planet that hasn't read it yet.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I haven't read The Help yet either Dianne.

[[deleted user]]

Diane D. wrote: ...And Christine - I like Harlan Coben too; but honestly, I've only read 1 by him so far, but I own a bunch.
..."

Wait. You've only read one Coben? You are SO LUCKY!!! I wish I had that many unread Cobens in my future. I've read every single one of his and I think I carelessly gobbled them up in one summer. I love him lovelovelovelove....can ya' tell?

[[deleted user]]

Wellll, I haven't read The Help, and I don't think I have even heard of Coben before today!

[Diane]

Lee, Barb and Jeannette -- Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's wonderful book and I'm only on page 40. I leave for Boston on Sunday so I'm looking forward to ignoring my "plane neighbors" and really delving into it. I went to the library tonight for another book, and I saw it there on the "hold" shelf. They told me the wait list is in the hundreds!

Christine -- don't get jealous, but all my Cobens are autographed too! He was at the LA Times Festival of Books last year (my FAVORITE event of the year) and he signed them. He is quite engaging, charming and funny!

[Jennie]

I like Harlan Coben, too -- I didn't expect to, but I do!

Right now I'm "reading" Shades of Grey, i.e. I'm listening to the audiobook version, narrated by John Lee. I love it. I've also got a few mysteries I'm working my way through as well.

GR is perilous when it comes to my TBR list. At least I know I'm unlikely to ever again say "but I don't know what I want to read!"

[Chrissie]

Chantelle, you've picked one of the very best books out there...... I would pick the non-fiction Wild Swans any day over a modern day crime, mystery fiction! ENJOY!

[[deleted user]]

Diane,
You MET Harlan Coben? I. Am. So. Jealous. I need to move to LA.

Jeannette, He writes thriller types (which I don't read too often other than his), and also a series. He's very funny (sarcastic type), and I love his characters, and I love that he doesn't get into formulas like other thriller writers, and I love him, and I am starting to babble....

[[deleted user]]

Jennie wrote: "I like Harlan Coben, too -- I didn't expect to, but I do"

Don't you just wanna' rub his bald head? :)

[[deleted user]]

Christine wrote: "Jennie wrote: "I like Harlan Coben, too -- I didn't expect to, but I do"

Don't you just wanna' rub his bald head? :)"

Well, the guy writes about murderers, but it's nice to know he's cuddly! lol

[Tracyene]

I'm reading 20+ books right now (I always get distracted by a new book...). But the Comfort Reads are The Housekeeper and the Professor
because it's cozy and The Phoenix and the Carpet because it's a children' book.

[[deleted user]]

Tracyene wrote: "I'm reading 20+ books right now (I always get distracted by a new book...). But the Comfort Reads are The Housekeeper and the Professor
because it's cozy and [book:The Phoenix and..."

I loved The Housekeeper and the Professor!